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allPIXA evo camera | Manual

CD40195

R04 / 2022-05

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Page 1: ...allPIXA evo camera Manual CD40195 R04 2022 05...

Page 2: ...s on the allPIXA evo camera 17 3 4 Purpose applications 17 3 5 Staff requirements 18 3 6 Organizational measurements 18 3 7 Safety instructions for maintenance cleaning 18 3 8 Maintenance and cleaning...

Page 3: ...5 Preventing installation errors 41 5 5 1 Conveyor belt tracking 41 5 5 2 Perpendicularity of the sensor to the direction of transport 42 5 5 3 Rotation around the longitudinal axis of the line scan s...

Page 4: ...LED 70 9 3 Camera overheating protection 71 9 4 Before contacting Chromasens technical support 71 10 Appendix 73 10 1 Mechanical specification 73 10 1 1 Mechanical dimensions of the allPIXA evo 10k ca...

Page 5: ...e monitoring Customers from all over the world of a wide range of industrial sectors have placed their trust in the experience of Chromasens in the field of industrial image processing 1 1 1Contact in...

Page 6: ...on uniformity Irregularity in the dark image GenICam Generic interface for cameras Generic programming interface for industrial cameras administered by the European Machine Vision Association www emva...

Page 7: ...PRNU Flat field correction Corrects dark offset and brightness inhomogeneities RGB line distance Line shift Line distance Spatial correction ImageCalibrationLineDistance The tri or quad linear sensor...

Page 8: ...on the rear of the allPIXA evo camera It shows the camera resolution and the serial number Additionally ordered and supplied accessories Lens adapters extension rings lenses and other accessories are...

Page 9: ...ion controller Controls and monitors the illumination unit The Chromasens Corona II illumination 3 has integrated temperature voltage sensors which can be read out with the XLC4 controller By use of t...

Page 10: ...sively tough but offers several screw mounting options Take notice that the wide range of adapter options makes the installation simple for users The standard mount connections M72x0 75 for the 10k ca...

Page 11: ...lPIXA evo 10k CXP allPIXA evo 15k CXP All camera models are available as color or as mono camera 2 3 Feature Reference For detailed information on camera controls refer to the allPIXA evo Features Ref...

Page 12: ...1 x 8 bit mono mode 3 x 8 10 12 Bit color or 1 x 8 10 12 Bit mono mode 4 x 8 10 12 Bit RGB NIR pass Trigger mode Off On Frame Start Frame Active Line Start Free run External trigger Line trigger Enco...

Page 13: ...kHz Dual 10 GigE Link aggregation RGB 8192 px x 3 up to 90 kHz RGB NIR 8 192 x 4 Pixel up to 68 kHZ Maximum line rate mono output Single and Dual 10 GigE 10240 px up to 68 4 kHz 15360 px up to 68 4 kH...

Page 14: ...ode 3 x 8 10 12 Bit color or 1 x 8 10 12 Bit mono mode or 4 x 8 10 12 Bit RGB NIR pass 2 5 Sensor alignment and orientation Sensor orientation and alignment in viewing from the front side of the camer...

Page 15: ...ee 2 4 for the allowed housing temperature Air humidity during camera operation 20 85 relative air humidity non condensing Storage transport temperature 20 C 85 C 4 F 185 F Protection category IP50 Ge...

Page 16: ...n before you have read all supplied documentation carefully and have understood its contents Safe and correct operation of the device requires correct and appropriate transport storage mounting and in...

Page 17: ...and the knowledge of the person who is handling it have the same electrical potential 3 4 Purpose applications The allPIXA evo camera is designed for machines and systems which are used for commercial...

Page 18: ...rly defined and specified by the owner of the device in which the allPIXA evo camera is installed 3 6 Organizational measurements The instruction manual must be stored safely in the vicinity of the ca...

Page 19: ...e cleaning the device make sure that the device is disconnected from the power supply All surfaces requiring cleaning can be wiped with a soft lint free cloth which can be moistened with Isopropanol N...

Page 20: ...udes also a softcore microprocessor with its peripherals This softcore microprocessor with its external RAM and flash memory supports the FPGA logic during image data processing to output the images t...

