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Worldwide Partners
Teledyne DALSA North America, Europe and Asia Offices
Inder Kohli
June 18, 2015
Introducing Xtium-CL MX4 – One Model for All CameraLink Configurations
Teledyne DALSA is pleased to announce that the Xtium-CL MX4, the latest member of Xtium
family, is now in full production. Fully supported by Sapera LT SDK, the Xtium-CL MX4 device
driver version 1.01.00.0051 for Microsoft® Windows® 64/32-bit platforms is now available for
immediate download from our website at www.teledynedalsa.com
The Xtium-CL MX4 is the first Teledyne DALSA frame grabber to offer support for both
2xCameraLink Base(PoCL) and 1xCameraLink Medium, Full or 80-bit (PoCL) configurations all in
the same hardware. Users are able to change the board configuration in the field by simply
changing the firmware of the board. In addition, Xtium-CL MX4 offers support for segmented
and parallel taps to support the majority of the CameraLink cameras on the market.
Key Features
 Camera Link frame grabber for PCIe x4
Gen2 platform
 Supports two Camera Link Base or one
Camera Link Medium, Full or 80-bit
cameras
 Supports area and line scan, color and
monochrome cameras
 10 meter cables at 85MHz
 Supports Monochrome, RGB, Bayer and
Bicolor cameras
 Power Over Camera Link (PoCL) for Base,
Medium, Full and 80-bit cameras
 Single slot, cost effective solution
 Fully supported by Sapera LT and
CamExpert on Microsoft Windows 7,
Windows 8.1 64/32-bit and WoW64;
Windows 10 ready1
Verified with Windows 10 pre-release build 10130
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Sapera LT Compatibility
It is strongly recommended to use Sapera LT Ver. 8.00.00.1509 with Xtium-CL MX4 device driver version 1.01.00.0051.
Ordering Information:
Part Number
OR-Y4C0-XMX00
OR-YXCC-27BE2M1
OR-YXC1-H270000
OR-YXCC-TIOF120
OR-YXCC-BSYNC20
OR-YXCC-BSYNC40
OR-YXCC-PWRY00
Description
Board
Reference
Xtium-CL MX4: PCIe x4 Gen2 Camera Link frame grabber
RoHS: Xtium Trigger & GPIO Cable Assembly Rev B1, Hirose
DH60 27-pin plug with open ended color coded cable, 2 meters
(optional)
Note: Supports differential I/O signals when supported on the
board
HiRose DH27 connector only (plug, shell and screws, no cable)
(optional)
RoHS: J4 26-pin flat ribbon cable(0.05” spacing) 12 inch
(optional)
Board sync Cable –2 boards (optional)
Multi-board sync cable – up to 4 Boards (optional)
Power breakout cable assembly (optional)
OR-YXC1-H270000
J1
List Price
(US)
$900
$200
J1
$25
J4
$25
J5
J5
J7
$35
$60
$35
OR-YXCC-TIOF120
OR-YXCC-PWRY00
OR-YXCC-BSYNC40
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Supported Tap Geometries
Firmware
Module
1 x Full
CameraLink Full Mono
Camera Link CameraLink Full Bayer
Area-scan Line-scan Sapera Equivalent
1X-1Y
1X
1X2-1Y
Supported Bits Per
Pixel
Taps
Xtium-CL
PX4
Ver.1.10
Xtium-CL
MX4
Ver. 1.00
One Tap Left to Right
8, 10, 12, 14, 16
1
x
x
1X2
Two Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8, 10, 12
2
x
x
2X-1Y
2X
Two Taps Separate (Segmented)
8, 10, 12
2
x
2XE-1Y
2XE
2
x
2XM-1Y
2XM
2
1X3-1Y
1X3
Three Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8, 10, 12
3
3X-1Y
3X
Three Taps Separate (Segmented)
8, 10, 12
3
1X4-1Y
1X4
Four Taps Inteleaved (Parallel)
8, 10, 12
4
4X-1Y
4X
Four Taps Separate (Segmented)
8, 10, 12
4
x
4
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
8, 10, 12
CameraLink Medium
Color RGB
CameraLink Full Packed
RGB
2 x Base
CameraLink Base Mono
Camera Link #1/#2 CameraLink Base
Bayer #1/#2
CameraLink Base Color
RGB #1/#2
80-Bits
CameraLink 10-Tap/8-Bit
Camera Link Mono
CameraLink 8-Tap/10-Bit
Mono
CameraLink 80-bit
Packed/8-Bit RGB
CameraLink 80-bit
Packed/8-Bit Bi-Color
CameraLink 10-Tap/8-Bit
Bayer
CameraLink 8-Tap/10-Bit
Bayer
2X2-1Y
2X2
Four Taps Two Segments Interleaved
2X2E-1Y
2X2E
Four Taps Interleaved Converge
8, 10, 12
4
1X8-1Y
1X8
Eight Taps Interleaved
8
8
8X-1Y
8X
Eight Taps Separate (Parallel)
8
8
x
4X2-1Y
4X2
8
x
4X2E-1Y
4X2E
8
x
x
x
x
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8, 10, 12
1
x
x
1X2-1Y
1X2
Two Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8
2
x
x
2X-1Y
2X
Two Taps Separate (Segmented)
8
2
x
2XE-1Y
2XE
2
x
2XM-1Y
2XM
2
x
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8
1
x
x
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8, 10, 12, 14, 16
1
x
x
1X2-1Y
1X2
Two Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8, 10, 12
2
x
x
2X-1Y
2X
Two Taps Separate (Segmented)
8, 10, 12
2
x
2XE-1Y
2XE
2
x
2XM-1Y
2XM
2
1X3-1Y
1X3
Three Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8
3
3X-1Y
3X
Three Taps Separate (Segmented)
8
3
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8
1X10-1Y
1X10
Ten Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8
1X8-1Y
1X8
Eight Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
10
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8
1X-1Y
1X
One Tap Left to Right
8
1X10-1Y
1X10
Ten Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
8
1X8-1Y
1X8
Eight Taps Interleaved (Parallel)
10
x
x
x
x
1
x
x
10
x
x
8
x
x
1
x
x
1
x
x
10
x
x
8
x
x
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Color – RGB/BGR Format for area/line
scan camera image Flow
Color – Bicolor Format for Line Scan cameras
Image Flow
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Lookup Table Support Summary
The following tables below provide various input pixel formats and corresponding outputs after passing through the
lookup tables:
Xtium-CL MX4 Lookup Table Support (monochrome input)
Monochrome
Lookup Tables
Input
Output
Pixel Depth
Mono8
Mono16*
Mono8
√
√
Mono10
√
√
Mono12
√
√
Mono14
-
-
Mono16
-
-
*User programmable; Default LSB aligned
Xtium-CL MX4 Lookup table Support (COLOR)
Color
Lookup
Tables
Pixel
Depth
RGB8888
(32bit)
√
√
na
na
RGB10
RGB12
2
√
2
√
2
√
2
√
√
3
√
√
√
BiColor8
√
√
na
na
Bayer8
√
2
√
√
2
√
na
na
√
√
3
√
RGB8
Image
Input
Format
Image Output Format
RGB101010
(32bit)
RGB888
(24bit)
Bayer10
2
√
Bayer12
1 Default LSB aligned, user programmable
2 Default (8MSB), user programmable
3 Default (10MSB), user programmable
2
√
RGB16161616
(64bit)
√
For addition details please consult Xtium-CL MX4 user’s manual and readme file.
If you have any additional questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us.
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