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BM-500

BB-500

Digital Monochrome/Color 5 megapixel

Camera with Camera Link interface

Document Version: 1.4

BMB-500CL_Ver.1.4_Sept2011

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for BM-500 CL

Page 1: ...BM 500CL BB 500CL Digital Monochrome Color 5 megapixel Camera with Camera Link interface Document Version 1 4 BMB 500CL_Ver 1 4_Sept2011 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...uipment 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 harmful...

Page 3: ...asures 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 the envir...

Page 4: ...asures 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 the envir...

Page 5: ...out Draft mode 14 6 2 Pre process functions 15 6 2 1 Bayer White Balance 15 6 2 2 L R channel balance 15 6 2 3 Automatic output level controls 15 6 2 4 Programmable Look Up Table LUT 16 6 2 5 Blemish...

Page 6: ...Tool Bar 33 8 2 The About Window 33 8 3 Communication Window 34 8 4 Camera Control Window 35 8 5 Look up table LUT 36 8 6 Using the Camera Control Tool 36 9 External Appearance and Dimensions 37 10 S...

Page 7: ...million pixel and CL stands for Camera Link interface BB 500CL Where B stands for Basic family B stands for Bayer mosaic color 500 represents the resolution 5 million pixel and CL stands for Camera L...

Page 8: ...C mount lens must be less than 10 0mm 2 Note When a Camera Link cable is connected to the camera please do not excessively tighten screws by using a driver The Camera Link receptacle on the camera mig...

Page 9: ...by SW 800 See Chapter 7 1 5 2 Digital Output Connector for Camera Link 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 TxOUT...

Page 10: ...the input circuit is designed as a flip flop circuit The leading and trailing edges of the trigger pulse activate the circuit The trigger polarity can be changed by TP 1 Trigger input level 4 V 2 V Tr...

Page 11: ...m the digital video FVAL LVAL DVAL and EEN are multiplexed into the twisted pairs which are a part of the Camera Link Trigger signals and the serial camera control are feed directly through its own pa...

Page 12: ...er programmable or fixed 2 3 1 2 1 4 and 1 8 image height It also features vertical binning BM 500CL only and decimation readout draft mode for faster frame rates There are 2 trigger modes in addition...

Page 13: ...ivates the Auto shutter function This function controls the shutter speed according to light changes and keeps the specified video level Auto shutter controls from OFF 1 15 to 1 250 seconds 6 1 3 Cont...

Page 14: ...gger at next LVAL prevents feed through noise 2 Avoid trigger at FVAL transition LVAL period as the function may randomly switch between next LVAL and immediate 2 External Trigger 1 LVAL 3 In this per...

Page 15: ...Command Parameter Start line STL 2 to 2058 End line ETL 2 to 2058 The effective read out lines can be calculated from the following formula The End line the Start line 1 Frame rate calculation Frame r...

Page 16: ...ach line readout Vertical binning can not be used together with the Partial scan Fig 11 Vertical Binning 6 1 10 Decimation readout Draft mode BM 500CL BB 500CL has a decimation readout draft mode 4 li...

Page 17: ...R2 GR1 GR2 B1 B2 GB1 GB2 White Balance Area s Select 6 divided area for both L and R channels Note Bayer white balance should be adjusted in continuous mode 6 2 2 L R channel balance BM 500CL BB 500C...

Page 18: ...f the LUT is not configured Gamma is set at 1 0 OFF 6 2 5 Blemish Compensation circuit BM 500CL BB 500CL has a blemish compensation circuit This function compensates for blemishes on the CCD sensor ty...

Page 19: ...out with respect to pixels and lines used in the timing and video full frame read out is shown below For Bayer color sequence refer to chapter 6 1 7 Fig 13 CCD sensor layout 1 1 Active Pixel Output 24...

Page 20: ...e H Timing FULL FRAME READ OUT PATIAL READ OUT 1LVAL 1924ck 32us 1ck 16 66ns LVAL DATA OUT OB Valid data OB 40ck 1228ck 1268ck 656ck DVAL 1228ck 696ck Fig 14 Horizontal timing 6 3 3 Vertical timing Th...

Page 21: ...r the fixed partial scan settings 1 2 1 4 1 3 and 2 3 Values for vertical timing in partial scan continuous mode AREA FVAL Low L A L B L C L Total line L frame rate L Start line End line 1 2 4 176 103...

Page 22: ...ombines charge from two adjacent lines reducing the vertical resolution to half and at the same time increasing frame rate and sensitivity By activating this function the frame rate is increased to 48...

Page 23: ...al timing Fig 19 Vertical Timing for Vertical Binning 6 3 6 Decimation readout Draft mode The draft mode reads out 4 lines out of every 16 lines The frame rate is 37 54 frames per a second Fig 20 Vert...

Page 24: ...me accumulation time is defined by the SH or PE commands The resulting video signal will start to be read out after the selected shutter time For timing details refer to fig 14 through fig 19 and fig...

