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Basler ace

USER’S MANUAL FOR USB 3.0 CAMERAS

Document Number: AW001234

Version: 02 Language: 000 (English)

Release Date: 16 April 2014

This manual includes information about the
following prototype cameras: acA2000-165,
acA2040-90, acA3800-14, acA4600-10.

Summary of Contents for acA2000-165

Page 1: ...AL FOR USB 3 0 CAMERAS Document Number AW001234 Version 02 Language 000 English Release Date 16 April 2014 This manual includes information about the following prototype cameras acA2000 165 acA2040 90...

Page 2: ...ded in this 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 compl...

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Page 5: ...ents 30 1 8 1 Temperature and Humidity 30 1 8 2 Heat Dissipation 30 1 9 Precautions 31 2 Installation 35 3 Camera Drivers and Tools for Changing Camera Parameters 37 3 1 The Basler pylon 4 Camera Soft...

Page 6: ...or an Input Line 65 5 11 2 Input Line Debouncers 66 5 11 3 Input Line Inverter 68 5 12 Configuring Output Lines and Signals 69 5 12 1 Selecting a Source Signal for an Output Line 69 5 12 2 Line Minimu...

Page 7: ...5 6 4 3 1 Introduction 105 6 4 3 2 Exposure Modes 106 6 4 3 3 Frame Start Trigger Delay 108 6 4 3 4 Setting the Parameters Related to Hardware Frame Start Triggering and Applying a Hardware Trigger Si...

Page 8: ...ith 8 Bit Pixel Formats 181 8 4 3 Precautions When Using Digital Shift 183 8 4 4 Enabling and Setting Digital Shift 184 8 5 Image Region of Interest ROI 185 8 5 1 Horizontal and Vertical ROI Centering...

Page 9: ...er Set 238 8 16 3 Loading User Set into the Active User Set 239 8 16 4 Designating a User Set as the User Set Default 240 8 17 Chunk Features 242 8 17 1 What are Chunk Features 242 8 17 2 Chunk Mode A...

Page 10: ...Table of Contents AW00123402000 vi Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 11: ...gly recommend that you read and follow the precautions 1 1 Models The current Basler ace USB 3 0 camera models are listed in the top row of the specification tables on the next pages of this manual Th...

Page 12: ...Mono 12 Color Models Mono 8 RGB 8 Bayer BG 8 BGR 8 Bayer BG 12 YCbCr422_8 Bayer BG 12p ADC Bit Depth 12 bits Synchronization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Contr...

Page 13: ...3 Unless otherwise noted the values given for power consumption are maximum values Software Basler pylon 4 Camera Software Suite version 4 0 or higher Available for Windows in 32 and 64 bit versions...

Page 14: ...ayer BG 12 YCbCr422_8 Bayer BG 12p ADC Bit Depth 12 bits Synchronization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Control Via external trigger signal or programmable via t...

Page 15: ...5 Unless otherwise noted the values given for power consumption are maximum values Software Basler pylon 4 Camera Software Suite version 4 0 or higher Available for Windows in 32 and 64 bit versions...

Page 16: ...DC Bit Depth 12 bits Synchronization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Control Via external trigger signal or programmable via the camera API Camera Power Requireme...

Page 17: ...o 8 Mono 12p Mono 12 Color Models Bayer BG 8 Bayer BG 12 Bayer BG 12p ADC Bit Depth TBD Synchronization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Control Via external trigg...

Page 18: ...ization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Control Via external trigger signal or programmable via the camera API Camera Power Requirements The maximum value is indi...

Page 19: ...GB 8 Bayer GB 12 Bayer GB12p YCbCr422_8 ADC Bit Depth 12 bits Synchronization Via external trigger signal via the USB 3 0 port or free run Exposure Control Via external trigger signal or programmable...

Page 20: ...Specifications Requirements and Precautions AW00123402000 10 Basler ace USB 3 0 Unless otherwise noted the values given for power consumption are maximum values...

Page 21: ...1 Mono Camera Spectral Response The following graphs show the spectral response for each available monochrome camera model The spectral response curves exclude lens characteristics and light source c...

Page 22: ...ace USB 3 0 Wavelength nm Relative Response Fig 2 acA640 120um Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 1 0 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Wavelength nm Relative...

Page 23: ...r ace USB 3 0 13 Wavelength nm Relative Response Fig 4 acA1600 20um Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 350 450 550 650 750 850 950 1050 1150 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Wavelength nm Quantum Efficien...

Page 24: ...900 1000 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Wavelength nm Quantum Efficiency Fig 6 acA2000 165um acA2040 90um Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 0 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Wavelength...

Page 25: ...0 650 750 850 950 1050 1150 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Wavelength nm Quantum Efficiency Fig 8 acA2500 14um Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 400 500 600 700 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 800 900 1000 Wav...

Page 26: ...urce characteristics and IR cut filter characteristics To obtain best performance from color models of the camera use of a dielectric IR cut filter is recommended The filter should transmit in a range...

Page 27: ...length nm Relative Response Blue Green Red Fig 11 acA640 120uc Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 1 0 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 Wavelength nm Relative R...

Page 28: ...velength nm Relative Response Blue Green Red Fig 13 acA1600 20uc Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Wavelength nm Quantum Effic...

Page 29: ...avelength nm Quantum Efficiency Blue Green Red Fig 15 acA2000 165uc acA2040 90uc Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Wavelength...

Page 30: ...00 700 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 Wavelength nm Quantum Efficiency Blue Green Red Fig 17 acA3800 14uc Spectral Response From Sensor Data Sheet 0 5 400 500 600 700 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 Wavelength nm Quantu...

Page 31: ...that is shipped with the camera 1 4 1 Camera Dimensions and Mounting Points The dimensions in millimeters for cameras equipped with a C mount lens adapter are as shown in Figure 19 The dimensions in...

Page 32: ...ns in mm for Cameras with the C mount Lens Adapter 16 5 23 7 dimension for M3 29 12 22 dimension for M2 20 7 Bottom 27 87 12 29 3 17 526 29 6 9 15 Top Photosensitive surface of the sensor 14 5 20 5 5...

