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RM/TM-4200GE

RMC/TMC-4200GE

Digital Monochrome/Color

Progressive Scan, Interline-Transfer GE Camera

Document Version: E

Document P/N: 10394

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Page 1: ...RM TM 4200GE RMC TMC 4200GE Digital Monochrome Color Progressive Scan Interline Transfer GE Camera Document Version E Document P N 10394...

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Page 3: ...55024 1998 A1 2001 All JAI Inc products bearing the CE mark have been declared to be in conformance with the applicable EEC Council Directives However certain factory installed options or customer req...

Page 4: ...expressly approved by the party responsible for FCC compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment RM TM 4200GE Series Operation Manual JAI Inc 625 River Oaks Parkway San Jose CA...

Page 5: ...Bayer Color Filter Array CFA 20 3 2 3 Starting Pixel Configuration 21 3 2 4 Sync and Data 21 3 2 5 Camera Functions 22 3 2 6 Interpolation Software 23 3 2 7 Color Interpolation 23 3 3 Electronic Shut...

Page 6: ...5 9 IPEngine 48 5 9 1 SignalRoutingBlock 50 5 9 2 ControlBits 52 5 9 3 PLC LookupTable 52 5 9 4 PLCSpecialConfigurations 54 5 9 5 Counters 56 5 9 6 Pulse Generators controls 57 5 9 7 PLC Grabber Feat...

Page 7: ...e Width Control Trigger 26 Figure 19 PIV Exposure Timing Table 27 Figure 20 PWC PIV Timing Table 27 Figure 21 Output and Blooming 28 Figure 22 Camera Timing Chart 30 Figure 23 Digital Data Output Orde...

Page 8: ...le 2 Scan Area Start Points 20 Table 3 Electronic Preset Shutter 23 Table 4 Asynchronous Mode Chart 28 Table 5 TM 4200GE Timing table 29 Table 6 Video Output 31 Table 7 External HD Locking and Externa...

Page 9: ...ction gauging character reading archiving and high security surveillance 1 2 Features Small size and light weight The printed circuit boards in the TM 4200GE have been arranged to create modular elect...

Page 10: ...ee modes to control the asynchronous reset and shutter speed Async no shutter The video signal and FDV are reset by external VINIT Internal shutter speed control The speed control varies from 1 15 to...

Page 11: ...list of additional accessories and options that may be required for your application Please check with your JAI Inc representative before you install your camera to determine what you might need PD 12...

Page 12: ...cables further reduce emissions 2 2 3 Power Supplies and Power Cable Setup 2 2 3 1 Power Supplies The TM 4200GE camera requires 12V DC power that is obtained through the 12 pin connector located on t...

Page 13: ...5 Orange coax shield GND Digital Ground 11 Blue RESV 6 Orange coax TTL IN External_Trigger 12 Black coax shield RESV Note Make sure that the unused leads are not touching and that there is no possibi...

Page 14: ...e sharpness when using lower cost zoom lenses custom optics or in unusual parameters There should be an obvious need to refocus the lens before attempting to change the back focus This is a very exact...

Page 15: ...in conjunction with progressive scanning enables the TM 4200GE to support simultaneous electronic shuttering of all lines pixels in order to freeze fast moving objects This is different from frame tr...

Page 16: ...Figure 6 Bayer 2 3 1 3 Full Scan Area 2x2 Binning TM TMC 4200 CL has 2x2 binning of the full scan area In full scan 2x2 binning mode pixel i j includes all the information of pixel 2i 1 2j 1 2i 1 2j...

Page 17: ...image post processing algorithm that enables the user to digitally modify the camera s field of view while maintaining a constant data rate between the camera and the host computer This is accomplishe...

Page 18: ...very fourth pixel in every fourth line of the full 2048 H x 2048 V CCD to produce a 512 H x 512 V output The image is effectively 1x digital zoom Figure 9 1x Digital Zoom 1 3x RPDZ 1 3x Mode produces...

Page 19: ...hat is effectively 2x digital zoom Figure 11 2x Digital Zoom 4x RPDZ 4x Mode produces an image that is effectively 4x digital zoom Figure 12 4x Digital Zoom Note The total zoom level will be the optic...

Page 20: ...primary color filter This filter provides the most popular color interpolation supported by numerous software suppliers The digital format allows the camera to output accurate pixel data including the...

Page 21: ...s such as R G start or G R start as well as G B start and B G start Once the correct scanning is configured the rest of the interpolation is exactly the same Contact JAI Inc for further information re...

Page 22: ...characteristics the LUT Look up Table is different The LUT is a powerful tool to adjust the dynamic range as well as the color dynamic range Since human color perception is non linear LUT selection ca...

Page 23: ...the software algorithm such as 3 x 3 interpolation 2 x 2 interpolation color matrix white balance capability and so on All AccuPiXEL color cameras are carefully designed for maximum color performance...

