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Appendix B: ASCII Commands

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Appendix B: ASCII
Commands

The following commands can be used to control the camera.

Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC)

To access the TLC an ASCII-based communications interface application, such as
HyperTerminal.

Additionally it is possible to use the functions of

clserxxx.dll

clallserial.dll

defined in the Camera Link Specification.

Visual Basic or C

Application

Clallserial.dll

Clserxxx.dll

Clseryyy.dll

Clserzzz.dll

Figure 27: Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification

Cycle power to the camera: by either a) issuing the reset camera command (rc), or
b) powering the camera OFF and then ON.

Load the ASCII interface using:

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9600 baud

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8 data bits

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no parity

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1 stop bit

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no flow control

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local echo

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(carriage return / linefeed)

Wait for a stable status LED color (green or red) before proceeding. Note that all
entries in HyperTerminal will be ignored until a stable LED color is obtained.

Summary of Contents for Linea Color CL

Page 1: ...Linea Color CL Camera User s Manual 4k and 8k Color CMOS Line Scan P N 03 032 20231 01 www teledynedalsa com sensors cameras frame grabbers processors software vision solutions ...

Page 2: ...eledyne DALSA Teledyne DALSA is headquartered in Waterloo Ontario Canada We have sales offices in the USA Europe and Asia plus a worldwide network of representatives and agents to serve you efficiently Contact information for sales and support inquiries plus links to maps and directions to our offices can be found here Sales Offices http www teledynedalsa com corp contact offices Technical Support...

Page 3: ...er and software including GUI 16 Step 2 Connect Data Trigger and Power Cables 17 Camera Link Timing Diagrams 19 AOI Rules 25 Input Signals 27 Output Signals 28 Step 3 Establish Communication with the Camera 29 Using Sapera CamExpert with Linea Cameras 32 4 Camera Operation _____________________________________________________________________________________ 36 Factory Settings 36 Check Camera and ...

Page 4: ...________________________________________________ 77 Appendix C Quick Setup and Image Acquisition _______________________________________________________________ 89 Appendix D The Sensor Window ___________________________________________________________________________ 92 EMC Declaration of Conformity _____________________________________________________________________________ 94 Revision History_...

Page 5: ...dry cloth To remove severe stains use a soft cloth dampened with a small quantity of neutral detergent and then wipe dry Do not use volatile solvents such as benzene and thinners as they can damage the surface finish Further cleaning instructions are below Though this camera supports hot plugging it is recommended that you power down and disconnect power to the camera before you add or replace sys...

Page 6: ... features including flat field correction multiple ROI multiple user configuration sets and calibration coefficients for various lighting conditions The GenICam compliant Linea camera is easy to set up and integrate using a GUI such as Teledyne DALSA s Sapera camera configuration utility CamExpert or an ASCII interface using three letter commands Key Features CMOS color bilinear line scan Up to 48...

Page 7: ...Imager Format CMOS bilinear color line scan Resolution 4096 x 2 pixel lines 4096 x 1 pixel line Green and 4096 x 1 pixel line alternating Red Blue 4K 8192 x 2 pixel lines 8192 x 1 pixel line Green and 8192 x 1 pixel line alternating Red Blue 8K Pixel Size 7 04 µm x 7 04 µm Full Well Capacity 15K e minimum gain of 1x Line Rate Minimum from 0 kHz maximum up to 48 KHz Exposure Time 4 µs minimum to 3 ...

Page 8: ...al Range not including individual RGB gains for white balance DC Offset 16DN PRNU 1 5 50 Sat FPN 5 6DN SEE 11 1nJ cm2 13 3 nJ cm2 12 8 nJ cm2 NEE 7 55pJ cm2 9 00pJ cm2 8 77pJ cm2 Antiblooming 100x Saturation Integral non linearity 2 DN All data quoted in 12 bit data format at 1x gain Environmental Specifications Environmental Specifications Performance Storage temperature range 20 C to 80 C Humidi...

Page 9: ...form of an XML device description file respecting the syntax defined by the GenApi module of the GenICam specification The camera uses the GenICam Generic Control Protocol GenCP V1 0 to communicate over the Camera Link serial port For more information see www genicam org Responsivity The responsivity graph describes the sensor response to different wavelengths of light excluding lens and light sou...

