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Use channela to talk to the front-end board in the "Variables" tab:

  • send escape right away after powering up
  • linkmode: medium
  • datamode: 8bit
  • framemode: our camera only gives a line valid (indication that there is valid data) so we need to set to "line"
  • tapcount: our camera sends 4 bytes where it could send 6
  • baudrate: 9600
  • send escape right away after powering up
  • use sendGCP to test serial link is working (output should appear on terminal)
  • swcontrolvalue/swcontrolen: bits for hardware vs software trigger (0/0 internal trigger).  These bits control CC1 through CC4.  In external trigger mode, camera triggers on falling edge of CC1.

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