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Summary of Contents for MV-CL042-91CC

Page 1: ...Camera Link Line Scan Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...WILL HIKROBOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES INCLUDING AMONG OTHERS DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF DATA CORRUPTION OF SYSTEMS OR LOSS OF DOCUMENTATION WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE PRODUCT EVEN IF HIKROBOT HAS BEEN AD...

Page 3: ...nt This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC Conditions This devi...

Page 4: ...is document are defined as follows Symbol Description Provides additional information to emphasize or supplement important points of the main text Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in equipment damage data loss performance degradation or unexpected results Indicates a hazard with a high level of risk which if not avoided will result in death or serious i...

Page 5: ...nt lamp Otherwise the lens may be damaged The product should be stored in dry environment without corrosive gas Avoid placing the product in direct sunlight and poorly ventilated locations or near heat sources such as heater or heating ignoring this warning may lead to fire hazards Do not operate in explosive environment Keep the surrounding area well ventilated to avoid heat accumulation Do not c...

Page 6: ... touch the image sensor directly If the sensor needs to be cleaned please use a clean rag and wet it with alcohol then gently wipe off the dirt if the camera is not in use please cover the image sensor with dust cover for protection Installation Please do not install the product on vibrating surface or places that are vulnerable to impact Personnel Requirement Quality requirements for installation...

Page 7: ... Connection 10 5 1 Install Frame Grabber Software 10 5 2 Set Frame Grabber Software 10 5 3 Install MVS Client Software 11 5 4 Connect Camera to Client Software 12 Chapter 6 Quick Started with MVS 13 6 1 Client Software Layout 13 6 2 Transport Layer Control 15 6 3 Serial Port Tool 16 Chapter 7 Image Acquisition 18 7 1 Set Line Rate 18 7 2 Set Scan Mode 18 7 3 Set Frame Timeout 19 7 4 Set Line Disca...

Page 8: ... 9 1 I O Introduction 45 9 2 I O Electrical Feature 45 9 2 1 Differential Input Circuit 45 9 2 2 Differential Output Circuit 46 9 3 Input Wiring for Type I and Type III Cameras 47 9 3 1 Differential Input Singal 47 9 3 2 Single Ended Input Signal 47 9 4 Output Wiring for Type I and Type III Cameras 49 9 4 1 Differential Output Singal 49 9 4 2 Single Ended Output Signal 49 9 5 Input Wiring for Type...

Page 9: ...on Control 67 10 15 Set Hue 68 10 16 Set Saturation 69 10 17 Set Super Palette Control 70 10 18 Set LUT 70 10 19 Set Flat Field Correction 71 10 20 Set Space Correction 74 10 21 Set Color Abnormal Correction 76 Chapter 11 Other Functions 77 11 1 Device Control 77 11 2 TDI Function 78 11 3 Reverse Scan Function 79 11 4 File Access Control 80 11 5 Transport Layer Control 81 11 6 Save and Load User S...

Page 10: ... food logistics transportation material sorting pharmaceutical manufacturing etc 1 2 Key Features Supports configuration modes of Base Medium Full and 80 bit via the Camera Link interface Supports TDI function to select different image modes Supports exposure time and gain adjustment PRNUC correction LUT Gamma correction etc Compact design and flexible installation Compatible with Camera Link Prot...

Page 11: ... Camera User Manual 2 Chapter 2 Appearance Appearances here are for reference only Refer to the camera s specification for detailed dimension and other information Figure 2 1 Appearance Type I Figure 2 2 Appearance Type II ...

Page 12: ...3 screw 3 USB Interface It is used to update the camera s firmware 4 Screw Hole for Camera Link Interface It is used to fix Camera Link cables 5 CL1 Interface It refers to the Camera Link1 with SDR interface and it is used to transmit data 6 CL2 Interface It refers to the Camera Link2 with SDR interface and it is used to transmit data 7 LED Indicator It indicates the camera s status 8 Power and I ...

Page 13: ...able below for the relation between camera model and camera appearance type Table 2 2 Camera Model and Appearance Type Camera Model Camera Appearance Type MV CL042 91CM CC Type I camera MV CL084 90CM MV CL086 90CC Type II camera MV CL086 91CC Type III camera ...

Page 14: ...f Pin Definitions Regarding type I and type III cameras read the table below to get their pin definitions Refer to the pin definitions and labels attached to the power and I O cable to wire the device Table 3 1 First Type of Pin Definitions No Signal I O Signal Source Description 1 GND Power supply ground 2 DC_PWR DC power supply positive 3 LINE0_P Line 0 Differential input output IO 0 4 LINE0_N L...

Page 15: ...ond Type of Pin Definitions Regarding the type II camera read the table below to get its pin definitions Refer to the pin definitions and labels attached to the power and I O cable to wire the device Table 3 2 Second Type of Pin Definitions No Signal I O Signal Source Description 1 GND Camera power supply ground 2 DC_PWR Camera power supply 3 IO_IN0_P Line 0 Differential input 0 4 IO_IN0_N Line 0 ...

Page 16: ...dicator The indicator is used to display camera status Table 3 3 Indicator Description No Indicator Color Indicator Status Description 1 Blue Unlit The camera is powered off 2 Blue Flashing rapidly The camera is acquiring images normally 3 Blue Flashing slowly The camera is acquiring images under trigger mode When the indicator is flashing rapidly or flashing slowly its unlit interval is 0 2 s or ...

