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Unibrain Fire-i 580/780/785/980 Operation Manual Page 4
1.3. Camera Interface
1.3.1. FireWire-800 Port
The industry standard Firewire-800 (IEEE-1394b) port has the following pin assignment. Data and control of the
camera are provided via 1394B and camera power can also be supplied by FireWire bus.
Pin Signal
1
TPB-
2 TPB+
3 TPA-
4 TPA+
5 TPA R (A GND)
6 TPA-
7 Not connected
8 VP (+8 to +36 VDC)
9 TPB R (B GND)
CAUTION: DO NOT reverse the polarity as it will result in damaging the camera.
1.3.2. Trigger Connector Port
The External Trigger Connector provides access to multiple I/O and also provides power as a secondary source.
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Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 Power GND 7 GND
2 Ext. Power(+12v) 8 Rx RS232
3 GND 9 Tx RS232
4 Ext. Trigger 10 NC
5 Ext. Trigger GND 11 Strobe
6 NC 12 Strobe Power
Note: NC pins must have no connection
1.3.3. Status LED
LED Status Isochronous Channel Packet Transfer
RED Disable NO
GREEN Enable Flicker
OFF Enable NO
Note: When power off, LED is OFF