Page 21: ...le single line or bilinear color line scan cameras the color information is acquired with 3 x 12 bits for each image point Take notice that high quality color detection is only possible in that way Se...

Page 22: ...r The sensors of the allPIXA evo family permit to adjust the sensitivity of the sensor to fit your application For more information see section 8 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 400 00 500 0...

Page 23: ...tween the color sensor lines is 10 m Spatial correction is achieved by the corresponding delay of the individual items of color information As a result of the object s movement for example an object p...

Page 24: ...tivity Spectral sensitivity of the 8k camera Figure 9 Spectral sensitivity of the 8k line scan sensor color and mono camera The sensors of the allPIXA evo family permit to adjust the sensitivity of th...

Page 25: ...block diagram First pixel by pixel black level correction 1 and shading correction 2 are carried out then the image data are adjusted with the values programmed for brightness and contrast 3 Afterwar...

Page 26: ...bility to avoid this problem is to move the target slightly at the balancing process In this way distortions for example by dust may also be eliminated The allPIXA evo camera permits offline calculati...

Page 27: ...nation Usually automatic camera functions use the brightest point for adjusting the best result to get the white color The allPIXA evo camera permits to arbitrarily define the area of an image chosen...

Page 28: ...ys starts with setting 1 User Sets can be controlled using the features of the User Set Control feature group For more information see allPIXA evo Feature Reference that is available on the Chromasens...

Page 29: ...ammable inputs and outputs A USB port for service connection A power connection Hirose HR10A 7R 6P male for power supply A multi color LED which indicates the allPIXA evo camera status Connector for c...

Page 30: ...tus LED CoaXPress interface Z variant Figure 16 Camera connections and status LED CoaXPress interface Y variant Power Status LED Service USB Cooling fan connector 4 CoaXPress connectors I O interface...

Page 31: ...used for debugging information 5 1 3SFP connectors The SFP 10 GigE connectors permit to use direct attach copper cables or optical fiber cables with lengths of up to 400 m 10GBASE SR You can use only...

Page 32: ...oaXPress interface Color Description Off No power Solid orange System booting Flash_1_red Powered but nothing connected not applicable to a device reliant on PoCXP power AlternateFlash_12_5 green oran...

Page 33: ...3 Line 3 IO_0P LVCMOS Input single ended Trigger or AutoSelectMaster 4 RT RS 485 5 Line 5 IO_2P LVCMOS Out LED Out1 6 Line 1 Enc0_InN RS 422 Differential input Encoder0 7 Line 2 Enc1_InN RS 422 Differ...

Page 34: ...input level of the LVCMOS is 3 6 V Use a level converter if necessary for example 74 LVC14 Non compliance can result in irreparable damages to the allPIXA evo camera 5 2 Trigger IO and Encoder wiring...

Page 35: ...EncoderA Line4 If TriggerMode is set to Off for trigger modes FrameActive FrameStart and LineStart the camera works in free run mode with the configured parameters e g image width and height The follo...

Page 36: ...ht barrier Frame start is controlled by a light barrier Image height is fixed Feature settings at the Acquisition Control feature group Trigger Selector Frame Start Trigger Mode On Trigger Source e g...

Page 37: ...ettings Trigger Selector Frame Active Trigger Mode On Trigger Source e g Line3 single ended input Trigger Activation Level Low Trigger Delay Lines number of lines Trigger Signal Detection Mode Debounc...

Page 38: ...trigger an encoder typically does not have an integer ratio to the camera resolution Thus arbitrary ratios of encoder pulses per camera line are possible for example 2 25 The value range is 0 05 up to...

Page 39: ...movement to correct the color shift in the sensor 9 If the number of pulses per line is greater than 255 the feature Trigger Divider at the Trigger Selector group of the Acquisition Control feature g...

Page 40: ...ts on a wide and flat surface A thermal connection to heat conductive parts has a positive effect on operation of the allPIXA evo camera To dissipate the heat more effectively to the surrounding area...

Page 41: ...mum tracking of the conveyor belt that means the conveyor belt runs completely straight The enlarged view shows that each of the 3 pixels highlighted in black acquires the same point on the object In...

