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Index

BASLER A102

DRAFT

humidity requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

input signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2-7
interfacing the camera  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2-1
IR cut filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-5

k-BIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

lens thread length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
level-controlled exposure mode

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3, 3-10
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

low smear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

model number

viewing with commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

model tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
mounting facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

offset

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-15
setting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-19
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . .  4-17

output mode

see video data output mode(s)

output signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

query commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

read command

error checking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

resetting the camera with binary commands. . . . 4-33
RS-644 serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

sensor type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
serial connection

see RS-644 serial connection

serial number

viewing with binary commands. . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

signal-to-noise ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
smear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
startup pointer

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

status

checking with binary commands . . . . . . . . . 4-31

temperature requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
test image

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

timer 1

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3, 3-10
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

timer 2

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
troubleshooting chart

image quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
interfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
no image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
RS-232 serial communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

user sets

copying to the work set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
video data output mode(s)

explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
setting with binary commands . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Summary of Contents for A102K

Page 1: ...Basler A102k USER S MANUAL Document Number DA000522 Version 06 Language 000 English Release Date 29 June 2007 Draft...

Page 2: ...his manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules For customers in Canada This apparatus complies with...

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Page 5: ...le Information 2 4 2 2 1 Camera Link Cable 2 4 2 2 2 Power Cable 2 4 2 3 Camera Link Implementation in the A102k 2 5 2 4 Input Signals 2 7 2 4 1 ExSync Controls Frame Readout and Exposure Time 2 7 2 5...

Page 6: ...he Gain with Vertical Binning Enabled 3 18 3 6 2 Setting the Offset 3 19 3 7 Digital Shift 3 20 3 7 1 Digital Shift in 12 bit Output Mode 3 20 3 7 2 Digital Shift in 10 bit Output Mode 3 22 3 7 3 Digi...

Page 7: ...Camera Parameters 4 11 4 2 4 1 Video Data Output Mode 4 11 4 2 4 2 Exposure Time Control Mode 4 12 4 2 4 3 Timer 1 4 13 4 2 4 4 Timer 2 4 13 4 2 4 5 Digital Shift 4 14 4 2 4 6 Area of Interest Starti...

Page 8: ...nd 4 33 5 Mechanical Considerations 5 1 Camera Dimensions and Mounting Facilities 5 1 5 2 C Mount Adapter Dimensions 5 3 5 3 F Mount Adapter Dimensions 5 3 5 4 Positioning Accuracy of the Sensor Chip...

Page 9: ...ortant features are High spatial resolution High responsivity low smear Anti blooming Asynchronous full frame shutter via electronic exposure control Square sensor cells High signal to noise ratio Pro...

Page 10: ...a 2 Scroll down until you find the Camera Information group heading If there is a plus sign beside the Camera Information group heading click on the plus sign to show the list of parameters in the gro...

Page 11: ...Camera Link LVDS RS 644 when used with the optional Basler Interface Controller Video Output Formats A102k A102kc Single 8 bit single 10 bit or single 12 bit A102kc 3 x 8 bit RGB Single 12 bit output...

Page 12: ...table filter is included in the C mount adapter The F mount adapter does not include the filter A suitable filter type is the B W486 for example Caution A102k cameras shipped with a C mount lens adapt...

Page 13: ...720 nm to 1100 nm A suitable filter is included in the C mount adapter The F mount adapter does not include the filter A suitable filter type is the B W486 for example Caution A102kc cameras shipped...

Page 14: ...of pure alcohol isopropyl alcohol Do not use methylated alcohol Because electrostatic discharge can damage the CCD sensor you must use a cloth that will not generate electrostatic charge during clean...

Page 15: ...relative non condensing Housing temperature during storage 20 C 80 C 4 F 176 F Humidity during storage 5 95 relative non condensing 1 6 2 Ventilation Allow sufficient air circulation around the camera...

Page 16: ...Introduction 1 8 BASLER A102k DRAFT...

Page 17: ...bon MDR female connector used to transmit video data control signals and configuration commands a 6 pin micro miniature push pull receptacle used to provide power to the camera A status LED located on...

Page 18: ...amera Link Transmitter 6 Tx X3 18 Tx Clk Output Camera Link LVDS Clock from Camera Link Transmitter 5 Tx Clk 12 CC4 Input RS 644 LVDS Reserved for Future Use 25 CC4 24 CC3 Output RS 644 LVDS Integrate...

