Manual overview, Ded chapter – ALLIED Vision Technologies Pike F-1600 User Manual
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Introduction
PIKE Technical Manual V5.1.2
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Manual overview
This manual overview describes each chapter of this manual shortly.
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Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
on page 12 lists AVT con-
tact data for both:
– Technical information / ordering
– Commercial information
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on page 13 (this chapter) gives you the document
history, a manual overview and conventions used in this manual (styles
and symbols). Furthermore you learn how to get more information on how
to install hardware (Hardware Installation Guide), available AVT soft-
ware (incl. documentation) and where to get it.
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on page 31 gives you a short introduction to the
STINGRAY cameras with their FireWire technology. Links are provided to
data sheets and brochures on AVT website.
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on page 33 gives you information about conformity of
AVT cameras.
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on page 34 describes the FireWire standard in detail,
explains the compatibility between 1394a and 1394b and explains band-
width details (incl. Pike examples).
– Read and follow the FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions
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on page 47 describes the IR cut filter and suit-
able camera lenses.
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on page 86 lists camera details and spectral sensi-
tivity diagrams for each camera type.
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on page 50 provides CAD drawings of stan-
dard housing (copper and GOF) models, tripod adapter, available angled
head models, cross sections of CS-Mount and C-Mount.
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on page 111 describes in detail the inputs/out-
puts of the cameras (incl. Trigger features). For a general description of
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V5.1.2
13 August 2012
Changed IR cut filter to (type Jenofilt 217):
see
Figure 6: Approximate spectral transmission of IR cut filter
(may vary slightly by filter lot) (type Jenofilt 217)
Pike trigger input voltage (GPIn1 and GPIn2) changed from 2 V
to 3 V at min. input current of 5 mA, see Chapter
Version
Date
Remarks
Table 1: Document history