Cheetah Pregius Camera with 10 GigE Vision Interface – User Manual
October 8, 2020
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of
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Rev 1.0
Creating an HPM Using Imperx Toolkit
1.
Set
BadPixelCorrection
to Off in the Data Correction menu.
2.
Make sure that
DefectivePixelCorrection
is set to Factory.
3.
Set the longest exposure time and slowest frame rate expected.
4.
Cover a lens with a lens cap or dismount the lens and put on a dust cap on the.
5.
Run the camera for at least 45 minutes at ambient temperature around 18–22 °C or higher.
6.
Capture an image (or series of images) and save it in RAW format.
7.
In the IpxToolkit main window, navigate to the saved RAW file(s) and open it.
8.
On the
Image Properties
tab:
•
Set
Setup Mode
to Manual.
•
Set
Device Type
to GigE Vision.
•
Set
Width
and
Height
to the RAW image’s vertical and horizontal size respectively.
•
Set Pixel Type to the Pixel Format of the RAW image.
The options are Mono8, Mono10, or Mono12 for a monochrome camera and RGB8, RGB10, or
RGB12 for a color camera.
•
Click
Apply
.
9.
Select
Tools
>
DPM/HPM Utility
.
10.
On the
Hot
tab, navigate to the saved RAW file(s) and open it.
11.
Move the
Threshold
slider to the value that you want to be the minimum luminosity for the
hot pixels.
The pixels are treated as hot if their luminosity is higher than the Threshold limit.
12.
Click
Start
.
The dark and bright pixels are added to the
List of Defected Pixels
table.
The maximum number of pixels in HPM is 4096.
13.
Fill out the
Camera
and
Serial#
fields and click
Save to File
.
