Appendix B—Serial Communication Technical Details Tau User’s Manual
B-6 June 2011 TAU-0035-00-10, version 150
0x11 VIDEO_ ORIENTATION
Gets and sets the analog video orientation. Invert is valid only for
block 2. Digital data is unaffected by the revert setting.
Get Cmd: 0 None
Set Cmd: 2
&
Resp: 2
0x0000 = Normal
0x0001 = Invert
0x0002 = Revert
0x0003 = Invert + Revert
0x12 DIGITAL_ OUTPUT_MODE
Gets and sets the digital output channel mode.
XP signals (CMOS or BT.656) and LVDS channel are available
simultaneously.
Get Cmd: 0 None
Set Cmd: 2
&
Resp: 2
Byte 1: 0x00
Byte 0: LVDS channel setting:
0x00 = 14-bit data
0x01 = 8-bit data
0x02 = digital off
0x03 = 14-bit unfiltered
0x04 = 8-bit inverted
0x05 = 14-bit inverted
0x06 = 14- bit inverted unfiltered
Get the XP bus mode
Get Cmd: 2 Bytes 0-1: 0x0200
Resp: 2
Bytes 0-1: XP Mode
0x0000 = Generic Bus/No Digital
0x0001 = BT656
0x0002 = CMOS w/1 Discrete
Set the XP bus mode Set Cmd: 2
Byte 1: 0x03
Byte 0:
0x00 = Generic Bus/No Digital
0x01 = BT656
0x02 = CMOS w/1 Discrete
0x13 AGC_TYPE
Gets and sets the image optimization mode
Get Cmd: 0 None
Set Cmd: 2
&
Resp: 2
0x0000 = plateau histogram
0x0001 = once bright
0x0002 = auto bright
0x0003 = manual
0x0004 = not defined (returns error)
0x0005 = linear
0x14 CONTRAST
Gets and sets the manual contrast value
Get Cmd: 0 None
Set Cmd: 2
&
Resp: 2
Contrast value
(0x0000 to 0x00FF)
Table B-4: RS232 Function Codes
Function
Code (hex)
Command Description Byte Count
Argument
(i.e, Data Bytes) (hex)
Notes