Page 25: ...e period Trigger input during FVAL HIGH sets LVAL SYNC mode Fig 21 Pre select trigger mode LVAL synchronized LVAL async timing EPS LVAL ASYNC 8 s 1 s TRIG 2L min EEN XEEN FVAL 2L 3L CCD Exposure Expos...

Page 26: ...er functions and settings Input Ext trigger Camera Link or 12 pin Hirose TI 0 TI 1 Important notes on using this mode 1 The minimum trigger duration 1 LVAL LVAL async 2 LVAL LVAL sync 2 Depending on t...

Page 27: ...YNC Fig 24 Pulse Width trigger mode LVAL a synchronous 6 5 Mode and function matrix The following table shows which functions will work in the different modes for BM 500CL BB 500CL Func Shutter Partia...

Page 28: ...scription of the ASCII based short command protocol Communication setting Protocol Transmit setting to camera NN Parameter CR LF NN is any kind of command Capital or small letters The camera answers C...

Page 29: ...partial image This central part of the image is read out with normal speed The lines below the partial image are read out and dumped with a high speed Refer to the Chapter 6 2 4 When SC is set at 5 th...

Page 30: ...LSB for 10bit or 8 LSB for 8bit 7 4 Save and Load Functions The following commands are for store and load camera settings in the camera EEPROM Load settings LD This command will load previous stored s...

Page 31: ...leted yet 1 Succeeded 2 Error 1 G ch image too bright 3 Error 2 G ch image too dark 4 Error 3 Time out error One of values is back from camera B Shutter 1 Shutter Mode SM Param CR LF SM CR LF 0 Preset...

Page 32: ...gnal settings 1 Gain Level GA Param CR LF GA CR LF 84 to 336 2 Gain Adjust 2 GJUT2 Param CR LF GJUT2 CR LF 84 to 84 3 Gain Mode AGC Param CR LF AGC CR LF 0 Manual Gain Control 1 Auto Gain Control 4 AG...

Page 33: ...CR LF TPN CR LF 0 OFF 1 white noise 2 Horizontal grey 3 Vertical grey 4 Moving grey 5 Color bar 1 6 Color bar 2 7 Moving Color bar 13 Blemish Compensation BLM Param CR LF BLM CR LF 0 OFF 1 ON 14 Pixe...

Page 34: ...Factory area 1 User 1 area 2 User 2 area 3 User 3 area Latest used DATA AREA becomes default at next power up 2 Save Settings to Camera EEPROM SA Param CR LF 1 User 1 area 2 User 2 area 3 User 3 area...

Page 35: ...ps up a separate Tool Window when pressed The layout of the program can be adjusted by arranging the windows the way it is preferred The program will store this information and recreate this layout wh...

Page 36: ...ton is only used for RS 232 communication Off On line mode The Camera Control Tool Application can run Offline without a camera attached and all functions are fully functional in offline mode Off line...

Page 37: ...the Load button to restore previously saved camera settings from either the Factory or the User EEPROM area Write All Camera Data to File Click the Write Camera Data button to save all camera setting...

Page 38: ...ith the last used user area but for some old models it will start up with the last saved user area 5 The Camera Control Tool saves the last used settings not the user area which don t have to be the s...

Page 39: ...25 Outline 55 40 55 40 7 45 40 7 45 55 4 M3 5 DCIN TRIG DIGITAL I O POWER TRIG DCIN TRIG DIGITAL I O POWER TRIG 1 57 1 57 2 17 2 17 depth0 20 40 C Mount 4 M3 5 1 57 2 17 1 77 0 28 depth0 20 4 M3 5 1 5...

Page 40: ...ecifications 10 1 Spectral response Fig 26 Spectral response for BM 500CL Fig 27 Spectral response for BB 500CL 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 1 0 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 Relative Response Wa...

Page 41: ...Green w IR cut filter S N ratio More than 50 dB 0dB gain Digital Video output 8 10 or 12 bit in Camera Link 8 10 or 12 bit raw Bayer video in Camera Link Iris video output Analogue 0 7 Vpp Gain Manual...

Page 42: ...Hz to 200Hz XYZ Shock 70G Regulatory CE EN61000 6 2 and EN61000 6 3 FCC part 15 class B RoHS WEEE Power 12V DC 10 5 5W Normal Operation Lens mount C mount Flange back 17 526 mm 0 05mm Image centre 0 1...

Page 43: ...ut visible 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 co...

Page 44: ...te please use the provided screws 11 5 Exportation When exporting this product please follow the export regulation of your own country 11 6 References 1 This manual can for BM 500CL BB 500CL can be do...

Page 45: ...8 10 20 E external trigger 7 10 20 External trigger 4 G Gain 26 27 28 29 36 Gamma 36 H Hirose 6 7 10 20 22 26 27 L Lens mount 37 M Mini CL connector 6 P Partial scanning 11 17 18 25 Pixels in video o...

Page 46: ...ent for open corrector output 5 3 3 Add the caution for screw used for installation 11 4 July 2010 1 2 Change the Japanese text to English on Fig 10 Aug 2010 1 3 7 1 DIP switch Correct the drawing Pos...

Page 47: ...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 produc...

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