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GX1050 Technical Manual

 

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Summary of Contents for GX1050

Page 1: ...GX1050 GX1050C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 101 3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 5E9 Canada Technical Manual 700056A Updated 19 January 2010 ...

Page 2: ... Mechanical 8 Connections 9 Cleaning the Sensor 15 Adjusting the C mount 16 Network Card Configuration 17 GigE Sample Viewer and Filter Driver 21 Trouble Shooting 22 Addendum 25 GX IO Schematic 26 User Trigger Circuit Example 27 TV Zoom Lens Connection 28 Video Iris Connection 29 Trigger Timing Diagram 30 Notes on Triggering 31 Camera Controls 33 ...

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: ...adtroda 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: ...L Poor packaging of this product can cause damage during shipping 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...

Page 6: ... Trigger Jitter 0 5μs Operating Temperature 0 to 50 Celsius Operating Humidity 20 to 80 non condensing Size and Weight See mechanical diagrams Hardware Interface Standard IEEE 802 3 1000BASE T 100BASE TX Software Interface Standard GigE Vision Standard 1 0 Regulatory Conforms to CE FCC RoHS Applies to GX1050C only Power consumption will increase with reduced ROI imaging vertical binning and color ...

Page 7: ...osecond increments Gain 0 to 34dB Region of Interest ROI independent x and y control with 1 pixel resolution Horizontal Binning 1 to 8 pixels Vertical Binning 1 to 8 rows Pixel Formats Mono8 Mono16 Bayer8 Bayer16 RGB24 YUV411 YUV422 YUV444 BGR24 RGBA24 BGRA24 Sync Out Modes trigger ready trigger input exposing readout imaging strobe GPO On monochrome versions only VERTICAL BINNING AND VERTICAL ROI...

Page 8: ...GX1050 Technical Manual Page 8 Mechanical GX C MOUNT ...

Page 9: ...GX1050 Technical Manual Page 9 Connections GX CONNECTION DIAGRAM ...

Page 10: ... OUT 2 GENERAL PURPOSE IO PORT AS SEEN FROM BACK OF CAMERA 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 Canada Inc or from http www digikey com An open ended cable assembly can also be ordered from AVT Canada Inc Part number 02 6033A See Addendum for more detail POW...

Page 11: ...ance the connection for EXTERNAL POWER should be physically close to the POWER GROUND connection SYNC INPUTS 1 and 2 The input signals allow the camera to be synchronized to some external event These signals are optically isolated and require the signal common USER GROUND The camera can be programmed to trigger on the rising or falling edge of these signals The camera can also be programmed to cap...

Page 12: ... USER SYNC OUT USER TRIGGER CIRCUIT T4 CAMERA CIRCUIT T2 TLP281 4GB 1 2 16 15 T3 IF 5mA CAMERA LOGIC SIGNAL 3 3V CAMERA LOGIC SIGNAL SYNC OUT SIGNAL T1 Various USER VCC values and load values for the above circuit are indicated in the following table USER VCC USER ICC R LOAD V LOAD R POWER DISSIPATION T1 T2 T3 T4 5V 8mA 500Ω 4 1V 32mW 1 5μs 6 5μs 2μs 14μs 5V 4 8mA 1KΩ 4 8V 23mW 1 5μs 5μs 17μs 40μs...

Page 13: ...power ground If these signals are used in the system care must be taken to prevent ground loop problems USER GROUND This connection provides the user ground reference and return path for the isolated sync in and sync out signals This connection is necessary if any of the isolated sync signals are to be used It is also recommended that this ground connection be physically close to the used sync sig...

Page 14: ...f 6V up to 12V or lenses which operate with bipolar voltages from 6V up to 12V This voltage level can be controlled through software The default voltage will be set to 6V The current capacity for each axis is 50mA CARE MUST BE TAKEN NOT TO EXCEED THE LENS MANUFACTURERS VOLTAGE SPECIFICATION This connector also provides the signals necessary to operate a video auto iris type of lens The lens contro...

