AMAZON SERIES Operation Manual
Pioneer i n D i g i t al V is io n Technol og y
5.5.7. SIO(RS232) IMI TECH Commands
Auto-Sync Mode control register
Bit 30: SIO enable mode (0 : IMI-TECH mode, 1)
IMI Tech Commands are valid when the Bit30 is set to “0”(zero).
SIO(RS232) IMI Tech commands are a specific mode for IMI cameras. Before using these commands, serial
communication parameters must be set at Serial_Mode_Reg (F2F22000h).
F2F10018 means that the RS232 command is valid.
Command format : [STX] [Command] [Data] [ETX]
[STX] : Command start character: ‘S’
Command] : Command length is 2byte. See next page command table.
[Data] : Data length is varied with each command. Data format is hexadecimal: ‘0’~’9’, ‘A’~’F’.
[ETX] : Command end character: ‘Z’
Return value
‘G’ : Command complete acknowledge.
“Gdd..Z” : “Gdd..Z” is return data and a hexadecimal character.
‘U’ : Undefined command.
Valid Character : ‘0’~’9’, ‘A’~’F’, ‘S’, ’Z’ Any invalid character that is received, is discarded.
(example) Gain setting command with 0x200 value.
All of “SA0200Z”, “S A0 200 Z”, “SA0 200Z”, “S A0200 Z”, and “SKA0V200Z” are parsed to “SA0200Z Z”, and
“SKA0V200Z” is parsed to “SA0200Z”.