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3G-SDI 2K HDR CAMERA SERIES

User's Manual

Revision 3.0

Victorem

is a pending trademark of IO Industries Inc.

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Page 2: ...e or Peripheral Information to User NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not...

Page 3: ...headquarters in London Ontario With our deep roots in uncompressed digital video recording and high speed imaging systems and more recently compact digital video cameras our experience leads our product designs and brings us into custom projects ranging from deep sea to outer space Contact Information IO Industries Inc 15940 Robin s Hill Road London Ontario N5V 0A4 CANADA Tel 519 663 9570 Fax 519 ...

Page 4: ...Host Control Utility 21 6 1 Installation 21 6 2 Component Setup 21 6 3 Slider Bar Control 22 6 4 General View 22 6 4 1 Camera Information 22 6 4 2 Video Format 23 6 4 3 Profile Management 23 6 5 Exposure View 23 6 5 1 Exposure Time 24 6 5 2 Auto Exposure Modes 25 6 6 Gain Level View 26 6 6 1 Gain 26 6 6 2 Master Pedestal 27 6 6 3 Black Balance 27 6 7 Color View 27 6 7 1 Balance 28 6 7 2 Saturation...

Page 5: ... 33 6 11 5 Test Pattern 33 6 11 6 Flat Field Correction 33 6 11 7 Temperatures 33 6 11 8 Bad Pixel Replacement 33 6 11 9 Save Load Configuration 33 7 Camera Commands 34 7 1 Command Summary 35 7 2 Video Format Commands 43 8 Firmware Update Utility 44 9 Order Numbers 45 10 Accessories 46 11 Document Revision History 47 12 Firmware Revision History 48 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3...

Page 6: ...Mini models 1 1 Output Formats The supported output formats for the 2KSDI Mini cameras are shown in Table 2 Outputs from the 2KSDI Mini RS and 2KSDI Mini RS D are scaled down from the full sensor resolution 2K outputs are scaled from 4096x2160 4K and HD outputs are scaled from 3840x2160 UHD The 2KSDI Mini RS and 2KSDI Mini RS D do not support 1280x720 output Interface Resolution Output Format Fram...

Page 7: ... 4 RAW ISO settings in stop increments 3dB Fine gain adjustment up to 48 0dB Advanced color processing Automatic exposure and gain control Optical Low Pass Filter OLPF and IR Cut filter Tri level sync input Rugged aluminum case RS485 control with host application or handheld remote On Screen Display OSD menu overlay Low power 3 7W 12V IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 8: ...VICTOREM 2KSDI Mini User s Manual 2 Mechanical Mechanical drawings of camera body shown in Figure 1 Front Rear Bottom Side Figure 1 Mechanical drawings IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 9: ...R10A 7P 6S 73 Lens Connector USB Mini B Video Output 2x DIN 1 0 2 3 type Sync Input 1x DIN 1 0 2 3 type Table 3 Mechanical specifications 2 2 Power 2KSDI Mini cameras are powered using a 7 19V DC power source The power connector is shown in Figure 2 and the pinout is shown in Table 4 When using active EF lens mount the power supply must be 8 16V DC Pin Description 1 NC 2 RS485 A 3 7 19V 4 NC 5 RS4...

Page 10: ...Two set screws on the sides 4 40 firmly hold the ring in place The position of the ring can be adjusted if necessary use a 0 05 hex key The amount of torque on the set screws should not exceed 22 5 ounce inches or deflection in the stainless steel ring may occur causing issues threading lenses on and off the camera An optional C mount to Active EF mount adapter is also available Focus and aperture...

Page 11: ...i cameras are available in a D variant that includes an alternate lens connector pinout Table 7 that supports DC iris lenses Pin Description 1 Drive 2 Damp 3 Damp 4 NC 5 Drive Table 7 DC iris lens connector Pinout IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 12: ... The storage temperature range is 40ºC to 85ºC 10 90 relative humidity non condensing 3 2 Shock and Vibration Results of shock and vibration testing performed on 2KSDI Mini camera are shown in Table 8 Specification Spec Paragraph Method Condition Test Level Details Result MIL STD 810G 514 6 Vibration 3 axis Vibration Category 20 Pass MIL STD 810G 516 6 Shock 3 axis Shock 40G 3 pulses Pass MIL STD ...