Page 33: ...ns in mm for Cameras with the CS mount Lens Adapter 11 5 23 7 dimension for M3 29 12 22 dimension for M2 20 7 Bottom 28 15 7 29 3 12 526 29 6 9 10 Top Photosensitive surface of the sensor 14 5 20 5 5...

Page 34: ...mm and the lens can intrude into the camera body a maximum of 10 8 mm Camera with CS mount lens adapter see Figure 22 The thread length can be a maximum of 4 6 mm and the lens can intrude into the ca...

Page 35: ...10 8 Max Filter Holder mono and color cameras Fig 21 Maximum Lens Thread Length Dimensions in mm for Cameras with the C mount Lens Adapter 6 Not to Scale CS mount Thread Unthreaded CS mount Lens 4 6 2...

Page 36: ...fferent tightening sequence applies 1 5 1 Tightening Sequence When Using the M2 Screws 1 Tighten the screws for the mounting screw holes a in Figure 23 2 Tighten the screws for the mounting screw hole...

Page 37: ...1 5 2 Tightening Sequence When Using the M3 Screws 1 Tighten the screws for the mounting screw holes a in Figure 24 2 Tighten the screw for mounting screw hole b in Figure 24 Fig 24 Designations of t...

Page 38: ...ce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT...

Page 39: ...les Avoid placing camera cables parallel to wires carrying high current switching voltages such as wires supplying stepper motors or electrical devices that employ switching technology Placing camera...

Page 40: ...uired technique for proper heat dissipation Instead we provide the following general guidelines In all cases you should monitor the temperature of the camera housing and make sure that the temperature...

Page 41: ...th a plastic filter holder located in the lens mount The location of the filter holder limits the length of the threads on any lens you use with the camera If a lens with a very long thread length is...

Page 42: ...roperly Transport the camera in its original packaging only Do not discard the packaging Clean properly Note Before starting the cleaning procedure cut off all power to the camera by unplugging the pl...

Page 43: ...cifications Requirements and Precautions Basler ace USB 3 0 33 Do not use solvents or thinners to clean the housing they can damage the surface finish Read the manual Read the manual carefully before...

Page 44: ...Specifications Requirements and Precautions AW00123402000 34 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 45: ...onnected to a USB 3 0 port installed in your PC When connected to a USB 2 0 port the Basler ace USB 3 0 camera will be detected but will not operate Note We highly recommend using components such as h...

Page 46: ...Installation AW00123402000 36 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 47: ...n USB Configurator allows you to obtain information about the architecture of the device tree to which your camera is connected and about the devices including your camera You can obtain the Basler py...

Page 48: ...ion that lets you view and change most of the camera s parameter settings via a GUI based interface The pylon Viewer also lets you acquire images display them and save them Using the pylon Viewer is a...

Page 49: ...ogrammer s Guide and the pylon API Reference contain an introduction to the API and include information about all of the methods and objects included in the API The programmer s guide and API referenc...

Page 50: ...Camera Drivers and Tools for Changing Camera Parameters AW00123402000 40 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 51: ...ted from the sensor s light sensitive elements pixels to the vertical shift registers see Figure 25 on page 42 The charges from the bottom row of pixels in the array are then moved into a horizontal s...

Page 52: ...gressive Scan Sensors Sensor ADC FPGA Controller Image Buffer Image Data Image Data I O Frame Burst Start Trigger Signal or Frame Start Trigger Signal or Frame Counter Reset Signal or Trigger InputCou...

Page 53: ...re read out of the sensor At readout the charges are transported from the row s light sensitive elements pixels to the analog processing controls see Figure 27 on page 43 As the charges move through t...

Page 54: ...ck Level Frame Burst Trigger Signal or Frame Start Trigger Signal or Frame Counter Reset Signal or Trigger Input Counter Reset Signal Frame Burst Trigger Wait Signal or Frame Trigger Wait Signal or Ex...

Page 55: ...3 0 Micro B port used to provide a nominal 5 Gbit s SuperSpeed data transfer connection There is also a LED indicator located on the back of the camera Figure 29 shows the location of the two connecto...

Page 56: ...r is as shown in Figure 30 The pin assignments and designations for the 6 pin connector are shown in Table 7 Pin Designation Function 1 Line 3 Direct coupled General Purpose I O GPIO 2 Line 1 Opto iso...

Page 57: ...recommended mating connector is the Hirose micro plug part number HR10A 7P 6S or the equivalent Contact your Basler sales representative to order cable assemblies 5 3 2 USB 3 0 Micro B Port The USB 3...

Page 58: ...terminated with a Hirose micro plug plug type HR10A 7P 6S or the equivalent The cable must be wired to conform with the pin assignments shown in the pin assignment table The maximum length of the I O...

Page 59: ...he connector Note that direct coupled GPIO lines have the advantage of working with very short delays compared to opto isolated I O lines Note also that the direct coupled GPIOs are distinctly more su...

Page 60: ...the opto isolated input line the delays involved are longer than for a GPIO line NOTICE Voltage outside of the specified range can cause damage The recommended I O supply voltage range for the opto i...

Page 61: ...is shown For more information about input line pin assignments and pin numbering see Section 5 2 on page 46 For more information about how to use an externally generated frame start trigger ExFSTrig...

Page 62: ...spread The maximum current allowed through the output circuit is 50 mA The opto isolated output line has the advantage of being distinctly more robust against EMI than a GPIO line used as an output H...

Page 63: ...more information about output line pin assignments and pin numbering see Section 5 2 on page 46 For more information about the Exposure Active signal see Figure 6 8 1 on page 127 Your Gnd Your Gnd 3 3...

Page 64: ...o operate as inputs and when they are set to operate as outputs NOTICE Applying incorrect electrical signals to the camera s GPIO lines can severely damage the camera 1 Before you connect any external...

Page 65: ...erate as an input The figure is drawn to specifically apply to pin 1 Line 3 as an example However with the necessary modifications the figure applies equally to pin 3 Line 4 The figure shows as an exa...

Page 66: ...ical Input Buffer Camera Your Gnd 6 pin Receptacle Logic Gate Fig 34 Direct coupled GPIO Line Schematic with the GPIO Line Set as an Input and with a Typical External Circuit Using a Logic Gate Illust...