Page 10: ...e applications it may not be possible to achieve a square object pixel as fine adjustment of the lens magnification and or the distance moved for each EXSYNC period is not possible This scenario may be especially apparent when trying to integrate the camera into an existing system When it is not possible to generate a square object pixel color artifacts will occur in the scan direction and is part...

Page 11: ...sted for square pixels Line Spatial Correction 1 ssa 1 This is the default condition Example 2 Target running slower than example 1 same EXSYNC trigger frequency Line Spatial Correction 1 ssa 1 Line Spatial Correction 2 ssa 2 Color Fringing Color Fringing ...

Page 12: ... image the color distortion does not show up 8192 pixels Figure 1 Example Image with Horizontal Color Alignment Issues Using the camera s Parallax Correction feature the optical magnification for each line is adjusted such that colors can be lined up at the extreme ends of the image without affecting the center Using the feature Image Distortion Correction Mode shm 1 this feature can be turned on ...

Page 13: ...used to correct the image Camera Direction Example When in high sensitivity mode you can select either forward or reverse sensor direction See Camera Direction Control for details Selectable direction accommodates object direction change on a web and allows you to mount the camera upside down Note The example here assumes the use of a lens which inverts the image Figure 5 Object Movement and Camer...

Page 14: ...5 42 M4x0 7 6H Z 6 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE A 7 IMAGE AREA 23 5 13 06 22 23 5 20 21 51 42 7 37 31 M4x0 7 6H Z 6 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE NOTES 1 UNITS MILLIMETERS 2 IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS A B C 76 B0 05 64 76 B 0 05 38 B 0 30 B C 38 B0 30 CENTER OF IMAGE AREA M72x0 75 6H M4x0 7 6H Z 7 4X 64 0 3 54 7 A IMAGE AREA M4x0 7 6H Z 7 5 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE 12 B0 30 OPTICAL DISTANCE H 0 1 A E ...

Page 15: ...They are described briefly below and in more detail in the sections that follow Step 1 Install and Configure Frame Grabber and Software including GUI If your host computer does not have a full Camera Link frame grabber then you will need to install one Follow the manufacturer s installation instructions A GenICam compliant XML device description file is embedded within the camera firmware allowing...

Page 16: ...r to acquire images set camera functions and save settings Step 1 Install and configure the frame grabber and software including GUI Install Frame Grabber Install a Full configuration Camera Link frame grabber according to the manufacturer s description Install Sapera LT and CamExpert GUI Communicate with the camera using a Camera Link compliant interface We recommend you use CamExpert CamExpert i...

Page 17: ...tical that you discharge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface such as the metal computer chassis before handling the camera hardware Data Connector Camera Link The camera uses two Camera Link SDR 26 cables transmitting the Camera Link Base Medium Deca configuration The figure below shows the SDR 26 Camera Link Connector and the tables that follow list the Camera Link Base Me...

Page 18: ...7 10 X2 5 22 Yclk 5 22 Xclk 18 9 Yclk 18 9 Xclk 6 21 Y3 6 21 X3 19 8 Y3 19 8 X3 7 20 100 ohm 7 20 SerTC 20 7 terminated 20 7 SerTC 8 19 Z0 8 19 SerTFG 21 6 Z0 21 6 SerTFG 9 18 Z1 9 18 CC1 22 5 Z1 22 5 CC1 10 17 Z2 10 17 CC2 23 4 Z2 23 4 CC2 11 16 Zclk 11 16 CC3 24 3 Zclk 24 3 CC3 12 15 Z3 12 15 CC4 25 2 Z3 25 2 CC4 13 13 inner shield 13 13 inner shield 26 26 inner shield 26 26 inner shield Note Ex...

Page 19: ...CL Clock This timing can be used for applications that require line rates only up to 10 kHz and therefore can use Camera Link Base mode with only one cable The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Base RGB Values for red even numbered pixels are interpolated from the neighboring red odd numbered pixels Values for blue odd numbered pixels are interpolated from the ...

Page 20: ...and two cables The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Medium RGB Values for red even numbered pixels are interpolated from the neighboring red odd numbered pixels Values for blue odd numbered pixels are interpolated from the neighboring blue even numbered pixels Line rates up to 48 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller t...

Page 21: ...pecification Deca The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Values for red even numbered pixels are interpolated fro...

