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CM-030PMCL-RH

1/3” Progressive Scan

Monochrome Remote Head Camera

Document Version: 1.1

CM-030PMCL-RH_Ver.1.1_Sept09

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for CM-030PMCL-RH

Page 1: ...CM 030PMCL RH 1 3 Progressive Scan Monochrome Remote Head Camera Document Version 1 1 CM 030PMCL RH_Ver 1 1_Sept09 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nt 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 interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfer...

Page 3: ...CM 030PMCL RH ...

Page 4: ...6 3 3 Pulse Width Trigger Mode 20 6 3 4 EPS with Smear Less trigger mode 21 6 3 5 Minimum interval of the trigger input on each operation mode 22 6 4 Mode and function matrix 23 7 Configuring the Camera 24 7 1 RS 232C control 24 7 2 Setting functions 25 7 2 1 Bit allocation BA 0 BA 1 25 7 2 2 Partial scan SC 0 through 4 25 7 2 3 Vertical binning VB 0 VB 1 25 7 2 4 Shutter mode SM 0 and SM 1 25 7 2...

Page 5: ...1 Precautions 35 11 2 Typical Sensor Characteristics 35 11 3 Caution when mounting a lens on the camera 35 11 4 Caution when mounting the camera 36 11 5 Exportation 36 11 6 References 36 Change History 38 User s Record 39 ...

Page 6: ...ndard camera composition consists of Camera body x 1 Sensor Protection cap x 1 The camera is available in the following versions CM 030PMCL RH Where C stands for Compact family M stands for Monochrome 30 represents the resolution 330K pixels and PMCL for interface with Power over Mini CL Options OP735 Lens f 7 5mm F 1 6 OP715 Lens f 15mm F 2 0 OP724 Lens f 24mm F 3 1 PD 12U series AC power adaptor...

Page 7: ...power and trigger input Mounting holes M3 depth 3 5mm for tripod mount plate 1 Note When a Camera Link cable is connected to the camera please do not excessively tighten screws by using a screw driver The Camera Link receptacle on the camera might get damaged For security the force to tighten screws should be less than 0 291 Newton meter Nm Tightening by hand is sufficient in order to achieve this...

Page 8: ... using Channel Link chip sets The data bits from 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 transmitted directly through its own pairs The 26 pin Mini CL SDR connector pin assignment follows the Camera Link base configuration For a detailed description of the Camera Link stand...

Page 9: ...rt B3 NC NC Tx12 Port B4 NC NC Tx13 Port B5 NC NC Tx14 Port B6 NC NC Tx10 Port B7 NC NC Tx11 Port C0 NC NC Tx15 Port C1 NC NC Tx18 Port C2 NC NC Tx19 Port C3 NC NC Tx20 Port C4 NC NC Tx21 Port C5 NC NC Tx22 Port C6 NC NC Tx16 Port C7 NC NC Tx17 LVAL Tx24 FVAL Tx25 DVAL Tx26 EEN Tx23 Output Timing TxCLK A7 A6 EEN C7 B7 B6 A7 A6 C6 C3 C2 DVAL FVAL C5 C4 C3 C2 LVAL B2 B1 C1 C0 B4 B3 B2 B1 B5 A1 A0 B0...

Page 10: ...4 or 1 8 partial scanning and vertical binning for faster frame rates There are 3 trigger modes in addition to continuous operation The Pre Select Pulse Width control and Pre select with Smear Less are available with a unique automatic LVAL sync or async selection function Below the functions are described in detail 6 1 1 Digital Video Output Bit Allocation The 10 bit digital output is set 890 LSB...

Page 11: ...m exposure time 511L 16 24 µs x 2 L 32 48 µs 16 24 µs x 511 L 8 299 ms In binning mode Minimum Exposure time 2L Maximum exposure time 257L 20 069 µs x 2 L 40 138 µs 20 069 µs x 257 L 5 158 ms Preset shutter time for each output mode The preset shutter value is converted to the programmable value PE inside the camera Accordingly there is a slight difference between the preset shutter value and the ...

Page 12: ...on This function replaces the manual setting found in older JAI cameras Whether accumulation is synchronous or a synchronous in relationship to LVAL depends on the timing of the trigger input When trigger is received while FVAL is high during readout the camera works in LVAL synchronous mode preventing reset feed trough in the video signal There is a maximum jitter of one LVAL period from issuing ...

Page 13: ...By adding 2 pixels together the sensitivity is doubled The charge accumulated in 2 adjacent lines is added together in the horizontal CCD register This is done by providing two pulses to the vertical CCD register for each line readout Vertical binning cannot be used together with the Partial scan Fig 6 Vertical Binning Normal full scanning 2 line Vertical Binning H H Horizontal CCD Register S H Re...