Page 67: ...0 mA and 25 C housing temper ature The actual residual voltage however depends on camera operating temperature load current and production spread Note The maximum current allowed through the output ci...

Page 68: ...or more information about GPIO pin assignments and pin numbering see Section 5 2 1 on page 46 For more information about setting the GPIO line operation see Section 5 11 on page 65 and Section 5 12 on...

Page 69: ...ection 5 7 through Section 5 9 With regard to use the two kinds of I O lines differ mainly in these respects The opto isolated I O lines have the advantage of being distinctly more robust against EMI...

Page 70: ...ernal Line Status Internal Line Status Propagation delay for the low high line status change Voltage region considered to indicate a high internal logical level Voltage region considered to indicate a...

Page 71: ...GPIO Outputs Line Inverters Disabled Voltage VDC 0 5 Voltage VDC 0 5 tPLH tPHL tPLH tPHL Direct coupled GPIO OUT 1 0 Time Internal Line Status Propagation delay for the low high line status change Tra...

Page 72: ...ation Delays Input Output Opto isolated IN Direct coupled GPIOs Opto isolated OUT Direct coupled GPIOs Operating temperature Unknown but temperature must be within specified range see Section 1 8 1 on...

Page 73: ...following operating conditions Housing temperature 25 C Load resistance RL 170 I O supply voltage US 5 VDC For the graphical illustration of propagation delays see Figure 37 and Figure 38 Propagation...

Page 74: ...elated to a fast edge increase the load resistance To minimize propagation delays related to a slow edge use an I O supply voltage between 3 3 VDC and 5 VDC and decrease the load resistance such that...

Page 75: ...or the frame burst start trigger camera will recognize an electrical signal applied to Line 1 as a frame burst start trigger Note When you apply an electrical signal to the input line the electrical s...

Page 76: ...by the debouncer value Figure 39 illustrates how the debouncer filters out invalid input signals i e signals that are shorter than the debouncer value The diagram also illustrates how the debouncer d...

Page 77: ...value of the Line Debouncer Time parameter You can set the Line Selector and the value of the Line Debouncer Time parameter from within your application software by using the Basler pylon API The foll...

Page 78: ...ion You can set the Line Selector and the Line Inverter parameter value from within your application software by using the pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the sel...

Page 79: ...ne Selector to select for example output line Line 2 2 Set the value of the Line Source Parameter to one of the available output signals or to user settable This will set the source signal for the out...

Page 80: ...see Section 7 10 4 on page 132 the exposure active signal see Section 7 10 1 on page 127 the flash window signal see Section 7 7 2 on page 113 and Section 7 10 3 on page 131 working with the timer ou...

Page 81: ...the signal width of the original output signal is narrower than the set minimum the Line Minimum Output Pulse Width feature will increase the signal width to the set minimum before the signal is sent...

Page 82: ...ylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the selector and the parameter value As an example the opto isolated output line Line 2 is selected and the minimum output pulse wi...

Page 83: ...set the Output Selector and the User Output Value parameters from within your application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to designate an ou...

Page 84: ...gle operation Reading the hexadecimal number of the UserOutputValueAll parameter value allows you to check the current status of all user settable lines The following table refers to the bit field sho...

Page 85: ...All parameter value is set to 0 Setting all user output values with a single operation camera UserOutputValueAll SetValue 0 Reading all user output values with a single operation int64_t i camera User...

Page 86: ...elector_Line2 camera LineInverter SetValue true You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Sect...

Page 87: ...6 1 Setting the Timer Trigger Source 1 Use the Timer Selector to select Timer 1 2 Set the value of the Timer Trigger Source parameter to Exposure Start This will set the selected timer to use the star...

Page 88: ...For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Section 3 1 on page 37 5 12 6 3 Setting the Timer Duration Time You can set the Timer 1 duration by setting the Timer Duration paramet...

Page 89: ...parameter value will be false see Table 17 When an electrical signal is applied and when the line inverter is enabled the signal level will be high and the LineStatus parameter value will be true The...

Page 90: ...All Line Inverters Enabled I O Line Electrical Signal Electrical Signal Level LineStatus Parameter Value Binary Expression of the Line Status Parameter Value Line 1 input On High True 1 Line 2 output...

Page 91: ...ion to easily set the parameters For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Section 3 1 on page 37 5 13 2 Checking the Status of All Lines The LineStatusAll parameter value is r...

Page 92: ...om which the line status are immediately apparent For example when a LineStatusAll parameter value of 0x8 is reported the line status for Line 4 will be high binary expression 1 and for the other line...

Page 93: ...by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to read the parameter value Getting informed about the line status of all I O lines int64_t i camera LineStatusAll Ge...

Page 94: ...Physical Interface AW00123402000 84 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 95: ...anations in the overview and in this entire chapter keep in mind that the term frame is typically used to mean a single acquired image When reading the material in this chapter it is helpful to refer...

Page 96: ...ved is equal to an integer parameter setting called the Acquisition Burst Frame Count At that point the camera will return to the waiting for frame burst start trigger acquisition status and will rema...

Page 97: ...e that is greater than the maximum allowed There is a detailed explanation about the maximum allowed frame rate in Section 6 10 on page 144 Frame start trigger signals applied to the camera when it is...

Page 98: ...er that is used to set the mode for both of these triggers Also the Trigger Software command mentioned earlier can be executed for either the frame burst start trigger or the frame start trigger So if...

Page 99: ...me can be acquired When acquisition of one frame is complete the camera will execute an Acquisition Stop command internally and will no longer be able to acquire frames To acquire another frame you mu...

Page 100: ...snippet also illustrates setting several parameters regarding frame triggering These parameters are discussed later in this chapter camera AcquisitionMode SetValue AcquisitionMode_SingleFrame camera T...

Page 101: ...art trigger acquisition status once a specified number of frame start triggers has been received Before more frames can be acquired a new frame burst start trigger signal must be applied to the camera...

