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8.

Camera Control Tool for AM-1600CL / AB-1600CL

8.1.

General

The Camera Control Tool for Windows 2000/XP/Vista can be downloaded from

www.jai.com

.

The AM-1600CL/AB-1600CL Camera Control Tool has the following windows:
Configuration, Camera Settings, About, Gain & Offset, General, Image Processing and Utilities.

The Gain & Offset, General, Image Processing, and Utilities windows also contain a
Communication window.

The camera control software is for configuring and setting parameters of the AM-1600CL and AB-
1600CL. The interface is asynchronous serial communication through Camera Link, SerTFG and

SerTC. The data can be stored in the EEPROM of the cameras.

8.2.

How to install

The software is in a compressed file and in order to install it, you must first extract the file.

After extraction, SETUP.exe is created.
The following is the setup procedure.
1.

Click SETUP.exe

2.

Follow the SETUP screen, Click[ NEXT]

3.

Select a default location or input your own path. Then, click [NEXT].

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Summary of Contents for AM-1600CL

Page 1: ...AM 1600CL AB 1600CL Digital Monochrome Color 16 megapixel Camera with Camera Link interface Document Version ver 1 0 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm...

Page 3: ...3 Pre processing Functions overview 16 6 3 1 Blemish Compensation AM 1600CL only 16 6 3 2 Gain and Channel Balance 17 6 3 3 Flat Field Correction Pixel non uniformity AM 1600CL only 17 6 3 4 Programma...

Page 4: ...0 8 7 2 b General 43 8 7 2 C Image Processing 47 8 7 2 d Utilities 49 8 8 Other menu selection 50 9 External Appearance and Dimensions 51 10 Specifications 53 10 1 Spectral response 53 10 2 Specificat...

Page 5: ...lses with EPS and PWC modes available The Camera ink digital output is selectable at8 bits 10 bits or 12 bits Lens mount options include F mount or Universal P mount which is the factory option The la...

Page 6: ...arting point 2X binning in horizontal vertical or H V directions AM 1600CL only Programmable shutter from 3 lines 295 98 s to 3248 lines 320 45ms Pre select and Pulse width trigger modes Built in LUT...

Page 7: ...mm for tripod mount plate Note 4 1 Note Rear protrusion on Universal P mount lens must be less than 11 0mm 2 Note Rear protrusion on Nikon F mount lens must be less than 12 0mm 3 Note When a CameraLin...

Page 8: ...Type 26 pin MDR connector 3M 10226 1A10PL Fig 3 26 Pin Camera Link Connector Pin No In Out Name Note 1 14 Shield GND 2 15 O TxOUT0 3 16 O TxOUT1 4 17 O TxOUT2 Data out 5 18 O TxClk Clock for CL 6 19 O...

Page 9: ...wer circuit The line voltage is 5V and the output level is 4V without termination XEEN output is always negative polarity Through Camera Link connector EEN output is available This output is always po...

Page 10: ...ort B0 B2 A8 A8 Tx7 Port B1 B3 A9 A9 Tx8 Port B2 B4 NC A10 Tx9 Port B3 B5 NC A11 Tx12 Port B4 B6 B8 B8 Tx13 Port B5 B7 B9 B9 Tx14 Port B6 B8 NC B10 Tx10 Port B7 B9 NC B11 Tx11 Port C0 NC B0 B0 Tx15 Po...

Page 11: ...L and AB 1600CL use a dual tap CCD sensor The L channel video and R channel video are recomposed in the camera as one frame of the video The odd pixel and even pixel on the raster frame is alternative...

Page 12: ...sync selection function The functions are described in detail below 6 2 1 Digital Video Output Bit Allocation The 10 bit digital output is set 890 LSB as 100 video level when CCD output is 200mV The w...

Page 13: ...a Link interface This can be selected via serial interface 6 2 4 Rear panel indicator The rear panel mounted LED provides the following information Amber and Red Power connected initiating OS approx 2...

Page 14: ...e In partial scan mode the starting line is user programmable see next section When an odd line is selected for the start it starts with the GRG sequence When an even line is selected it starts with B...

Page 15: ...nt horizontal or and vertical pixels are added together and read out as one pixel Binning results in half of horizontal and or vertical resolution but higher frame rate and higher sensitivity For hori...

Page 16: ...l non uniformity and LUT Look Up Table A brief description of each function is included on the following pages See Section 8 for instructions regarding how to set up these functions using the camera s...

Page 17: ...In order to balance both channels the balancing uses L channel as the reference and R channel is adjusted so as to have the same level as that of L channel for both gain and offset 6 3 3 Flat Field C...