Page 14: ...r layout with respect to pixels and lines used in the timing and video full frame read out is shown below 8 Read Out Horizontal Read Out Vertical 2 659 494 2 504 OB OB 692 Effective Video Output 659 x 494 OB OB 8 Optical Black Pixel 1 1 7 511 249 942 clock 31 1 Fig 7 CCD sensor layout ...

Page 15: ...de Fig 8 Horizontal timing 6 2 3 Vertical timing The FVAL period for continuous mode full scan is shown Fig 9 Vertical timing for full scan FULL FRAME READ OUT PARTIAL READ OUT 1LVAL 942ck 16 24us 1ck 17 24ns LVAL 693ck 249ck DATA OUT Valid data OB 3ck 2ck 673ck 269ck DVAL 659ck 31ck ...

Page 16: ...information for 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 2 3 3 14 328 11 356 172 95 83 410 1 2 3 19 246 16 284 216 80 123 368 1 4 3 27 122 24 176 349 83 185 306 1 8 3 31 60 28 124 504 72 215 274 Fig 10 Vertical timing for partial scanning Fast dump period ...

Page 17: ...esolution to half and at the same time increasing frame rate and sensitivity By activating this function the frame rate is increased to 193 9 fps Important Note Vertical Binning cannot be used together with the Partial Scan mode Horizontal Timing Fig 12 Horizontal Timing for Vertical Binning FULL FRAME READ OUT PARTIAL READ OUT 1LVAL 942ck 16 24us 1ck 17 24ns LVAL 693ck 249ck DATA OUT Valid data O...

Page 18: ...re 4 TR 3 EPS with Smear less Mode Pre selected exposure 6 3 1 Continuous operation For applications not requiring asynchronous external trigger but should run in continuous operation this mode is used For timing details refer to fig 8 through fig 13 To use this mode Set function Trigger mode to Continuous TR 0 Scanning SC 0 through 4 V Binning VB 0 or 1 Shutter mode pre set or programmable SM 0 o...

Page 19: ...or 1 Shutter speed SH 0 to 9 Programmable exp PE 2 to 511 Other 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 interval 1 LVAL 2 Depending on the timing of the leading edge of the trigger pulse in relationship to FVAL accumulation will be synchronous or a synchronous in relationship to LVAL See chapter 6 1 5 ...

Page 20: ... trigger mode LVAL asynchronous LVAL ASYNC 3μ s 1μ s TRIG 2L min EEN FVAL FULL 6L 7 1L 97 44us 115 30us Vbinnin g 4L 5 2L 80 28us 104 36us In case the trigger pulse is input during FVAL being LOW LVAL async accumulation is initiated Exposure CCD Exposure ...

Page 21: ...t Ext trigger Camera Link or 12 pin Hirose TI 0 TI 1 Important notes on using this mode 1 The minimum trigger interval 1 LVAL 2 Depending on the timing of the leading edge of the trigger pulse in relationship to FVAL accumulation will be synchronous or a synchronous in relationship to LVAL See chapter 6 1 5 for details LVAL_sync timing Fig 16 Pulse width trigger mode LVAL synchronized LVAL SYNC TR...

Page 22: ...e fast dump is made this mode functions as the smear less mode which eliminates the smear on the upper part of the image Important notes on using this mode When the shutter setting is either PE 511 or OFF EEN is kept as HIGH Fig 18 EPS with Smear Less LVAL ASYNC 3μ s 1μ s 2L min TRIG 1L EEN FVAL FULL 6L 7 1L 97 44us 115 3us Vbinnig 4L 5 2L 80 28us 104 36us In case the trigger pulse is input during...

Page 23: ...ial 179 1 8 Partial 125 V Binning 259 EPS Smear less Full 578 2 3 Partial 423 1 2 Partial 351 1 4 Partial 243 1 8 Partial 189 V Binning 324 1 The minimum interval for trigger modes shows in case of LVAL sync mode For LVAL sync mode the accumulation time should be added 2 In order to maintain the minimum interval on the partial scan it is necessary so that the exposure time should not exceed the li...

Page 24: ...in the different modes for CM 030PMCL RH Func Shutter Partial scan V Binning Accumulation Trigger Mode Pre select Programmable LVAL sync async Cont TR 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes EPS TR 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Auto PWC TR 2 Yes Yes Auto EPS w Smearless TR 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Async only Fig 19 Mode and function matrix ...

Page 25: ...ra answers COMPLETE CR LF Transmit request command to camera NN CR LF NN is any kind of command The camera answers NN Parameter CR LF Transmit the following to have the camera actual setting ST CR LF The camera answers A complete list of the current settings Transmit the following to have a command list HP CR LF The camera answers A list with all commands and possible settings Invalid parameters s...