Page 22: ...not defined in the Camera Link specification for Deca The RGBG format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G B and then G pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGBG data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application However the fram...

Page 23: ...Line rates up to 48 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate Red 1 D0 D7 Blue 1 D0 D7 Green 1 D0 D7 Red 1 D8 D11 Blue 1 D8 D11 Red 4 D0 D7 Red 8192 D0 D7 Blue 8192 D0 D7 Green 8192 D0 D7 Blue 4 D0 D7 Green 4 D0 D7 CL Port A CL Port B CL Port C CL Port D CL Port E CL Port F CL Clock Line Valid Green 2 D0 D7 Green 3 D...

Page 24: ...D8 D11 Green 4 D8 D11 Green 4 D0 D7 Blue 4 D0 D7 Red 4 D0 D7 Red 4 D8 D11 Blue 4 D8 D11 Red 8191 D0 D7 Blue 8191 D0 D7 Green 8191 D0 D7 Red 8191 D8 D11 Blue 8191 D8 D11 Green 8191 D8 D11 Green 8192 D8 D11 Green 8192 D0 D7 Blue 8192 D0 D7 Red 8192 D0 D7 Red 8192 D8 D11 Blue 8192 D8 D11 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 23 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link D...

Page 25: ...e not supported in GREEN_ONLY mode 3 Three values red blue green are output per pixel in RGB mode 1 4 1 Two values red blue green are output per pixel in RGBG mode Green 2 D0 D7 Green 3 D0 D7 Green 4 D0 D7 Green 5 D0 D7 Green 6 D0 D7 Green 7 D0 D7 CL Port A CL Port B CL Port C CL Port D CL Port E CL Port F CL Port G CL Port H CL Clock Line Valid Green 8 D0 D7 Green 1 D0 D7 Green 10 D0 D7 Green 11 ...

Page 26: ...dge must have the location 8i 7 where i 0 1 2 1023 i e 7 15 4095 are allowed 8 is not allowed Deca RGB Mode 1 The total number of pixels within each AOI must be a multiple of 40 and must be greater than or equal to 40 2 In normal mode the first pixel of each AOI AOI left edge must have the location 8i where i 0 1 2 1023 i e 0 8 6000 are allowed 12 is not allowed 3 In mirror mode the first pixel of...

Page 27: ...in length We do not guarantee good imaging performance with low quality cables of any length In general we recommend the use of high quality cables for any cable length Input Signals Camera Link The camera accepts control inputs through the Camera Link SDR 26F connector The camera ships in internal sync and internally programmed integration EXSYNC Line Readout Trigger Line rate can be set internal...

Page 28: ... FVAL Not used Power Connector WARNING It is extremely important that you apply the appropriate voltages to your camera Incorrect voltages may damage the camera Input voltage requirement 12 VDC to 24 VDC 2 Amps Before connecting power to the camera test all power supplies Figure 10 6 pin Hirose Circular Male Power Plug Power Connector Table 2 Power Plug Pinout Pin Description Pin Description 1 12 ...

Page 29: ...specific error Step 3 Establish Communication with the Camera Power on the camera Turn on the camera s power supply You may have to wait while the camera readies itself for operation The camera must boot fully before it will be recognized by the GUI the LED shines green once the camera is ready Connect to the frame grabber 1 Start Sapera CamExpert or equivalent Camera Link compliant interface by d...

Page 30: ...30 Software and Hardware Setup Figure 12 CamExpert GUI showing connected camera Check LED Status If the camera is operating correctly at this point the diagnostic LED will be solid green ...

Page 31: ... the camera uses two CamExpert windows to send commands and display the results One window controls the camera and the other is used for image acquisition and display Figure 13 Two CamExpert windows shown One connected to the frame grabber and one to the camera At this point your host and camera system should be setup and you can verify the camera s operation by retrieving a test pattern and setti...

Page 32: ...pgrade the camera s software An important component of CamExpert is its live acquisition display window which allows immediate verification of timing or control parameters without the need to run a separate acquisition program For context sensitive help click on the button then click on a camera configuration parameter A short description of the configuration parameter will be shown in a popup Cli...

Page 33: ...Software and Hardware Setup 33 CamExpert Panes Figure 14 CamExpert s Camera Control Window ...