Page 17: ...era Link cable is a SDR interface You need to purchase cables separately in accordance with camera interface and frame grabber interface 4 Lens 1 You should purchase lens separately according to the camera s lens mount 5 Frame Grabber 1 It refers to Camera Link frame grabber that you need to purchase separately 6 Lens Adapter 1 You should purchase lens adapter separately according to the camera s ...

Page 18: ...ra Link interfaces to respective interfaces of the frame grabber The camera has 2 Camera Link interfaces and it can transmit data via 1 or 2 Camera Link interface s If you need to use 1 interface the corresponding interface number is CL1 and the Base configuration mode is available If 2 interfaces are required the corresponding interface number is CL1 and CL2 and the configuration mode of Base Med...

Page 19: ...er manual of the frame grabber you purchased for details 5 2 Set Frame Grabber Software After installing the camera you are required to set frame grabber parameters via the frame grabber software Incorrect parameters or not setting parameters may make the camera fail to output images Here we take Dalsa and Matrox frame grabber as an example The specific parameter names may differ by frame grabbers...

Page 20: ... 64 bit Windows 7 10 operating systems and you can download it from https en hikrobotics com The graphic user interface may differ by different versions of the client software you use and you are required to use V3 1 0 and above versions The client software does not support acquiring images for Camera Link cameras and you can use the frame grabber software instead You cannot use the MVS client sof...

Page 21: ...s 5 4 Connect Camera to Client Software Steps 1 Run the MVS client software 2 Click in Camera Link of the device list to search the camera The refresh process may take a few minutes please wait patiently Figure 5 2 Search Camera 3 Right click the camera and click Baud Rate Settings o set the baud rate to max value 4 Double click the camera or click to connect it to the client software ...

Page 22: ... please refer to the actual one you got Table 6 1 Description of Main Window No Area Name Description 1 Menu Bar The menu bar displays function modules including File View Settings Tool and Help 2 Control Toolbar The control toolbar provides quick operations for the device 3 Device List Panel This panel displays device list and you can connect or disconnect device modify device IP address etc 4 De...

Page 23: ...w and set the device resolution image reverse function pixel format region of interest test pattern etc Acquisition Control You can view and set the device line rate trigger mode exposure time etc Analog Control You can view and set the device gain black level Gamma correction etc Color Transformation Control You can view and set the device color transformation related parameters like hue and satu...

Page 24: ...u can save or load the device s parameters You can set the default parameter when running the client software 6 2 Transport Layer Control The camera s tap geometry should match with that of the frame grabber and inconsistent parameters may lead to image exception In MVS client software you can go to Transport Layer Control Device Tap Geometry to check or set the tap geometry The CI Configuration d...

Page 25: ...ame grabber software or serial port tool but you cannot use them at same time The default value of the camera s baud rate is 9600 bps The command for setting camera parameters via port is sent in the format of ASCII code The camera setting commands are send by user s application After receiving commands the camera will return a value success or fail The specific command format is shown below Table...

Page 26: ...t the exposure as 1000 us Command w ExposureTime 1000 r Returned value Success r n Setting succeeded Failed r n r n or Wrong input format r n Setting failed Command for reading The following example is to get the exposure as 1000 us Command r ExposureTime r Returned value Success r n r n or get ExposureTime 1000 r n Reading succeeded Failed r n r n or Wrong input format r n Reading failed ...

Page 27: ...e The frame rate of the camera is proportional to the line rate and is inversely proportional to the height of the image area that is Fps Lps Image Height In client software click Acquisition Control Acquisition Line Rate Hz enter Acquisition Line Rate Hz and enable Acquisition Line Rate Control Enable You can view real time line rate and frame rate in Resulting Line Rate Hz and Resulting Frame Ra...

Page 28: ... is enabled the camera outputs one frame image after its outputted line quantity reaches the configured height value in the configured frame timeout time Click Acquisition Control enable Frame Timeout Enable and set Frame Timeout Time according to actual demands Figure 7 3 Set Frame Timeout 7 4 Set Line Discard Function The line discard function may differ by camera models The line discard functio...

Page 29: ...y of the external line trigger control signal determines the line rate and only one line is exposed when a trigger signal is input Frame Trigger Mode Acquisition Control Trigger Selector and Trigger Mode Trigger Selector Frame Burst Start Trigger Mode On and Trigger Selector Line Start Trigger Mode Off After receiving frame trigger signal camera will start to expose and generate image data The cam...

Page 30: ...igger signal to the camera via Camera Link interface to acquire images Hardware Trigger Frame trigger or line trigger Acquisition Control Trigger Source Specific Line External device connects camera via camera I O interface External device sends trigger signal to camera to acquire images Shaft Encoder Control Line trigger Acquisition Control Trigger Source Encoder Module Out This trigger source us...

Page 31: ... the client software sends commands to the camera via Camera Link cable to acquire and transmit images Steps 1 Click Acquisition Control Trigger Selector 2 Select Frame Burst Start as Trigger Selector and On as Trigger Mode 3 Select Software as Trigger Source and click Execute in Trigger Software to send trigger commands Figure 7 5 Set Software Trigger 7 6 2 Set Hardware Trigger If the camera enab...

Page 32: ...al The function demonstration of shaft encoder module is shown below Phase A Phase B Line Input 1 Line Input 2 Line input 1 is selected as the input signalfor phase A Line input 2 is selected as the input signalfor phase B Phase A Input Phase B Input Shaft Encoder Software Module Line Trigger Module Output The final output of module is line triggersignal Figure 7 7 Function Demonstration The advan...