Page 42: ...Thus the image generated by the three color lines is not aligned resulting in chromatic aberration on the image Figure 19 Rectangularity of the sensor to the object 5 5 3Rotation around the longitudi...

Page 43: ...e and color changes in relation to the angle Figure 21 Rotation around the transverse axis of the line scan sensor 5 6 Electrical installation WARNING Only the authorized electro technical trained sta...

Page 44: ...for connecting the housing to the electrical ground Connect a power cable from the camera to a 24V DC power supply For the pin allocation of the HIROSE see section 5 1 1 Figure 22 Connecting the allPI...

Page 45: ...pports full data rate With a single cable the data rate is limited by the bandwidth of single line 10 GigE o A network adapter with one or two 10 GigE SFP inputs must be installed in the PC and the ne...

Page 46: ...CXP function for the power supply of the camera you don t need an additional power cable but for power over CXP at least two cables two links are needed Follow the installation instructions of the fra...

Page 47: ...Control Region Selector Height Ensure the Region Selector has the value Region 1 Acquisition Line Time Acquisition Control Acquisition Line Time Specifies the time between current scan line and next...

Page 48: ...k at the first step 1 Set ImageCalibrationMode then at the second step and at last at the third step 6 If all three steps were reported as successful click Next Step The DSNU Reference Generator windo...

Page 49: ...f Currently the input image regardless of whether acquired directly with the grabbing process or loaded from PC will be converted to 8 bit and then used to calculate the DSNU reference 6 4 Flat field...

Page 50: ...sed Enter values into the boxes or click Start 2 Click Selection and then click on the start and end position of the desired area on the image The specified area is then marked with blue bars at the b...

Page 51: ...ce from an existing image file Perform the steps of the above procedure but click Load image from storage in step 6 click Next Step click Choose BMP or TIFF File on the following page and open the des...

Page 52: ...he camera to a power supply 24 VDC 10 1A typical 20 W section 5 6 3 Install and configure the network adapter on your PC 4 Adjust the focusing point of your illumination unit and position it correctly...

Page 53: ...n and camera Set up communication between PC and camera 2 Set the camera to free run mode To control the connection to the camera set it to free run mode that means switch all trigger modes off At the...

Page 54: ...tor Click Test Pattern and in the value list click Grey Horizontal Ramp Moving On the toolbar click Start grabbing The received images should look like this On the toolbar click Stop grabbing Click Te...

Page 55: ...r Ideally the white object should move during the calibration process because the movement results in an averaging process and the camera diminishes the effects on any small variation in the white ref...

Page 56: ...on on images you can temporarily select the Visible feature For this operation the reference mark position should be at the brightest region of the image Typically this will be at the center Specify t...

Page 57: ...r the check box now Save the settings to User Set 1 so that the settings become active when the camera is switched on In the User Set Control feature group set User Set Selector to User Set 1 and then...

Page 58: ...he User Set Control feature group click User Set Selector and then click a user set item in the value list Click User Set Save and then click Execute For more information about User Sets see section 4...

Page 59: ...d illumination modules 1 allPIXA evo camera 2 PC connection 3 Host PC 4 Illumination modules 5 LED controller 6 Encoder Trigger 8 1 1Operation principle The camera provides up to four different output...

Page 60: ...trol feature group click Led Flash Enable and then select the check box 2 Click Led Flash Number of Patterns and enter the desired number of patterns 3 Click Led Flash Pattern Selector and click Led F...

Page 61: ...Sequence Time xxx Led Flash Frame Control Continuous Led Flash Enable On Pattern1 Pattern2 Pattern3 Pattern4 Out1 On Time s 80 0 0 0 Out2 On Time s 0 60 0 0 Out3 On Time s 0 0 100 0 Out4 On Time s 0 0...

Page 62: ...res of the Acquisition Control feature group With these features you can select the camera to be master or slave configure the trigger input for master and slave cascade cameras using one master and s...

Page 63: ...the camera to be Master Slave Selects the camera to be Slave Auto Select Camera uses the signal AutoSelectMaster see section 5 1 7 to detect automatically based on an external signal whether the camer...