Page 102: ...ftware 2 Software 3 Specific software commands analogous to the Software command Line 1 When the source signal is set to Line 1 you apply a frame burst start trigger signal to the camera by injecting...

Page 103: ...camera cannot react to frame start trigger signals If a frame burst start trigger signal is applied to the camera the camera will exit the waiting for frame burst start trigger acquisition status and...

Page 104: ...etValue TriggerSource_Software Set the acquisition burst frame count camera AcquisitionBurstFrameCount SetValue 5 The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the Trigger Mode to on the...

Page 105: ...ftware frame burst start trigger signal is received by the camera it will exit the waiting for frame burst start trigger acquisition status and will enter the waiting for frame start trigger acquisiti...

Page 106: ..._FrameBurstStart Set the mode for the selected trigger camera TriggerMode SetValue TriggerMode_On Set the source for the selected trigger camera TriggerSource SetValue TriggerSource_Software Set the a...

Page 107: ...signals when in this acquisition status When the appropriate ExFBTrig signal is applied to Line 1 e g a rising edge of the signal for rising edge triggering the camera will exit the waiting for frame...

Page 108: ...e TriggerSelector_FrameBurstStart Set the mode for the selected trigger camera TriggerMode SetValue TriggerMode_On Set the source for the selected trigger camera TriggerSource SetValue TriggerSource_L...

Page 109: ...proper Acquisition Start command must be applied to the camera A proper frame burst start trigger signal must be applied to the camera if the Trigger Mode parameter for the frame burst start trigger...

Page 110: ...ives an Acquisition Stop command The rate at which the frame start trigger signals are generated can be determined by the camera s Acquisition Frame Rate parameter If the parameter is not enabled the...

Page 111: ...ical signal will act as the frame start trigger For more information about using a software trigger to control frame acquisition start see Section 6 4 2 on page 103 For more information about using a...

Page 112: ...rce_Line1 The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the Acquisition Mode to continuous the Trigger Mode to off and the Acquisition Frame Rate to 60 Set the acquisition mode to contin...

Page 113: ...igger signal to start each frame acquisition the camera s Exposure Mode parameter must be set to timed The exposure time for each acquired frame will be determined by the value of the camera s Exposur...

Page 114: ...internal frame rate control and allow you to control the frame rate with software frame start trigger signals camera AcquisitionFrameRateEnable SetValue false Select the frame start trigger camera Tr...

Page 115: ...will automatically return to the waiting for frame start trigger acquisition status When the camera is operating under control of an ExFSTrig signal the period of the ExFSTrig signal will determine t...

Page 116: ...e with the camera set for rising edge triggering Note that if you attempt to trigger a new exposure start while the previous exposure is still in progress the trigger signal will be ignored and a Fram...

Page 117: ...When you operate the camera in trigger width exposure mode you must also set the camera s Exposure Overlap Time Max parameter This parameter setting will be used by the camera to operate the Frame Tri...

Page 118: ...t to off We will use the timed exposure mode with input line Line 1 as the trigger source and with rising edge triggering In this example we will use a trigger delay Set the acquisition mode to single...

Page 119: ...will disable the camera s internal frame rate control and allow you to control the frame rate with external frame start trigger signals camera AcquisitionFrameRateEnable SetValue false Select the fram...

Page 120: ...This section Section 6 5 describes how the exposure time can be adjusted manually i e by setting the value of the exposure time parameter The camera also has an Exposure Auto function that can automa...

Page 121: ...setting the maximum possible exposure time and the increment that can be set are shown in Table 22 You can use the Basler pylon API to set the Exposure Time parameter value from within your applicatio...

Page 122: ...shutter when frame acquisition is triggered exposure begins for all lines in the sensor as shown in Figure 49 Exposure continues for all lines in the sensor until the programmed exposure time ends or...

Page 123: ...e Section 6 8 1 on page 127 For more information about the Sensor Readout Time parameter see Section 6 9 on page 141 Line 1 Line 2 Line 4 Line 3 Line 5 Line 6 Line 8 Line 7 Line 9 Line 10 Line 11 Line...

Page 124: ...gins exposing the line The camera resets line three tRow later and begins exposing the line And so on until the bottom line of pixels is reached see Figure 50 The exposure time is the same for all lin...

Page 125: ...gnal that will go high when the exposure time for line one begins and will go low when the exposure time for line one ends If the camera is operating with the rolling shutter in ERS mode and you are u...

Page 126: ...The readout time for each line is also equal to tRow The Sensor Readout Time is the sum of the readout times of all lines The Total Readout Time equals the Sensor Readout Time plus the Exposure Overh...

Page 127: ...ng shutter in the global release mode the use of flash lighting is most strongly recommended The camera supplies a flash window output signal to facilitate the use of flash lighting For more informati...

Page 128: ...utter mode capturing images of moving objects requires the use of flash exposure If you don t use flash exposure when capturing images of moving objects the images will be distorted due to the tempora...

Page 129: ...es and the images will be distorted due to the temporal shift between the end of exposure for each line You can avoid these problems by using flash lighting and by applying the flash during the flash...

Page 130: ...l to aid you in the use of flash lighting The flash window signal will go high when the flash window for each image acquisition opens and will go low when the flash window closes For more information...

Page 131: ...erlapped mode of operation each time a frame is acquired the camera completes the entire exposure sensor readout process before acquisition of the next frame is started The exposure for a new frame do...

Page 132: ...n determine the sensor readout time by reading the value of the Sensor Readout Time parameter The parameter indicates what the readout time will be in microseconds given the camera s current settings...

Page 133: ...d in Figure 56 with the camera set for the trigger width exposure mode with rising edge triggering You can avoid violating this guideline by using the camera s Frame Trigger Wait signal to determine w...

Page 134: ...ted in Figure 57 with the camera using an external frame start trigger In the overlapped mode of operation the acquisition for a new frame begins while the camera is still completing the acquisition p...

Page 135: ...Parameter Setting Total Sensor Readout Time You can determine the total sensor readout time for a frame by reading the value of the Sensor Readout Time parameter This parameter indicates the time in m...

Page 136: ...me N before you can trigger acquisition of frame N 1 This requirement is illustrated in Figure 59 If this guideline is violated the camera will ignore the frame start trigger signal and will declare a...

