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Digital Monochrome and Color 

2 Megapixel Progressive Scan Camera 

 

CV-M2CL 
CV-M8CL

 

 

Operation Manual

 

 

Camera: Revision D 

Manual: Version 2.2 

 
 
 

 

M2-8ManuaDec14.doc  

JPT 14-12-05 

Summary of Contents for CV-M2CL

Page 1: ...Digital Monochrome and Color 2 Megapixel Progressive Scan Camera CV M2CL CV M8CL Operation Manual Camera Revision D Manual Version 2 2 M2 8ManuaDec14 doc JPT 14 12 05 ...

Page 2: ...ls dual channel 12 6 2 7 LVAL synchronous accumulation 13 6 2 8 LVAL a synchronous accumulation 14 6 2 9 Partial scanning vertical timing 15 6 2 10 Vertical binning 16 6 3 Input Output of Timing Signals 17 6 3 1 Input of Timing Signals 17 6 3 2 Output of Timing Signals 17 6 4 Trigger Modes 17 6 4 1 Continuous Operation Non triggered 18 6 4 2 Edge Pre select Mode 19 6 4 3 Reset Continuous Trigger m...

Page 3: ... history please contact your local JAI distributor 2 Standard Composition The standard camera composition consists of the camera main body and tripod mount plate The camera is available in the following versions CV M2CL Digital Monochrome 2 Megapixel Progressive Scan Camera CV M8CL Digital Color 2 Megapixel Progressive Scan Camera 3 Main Features Digital 1 monochrome and color 2 megapixel progress...

Page 4: ...s mount C mount 3 Rear panel with SW1 4 Digital output connector Camera Link 5 DC in Trigger in RS 232C connector 6 BNC connector for monitor video output 7 Gain potentiometer 8 Mounting holes M3 8x Note Rear protrusion on the C mount lens must be less than 10 mm Fig 1 Locations 3 ...

Page 5: ...mage is monochrome and with RGB pixels as the are from the CCD sensor 5 3 Digital Output Connector for Camera Link Type 26 pin MRD connector 13 14 1 26 3M 10226 1A10JL Fig 3 Camera Link connector The digital output signals follow the Camera Link standardized multiplexed signal output interface The output driver is NS type DS90CR285 and the receiver is NS type DS90CR286 The following signals are fo...

Page 6: ...or Reset Continuous Trigger mode Iris video is added from both channels Black level is 0 6 volt without termination Important note on using this signal for iris control The signal for iris video output is taken from the video signal after the gain control If it is used for auto iris control output video level can only be adjusted on the lens level adjust Fig 4 Video output 5 4 3 Trigger input The ...

Page 7: ...ir 6 Pair 8 Pair 9 Pair 10 Pair 11 Sheilds TXD out RXD in Ext trig 1 in Ground Signal Connector pin CV M2 Camera Camera Link Cable Camera Signals To Frame Grabber Ext Trig 2 in Camera Link Pin 1 14 13 26 X0 X1 X2 X3 Xclk SerTFG SerTC CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 Sheilds 4 x 7 1 MUX 8bit 10bit L2 L0 L3 L1 L4 L2 L5 L3 L6 L4 L7 L5 L8 L6 L9 L7 R2 L8 R3 L9 R4 NC R5 NC R6 R8 R7 R9 R8 NC R9 NC NC R0 NC R1 NC R2 NC R3...

Page 8: ...cle Image Velocimetry The accumulation can be LVAL synchronous or LVAL a synchronous In the following some of the functions are shown in details 6 1 1 Dual video output The video read out through Camera Link can be via a single or via double channels OS 0 for single channel OS 1 for dual channel If dual video outputs are used the frame grabber PC should reconstruct the image frame from the 2 half ...

Page 9: ...deo out Dump Read out Continuous video out Continuous video out Triggered Frame Fig 10 Reset continuous trigger mode 6 1 4 PIV mode The Particle Image Velocimetry PIV mode TR 5 can be used in applications where 2 images should be taken with a very short time interval It can only be used with strobe flash or lasers as the only illumination The first accumulation time is 4 µsec The second is as long...

Page 10: ...lope over the knee point is only 20 The Knee point can be adjusted from 712 to 1023 Knee point at max 1023 is the same as knee function off With the knee at 890 the camera can reproduce scene highlight up to 175 The image contrast is reduced to 20 for scene luminance higher than the knee point This function can be used in applications where the scene brightness is divided in an area in shadow and ...

