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Photon User Guide  412-0035-00-10  Version 100 

 

 

 

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Figure 23: 

Photon 30-mm lens configuration

 

Summary of Contents for Photon Block 2

Page 1: ...Photon Block 2 User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 FLIR Systems Indigo Operations 70 Castilian Dr Goleta CA 93117 3027 805 964 9797 FAX 805 685 2711 www indigosystems com...

Page 2: ...ON CAMERA 11 7 REMOTE CONTROL OF THE PHOTON CAMERA 12 INSTALLATION OF PHOTON CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE 13 CONNECTING PHOTON TO A PC VIA THE I O MODULE 13 TROUBLESHOOTING THE COMMAND CONTROL LINK 13 OPERA...

Page 3: ...e and replace the lens cap when not in use Do not image extremely high intensity radiation sources such as the sun lasers arc welders etc The camera is a precision optical instrument and should not be...

Page 4: ...nsmitting camera commands and receiving status Photon provides digital data interface via a parallel interface 2 PHOTON SPECIFICATIONS 324 H x 256 V uncooled microbolometer sensor array 38 x 38 micron...

Page 5: ...any discrepancy between this list and the contents of your camera package please contact FLIR Systems Customer Support immediately at 805 964 9797 1 Photon camera 2 I O Module 3 Interface cable 4 110...

Page 6: ...erial communication channel for command and control and the digital data output Table 1 15 Pin HD D Sub F Connector Pin Definitions Pin Signal Name Signal Definition 1 VIDEO_HI Analog Video positive o...

Page 7: ...Digital Port 1 Output Data negative output 15 LVDS_VID2 Digital Port 2 Output Data negative output 16 SD_ DATA Digital Port 1 Output Data positive output 17 LVDS_VID1 Digital Port 2 Sync positive outp...

Page 8: ...r at start up 4000 mW Assuming no load between HTR and HTR_RTN Analog Video Output The video output of the Photon camera can be configured to either NTSC or PAL compatible In either case the output is...

Page 9: ...synchronization signal on the interface connector DIS0_EXT when configured as a slave via the serial communications port The sync signal starts the FPA frame timing sequence The sync signal consists...

Page 10: ...1 5V_OUT intended to power auxiliary electronics and accessories The characteristics of these two outputs are shown in Table 7 Table 7 Output Power Requirements Parameter 3 15V_OUT 1 5V_OUT Voltage 3...

Page 11: ...h one end of a standard RS 232 serial port 9 pin PC cable to the communications port labeled RS 232 on the I O Module Attach other end to the serial port on the PC 5 Plug the AC DC converter into an e...

Page 12: ...e GUI The Photon OEM GUI software is compatible with Windows 2000 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional The PC must have a spare serial communications port for the I O Module the Control Panel...

Page 13: ...an unused serial port on your computer These ports are usually labeled COM1 COM2 etc 4 Power on the camera Assuming the Control Panel software is already installed on the PC see installation instruct...

Page 14: ...in Figure 7 then select the correct comm Port and hit apply The Control Panel provides five tabs allowing for camera control as well as the ability to save load configuration settings and custom spla...

Page 15: ...tector array presenting a uniform temperature i e a flat field to every detector element While imaging the flat field the camera updates correction coefficients resulting in a more uniform array outpu...

Page 16: ...degree of image quality over all camera operating conditions 2 Manual In Manual FFC mode the camera does not perform FFC automatically based on specified values of temperature change or expired time N...

Page 17: ...at are nominally less than 150 o C 302 o F as well as a high temperature low sensitivity state intended for imaging up to 500 o C 932 o F Three Dynamic Range Control modes are provided for selecting t...

Page 18: ...quirements Save Settings After using the Control Panel to change all camera modes and settings to desired values use the Save Settings command to store your current selections as power up defaults The...

Page 19: ...displayed on the upper left corner of the video display in Normal mode 2 Invert The pixel on the upper left corner of the detector array is displayed on the upper left corner of the video display in R...

Page 20: ...by one row and a tilt value of 1 tilts upwards by one row from the center of the image When the image is being panned or tilted the ROI moves along with these coordinates The limits for the zoom ROI h...

Page 21: ...e ROI but the AGC will change as the ROI changes with the pan and tilt coordinates The AGC is determined only by the visible portion of the image Figure 13 ROI centered in video Figure 14 ROI at maxim...

Page 22: ...on is either white hot hotter objects brighter than cooler objects or black hot polarity hotter objects darker than cooler objects Table 8 shows each of the LUTs in a ramp pattern starting with the up...

Page 23: ...t 50 the effect on the image is lesser and has a greater effect above approximately 50 The Filter Control can be set between 0 and 250 3 Spatial Control Increasing the spatial threshold value will mak...

Page 24: ...igure 17 is provided at the analog and digital data channels Figure 17 Ramp test pattern Digital values shown apply to the optional 14 bit digital data stream Note The ramp test pattern is intended pr...

Page 25: ...Image Optimization modes 1 Automatic In Automatic mode image contrast and brightness are optimized automatically as the scene varies This mode provides an Automatic Gain Control AGC which is based on...

Page 26: ...er image and a larger value producing a brighter imager Brightness bias is not used in this mode 4 Manual Image brightness and contrast are both manually specified in Manual mode Unlike the Once Brigh...

Page 27: ...escribed accordingly in detail above AGC Parameters The AGC Parameters are used tuning the Automatic Linear Histogram and Logarithmic modes Each of their setting is described accordingly in detail abo...

Page 28: ...configuration file power on defaults as well as load field upgrades Comm Test The Comm Test command is a diagnostic feature for verifying the communication link between the Control Panel and the Phot...

Page 29: ...clock a composite sync frame sync and line sync and serial data A serial in parallel out SIPO module is available from FLIR Systems for converting the serial data to 14 bit parallel LVDS output plus f...

Page 30: ...me grabber will not mate with a National Instruments frame grabber or vice versa 4 Follow instructions included with the frame grabber for selecting the camera configuration file included with the SIP...

Page 31: ...ght Photon camera focal length Weight 14 25 mm 19 mm 30 mm 35 mm 50 mm Mounting There is a single threaded mounting hole on the bottom surface of the camera For precision alignment there is also a hol...

Page 32: ...Photon User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 32 Figure 21 Photon 14 mm lens configuration...

Page 33: ...Photon User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 33 Figure 22 Photon 19 mm lens configuration...

Page 34: ...Photon User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 34 Figure 23 Photon 30 mm lens configuration...

Page 35: ...Photon User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 35 Figure 24 Photon 35 mm lens configuration...

Page 36: ...Photon User Guide 412 0035 00 10 Version 100 36 Figure 25 Photon 50 mm lens configuration...

Page 37: ...Connector Mates to Three Row DB15 Female Table A1 I O Module Power Connector Pin Out Pin Signal Name Signal Definition Pin PWR input power Sleeve PWR_RTN input power return Table A2 I O Module Video...

Page 38: ...annel LVDS high 4 DATA_CLK Digital output channel clock LVDS high 6 DATA_SYNC Digital data sync LVDS low 7 DATA_OUT Digital data output channel LVDS low 9 DATA_CLK Digital output channel clock LVDS lo...

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