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4 sensors Line scan camera 

Model: BVC6200LM

 

 

Product code

:9200016)

 

Document revision v.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlueVision Ltd., Japan 

 

 

Instruction Manual 

BlueVision 

Summary of Contents for 9200016

Page 1: ...Preliminary 4 sensors Line scan camera Model BVC6200LM Product code 9200016 Document revision v 01 BlueVision Ltd Japan Instruction Manual BlueVision ...

Page 2: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 2 Revision note Date Revision Contents Note 2020 10 16 01 1st edition ...

Page 3: ...ode ON PixelReMap mode ON 16 5 2 4 OB output mode OFF PixelReMap mode ON 16 5 3 Exporsure control 17 5 3 1 Trigger mode OFF NO_SHUTTER_MODE 17 5 3 2 Trigger mode OFF SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE 17 5 3 3 Trigger mode ON SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE 18 5 3 4 Trigger mode ON TriggerWidth 19 6 Camera setting 20 6 1 Operation mode Sensitivity setting 20 6 1 1 Operation mode 21 6 1 2 Line rate 22 6 1 3 Exposure time 22 ...

Page 4: ... Help About 49 7 Serial communication 50 7 1 Serial communication protocol 50 7 2 Command input specifications 50 7 3 Command output specifications 50 7 4 Command List 51 8 Dimensions 57 9 Spectral response 58 Appendix 59 Preparation before using the camera 1 Necessary equipment Camera BVC6200LM Lens M52 mount or F mount as an option Following lenses are available from Bluevison ...

Page 5: ...pture board Use the capture board of DualBaseConfiguration Camera link cable Camera side Mini CameraLink SDR Board side Depending on used capture board Others PC Monito TV Illumination 2 Preparation for the shooting and basic settings of the camera 1 Connection of equipment Connect necessary equipment Lens M52 mount Tripod base BVA TB01 Power supply 12 P connector Camera Link cable 2 cables Camera...

Page 6: ...een then start up the 3 Sensor Control Tool 2 5 The following screen for Port and Baud rate settings will be displayed Select the com port which is set in the frame grabber board And set the baud rate The default setting is 115200 2 6 After setting click OK 2 7 Then the following window will be opened The default setting of the camera will be loaded 2 8 It is ready to capture the image Start up th...

Page 7: ...Conversion efficiency SWIR 4 mode Level0 Level3 default Level1 RGB Green 550m 266 µJ cm2 Standard illumination 3500Lx 7800K Gain Low G 0 Shutter OFF Lens Iris F2 8 Line rate 270μs 100 output S N SWIR 58dB Level0 RGB 8bit gradation s n more than 48dB Line rate variable range Variable range 10Hz 18 03kHz 32 679kHz Variable Unit 1Hz step Shutter SWIR 20 47µs 100ms 1µs step RGB 9 52μs 100ms 1µs step G...

Page 8: ...e 0 0 05mm Optical axis accuracy Center 0 1mm Max MTBF 130000H at 25 Operating temperature Humidity 5 45 20 80 non condensing Storage temperature Humidity 25 60 20 80 Non condensing Anti vibration 3G 20Hz 200Hz XYZ directions Anti shock 50G Regulation CISPR32 EN55032 Class A Outlook dimensions 95 W x 95 H x 95 D mm excluding protrusion and lens mount Weight 570g Connector LED Mini Camera link SDR ...

Page 9: ... 24V Refer to sections 4 3 and 4 4 for the pin assignment Camera Link connector Mini camera link connector for image output and trigger input Refer to sections 4 1 and 4 2 for the details Holes for camera There are the set of four holes on the front top and bottom for setting screws fixing screws of camera It is M4 6mm depth Four holes on the top bottom will be used for optional tripod base BVA TB...

Page 10: ...9 22 Pair 8 CC1 Trigger 10 23 Pair 9 CC2 NC 11 24 Pair 10 CC3 NC 12 25 Pair 11 CC4 NC 13 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND 26 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND Note As for the bit allocation for TxOUT0 to 3 refer to section 5 1 Camera link bit allocation Camera Link 2 Camera connector Cable Name Cannel Link Signal Camera Signal Pair polarity Pair polarity 1 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND 14 Inner Shield In...

Page 11: ... communicate is restricted CAUTION In case that the frame grabber board to be used with the camera employs a mini camera link connector it is needed to pay attention about the direction of the connector The side of the connector to indicate CAMERA should be connected to the camera Refer to a picture shown below If the direction of the connector is reversed the bit error noise might be appeared on ...

