User Manual X8400 sc
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Table of Contents
1
REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................................................................. 4
2
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1
C
AMERA
S
YSTEM
C
OMPONENTS
................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2
S
YSTEM
O
VERVIEW
.................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.3
K
EY FEATURES OF THE
X8400
SC CAMERA
....................................................................................................................... 8
3
WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 10
4
INSTALLING THE X8400SC ON THE EXPERIMENT .................................................................................................. 11
4.1
M
OUNTING THE CAMERA
.......................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2
P
OWERING THE CAMERA
........................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2.1
Power supply
11
4.2.2
Power button
11
4.2.3
Camera boot-up and Cooling down
12
4.3
A
DJUSTING
F
IELD OF VIEW
......................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3.1
LCD Screen
12
4.3.2
Lens
14
4.4
S
ETTING THE CAMERA PARAMETERS
............................................................................................................................ 16
4.4.1
Connection to Computer
16
4.4.2
Connection to FLIR ResearchIR Max
16
4.4.3
Image size adjustment
17
4.4.4
Measurement configuration
18
4.4.5
Temperature Range adjustment
19
4.4.6
Frame frequency
20
4.4.7
Synchronizing the camera to an external signal
20
4.4.8
Advanced camera controls
21
4.4.9
Extended Camera Information
22
5
X8400SC OPERATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 23
5.1
F
ILTER
W
HEEL
........................................................................................................................................................ 23
5.1.1
Removing an optical filter holder
23
5.1.2
Installing an optical filter holder
23
5.1.3
Filter holder identification
24
5.1.4
Creating custom filter holder
24
5.1.5
Adding a custom filter parameter into the camera
25
5.1.6
Filter definition file description
26
5.2
C
AMERA CONFIGURATION FILE MANAGEMENT
............................................................................................................... 27
5.2.1
CNUC file management
27
5.3
C
AMERA
W
I
-F
I APPLICATION
..................................................................................................................................... 27
5.4
I
NFRARED
R
EMOTE
.................................................................................................................................................. 28
6
RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT WITH THE X8400SC ............................................................................................. 29
6.1
N
ON
U
NIFORMITY
C
ORRECTION
................................................................................................................................. 29
6.1.1
CNUC™
29
6.1.2
Two-Point Correction Process
29
6.1.3
One point Correction (offset correction)
30
6.2
T
EMPERATURE
C
ALIBRATION
...................................................................................................................................... 30
6.2.1
Hypercal™
30
6.2.2
AutoExposure
30
6.3
30
6.4
B
AD
P
IXEL
R
EPLACEMENT
.......................................................................................................................................... 31
6.5
F
RAME
R
ATE AND
I
NTEGRATION MODES
...................................................................................................................... 31
6.5.1
Integrate Then Read
31
6.5.2
Integrate While Read
34
6.5.3
Selecting detector integration mode
35
6.6
D
YNAMIC
R
ANGE
E
XTENSION
“S
UPERFRAMING
” ........................................................................................................... 36
6.7
C
AMERA
S
YNCHRONIZATION
...................................................................................................................................... 36
6.7.1
Sync In
37
6.7.2
Sync Out
38
6.8
T
RIGGER
IN ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
6.9
L
OCKIN
.................................................................................................................................................................. 40
7
INTERFACES ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
7.1
W
I
-F
I CONNECTION
................................................................................................................................................. 41
7.2
USB
CONNECTION
................................................................................................................................................... 43
7.2.1
USB Driver Installation
43