Page 15: ...lly 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 If c...

Page 16: ...s loose unthread the ring a few turns from the camera face A wrench suitable for this procedure can be provided by AVT Canada Inc 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 lens is firmly thre...

Page 17: ... a single data channel 1 Install a dual port network card in the host computer To achieve full camera performance you should use a Gigabit Ethernet card that supports Jumbo frames of at least 9KB size 2 Once installed open your Network Connections Start Control Panel Network Connections and right click on one of the two network connection corresponding to the card that was just installed 3 Select ...

Page 18: ...ca GigE filter driver this step is not required 8 Perform Steps 1 8 for the other Ethernet adapter port that will be dedicated to the GX camera network 9 The next section will provide instructions for configuring the Link Aggregate Group LAG to combine the two ports dedicated to the GX network Open your Network Connections Start Control Panel Network Connections and right click on one of the two n...

Page 19: ...connected These ports will form our LAG or TEAM Click Next to continue 13 Choose Static Link Aggregation Click Next to continue 14 The LAG group will now be configured You may be asked to permit the AVT_Prosilica GigE Vision Filter Miniport installation on the new LAG adapter Click Continue Anyway ...

Page 20: ...e properties of the TEAM LAG that has just been created will appear A new Network Connections Icon corresponding to the LAG group is created You have now completed the Link Aggregate Group configuration 16 Reboot the system and install GigE Sample Viewer ...

Page 21: ...er Verify that the Green LED is a solid green Run Sample Viewer It will take a few seconds for the camera to be recognized especially if your camera is in DHCP mode If the camera does not appear after one minute see the Trouble Shooting section of this document o In Sample Viewer select the wrench icon to change camera settings See the Camera Controls Addendum for description of each setting Selec...

Page 22: ...or Windows It should have an IP address of 169 254 x x Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 This is the AutoIP address 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 prosilica IP Configuration utility Start Programs Prosilica GigEIPConfig or C Prog...

Page 23: ... to the same subnet The camera can not know which card to resolve 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 clic...

Page 24: ...ckets 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 SampleViewer to support allie...

Page 25: ...GX1050 Technical Manual Page 25 Addendum ...

Page 26: ...1 10W IF 5mA TLP281 4GB 1 2 16 15 TLP281 4GB 3 4 14 13 5V TO 24V IF 5mA VDD 3 3 442R 442R 5V TO 24V IF 5mA 100K SYNC OUT 4 CAMERA LOGIC SY NC OUT 4 D S G MMBF4393LT1G 3 3V LOGIC SYNC OUT 1 D S G MMBF4393LT1G PIN 2 EXTERNAL POWER IF 5mA CAMERA LOGIC SY NC OUT 1 PIN 11 SYNC IN 2 100K 100K IF 5mA VDD 3 3 SYNC OUT 2 VCC GND NC7WZ14P6X 1 3 6 4 5 2 PIN 6 SY NC OUT 1 PIN 8 RS 232 RXD SYNC OUT 3 VCC GND H...

Page 27: ... SIDE USER GND SY NC OUT 2 EXTERNAL POWER SY NC OUT 4 1K NOTES 1 CAMERA POWER 5V TO 24V 2 CAMERA POWER DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE SAME AS USER VCC 3 CAMERA GND DOES NOT NEED TO CONNECT TO USER GND 4 USER VCC MUST HAVE CURRENT CAPACITY TO SUPPLY IC CURRENT FOR EACH SYNC OUT USED USER LOGIC SY NC OUT 3 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 USER LOGIC SY...

Page 28: ...S ZOOM FOCUS COMMON HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TV ZOOM LENS UNIPOLAR TYPE ZOOM IRIS IRIS TV ZOOM LENS BIPOLAR TYPE HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IRIS COMMON COMMON COMMON COMMON NOTES 1 CURRENT CAPACITY PER AXIS 50mA 2 VERIFY LENS VOLTAGE SETTING ON CAMERA DOES NOT EXCEED LENS VOLTAGE SPECIFICATION IRIS IRIS ...