Page 33: ... only backward direction will trigger 3 Set Encoder Counter Mode Ignore Direction means that both forward and backward direction will count Follow Direction means that the forward direction is valid and Encode Counter will increase Backward Direction means that the backward direction is valid and Encode Counter will increase Figure 7 8 Counter Description 4 Optional Set max counter value 0 to 3276...

Page 34: ...he Multiplier can only receive signals in the range of 10 Hz to 100 kHz frequency range The periodic jitter of shaft encoder signal is accepted Multiplier After the signal is processed by the PreDivider it is sent to the Multiplier The Multiplier multiplies the signal by an integer to increase its signal frequency and then the signal is sent to the PostDivider Parameter can be set as rising or fal...

Page 35: ... of trigger line rate and resulting trigger line rate may differ by camera models Trigger Line Rate It refers to the external trigger raw line rate after filtering and it only involves external trigger signals Resulting Trigger Line Rate It refers to the external trigger frequency cameras received after the external trigger raw line rate is calculated via frequency converter control It only involv...

Page 36: ...rate 7 6 6 Set Frame Grabber Trigger Control The specific trigger source may differ by camera models When selecting CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 as Trigger Source the camera is in frame grabber trigger status Frame grabber triggers camera to acquire images by sending signal via Camera Link cable Steps 1 Click Acquisition Control Trigger Selector 2 Select Frame Burst Start or Line Start as Trigger Selector and ...

Page 37: ... Steps 1 Click Acquisition Control Trigger Selector 2 Select Frame Burst Start or Line Start as Trigger Selector and On as Trigger Mode 3 Select Anyway as Trigger Source Figure 7 13 Set Free Trigger 7 7 Trigger Related Parameters The configurable trigger related parameters may differ by camera models If the camera enables the frame trigger or line trigger you can set trigger related parameters inc...

Page 38: ...rigger Delay Frame Trigger Cache Trigger Debouncer If the line trigger is enabled the relation between trigger source and trigger related parameters is shown below Table 7 4 Trigger Source and Trigger Related Parameters Trigger Source Parameters Hardware Trigger Shaft Encoder Control Frequency Converter Control Frame Grabber Trigger Free Trigger Trigger Activation Trigger Delay Line Trigger Cache ...

Page 39: ...ram The sequence diagram above uses rising edge as trigger activation and the camera s height parameter is 4 7 7 2 Trigger Activation The specific trigger activation parameters may differ by camera models The camera supports trigger acquisition in the rising edge falling edge any edge level high or level low of the external signal The principle and parameter of trigger activation are shown below T...

Page 40: ... the level high Level Low Acquisition Control Trigger Activation Level Low The camera receives signal and triggers when the level signal sent by the external device is in the level low The setting method for trigger activation is different in frame trigger and line trigger Set Trigger Activation in Frame Trigger Go to Acquisition Control and set Trigger Activation according to actual demands Figur...

Page 41: ...and Exposure Time determine the exposure time When Trigger Width or Timed is selected as Exposure Mode you can select Level Low or Level High as Trigger Activation and exposure time is determined by the duration of the level signal only Figure 7 18 Set Trigger Activation in Line Trigger The trigger width function may differ by camera models 7 7 3 Trigger Delay The trigger delay function allows the...

Page 42: ...he camera enables the frame trigger or line trigger it has the frame line trigger cache function During the triggering process if the camera receives new trigger signal it will save and process the signal if you enable this function Trigger cache enable can save up to 3 trigger signals The setting method for trigger cache is different in frame trigger and line trigger Set Trigger Cache in Frame Tr...

Page 43: ...d Frame Filtered Enable Trigger Cache Enable the 2nd trigger signal will be saved If the 1st frame image s exposure time of the 2nd trigger signal is not earlier than the camera s last frame creation time of the 1st trigger signal and then the 2nd trigger signal s 1st frame image is created normally Figure 7 23 Second Frame Created Normally If the 1st frame image s exposure time of the 2nd trigger...

Page 44: ...tion and the camera s height parameter is 4 Set Trigger Cache in Line Trigger Steps 1 Click Acquisition Control Trigger Selector 2 Select Line Start as Trigger Selector and On as Trigger Mode 3 Enable Line Trigger Cache Enable Figure 7 25 Set Trigger Cache in Line Trigger 7 7 5 Trigger Debouncer The trigger debouncer function allows the camera to filter out unwanted short external trigger signal t...

Page 45: ... Time and set Line Debouncer Time according to actual demands Figure 7 27 Set Line Debouncer Time When the configured debouncer time is larger than trigger signal time and the trigger signal will be ignored The unit of line debouncer time may differ by camera models The sequence diagram above uses rising edge as trigger activation ...

Page 46: ...Click Digital IO Control and select specific line as Line Selector 2 Set Strobe as Line Mode 3 Optional Set Line Format according to actual demands Differential stands for the differential signal SingleEnded stands for the single ended signal Figure 8 1 Select Output Signal Type I and Type III Cameras Type II Camera The type II camera has two differential output lines Line 1 Line 4 You can select ...

Page 47: ...uch as alarm light light source and PLC There are two ways to achieve output signal including line inverter and strobe signal 8 2 1 Enable Level Inverter The level inverter function is used to control the camera s output signal manually You can click Digital IO Control and enable Level Inverter Figure 8 3 Enable Level Inverter The Line Inverter parameter is disabled by default 8 2 2 Enable Strobe ...

Page 48: ...st mode 3 Frame Burst End Active The camera outputs one I O edge signal when stopping triggering and acquiring images under Burst mode 4 Soft Trigger Active The camera outputs signals to external devices when software trigger starts 5 Hard Trigger Active The camera outputs signals to external devices when hardware trigger starts 6 Counter Active The camera outputs one I O edge signal when counter ...