Page 13: ... IMX250 Sony Exmor R IMX183 Active Pixels 2048 x 1080 2048 x 1080 2464 x 2056 4096 x 2160 Optical Format Type 1 1 8 8 9mm diagonal Type 1 1 8 8 9mm diagonal 2 3 11 1mm diagonal 2 3 11 1mm diagonal Pixel Pitch 3 45 µm 3 45 µm 3 45 µm 2 4 µm Shutter Type Global Global Global Rolling ADC Bit Depth 12 bit 12 bit 12 bit 12 bit Dynamic Range 73 6 dB 73 6 dB 73 6 dB 72 0 dB Table 9 Sensor specifications ...

Page 14: ... 9 button membrane keyboard making it extremely rugged and durable On three sides of the remote there are 1 4 20 tripod mounting holes and the bottom side has a 4 pin LEMO connector for power and communications Figure 4 shows the front view of the remote control with a description of the button functions Figure 4 Remote control IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 15: ...able 10 Remote mechanical specifications The pinout of the power connector is shown in Table 11 Pin Description 1 RS485 A 2 RS485 B 3 GND 4 10 19V DC Table 11 Remote power connector pinout 5 1 On Screen Display The On Screen Display OSD menu overlay is in the top left corner of the output images The OSD is overlayed on the primary output when the enter button is pressed Press the Enter button in t...

Page 16: ...enu to indicate how to exit the main menu Press the Enter button to close the main menu Use the Up and Down scroll keys on the keypad to navigate the main menu indicated by the up down arrow in the top right corner of the menu The currently selected line is indicated by the mid grey level The menu background is the lightest grey tone and the title line is the darkest Press the Right scroll key to ...

Page 17: ...te the selected sub menu commands indicated by the up down arrow in the top right corner of the menu To select a command press the Right scroll key while that command is the active line mid grey tone line If a command is not selectable the right arrow will not appear when the line is selected For example changing the exposure is not possible when auto exposure is enabled Figure 7 shows the Exposur...

Page 18: ...hown To return to the sub menu press the Left scroll key When an exposure related command is selected a secondary overlay is shown to the bottom right of the menu The exposure command in 2KSDI Mini cameras is set in number of lines The total number of lines transferred over an SDI interface varies with the resolution and the line time varies with frame rate The secondary overlay displays the expos...

Page 19: ...end of the parameter line scroll through the list of parameters using the Up and Down scroll keys and to set the desired parameter press the Enter button After the command completes the on screen menu will return to the sub menu To exit the parameter list for a command press the Left scroll key IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 20: ...27 0x30 0x0d is repeated until any button is pressed or an ACK character 0x06 is received from the camera The status LED will blink during this process Table 12 shows the character values for each button on the membrane keyboard Some advanced users can integrate these commands into other RS485 equipment to control 2KSDI Mini cameras Button ASCII Character hex value Button ASCII Character hex value...

Page 21: ...be necessary when the installation completes 6 2 Component Setup Once the control utility has been installed follow the steps before to setup the Victorem 2KSDI Mini camera system Put lens on camera Connect power supply or battery to camera Connect coax cable to SDI output SDI1 and or SDI2 and connect the other end of the cable to a monitor or recorder Plug USB to RS 485 connector cable to PC USB ...

Page 22: ...board options can also be used to change the setting Left right or up down arrow keys for fine adjustment Page up down keys for coarse adjustment Home and End keys to set value to minimum or maximum respectively 6 4 General View The general control view is shown in Figure 9 6 4 1 Camera Information The model serial number firmware version and hardware version are shown in the section for the selec...

Page 23: ...he sampling format Use the Frame Rate drop down list to choose the camera s output frame rate 6 4 3 Profile Management To change the power up profile of the camera select one of the 8 user profiles or the factory profile in the drop down list To save the current camera settings to one of the 8 user profiles press the Save button Select the profile from the drop list and press the OK button To rena...