Page 12: ...V 26 4V 3 GND GND 4 NC N C 5 NC N C 6 NC N C 7 NC N C 8 GPI I Trigger 9 GPO O EEN 10 NC N C 11 DC in DC10 8V 26 4V 12 GND GND EEN Exposure Enable signal is used for the trigger of external light It is 12V Open Collector 4 4 Compatible connector No Maker Model Note Camera side HIROSE HR10A 10R 12PB 71 Cable side HIROSE HR10A 10P 12S plug ...

Page 13: ...rt C2 B 6 B 6 B 4 B 2 TX19 Port C3 B 7 B 7 B 5 B 3 TX20 Port C4 B 8 B 8 B 6 B 4 TX21 Port C5 B 9 B 9 B 7 B 5 TX22 Port C6 B 10 B 10 B 8 B 6 TX16 Port C7 B 11 B 11 B 9 B 7 TX17 Port D0 SWIR 4 SWIR 4 SWIR 2 SWIR 0 Camera Link2 TX0 Port D1 SWIR 5 SWIR 5 SWIR 3 SWIR 1 TX1 Port D2 SWIR 6 SWIR 6 SWIR 4 SWIR 2 TX2 Port D3 SWIR 7 SWIR 7 SWIR 5 SWIR 3 TX3 Port D4 SWIR 8 SWIR 8 SWIR 6 SWIR 4 TX4 Port D5 SWI...

Page 14: ...6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 14 Output timing TxCLK TxOUT3 A7 A6 EEN C7 C6 B7 B6 A7 A6 TxOUT2 C3 C2 LVAL DVAL C5 C4 C3 C2 TxOUT1 B2 B1 C1 C0 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 TxOUT0 A1 A0 B0 A5 A4 A3 A2 A A0 1 Pixel cycle ...

Page 15: ...des 16 pixels of optical black at the left and the right during LVAL Active period LVAL R G B VIDEO SWIR VIDEO DVAL Ch Total CLK R G B 1 4096 4096 4128 308 308 4436 SWIR 1 1024 1024 5 2 2 OB output mode OFF PixelRemap OFF It can be output Active Pixel of sensor in the period of LVAL Active Full resolution LVAL R G B VIDEO SWIR VIDEO DVAL Ch Total CLK R G B 1 4096 4096 340 4436 SWIR 1 1024 1024 Opt...

Page 16: ...h Total CLK R G B 1136 2959 1824 1856 592 2448 SWIR 1 1824 1824 5 2 4 OB output mode OFF PixelReMap mode ON It can be output Active Pixel of sensor in the period of LVAL Active Pixel compensation is executed for 1824pixels image output from 1024pixels SWIR sensor output LVAL R G B VIDEO SWIR VIDEO DVAL Ch Total CLK R G B 1136 2959 1824 624 2448 SWIR 1 1824 1824 Pixel Optica Black 16PIXEL Optical B...

Page 17: ...rgmode 0 trgsource 0 5 3 2 Trigger mode OFF SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE Exposure start timing need to be set by each channels to be aligned all channels exposure end Video data output at the same time of next Exposure start Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data R G B L i n e R a t e SWIR Exposure end Exposure end Exposure end Exposure e...

Page 18: ... of all video at the same timing Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data R G B External Trigger CC1 or DCIN Trigger E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e Exposure start Exposure end Exposure end Exposure end Exposure end SWIR Command exporsure time exp r exp g exp b exp ir trigger mode trg...

Page 19: ...ata External Trigger CC1 or DCIN Trigger E x t e r n a l t r i g ge r c yc l e R G B SWIR R G B SWIR E x t e r n a l t r i g ge r c yc l e Exposure start Exposure end Command Trigger mode trgmode 2 Trigger input CC1 trgsource 1 DCIN trgsource 2 Trigger polarity active Low trgpolarity 0 active High trgpolarity 1 Trigger cycle in Trigger mode ON Trigger setting Min trigger cycle PixelRemap OFF ON Ma...

Page 20: ...00LM Instruction Manual v 01 20 6 Camera setting 6 1 Operation mode Sensitivity setting Line rate Exposure time Gain Black level White balance Exposure time Pulse output Operation mode Data save and Readout ...

Page 21: ...e time Line cycle time Shutter Select Mode The exposure is set for R G B IR channels individually In this mode as the end of the exposure for each channel coincides the exposure will start from the channel having the longest exposure time Other channels start with some delay so that the end of the exposure coincides Exposure time should set within line cycle in Internal sync Exposure time should s...

