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GC655Technical Manual

 

 

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For customers in the U.S.A.  
(FCC Compliance Information) 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a 
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However there is no guarantee 
that interferences will not occur in a particular installation. Operation of this equipment in a residential environment is likely to 
cause harmful interference. 
 
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this 
equipment. The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the 
limits for a computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. 
 

For customers in Canada 

This digital apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in the Radio Interference Regulations. 
 

Pour utilisateurs au Canada 

Cet appareil numérique est conforme aux normes classe A pour bruits radio

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Life support applications 

These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where malfunction of these products can 
reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Allied Vision Technologies customers using or selling these products for use in 
such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Allied Vision Technologies for any damages resulting from 
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Summary of Contents for GC655

Page 1: ...GC655 GC655C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 101 3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 5E9 Canada Technical Manual 700021A Updated August 27 2010 ...

Page 2: ...Supported Features 3 Mechanical 4 Connections 5 Cleaning the Sensor 9 Adjusting the C mount 10 Camera Installation 11 System Optimization 16 Trouble Shooting 18 Addendum 21 GC IO Schematic 22 Isolated Trigger Schematic 23 Non isolated Trigger Schematic 24 Video Iris Schematic 25 Trigger Timing Diagram 26 Notes on Triggering 27 ...

Page 3: ...r utilisateurs au Canada Cet appareil numérique est conforme aux normes classe A pour bruits radioélectriques spécifiées dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique Life support applications These products are not designed for use in life support appliances devices or systems where malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Allied Vision Technolog...

Page 4: ...dtroda Germany Tel 49 36428 677 0 Fax 49 36428 677 28 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 101 3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 5E9 Canada Tel 1 604 875 8855 Fax 1 604 875 8856 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Inc 38 Washington Street Newburyport MA 01950 USA Toll Free number 1 877 USA 1394 Tel 1 978 225 2030 Fax 1 978 225 2029 e mail ...

Page 5: ...g VERIFY ALL EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS Verify all external connections in terms of voltage levels power requirements voltage polarity and signal integrity prior to powering this device CLEANING This product can be damaged by some volatile cleaning agents Avoid cleaning the image sensor unless absolutely necessary Please see instructions on sensor cleaning in this document DO NOT EXCEED ENVIRONMENTAL SP...

Page 6: ...pd 10ns for non isolated I O 1 3us for isolated I O Operating Temperature 0 to 50 Celsius Operating Humidity 20 to 80 non condensing Size 33mm height x 46mm width x 59mm length Weight 100g Hardware Interface Standard IEEE 802 3 1000BASE T 100BASE TX Software Interface Standard GigE Vision Standard 1 0 Regulatory CE FCC RoHS Applies to GC655C only Power consumption will increase with reduced ROI im...

Page 7: ...ing edge any edge level high level low Exposure Time 10 microseconds to 60 seconds in 1 microsecond increments Gain 0 to 22dB Region of Interest ROI independent x and y control with 1 pixel resolution Horizontal Binning 1 to 8 pixels Vertical Binning 1 to full resolution of sensor Pixel Formats Mono8 Mono16 Bayer8 Bayer 16 RGB24 YUV411 YUV422 YUV444 BGR24 RGBA24 BGRA24 Sync Out Modes trigger ready...

Page 8: ...GC655Technical Manual Page 4 Mechanical Figure 1 GC SERIES mechanical dimensions ...

Page 9: ...GC655Technical Manual Page 5 Connections Figure 2 GC SERIES connection diagram 4 2 3 1 ...

Page 10: ...t Camera rear view 12 Sync Output 2 non isolated The General Purpose I O port uses a Hirose HR10A 10R 12PB connector on the camera side The mating cable connector is Hirose HR10A 10P 12S This connector can be purchased from AVT or from http www digikey com See Addendum for more detail DO NOT EXCEED 5 5V ON SIGNAL INPUTS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED SYNC INPUT 1 CAN BE DRIVEN FROM A HIGHER VOLTAGE IF...

Page 11: ...l accept a trigger signal Trigger Input A relay of the trigger input signal used to daisy chain the trigger signal for multiple cameras Readout Valid when camera is reading out data Imaging Valid when camera is exposing or reading out Strobe Programmable pulse based on one of the above events GPO User programmable binary output Any of the above signals can be set for active high or active low Sync...

Page 12: ...th Power Ground however it is good practice to provide a separate ground connection for power and signaling when designing the cabling Video Iris This signal can be used to drive the video input of a video iris lens See Addendum DNC These signals are reserved for future use and should be left disconnected Item 3 Status LED 1 LED COLOR STATUS Solid Orange Ethernet link established Flashing Orange E...

Page 13: ...refully using a small flat head screw driver Clean both sides of the IR filter using the same techniques as explained below for the sensor window DO NOT TOUCH ANY OPTICS WITH FINGERS OIL FROM FINGERS CAN DAMAGE FRAGILE OPTICAL COATINGS Cleaning with Air If it is determined that debris is on the sensor window then remove the camera lens and blow the sensor window directly with clean compressed air ...

Page 14: ... camera When the locking ring is loose unthread the ring a few turns from the camera face A wrench suitable for this procedure can be provided by AVT P N 11 0048A Image to Infinity Use a c mount compatible lens that allows an infinity focus Set the lens to infinity and image a distant object The distance required will depend on the lens used but typically 30 to 50 feet should suffice Make sure the...

Page 15: ...wever typical Jumbo Frames are around 9000 bytes Frame size is the number of bytes per packet and the larger the frame size the less the computer CPU will be loaded due to the processing of incoming packets There are many Gigabit Ethernet cards available which will support Jumbo Frames The following examples have been verified to work well with AVT cameras Intel PRO 1000 D Link DGE 550T SMC EZ Car...

