CXP, USB 3.0, and CameraLink have limited distances due to their copper cabling. A range extender allows a longer distance up to 100km between camera and frame grabber host using fiber optic cables. A repeater also extends the range, and a splitter allows the signal to reach two or more hosts. A multiplexer does the opposite – it combines signals from multiple cameras and transmits them to a single host (mux), where they can also be separated again with a de-mux device. A trigger receives an instruction from a host and delivers it to one or more cameras or other devices.
A fiber optic range extender also provides optical insulation for your machine vision system.
Our high performance CoaXPress, USB 3.0 and AIA CameraLink fiber-optic range extenders from Engineering Design Team (EDT), Kaya Instruments, Syscom and Gidel for 2 - 40 km remote camera distance for two Camera Link cameras without repeaters. Syscom supply fiber optic or copper Camera Link range extenders, repeaters, splitters, multiplexers, and triggers.
Kaya CXP-4 (Fiber) – 1-4x CoaXPress Range Extender over Fiber (SFP+), flexible SFP+ module for Fiber connection, extension for distances up to 10km in single mode and up to 400m in multi-mode, downlink of 6.25 Gbps, uplink of 20.83 Mbps
More…Kaya KY-EXT-CL – Camera Link Range Extender over Fiber, Camera Link Full/80 bit (Deca) support, extension for distances up to 10km in single mode and up to 400m in multi-mode, bidirectional communication over single fiber cable at up to 10.3125Gbps
More…Kaya FXCL II CameraLink over Fiber acquisition system, supports bitrates up to 100MHz, extension for distances up to 10km in single mode and up to 400m in multi-mode, up to 144 Gb image buffer, data rates up to 10 Gbps per link, transfer rate up to 60Gbps
More…Kaya Instruments CoaXPress II Range Extender, KY-EXT-II, v2.1 compatible, 12.5 Gbps downlink, 40.8 Mbps uplink, 1 System status LED, Bidirectional CoaXPress communication, Micro-BNC connector, Plug and Play.
More…EDT VisionLink XF – Remote camera extender over fiber for Camera Link, extended full mode, supports base through 80-bit mode up to 85 MHz, enables remote operation, supports data rates up to 850 MB/s, with a pixel clock of 20-85 MHz
More…EDT VisionLink RCX – Remote camera extender for Camera Link over fiber, attaches to the device’s MDR26 connector, replacing Camera Link cables, enables remote operation, supports data rates of up to 255 MB/s and pixel clock range of 20-85 MHz (base mode)
More…EDT RCX C-Link – Remote camera extender for Camera Link over fiberoptic cable, attaches to the device’s MDR26 connector, replacing Camera Link cables, allows remote operation, supports data rates up to 240 MB/s (base mode) or up to 750 MB/s (full mode)
More…EDT PMC DV FOX – PMC digital video fiberoptic interface for Camera Link, allows remote operation up to 100 km from host, supports one medium- or up to two base-mode cameras via one or more EDT extenders (RCX C-Link), supports data rates up to 220 MB/s
More…Gidel RCL – Remote Camera Link over Fiber-Optic System, frame acquisition from a remote camera at a distance of up to 40 km without repeaters, support for all Camera Link modes including 80-bit (DECA), remote I/O capabilities via the fiber optics cable
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