Page 137: ...ect being imaged is movable For example assume that the camera is mounted on an arm mechanism and that the mechanism can move the camera to view different portions of a product assembly Typically you...

Page 138: ...nal for the output line is a two step process Use the Line Selector to select the output line e g Line 2 Set the value of the Line Source Parameter to the exposure active output signal You can set the...

Page 139: ...acA4600 10 models can provide a flash window output signal to aid you in the use of flash lighting The flash window signal will go high when the flash window for each image acquisition opens and will...

Page 140: ...om within your application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the selector and the parameter value camera LineSelector SetValue LineSele...

Page 141: ...e using software frame burst start trigger and frame start trigger signals To determine the acquisition status of the camera via the Basler pylon API Use the Acquisition Status Selector to select the...

Page 142: ...start or frame start via a hardware trigger signal 6 8 4 1 Frame Burst Trigger Wait Signal As you are acquiring frames the camera automatically monitors the frame burst start trigger status and suppl...

Page 143: ...burst start triggering is enabled Time Camera is in a waiting for frame burst start trigger status Frame Burst Trigger Wait Signal Frame Acquisition Exp Sensor Readout Frame Acquisition Exp Frame Acq...

Page 144: ...e source signal for an output line see Section 5 12 1 on page 69 For more information about the electrical characteristics of camera output lines see Section 5 8 1 on page 52 and Section 5 9 3 1 on pa...

Page 145: ...ation see Section 8 12 on page 225 For more information about hardware triggering see Section 6 3 5 on page 97 and Section 6 4 3 on page 105 The frame trigger wait signal will only be available when h...

Page 146: ...ng the camera in the timed exposure mode you can avoid overtriggering by always making sure that the Frame Trigger Wait signal is high before you trigger the start of frame capture Frame Acquisition N...

Page 147: ...y using the ExFSTrig signal to start exposure when the Frame Trigger Wait signal is high You should set the Exposure Overlap Time Max parameter value to represent the shortest exposure time you intend...

Page 148: ...1 on page 57 Frame Trigger Wait Signal Details acA1920 25um uc acA2500 14um uc acA3800 14um uc acA4600 10uc Only For cameras with a rolling shutter the rise of the Frame Trigger Wait signal is based o...

Page 149: ...e ExFSTrig Signal Frame Trigger Wait Signal Camera in a waiting for frame start trigger status The rise of the Frame Trigger Wait signal is based on the minimum time 400 s required between the end of...

Page 150: ...neSelector_Line2 camera LineSource SetValue LineSource_FrameTriggerWait You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters For more information about the pylon API and t...

Page 151: ...el to camera model The table below shows the exposure start delay for each camera model see Table 27 on page 142 The sensor readout time is the amount of time it takes to read out the data for an acqu...

Page 152: ...global reset release mode acA3800 14um uc TBD s with frame acquisitions not overlapped or in global reset release mode acA4600 10uc TBD s with frame acquisitions not overlapped or in global reset rel...

Page 153: ...riggering Also assume that you have selected input line Line 1 to accept the hardware trigger signal that the input line response time is 1 5 s that the delay due to the debouncer setting for input li...

Page 154: ...is not possible This decreases the camera s maximum allowed frame rate For more information about the global reset release shutter mode see the Global Reset Release Mode Section on page 116 There are...

Page 155: ...ave a significant impact on the maximum allowed frame rate If possible in your application decrease the height of the Image ROI If you are using normal exposure times and you are using the camera at i...

Page 156: ...realizing that this can severely limit the camera s maximum allowed frame rate As an example assume that your camera is set to use a 1 2 second exposure time In this case because each frame acquisiti...

Page 157: ...ger Mode parameter for the frame start trigger are both set to off The camera will generate all required frame burst start and frame start trigger signals internally When the camera is set this way it...

Page 158: ...trigger is off The camera will generate frame start trigger signals internally with no action by the user Settings Acquisition Mode Continuous Trigger Mode for the frame burst start trigger Off Trigge...

Page 159: ...gger signal source to input line Line 1 and the activation to rising edge so the rising edge of an externally generated electrical signal applied to Line 1 will serve as the frame start trigger signal...

Page 160: ...al to Line 1 to start each frame exposure Settings Acquisition Mode Continuous Trigger Mode for the frame burst start trigger Off Trigger Mode for the frame start trigger On Trigger Source for the fra...

Page 161: ...rt trigger signals will be generated is normally determined by the camera s Acquisition Frame Rate parameter If the Acquisition Frame Rate parameter is disabled the camera will acquire frames at the m...

Page 162: ...been acquired The frame start trigger is off The camera will generate frame start trigger signals internally with no action by the user Settings Acquisition Mode Continuous Trigger Mode for the frame...

Page 163: ...mera will only react to a frame start trigger signal when it is in a waiting for frame start trigger acquisition status A possible use for this type of setup is a conveyor system that moves objects pa...

Page 164: ...line Line 1 The user must apply a frame start trigger signal to input line Line 1 to start each frame exposure Settings Acquisition Mode Continuous Trigger Mode for the frame burst start trigger On T...

Page 165: ...refore need a basic knowledge of the Bayer filter to understand the pixel formats With the Bayer filter each individual pixel is covered by a part of the filter that allows light of only one color to...

Page 166: ...be green and red respectively Since the pattern of the Bayer filter is fixed you can use this information to determine the color of all of the other pixels in the image The Pixel Color Filter paramete...

Page 167: ...ata For each pixel covered with a green portion of the filter you get 8 or 12 bits of green data And for each pixel covered with a blue portion of the filter you get 8 or 12 bits of blue data This typ...

Page 168: ...onversion algorithm uses the following formulas Y 0 299 R 0 587 G 0 114 B Cb 0 16874 R 0 33126 G 0 5000 B 128 Cr 0 5000 R 0 41869 G 0 08131 B 128 After conversion to the YCbCr color model is complete...

Page 169: ...ed with an IR cut filter For more information about the location of the IR cut filter in the camera see Section 1 4 2 on page 24 NOTICE On all cameras the lens thread length is limited All cameras mon...