Page 24: ...inishes the line it is scanning and scans an additional 9 video lines this charge is sent to the horizontal register Because the external trigger is randomly applied the new image charge may overlap w...

Page 25: ...sure time from 0 video line to 2079 video lines can be controlled via software in one video line steps In this mode the minimum exposure time is equal to 0 video line plus overhead the maximum exposur...

Page 26: ...ss than 1 exposure time one frame transferring time The minimum active period of the external trigger is 5 s Theoretically the maximum active period of the external trigger is unlimited But due to the...

Page 27: ...y the pulse width of the external trigger which is similar to PWC mode The real exposure time of the first image is equal to the pulse width of the external trigger The maximum trigger frequency in th...

Page 28: ...he structure and the pixel size The TM 4200GE uses a CCD with 7 4 m x 7 4 m pixels and a two phase vertical shift register structure The well capacity is 40 000 electrons The theoretical dynamic range...

Page 29: ...is as follows Full Progressive Scan fHD 30 769 KHz 2 fVD 14 79 Hz 2 Internal Master clock 80 00 MHz Pixel clock 40 00 MHz 100L Partial Scan fHD 30 769 KHz 2 fVD 27 97 Hz 2 500L Partial Scan fHD 30 769...

Page 30: ...702 tM 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 1024 512 tN 2080 1100 620 385 1040 650 tP 2048 1000 500 250 1024 512 tQ 32 100 120 135 16 138 tR tU 3 tS tW 6 tT tH tU dual 16 50 58 61 8 x1 67 x2 46 x3 25 x4 4 single...

Page 31: ...ut Order for Configuration Figure 24 Field Video Timing Continuous Mode Table 6 Video Output Scan Area Data Clock Horizontal pixels Vertical lines A B C D E K L M N O A 40MHz 25 ns 1300 276 1024 0 0 2...

Page 32: ...Hz Time msec eF eG eH eI eJ A 40MHz 25ns 30 77 32 5 20ns 1300 100 1200 0 14 79 67 6 2 2080 9 2071 1 B 27 7 35 75 1100 1091 C 49 63 20 15 620 611 D 79 92 12 51 385 376 Table 8 Async Reset Scan Area As...

Page 33: ...e Software A GigE Vision camera can be controlled by any software that understands the protocol At JAI we provide the JAI GigE Vision SDK and Control Tool to interface with our cameras The remainder o...

Page 34: ...sufficient memory capacity Configure inter packet delay to avoid congestion in network switches Disable screen saver and power save functions on computers Use high performance computers with multi CPU...

Page 35: ...ect target NIC right click and click Properties Note The following procedure uses the Intel PRO 1000 as an example If a different NIC is used the setup tabs will likely be different In that case set t...

Page 36: ...Packet Size the camera can use 10 Click OK 11 Close Device Manager 12 Close System Properties clicking OK 4 3 5 Setting Receive Descriptors If the Network Connection Properties list contains a propert...

Page 37: ...connecting several cameras to one network interface card via a switching hub it is important to optimize the Inter Packet Delay of the cameras to avoid congestion in the switch A sure sign of congesti...

Page 38: ...erred to the Packet Delay column of the Control Tool 4 3 8 Confirm the Filter Driver is used The filter driver is installed as an optional function when JAI SDK is installed If the filter driver is no...

Page 39: ...Functions Operations 39 RM TM 4200GE Series If it is not shown confirm the setting in the Settings window Access the Settings window by clicking on the icon to the left of the blue question mark icon...

Page 40: ...images onto the onboard memory Acquisition is stopped when the onboard memory capacity is reached Images can be read from the camera using either ContinuousReadout or SingleFrameReadout ContinuousRead...

Page 41: ...ables the AsyncProgrammable value feature below Note see TABLE 3 Electronic Preset Shutter in Section 3 3 1 for shutter time of the Preset modes ContinuousProgrammable user defined shutter time in uni...

Page 42: ...ly auto balance the channels Black Level 5 3 Image Size Controls These controls allow you to make adjustment to the image s size scan mode and tap selection Please see section 3 1 for a table of possi...

Page 43: ...th to 600 and Height to 100 OffsetX can have a range of 0 to 40 OffsetX is then set to 20 OffsetY can have a range to 0 to 80 OffsetY is then set to 35 The resulting image is of size 600x100 with the...

Page 44: ...ammable scan area First line has a value of 0 and corresponds to the top of the image sensor For color cameras TMC RMC 4200GE this value changes the Bayer pattern of the captured image Sets PixelForma...

Page 45: ...Knee you can specify the curve by controlling two points The camera will calculate the table base on the Knee values below KneeX1 controls the X value of first Knee point KneeY1 controls the Y value...

Page 46: ...tLoad load the camera settings from the selected memory page UserSetDefaultSelector chooses which memory page the camera will use as setting during boot up 5 7 DeviceInformation Show camera s general...

