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Tramsmitting
Serial In Mode
Using Serial In mode, your camera accepts text strings from a connected external device.
The information is then added to specified image headers.
☛ Serial In and Serial Out modes can work at the same time.
1 Select Serial In from the Serial
Port menu (page 13-2).
2 Select your choice from the
Serial In Mode menu (described
in the table below).
The setting is retained until you
change it or disconnect the
device.
Menu
Choice
Action Comments
None No data transmitted. Serial port is unavailable.
New Images The text string from the
connected device is written to
the header of subsequent
images.
Text string must be 250 valid
characters, or less. Valid characters
consist of ASCII characters, carriage
return, and line termination.
When you select New Images or
Previous Image, a Serial In Status
option (page 13-4) becomes available.
Previous
Image
A text string from the connected
device is written to the header of
previously captured image.
GPS A text string from the connected
GPS device is written to the
header of the just-captured
image.
If a Trimble GPS card is inserted in
the camera, the serial port GPS
functionality is overridden by the
Trimble card.