Page 34: ...th the Sapera installation or saved by the user Parameters pane Allows viewing or changing all acquisition parameters supported by the acquisition device CamExpert displays parameters only if those parameters are supported by the installed device This avoids confusion by eliminating parameter choices when they do not apply to the hardware in use Display pane Provides a live or single frame acquisi...

Page 35: ...ny size and ratio Histogram Profile tool Select to view a histogram or line column profile during live acquisition or in a still image Output Message pane Displays messages from CamExpert or the device driver Review a Test Image The camera is now ready to retrieve a test pattern Select Image Format Control Test Pattern and choose one of the following available test images In the CamExpert window c...

Page 36: ...ield disabled User coefficients set to 1x Offset 0 System Gain 1x Color correction disabled Corrected using an 80 mm lens and a magnification of 0 8 Check Camera and Sensor Information Camera and sensor information can be retrieved via a controlling application for example the CamExpert GUI shown in the following examples Parameters such as camera model firmware version sensor characteristics etc ...

Page 37: ...gs The parameters used to select load and save user sets are grouped together under the Camera Information set of features There are 8 user sets available and one factory set Camera Information Parameter Choices User Set Default Selector Select the camera parameters to load when the camera is reset or powered up as the Factory set or as User Set 1 to 8 Selecting the set from the list automatically...

Page 38: ...ade to the settings before saving them These active settings are stored in the camera s volatile memory and will be lost and cannot be restored if the camera resets or if the camera is powered down or loses power To save these settings for reuse the next time you power up or reset the camera or to protect against losing them in the case of power loss you must save the current settings using the Us...

Page 39: ...of bits per pixel Trigger Modes The camera s image exposures are initiated by a trigger event The trigger event is either a programmable internal signal used in free running mode or an external input used for synchronizing exposures to external triggers These triggering modes are described below Internal trigger trigger disabled The camera free running mode has a programmable internal timer for li...

Page 40: ...he camera s exposure Trigger Width or Timed Trigger Width is only available when Trigger Mode is enabled Trigger Width Uses the width of the current line trigger signal pulse to control the exposure duration Timed The exposure duration time is set using the Exposure Time feature and the exposure starts with the Line Start event Exposure Time Sets the exposure time in microseconds Exposure Mode fea...

Page 41: ... indeterminate and result in image artifacts This is not the case when running internal exposure control 3 External Line Rate Programmable Exposure Time In this mode the line rate is set externally with the falling edge of EXSYNC generating the rising edge of a programmable exposure time GenICam parameters to set I O Controls Trigger Mode On Sensor Control Exposure Mode Timed maximum line rate 1 e...

Page 42: ... of internal exposure3 Line Time Programmable Exposure1 Readout2 40 5 µs Readout2 2 µs Programmable Exposure1 Programmable Exposure1 Readout2 LVAL CC1 3 External Trigger On External Exposure Control CC1 Falling edge triggers start of exposure CC1 high duration sets the exposure time Line Time Exposure X1 Readout2 40 5 µs Readout2 2 µs Readout2 LVAL CC1 Exposure X2 X1 X2 Exposure X3 X3 Notes 1 Expo...

Page 43: ...inue to output data at its maximum line rate of 48 kHz Though no image artifacts associated with over speed will occur you may notice that under over speed conditions the image will appear compressed and the apparent distance travelled will be reduced Camera Control Parameter Description Line Rate Camera line rate in a range from 1 Hz to 48 KHz This feature is only available when the camera is in ...

Page 44: ...sations to the acquisition in situations where lighting varies and the lens iris cannot be easily adjusted The user can evaluate gain and black level by using CamExpert The parameters that control gain and black level are grouped together in the Sensor Controls set Sensor Controls Black Level Apply a digital addition after an FPN correction 1 8 of the available range of 32 to 31 Gain Set the gain ...

Page 45: ...0 115200 230400 460800 Note During connection CamExpert automatically sets the camera to maximum allowable baud Number of bits per character used in the serial port Data Size 8 Parity of the serial port Parity None Number of stop bits per character used in the serial port Number of Stop Bits 1 Pixel Format Use the Pixel Format feature found in the Image Format Control set to select the format of t...