Page 47: ...al Address LLA an IP Address in the 169 254 X X ranged is assigned By default only DHCP and LLA are enabled LLA will always be enabled To disable DHCP mode set GevCurrentIPConfigurationDHCP to false Y...

Page 48: ...host software must send at least one command to the camera during this period otherwise it loses control of the camera This is usually handled by the control tool 5 9 IPEngine The camera is sectioned...

Page 49: ...figuring the Camera 49 RM TM 4200GE Series Figure 33 PLC LUT Diagram Note Ext_VD EXT_HD EVINIT and INTG_CON all go the camera head TTL Output Strobe goes outside the camera via Pin 8 of the 12 Pin cab...

Page 50: ...a group of switches that lets you route signals to the PLC Lookup Table There are a total of 8 input lines numbered from I0 to I7 Each input line can accept a number of different signals The input sig...

Page 51: ...connected to the EXT_VD that goes to the camera head Please see the PLCSpecialConfigurations section below PLC PLC_Q7 PLC output This signal is also connected to the EXT_HD that goes to the camera hea...

Page 52: ...Low When a bit is toggled on the host software a Write Register command is sent to the camera The arrival time of the packet depends on current network traffic therefore is varied These are recommende...

Page 53: ...Variable2 Op2 Variable3 Variable0 Op0 Variable1 Op1 Variable2 Op2 Variable3 All Q controls follow this format PLC_Q _Variable0 the first input signal PLC_Q _Operator0 a Boolean operator PLC_Q _Variab...

Page 54: ...least Expert to get access to these controls There are two controls of interest in this category PLC_Q6_Configuration and PLC_Q7_Configuration These two controls affect which signal source the EXT_VD...

Page 55: ...Configuring the Camera 55 RM TM 4200GE Series Figure 38 PLC Special Configurations Figure 39 CountersAndTimersControls...

Page 56: ...ow to High PLC_Q16_FallingEdge decrement when the signal goes from High to Low PLC_Q16_AnyEdge decrement on any Falling or Rising Edge PLC_Q16_LevelHigh decrement when the signal is at the High sectio...

Page 57: ...to start the counter Currently it is set to Off meaning always on CounterValue the read only value showing the current counter value 5 9 6 Pulse Generators controls The Pulse Generator lets you create...

Page 58: ...ering Water level setting specifies how much of that memory to use with the AcquistionMode s recording features Once the buffer is full no more images will be stored Possible settings are Level50 50 L...

Page 59: ...Timer1 output to the camera s trigger line a Goto IPEngine ProgrammableLogicController LookupTable i Set Q4 PLC_Q4_Variable0 to PLC_I7 Trigger Line ii Set Q0 PLC_Q0_Variable0 to PLC_I4 Strobe output i...

Page 60: ...650 RPDZoom Factory Set Beginner TriggerPolarity RW ActiveLow ActiveHigh ActiveLow Beginner AnalogControls GainSelector RW All Tap2 All Beginner GainRaw RW 0 4095 Factory Set Beginner GainAutoBalance...

Page 61: ...RisingEdge PLC_Q17_FallingEdge PLC_Q17_AnyEdge PLC_Q17_LevelHigh PLC_Q17_LevelLow Off Beginner CounterResetActivation RW Off RisingEdge FallingEdge AnyEdge LevelHigh LevelLow Off Beginner CounterReset...

Page 62: ...htMax RO 0 2048 Beginner Width RW 0 to WidthMax OffsetX Beginner Height RW 0 to HeightMax OffsetY Beginner OffsetX RW WidthMax Width Beginner OffsetY RW HeightMax Height Beginner PixelFormat RW Monoch...

Page 63: ...nner KneeX1 RW 0 255 255 Beginner KneeY1 RW 0 255 255 Beginner KneeX2 RW 0 255 255 Beginner KneeY2 RW 0 255 255 Beginner LUTInversion RW Execute Command Beginner UserSets UserSetSelector RW Default Us...

Page 64: ...ion Iris opening on the lens 6 1 3 Symptom Non Synchronized Video Remedies Check that the following are properly connected and operational Proper mode output Frame grabber software camera selection 6...

Page 65: ...ochrome 0 12 lux Color 0 8 lux f 1 4 no shutter 15 fps Sensitivity 31uV e Video Output Analog Digital 1 0 Vp p 75 Gigabit Ethernet 8 bit 10 bit 12 bit Gamma Programmable LUT 1 0 std Lens Mount C mount...

Page 66: ...e 40 Physical Dimensions Caution When mounting the camera to any fixture do not use screws that extend more than 5 mm into the camera housing to avoid possible damage to the internal circuitry For att...

Page 67: ...Appendix 67 RM TM 4200GE Series 7 1 2 Spectral Response Figure 41 TM 4200 Spectral Response Figure 42 TMC 4200 Spectral Response...

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