Page 49: ...counter value with the range of 1 to 1023 Counter Current Value Read only It displays the number of executed external trigger If Timer Active is selected as Line Source you can set Strobe Line Duration and Strobe Line Delay and the camera will output signal correspondingly after click Execute in Line Trigger Software Figure 8 4 Set Timer Active If you need to let the camera output signals when it ...

Page 50: ...orresponding to each line image follow steps below to set it Steps 1 Click Digital IO Control and select Line Mode as Strobe Source Selector 2 Set Line Source according to actual demands 3 Enable Strobe Enable Figure 8 6 Set Line Mode When selecting Line Mode as Strobe Source Selector you can also set duration delay and pre delay for outputted signal ...

Page 51: ...n the Strobe Line Duration value is not 0 the strobe duration is equal to Strobe Line Duration value Set Strobe Line Delay The camera supports setting strobe line delay to meet actual demands When exposure starts the strobe output doesn t take effect immediately Instead the strobe output will delay according to the strobe line delay setting Click Digital IO Control Strobe Line Delay and enter Stro...

Page 52: ... supports the function of strobe line pre delay which means that the strobe signal takes effect early than exposure This function is applied to the external devices that have slow response speed Click Digital IO Control Strobe Line Pre Delay and enter Strobe Line Pre Delay according to actual demands Figure 8 10 Set Strobe Line Pre Delay The sequence diagram of strobe line pre delay is shown below...

Page 53: ...Camera Link Line Scan Camera User Manual 44 Figure 8 11 Sequence Diagram of Strobe Line Pre Delay The camera s height parameter is 4 in the sequence diagram above ...

Page 54: ...gnals supports the single ended input and their internal circuit is shown below Figure 9 1 Internal Circuit of Differential Input The RS 422 standard RS 644 standard and TTL LVTTL standard input signal are applied to the differential input RS 422 Standard Input In order to make sure the normal operation of input circuit it is required to connect camera s ground signal with external ground signal i...

Page 55: ...ial input adopts TTL LVTTL standard signal the input terminal s 120 Ω terminal resistance must be disabled and its input electrical feature requirement is shown below Table 9 1 Electrical Feature Requirement of TTL LVTTL Voltage Description 0 V to 1 V Level low 1 V to 3 V Unstable voltage and it is not recommended to use it 3 3 V to 24 V Level high 9 2 2 Differential Output Circuit The internal ci...

Page 56: ...igger to acquire images The inputted signals include differential signal and single ended signal Here we take the type I camera as an example for introducing the input wiring Make sure that the hardware trigger signals have been configured as input signal 9 3 1 Differential Input Singal If the differential signal source provides the trigger signal and the wiring is shown below OUT A Line _P OUT Ã ...

Page 57: ...nal Line Signal Source PowerGround GND Camera Power Ground R Figure 9 5 PNP Single Ended Input Wiring with Pull Down Resistor The resistor range in Figure 9 5 is between 1 KΩ and 4 7 KΩ NPN Single Ended Signal Source If the NPN single ended signal source provides the signal source and the wiring is shown below The pull up resistor range is between 1 KΩ and 10 KΩ NPN Single Ended Signal Source Line...

Page 58: ...elow OUT A Line _P OUT Ã Triggered Device Camera Power PWR Camera Power Ground GND Line _N Triggered Device Power Ground Figure 9 7 Differential Output Wiring 9 4 2 Single Ended Output Signal If the triggered device needs a LVTTL level trigger below 3 3 V and the wiring is shown below Line N Triggered Device Camera Power PWR Camera Power Ground GND Hang Line P Triggered Device Power Ground Signal ...

Page 59: ...Line 0 3 to trigger and acquire images The inputted signals include differential signal and single ended signal 9 5 1 Differential Singal The wiring may differ by voltages of differential signal sources The voltage of the differential signal source is 5 V OUT A Differential Input Positive OUT Ã Differential Signal Source Camera Power Signal Source Power PWR VCC Camera Power Ground GND Differential...

Page 60: ...ent as shown below Table 9 2 Relation between Voltage and Resistance VCC R1 R2 12 V 6 2 K 4 7 K 24 V 18 K 4 7 K 9 5 2 Single Ended Signal The single ended signals that the camera receives can be from the differential signal source or the single ended signal source Differential Signal Source The VCC of the differential signal source is 5 V 12 V or 24 V OUT A Differential Input Positive Differential...

Page 61: ...nd Figure 9 13 PNP Single Ended Signal Source ConnectsDifferential Input NPN Single Ended Signal Source When the NPN single ended signal source provides signal and the camera s differential input is used as single ended input The VCC of NPN single ended signal source is 5 V 12 V or 24 V NPN Single Ended Signal Source Hang Differential Input Positive 1 kΩ 12V Camera Power Signal Source Power PWR VC...

Page 62: ...Line Trigger Wiring 9 5 4 Frame Trigger Wiring The wiring of using 5 V differential signal to trigger is shown below OUT A Differential Input Positive OUT Ã Differential Signal Source Camera Power Signal Source Power PWR VCC 5 V Camera Power Ground Signal Source PowerGround Differential Input Negative GND Figure 9 16 Frame Trigger Wiring 9 5 5 Line Frame Trigger Wiring The wiring of using the fram...