Page 19: ...eptacle part HR10 7R 6PB or the equivalent The recommended mating connector is the Hirose micro miniature locking plug part HR10A 7P 6S A Hirose locking plug will be shipped with each camera This plug...

Page 20: ...It will decrease when used in an area with severe ambient electromagnetic interference 2 2 2 Power Cable A Hirose 6 pin locking plug will be shipped with each camera This plug should be used to termin...

Page 21: ...ication input signal defined in the Camera Link specification A DS90LV047A differential line transmitter is used to transmit the serial communication output signal defined in the specification Detaile...

Page 22: ...Rcvr 1 2 3 4 5 6 Not Connected Not Connected 12 V In Gnd EMI Filter Ferrite Bead IntEn DS90LV047A Tmtr CC3 CC3 CC4 CC4 CC2 CC2 CC1 CC1 DS90LV048A Rcvr SerTC SerTC SerTFG SerTFG Port A0 Port A1 Port A...

Page 23: ...odes are available level controlled and programmable see Section 3 2 ExSync can be a periodic or non periodic function The frequency of the ExSync signal determines the camera s frame rate Note that E...

Page 24: ...hown in Figure 2 4 and Figure 2 5 the frame valid bit indicates that a valid frame is being transmitted 2 5 3 Line Valid Bit As shown in Figure 2 4 and Figure 2 5 the line valid bit indicates that a v...

Page 25: ...t 5 Red Bit 5 Port A6 TxIN27 RxOUT27 Bit 6 Bit 6 Bit 6 Red Bit 6 Port A7 TxIN5 RxOUT5 Bit 7 Bit 7 Bit 7 MSB Red Bit 7 Port B0 TxIN7 RxOUT7 Bit 8 Bit 8 Not Used Green Bit 0 Port B1 TxIN8 RxOUT8 Bit 9 B...

Page 26: ...d be ignored Operation in single 10 bit mode is similar to single 12 bit mode except that the 2 least significant bits output from the ADC are dropped and the 10 most significant bits of data per pixe...

Page 27: ...data for pixel number one in line two On the next cycle of the pixel clock the line valid bit will be high Twelve of the bits transmit ted during this clock cycle will contain the data for pixel numb...

Page 28: ...high Eight of the bits transmitted during this clock cycle will contain the red data for pixel number two in line one eight of the bits will contain the green data for pixel number two in line one an...

Page 29: ...e in line two and eight of the bits will con tain the blue data for pixel number three in line two This pattern will continue until all of the pixel data for line two has been transmitted After all of...

Page 30: ...the area of interest AOI feature is not being used With the AOI feature enabled the number of lines transferred and the number of pixels in each line could be smaller TIMING CHARTS ARE NOT DRAWN TO S...

Page 31: ...Output with Programmable Exposure The diagram assumes that the area of interest AOI feature is not being used With the AOI feature enabled the number of lines transferred and the number of pixels in e...

Page 32: ...from the camera are not attached to the pins in the frame grabber end of the cable Instead the wires are unterminated and are folded back inside of the connector housing on the frame grabber end see...

Page 33: ...ion via the serial connection See Section 4 2 for details on the binary command format 2 6 1 Making the Serial Connection Frame grabbers compliant with the Camera Link specification are equipped with...

Page 34: ...ual and the k BIC installation guide 2 8 DC Power The A102k requires 12 VDC 10 power A 12 V power supply is available from Basler as a stock item part 1000013046 The camera s maximum power consumption...

Page 35: ...LER A102k 2 19 DRAFT 2 9 Status LED The A102k has a status LED on the back of the camera The LED is used to indicate that power is present and to indicate an error condition if one is detected See Sec...

Page 36: ...Camera Interface 2 20 BASLER A102k DRAFT...

Page 37: ...rge read out When operating in free run the camera outputs frames continuously At readout accumulated charges are transported from the light sensitive sensor elements pixels to the CCD vertical shift...

Page 38: ...Operation and Features 3 2 BASLER A102k DRAFT Figure 3 1 A102k Sensor Architecture...

Page 39: ...e Rate 1 ExSync Signal Period Exsync can be periodic or non periodic When the camera is operating with an ExSync signal it has two modes of exposure time control available level controlled mode and pr...