Page 29: ...tion VIDEO SIGNAL LENS GROUND 12V POWER POWER GROUND VIDEO AUTO IRIS LENS 1 2 3 4 JEITA CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 LENS POWER 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 12V_POWER POWER GROUND HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 30: ...GX1050 Technical Manual Page 30 Trigger Timing Diagram ...

Page 31: ...en 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 th...

Page 32: ...ering 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 ...

Page 33: ... not control end of acquisition AcqRec An AcqStart hardware trigger signal or the AcquisitionStart command must be received before your AcqRec trigger See AcquisitionMode Recorder AcqRecTriggerEvent What kind of external input trigger will start a recording sequence when AcquisitionMode set to Recorder EdgeRising rising edge trigger EdgeFalling falling edge trigger EdgeAny rising or falling edge L...

Page 34: ...ximum supported frame rate depending on the exposure time and region of interest size SyncIn1 external trigger SyncIn1 SyncIn2 external trigger SyncIn2 FixedRate camera self triggers at a fixed frame rate defined by FrameRate Software software initiated image capture FrameStartTriggerSoftware A command Valid when FrameStartTriggerMode equals Software In SampleViewer when selected a button appears ...

Page 35: ...s non volatile memory These saved configurations can be used to define the power up settings of the camera or to quickly switch between a number of predefined settings ConfigFileIndex The index number corresponding to the configuration set that you are currently working with Possible settings Factory 1 2 3 4 5 ConfigFileLoad A command In SampleViewer selecting this control will reveal a button at ...

Page 36: ...re setting in autoexposure mode This is useful in situations where frame rate is important This value would normally be set to something less than 1x10 6 desired frame rate ExposureAutoMin In microseconds This sets the lower bound to the exposure setting in autoexposure mode ExposureAutoOutliers In percent The percentage of image pixels that do not have to fit into the proper exposure range Exposu...

Page 37: ...scene illumination and then remain at that setting even when the scene illumination changes The AutoOnce gain function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls GainValue In dB GdB 20 log10 Vin Vout The gain setting applied to the sensor Default gain is zero and gives the best image quality However in low light situations it may be necessary to increase the gain setting Iris All video type a...

Page 38: ... adjust according to the current scene The Auto function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls AutoOnce A command of type Enumeration in PvAPI A single iteration of the auto whitebalance algorithm is run and then the camera reverts to Manual WhitebalMode The AutoOnce function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls WhitebalValueRed Red gain expressed as a percentage of the camera...

Page 39: ...to decrease this parameter StreamBytesPerSecond In Bytes Sec Used to moderate the data rate of the camera This is particularly useful for slowing the camera down so that it can operate over slower links such as Fast Ethernet 100 speed or wireless networks It is also an important control for multi camera situations When multiple cameras are connected to a single Gigabit Ethernet port usually throug...

Page 40: ... or 12 bit CCD sensors the data is least significant bit aligned within the 16 bit word That is 0000xxxx xxxxxxxx RGB24 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV411 12 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV422 16 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV444 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color BGR24 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color RGBA24 24 bits per...

Page 41: ...isition FrameTriggerReady Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger FrameTrigger Active when an image has been initiated to start This is a logic trigger internal to the camera which is initiated by an external trigger or software trigger event Exposing Active for the duration of sensor exposure FrameReadout Active at during frame readout i e the transferring of ...

Page 42: ...not installed or is not activated StatFilterVersion Version of the filter driver being used StatFrameRate The current actual frame rate of the camera as received by the driver StatFramesCompleted The number of frames captured since the start of imaging StatFramesDropped The number of frames dropped during transmission since the start of imaging NOTE If everything is configured correctly this numbe...

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