Description
The Trigger Cable Accessory Unterminated is an 8-pin Hirose HR25A-7P-8P cable plug connector pre-wired to a 2 meter cable which can be used to interface the PixeLINK PL-D Machine Vision camera to external trigger and control equipment. The connector pinout is shown below (not-to-scale for clarity of pin numbers).
Pin Assignment
| Pin | Wire Color | Pin Name | Function | Comments |
1 | Red | VBUS | Power output from USB3 cable, shared with camera, typically 5 VDC. | |
2 | Violet | TRIGGER+ | Positive terminal of optically isolated trigger input | |
3 | Brown | TRIGGER- | Negative terminal of optically isolated trigger input | |
4 | Yellow | GPO1+ | Positive terminal of optically isolated General Purpose output 1 | |
5 | Green | GPO1- | Negative terminal of optically isolated General Purpose Output 1 | |
6 | Orange | GPO1 HCMOS | 3.3V HCMOS General Purpose Output 1 | |
7 | Blue | GPO2 HCMOS | 3.3V HCMOS General Purpose Output 2 | |
8 | Black | Ground | Logic ground | Logic ground is internally connected to the camera metal enclosure |
Shell | Clear | SHIELD | Cable outer shield | The cable outer foil shield and bare drain wire are connected to the connector metal shell and camera metal enclosure. |