Page 63: ...al Input 0 Positive OUT Ã Encoder Signal OUT O R1 R2 Differential Input 0 Negative Camera Power PWR Differential Input 1 Negative R3 R4 OUT Õ Differential Input 1 Positive Encoder Power Ground Encoder Power VCC Camera Power Ground GND Figure 9 18 Line Frame Trigger Wiring II With different input voltages VCCC of the encoder signal the respective resistance values are also different Table 9 3 Relat...

Page 64: ...Differential Input 1 Negative OUT O Encoder Power Ground GND Differential Input 1 Positive Differential Input 0 Negative Differential Input 0 Positive Camera Power PWR 12 V or 24 V Encoder Power Hang Hang Camera Power Ground Figure 9 19 Line Frame Trigger Wiring III ...

Page 65: ...tting Region of Interest can reduce the bandwidth of the image being transmitted Thus increasing the frame rate to some extent The camera currently supports 1 ROI only that is there is Region 0 for Region Selector parameter only Region of interest can be set only when you stop real time acquisition Click Image Format Control and set Width Height and Offset X Width it stands for horizontal resoluti...

Page 66: ... The camera supports horizontal reverse image output You can click Image Format Control and enable Reverse X according to actual demands Figure 10 3 Set Image Reverse For different models of cameras the image reverse function may differ and the actual product you purchased shall prevail ...

Page 67: ...8 24 Click Image Format Control Pixel Format and set Pixel Format according to actual demands Figure 10 4 Set Pixel Format Pixel format can be set only when you stop real time acquisition For different models of cameras the specific pixel format may differ and the actual product you purchased shall prevail 10 5 Set Test Pattern The camera supports test pattern function When there is exception in r...

Page 68: ...ng to actual demands Figure 10 5 Test Pattern of Mono Camera The mono camera offers 4 test patterns including Mono Bar Checkboard Oblique Mono Bar and Gradual Mono Bar For color camera it also supports Vertical Color Bar and Horizontal Color Bar The specific test patterns below may differ by camera models Figure 10 6 Mono Bar Test Pattern Figure 10 7 Checkboard Test Pattern Figure 10 8 Oblique Mon...

Page 69: ...n and improve image brightness Click Image Format Control and set Binning Horizontal and Binning Vertical Figure 10 12 Set Binning Binning Horizontal refers to the image s width and Binning Vertical refers to the image s height If the camera s vertical resolution is 1 and there will be Binning Horizontal only 10 7 Set Exposure Auto The camera supports 3 types of exposure modes Off Once and Continu...

Page 70: ...Exposure Time Upper Limit Figure 10 13 Set Exposure Time under Once or Continuous Mode If the camera is under Continuous exposure method once external trigger mode is enabled the camera will automatically switch to Off exposure mode 10 8 Set Gain The gain function may differ by camera models The camera has 2 types of gain including the analog gain and digital gain The analog gain is applied before...

Page 71: ...ports digital gain function Click Analog Control enable Digital Shift Enable and enter Digital Shift Figure 10 15 Set Digital Gain 10 9 Set Brightness The camera brightness refers to the brightness when the camera adjusts image under Once or Continuous exposure mode or Once or Continuous gain mode You can set brightness as shown below You should enable Once or Continuous exposure mode or Once or C...

Page 72: ...l that refers to translate the level signal up and down Increasing black level value makes image dark reducing black level value makes image bright Click Analog Control enable Black Level Enable and enter Black Level Figure 10 17 Set Black Level 10 11 Set White Balance White balance is only available for color cameras The white balance refers to the camera color adjustment depending on different l...

Page 73: ...lance when there is great difference between the camera s color effect and actual effect You can correct white balance as shown below Steps 1 Put a white paper in the range of the camera s field of view and make sure the paper covers the entire field of view 2 Set exposure and gain It is recommended to set image brightness value between 120 and 160 The default value of Balance White Auto is Contin...

Page 74: ...ad User Set for details If the light source and color temperature in environment change you need to correct white balance again 10 12 Set Gamma Correction The camera supports Gamma correction function Generally the output of the camera s sensor is linear with the photons that are illuminated on the photosensitive surface of the sensor Gamma correction provides a non linear mapping mechanism as sho...

Page 75: ... sRGB mode as shown below Steps 1 Click Analog Control Gamma Selector 2 Select sRGB as Gamma Selector 3 Enable Gamma Enable Figure 10 21 Set sRGB Mode 10 13 Set AOI The AOI function may differ by camera models The camera supports AOI function that can adjust the brightness and white balance of the entire image based on the area you selected Steps 1 Click Analog Control Auto Function AOISelector an...

Page 76: ...trol is only available for color cameras After the process of the white balance the color camera s overall images will look darker and multiple colors may deviate from their standard values to some extent At this time you need to correct these colors by multiplying correction matrix to let them back to the standard value so that the overall color of images is more vivid The color correction functi...

Page 77: ...Control and enable CCM Enable 2 Enable Color Transformation Enable 3 Set Hue and Saturation to adjust Color Transformation Value Figure 10 24 Method 2 10 15 Set Hue Hue is only available for color cameras Make sure the camera s pixel format is not in Mono format Adjusting the hue shifts the colors of the image ...

Page 78: ...Hue 10 16 Set Saturation Saturation is only available for color cameras Make sure the camera s pixel format is not in Mono format Adjusting the saturation changes the colorfulness of the colors A higher saturation makes colors easier to distinguish Steps 1 Click Color Transformation Control and enable CCM Enable 2 Enable Color Transformation Enable 3 Enable Saturation Enable and enter Saturation a...