Page 24: ...put modes Output Mode Line Time μs 1080p60 2k60 1080i60 14 815 1080p59 2k59 1080i60 14 830 1080p50 2k50 1080i60 17 778 2k48 18 519 2k47 18 537 1080p30 2k30 29 630 1080p29 2k29 29 659 1080p25 2k25 35 556 1080p24 2k24 37 037 1080p23 2k23 37 074 Table 13 Line times The sensor in the camera has a fixed exposure error that is added to the exposure time To include this error in the displayed exposure ti...

Page 25: ...6 5 2 Auto Exposure Modes The Exposure view with automatic exposure enabled is shown in Figure 11 All 2KSDI Mini cameras support two modes of automatic exposure control Exposure Only and Exposure Gain Cameras equipped with an EF lens mount add the following modes Exposure Aperture and Exposure Aperture Gain IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 Figure 11 Automatic exposure mode ...

Page 26: ...ode In this mode the camera uses the calculated average luma of the auto exposure zone to drive a voltage to the DC Iris lens The lens will adjust its aperture to keep a consistent luma level 6 6 Gain Level View The Gain Level view is shown in Figure 12 6 6 1 Gain Gain can be adjusted by selecting either the ISO level or directly setting the gain in dB The gain setting varies between non RS and RS...

Page 27: ...alance The black balance can be used to apply an offset to each color plane independently The range of the offsets is 511 to 511 The pixel value range is compressed or stretched depending on the offset to maintain the full dynamic range 6 7 Color View The Color control view is shown in Figure 13 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 Figure 13 Color view ...

Page 28: ... below the matrix to adjust the selected multiplier Press the Reset button to reset the selected element The identity elements Crr Cgg and Cbb are used for white balance These elements can be changed manually or press either of the White Balance buttons to perform automatic color balance For continuous automatic white balance select one of the options from the Tracking White Balance drop down Trac...

Page 29: ...e name or Cancel to abort To load a custom LUT into the camera press the Replace LUT button then select the LUT to be overwritten from the drop down list Press the Load button A file select dialog will appear for choosing the file to load The LUTs loaded into the Victorem 2KSDI Mini cameras at the factory are stored in the LUT sub folder in the installation path IO Industries Victorem Lut shows an...

Page 30: ... steps varies from lens to lens 6 9 2 Focus The large arrow buttons are used to change the focus position of the lens From left to right the button functions are move focus to minimum step focus towards minimum step focus towards infinity and move focus to infinity The Step Size adjustment controls how far the lens moves with each press of the step arrows The effect of the step size varies from le...

Page 31: ...sync input if connected or past sync input if disconnected or changed Frame Lock The camera output is synchronized to the sync input Match The signal on the sync input matches the camera format Detect A signal is detected on the sync input When sync is enabled but there is not a valid signal on the sync input the camera status LED will flash red When the camera is locking to the sync input the LED...

Page 32: ...the sharpness of edges and lines in the output image Three levels of intensity are selectable with the radio buttons 6 11 3 Output Range The output pixel value range can be set to either Legal SMPTE 274M 8 7 or Extended SMPTE 274M 8 12 Legal range for luma is 64 940 Legal range for chroma is 64 960 Extended range for both luma and chroma is 4 1019 Raw sampling mode always used extended range outpu...

Page 33: ...an evenly illuminated and colored scene such as a white sheet of paper or a plain out of focus wall 3 Set the exposure time so the scene is a medium gray with no pixels saturated or black 4 Click the Start button in the Flat Field Correction section 5 Save the correction by clicking the Save button and selecting a location The stored correction can be renamed by clicking the Rename button 6 Load a...

Page 34: ...sent between the command and the setting All settings are in hexadecimal All commands letters are in lower case including settings hex values a f To query a command a carriage return is sent after the last command character Successful commands return ACK 0x06 generally seen as a dash in terminal programs invalid or rejected commands return NAK 0x15 generally seen as plus sign in terminal programs ...

