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EN Camera Series

Table of Contents

Camera Features...................................................................................... 29

6.1

Progressive Scanning ................................................................................. 29

6.2

Asynchronous Reset .................................................................................. 29

6.3

ADR (Automatic Dynamic Range) Control ......................................................... 32

6.3.1

Camera ADR Control Related Registers ........................................................... 32

6.3.2

Electronic Shutter .................................................................................... 33

6.3.3

Video Amplifier Gain Control ....................................................................... 34

6.4

Flash/Nighttime Light Control ...................................................................... 36

6.5

External Control ...................................................................................... 36

6.5.1

RS-485 .................................................................................................. 36

6.5.2

Ethernet ................................................................................................ 36

6.6

Color Filter Array (Color Version) .................................................................. 36

6.7

Image Formats ........................................................................................ 37

6.7.1

TIF Format ............................................................................................. 37

6.7.2

JPEG Format........................................................................................... 38

6.8

Image Transfer ........................................................................................ 38

6.8.1

UDP Image Transfer on Setup Channel ............................................................ 38

6.8.2

TCP Message-Based Image Transfer on the Control Channel................................... 38

6.9

Image Buffering ....................................................................................... 39

6.10

FTP ...................................................................................................... 39

6.11

NTP (Network Time Protocol)....................................................................... 40

Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting ............................................... 41

7.1

Problem 1: What Password Allows Login from a RS232 Debug Port or Telnet Session to the

EN Camera? .......................................................................................... 41

7.2

Problem 2: What is a Password to Start the EN Setup Software? ............................. 41

7.3

Problem 3: Does the EN Color Camera Produce a 24-bit Color Image?....................... 41

7.4

Problem 4: EN Setup Software Does Not Find Any Camera in the Network ................. 41

7.5

Problem 5: EN Setup Software Found the Camera, But the Video Image is too Dark or

Just Black ............................................................................................ 41

7.6

Problem 6: TTL Trigger/Ethernet Trigger/Serial RS-485 Trigger Does not Generate Trigger

......................................................................................................... 41

7.7

Problem 7: JPEG Image is Either Corrupt or Not a Full-Size Image ........................... 42

7.8

Problem 8: EN Camera Does Not Send any FTP Image to the FTP Server.................... 42

7.9

Problem 9: FTP servers switch between primary server and second server, even if the

hard disk is not full. ................................................................................ 42

7.10

Problem 10: The EN Camera Does not connect to light sensor. ............................... 42

7.11

Problem 11: Light Sensor Connection is Not reliable. .......................................... 42

7.12

Problem 12: IO Board Communication Error...................................................... 43

7.13

Problem 13: Night Time Image is Too Bright and License Plate is Whited Out or Saturated

......................................................................................................... 43

7.14

Problem 14: The Day Time Image is too Bright and Whites Out or Saturates the License

Plate .................................................................................................. 44

7.15

Problem 15: Flash_Erorr Appears in the Error Register ........................................ 44

7.16

Problem 16: Timestamp is Not Set to Current Local Time ..................................... 44

7.17

Information and Support Resources................................................................ 44

Appendix ............................................................................................... 45

8.1

Specifications.......................................................................................... 45

8.2

Physical Dimensions .................................................................................. 47

8.3

Spectral Response .................................................................................... 47

Configurable Order Options for EN Cameras ..................................................... 51

9.1

OP-IR.................................................................................................... 51

9.2

OP-RED ................................................................................................. 51

Summary of Contents for TS-1327EN Series

Page 1: ...TS 2030EN TS 2076EN TS 1327EN Series Progressive Scan Cameras Document Version C Document P N 10490 ...

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Page 3: ...00 A2 2003 Immunity EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 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 requested modifications may compromise electromagnetic compatibility and affect CE compliance Please note that the use of interconnect cables that are not properly grounded ...

Page 4: ... responsible for FCC compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment EN Camera Series Operation Manual JAI Inc 625 River Oaks Parkway San Jose CA 95134 Tel 408 383 0300 Tel 800 445 5444 Fax 408 383 0301 E mail trafficsales americas jai com trafficsales emea jai com www jai com February 15 2008 ...

