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Video Camera

Instruction Manual

0.32 Mega pixel Progressive Scan Monochrome/Color Camera

FC300ACL (Monochrome)

FS300ACL (Color)

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Please read this manual and the attached guarantee certificate carefully and manage the camera properly.

Keep this manual at hand and reread it whenever you are uncertain about the operation.

Table of Contents

1. Features

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2. Outline

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3. Description of each component ………………………………………………… 5

4. How to operate ………………………………………………… 7

5. Various settings

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6. Serial communication control

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7. Timing chart

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8. Camera function mode

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9. Installation of the communication software ……………………………………………… 26

10. How to use the communication software ………………………………………………… 28

11. Accessories ………………………………………………… 32

12. Notes

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13. Specifications

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14. External dimensions ………………………………………………… 34

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Document No. N10316
FC/FS300ACL Instruction Manual (4

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Summary of Contents for FC300ACL

Page 1: ... manual at hand and reread it whenever you are uncertain about the operation Table of Contents 1 Features 3 2 Outline 3 3 Description of each component 5 4 How to operate 7 5 Various settings 8 6 Serial communication control 12 7 Timing chart 19 8 Camera function mode 23 9 Installation of the communication software 26 10 How to use the communication software 28 11 Accessories 32 12 Notes 32 13 Spe...

Page 2: ...orrection 2010 03 16 N10316 Description of special remarks used in this manual Note Particulars which require the user s attention are explained Particulars which require the user s close attention in terms of comparison with the conventional products are explained Terminology Terms specifically defined for the purpose of describing the operation of this camera are explained Explanation Particular...

Page 3: ...nchronous trigger signal or implementing serial communication via Camera Link is available only when CameraLink compliant image capture board supports them 2 Outline 2 1 Essential particular Imaging device Progressive scanning Interline transfer ２ OB Optical black ２６５９３１８４９４ Ef f ecti ve image pi ckup area ＨＶＢＲＧＧ Color coding Only for FS300ACL 1 3 inch Total pixels 692 H 504 V approx 0 35...

Page 4: ...al Digital video output signal DO0 DO9 These are 10 bit differential digital output signals compliant to CameraLink STD 10 bit digital signals are converted to four pairs of differential serial data signals in LVDS format X0 X3 by the ChannelLink device in the camera Note These four pairs of differential serial data signals X0 X3 contain each LDV FDV signals below Line data timing signal LDV This ...

Page 5: ...or the camera upper table and for the capture board Note that the connection numbers of the cable for the capture board are opposite to those for the camera as described below 1 inner shield 14 inner shield 2 CC4 15 CC4 3 CC3 16 CC3 12 X0 25 X0 13 inner shield 26 inner shield Pin layout on frame grabber board side Note This equipment is not PoCL type Apply DC Power through Power connector Power co...

Page 6: ...rved I Reserved for future products SerTFG TXD O URAT transmission data Same timing as existing RS 232C SerTC RXD I URAT reception data Same timing as existing RS 232C 1 Enabled by turning to Camera Link CC1 with serial communication command H 12 2 Enabled by turning to Camera Link CC2 HD CC3 VD with serial communication command H 13 The factory default is Camera Link CC1 3 as for both 1 and 2 Not...

Page 7: ...in the allowable ranges depending on the installation conditions of the camera types of cables in use and others Important Note Make sure to turn off the power switch of the image processing unit before connecting or disconnecting the power cable If the cable is connected or disconnected while the power is supplied it causes the equipment to malfunction Note Use the power supply unit that has suff...

Page 8: ...AL Trigger Trigger Pulse width control function allows to output image signals exposing thorough pulse width duration Note Exposure time is the same as that of High speed shutter in the case of Preset shutter mode It does not switch into high speed shutter mode even if trigger signal is input as it goes into wait state for trigger signal Electronic shutter operation mode No shutter Electronic shut...

Page 9: ... the vertical width of the longitudinal picture area corresponds to one half of the central portion of the image pickup area 1 4 partial scanning ON The partial scanning of the vertical width of the longitudinal picture area corresponds to one quarter of the central portion of the image pickup area Variable partial scanning ON It is possible to conduct partial scanning of any area by setting start...

Page 10: ... the strobe signal the image output from the camera may have noise due to the influence of the fluctuation of the power supply voltage or change in the electric potential that occurs at the ON OFF timing Even when the insulation aforementioned is applied the electromagnetic induction may lead to the occurrence of noise on the image signal if the electric current of the lighting unit to be ON OFF c...

Page 11: ...higher gain value Then the output signal from the CCD element at the saturating area will be appropriately saturated into a white level for the output Note The above described unnatural image represents the following states Black and white look inverted at the saturating area The outline of the saturating area is blurred The saturating area slightly shifts upward and downward The brightness value ...