Page 46: ...ion Mirroring Mode Set the tap readout from left to right or from right to left This feature is especially useful if you want to mount the camera upside down Image Format Control Parameter Description ReverseX Off All pixels are read out from left to right On All pixels are read out from right to left Resetting the Camera The feature Camera Reset part of the Transport Layer set resets the camera T...

Page 47: ...that may occur in the application 2 Photo response non uniformity PRNU calibration is used to correct for variations in the illumination intensity and or lens vignetting When performed this calibration will cause the camera to have a flat response to a white target in the field of view The output target value for PRNU calibration can be set by the user 3 The white balancing gains are used set the ...

Page 48: ... optical setup of the user s application The user should configure the camera to use the EXSYNC and exposure timing they desire plus adjust the light level for normal operation The lens should be at the desired magnification aperture and be in focus As the white reference located at the object plane will be in focus any features on its surface e g dust scratches will end up in the calibration prof...

Page 49: ...er is first applied to the current average line values before calculating the coefficients Use this algorithm if the calibration target is not uniform white or it s not possible to defocus the image Because of the low pass filter this algorithm is not able to correct pixel to pixel variations and so it is preferable to use the Basic algorithm if possible flatfieldCalibrationTarget After calibratio...

Page 50: ...at process the RGB colors individually Offset 1 Single value added to each pixel 2 Range 32 to 31 DN 3 Positive values may be used to measure dark noise Gain 1 Floating point digital multiplier applied to each pixel 2 Range 1x to 10x White Balance over ROI Use the Balance White Auto command to predetermine a region of the image that is known to be white and to perform a white balance for the whole...

Page 51: ...al camera In this category the number of features shown is identical whether the view is Beginner Expert or Guru Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Camera Information Feature Descriptions The following table describes these parameters along with their view attrib...

Page 52: ...amera power up or reset The camera configuration sets are stored in camera non volatile memory RW 1 00 Beginner Factory Setting Default Load factory default feature settings UserSet1 UserSet1 Select the user defined configuration UserSet 1 as the Power up Configuration UserSet2 UserSet2 Select the user defined configuration UserSet 2 as the Power up Configuration UserSet3 UserSet3 Select the user ...

Page 53: ... Beginner Current User Set UserSetSelector Points to which user set 1 8 or factory set that is loaded or saved when the UserSetLoad or UserSetSave command is used 1 00 Beginner Load Configuration UserSetLoad Loads the camera configuration set specified by the User Set Selector feature to the camera and makes it active W 1 00 Beginner Save Configuration UserSetSave Saves the current camera configur...

Page 54: ...nd drop list allows the user to change the camera configuration after a power up see feature UserSetSelector To reset the camera to the factory configuration select Factory Setting and click Load To save a current camera configuration select User Set 1 to 8 and click Save Select a saved user set and click Load to restore a saved configuration Camera Control Category The camera controls as shown by...

Page 55: ...Appendix A GenICam Commands 55 ...

Page 56: ...to show the current line rate provided to the camera by either internal or external sources 1 00 Beginner Exposure Time Source ExposureMode Sets the operation mode for the camera s exposure or shutter RO 1 00 Beginner Timed Trigger Width Timed TriggerWidth The exposure duration time is set using the Exposure Time feature and the exposure starts with a LineStart event Uses the width of the trigger ...

Page 57: ...s or two user loaded sets 1 00 Beginner WhiteLEDFactorySet NoCorrectionFactorySet MatrixUserSet1 MatrixUserSet2 Color Correction Matrix for a white LED No correction User programmable loaded correction matrix User programmable loaded correction matrix Color Transformation Value Selector ColorTransformationValueSele ctor Gain00 Gain01 Gain02 Gain10 Gain11 Gain12 Gain20 Gain21 Gain22 Offset1 Offset2...

Page 58: ... their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DFNC versus the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SFNC not shown The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Display Name Feature Description Devic...

Page 59: ...ty software usage not typically needed by end user applications Flat Field Control Feature Description The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DFNC versus the GenICam Standard Features Naming Conventio...

Page 60: ...Sample Size flatfieldCalibrationSampleSize Sets the number of lines to be averaged during a flat field calibration 1 00 Beginner DFNC Lines_2048 Lines_4096 Lines_2048 Lines_4096 ROI Offset X flatfieldCalibrationROIOffsetX Set the starting point of a region of interest where a flat field calibration will be performed 1 00 Beginner DFNC ROI Width flatfieldCalibrationROIWidth Sets the width of the re...

