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AM-1600GE / AB-1600GE

 

 
 

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8.5

 

Operation Modes 

This camera can operate in 5 primary modes.  
 

 1. 

Continuous Mode 

 

Pre-selected exposure.

 

 2. 

Edge

 

Pre-select Mode (EPS) 

Pre-selected exposure. 

 

 3. 

Pulse Width Control Mode (PWC) 

Pulse width controlled exposure.

 

 4. 

Sequence Trigger (EPS)

  

Pre-selected exposure (EPS) 

 5.

 EPS Delayed Readout Trigger           

Pre-selected exposure (EPS) 

       6

. PWC Delayed Readout Trigger        

  Pulse width controlled exposure) 

 

 

8.5.1

 

Continuous operation 

For applications not requiring asynchronous external triggering, this mode should be used. 

 
For timing details, refer to fig. 21.through fig. 26.

 

  
To use this mode:  
Set function: 

Trigger mode               

Continuous 

 

Scanning                      

Full, Partial scanning 

 

Vertical binning 

   

On/Off (AM-1600GE only) 

 

 

Shutter mode              

Programmable, Exposure Time Abs, Auto shutter                  

 

Programmable exposure    3 to 3327 L 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for AM-1600GE

Page 1: ...AM 1600GE AB 1600GE Digital Monochrome Color Progressive Scan GigE Vision Camera Document Version Ver 1 0 AMB 1600GE_ver 1 0_Apr09 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...rt 1 FCC This 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...

Page 3: ...n on Measures for the Administration of the control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products known as China RoHS The table shows contained Hazardous Substances in this camera mark shows that th...

Page 4: ...n on Measures for the Administration of the control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products known as China RoHS The table shows contained Hazardous Substances in this camera mark shows that th...

Page 5: ...rnal Trigger Generator 17 7 GigE Vision Streaming Protocol GVSP 18 7 1 Digital Video Output Bit Allocation 18 7 2 Bit Allocation Pixel Format Pixel Type AM 1600GE monochrome 18 7 2 1 GVSP_PIX_MONO8 8b...

Page 6: ...al timing Normal continuous mode 36 8 6 3 Vertical timing Normal continuous mode 36 8 6 4 Partial Scanning 37 8 6 5 Vertical binning AM 1600GE only 38 8 5 Operation Modes 40 8 5 1 Continuous operation...

Page 7: ...the GenICam standard and contain an internal XML file that is used to describe the functions features of the camera For further information about the GigE Vision Standard please go to www machinevisio...

Page 8: ...0 45 Blemish compensation circuit built in AM 1600GE only Shading compensation pixel non uniformity compensation AM 1600GE only L R channel balance AGC Automatic Gain Control circuit provided Built in...

Page 9: ...bscrews Vertical type left and right of RJ 45 Note 3 12 Mounting holes M3 depth 5 mm for tripod mount plate Note 4 1 Note Rear protrusion on P mount lens must be less than 11 0mm 2 Note Rear protrusio...

Page 10: ...onnector for GPIO Auxiliary Type DD 09SSG Fig 4 D sub 9 pin connector 1 can be changed by DIP SW SW600 Pin no Signal Remarks 1 GND 2 12 V DC input 3 Opt IN 2 GND 1 GPIO IN OUT 4 Opt IN 2 Iris Video ou...

Page 11: ...In order to change the top cover must be removed Fig 5 DIP switches SW600 For selection of TTL IN 1 75 ohm ON or OFF Factory default is UP position 75 ohm OFF To set 75 ohm ON these two switches must...

Page 12: ...register set up Fig 6 GPIO interface Some of the descriptions in this diagram differ from those displayed in the camera control tool The following table shows display names and descriptions Line Sour...

Page 13: ...095 is 1 4096 dividing As the pixel clocks for the AM 1600GE and AB 1600GE are 30 MHz the output frequency is varied from 30MHz to 10 135 KHz 6 1 3 Pulse Generators 0 to 1 Each pulse generator consist...

Page 14: ...e relation of the input signal and the output signal through optical interface is as follows 3 3V t o 24 V U s er P ower 1 2 3 4 5 P S 810 1 2 3 2S C 409 8 2k 2 1 3 2 02 C Z 2 0Z 120 10 k B 3k 3 hiros...

