The Remote Camera Link Fiber-Optic (RCL) extension system enables frame acquisition from a remote camera at a distance of up to 10 km without repeaters. A remote camera connects directly to the RCL module, which transmits the camera image over fiber optic cable. On the other end, the fiber-optic cable connects to either a Gidel PCIe HawkEye-CL frame grabber board mounted in a host computer or to another Gidel RCLGR module that can interface with any user frame grabber. The RCL supports all Camera Link modes, including 80-bit (DECA) and an option to connect two base mode cameras.
The RCL unit is supported by remote I/O capabilities via the fiber optics cable, including:
- Camera Link camera control lines for remote control of the camera
- Camera Link serial communication
- RS232 Rx/Tx
- 3-30V opto-coupler drivers and receivers
- Triggering capabilities from frame grabber
Interfacing with Gidel frame grabbers offers high performance acquisition, on-board real-time image processing, diverse I/O options, and the ability to synchronize between multiple cameras.
Contact Information
North America:
+1 408 969 0389
EMEA:
+972 4 610 2500
Asia Pacific:
+972 4 610 2500
- Transmit distance with no repeaters: 10 Km. For other distances of up to 40 km, contact Gidel Support
- Support for all Camera Link modes, including 80-bit (DECA)
- Option for connecting two Camera Link cameras in base mode
- Direct connection to Gidel’s frame grabber, thus reducing server infrastructure cost and components
- SFP+ cage for up to 11.3 Gb/s full duplex data transfer over fiber optic cable
- Remote I/O capabilities, including:
- RS232 Rx/Tx
- 2x 3-30V opto-couplers output driver
- 2x 3-30V opto-coupler input receivers
- 4 Camera Control lines and serial communication in accordance with the Camera Link specification
- Triggering capabilities from frame grabber
- I/O controls from host PC:
- Camera Link Serial communication (CLSER)
- Virtual COM for RS232 and Camera Link
- Status LEDs indicting power, link connection, transmission activity, and user defined functionality
Download our data sheet for the Remote Camera over Fiber-Optic System.