Page 22: ...e at Line Rate window the click SET or Enter Line Period window is displayed Line period cycle of Line rate set the above Line Period window is unable to input just displaying only Line rate setting range 10Hz 20000Hz です It is valuable to input by 1Hz step 6 1 3 Exposure time It is available to set exposure time in Shutter Select Mode for Trigger mode Exposure time setting range Source が External ...

Page 23: ...a of white balance adjustment is in the center of 1024pixles out of 4096 SHUTTER button is invalid in the other mode of Trigger and Shutter select Mode SHUTTER button is only valid in Trigger Shutter select Mode Gain cnotrol base of One push AWB 1 Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in the pull down menu of White Balance 2 Click GAIN AWB is excuted SHUTTER button is INVALID Exposure control base of On...

Page 24: ...pulse It can be output depending on the exposure time 1 Select from R G B IR 2 Polarity selection Note1 In case of multiple EEN selection EEN comes out by the longest exposure time of R G B or IR TRIGGER Exposure Rch Exposure Gch Exposure Bch Exposure IRch EEN Note1 1 2 ...

Page 25: ... Click LOAD Data Save 1 Select Set up tub 2 Select the place of saving User Set 1 or User Set 2 3 Click SAVE when the setting would be completed Default setting for the place of data saving when the power is ON 1 Select Set up tub 2 Select from User Set 1 User Set 2 or Factory Default what data should be set 3 Click LOAD 4 Click DEFAULT 5 Camera will be boot up by the setting data which is selecte...

Page 26: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 26 6 2 SET UP for Shading DSNU DSNU Shading Lateral chromatic aberration correction Filter LVAL leng CL Configuration Test Pattern PixelReMap LNR Sensor CF ...

Page 27: ...NU compensation is executed 4 In order to save the compensation data of DSNU and click SAVE button 5 When this compensation data is reused select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in the pulldown menu of DSNU command and click LOAD 6 In order to make DSNU OFF select No Adjustment in the pulldown menu and click LOAD The data is reverted to the data before the adjustment is executed Click ADJUST Select User ...

Page 28: ... between 70 90 170 225LSB level 4 Lens focus position is to be set defocused 5 Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in Shading menu then click ADJUST Shading will be executed 6 Click SAVE to save the correction data 7 When that correction data will use next time Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in Shading command mene then click Load To switch OFF shading Select No Adjustment in Shading menu then click ...

Page 29: ... black compensation OFF LNR OFF Pseudo black compensation ON LNR ON 6 2 4 Sensor CF Sensitivity SWIR ch sensitivity setteing Level0 Level1 Level2 Level3 Default is Level1 Sensor CF Conversion efficiency uV e Note Level0 0 128 Level1 1 23 Default Level2 4 0 Level3 8 0 Set DSNU PRNU again when this sensitivity need to be change DSNU PRNU default setting is as follows DSNU PRNU Default Censor CF Leve...

Page 30: ...G Bch 28 762mm 7um x 4096 pixels In PixelReMap ON FOV Optimized Image between SWIR and RGB can be output RGBch sensor central 1824pixels which FOV is same range as SWIR ch sensor read out SWIRch sensor Pixels compensation is made to fit with the same pixel pitch of RGB sensor RGBch sensor SWIRch sensor 1136pixel 1pixel 2959pixel 1024pixel RGBch sensor SWIRch sensor 1136 pixel 1 pixel 2959 pixel 18...

Page 31: ...improved for Noise Remarks Less than 5LSB level of resolution degradation is occurred for 5 pixels moving average DNR OFF DNR ON 6 2 7 CL Configuration BIT width selection for CameraLink output Select at CL Configuration for the BIT widt 8 10 or 12bit Refer Chapter 5 1 Camera link BIT allocation 6 2 8 LVAL With OB Optical Black is included within LVAL Active Withiout OB Optical Black is NOT includ...

Page 32: ...r horizontal gradation Color Bar Output order of the color bar for R G B ch is started from White Yellow Cyan Green Mazenta Red Blue Black In IR ch 128LSB of Grey level is output Gradiation Output level of Gradiation is in between 0LSB min and 255LSB max This is common for all channels of R G B IR ...

Page 33: ...Click Aberration tub the following window comes out 1 Manual Setting 1 Set Aberration as OFF 2 Input the recommendation paramters at L END LEFT RIGHT R END then Enter 1 setting must be the following range 2047 L End Left 0 0 Right R End 2047 2 refer the following for Pixel layout and position Pixel Layout Correction position Defalut is Zero pixel move to the right for value setting left move for v...