Page 12: ... product FC1500CL etc equipped with RS 232C interface The external control method by the serial communication is described below 6 1 The settings of the serial communication serial communication settings of the host device are as follows Baud rate 9600bps 38400bps Data 8bit character Stop bit 1stop bit Parity none XON XOFF no control The baud rate can be changed to 38400bps by the communication co...

Page 13: ...gth in writing is fixed to H 00 The data length of error response is also fixed to H 00 Sending frame The data length is one byte dummy data when sending the read command and that data is not referenced Data This specifies write data or read data according to the command EOF End of the frame Always H 03 Receiving code This specifies the result of command sent H 01 The data has been acknowledged AC...

Page 14: ...ctory adjusted value 0 63 Ｈ１０ＲＷ Camera function mode１ 8bit D 7 0 9 Ｈ１１ＲＷ Camera function mode 2 8bit D 7 0 0 Ｈ１２ＲＷ Camera function mode 3 8bit D 7 0 0 Ｈ１３ＲＷ Camera function mode 4 8bit D 7 0 0 Ｈ１４ＲＷ Communication mode Ｈ１５Ｈ１ＦＲＷ Reserved Ｈ２０ＲＷ Exposure time H of the electronic shutter 16bit D 7 0 Ｈ２１ＲＷ Exposure time H of the electronic shutter 16bit D 15 8 Ｈ２２ＲＷ Exposure...

Page 15: ...ted setting Do not set these values D3 Blanking compression 0 OFF 1 ON D4 Binning scan 2 lines addition mode 0 OFF 1 ON D5 Asynchronous shutter 0 Preset shutter 1 Pulse width control D6 Trigger polarity 0 Positive 1 Negative D7 Low speed shutter 0 OFF 1 ON D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 H 11 MOD2 7 0 The camera operation mode setting 2 This sets the following camera operation mode The bit map in the regi...

Page 16: ...5CLK 1010 6CLK 1001 7CLK 1000 8CLK D4 D6 No Function Set always 000 D7 Synchronizing signal Input selection 0 Camera Link connector CC2 HD CC3 VD 1 6 pin connector 2 pin VD 3 pin HD D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 H 14 UART 7 0 The communication mode D 7 0 D0 D1 Baud rate 00 38 400 bps 01 9 600 bps 10 11 Setting disable D2 D7 No Function Set always 000000 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 H 20 SVR 7 0 H 21 SVR 15 8...

Page 17: ... sets the CDS gain which is the programmable gain CDS gain is defined by this value as follows CDS gain 3 64 0 132 PGA 7 0 GOFS 7 0 dB GOFS 7 0 The value of the address H 32 The analog gain of the CCD output is defined by the CDS gain as follows Analog gain pre amp 6dB CDS gain H 31 DGB 7 0 The digital gain value Initial Data DGB 7 0 The factory adjusted value The value in the address H 0E The vid...

Page 18: ...the page selection BIT in transmitting frame format to 1 by communication control and transmit the command 3 The camera send the following reception code after completion of writing process H 01 Normal termination ACK H 10 Write failure NAC H 07 In writing process BUSY 4 The writing control BIT at command No H 80 is cleared to 0 Precautions for usage of command The internal nonvolatile ROM EEPROM ...

Page 19: ...t FVAL 30 f ps 1H 63 5556usec 31 4685Hz 60 f ps 1H 31 7778usec 62 9370Hz 90 f ps 1H 21 1852usec 94 4055Hz Communication command H 10 1 01 H 11 0 000 3 0 f ps 1clk 81 4816nsec 6 0 f ps 1clk 40 7408nsec 9 0 f ps 1clk 27 1605nsec 13 2CLK 648C LK 1CLK Hori zontal blankin g Video output active term 780CLK O ne hori zontal p eriod 1 H Video out LVAL DVAL R1 Gr 1 G b1 B1 R2 Gr 2 Gb2 B3 LINE1 LI NE2 R3 Gr...

Page 20: ... fps 1H 21 1852usec 180 163Hz Ef fective pixels 127 128 369 368 Communication command H 10 1 01 H 11 0 001 Vertical Vertical Vertical Vertical timing Continuous shutter 1 4 partial scan FVAL Video out Vert ical b lanking One ve rtical period 1V Effect ive pix els V ideo ou tput ac tive ter m 27 Ｈ 104 Ｈ 27Ｈ 131 Ｈ 197 198 300 299 30 fps 1H 63 5556usec 120 108Hz 60 fps 1H 31 7778usec 240 217Hz 90 fps...

Page 21: ...tial scan in continuous shutter mode must be 20 lines or more Meanwhile a minimum of one line scanning is possible in asynchronous shutter mode Dummy line is output when performing one line scanning and the second line makes an effective line Communication command H 10 1 01 H 11 0 111 Ver Ver Ver Vertical tical tical tical timing Continuous shutter Binning scan Blanking compression OFF Video o utp...