Page 40: ...The ExSync signal must toggle The ExSync signal must remain high for at least 15 s The minimum exposure time is 15 s This means that the ExSync signal must remain low for at least 15 s If the AOI and...

Page 41: ...commonly referred to as an exposure start jitter Due to the jitter you may find that the actual length of the exposure time decreases even though you increase the length of the ExSync signal low time...

Page 42: ...me Valid Low If the ExSync signal falls while frame valid is low as shown in Figure 3 5 Exposure will start after a delay of 12 4 s The actual length of the exposure time will be equal to the ExSync s...

Page 43: ...o 1 Maximum Frame Rate where the maximum frame rate is determined by the formula in Section 3 8 2 1 on page 3 28 If the Vertical Binning feature is being used the minimum ExSync signal period is equal...

Page 44: ...as shown in Figure 3 6 The actual start of exposure can be up to 65 s later than the rise of the ExSync signal This is commonly referred to as an exposure start jitter The actual length of the exposur...

Page 45: ...rame Valid Low If the ExSync signal falls while frame valid is low as shown in Figure 3 7 Exposure will start after a delay of 12 6 s The actual length of the exposure time will be equal to the progra...

Page 46: ...mode the length of exposure can be programmed as desired by varying the setting of the Timer 1 parameter Figure 3 8 Free run Programmable Mode You can set the camera to operate in free run using eith...

Page 47: ...aximum frame rate is determined by the formula in Section 3 8 2 1 on page 3 28 If the Vertical Binning feature is being used the sum of the Timer 1 setting plus the Timer 2 setting must be greater tha...

Page 48: ...binary commands you use the Video Data Output Mode binary command 3 4 Integrate Enabled Signal An output signal called Integrate Enabled IntEn is available on A102k cameras The integrate enabled sign...

Page 49: ...ns causes the image on the sensor to be inverted so the lower part of the image is at the top of the sensor an unwanted existing accumulation of charges in those shift registers which have passed poin...

Page 50: ...m recommended frame rate the smearing will come back When you exceed the maximum recommended frame rate by a small amount the upper part of the image will show partial smearing Figure 3 10 As the fram...

Page 51: ...ve a gray value of 1 and white should have a gray value of 255 in 8 bit output mode or 1023 in 10 bit output mode Attempt to achieve this by varying exposure and illumination rather than changing the...

Page 52: ...r brightest exposure a gray value lower than 255 8 bit mode or 1023 10 bit mode is reached For example if you found that at your brightest exposure your gray values were no higher than 127 8 bit mode...

Page 53: ...ttings result in the following amplifications Decimal Number DN Hexadecimal dB Factor 184 0x00B8 0 X1 354 0x0162 6 X2 524 0x020C 12 X4 694 0x02BG 18 X8 864 0x0360 24 X16 1023 0x03FF 29 617 X30 2 Table...

Page 54: ...result in the following amplifications Decimal Number DN Hexadecimal dB Factor 144 0x0090 0 X1 314 0x013A 6 X2 484 0x01E4 12 X4 654 0x028E 18 X8 824 0x0338 24 X16 1023 0x03FF 31 029 X35 6 Table 3 2 E...

Page 55: ...offset of 2 and so on If the camera is operating in 10 bit output mode an offset setting of around 2 decimal will result in an offset of 0 in the digital values output for the pixels Due to tolerance...

Page 56: ...utput from the CCD sensor When the camera is operating in 12 bit output mode by default the camera transmits all 12 bits from the ADC Shift Once When the camera is set to shift once the output from th...

Page 57: ...se to 800 L Note that if bit 11 or bit 10 is set to 1 all of the other bits will automatically be set to 1 This means that you should only use the shift twice setting when your pixel read ings in 12 b...

Page 58: ...ively doubled For example assume that the camera is set for no shift that it is viewing a uniform white target and that under these conditions the reading for the brightest pixel is 100 If you changed...

Page 59: ...conditions the reading for the brightest pixel is 100 If you changed the digital shift setting to shift three times the reading would increase to 800 L Note that if bit 11 or bit 10 is set to 1 all of...

Page 60: ...e output of the camera is effectively doubled For example assume that the camera is set for no shift that it is viewing a uniform white target and that under these conditions the reading for the brigh...