Page 34: ... it depends on Lens focal length and WD see the following table Recommendation of collection position 2 position are corrected by polyline approximation correction at right side and left side separatelly There are 4 setting position such as L END LEFT RIGHT and R END it depends on Lens focal length and WD see the following table Recommendation for collection position Lens WD L END LEFT RIGHT R END...

Page 35: ...MMA setting Output will be varied by LUT it is able to set by R G B separately Output will be Linear γ 1 0 in case of LUT OFF It is appled all 3 channels Select LUT ON Data input of R G B Select at Channel ex G ch data input Select Green at Channel ...

Page 36: ...e shows Input as 1 Output as 132 Click Write bothof them are set To check the data click READ The setting data is saved by SAVE click 6 3 2 Prepraration for Input Output table The table data will be transfered by click TABLEDOENLOAD Data format of LUT must be txt or csv Procedure 1 Prepare LUT data table just like LUT data folder 2 Click TABLE UPLOAD 3 Open Communication Monitor in TOOL tab to che...

Page 37: ... of message and in Communication Monitor will be popped out when that data is appled LUT data Camera output 8bits 0 255 LUT data 12bits 0 4095 Camera output is upperside of 8 bits Data format of LUT must be txt or csv input value output value input value output value example 0 1 1 20 2 33 3 43 4094 3033 4095 3034 Input 0 4095LSB Output 0 4095LSB ...

Page 38: ...ub as follows Select each LUT curve in Gamma the drop down list for individual setting Select LUT curve from Color 2 points of curve shapes are able to change by click and drag by PC mouse Right click at the change points can be back to the original shape LUT data will be transferred by click Write All LUT To Camera after LUT curve setting by R G B and IR ...

Page 39: ...5 in GAMMA drop down list This setting is common for all 4 ch Click Write All LUT To Camera after selecting 0 6 or 0 45 This setting will be transferred to Camera Select ON in LUT drop down list LUT data will be applied in the captured image It is able to change LUT curve in LUT ON mode Click SAVE to save LUT data in the camera ...

Page 40: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 40 Then select ON in LUT drop down list LUT data will be appled It is able to change LUT curve in LUT ON mode Click SAVE to save LUT data in the camera ...

Page 41: ...ct R G B or IR individually in Color Spline mode Return LUTcurve to GAMMA1 0 Copy to one setting to the others Select R G B or IR and do setting then click Copy To Every Colors Output LUT curve by Spline Readout LUT curve by Spline Transfer R G B IR LUT data to File Transfer R G B IR LUT data to camera LUT LUT ON OFF setting SAVE LUT data saving ...

Page 42: ...tion Save Readout for 1 Line image data 1 Line memory setting 6 4 1 1 Line memory Re Send click RECORDING 1 line image data is saved Click PLAY Output 1 line image which is saved in the camera Click CLEAR Back to the normal operation mode 1 Line memory ...

Page 43: ... multiply for less than 3pixels range of rising up falling down signal Unable for Edge enhancement for more than 4pixels of rising up falling down signal Enable Edge enhancer by MODE On for R G B and IR GAIN set in the range of 0 255 0 Edge Enhancer Off 255 2times emphasis of edge signal for both rising up and falling down Edge Enhancer High Pass Filter Color Matrix ...

Page 44: ... Edge enhancement by the detection level setting of Edge signal 0 detect all of edge signal and do edge enhancement by GAIN setting 8bit output 0 0625 step 10bit output 0 25 step 12bit output 1 step Edge Enhancer example 8bit output GAIN 0 GAIN 255 GAIN 255 Core 0 GAIN 255 Core 100 ...

Page 45: ... each channel GAIN 3steps 0 2 gain setting 1 3times higher level is Max GAIN 0 x 1 05 1 x 1 13 2 x 1 27 6 5 3 Color Matrix Enable for gain input by each in MODE On See the following formula Default KRR KGG KGB 1 000 no color correction condition Gain range 2 000 times Max 0 001 step Fomula Rout Rin x KRR Gin x KRG Bin x KRB Gout Rin x KGR Gin x KGG Bin x KGB Bout Rin x KBR Gin x KBG Bin x KBB ...

Page 46: ...rsion and Serial No are shown Baud Rate 115200 Serial communication rate is set by 115200bps 9600 Serial comminication rate is set by 9600bps When it is changed the following window comes out and click Y to be commpleted The following message comes out when that change would be executed ...