Page 35: ...ni RS 1 1080i 2 1080p default 3 2K Image Sampling sam Y Image sampling 0 4 2 2 YCbCr default 1 RAW default for 2KMSDI Mini 2 4 4 4 RGB Frame Rate fps Y Output frame rate 0 23 98Hz 1 24Hz 2 25Hz 3 29 97Hz 4 30Hz default 5 47 95Hz 6 48Hz 7 50Hz 8 59 94Hz 9 60Hz TRI LEVEL SYNC Sync Enable syn Y 0 off 1 on Sync Shift sys YYY Shift output relative to sync input Range 0x0001 0x1fff 7 76ms to 7 76ms Came...

Page 36: ... the sync control block will reset back to a not locked state xx00 EXPOSURE Exposure Time exp YYY Exposure time in lines H Range 0x001 0x454 GAIN AND OFFSET Sensor Sensitivity iso Y Sensitivity in F stop 3dB increments Range 0 16 Changing ISO will be reflected in agn setting and vice versa Gain agn YYY Range 0x000 0x1E0 Gain in 0 1dB steps 2KSDI Mini Analog gain 0x000 0x0F0 up to 24dB Digital gain...

Page 37: ... Load desired flat field correction from non volatile memory 0 clear current flat field correction EF LENS CONTROL RS232 Baud Rate lbd Y 0 9600 1 19200 default 2 38400 3 57600 4 115200 Learn Focus Enable fen Y 0 Do not automatically learn focus savable command 1 Automatically learn focus Aperture ape YY Range depends on lens Smaller the number the more open aperture Focus Step Size fst YY Range 0x...

Page 38: ...tory default 0x1D0 AEC Speed aes Y 0 slowest 1 slow 2 fast default 3 fastest AEC Enable aex Y 0 off 1 Auto exposure 2 Auto exposure gain 3 EF Mount Auto exposure aperture DC Iris Auto iris 4 EF Mount Auto exposure gain aperture COLOR Color Temperature ctp YY Color temperature settings in 100K steps Value of 0x00 is off or custom Range 0x01 0x3D 2000K to 8000K Any change to crr cgg cbb will change ...

Page 39: ...r YYY Red color plane offset Range 0x001 0x3FF 511 511 Subtract 0x200 for signed 9 0 offset Default 0x200 G ofg YYY Default 0x200 B ofb YYY Default 0x200 Tracking White Balance TWB twb Y 0 off 1 on using full image 2 on using zone TWB Speed tws Y 0 slowest 1 slow 2 fast default 3 fastest Color Saturation sat YY Saturation in 0 1x steps 0x00 no color mono 0x0A no saturation applied 0x1E default 1 4...

Page 40: ...R POSITION 2KM5SDI Mini only Sensor Position X spx YYY 2k 1080p 1080i Range 0x000 0x1A0 default 0x0D0 720p Range 0x000 0x4A0 default 0x250 Must be mod 4 Sensor Position Y spy YYY 2k 1080p 1080i Range 0x000 0x3D0 default 0x1E8 720p Range 0x000 0x53C default 0x29C Must be mod 4 OUTPUT Master Pedestal mpd YY Range 0x00 0x7F Red Black Balance rbb YYY Range 0x001 0x3FF 511 511 Subtract 0x200 for signed...

Page 41: ...plies if power up profile is set to a user profile EXECUTE Camera Reset rst Reset camera to power up profile LENS UNSAVED Lens adapter reset lnr Reset EF lens adapter Focus Step to Min fsz Step focus towards minimum Focus Step to Infinity fsi Step focus towards infiinty Move Focus to Min fcz Move focus to minimum setting Move Focus to Infinity fci Move focus to infinity Lens Status lns Y Query len...

Page 42: ...0x11 0x14 Flat Field Correction names Write Character to Name wnm Y Write character to open name Save User Name snm Save current name to memory Read User Name rnm YY Read current saved user name Range 0x00 0x15 0x15 Factory LUT name Error Register err Returns 8 bit error status Bit 0 sensor alignment error FPGA Die Temperature tmp Returns Sign 8 8 17 bit 2 s complement fixed point temperature in C...