Page 79: ...in the image to set customized hue and saturation values Steps 1 Find Super Palette in the feature tree and enable Super Palette Enable 2 Select Super Palette Selector and set corresponding Super Palette Hue and Super Palette Saturation according to actual demands Figure 10 27 Set Super Palette Control 10 18 Set LUT A Look Up Table LUT is a customizable grayscale mapping table You can stretch ampl...

Page 80: ...is from 0 to 4095 4 Click Execute in LUT Save to save it The parameter of LUT Save may differ by camera models If the camera has no LUT Save the settings you configured will be saved in the camera in real time Figure 10 28 Set LUT 10 19 Set Flat Field Correction The fat field correction function and specific setting method may differ by camera models The fat field correction FFC includes PRNUC cor...

Page 81: ...time the camera compares and corrects the average R G B component value of each column with the average R G B component value of the entire image Enable PRNUC Target Enable if you want to manually correct For mono cameras set PRNUC Target and for color cameras set PRNUC Target R PRNUC Target G and PRNUC Target B according to actual demands At this time the camera compares and corrects the average ...

Page 82: ...Camera Link Line Scan Camera User Manual 73 Figure 10 30 PRNUC Correction The effect of PRNUC correction is shown blow Figure 10 31 Before PRNUC Correction ...

Page 83: ...deviation correction and they are used to reduce image details deviation caused by line rate deviation or pixel deviation Set Line Rate Ratio You can go to Shading Correction and set Line Rate Ratio according to actual demands Line rate ratio is used to adjust the ratio between the camera s line rate and that of the actual object to adjust the pixel deviation between upper line and lower line in i...

Page 84: ...or cameras are dispersive If you find the image s edge has pixel deviation via observation follow steps below to alleviate it Steps 1 Set Parallax Direction according to actual conditions For the mono camera if its upper sensor is closer to the measured objects and select Start Line as Parallax Direction Otherwise select End Line instead For the color camera if its sensor s B line is closer to the...

Page 85: ...olor abnormal correction CAC is used to eliminate abnormal color on image edges Steps 1 Click Shading Correction and find CAC Edge Threshold 2 Enter CAC Edge Threshold according to actual demands The range of CAC Edge Threshold is between 0 and 2040 3 Enable CAC Enable Figure 10 36 Set Color Abnormal Correction The CAC will be performed only when the edge strength is higher than the configured thr...

Page 86: ...ame Read only It is the device series name Device Version Read only It is the device version Device Firmware Version Read only It is the device firmware version Device Serial Number Read only It is the device serial number Device User ID Read and write Device name and it is empty by default You can set according to your preference If Device User ID is empty the client software displays the device ...

Page 87: ... and the actual product you purchased shall prevail 11 2 TDI Function The TDI function may differ by camera models When switching TDI Mode the camera may have short period 3 s to 5 s of image exception which is a normal phenomenon TDI refers to Time Delay Integration and it is a method of line scanning which provides dramatically increased responsivity compared to other video scanning methods It p...

Page 88: ...electing 2 TDI or 4 TDI as TDI Mode you can use the reverse scan function to let the camera to execute TDI function for backward moving object Steps 1 Click Image Format Control and find Direction Source 2 Set Direction Source according to actual demands Select Internal as Direction Source and enable Reverse Scan Direction if you want to use the internal signal to achieve reverse scan function Fig...

Page 89: ...ontrol function and specific device features that can be imported and exported may differ by camera models Make sure that you have stopped acquisition before using this function Make sure that the firmware is same when exporting or importing files between two cameras Steps 1 Select the camera in the device list 2 Click to open the File Access interface Figure 11 4 File Access 3 Select Device Featu...

Page 90: ... Control to view the camera s load size tap geometry GenCP version etc The specific parameters in Transport Layer Control and output order of different taps are shown below Table 11 2 Parameters Description Parameter Read Write Description Paylode Size B Read only It is the camera s load size Device Tap Geometry Read and write The value of camera sensor geometry in the frame grabber software shoul...

Page 91: ...er of tap is shown below A Vertical Figure 11 6 Geometry_1X When Device Tap Geometry is Geometry_1X2 the output order of tap is shown below A Vertical A Figure 11 7 Geometry_1X2 When Device Tap Geometry is Geometry_1X4 the output order of tap is shown below A A Vertical A A Figure 11 8 Geometry_1X4 ...

Page 92: ...Parameter Relation You can save parameters load parameters and set user default as shown below Save Parameters Steps 1 Click User Set Control and select a user set in User Set Selector Here we take selecting User Set 1 as an example 2 Click Execute in User Set Save to save parameters Figure 11 10 Save User Set Load Parameters Steps 1 Click User Set Control and select a user set in User Set Selecto...

Page 93: ...eters setting and select it as the default one otherwise the camera adopts the default set every time after it being rebooted 0 stands for the default factory set 1 stands for the user set 1 2 stands for the user set 2 and 3 stands for the user set 3 11 7 Update Firmware The camera supports updating firmware by using Camera Link cable or USB data cable Before updating make sure power cable and oth...

Page 94: ...e in the local computer 4 Click Update Figure 11 13 Update Firmware via Camera Link Cable Update Firmware via USB Data Cable The USB data cable you use should have data transmission function If the USB data cable cannot transmit data the PC will not find the disk Do not power off the camera during firmware updating Steps 1 Power on the camera and connect the camera to the PC via USB data cable 2 C...

Page 95: ...Camera Link Line Scan Camera User Manual 86 Figure 11 14 Update Firmware via USB Data Cable ...

Page 96: ...ame grabber software Camera is in trigger mode Check whether parameter settings of frame grabber software are set correctly Disable trigger mode 3 Live view is black Aperture is closed Open the aperture 4 Live view is normal but camera cannot be triggered Incorrect I O wiring or trigger mode is not enabled Check whether the I O wiring is correct under corresponding triggering mode Check whether th...