Page 11: ...xel s Dum m y Bl ank Vi deo 1600 Pi xel s Dum m y Bl ank Si ngl e Out put 16 16 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 1 5 9 9 1 5 9 8 4 5 1 5 9 7 1 5 9 6 Dual Lch Out put Dual Rch Out put 1200 Ef f ect i ve Li nes Bl ank 2 Li nes 1 1200 2 3 1199 1198 272 272 276 Dum m y Bl ank 1216 Li nes 1916 Pi xel s 1092 Pi xel s 4 Reser ved Col um ns 4 Reser ved Col um ns 4 4 4 1092 Pi xel s 4 4 2 4 4 Pixel 1 1 R G G B G B R G G R G ...

Page 12: ... 4ck Reserved 54ck 11ck 1ck 6ck 3ck 10ck Fig 16 Horizontal timing single channel 6 2 4 Horizontal timing details single channel OS 0 For all modes full frame 1ck 25 nsec LVAL D VAL D ATA O UT 1600ck 16ck Dum m y Bl ank 16ck 1916ck 1674ck C C D O ut Effecti ve Pi xel s 1 LVAL peri od FVAL 242ck 34ck Dum m y Bl ank FVAL Rai si ng Edge FVAL Fal l i ng Edge 276ck 23ck 11ck 34ck 242ck 4ck 54ck 4ck O B ...

Page 13: ...34ck 34ck 272ck EEN 4ck Res er ved 54ck 6ck 1ck 1ck 10ck Fig 18 Horizontal timing dual channel 6 2 6 Horizontal timing details dual channel OS 1 For all modes full frame 1ck 25 nsec LVAL DVAL DATA OUT L ch 800ck OB 16ck 272ck Dummy Bl ank 1092ck 854ck CCD Out L ch 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 7 7 9 6 7 9 8 8 0 0 7 9 9 7 9 7 7 9 6 7 9 8 7 9 9 8 0 0 Ef f ect i ve Pi xel s 11ck 11ck 1 LVAL per i od FVAL O...

Page 14: ... may not be finished before the frame is read out It makes it possible to have a trigger rate close to the frame rate 1 FVAL 3 LVAL Important notes on using this mode In LVAL synchronous PWC mode exposure jitter up to 1 LVAL can be the result if the trigger trailing edge is not synchronized to LVAL LVAL Ext Tr i g M i n 2L 0 5L SUB SG Exposur e Per i od Vi r t ual SUB Equi val ence Pul se Dat a ou...

Page 15: ...er than the exposure time 1 FVAL 3 LVAL Important notes on using this mode In LVAL a synchronous PWC mode there is no exposure jitter LV A L Ext Tri g 0 5L SU B 114ck 37ck SG Exposure Peri od Vi rtual SU B Equi val ence Pul se D ata out del ay 0 5L to 1 5L Exposure del ay 151ck 3 76us FV A L Speci fi ed N um ber of LVALs by shutter set A ctual Exposure Peri od D A TA O U T O B O B Fig 22 LVAL a sy...

Page 16: ...Fig 24 Partial scanning vertical timing The following table shows the figures for partial scanning The maximum frame rate FPS for single and dual channel readout is shown for normal mode TR 0 For triggered modes it will be lower because the accumulation time is added to the read out time 1LVAL 47 9 µsec single 27 3 µsec dual Table showing values for the vertical timing Single channel output Frame ...

Page 17: ...nly for lines during the DVAL high period It will not change the Horizontal timing Binning is available for CV M2CL in Normal mode TR 0 EPS mode TR 1 and PWC mode TR 2 Binning will not work together with partial scanning If both are set at the same time binning has the highest priority The below shown vertical timing is for normal mode TR 0 LVAL DATA O UT SUB SG FVAL O B 1 4L 2L 2 3 4 5 5 9 7 5 9 ...

Page 18: ... external trigger modes which can be set by RS 232C commands 1 Normal continuous Mode TR 0 Pre selected exposure SM 0 SM 1 2 Edge Pre select Mode TR 1 Pre selected exposure SM 0 SM 1 3 Reset Continuous Trigger Mode TR 2 Pre selected exposure SM 0 SM 1 4 Pulse Width Control Mode TR 3 Pulse width controlled exposure 5 Burst Trigger mode Mode TR 4 5 EPS Read out by trailing trig edge 6 PIV Mode TR 5 ...

