Roper PXD1000 manual

Configuring the PXD1000 Digital Frame Grabber with aDigital Camera and Building a Compatible Cable

Rev 1.1 12/00

The PXD1000 digital frame grabber is compatible with nearly all commercially available

40Mhz and below digital cameras. In order to use a digital camera with your PXD1000

digital frame grabber, a compatible cable and configuration file will be required.

Imagenation provides direct support with compatible cables and configuration files for a

number of the more popular digital cameras (see list below). Since support for new

models of digital cameras are being added on a regular basis, please check the

Imagenation Technical Support web page for an up-to-date list of all digital cameras with

full support located on the Web at: www.imagenation.com -> Technical Support -> PXD

Series.

If your camera is not listed as one currently being supported, you will need to take a few

more steps to configure the PXD1000 to work with your camera. With the powerful PXD

Configuration Utility, you can create a camera definition file for your particular camera

and nearly any 40Mhz or lower digital camera can be configured and optimized to

operate with the PXD1000.

Due to a lack of industry standards in the digital camera world, it is typically necessary to

have a specially configured cable for the frame grabber and each digital camera make and

model. This is because in general each digital camera can have unique connectors, signal

pin-outs, data formats, and data widths (8, 10, 12 bits, etc…).

For example, suppose you plan to use a single channel 10-bit camera; the image data is

transmitted on 10 twisted pairs (20 wires). If the camera is generating the timing for the

frame grabber then at least Line-Data-Valid (LDV), Frame-data-valid (FDV), and the

camera pixel clock (CAMERACLK) will be required In addition, for example, if the

camera uses a single exposure control implemented with EIA-644 and you want the

frame grabber to control it, then another twisted pair is required. All in all, even this

simple application requires at least 14 twisted pairs.

Options for acquiring compatible digital cable: -

1) Purchase from Imagenation

Imagenation provides full support for a number of different digital

cameras. We provide camera guides, which include specific instructions

for configuring the PXD1000 for the camera. Some camera guides and

camera configuration files are located on the CD that comes with the