Page 61: ...eight For example assume that the camera is set for no shift that it is viewing a uniform white target and that under these conditions the reading for the brightest pixel is 20 If you changed the digi...

Page 62: ...setting in the Output group of the CCT to put the camera in 10 bit output mode 2 Use binary commands or the Digital Shift setting in the Output group of the CCT to set the camera for no digital shift...

Page 63: ...arting column as 11 the width in columns as 16 the starting line as 5 and the height in lines as 10 the AOI will be as shown in Figure 3 14 Figure 3 14 Area of Interest You can set the area of interes...

Page 64: ...ed the camera s maximum allowed frame rate increases The amount that the maximum frame rate increases depends on the number of lines included in the area of interest The smaller the number of lines in...

Page 65: ...is complete To better understand the timing and output changes that occur when using AOI refer to Figure 3 15 This timing chart shows what would happen if the AOI was set up with a starting column of...

Page 66: ...Operation and Features 3 30 BASLER A102k DRAFT Figure 3 15 Timing and Output Changes with AOI TIMING CHART IS NOT TO SCALE...

Page 67: ...and reported out as a single pixel Vertical binning reduces the noise portion in the pixel output With vertical binning the signal to noise ratio will increase by typically 1 to 2 dB When vertical bi...

Page 68: ...l number one is transmitted On the third pixel clock cycle the averaged data for pixel number two is transmitted On the fifth pixel clock cycle the averaged data for pixel number three is transmitted...

Page 69: ...pixel see Figure 3 19 Using full binning generally increases the camera s responsivity by up to two times normal In addition it increases the signal to noise ratio in the camera output by typically 4...

Page 70: ...the tool You can also use the Gamma binary command to set the gamma correction value see Section 4 2 4 14 Example Assume that the cameras has captured an image and that the value for pixel one in line...

Page 71: ...el in a captured image If you want to get full RGB color information for a given pixel in the iamge you must perform a color interpolation using the information from the surrounding pixels Some frame...

Page 72: ...s to reduce the gain by as much as 6 dB or to increase the gain by as much as 6 db For example assume that your images look too red and you want to reduce the redness There are two ways you could acco...

Page 73: ...0 on pixel 1 The second line starts with a gray value of 1 on the pixel 1 The third line starts with a gray value of 2 on the pixel 1 and so on Line 256 starts with a gray value of 255 on pixel 1 Line...

Page 74: ...to output the test image A test image will be generated and transmitted on each cycle of the ExSync signal If the camera is set for free run each cycle of the camera s internal control signal will tri...

Page 75: ...il column 256 8 bit mode where the pixels have a value of 255 or column 696 10 or 12 bit mode where the pixels have a value of 695 In 8 bit mode a second vertical gradient begins in column 257 The pix...

Page 76: ...ns on line 16 The pixels in line 16 have a gray value of 0 the pixels in line 15 have a gray value of 1 the pixels in line 14 have a gray value of 2 and so on This pattern continues until line 1 where...

Page 77: ...and then copying the Work Set into one of the User Sets The CCT or binary commands can be used to copy the Work Set into one of the User Sets Startup Pointer When power to the camera is switched off t...

Page 78: ...the Camera Configuration Tool Plus You can use the Camera Status information in the Camera Information group see Section 4 1 and the configuration tool s on line help with binary commands You can use...

Page 79: ...peration for your particular application the following settings can also be configured Gain Offset Digital Shift Area of Interest Binning The A102k is programmable via the Camera Link serial port on t...

Page 80: ...ve a basic knowledge of how to use programs If not please refer to your Microsoft Windows manual 4 1 1 Opening the Configuration Tool 1 Make sure that the properties for the RS 644 serial port on your...

Page 81: ...arameter names always appear in the left column of the list The current setting for each parameter appears in the right column By default a Parameter Description window is displayed In this window you...

Page 82: ...y changes you make to the Work Set using the configuration tool will be lost when the camera is switched off To save changes you make to the Work Set go to the Sets Tab and save the modified Work Set...

Page 83: ...use either the API from the DLL delivered with the grabber or the Basler CPA driver for executing the binary commands The Basler CPA Camera Port Access is a software framework which standardizes acces...

Page 84: ...r is on the left highest bit of the command ID and the LSB of the descriptor is on the right lowest bit of the data length DATA Data field Size Number of bytes indicated in the Data Length portion of...