Page 19: ...se It is for full scan only The video can be 50 or 60 frames per second with a line frequency at 15 734 kHz CCIR has 290 active lines Shutter speed 262 LVAL EIA has 240 active lines Shutter speed 262 LVAL For M8 the analog video signal is monochrome direct from the CCD without any compensation for the Bayer filter To use this mode Set function Trigger mode Normal TR 0 Shutter mode Normal or Progra...

Page 20: ...other functions Input Ext trigger to Camera Link or pin 10 on 12 pin connector Important notes on using this mode The duration of the trigger should be 2LVAL to 3FVAL If LS 0 Synchronous accumulation the minimum trigger interval is the longest of 1 FVAL 3 LVAL or the exposure time 3LVAL The new exposure should not be finish before the previous frame is read out If LS 1 Asynchronous accumulation th...

Page 21: ... controlled iris in intelligent traffic surveillance applications To use this mode Set function Trigger mode Reset continuous trigger TR 2 LVAL synchronous accumulation to synch LS 0 Shutter mode Normal or Programmable SM 0 SM 1 Shutter Speed SH 0 through 9 Programmable exposure PE 1 through 1216 Scanning format SC 0 through SC 4 Output select OS 0 OS 1 Polarity and other functions Input Ext trigg...

Page 22: ...LVAL for sync accumulation 1 1 LVAL for a sync Maximum is Thermal noise and dark current noise will increase by accumulation time therefore the exposure time is not recommended to exceed 2 seconds If LS 0 Synchronous accumulation the minimum trigger interval is 1 FVAL 3 LVAL The new exposure should not be finished before the previous frame is read out If LS 1 Asynchronous accumulation the minimum ...

Page 23: ...use this mode Set function Trigger mode Burst EPS TR 4 LVAL synchronous accumulation to synch LS 0 Burst Shutter 1 BSH1 1 through 1216 Burst Shutter 2 BSH2 1 through 1216 Burst Shutter 3 BSH3 1 through 1216 Burst Shutter 4 BSH4 1 through 1216 Burst Shutter 5 BSH5 1 through 1216 Scanning format SC 0 through SC 4 Output select OS 0 OS 1 Polarity and other functions Input Ext trigger to Camera Link o...

Page 24: ...ut select OS 0 OS 1 Polarity and other functions Input Ext trigger to Camera Link or pin 10 on 12 pin connector 2 strobe flash Important notes on using this mode The duration of the trigger should be 2LVAL to 3FVAL Minimum trigger interval is 2 FVAL 2 LVAL A new trigger must not be applied before FVAL is low after second frame readout 1LVAL 47 9 µsec single 27 3 µsec dual For minimum trigger delay...

Page 25: ...minance and video output 0 45 will expand the contrast in dark and compress the contrast in light parts of the scene Gamma 0 45 is only available for single output RP Rear pot enable disable Select master gain from the potentiometer RP 1 or RS 232C RP 0 Sw 1 4 in position potm ON has highest priority AU Auto dual adjust This function is used for automatic calibration of the 2 channels to have same...

Page 26: ...2CL only To adjust the Knee point for both channels and to fine adjust the R channel Refer to 6 1 6 Knee function Important notes on using this functions Adjusting the gain and black level settings should only be done when the camera is on its operation temperature 30 minutes after power on 6 5 1 Mode and function matrix The following table shows which functions will work in the different modes Fu...

Page 27: ...ware version number as a 3 digits number Camera ID ID If received the camera will send back its ID which is a manufacturing code Model Name MD If received the camera will send back its model name User ID UD With this command the user can program and store up to 16 characters for identification 6 7 Save and Load Functions The following commands are for store and load camera settings in the camera E...

Page 28: ...0 9 1 14000 PE programmable exposure 1 1216 BSH1 burst shutter1 1 1216 BSH2 burst shutter1 1 1216 BSH3 burst shutter1 1 1216 BSH4 burst shutter1 1 1216 BSH5 burst shutter1 1 1216 LS lval synchronous accumulation 0 sync 1 async TI tirgger input 0 camera link 1 hirose 12pin 10p TP tirgger polarity 0 active low 1 active high SG sensor gate control 0 off 1 on BL black level master 0 1023 BLF black lev...