Page 15: ...ator 1 Input Ports LVAL IN FVAL IN EEN IN OPT IN 1 OPT IN 2 TTL IN LVDS IN Soft Trigger 0 Soft Trigger 1 Soft Trigger 2 Soft Trigger 3 Pulse Gen 0 Pulse Gen 1 LEGEND 0 valid combination x Not valid d...

Page 16: ...OUT 1 0x07 OPUOUT 2 0x0C Pulse Generator 0 0x0D Pulse Generator 1 0x10 Time stamp reset 0x11 Sequence table reset 0x7F No connect Add 0x80 will result in low active output 0xB090 Pulse Generator 0 Sel...

Page 17: ...ators designated 0 through 1 that can be used to create various timing scenarios by programming start point endpoint length and repeats The following drawing is an example of settings FVAL is used for...

Page 18: ...unter Clear 0 PulseGenerator Clear R W 4 0x00 Free Run 0x01 High Level Clear 0x02 Low Level Clear 0x04 Rising Edge Clear 0x08 Falling Edge Clear 0xB01C Length Counter 1 Pulse Generator Length R W 4 0x...

Page 19: ...4 OPT IN 1 d 0xB000 Clock Choice 1 Pixel Clock 60MHz 0xB004 Counter Dividing Value 0 Pass through 0xB008 Length Counter 0 1000 Clocks 0xB00C Start point Counter 0 1 100 Clocks 0xB010 Start point Coun...

Page 20: ...1 Pixel Clock 0xB004 Counter Dividing Value 2959 1 2960 dev Line Rate 0xB008 Length Counter 0 1000 Clocks 0xB00C Start point Counter 0 1 100 Clocks 0xB010 Start point Counter 0 2 0 Infinite 0xB014 En...

Page 21: ...0mV 0 100 White clip Level Camera Link OUT LSB 400 460 4095 3560 128 CCD OUT mV Fig 14 Digital Output 7 2 Bit Allocation Pixel Format Pixel Type AM 1600GE monochrome In the GigE Vision Interface GVSP...

Page 22: ...rom a device In AB 1600GE the following pixel types supported by GVSP are available With regard to the details of GVSP please refer GigE Vision Specification available from AIA 7 3 1 GVSP_PIX_BAYGR8 B...

Page 23: ...line 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 X X X X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 X X X X G1 G1 B0 B0 Address Internal Name Access Size Value 0xA410 Pixel Format type R W 4 0x01080008 BAYGR8 0x0110000C BAYGR10 0x01100...

Page 24: ...ibed in this manual is for the ideal case and may deteriorate depending on conditions When using multiple cameras going through a switch and or a single path or when operating in a system with limited...

Page 25: ..._PACKED 3 04 fps 585 Mbit s MONO10 MONO12 3 04 fps 780 Mbit s AB 1600GE BAYGR8 3 04 fps 390 Mbit s BAYGR10 BAYGR12 3 04 fps 780 Mbit s Note The above data assumes that OB transfer mode is OFF If using...

Page 26: ...ket size of 16020 bytes if the used NIC has a Jumbo Frames function with setting of 16020 bytes or higher The following table shows the list for packet size setting step Note for calculation of Data T...

Page 27: ...e Mbit s J G ROUNDUP 4872 x 3248 x 8 8 4040 36 2 3953 2 3955 J 90 62 4040 18 x 3955 2 x 8 x 3 04 1000000 390 Mbit s 8 2 3 Disable Firewalls To ensure proper functions of the JAI SDK Control Tool all f...

Page 28: ...NIC right click and click Properties Note The following procedure uses Intel R 1000 NIC as an example If a different NIC is used the setup tabs will likely be different from those shown here Follow th...

Page 29: ...ose Device Manager 12 Close System Properties by clicking OK 8 2 5 Setting Receive Descriptors If the Network Connection Properties list contains a property called Receive Descriptors then change its...

Page 30: ...ching hub it is important to optimize the Inter Packet Delay of the cameras to avoid congestion in the switch A sure sign of congestion is the loss of packets Since increasing the inter packet delay a...

Page 31: ...cur due to Hyper Threading mode If it happens check that Hyper Threading is set at OFF This is set in BIOS When the image is being captured if the frame rate is decreased change the packet size Each p...

Page 32: ...ow 8 3 1 Vertical binning functions AM 1600GE only This function is only available on the AM 1600GE camera The AM 1600GE incorporates the vertical binning mode described below The vertical binning mod...

Page 33: ...even line is selected it starts with BGB sequence 8 3 3 Partial Scanning The partial scanning function employed in AM AB 1600GE is programmable The height of the image can be set from 800 lines as th...