Page 61: ...hen the object being imaged has areas that have black non illuminated areas such as beyond the edge of a film that is front illuminated or is saturated again beyond the edge of a film but in this case bright field back illuminated The ROI feature allows from one to four specific regions of the pixel line to be specified where flat field calibration will take place Pixel data outside the ROI will n...

Page 62: ...s Control Category Upload Download File Settings and select Look Up Table Image Format Control Category The Image Format controls as shown by CamExpert group parameters used to configure camera pixel format image cropping and the test pattern Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via a...

Page 63: ...Appendix A GenICam Commands 63 ...

Page 64: ...Mirroring ReverseX 1 00 Beginner DFNC Off On Off On Video output in normal order Video output in a reverse order Pixel Format Pixel Format Output image pixel coding format of the sensor 1 00 Beginner DFNC RGB8 RGB12 RGBG8 G8 BGR8 BGR12 RGB8 RGB12 RGBG8 G8 BGR8 BGR12 RGB8 RGB12 RGBG8 G8 BGR8 BGR12 Pixel Color Filter PixelColorFilter Indicates the type of color filter applied to the image RO 1 00 Be...

Page 65: ... an image The options are no filtering 1 x 3 and 1 x 5 filter kernels The 1 x 3 and 1 x 5 filter kernels are weighted average filters The 1 x 3 filter kernel uses 75 of the original pixel and 12 5 of the adjacent pixels 12 5 75 12 5 Figure 25 1 x 3 kernel The 1 x 5 filter kernel uses 50 of the original pixel and 12 5 of the adjacent two pixels on both sides of the original pixel 12 5 50 12 5 12 5 ...

Page 66: ... enabled if the GreenOnly camera mode or RGBG8 camera mode is selected 1 4096 4095 4 3 2 1 2 2048 Horizontal Binning by 2 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 1023 Line 1024 Line 1 Line 2 Line 512 Repeated for each acquired line Repeated for each column of pixels for the user defined virtual frame buffer i e Height Vertical Binning by 2 applied to the virtual frame buffer Area of Interest AOI Setup Th...

Page 67: ...be on the right side of the displayed image In order to set up an AOI for the camera 1 The AOI mode must first be in the off position 2 Use the AOI Count to select the total number of AOIs desired to a max of 4 3 To set up each AOI individual use the AOI Selector to point to the AOI to be set up 4 AOI Offset X is used indicate the starting pixel of the AOI 5 AOI Width is used to indicate the width...

Page 68: ... In order to initiate operation of the AOI once setup 1 The AOI mode must be changed to Active 2 Be sure to set the frame grabber image width to the sum of all AOI widths set up in the camera Once all AOI are set up change to active ...

Page 69: ...ways or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications ...

Page 70: ...eature description XML file version RO 1 00 Beginner DFNC XML Minor Version DeviceManifestXMLMinorVersion Together with DeviceManifestXMLMajorVersion specifies the GenICam feature description XML file version RO 1 00 Beginner DFNC Last GenCP Status genCPStatus If a feature read or write fails then Sapera only returns that it fails read this feature to get the actual reason for the failure Returns ...

Page 71: ... attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DFNC versus the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SFNC not shown Display Name Feature Description Device Version View Device Registers Streaming Start DeviceRegistersStreamingStart Announces the start of registers strea...

Page 72: ...revision number Display Name Feature Description View Baud Rate DeviceSerialPortBaudRate Sets the baud rate used by the selected device s serial port Available baud rates are device specific 1 00 Beginner DFNC Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 57600 Baud 115200 Baud 230400 Baud 460800 Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 57600 Baud 115200 Baud 230400 Baud 460800 Baud rate is 9600 Baud rate is 19200 Baud rate is 5760...

Page 73: ...rol Feature Descriptions Display Name Feature Description View File Selector FileSelector Selects the file to access The file types which are accessible are device dependent 1 00 Beginner FPGA Code Firmware1 Upload new FPGA to the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle DFNC Micro Code Upload new micro codeto the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle CCI Uploa...

Page 74: ...lect READ only open mode Select WRITE only open mode File Access Buffer FileAccessBuffer Defines the intermediate access buffer that allows the exchange of data between the device file storage and the application 1 00 Guru File Access Offset FileAccessOffset Controls the mapping offset between the device file storage and the file access buffer 1 00 Guru File Access Length FileAccessLength Controls...