Page 47: ...efer chapter 6 8 TOOL Update F W FPGA In order to update the firmware and FPGA click Update F W and FPGA 1 Select Update F W and FPGA and open the folder 2 Select the zip file for the update 3 Click Open to write the update file 4 While the data is writing the progress for data transferring is displayed When the progress display is disappeared the data is completely written It will take approx 5 t...

Page 48: ...m control tool to camera are saved When Stop Recording is selected the command recording would be ended It is possile to reproduce by Write command file in FILE tab a If Start recording is selected the folder to save the data will be opened The file type is the text files txt it can be saved by adding unique name such as Command_record b Click Stop recording c In order to readout the recorded file...

Page 49: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 49 6 9 Help About When About is selected in Help menu the control tool version will be indicated ...

Page 50: ...to set a channel number Input example Set the exposure time for R channel at 10000 10ms Input clk number 1clk 12 5ns exp r 800000 7 3 Command output specifications After a command is input the information whether it is finished correctly or incorrectly is output The followings describe the information Finished correctly Command Paremter1 CR LF OK If the parameter needs to be displayed in progress ...

Page 51: ...from HIROSE 8pin DCIN is selected trgpolarity Acquire the current trigger polarity to be set trgpolarity PRAM PRAM Trigger polarity 0 Active Low 1 Active High Select the trigger polarity Black Level blevel ChNum ChNum Channel R G B IR Acquire the current black level value to be set blevel ChNum PRAM ChNum channel R G B IR PRAM Black Level value Set the black level for each channel Gain gain ChNum ...

Page 52: ...alue for LUT table PRAM Output value setting against LUT input value which set the one of 4ch is set at PRAM lut PRAM PRAM PRAM R G B IR PRAM Table value input 0 4095 Ch setting and LUT table input need to be set for LUT data readout PRAM set the one of 4ch PRAM LUT table input value lutsave Save the LUT table data lutdownload Upload the LUT table data from PC to the camera file format csv Aberrat...

Page 53: ...the area 1 by PARM abearea2 ChNum ChNum sensor ch R G B IR Acquire the compensation data of the area 2 abearea2 ChNum PRAM ChNum sensor ch R G B IR PRAM correction value 64 64 Set the compensation data of the area 2 by PARM abearea3 ChNum ChNum sensor ch R G B IR Acquire the compensation data of the area 3 abearea3 ChNum PRAM ChNum sensor ch R G B IR PRAM correction value 64 64 Set the compensatio...

Page 54: ...onfig Change output format of cameralink output clconfig PRAM PRAM setting number 0 8bit 1 10bit 2 12bit Select output bits by PRAM 8 10 or 12bit lvallength lvallength OB output mode ON OFF lvallength PRAM PRAM 0 OFF 1 ON OFF in LVAL period Optical Black is not added at Anafocus sensor ON in LVAL period Optical Black is added at Anafocus sensor In SWIR ch of BVC6200 the same number of 0 level dumm...

Page 55: ...M 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Gout B gain colorkbr Acquire Bout R gain colorkbr PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Bout R gain colorkbg Acquire Bout G gain colorkbg PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Bout G gain colorkbb Acquire Bout B gain colorkbb PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Bout B gain EdgeEnhancer enhancermode Acquire enhancer mode enhancermode PRAM PRAM 0 OFF 1 ON OFF edge enhancer OFF ON edge enhanc...

Page 56: ... 0 save 1 readout 2 clear Saving R G B SWIR each 1 line 8bit image output are saved in Flash area Readout Readout the image from Flash area Clear Delete the image data from Flash Information model Acquire the model name firmversion Acquire the firmware version fpgaversion Acquire the FPGA version cameraid Acquire the camera serial number 6 digits Baud rate baud Acquire the current baud rate be set...

Page 57: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 57 8 Dimensions 4 M4 6mm depth 4 M4 6mm depth 4 M4 6mm depth ...

Page 58: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 58 9 Spectral response ...

Page 59: ... Instruction Manual v 01 59 Appendix This product BVC6200LM is required to get the export license provided by METI Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry in Japan as it is subject to the restrictions for export ...

Page 60: ...BVC6200LM Instruction Manual v 01 60 BlueVision Ltd Japan 1 13 12 Shin Yokohama Kohoku Yokohama 222 0033 Kanagawa Japan TEL 81 0 45 471 4595 FAX 81 0 45 471 4598 http www bluevision jp ...

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