Page 34: ...A018 The entered absolute time Time Abs is then converted to programmable exposure PE value inside the camera The formula below shows the relationship between the PE value used by the camera for the d...

Page 35: ...e image The pre processing functions include blemish compensation shading compensation including pixel non uniformity LUT Look Up Table and auto channel balance A brief description of each function is...

Page 36: ...ation function can compensate different gain and offset on each pixel as well as the shading caused by lighting or optics It is possible to use offset only black level correction or offset and gain co...

Page 37: ...Balance Register 0xA0D0 AB 1600GE only Normally the raw Bayer color signals are sent to the host PC as they are In the host PC the signals are interpolated to generate an RGB image and perform white b...

Page 38: ...below Fig 20 CCD sensor layout Important Note In the GigE Vision Standard only the video part is normally transferred In AM 1600GE and AB 1600GE OB transfer mode can be selected By using this mode th...

Page 39: ...AL period for normal continuous mode full scan is shown Fig 22 Vertical timing for full scan EEN LVAL i nt_XSUB i nt_XSG Exposure CCD out 1 CL K 3 3 3 3 n s 3 0 0 0 MHz DVAL E f f e c t i v e P i x e...

Page 40: ...al lines 33 333333 1000000000 Where A _line Ceil Top_Dump_line 3 12 If Top_Dump_Line is 0 A_line is 0 B_line Ceil Bottom_Dump_line 3 12 If Bottom_Dump_line is 0 B_line is 0 Example Case Partial lines...

Page 41: ...at the same time increasing frame rate and sensitivity By activating this function the frame rate is increased to 5 63 fps Important Note Vertical binning cannot be used together with Partial scannin...

Page 42: ...6 Vertical Timing for Vertical Binning EEN LVAL i nt_XSUB i nt_XSG Exposure CCD out 1 CL K 3 3 3 3 n s 3 0 0 0 MHz DVAL E f f e c t i v e P i x e l s 2468 2436 8 8 OB Bu f f e r DATA out 2436 8 8 Bu f...

Page 43: ...Delayed Readout Trigger Pre selected exposure EPS 6 PWC Delayed Readout Trigger Pulse width controlled exposure 8 5 1 Continuous operation For applications not requiring asynchronous external triggeri...

Page 44: ...through fig 26 Fig 27 To use this mode Set function Trigger mode EPS Scanning Full Partial Vertical binning ON OFF AM 1600GE only Shutter mode Programmable Exposure Time Abs Auto Programmable exposure...

Page 45: ...lting video signal will start to be read out after the trigger rising edge For timing details refer to fig 21 through fig 26 fig 28 To use this mode Set function Trigger mode PWC Scanning Full Partial...

Page 46: ...27 0 1 2 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 3 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 4 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 5 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 6 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 7 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 8 4872 3248 0 0 3327 0 1 9 4872 3248 0 0 33...

Page 47: ...t the trigger just after the sequence is reset It requires at least 500ms delay ROI can be set by 24 pixels unit in horizontal way In vertical way 1 line for AM 1600GE and 2lines for AB 1600GE can be...

Page 48: ...12 4920 Increase 8 pixels of OB and 16 pixels of buffer on both side Note The menu for ON or OFF of OB transfer mode is found on the Image Format Control of JAI SDK Camera Control Tool 8 5 7 Multi ROI...

Page 49: ...re select EPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Async 0x02 Pulse Width Control PWC Not applicable Yes Yes Yes Async 0x09 Sequential Pre select EPS Yes Yes Yes No Async 0x11 EPS Delayed Readout Yes Yes Yes Yes Async 0x1...

Page 50: ...LLA bits must be on 1 1 1 0x0014 Current IP Configuration R W 4 Bit 31 persistent Bit 30 DHCP Bit 29 LLA Bits can be OR ed LLA is always activated and is read only 0 1 1 0x0024 Current IP address R 4...

Page 51: ...in 1 second This register holds the most significant bytes 0 0x0940 Timestamp tick frequency Low R 4 This register holds the least significant bytes 6250000 0 0x0944 Timestamp control Reset W 4 Bit 0...

Page 52: ...0xA018 Exposure TimeAbs single R W 4 296 to 328264 OFF Actual exposure time in microseconds s The camera will round value off to match LVAL increments 328264 0xA030 Auto Exposure Value R O Auto shutte...

