Knowledge Base

FAQ

Are Tau and Tau2 electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) compliant? Are Tau, Tau2 rated for compliance with and FCC standard (or equivalent) for electromagnetic emissions?

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Are Tau2 and-or Quark2 SW and FW release notes available?

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Are the PTU-CPI and PTU-SDK that use binary commands faster than ASCII commands?

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Are there any safety issues associated with the storage, operation, repair and-or disposal of Boson or Tau2?

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Are there any special instructions on how to focus wide field of view lenses for Tau, Tau2?

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Are there limitations on the use of external synchronization using the EXT_SYNC signal?

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Are there options to reduce Lepton's FFC power consumption?

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Are UART and USB both available for control of Boson, or is it either - or?

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As far as 30 fps vs. 9 fps video rates are concerned, why use one over the other?

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As for camera control software, what does FLIR offer and what are the capabilities?

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Can 2-wire RS-485 be used instead of 4-wire for PTU operation?

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Can a FLIR OEM camera data be streamed to disk over the PCI-1422 card and displayed real time?

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Can a frame grabber be used to command a FLIR OEM camera to perform a NUC on demand?

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Can a Tau2 or Quark2 simply be connected to power and a video display?

System Requirements

Can any of FLIR's Camera Control software run on a Mac?

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Can any of the default Lepton configurations be changed?

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Can auto-exposure be turned on and off in Boson? Is auto-exposure used to normalize the image with respect to min and max pixel magnitude?

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Can Boson, Tau2, Quark2 cameras be pointed at the sun?

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Can FLIR provide the SDK documentation, or a list of functions controlled by the SDK, so we can make a decision on whether to order it?

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Can FLIR supply a thermal sensor without an IR window? Or, with a custom window? If not, how difficult is it to remove the window?

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Can I convert 8-bit AGC’d data to temperature in manual AGC mode?

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Can lenses be interchanged on FLIR cameras? Will FLIR calibrate my lens with a Tau2 or Quark2?

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Can researchers with foreign nationality use a Boson, Tau2, or Quark2 camera at our facility in the U.S.?

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Can the FLIR start-up splash screen be disabled in Tau2 and Quark2 cameras? Can a different splash screen be used?

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Can the lens focus be adjusted on Quark2, Tau2, and legacy Photon cameras?