Page 43: ...sampling is allowed and frame rate range is 59 94Hz to 60Hz If current frame rate is outside of allowable range for new resolution the frame rate will be changed 1080p resolution is not defined for 47 95Hz and 48Hz frame rates 720p 1080i resolution is not supported for frame rates below 50Hz Sampling command sam may be limited depending on frame rate and resolution 2KMSDI Mini only supports RAW ou...

Page 44: ... a firmware update is required Figure 20 shows the update utility interface Figure 20 Firmware update utility The utility will list all cameras found in a system Select the file to program using the Browse button Check the Update checkbox beside the camera to update Finally press Update Firmware This operation takes approximately four minutes to complete If the application is closed or power is lo...

Page 45: ...onochrome global shutter OLPF IR filter 3G HD SDI 2KMSDIMINID Camera 2K 1080p i 720p 1 2in IMX265 sensor monochrome global shutter OLPF IR filter 3G HD SDI DC auto iris 2KSDIMINIKIT Camera Kit 2KSDIMINI with accessories includes VICMOUNT 485HRMT CABVICBATT ACPWRTAP 2KSDIMINIRSKIT Camera Kit 2KSDIMINIRS with accessories includes VICMOUNT 485HRMT CABVICBATT ACPWRTAP 2KSDIMINIDKIT Camera Kit 2KSDIMIN...

Page 46: ...PowerTap connector CAB2KMINIAEF Adapter cable connects 2KSDI Mini to VICLENSMOUNT A CAB2KMINIDCI Adapter cable connects 2KSDI Mini to DC Auto Iris lens VICLENSMOUNT A Lens mount Active EF requires CAB2KMINIAEF CABUSB4852M USB to RS485 adapter cable 2m for camera control from PC software 485HRMT Handheld remote control with RS485 interface for camera control CABLEMO3M RS485 extension cable LEMO to ...

Page 47: ...2KM5SDI Mini model 2 0 2018 12 20 Document improved data path and associated commands 2 1 2019 02 22 Updated firmware revision history 2 2 2019 03 01 Updated firmware revision history 2 3 2019 03 27 Updated firmware revision history 3 0 2019 04 09 Change gain description to match new behavior in RS models in firmware revision 14 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 0 ...

Page 48: ...n focus command disabled fen 0 Added auto save to power up profile on on screen menu exit command asv ISO command extended to 2 digits Changed ISO setting in on screen menu to be in ISO speed ratings Re organized on screen menus for easier use Moved color bar test pattern to end of color data path Does not show when using RAW sampling mode Added sign bit to sensor and FPGA temperature outputs stp ...

Page 49: ...and disabled fen 0 Added auto save to power up profile on on screen menu exit command asv ISO command extended to 2 digits Changed ISO setting in on screen menu to be in ISO speed ratings Re organized on screen menus for easier use Moved color bar test pattern to end of color data path Does not show when using RAW sampling mode Added sign bit to sensor and FPGA temperature outputs stp and tmp Chan...

Page 50: ...e to power up profile on on screen menu exit command asv ISO command extended to 2 digits Changed ISO setting in on screen menu to be in ISO speed ratings Re organized on screen menus for easier use Moved color bar test pattern to end of color data path Does not show when using RAW sampling mode Added sign bit to sensor and FPGA temperature outputs stp and tmp Changed factory LUT to IO Gamma 1 lut...

Page 51: ...sv Expanded gain command to include digital portion on sensor increased ISO range up to 48dB All gain commands agn adn and adx extended to 3 digits ISO command extended to 2 digits Changed ISO setting in on screen menu to be in ISO speed ratings Re organized on screen menus for easier use Moved color bar test pattern to end of color data path Does not show when using RAW sampling mode Added sign b...

Page 52: ...to 48dB All gain commands agn adn and adx extended to 3 digits ISO command extended to 2 digits Changed ISO setting in on screen menu to be in ISO speed ratings Re organized on screen menus for easier use Moved color bar test pattern to end of color data path Does not show when using RAW sampling mode Added sign bit to sensor and FPGA temperature outputs stp and tmp Changed factory LUT to IO Gamma...

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