Page 18: ...AB 1600CL 18 6 4 Sensor Layout and Timing 6 4 1 CCD Sensor Layout The CCD sensor layout with respect to pixels and lines used in the timing and video full frame read out is shown below Fig 12 CCD sens...

Page 19: ...g The LVAL period is shown for continuous mode LVAL int_XSUB int_XSG Exposure EEN CCD out DATA out DVAL OB Buffer Effective pixels 1CLK 33 33 ns 30MHz Continuous LVAL period OB Buffer 2960 2468 492 8...

Page 20: ...period for continuous mode full scan is shown Continuous mode Full frame mode FVAL LVAL int_XSUB int_XSG Exposure EEN CCD out DATA out DVAL 3327L 3248L 56L 20L 3L Buffer OB Effective lines Buffer OB...

Page 21: ...f e c t i v e L i n e s 1 C B A 2 6 0 8 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 8 4 1 0 8 1 In case the start line 2448 line image height 800 lines Partial scan mode FVAL period int High Speed Transfer int_XSG int_XSUB Exposur...

Page 22: ...alf and at the same time increasing frame rate This function is available only for AM 1600CL Important Note Vertical Binning cannot be used together with Partial Scanning Vertical Binning Horizontal T...

Page 23: ...DVAL Fig 18 Vertical Timing for vertical binning 6 5 Operation Modes This camera can operate in 3 primary modes 1 Continuous Mode Pre selected exposure 2 Edge Pre select Mode Pre selected exposure 3...

Page 24: ...or programmable Shutter speed or Programmable exposure Other functions and settings Input Ext trigger Camera Link or 12 pin Hirose Important notes on using this mode 1 The minimum trigger duration 1LV...

Page 25: ...mode PWC Scanning Normal Programmable Partial scan H V or H V binning Other functions and settings Input Ext trigger Camera Link or 12 pin Hirose Important notes on using this mode 1 The minimum trig...

Page 26: ...r AM 1600CL AB 1600CL Function Shutter Binning Note 1 Accumulation Trigger mode Pre set Programmable Partial H V H V LVAL sync async Cont EPS Auto PWC Auto Note 1 The binning function is available for...

Page 27: ...nal trigger termination 75 TTL The factory default is OFF TTL Fig 22 DIP switch location 7 2 Register based command control All configuration of the AM 1600CL AB 1600CL camera is done via serial commu...

Page 28: ...AM 1600CL AB 1600CL 28...

Page 29: ...00 RW R0020 046C 00000004 1 000 000 times by DB value Example B is Start Balancing WO R0020 03C0 00000001 At first set the L channel OFF SET at the expected value Then set the R channel OFF SET at the...

Page 30: ...RW R0010 00C0 00000004 RW R0010 00C0 00000005 RW R0010 00C0 00000006 RW R0010 00C0 00000007 RW R0020 0130 0000000X 0 Linear 1 0 45 2 to 7 User 1 to User 6 Load WO R0020 0134 00000001 Write 00000001 to...

Page 31: ...lope of LUT first point Calculated by 1st and 2nd points Point 1 0x80 0x7F RO R0020 01E4 The slope of LUT 2nd point Calculated by 2nd and 3rd points Point 2 0x80 0x7F RO R0020 01E8 The slope of LUT 3r...

Page 32: ...Start line of Partial scan Height 800 3247 RW R0010 0134 00000XXX Line numbers for Partial scan Height of the picture Start 0 3247 RW R0010 0138 00000XXX Start line of Partial scan Height 800 3247 RW...

Page 33: ...GA reset Hardware Status RO R0020 0010 Bit 0 GPIO Bit 1 AFE Bit 2 TSG Bit 3 DAC Bit 4 Flash Memory Bit 5 WDT 0x800 0x7FF RO R0020 0060 Inside temperature around CCD 128 C to 128 C RW R0020 0230 000000...

Page 34: ...p WO R0020 02C0 0000000X 1 Start 0 Stop Status RO R0020 02C4 Bit 0 Complete Bit 1 Stop Dark Ratio 0 100 RW R0010 02B0 0 0 to 100 100 Progress 0 100 RO R0020 02D0 Completion ratio until now Run Stop WO...

Page 35: ...a Communication window The camera control software is for configuring and setting parameters of the AM 1600CL and AB 1600CL The interface is asynchronous serial communication through Camera Link SerTF...

Page 36: ...5 When the installation is completed Click CLOSE 8 3 Start up the software In order to communicate with the camera it is necessary to select the appropriate port after starting up the software 1 Click...

Page 37: ...AM 1600CL AB 1600CL 37 2 The following start up screen appears Note At this moment communication is not initiated 8 4 How to connect the camera 1 Click Refresh to read available ports...