Page 97: ... Super Palette Control Add section Set Color Abnormal Correction Modify section Serial Communication Command List V2 0 22 UD23381B Mar 17 2021 Modify section Appearance Modify section Power and I O Interface Modify section Installation Preparation Add section View Trigger Line Rate Modify section Select Output Signal Add section I O Introduction Add section Input Wiring for 4K Camera Add section O...

Page 98: ... Modify section Input Wiring Add section Set Binning Add section Set Black Level Modify section Set Gamma Correction Modify section Set Color Transformation Control Modify section Set Hue Modify section Set Saturation Modify section Set Shading Correction Modify section File Access Control V2 0 1 UD17814B Dec 25 2019 Modify section Quick Started with MVS Add section Set Color Transformation Contro...

Page 99: ...Select the clock frequency to access from the device DeviceClockFrequen cy w DeviceClockFrequency x 0 85 M 1 70 M 2 60 M 3 40 M Set the clock frequency E g w DeviceClockFrequency 1 r DeviceClockFrequency Read the clock frequency Width w Width x Value Set width E g w Width 4096 r Width Read width Height w Height Value Set the height E g w Height 2000 r Height Read the height OffsetX w OffsetX x Val...

Page 100: ...ionSource 1 r DirectionSource Reverse Scan Direction w ReverseScanDirection x x 0 forward direction 1 reverse direction Set scan direction internal control E g w ReverseScanDirection 1 r ReverseScanDirection Read scan direction PixelFormat w PixelFormat x x 0x1080001 momo8 0x1100003 mono10 0x1100005 mono12 0x02180014 RGB 8 Set pixel format E g w PixelFormat 0x1080001 r PixelFormat Read pixel forma...

Page 101: ...re for each FrameBurstStart trigger AcquisitionLineRate ControlEnable w AcquisitionLineRate x or y x it refers to the written line rate value and enable line rate y it refers to the line rate value you want to set you can write directly and disable line rate when writing x y 1073741824 Set line rate enable E g w AcquisitionLineRate 1073841824 it means setting line rate as 100000 and enabling line ...

Page 102: ... 6 Frame Burst Start Set line trigger or frame trigger E g w TriggerSelector 9 r TriggerSelector Read the current selected trigger mode TriggerMode w TriggerMode x X 0 Disable line trigger and frame trigger 64 Enable frame trigger mode 512 Enable line trigger mode 576 Enable frame trigger and line trigger mode Set trigger mode Note Write operation cannot operate frame trigger and line trigger at t...

Page 103: ... 3 r TriggerSource 6 Read the frame trigger source r TriggerSource 9 Read the line trigger source TriggerActivation w TriggerActivation 6 0 Rising edge 1 Falling edge Set rising trigger edge Eg w TriggerActivation 6 0 r TriggerActivation 6 0 Rising edge 1 Falling edge Read trigger edge setting TriggerDelay w TriggerDelayAbsVal 6 Value Set trigger delay Eg w TriggerDelayAbsVal 6 100 r TriggerDelayA...

Page 104: ...era supports min exposure time AutoExposureTimeLo werLimit Set auto exposure lower limit E g w AutoExposureTimeLowerLi mit 50 r AutoExposureTimeLower Limit Read auto exposure lower limit AutoExposureTimeU pperLimit w AutoExposureTimeUpper Limit x x The camera supports max exposure time AutoExposureTimeUp perLimit Set auto exposure upper limit E g w AutoExposureTimeUpperLi mit 100 r AutoExposureTim...

Page 105: ...t value and enable digital shift y x 511 6 511 z x 511 6 66047 Set digital shift enable Note the range of digital shift is 6 to 6 E g w DigitalShift 512 It means setting gain as 0 01 and disabling digital shift E g w DigitalShift 66048 It means setting gain as 0 01 and enabling digital shift r DigitalShift When value is larger than 65536 digital shift is enabled Read digital shift If digital shift...

Page 106: ... 0 10000 r GammaAbsVal Read Gamma value x Read value 100 GammaEnable w GammaCtrl x x 0 on 1 off EnableGama Eg w GammaCtrl 1 r GammaCtrl Read Gama status Brightness w Brightness x x 0 255 Set brightness value Eg w Brightness 66 r Brightness x Read brightness AutoFunctionAOIWi dth w AutoAOIWidth x x 32 1024 Set the width of auto function AOI in pixels E g w AutoAOIWidth 1024 r AutoAOIWidth Read the ...

Page 107: ...0000001 r AutoAOIUsage Read parameter value CCMEnable w CCMEnable x x 0 Off 1 On Enable disable Color Correction Matrix E g w CCMEnable 1 r CCMEnable Read the status of Color Correction Matrix ColorTransformation Enable w ColorTransformationEna ble x x 0 Off 1 On Set the status of color transformation module E g w ColorTransformationEnabl e 1 r ColorTransformationEna ble Read the selected status o...

Page 108: ... x x 0 255 Set saturation E g w SaturationAbsVal 128 r SaturationAbsVal Read saturation SaturationCtrl w SaturationCtrl x 0 Off 1 0x10000 Enable saturation or not E g w SaturationCtrl 0x10000 r SaturationCtrl Read enable status of saturation LUTEnable w LUTEnable x x 0 Off 1 On Activate selected LUT E g w LUTEnable 1 r LUTEnable LUTSelector w LUTSelector x x 0 Luminance1 1 Luminance2 2 Luminance3 ...

