National Instruments IMAQ D100DAL User manual

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INSTALLATION GUIDE
IMAQ D100DAL CABLE
This guide describes how to attach an IMAQ D100DAL cable to your
image acquisition (IMAQ) device and a DALSA camera. This guide
discusses two possible DALSA camera configurations: one in which the
camera has a combined control/power connector receptacle and one in
which the control connector receptacle and power connector receptacle are
separate.
You can use an IMAQ D100DAL cable to connect your IMAQ device to
your DALSA video camera and four trigger channels. Refer to your IMAQ
device documentation for more detailed information on these external
trigger signals.
Note Your DALSA camera cable receptacles may appear different from those
illustrated in this guide. Refer to the National Instruments Web site,
http://www.natinst.com/imaq, for the latest information on using DALSA cameras
with your IMAQ device.
What You Need to Get Started
To install your IMAQ D100DAL cable, you will need the following:
❑IMAQ D100DAL cable
❑IMAQ D100DAL Cable Installation Guide
❑Your IMAQ device and documentation
❑Your computer
❑Your DALSA camera
❑IMAQ D2504 cable and documentation (optional)
❑BNC cables for trigger signal connection (optional)
❑Trigger signal sources (optional)

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Installation
Follow these steps to connect an IMAQ D100DAL cable to a camera with
a combined control/power connector receptacle, as illustrated in Figure 1.
1. Insert the 100-pin SCSI-type connector end of the IMAQ D100DAL
cable into the external 100-pin SCSI-type receptacle of your IMAQ
device, ensuring correct polarity. Tighten the thumbscrews as
necessary.
2. Depending on yourcamera, insert the OS1 or OS1/2 camera connector
of the IMAQ D100DAL cable into your camera’s corresponding
receptacle, ensuring correct polarity.
3. Insert the OS2 or OS3/4 camera connector of the IMAQ D100DAL
cable into your camera’s corresponding receptacle, ensuring correct
polarity.
Note Some DALSA cameras have only an OS1 or OS1/2 receptacle. With such cameras,
you do not need to connect anything to the OS2 or OS3/4 connector.
4. Insert the IMAQ D100DAL control/power connector into the camera’s
corresponding receptacle, ensuring correct polarity.
5. Insert the IMAQ D100DAL cable’s power supply connector into the
camera’s external power supply receptacle.

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Figure 1. IMAQ D100DAL Cable With Camera Power Supply Connector
1 Trigger Connector
2 IMAQ D2504 Cable
3 OS1 or OS1/2
Connector
4 OS2 or OS3/4
Connector
5 Control/Power
Connector
6 DALSA Camera
7 Camera Power Supply
8 Power Supply
Connector
9 IMAQ D100DAL cable
10 SCSI-Type Connector
11 IMAQ Device
11
10
9
8
7
1
6
2
To Triggers
3
4
5

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Follow these steps to connect an IMAQ D100DAL cable to a camera with
separate control connector and power connector receptacles, as illustrated
in Figure 2.
1. Insert the 100-pin SCSI-type connector end of the IMAQ D100DAL
cable into the external 100-pin SCSI-type receptacle of your IMAQ
device, ensuring correct polarity. Tighten the thumbscrews as
necessary.
2. Insert the OS1/2 camera connector of the IMAQ D100DAL cable into
your camera’s corresponding receptacle, ensuring correct polarity.
3. Insert the OS3/4 camera connector of the IMAQ D100DAL cable into
your camera’s corresponding receptacle, ensuring correct polarity.
Note Some DALSA cameras have only an OS1/2 receptacle. With such cameras, you do
not need to connect anything to the OS3/4 connector.
4. Insert the IMAQ D100DAL control connector into the camera’s
corresponding receptacle, ensuring correct polarity.
Figure 2. IMAQ D100DAL Cable Without Camera Power Supply Connector
1 Trigger Connector
2 IMAQ D2504 Cable
3 OS1/2 Connector
4 OS3/4 Connector
5 Control Connector
6 DALSA Camera
7 Power Connector
8 IMAQ D100DAL cable 9 SCSI-Type Connector 10 IMAQ Device
10
9
8
1
6
2
To Triggers
3
4
5
7

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Triggering
If you plan to connect external trigger signals to your IMAQ device, you
can use either the IMAQ D2504 cable or your own trigger interface cable.
If building your own cable, see Figure 3 for pin-out information. For more
information on the D2504 cable, see the IMAQ 2504 Cable Installation
Guide.
To connect external trigger signals to your IMAQ device, insert the trigger
interface cable into the trigger connector of the IMAQ D100DAL cable,
ensuring correct polarity. Tighten the thumbscrews as necessary.
Figure 3. D100DAL Cable Trigger Connector Pin Assignments
TRIGGER0
TRIGGER1
TRIGGER2
TRIGGER3
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused
GND
GND
GND
Unused
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Unused
GND
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused
Unused
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Unused
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25