Page 16: ...me with the network card o Once the driver is installed open the Network Connections Dialog as follows From the Windows desktop select start then select Control Panel then double click on the Network Connections icon Double click the relevant network card listed or right click the relevant network card and select Properties This will open the properties window for your network card See Figure 5 Fi...

Page 17: ...ddress of 169 254 x y where x and y can be any number Press the TAB key after entering the IP address and the subnet mask will automatically be entered The subnet mask is 255 255 0 0 Click OK to save changes Note that if Windows reports a conflict with the above IP address simply repeat the above steps and change the last digit of the IP address to a different value Figure 6 Network card TCP IP ad...

Page 18: ...the Firewall for this device Click OK to save changes Gigabit Ethernet Cabling All Gigabit Ethernet cabling and connectors should be CAT5E or CAT6 compatible Cable lengths must not exceed 100 meters Power Connection The camera requires a 12V DC power supply that can source a minimum of 500 mA of current See the Connections section of this document for more information ...

Page 19: ...the camera does not appear in the Viewer list after approximately 10 seconds then try disconnecting and reconnecting the power If it still does not appear restart the viewer If it still does not appear see the Trouble Shooting section of this document o See Figure 8 Select the wrench icon to change camera settings Change the PacketSize to a value of 1500 Select the eye icon to image The camera sho...

Page 20: ...then double click on the Network Connections icon Double click the relevant network card listed or right click the relevant network card and select Properties This will open the properties window for your network card See Figure 9 Figure 9 Network card main properties window o From the Properties window select Configure then select the Advanced tab See Figure 10 ...

Page 21: ...e list contains a property called Receive Descriptors then change this value to its maximum value Select OK to save properties o From the main properties dialog as in Figure 9 make sure that only the Internet Protocol TCP IP check box is selected then click OK The card is now optimized for use with the Prosilica GC camera o Open the viewer and set the PacketSize to 8228 ...

Page 22: ...ress range If your NIC has no access to a DHCP server the camera will still be auto assigned an IP address There should be no gateway on your NIC Connect a single camera directly to your NIC no hub switch and run the IP Configuration utility Start Programs Prosilica GigEIPConfig or C Program Files Prosilica GigEViewer ipconfig exe You may need to wait up to 30 sec for camera to appear A camera in ...

Page 23: ...to Change the IP address of your NIC If you are still having problems type ipconfig all in a windows command prompt and send a screenshot to support alliedvisiontec com Ipconfig all screenshot Is the camera listed in SampleViewer but can t acquire images Reset your camera settings to factory default with ConfigFileIndex Factory click the ConfigFileLoad button While streaming check your Stats ...

Page 24: ...er event to capture frames Packets are incoming but all dropping Be sure you have JumboFrames enabled on your NIC Otherwise decrease your PacketSize setting to 1500 All packets completing as normal but black image Check ExposureValue ExposureMode and be sure your scene is suitably lit If you are still having problems acquiring images please send your camera settings file click on the disk icon in ...

Page 25: ...GC655Technical Manual Page 21 Addendum ...

Page 26: ...D MOCD207M FAIRCHILD 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 SYNC INPUT 1 VDD 3 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HIROSE HR10A 10R 12PB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 CAMERA INTERNAL CIRCUIT RS232 RXD LOGIC SYNC INPUT 2 SYNC OUTPUT 2 ISOLATED GROUND 0 1u MAX3221CPWR MAXIM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 EN C1 V C1 C2 C2 V RIN ROUT INVALID DIN FORCEON DOUT GND VCC FORCEOFF LOGIC RXD ISOLATED GROUND SN74LVC2G241DCU TEXAS INS...

Page 27: ...R R1 2 7K ISOLATED GROUND 5V RECOMMENDED VALUES 12V POWER 12V_POWER 12V SYNC OUTPUT 1 RECEIVER 0 CABLE SIDE 1K 0 7K POWER GROUND R2 POWER GROUND 24V This circuit assumes a 10mA drive current IF from User s trigger circuit into camera through R1 R2 is connected to the open collector of Fairchild MOCD207 The corresponding transistor emitter is connected to isolated ground See the Fairchild MOCD207 d...

Page 28: ... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 POWER GROUND SYNC OUTPUT 2 3 3V RECEIVER CABLE SIDE POWER GROUND SYNC INPUT 2 12V_POWER The non isolated trigger circuit is connected to a Texas Instruments SN74LVC2G241 buffer driver inside the camera The required sync input current is less than 10uA and the maximum sync output current is 24mA See the Texas Instruments SN74LVC2G241 for more detailed information ...

Page 29: ...l Page 25 Video Iris Schematic JEITA CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 POWER GROUND 12V_POWER LENS GROUND LENS POWER 12V POWER POWER GROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HIROSE HR10A 10P 12S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 CABLE SIDE VIDEO SIGNAL ...

Page 30: ...l Page 26 Trigger Timing Diagram User Trigger Logic Trigger Exposure Readout Trigger Ready Imaging Tpd Trigger Latency Interline Time Expose Start Delay Trigger Jitter Idle Registered Exposure Time Readout Time N N 1 N N 1 ...

Page 31: ...n the next Exposure cycle can begin such that the Exposure will end after the current Readout o Interline Time is the time between sensor row readout cycles o Imaging is high when the camera image sensor is either exposing and or reading out data o Idle is high if the camera image sensor is not exposing and or reading out data Rules o The User Trigger pulse width should be at least three times the...

Page 32: ...ring cycle time whereby the camera image sensor is exposing and reading out simultaneously then the User Trigger signal should be applied as soon as a valid Trigger Ready is detected o In this case Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter can be up to 1 line time since Exposure must always begin on an Interline boundary ...

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