Camera DB9 / Calibration Port

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by roboticsguy1988

Ok, i may be wrong, but if i am not mistaking according to the document about the camera, you can make your own "custom cable" to go to the DB9 port on the camera board. By hooking three wires to the specified pins (shown on the diagram below) and then of course hooking the apporpriote DB9 connector on the other end, i should be able to plug that into the computer and calibrate it that way...........without the hasle of taking over the cover off the camera box every time. Does that sound right?? Or does the calibration program require the use of more pins??

Sorry if you need me to explain more i can try......i am not good at explaining things........i am much better at showing someone what i mean.

Yes, you can do that. And then you can wire up the power in and ttl serial lines to un used pins on the db-9 connector. Then splice a serial cable, and solder on PWM cables to the other end to connect to PWM out, and the ttl serial converter.