Page 29: ...actory use TTL 75Ω OFF ON Gain 1 2 3 4 Trig 1 term Video out RS 232 potm Digital Analog TTL 75Ω SW 1 Factory use TTL 75Ω Gain 1 2 3 4 Trig 1 term Video out RS 232 potm Digital Analog TTL 75Ω SW 1 Factory use TTL 75Ω OFF ON Fig 35 SW1 on camera rear 7 2 RS 232C Camera Link switch The internal switch SW 700 HR CL can be used to select the control input via the 12 pin Hirose as RS 232C or via Camera ...

Page 30: ...TXD 5 GND 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 CI 9 pin D con PC COM PORT CAMERA Protocol Transmit setting to camera NN Parameter CR LF NN is any kind of command Capital or small letters The camera answers COMPLETE CR LF To have all communication visible on the emulator screen start with EB 1 CR LF The camera answers COMPLETE CR LF Transmit request command to camera NN CR LF NN is any kind of command The camera answers ...

Page 31: ...g PE Param CR LF 0 OFF 1 ON M2 only Not rev D BSH1 EPS Burst shutter 1 BSH1 Param CR LF BSH2 EPS Burst shutter 2 BSH2 Param CR LF BSH3 EPS Burst shutter 3 BSH3 Param CR LF BSH4 EPS Burst shutter 4 BSH4 Param CR LF BSH5 EPS Burst shutter 5 BSH5 Param CR LF 1 1216 As programmable shutter D Signals and polarity LS LVAL synchronous accum LS Param CR LF 0 syn accum 1 asyn Accum TI Trigger Input TI Para...

Page 32: ...s much more than a program with a window interface It also provides an easy and efficient ActiveX interface built for MS Windows 98 ME NT and 2000 The OCX interface has the ability to connect to the camera using the serial interface of the PC by reading and writing properties for the camera This integration requires simple programming skills within Visual Basic Visual C or similar languages in a M...

Page 33: ...can be saved in the folder address mentioned above and it will automatically be included in the list of help files For newer camera models the About Window also shows Model Name camera ID and User ID It is possible to edit and save free text in User ID At the bottom of the windows all windows but the Communication Window is a coloured bar The bar is green when the Camera Control Tool is connected ...

Page 34: ...ome of the frame grabber companies have updated their clser dll in order to be found and loaded by clallserial dll The new dll works in a different way 1 You have to create a new folder C cameralink serial 2 The frame grabber clser dll must be moved to the new folder 3 clallserial dll loads all dlls that are called clser dll and which are found in the folder C cameralink serial Auto search Click t...

Page 35: ...een loaded if the camera is online Factory and User Settings Use the Store button to store the current camera settings into the user settings area in EEPROM Current camera settings are not saved when the camera is turned off To save current camera settings you have to save them on the available user areas Use the Load button to restore previously saved camera settings from either the Factory or th...

Page 36: ...he Camera Control Tool saves the last used settings not the user area which don t have to be the same as for the last saved user area 6 The setup file CameraName ini stores all information about camera settings When the program is started the 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 Camer...

Page 37: ...th nm 400 500 600 700 800 1 0 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 Relative response B G R W ave length nm 400 500 600 700 800 1 0 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 Relative response B G R 300 400 500 600 700 800 Wave lenght nm 1 0 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 Relative response 900 Fig 40 Spectral sensitivity for CV M2CL Fig 41 Spectral sensitivity for CV M8CL 36 ...

Page 38: ...chrome composite 1 0 Vpp 75 Ω 50 or 60 FPS 15 734 kHz Iris video output Analog 0 7 Vpp 75 Ω for iris control Gamma 1 0 or 0 45 Single channel only 1 0 Knee function Slope 100 to 20 Knee point adjustable Gain Gain range Manual potentiometer or remote 3 to 12 dB 0 4095 Synchronization Int X tal Ext random trigger LVAL synch or asynch Inputs TTL Camera Link Ext trigger TTL 4 V 2 V Ext trigger Outputs...

Page 39: ...he video monitor screen This phenomenon is related to the characteristics of the Interline Transfer System employed in the CCD V Aliasing When the CCD camera captures stripes straight lines or similar sharp patterns jagged image on the monitor may appear Blemishes Some pixel defects can occur but this does not have en effect on the practical operation Cameras are shipped in the condition that CCD ...

Page 40: ...1 1 EN 50082 1 Company and product names mentioned in this 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 products and documentation without prior notification JAI A S Denmark Phone 45 4457 8888 Fax 45 4491 8880 www jai com JAI Corporation Japan Phone 81...

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