Page 170: ...automatic process is also called a color transformation from RGB color space to RGB color space Note All color enhancements described in this section are performed on pixel data in RGB color space reg...

Page 171: ...minance of one color 1 Set the Balance Ratio Selector to red green or blue 2 Set the Balance Ratio parameter to the desired value for the selected color You can set the Balance Ratio Selector and the...

Page 172: ...corrections for images captured with daylight lighting that has a color temperature of about 5000K When you select this setting the camera will also adjust the white balance settings and the color adj...

Page 173: ...rameter value to Off no correction camera LightSourcePreset SetValue LightSourcePreset_Off Set the LightSourcePreset parameter value to Daylight5000K camera LightSourcePreset SetValue LightSourcePrese...

Page 174: ...e and see Section 7 3 5 on page 171 for an overall procedure for setting the color enhancement features Although color adjustment can be used without also using a light source preset we nonetheless st...

Page 175: ...see Figure 74 on page 166 where the primary colors R G B the secondary colors C M Y and black and white define the corners All shades of gray are represented by the line connecting the black and the...

Page 176: ...R C M B G Y M B G Y Fig 74 RGB Color Cube With YCM Secondary Colors Black and White Projected On a Plane R C Saturation Adjustment Hue Adjustment Decrease Increase B G Y M Gray Fig 75 Hue and Saturat...

Page 177: ...is rotated in a positive direction towards magenta then for example orange in the image can be changed to red and red in the image can be changed to purple Red can be rotated as far as magenta where...

Page 178: ...AdjustmentSelector_Red Set the red hue parameter value camera ColorAdjustmentHue SetValue 1 125 Set the red saturation parameter value camera ColorAdjustmentSaturation SetValue 1 375 Select cyan as th...

Page 179: ...rial and error For color transformation to work properly the white balance must be correct See Section 7 3 1 on page 160 for more information about the white balance and see Section 7 3 5 on page 171...

Page 180: ...Transformation Value Selector and Color Transformation Values from within your application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the value...

Page 181: ...preset 4 Begin capturing images and check the basic image appearance Set the exposure time black level and gain so that you are acquiring good quality images It is important to make sure that the ima...

Page 182: ...ea to start by concentrating on one line in the color chart Once you have the colors in a line properly adjusted you can move on to each of the other lines in turn When you first start working with th...

Page 183: ...he response curve and results in a lower gray value for a given amount of sensor output Increasing the gain is useful when at your brightest exposure a gray value lower than 255 in modes that output 8...

Page 184: ...Gain Auto function that can automatically adjust the gain Manual adjustment of the gain All parameter will only work if the Gain Auto function is disabled If the Gain Auto function is enabled the gain...

Page 185: ...e 0 0359 You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Section 3 1 on page 37 To set the Gain para...

Page 186: ...ch pixel is decreased by 1 8 2 1 Setting the Black Level The black level can be adjusted by changing the value of the Black Level parameter The range of the allowed settings for the Black Level parame...

Page 187: ...e by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the selector and the parameter value camera BlackLevelSelector SetValue BlackLevelSelector_All camera BlackL...

Page 188: ...s on the gain feature will only remove the lower regular limit When the lower regular limit is removed the gain All parameter value can be decreased to a negative value For more information about the...

Page 189: ...0 from the ADC along with a zero as an LSB The result of shifting once is that the output of the camera is effectively multiplied by 2 For example assume that the camera is set for no shift that it i...

Page 190: ...es is that the output of the camera is effectively multiplied by 8 When the camera is set to shift by 3 the 3 least significant bits output from the camera for each pixel value will be 0 This means th...

Page 191: ...the camera drops the 4 least significant bits from the ADC and transmits the 8 most significant bits bit 11 through 4 Shift by 1 When the camera is set to shift by 1 the output from the camera will i...

Page 192: ...3 If you do nonetheless all bits output from the camera will automatically be set to 1 Therefore that you should only use the shift by 3 setting when your pixel readings with an 8 bit pixel format se...

Page 193: ...ft by 1 setting If all of the readings are below 1024 you can safely use the shift by 1 or 2 settings If all of the readings are below 512 you can safely use the shift by 1 2 or 3 settings If all of t...

Page 194: ...by 1 shift by 2 shift by 3 or shift by 4 respectively You can set the Digital Shift parameter values from within your application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illu...

Page 195: ...te and a height For example suppose that you specify the offset X as 10 the width as 16 the offset Y as 6 and the height as 10 The region of the array that is bounded by these settings is shown in Fig...

Page 196: ...of interest for the current OffsetY setting When you are setting the camera s region of interest you must follow these guidelines On all camera models The sum of the Offset X setting plus the Width se...

Page 197: ...A3800 14um 0 1 0 1 64 1 64 1 Table 32 Minimum Settings and Increments for Positioning an Image ROI in Mono Cameras without Binning Camera Model Offset X Offset Y Width Height Mini mum Setting Mini mum...

Page 198: ...e set in terms of virtual columns and rows For more information see Section 8 6 3 on page 195 Camera Model No Vertical Binning Vertical Binning by 2 Enabled Vertical Binning by 3 Enabled Vertical Binn...

Page 199: ...tX SetValue 0 int64_t i camera HeightMax GetValue camera Height SetValue 964 camera OffsetY SetValue 0 You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters For more inform...

Page 200: ...following code snippet illustrates using the API to enable automatic ROI centering camera CenterX SetValue true camera CenterY SetValue true 8 5 2 Changing ROI Parameters On the Fly Making ROI parame...

Page 201: ...920 25 where also the color camera allows binning For more information about color binning see Section 8 6 2 on page 193 For the acA1920 25um vertical binning works in a different way Vertical binning...

Page 202: ...igure 79 illustrates horizontal binning You can combine vertical and horizontal binning This however can cause objects to appear distorted in the image For more information about possible image distor...

Page 203: ...setting see the example in Figure 80 As the gray values are averaged during vertical color binning and not summed the signal to noise ratio will be increased while the camera s response to light will...