Page 75: ...Click the Browse button to open a typical Windows Explorer window 5 Select the specific file from the system drive or from a network location 6 Click the Upload button to execute the file transfer to the camera 7 Note that firmware changes require a device reset command from the Camera Information Controls and additionally CamExpert should be shut down and restarted following a reset Download a Li...

Page 76: ... A GenICam Commands 3 In the Type drop down box select Miscellaneous 4 In the File selector drop down box select CameraData 5 Hit Download 6 Save the text file and send the file to Teledyne DALSA customer support ...

Page 77: ...ion Visual Basic or C Application Clallserial dll Clserxxx dll Clseryyy dll Clserzzz dll Figure 27 Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification 1 Cycle power to the camera by either a issuing the reset camera command rc or b powering the camera OFF and then ON 2 Load the ASCII interface using 9600 baud 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control local echo carriage retur...

Page 78: ...taneously The camera responds to a simple ASCII based protocol A carriage return CR ends each command Example to return the current detector settings gcp CR A complete list of the available detector commands their format and parameters can be displayed by sending the help h command Port Configuration Baud 9 600 Bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow Control None Echo typed characters locally Rules Th...

Page 79: ...le with the Esc key disabled unless a DEK 0 command is issued and the camera re booted Commands Full Name Balance White Auto Mnemonic BWA Argument s Description Perform automatic white balance Notes Gain each color such that the average of each is at the same level as the average of the most responsive Full Name Calibrate User FPN Mnemonic CCF Argument s of lines to average 2048 4096 Description C...

Page 80: ... CTV Argument s Selector crr gain crg gain crb gain cgr gain cgg gain cgb gain cbr gain cbg gain cbb gain kr offset kg offset kb offset Floating Point Value Gains 16 to 16 Offsets 0 to 255 Description Color Transformation Matrix Notes Value must be immediately preceded with a F e g ctv 0 f1 5 Full Name Disable Esc Key Mnemonic DEK Argument s Mode Esc key is enabled Esc key is disabled Description ...

Page 81: ... and PRNU flat field correction coefficients Enable use of user FPN and PRNU flat field correction coefficients Reset user FPN coefficients to zero and user PRNU coefficients to one Scan direction controlled user set loading Description Set flat field mode Notes Full Name Set Flatfield Scan Direction Reverse Set Mnemonic FRS Argument s User Set Number 1 to 8 Description Set scan direction controll...

Page 82: ...ue Mnemonic GET Argument s parameter Description The get command displays the current value s of the feature specified in the string parameter Note that the parameter is preceded by a single quote Using this command will be easier for control software than parsing the output from the gcp command Notes User get ssf 10000 Short Full Name Displayed Value and Description bwa Balance white auto No valu...

Page 83: ... Set Image Filter mode 0 2 contrast 0 256 smm Mirroring Mode 0 Off 1 On spf Pixel Format 0 RGB8 2 RGBG8 3 G8 4 BGR8 5 RGB12 6 BGR12 ssa Set Spatial Alignment 0 to 3 ssb Offset 32 to 31 8 bit DN 512 to 511 12 bit DN ssf Internal Line Rate Hz ssg Gain four lines 0 System 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue floating point numbers stm Trigger Mode 0 Off Internal 1 On External sui set User ID no value returned svm Te...

Page 84: ... sha Set horizontal alignment 0 Red blue 1 Green f value 0 3 shm Set horizontal alignment mode 0 Off 1 Active sif Set Image Filter mode 0 2 contrast 0 256 smm Mirroring 0 Off 1 On spf Pixel Format 0 RGB8 2 RGBG8 3 G8 4 BGR8 5 RGB12 6 BGR12 ssa Set Line Delay f 0 3 ssb Offset 8 bit mode 32 31 or 12 bit mode 512 511 ssf Internal Line Rate 300 48000 ssg Gain 0 System 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue f gain stm E...