Page 22: ...n Vide o outpu t activ e term FVAL Video out One ver tical p eriod 1 V 14 0H Vert ical b lanking 127 128 129 130 367 368 365 366 19H 121H 3 0 fp s 1H 63 5556usec 112 378Hz 6 0 fp s 1H 31 7778usec 224 775Hz 9 0 fp s 1H 21 1852usec 337 162Hz 19H Communication command H 10 1 11 Communication command H 11 0 001 Vertical Vertical Vertical Vertical timing Continuous shutter Binning scan 1 4 partial scan...

Page 23: ... the rising edge of the trigger signal and stops at the falling edge of the trigger signal If the next pulse is receipt during the video out period the image signal is swept out in midstream and can t normally get image signal Continuous shutter Continuous shutter Asynchronous shutt er Automatically swit ch to the continuous shuuter mode if the pulse width of the trigger signal is m ore than 500ms...

Page 24: ... the exposure is conducted synchronizing with the trigger pulse The camera exposure starts at the rising edge of the trigger signal and the exposure time will be the preset value of the electronic shutter If the next pulse is receipt during the video out period the image signal is swept out in midstream and can t normally get image signal The camera does not switch to continuous shutter mode when ...

Page 25: ... er mode if the pulse width of the trigger signal is more than 500msec Exposure time Sweep charge The camera does not switch to continuous shutter mode when the low speed shutter is selected It is V reset at the next internal VD timing immediately after the exposure is finished The exposure time is the preset value of the electronic shutter When switched to asynchronous shutter mode from continuou...

Page 26: ...ication of the application software installed When the next picture appears click the Next button If the older version is already installed another picture may be displayed In that case uninstall the older version before installing the newer version 3 The designation of the folder address When the next picture appears click the Next button If it is needed to change the folder address designate the...

Page 27: ... The installation completion screen When the next picture appears click the Close button The installation process is completed 6 CLCtrl start up CLCtrl gets started by double clicking the shortcut CLCtrl on the desk top Please refer to 10 How to use the communication software about it s usage Also it is referable from Help menu ...

Page 28: ...ues If it is carried out in the state that the previous setting values are displayed It may not be able to normally change settings It may happen that the picture image is distorted for a moment when Read ALL is carried out However it does not mean abnormal state of the camera Note Some items are prohibited to set If those items are selected it may cause the camera to malfunction In that case rele...

Page 29: ...I 3 When COM Port is used select port No to be used When Camera Link API is used designate DLL name and serial index If any problem arises during operation in Camera Link API use COM Port When Camera Link API is used DLL must be compliant with version 1 1 or newer version of Camera Link spec DLL compliant with version 1 0 remains inoperative as the version 1 0 does not have the function to set bau...

Page 30: ...ings values It is possible to change the current settings by the following procedure 1 Click Read ALL button at the bottom of the screen and read out the setting values of register and EEPROM from the camera 2 Click the button at the top of the screen and display the pages having the setting items that are needed to change 3 It is also possible to change the setting values by manipulating scroll b...

Page 31: ...M Button 2 EEPROM settings and Register settings are compared with one another and the setting items of which values are different are displayed Check the items willing to reset the EEPROM data then the Register data are written on the EEPROM after clicking OK button 3 The following message is displayed after completion of writing Finish writing Writing the File data onto EEPROM It is possible to ...

Page 32: ...of this equipment radiates noise which might adversely affect this equipment Do not use the camera in an environment subject to any temperatures other than that of the specifications or condensation or on a place subject to considerable dust or constant vibration impact When the camera is not used for a long time isolate the power from the camera and remove the power cable and external connection ...

Page 33: ...ger input via CC1 Sync system Internal Gamma characteristic γ 1 Fixed Serial communication UART built in asynchronous communication method 9600bps or 38400bps Lens mount C mount flange back fixed Power supply DC12V 10 100mA Consumption less than 1 8W Operation ambient temperature 5 C to 45 C at Re lative humidity 0 to 85 No condensation Storage temperature 30 C to 65 C at Relative hu midity 0 to 9...

Page 34: ...rnal dimensions M AD E IN JA PA N CA M E R A L I N K DC I N 28 28 1 0 5 40 12 20 14 5 22 14 23 12 14 5 22 3 M2 Depth 3 0 U1 C M o u n t S c r e w 3 M3 Depth 3 0 4 M2 Depth 3 0 46 3 3 M2 Depth 3 0 Both Sides 12 14 5 22 FC FS 300ACL external views ...

Page 35: ...6 35 36 35 4 9 5 9 5 9 22 33 5 2 M4 P 0 7 Dept h 5 5 Tripod socket hole Depth 5 5 24 12 6 5 10 5 10 5 R13 8 Tripod isnot an adjunct to camera Please purchase it separately Tripod ATS20 external views Option ...

Page 36: ...N10316 36 36 36 20 5 34 5 24 28 10 5 9 5 9 5 5 5 33 5 φ27 6 24 40 46 3 2 M4 Depth 5 5 1 4 20UNC Depth 5 5 FC FS 300ACL with Tripod external views ...

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