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Serial interface VC40xx Smart Cameras
Description of the additional serial interface of the VC40xx Smart Cameras.
Hardware considerations
From VC40xx Smart Cameras, the trigger interface allows 4 different uses:
- trigger
- I/Os keypad
- serial interface (VC40xx ONLY).
- high speed, 3 channel encoder interface
Serial C6 cables for the standard V24 (RS232) interface can be used only with serial VC20xx cameras! The serial interface found on the VC40xx cameras needs a C4 cable, available in length of 5m, 10m and 25m, and with connector on one or on both sides.
Multiple devices can be connected to this interface at the same time, using one or two Y adaptor cables (order no. VK000124).
Using the serial interface
For the time being, the serial interface cannot directly be accessed via the shell (the feature will be available in a future release of VCRT). Yet a serial shell is available as a stand-alone application in the knowledge base (can be downloaded for testing).
Please note:
VC4xxx Smart Cameras from model VC4038 (not VC4016 and VC4018) feature from July 2006 an encoder interface. With these cameras, only the serial input line is active after startup. The serial output line needs to be enabled prior to its use, in order to protect a connected encoder.
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