Page 204: ...25uc color camera by setting the Binning Horizontal parameter Setting the parameter s value to 2 3 or 4 enables horizontal color binning by 2 by 3 or by 4 respectively Setting the parameter s value to...

Page 205: ...if the numbers of binned lines and columns are equal With all other combinations the imaged objects will appear distorted If for example vertical binning by 2 is combined with horizontal binning by 4...

Page 206: ...ffect on Decimation If vertical binning is used vertical decimation see below is automatically disabled and vice versa i e if vertical decimation is used vertical binning is disabled Horizontal binnin...

Page 207: ...gure 83 This is valid for mono and color cameras 2 for mono cameras only every second row of the acquired frame will be transmitted out of the camera Figure 84 2 for color cameras only every second pa...

Page 208: ...e acA2000 165um camera normally has a resolution of 2048 H x 1088 V If you set this camera to use vertical decimation by 5 the effective resolution of the sensor is reduced to 2048 H by 217 V If you r...

Page 209: ...or mono cameras C H_old x D_old D_old 1 For color cameras C H_old x D_old 2 x D_old 2 As soon as the covered lines are determined the camera calculates the new ROI height For mono cameras New ROI heig...

Page 210: ...ht 2048 to 10 Covered lines 2042 New ROI height 206 Covered lines 2042 New ROI height 206 to 1 again Covered lines 2xxx New ROI height 2xxx Covered lines 2xxx New ROI height 2xxx to 7 Covered lines 2x...

Page 211: ...second pixel in the line will be swapped with the value of the next to last pixel and so on Figure 87 shows a normal image on the left and an image captured with reverse X enabled on the right Using...

Page 212: ...er value Enable reverse X camera ReverseX SetValue true For color cameras provisions are made ensuring that the effective color filter alignment will be constant for both normal and mirror images ROIs...

Page 213: ...02000 Features Basler ace USB 3 0 203 You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameter For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Section 3 1 on...

Page 214: ...that a pixel has a value of 24 And so on As you can see the table does not include a user defined 12 bit value for every pixel value that the sensor can report So what does the camera do when the ADC...

Page 215: ...eading 0 1024 2048 3072 4095 12 Bit Camera Output Fig 89 Lookup Table with Values Mapped in a Linear Fashion 0 1024 2048 3072 4095 12 Bit Digitized Sensor Reading 0 1024 2048 3072 4095 12 Bit Camera O...

Page 216: ...a lookup table Currently there is only one lookup table available i e the luminance lookup table described above Use the LUT Index parameter to select a value in the lookup table The LUT Index parame...

Page 217: ...The gamma correction value of 1 is the default value after camera reset or power up A gamma correction value between 0 and 1 will result in increased overall brightness and a gamma correction value g...

Page 218: ...our application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the parameter value to 1 2 as an example Set the Gamma value to 1 2 camera Gamma SetV...

Page 219: ...Gain Auto function adjusts the gain parameter value the manually set gain parameter value is not preserved For some auto functions the target value is fixed For other auto functions the target value...

Page 220: ...usually be carried out for every or every other image The repeated automatic adjustment will proceed until the once mode of operation is used or until the auto function is set to off in which case the...

Page 221: ...rol Note that an Auto Function ROI can be positioned anywhere on the sensor array An Auto Function ROI is referenced to the top left corner of the sensor array The top left corner of the sensor array...

Page 222: ...ed at the same time You can assign auto functions to Auto Function ROIs from within your application software by using the pylon API As an example the following code snippet illustrates using the API...

Page 223: ...the image property If the Image ROI is completely included in the Auto Function ROI see b in Figure 92 only the pixel data from the Image ROI will be used to control the image property If the Image RO...

Page 224: ...13 14 15 16 17 18 19 0 1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Fig 92 Various Degrees of Overlap Between the...

Page 225: ...tting must not exceed the height of the camera s sensor For example on the acA1920 25um the sum of the Offset Y setting plus the Height setting must not exceed 1080 The X Offset Y Offset Width and Hei...

Page 226: ...e of the auto function ROI Note The code uses AOI instead of ROI For example ROI1 is named AOI1 in the code 1 camera AutoFunctionAOISelector SetValue AutoFunctionAOISelector_AOI1 camera AutoFunctionAO...

Page 227: ...he Auto Gain Lower Limit parameters The minimum and maximum allowed settings for the Auto Gain Upper Limit and Auto Gain Lower Limit parameters depend on the current pixel data format on the current s...

Page 228: ...lector_All camera AutoGainLowerLimit SetValue 0 0 camera AutoGainUpperLimit SetValue 19 745 Set the lowest possible lower limit and the highest possible upper limit for the gain auto function camera A...

Page 229: ...igger width exposure mode is selected the exposure auto function is not available For more information about setting the exposure time manually see Section 6 9 on page 141 For more information about t...

Page 230: ...ra AutoFunctionAOISelector SetValue AutoFunctionAOISelector_AOI1 camera AutoFunctionAOIUseBrightness SetValue true Set the position and size of the auto function ROI camera AutoFunctionAOIOffsetX SetV...

Page 231: ...ra AutoTargetBrightness SetValue 0 50196 Set the mode of operation for the exposure auto function camera ExposureAuto SetValue ExposureAuto_Continuous You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer applicat...

Page 232: ...at the same time is a several step process 1 Set the value of the Auto Function Profile parameter to specify whether gain or exposure time will be minimized during automatic adjustments 2 Set the val...

Page 233: ...te balance of the image For more information about setting the white balance manually see Section 7 2 on page 159 1 Select the Auto Function ROI for example ROI 2 2 Set the value of the Offset X Offse...

Page 234: ...to the selected Auto Function ROI 3 Unassign the auto function you want to use from the other Auto Function ROI 4 Set the position and size of the Auto Function ROI 5 If necessary set the lower and up...

Page 235: ...era has received an external frame start trigger when the camera is not in a waiting for frame start trigger acquisition status In this case 1 A Frame Start Overtrigger event is created The event cont...

Page 236: ...ates the camera may be able to generate and queue events faster than they can be transmitted and acknowledged In this case The queue will fill and an event overrun will occur Events will be dropped Se...