Page 85: ...et AOI Count Mnemonic SAC Argument s Number of AOI s 1 to 4 Description Set AOI Counter Notes Full Name Set AOI Selector Mnemonic SAD Argument s Selector 1 to 4 Offset 1 to 8192 multiple of eight Width 40 to 8192 Description Define an AOI Notes Must not overlap with an already existing AOI Full Name Set AOI Mode Mnemonic SAM Argument s Mode Off Active Description Set AOI mode Notes Full Name Set B...

Page 86: ...posure time mode Notes In internal mode the exposure time is controlled by the SET command In external mode the sensor is exposed while CC1 signal is high External mode is only available when the trigger mode is also external STM 1 SEM 1 overrides internally generated independent exposure times Full Name Exposure Time Mnemonic SET Argument s Exposure time 4 000 to 3000000 ns Description Set intern...

Page 87: ...rrection Full Name Offset Mnemonic SSB Argument s Offset 8 bit 32 to 31 Description Set offset Notes Range changes depending on pixel format SPF Full Name Internal Line Rate Mnemonic SSF Argument s Line rate 1 to 48 000 Hz Description Set internal line rate Notes Line time Exposure time 1 000 ns Full Name Gain Mnemonic SSG Argument s Selector System Red Green Blue Gain 1 to 10 Description Set gain...

Page 88: ...x Full Name Load User Set Mnemonic USL Argument s Set selector 0 Factory set 1 8 User sets Description Load user set Notes Loads and makes current all the settings listed by the GCP command plus the user FPN coefficients user PRNU coefficients and color correction matrix Full Name Save User Set Mnemonic USS Argument s Set selector 1 to 8 Description Save user set Notes Saves all the current settin...

Page 89: ...e rate using Camera Link Deca mode but it may be easier to start your evaluation using the medium mode Set your Camera Link frame grabber up to receive the standard RGB medium mode 2 Communicating with the Camera The Linea 8K color camera is designed to power up with a GenIcam compliant interface CamExpert provides an easy to use GUI that can be used to set up and evaluate the camera The camera al...

Page 90: ...basic evaluation You can set the exposure time using the set command Ensure that the exposure time period is not greater than the period of the line rate minus 1 5 µsec The camera will indicate an error if you select an exposure time that is too long The minimum exposure time is 8 µsec Set your camera direction using the scd command Refer to the Camera Direction Control diagram in this manual for ...

Page 91: ... 6 Improving Your Color Image The color response of the camera is quite good even when using white LED s and even without color correction The camera has a factory set white LED color correction matrix that can be selected to improve color response for those using white LED s If you are using a different light source a suitable color correction matrix can be downloaded to the camera A software too...

Page 92: ...ucing oily residues avoid touching the sensor Scratches diffract incident illumination When exposed to uniform illumination a sensor with a scratched window will normally have brighter pixels adjacent to darker pixels The location of these pixels will change with the angle of illumination An important note on window blemishes When flat field correction is performed window cleanliness is paramount ...

Page 93: ...n of 5x to determine the location of any remaining contamination Clean the contamination on the sensor using one drop of E2 on a swab Wipe the swab from left to right or right to left but only in one direction Do this in an overlapping pattern turning the swab after the first wipe and with each subsequent wipe Avoid swiping back and forth with the same swab in order to ensure that particles are re...

Page 94: ...strial scientific and medical equipment Radio frequency disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement EN 61326 1 2013 Electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use EMC requirements Part 1 General requirements EN 55024 2010 Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics Limits and methods of measurement Further declare under our sole legal responsibility...

Page 95: ...Revision History 95 Revision History Revision Change Description Revision Date 00 Initial release May 30 2016 01 4K model description and specifications added November 3 2016 ...

Page 96: ...control 46 E environmental specifications 8 exposure control 39 external frame rate programmable exposure time 41 externally controlled 41 internally controlled 40 exposure modes descriptions of 40 exposure time set 44 EXSYNC 27 F factory settings 36 G Gain control 44 grounding instructions 17 GUI CamExpert 33 overview 31 H horizontal and vertical binning 66 humidity storage and operation 8 I imag...

Page 97: ...tory 95 S safety 5 Sapera 32 sensor controls 54 58 62 71 settings current 38 default 39 factory 36 39 loading 37 saving 37 user 38 setup overview 15 shift direction 13 size image 44 spatial resolution 66 specifications mechanical 7 performance 7 storage temperature 8 T temperature verify 37 test patterns 35 trigger modes 39 V voltage verify 37 ...

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