Page 64: ...interface consists of a single timing signal for standard setup Connect Pin 14 line 9 of the master camera to pin 8 line 4 of the slave camera In addition the ground signal must be connected between...

Page 65: ...er and slave camera Master Slave Cascade FW 2 2 and higher NOTE For firmware 1 52 7 and lower for the 10k 15k allPIXA evo cameras and for firmware 2 1 0 for 8k allPIXA evo cameras for the slave camera...

Page 66: ...NR 20 ke 2 Maximum sensitivity standard SNR 10 ke ke kilo electrons NOTE For detailed information about the possible values and settings of the sensor sensitivity of your camera model refer to the res...

Page 67: ...you may need gain values in a lower range For information about the possible range see feature reference or tooltip If you modify sensitivity and the gain values the shading reference and black refer...

Page 68: ...tivity and reduces horizontal resolution of the image To activate horizontal binning 1 At the Image Format Control feature group click the value at the Binning Horizontal feature 2 Enter 2 in the valu...

Page 69: ...specified comfortably on the Camera Configuration view To activate color conversion 1 On the View menu click Camera Configuration 2 Click the Pixel processing tab and then click the Color subtab 3 Se...

Page 70: ...D 78467 Konstanz Germany Phone 49 0 7531 876 0 Fax 49 0 7531 876 303 E Mail support chromasens de Internet www chromasens de For return of material you should use original packaging material to avoid...

Page 71: ...case of high temperature error it is set to DEV_CTRL_ERROR_TEMPERATURE_TOO_HIGH The camera outputs an image with a pin stripe test pattern with black background To get the camera back from step 2 to n...

Page 72: ...oblem occur after start during operation at a specific action please describe How often did problem occur once always regularly rarely please describe Did the application ever run ok yes no If known p...

Page 73: ...cluding lengthening of the sensor glass For more details see section 2 5 NOTE III For information about the XYZ coordinate system and sensor alignment see section 2 5 10 1 1 Mechanical dimensions of t...

Page 74: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 74 Figure 29 allPIXA evo 10k camera CoaXPress interface Y variant...

Page 75: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 75 Figure 30 allPIXA evo 10k camera CoaXPress interface Z variant...

Page 76: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 76 10 1 2 Mechanical dimensions of the allPIXA evo 15k camera Figure 31 allPIXA evo 15k camera GiGE interface...

Page 77: ...r the camera with CoaXPress interface two variants are available For the Y variant the interfaces are on the upper side of the camera for the Z variant they are on the backside of the camera Figure 32...

Page 78: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 78 Figure 33 allPIXA evo 15k camera CoaXPress interface Z variant...

Page 79: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 79 10 1 3 Mechanical dimensions of the allPIXA evo 8k camera Figure 34 allPIXA evo 8k camera GiGE interface...

Page 80: ...r the camera with CoaXPress interface two variants are available For the Y variant the interfaces are on the upper side of the camera for the Z variant they are on the backside of the camera Figure 35...

Page 81: ...PMA_CHR_CD40195_R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 81 Figure 36 allPIXA evo 8k camera CoaXPress interface Z variant...

Page 82: ...ut accessories refer to the corresponding accessories catalogue 10 2 2 Cooling kits 10 2 2 1 Cooling kits and fans heat sinks For all evo cameras passive and active cooling kits are available which ca...

Page 83: ...width Focal length from data sheet of the lens Principal main plain distance from data sheet of the lens First calculate the magnification After getting the result for the magnification calculate the...

Page 84: ...ns require distance rings tubes for mounting the lens in the right position on the allPIXA evo camera This section shows an example how to calculate the length of the distance ring To calculate the ne...

Page 85: ...distance working point 104 72 mm 3 4 mm 108 12 mm 4 Calculating the sum of the distances Real flange distance 108 12 Back focus of the allPIXA evo camera 17 526 mm C Mount Minimum offset focusing uni...

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Page 88: ..._R04_allPIXA_evo_UserManual docx 88 Chromasens GmbH Max Stromeyer Stra e 116 Phone 49 7531 876 0 www chromasens de 78467 Konstanz Fax 49 7531 876 303 info chromasens de Germany May 2022 Copyright by C...

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