Page 26: ...ter It is done by double pulses to the vertical CCD register Note Vertical Binning cannot be used together with the Partial scanning 7 2 4 Shutter mode SM 0 and SM 1 With SM 0 this function selects the shutter from the 10fixed steps SH 0 through SH 9 With SM 1 from programmable in 550 steps PE 2 through PE 551 7 2 5 Trigger polarity TP 0 TP 1 The active trigger polarity is low as default TP 0 It c...

Page 27: ...ist 4 Firmware Version VN CR LF 3 digits e g 100 Version 1 00 5 Camera ID Request ID CR LF max 10 characters 6 Model Name Request MD CR LF max 11 characters 7 User ID UD Param CR LF UD CR LF User can save and load free text 11 or less characters B Shutter 1 Shutter Mode SM Param CR LF SM CR LF 0 Preset Shutter 1 Programmable exposure 2 Preset Shutter SH Param CR LF SH CR LF 0 Off 1 1 250 2 1 500 3...

Page 28: ...H E Gain Black and signal settings 1 Gain Level GA Param CR LF GA CR LF 84 to 336 2 Black Level BL Param CR LF BL CR LF 0 to 1023 F Saving and loading data in EEPROM 1 Load Setttings from Camera EEPROM LD Param CR LF 0 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 ...

Page 29: ...usted by arranging the windows the way it is preferred The program will store this information and recreate this layout when the program is restarted All Camera Control Tools have a Communication Window and an About Window The other window s contains camera control commands 8 1 1 Camera Control Tool Bar This is a Camera Control Tool Bar and when the button of each widow each control GUI can be ini...

Page 30: ... button 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 mode is indicated in The Communication Window where a status field with graphic and text indicates the on off line status Changing the selected communication port from the communication window ch...

Page 31: ...era Data button to save all camera settings into a text file The information that can be saved is Model Name Camera ID User ID Firmware Version Current Settings Factory Settings and the available User Areas The file is formatted as shown in the picture below EEPROM Current Area Click the Get Area button to read the power up settings area number 8 4 Camera Control Window The Camera Control Window c...

Page 32: ...e last settings for the program are loaded from the file CameraName ini 7 When you turn on the camera and the Camera Control Tool it is possible that the Camera Control Tool does not show the actual camera settings see 4 and 5 a To obtain the camera settings click Synchronize Program b To send the settings saved in the Camera Control Tool last used settings to the camera click Synchronize Camera c...

Page 33: ... 6 0 0 2 5 0 5 1 1 9 7 2 2 8 5 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 7 3 6 6 2 6 5 8 5 2 6 1 4 5 2 9 4 4 F C C s e a l S e ria l N o C a u tio n s e a l Outside Dimensions tolerance 0 3mm in inches Fig 20 Outline o N l a i r e S 5 6 0 5 6 1 Ø M15 5 x 0 53 0 12 16 5 0 65 0 55 0 53 0 43 0 85 21 5 11 13 5 14 2 36 60 7 6 0 7 1 Ø 0 1 0 in glass t 0 75 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 008 X Z Y ...

Page 34: ...CM 030PMCL RH 33 10 Specifications 10 1 Spectral response Fig 21 Spectral response for CM 030PMCL RH PMCL ...

Page 35: ...ation Int X tal Trigger input Via Camera Link EEN output 4 V from 75 source Trigger modes Pre Select Pulse Width and EPS with Smearless Accumulation LVAL synchronous or asynchronous automatic selection Preset Shutter speed OFF 1 120 9 fixed steps 1 250 to 1 30 000 second Programmable exposure 2 L to 511 L 32 48 s to 8 299 ms Pulse width control 2 L to 240 frames 32 48µs to 2 seconds Readout modes ...

Page 36: ...t 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 cosmic rays can cause blemishes to appear on the image sensor Please take care to avoid exposure to cosmic rays during transportation and storage It is recommended using sea shipment instead of air fligh...

Page 37: ...f you mount the tripod mounting plate 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 for CM 030PMCL RH can be downloaded from www jai com 2 Datasheet for CM 030PMCL RH can be downloaded from www jai com 3 Camera control software can be downloaded from www jai com Camera chassis Fixing...

Page 38: ...gger 4 Ｇ Gain 24 26 33 Gamma 33 Ｈ Hirose 18 20 25 Ｉ indicator 11 Ｌ Lens mount 33 LVAL synchronous 11 33 Ｏ OCX 27 Ｐ Partial Scan 15 Partial scanning 9 15 16 24 Pixels in video output 33 PoCL 4 6 Power over Mini CL 4 Pre select Trigger Mode 18 Preset Shutter 10 25 33 programmable exposure 10 Programmable exposure 4 25 33 Programmable Exposure 10 Progressive scan 4 Pulse Width 4 9 17 20 21 33 Ｒ rear ...

Page 39: ...CM 030PMCL RH 38 Change History Month Year Revision Changes Sept 2008 1 0 New release Sept 2009 1 1 Change the depth in chassis for screws from 4mm to 3 5mm and add caution ...

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