Communication Protocol - Toshiba BC Series Instruction Manual

Communication Protocol

BC series has Legacy protocol and GenCP as command communication protocol.
The switching of communication protocol is recognized automatically from received packet. The PC application
can communication to camera without switching operation of communication protocol. For Legacy protocol
and GenCP, BC series has multiple register for control of camera feature.
The accessing to IIDC2 registers is possible by using Legacy protocol and GenCP. The accessing to Legacy
registers is possible by using only Legacy protocol. The accessing to GenCP registers is possible by using
only GenCP.
CameraLink
Teli-Legacy protocol, Teli-Legacy register
The protocol and register are adopted on the CSC series in our previous product.
They are available in this camera for ease to the CSC series customers.
GenCP
This is a communication protocol including transaction flow and packet structure, which is standardized by the
European Machine Vision Association (EMVA). It is used for CameraLink, USB 3.0 and various interfaces.
You can find this specification as following web page (As of July, 2019).
http://www.emva.org/
IIDC2
This is a register mapping of machine vision cameras, which is standardized by Japan Industrial Imaging
Association (JIIA). Because it is not included transport layer, IIDC2 can be used on various interfaces.
You can find this specification as following web page (As of July, 2019).
http://jiia.org/
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Camera
Legacy mode
Legacy
Legacy
registers
protocol
TX / RX
IIDC2
registers
GenCP
GenCP
TX / RX
registers
GenCP mode
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Camera
function
(sensor、Processing
and etc)
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