Up to Four Camera Link Cameras Direct to Serial Attached SCSI

IO Industries DVR Express® CLSAS video recorder card excels at recording multiple cameras direct to hard disk or SSD. A single card can record up to four cameras. As with all IO Industries recording hardware, frames are recorded uncompressed with no frame drops.

The CLSAS allows direct connection of two camera link or LVDS cameras to its external video ports. Two internal video ports on the CLSAS are accessible by an optional mating daughter card module. Daughter card modules for two camera link or LVDS cameras, along with modules for NTSC/PAL and GigE cameras are available.

Multiple CLSAS cards may be installed to record even more cameras. Since the CLSAS operates as a recording subsystem, handling all aspects of the recording procedure, PC performance is not affected even when recording large numbers of cameras.

The CLSAS’s DVR engine is powered by dual 3Gb SAS disk controllers delivering a maximum sustained uncompressed recording data rate of 540 MByte per second, direct to disk.

Advanced features include precision time-stamping of video frames in hardware, hardware trigger inputs/outputs with FPGA-controlled timing manipulation, and onboard video buffering for optimal live video viewing.

Product Highlights

• Records 1 to 4 cameras to disk storage

• Native support for camera link and LVDS cameras

• Support for NTSC/PAL and GigE cameras by using optional adapter modules

• Dual SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) controllers for recording to SAS disk drives

• Maximum combined recording rate is 540 MByte/s

Compatible with IO Industries Streams™ 5 video recording software

Tech Specs
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Video Interface

Video Ports: Camera Link – up to 4x Base, 2x Medium, 2x Full, 2x Full-80 bit (bi-directional)
LVDS – 11 signals per MDR-26 connector (bi-directional)
: 2 MDR-26 Connectors, expandable to 4 using CL Adapter

Maximum Pixel Clock Frequency: Camera Link – 85MHz

Camera Readout Formats: Area and line scan

Pixel Formats: Monochrome 8 to 16 bits
Color – Bayer, RGB (24, 30, 36 and 48 bit)
: Other formats supported on request

Acquisition from Multiple Cameras: Record up to 4 cameras.
: Install multiple CLSAS cards and adapters in a PC to record from more cameras.
: Optional remote control software allows for synchronization of recording across multiple PCs.

Trigger Input/Output: LVDS - 2 programmable outputs, 2 inputs
: TTL - 12 programmable bidirectional lines
: Camera Link CC lines

Mult-Card Mode for High-Speed Cameras: Install multiple CLSAS cards to record data rates of N x 540MB/s
: Hardware-synchronized recording across multiple boards

Frame Time Stamping: Every recorded frame is time tagged by hardware time-code generator
: Time-code resolution is 100 nanoseconds
: Time-code generator can be synchronized to external IRIG, GPS or other timing device

Live Video Display: High-speed video playback over PCI bus to host memory for display and/or analysis

Video Playback: Video playback from CLFC to host memory for display/analysis

Video Storage

Hard Drive Interface: (2) SAS 3Gb interfaces
: Connect up to (5) SAS devices per channel through on-board expanders

Hard Drive Compatibility: SAS drives. Contact IO Industries for compatible models.

Maximum Sustained Recording Rate: 540 MByte per second

Maximum Storage Capacity: 350 Petabytes (2⁵⁰)

RAID Configurations: RAID levels 0, 1, (0+1) and 3
: Other levels possible using 3rd party external drive arrays

Data Compression: Lossless storage
Pixel bits packed for 100% efficiency in data storage; Reduces storage requirement for 10-bit and 12-bit cameras