Page 237: ...el and exposure time have no effect on the images transmitted by the camera For test images 1 2 3 and 6 the cameras digital features such as the luminance lookup table will also have no effect on the...

Page 238: ...ion test image one will look similar to Figure 93 The mathematical expression for this test image Gray Value column number row number MOD 256 Test Image 2 Moving Diagonal Gray Gradient 8 bit The 8 bit...

Page 239: ...iagonal gray gradient image The difference between test image 4 and test image 2 is this if a camera feature that involves digital processing is enabled test image 4 will show the effects of the featu...

Page 240: ...and is designed for use when the camera is set for Y CbCr output As shown in Figure 94 test image six consists of diagonal color gradients The image moves by one pixel from right to left whenever you...

Page 241: ...device enumeration procedure Device Scan Type read only contains the scan type of the camera for example area scan Sensor Width read only contains the physical width of the sensor in pixels Sensor Hei...

Page 242: ...alue 0 Set the Device Link Throughput Limit Mode parameter camera DeviceLinkSelector SetValue 0 camera DeviceLinkThroughputLimitMode SetValue DeviceLinkThroughputLimitMode_On Set the Device Link Throu...

Page 243: ...nt64_t i camera WidthMax GetValue Read the HeightMax parameter int64_t i camera HeightMax GetValue You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily read the parameters and to read or wri...

Page 244: ...se the pylon API to set the User Defined Value Selector and the User Defined Value parameter value from within your application software The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the...

Page 245: ...he settings are lost if the camera is reset or if power is switched off The camera can save most of the settings from the current active set to a reserved area in the camera s non volatile memory A us...

Page 246: ...ept to a minimum The user sets with factory setups are saved in permanent files in the camera s non volatile memory They are not lost when the camera is reset or switched off and they can not be chang...

Page 247: ...on software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the selector If you want to select the Default User Set camera UserSetSelector SetValue UserSetSel...

Page 248: ...following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the selector to e g User Set 1 and execute the command camera UserSetSelector SetValue UserSetSelector_UserSet1 camera UserSetSave Execute For d...

Page 249: ...d User Set e g User Set 2 2 Execute a User Set Load command to load the selected user set into the active user set You can set the User Set Selector and execute the User Set Load command from within y...

Page 250: ...ed when the camera is idle i e when it is not acquiring images continuously or does not have a single image acquisition pending Loading the Default User Set with the standard factory setup into the ac...

Page 251: ...Set Default camera UserSetDefault SetValue UserSetDefault_Default If you want to designate the High Gain User Setas User Set Default camera UserSetDefault SetValue UserSetDefault_HighGain If you want...

Page 252: ...ailing data to each image as the image is transferred from the camera The features that add chunks to the acquired images are referred to as chunk features After the data chunks were transmitted to th...

Page 253: ...the kind if data chunk and then enabling it For details see below 8 17 3 1 Gain Chunk The gain chunk feature adds a chunk to each acquired image containing the gain All parameter value in dB used for...

Page 254: ...ctive is enabled the camera will append an exposure time stamp chunk to each acquired image After an image with an appended chunk has been received by your PC the chunk must be retrieved For informati...

Page 255: ...and Chunk Mode Active is enabled the camera will append a timestamp chunk to each acquired image After an image with an appended chunk has been received by your PC the chunk must be retrieved For info...

Page 256: ...This happens due to the internal buffering scheme of image data used in the camera 1 Use the chunk selector to select the counter value chunk 2 Use the Chunk Enable parameter to set the value of the c...

Page 257: ...r application software by using the Basler pylon API The following code snippets illustrate using the API to configure and set the frame counter reset and to execute a reset via software Select counte...

Page 258: ...ing chunk data see Section 8 17 4 on page 250 Note that the CRC checksum information provided by the chunk parser is not the CRC checksum itself Rather it is a true false result When the image and app...

Page 259: ...02000 Features Basler ace USB 3 0 249 You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer see Section 3 1 on...

Page 260: ...for a set of chunks The calculated maximum size is derived from the current camera parameter settings ROI size pixel format selected data chunks etc The actual size of a set of chunks as received by t...

Page 261: ...data chunk The chunk data can be accessed using the chunk data node map For more information about accessing chunk data see the documentation for the C API in the Basler pylon Programmer s Guide and...

Page 262: ...Features AW00123402000 252 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 263: ...t and Downloads sections of our website www baslerweb com If you do decide to contact Basler technical support please take a look at Section 9 3 on page 254 before you call The section gives informati...

Page 264: ...low 1 Click the question mark in the menu bar of the Basler pylon USB Configurator 2 Click Generate Support Information in the dropdown menu The Support Information window opens displaying a report 3...

Page 265: ...amera Do you use a hub Yes No 4 Describe the problem in as much detail as possible If you need more space use an extra sheet of paper 5 If known what s the cause of the problem 6 When did the problem...

Page 266: ...copy of the exact camera parameters that you were using when the problem occurred To make note of the parameters use the Basler pylon Viewer If you cannot access the camera please try to state the fo...

Page 267: ...pixel size by pixel edge length in Section 1 2 on page 2 Added information about the CS mount in Section 1 2 on page 2 Added Mounting Instructions as Section 1 5 on page 26 Updated the LZ4 license tex...

Page 268: ...Revision History AW00123402000 258 Basler ace USB 3 0...

Page 269: ...193 image distortion 192 194 195 image ROI settings 195 mono cameras 191 reduced resolution 195 response to light 195 vertical 191 193 black level 176 C cable I O 48 USB 3 0 48 camera models 1 camera...

Page 270: ...gain factory setup 236 standard factory setup 236 filter alignment see color filter alignment filter holder 24 159 frame burst start overtrigger event 225 frame burst start trigger event 225 frame sta...

Page 271: ...179 modes of operation of auto functions 210 mono pixel format 158 mounting point 21 mounting screw hole 21 26 27 mounting the camera 26 O offset X 185 offset Y 185 output line direct coupled voltage...

Page 272: ...236 240 status see line state T test images 227 thread length see lens thread length tightening sequence M2 screws 26 M3 screws 27 timer delay 76 duration 76 source signal for output line 76 transiti...

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