Page 53: ...uto Gain Value R O 4 Auto gain value on AGC ON 0xA0D0 One push Auto white balance W 4 0 execute 0 only 0xA0D4 AWB area R W 4 0 All pixels 1 Middle band pixels 3 Centre pixels 0 0xA0D8 Auto Balance Sta...

Page 54: ...sy 5 Limt 6 Trigger is not set as Normal mode 23 16 bit Progress indication 0 to 100 15 0 bit Error count of verify 0xA1FC Temperature R 4 0 0625 C step Specified range 40 C 55 C to 150 C 0xA200 LUT E...

Page 55: ...equence Gain 3 R W 4 224 to 1311 Pre program 3rd Gain value 0 0xC084 Sequence Gain 4 R W 4 224 to 1311 Pre program 4th Gain value 0 0xC088 Sequence Gain 5 R W 4 224 to 1311 Pre program 5th Gain value...

Page 56: ...R W 4 8 to 3248 Height Max 0xC13C Sequence ROI Size Y7 R W 4 8 to 3248 Height Max 0xC140 Sequence ROI Size Y8 R W 4 8 to 3248 Height Max 0xC144 Sequence ROI Size Y9 R W 4 8 to 3248 Height Max 0xC148...

Page 57: ...ce ROI Internal Repetition 2 R W 4 0 to 255 0 0xC1A4 Sequence ROI Internal Repetition 3 R W 4 0 to 255 0 0xC1A8 Sequence ROI Internal Repetition 4 R W 4 0 to 255 0 0xC1AC Sequence ROI Internal Repetit...

Page 58: ...OI1 Size X R W 4 24 to 4872 Width W Max 0xA508 ROI1 Size Y R W 4 8 to 3248 Height H Max 0xA50C ROI1 Offset X R W 4 0 to 4864 Horizontal offset 0 0xA510 ROI1 Offset Y R W 4 0 to 3240 Vertical offset 0...

Page 59: ...it29 GEV_EVENT_ END_OF_EXPOSURE 0 Bit28 GEV_EVENT_ START_OF_TRANSF ER 0 Bit27 GEV_EVENT_ END_OF_TRANSFER 0 Bit26 GEV_EVENT_ TRIGGER ERROR 0 Bit25 Line 1 Active TTL out1 0 Bit24 Line 2 Active TTL out 2...

Page 60: ...MERA TRIGGER 0 R W 4 GPIO Selector Line Source 0x00 CAMERA LVAL IN 0x02 CAMERA FVAL IN 0x03 CAMERA EEN IN 0x04 OPT IN 1 0x05 OPT IN 2 0x06 TTL IN 1 0x07 LVDS IN 1 0x0C SOFT TRIG 0 0x0D SOFT TRIG 1 0x0...

Page 61: ...0 External Appearance and Dimensions Fig 29 Outline View AM AB 1600GE P 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 L INK ACT DC IN TRIG G...

Page 62: ...GE AB 1600GE 59 Fig 30 Outline View AM AB 1600GE F 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 LINK ACT DC IN TRIG GPI O PO WE R TRI...

Page 63: ...AM 1600GE AB 1600GE 60 11 Specifications 11 1 Spectral response Fig 31 Spectral response for AM 1600GE Fig 32 Spectral response for AB 1600GE...

Page 64: ...ivity on sensor minimum 0 02 Lux Max gain Shutter OFF 50 video 0 35 Lux Max gain Shutter OFF 50 Green w IR cut filter S N ratio More than 56 dB 0dB gain More than 56 dB Green 0dB gain Digital video ou...

Page 65: ...ze is 1476 Byte Indicators on rear panel Power Hardware trigger GigE Link GigE activity Operating temperature 5 C to 45 C Humidity 20 80 non condensing Storage temp humidity 25 C to 60 C 20 to80 non c...

Page 66: ...e image sensor blemishes Over time 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...

Page 67: ...12 5 References 1 This manual for AM 1600GE AB 1600GE can be downloaded from www jai com 2 Datasheet for AM 1600GE AB 1600GE can be downloaded from www jai com 3 Camera control software can be downlo...

Page 68: ...Streaming Protocol 18 19 GPIO 7 9 12 34 48 62 GPIO programming examples 16 H Hirose 7 23 46 Host based color interpolation 4 I Inter Packet Delay 23 L Lens mount 67 LVDS 7 N Network Interface Cards 2...

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Page 70: ...Changes history Month Year Revision Contents 1 0 New issue...

Page 71: ...s 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 produ...

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