Page 109: ...der s trigger mode E g w EncoderOutputMode 1 r EncoderOutputMode Read encoder s trigger mode Encoder Counter Mode w EncoderCounterMode x x 0 IgnoreDirection 1 FollowDirection Set encoder counter mode Eg w EncoderCounterMode 1 r EncoderCounterMode Read encoder counter mode Encoder Counter r EncoderCounter Read encoder counter Encoder Counter Max w EncoderCounterMax x x 0 32767 Set encoder max count...

Page 110: ... 7 r InputSource Read input source Signal Alignment w SignalAlignment x x 0 RisingEdge 1 FallingEdge Set signal alignment Eg w SignalAlignment 1 r SignalAlignment Read signal alignment Trigger Line Rate Hz r TriggerLineRate It refers to the external trigger raw line rate after filtering PreDivider w PreDivider x x 1 128 Set PreDivider Eg w PreDivider 1 r PreDivider Read PreDivider Multiplier w Mul...

Page 111: ...gSelector Read shading correction type ActivateShading w ActivateShading x x 1 enable Activate selected correction PRNUCROIEnable w PRNUCROIEnable x x 0 disable 1 enable Enable user PRNUC ROI E g w PRNUCROIEnable 1 r PRNUCROIEnable Read status of PRNUC ROI PRNUCWidth w PRNUCWidth x x 32 4096 Set image width used by PRNUC E g w PRNUCWidth 4096 r PRNUCWidth Read image width used by PRNUC PRNUCOffset...

Page 112: ...orrection manually Enable correction manually E g w PRNUCTargetEnable 1 r PRNUCTargetEnable Read the status of correction PRNUCTarget w PRNUCTarget x x 0 4095 Set PRNUC s correction value E g w PRNUCTarget 2048 r PRNUCTarget Read PRNUC s correction value PRNUCSmoothEnabl e w PRNUCSmoothEnable x x 0 disable 1 enable Enable PRNUC Smooth function or not E g w PRNUCSmoothEnable 1 r PRNUCSmoothEnable R...

Page 113: ...y x 5 CC1 0 Line0 1 Line1 3 Line3 4 Line4 y 0 In 8 Strobe Set I O input and output mode Eg w LineMode 5 0 Set CC1 as input r LineMode x Read I O input and output mode LineFormat w LineFormat x y x 5 CC1 0 Line0 1 Line1 3 Line3 4 Line4 y 0 SingleEnded 2 Differential Set line format of selected IO E g w LineFormat 1 0 r LineFormat x Read line format of selected IO LineInverter w LineInverter 0 disab...

Page 114: ...ine6 input Bit 3 line9 input Bit 4 line0 output Bit 5 line3 output Bit 6 line6 output Bit 7 line9 output Output bit 15 8 Bit 8 line1 output Bit 9 line4 output Bit 10 line7 output Bit 11 line10 output Bit 12 line1 input Bit 13 line4 input Bit 14 line7 input Bit 15 line10 input Bi directional input bit 23 16 Bit 16 line2 input Bit 17 line5 input Bit 18 line8 input Bit 19 line11 input Bi directional ...

Page 115: ...ineStrobe 0 disable all 2 enable Line1 only 8 enable Line4 only Enable Line1 or Line4 Eg w LineInverter 2 enable Line1 s inverter r LineStrobe Read LineStrobe status StrobeSourceSelect or w StrobeSourceSelector x y x 1 Line1 3 Line3 4 Line4 y 0 LineMode 2 FrameMode Select strobe source according to the trigger method E g w StrobeSourceSelector 1 0 r StrobeSourceSelector x Read strobe source Strobe...

Page 116: ...x y x 5 CC1 0 Line0 3 Line3 y value Set trigger debouncer input is available Eg w LineDebouncerTimeNs 5 100 r LineDebouncerTimeNs x Read trigger debouncer FileSelector w FileSelector x x 0 UserSet1 1 UserSet2 2 UserSet3 4 LUTLuminance1 5 LUTLuminance2 6 LUTLuminance3 7 UserPRNUC1 8 UserPRNUC2 9 UserPRNUC3 11 UserFPNC Select the target file in the device E g w FileSelector 1 r FileSelector Read the...

Page 117: ... XML and you do not need to set the camera CounterEventSource w CounterEventSource 0 11 11 Line0 CounterResetSource w CounterResetSource 0 3 3 Software CounterReset w CounterReset 0 1 It resets counter and it can be executed when selecting Software as Counter Reset Source CounterValue w CounterValue 0 1234 Range 1 to 32767 CounterCurrentValu e It cannot be configured Read only SuperPaletteEnable w...

Page 118: ..._4X 0x08010181 Geometr y_8X 0x0a010181 Geometr y_10X Set the camera s transmission mode Eg w DeviceTapGeometry 0x02010181 r DeviceTapGeometry Read the camera s transmission mode the returned value is decimal system and it needs to be converted to hexadecimal CIConfiguration r CIConfiguration x 0 Base 1 Medium 2 Full 3 DualBase 4 EightyBit The camera s configuration Supported Baudrates r SupportedB...

Page 119: ...elected user parameter UserSetLoad w UserSetLoad 1 Execute Load UserSetDefault parameter UserSetSave w UserSetSave 1 Execute Save parameters setting to UserSetSelector UserSetDefaultSelec tor w UserSetDefaultSelector x x 0 default 1 userset1 2 userset2 3 userset3 Select default loaded parameter Eg w UserSetSelector 2 r UserSetDefaultSelector Read default loaded parameter ...

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