Page 85: ...ACK NAK Response Positive frame acknowledge negative frame acknowledge Size 1 byte The value for a positive frame acknowledgement is 0x06 and for a negative frame acknowledgement is 0x15 L All values...

Page 86: ...f the camera receives a read command with an unknown command ID in the descriptor it will respond with an ACK but will not send a frame If the host sends a read command and gets no ACK NAK the host ca...

Page 87: ...in the response No data bytes are actually included in the read command 0xC1 is the block check character BCC See page 4 10 for instructions on calculating a BCC 0x03 is the ETX The ETX is always 0x03...

Page 88: ...s are shown in their binary form so in the sample calculations shown below the hexadecimal digits in our command have been converted to binary To find the XOR sum of two binary numbers you must add th...

Page 89: ...of the available video data output modes Type This is a read or write command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xC0 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xC0 0 1 1 Byte Write Com...

Page 90: ...ime control modes Type This is a read or write command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA0 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA0 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Da...

Page 91: ...te 2 Mid byte of the Timer 1 setting Byte 3 High byte of the Timer 1 setting Data Range Timer settings can range from 15 s 0x00000F to 16 777 215 s 0xFFFFFF Purpose To set Timer 2 or read the current...

Page 92: ...ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA5 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA5 0 1 1 Byte Response None Data Format Byte 1 An ID that specifies the digital shift status see the table...

Page 93: ...o 1391 0x056F When you set column n using this command the actual starting column will be n 1 For example if you set the starting column to 0 with this command the actual starting column 0 1 1 Purpose...

Page 94: ...to 1039 0x040F When you set line n using this command the actual starting line will be n 1 For example if you set the starting line to 0 with this command the actual starting line 0 1 1 Purpose To set...

Page 95: ...Data Range Gain settings can range from 0 0x0000 to 1023 0x03FF The minimum recommended setting is 184 0x00B8 with vertical binning disabled or 144 0x0090 with vertical binning enabled See Section 3 6...

Page 96: ...ies the binning status see the table below ID Binning 0x00 Horizontal binning not enabled 0x01 Horizontal binning enabled Purpose To enable or disable vertical binning See Section 3 9 for an explanati...

Page 97: ...a Length Data 0xC5 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xC5 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xC5 0 1 1 Byte Response None Data Format Byte 1 An ID that specifies th...

Page 98: ...ype This is a read or write command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x8D 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x8D 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x8D...

Page 99: ...in no change in the gain on these green pixels A setting of 63 0x3F will increase the gain on these green pixels by approximately 6 dB Purpose To adjust the gain for the green pixels in the lines that...

Page 100: ...ta 0x90 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x90 0 1 1 Byte Response None Data Format Byte 1 The setting for blue gain Data Range Blue gain settings can range from 0 0x00 to 63 0...

Page 101: ...nd Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA1 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA1 0 1 1 Bytes Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0xA1 0 1 1 Byte Response None Data Format Byte 1...

Page 102: ...eeded Purpose To read the camera s model number Type This is a read only command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x02 1 16 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x02 0 16 16 Bytes Da...

Page 103: ...s are needed Purpose To read the camera version information Type This is a read only command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x05 1 3 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x05 0 3 3...

Page 104: ...Flag Data Length Data 0x40 0 3 3 Bytes Data Format Byte 1 Low byte of firmware version BCD coded Byte 2 High byte of firmware version BCD coded Byte 3 Register Layout ID Purpose To read the FPGA firmw...

Page 105: ...ation vertical binning disabled see Section 3 6 1 Type This is a read only command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x08 1 16 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x08 0 16 16 Bytes...

Page 106: ...mand will return the ID for no active set This condition indicates that no valid Factory Set or User Sets were found It will also cause the orange LED on the back of the camera to show six pulses Type...

Page 107: ...only command Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x46 0 1 1 Byte Response None Data Format Byte 1 An ID that specifies the user set see the table below Set ID Set 0x01 User Set 1 0x02 User...

Page 108: ...g Type This is a read or write command Read Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x47 1 1 Response Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x47 0 1 1 Byte Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0...

Page 109: ...set to 1 the error condition assigned to that bit is present If the bit is set to 0 the error is not present Byte 1 Bit 0 No ExSync signal in the last 5 seconds Bit 1 A reset has occurred Bit 2 The c...