Page 38: ...ct the camera Click Disconnect and when the indication is changed to Connect the camera is disconnected 8 6 How to reconnect the camera While the camera is connecting to the control tool software if t...

Page 39: ...rdingly clicking on Refresh tab should be executed on each screen such as General Image Processing and Utilities Once it is executed the communication between the control tool and camera is activated...

Page 40: ...put Options are provided for manual or automatic balancing n Offset This is used to adjust the video black level of the right channel to match the left channel It should be performed by covering the l...

Page 41: ...arrows or type the values directly into the text boxes Automatic gain and gain channel balance 1 Click ON in the Balance pane 2 Input the required gain value in A dB for instance 3 3 Click the balanc...

Page 42: ...Offset and Gain 3 Click Save RAM to Flash Note Data cannot be stored if the power of the camera is OFF before the execution of Save RAM to Flash Special Caution For saving data Factory settings should...

Page 43: ...posure time Use this to control the camera s electronic shutter settings No Shutter No shutter operation Preset Select Preset shutter speed 0 to A see the table below Direct Set the exposure from 3L t...

Page 44: ...he HIROSE 12 pin or the Camera Link connector Also select the trigger polarity for Camera Link and 12 pin respectively q Pixel Depth Select the depth of the video output through Camera Link Choose fro...

Page 45: ...T 1 Select one of the user programmable options User 1 to 6 in the Table drop down Click Load Selected to load any previously saved values for this setting Note As for Linear and Gamma the characteris...

Page 46: ...the processed pixel and the data from the left and the right pixels of the processed pixel by a certain ratio and replace the data of the processed pixel with added data The ratio is fixed and can be...

Page 47: ...e click Save RAM to Flash on the Gain Offset page n Blemish AM 1600CL only You can choose to activate blemish compensation or you can leave it off which is the factory default setting Blemish compensa...

Page 48: ...aining controls as follows Save Save the compensation data stored in RAM to Flash memory Load Load the Dark and Bright compensation data Verify Verify the data in RAM and in Flash memory to be the sam...

Page 49: ...y clicking the STOP button Both Dark and Bright calibration must be performed as a set Dark only or Bright only cannot be initiated After running both Dark and Bright calibration the data should be sa...

Page 50: ...e maximum length in milliseconds that the software will wait for a replay after a serial command has been sent to the camera If no reply is received in the allocated time the software will time out No...

Page 51: ...1 9 External Appearance and Dimensions DIGIT AL I O P O WER TRIG DC IN TRIG 40 27 5 40 40 7 110 40 7 7 110 120 110 55 55 40 M42 1 4 M3 depth 5 4 M3 depth 5 4 M3 depth 5 4 M3 depth 5 Fig 23 Outline AM...

Page 52: ...0CL AB 1600CL 52 D IGITAL I O P O WER TR IG DC IN TR IG 110 40 110 55 55 4 M3 depth 5 4 M3 depth 5 4 M3 depth 5 8 121 8 8 110 13 57 40 15 57 34 40 40 15 15 Nikon Mount Fig 24 Outline AM 1600CL F AB 16...

Page 53: ...AM 1600CL AB 1600CL 53 10 Specifications 10 1 Spectral response Fig 25 Spectral response for AM 1600CL Fig 26 Spectral response for AB 1600CL...

Page 54: ...ntal x 2 Vertical x 2 H V x 2 None Digital Video output Camera Link Base Configuration 8 bit 10 bit and 12 bit selectable 2 channel Pixel Interleaved output Input signal Trigger signal TTL 75 Polarity...

Page 55: ...Mount M42 x 1 0 or Nikon F mount Factory option Rear protrusion on Universal P Mount must be less than 11mm and 12 mm for Nikon F mount Flange back Universal P Mount 45 5 mm Tolerance 0 to 0 05 mm Ni...

Page 56: ...some pixel defects can occur This does not have a practical effect on the operation of the camera These will show up as white spots blemishes Exposure to cosmic rays can cause blemishes to appear on...

Page 57: ...0CL can be downloaded from www jai com 2 Datasheet for AM 1600CL AB 1600CL can be downloaded from www jai com 3 Camera control software can be downloaded from www jai com 4 Specifications for the CCD...

Page 58: ...mera Link 8 Camera Link connector 9 CCD sensor 7 14 18 57 Continuous operation 6 12 13 23 E external trigger 9 13 23 24 H Hirose 8 9 13 24 25 M Mini CL connector 8 P Preset Shutter 54 Programmable exp...

Page 59: ...his manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners JAI A S cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to pro...

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