Page 110: ...400 0x19 57600 0x1A 76800 0x1B 115200 L When changing the bitrate for serial communication use the following procedure 1 Issue the write command with the new bitrate 2 Wait one second 3 Change the bit...

Page 111: ...Purpose Initiates a camera reset The behavior is similar to a power up reset Type This is a write only command Write Command Cmd ID R W Flag Data Length Data 0x42 0 2 2 Bytes Response None Data Format...

Page 112: ...Configuring the Camera 4 34 BASLER A102k DRAFT...

Page 113: ...factured with high precision Planar parallel and angular sides guarantee precise mounting with high repeatability The A102k camera is equipped with four M4 mounting holes on the front and two M4 mount...

Page 114: ...onsiderations 5 2 BASLER A102k DRAFT Figure 5 1 A102k Mechanical Dimensions in mm 62 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 A A 37 7 36 1 12 6 6 1 12 x M4 5 deep 15 Photo sensitive Surface of the Sensor 48 0 2 Drawings are...

Page 115: ...BASLER A102k 5 3 DRAFT 5 2 C Mount Adapter Dimensions Figure 5 2 C Mount Adapter Dimensions in mm 5 3 F Mount Adapter Dimensions Figure 5 3 F Mount Adapter Dimensions in mm Drawings are not to scale...

Page 116: ...0 15 mm Rotational positioning accuracy is as shown in Figure 5 4 Reference position is the center of the camera housing Since the translatory and rotational positioning tolerance depend on each other...

Page 117: ...d the IR cut filter will be damaged or destroyed and the camera will no longer operate Figure 5 5 Maximum Lens Thread Length on A102k Cameras Caution A102k and A102kc cameras shipped with a C mount le...

Page 118: ...Mechanical Considerations 5 6 BASLER A102k DRAFT...

Page 119: ...is not lit it means that power to the camera is not present or is less than 10 8 Volts LED Description On Continuous The camera is OK 3 flashes ExSync has not changed state for 5 seconds or longer If...

Page 120: ...to check the power source for the camera The output must be 12 VDC 1 2 V Also make sure that the power source meets the other specs shown in Section 2 8 Is the power source OK No The camera is not de...

Page 121: ...image one Can the test image be seen Correct the setting Go to the interfacing troubleshooting chart Replace the camera No No Yes Are you controlling the camera with an ExSync signal or is the camera...

Page 122: ...ht or too dark Images look noisy Other image problems Do the following Make sure that the lens cap has been removed Check the lens aperture If the images are too dark try opening the aperture Try clos...

Page 123: ...Before you call for support be sure to make note of the camera settings and the frame grabber settings you are using You should also have a captured live image and a captured test image available Tec...

Page 124: ...on an RS 644 port in the list Do the camera settings appear in the right side column The port is present but the CCT can not access the port Make sure that no other program has access to the port Yes...

Page 125: ...o your nearest Basler support center Or you can write an e mail listing the requested pieces of information and with the requested files attached Our technical support contact numbers are shown in the...

Page 126: ...me ters that you were using when the problem occurred To make a copy of the parameters open the parameter set in the CCT and save or dump the settings to a file Send the generated file to Basler Techn...

Page 127: ...amera Configura tion Tool Plus DA00052205 23 January 2004 Revised the manual to include information for the color ver sion of the A102k Updated the model information on page 1 2 Updated the specificat...

Page 128: ...quirements for storage in Section 1 6 Corrected type of power connector in Section 2 1 3 Corrected Figure 2 3 in Section 2 3 Modified algorithms and gain settings in Sections 3 6 1 and 4 2 4 10 Remove...

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Page 131: ...ommands configuration sets explained 3 41 manipulating with binary commands 4 28 4 29 configuration tool see camera configuration tool configuring the camera with binary commands 4 5 with the config t...

Page 132: ...3 setting with binary commands 4 12 Q query commands 4 24 R read command error checking 4 8 example 4 9 resetting the camera with binary commands 4 33 RS 644 serial connection 2 17 S sensor type 1 3 s...

Page 133: ...i DRAFT W weight 1 3 white balance 3 36 explained 3 36 setting with binary commands 4 20 work set copying to a user set 4 29 explained 3 41 relationship to the config tool 4 3 write command error chec...

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