Page 5: ...IP Address Assignment 14 3 5 1 DHCP Client 15 3 6 Maintenance 16 3 6 1 Debug Counters 16 3 6 2 Firmware Upgrade 17 3 6 3 RS 232 PowerPC Debug Port 18 4 Uploading the Firmware 21 4 1 To Verify Version Numbers for all Firmware 21 4 1 1 RS 232 PPC Debug Serial Port Telnet 21 4 1 2 EN Setup Software 21 4 2 Updating the EN Application Software 21 4 3 Updating the FPGA Bitfile 22 4 4 Updating the Lib Dr...

Page 6: ...ware Does Not Find Any Camera in the Network 41 7 5 Problem 5 EN Setup Software Found the Camera But the Video Image is too Dark or Just Black 41 7 6 Problem 6 TTL Trigger Ethernet Trigger Serial RS 485 Trigger Does not Generate Trigger 41 7 7 Problem 7 JPEG Image is Either Corrupt or Not a Full Size Image 42 7 8 Problem 8 EN Camera Does Not Send any FTP Image to the FTP Server 42 7 9 Problem 9 FT...

Page 7: ...HD Sub Connector 25 Figure 13 Serial Communications Cable RS 232B 12 JAI Inc part number 310 132 19 26 Figure 14 12P 02S Interface Cable optional 27 Figure 15 Timing Chart 1 TS 2030EN 30 Figure 16 Timing Chart 2 TS 1327EN 31 Figure 17 CFA Pattern 37 Figure 18 Enable TCP Image 39 Figure 19 Physical Dimensions 47 Figure 20 Spectral Response B W CCD TS 2030EN TS 2076EN 47 Figure 21 Spectral Response ...

Page 8: ...EN Camera Series viii List of Figures ...

Page 9: ...le 4 10 100 BaseT Ethernet Pinout Configuration 26 Table 5 EN Exposure Times 34 Table 6 Factory Default Settings of the ADR Shutter Min and Max 34 Table 7 Gain Table BW EN Camera 35 Table 8 Gain Table Color EN Camera 35 Table 9 Factory Default Storage Setup of Image Buffering 39 Table 10 EN Camera Series Product Specifications Tables 45 Table 11 IR Cut Filter Optical Characteristics 49 ...

Page 10: ...EN Camera Series x List of Tables ...

Page 11: ...Installation Manual 1 3 Key Functions of the EN Camera Sensitive high speed progressive scan CCD camera 1 format for the TS 2030EN and the TS 2076EN 2 3 format for the TS 1327EN 10 100 Mbit BaseT Ethernet interface External event trigger function for full frame single multiple image capture Triggering capability using Ethernet TTL or serial RS 485 Built in PowerPC processor running Linux O S 64MB ...

Page 12: ...ion ROI as used in the market for ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems The EN camera supports external event triggering dynamic light sensor and provides the best quality and sensitivity images for ITS applications Applications include machine vision medical imaging intelligent transportation systems high definition graphics on line inspection gauging character reading archiving and high securit...

Page 13: ...mera It is very important that your PC NOT be assigned the same IP address as the camera If you need to change the IP address follow the instructions in Section 2 2 2 on page 4 2 2 2 Changing the IP Address of the EN Camera If you need to change the IP address of your EN Camera you can do so using either the EN setup software or the debug RS 232 serial power cable Choose the method that is most ap...

Page 14: ...nge the local IP address 5 Type the IP address you want to change 6 Type 0 to return to the main menu and then type 0 to start up the normal boot up 2 3 Installing the Required Software The EN setup software is used to change the registers of the camera parameters display live video images and sniff hardware trigger Ethernet from the lane controller To install the software required for the EN came...

Page 15: ...ut on your desktop or go to Start All Programs EN Setup EN Setup Start the EN Setup software Type the case sensitive user name Administrator and password Password You can create a new user and password from User Administration option From the Tools menu select User Administration as shown in Figure 2 below Figure 2 User Administration Click the Properties button to see all the EN cameras the softw...

Page 16: ...nerated by an internal trigger mechanism inside the EN camera This internal trigger is independent of either FTP or message based TCP image Also during live image display Flash is disabled at nighttime The Snap button captures only a single video image The Freeze button disables the Live image option Use the Live or Snap buttons only while the camera is being set up for those occasions you want to...

Page 17: ...Tutorial 7 EN Camera Series Figure 5 Live Image Capturing Figure 6 Focus Bar Use the Focus Bar button to make precise adjustments to the lens focus ...

Page 18: ...lf Size image button is useful for situations in which two EN cameras together cover a single lane Using the Half Size image button to capture two images one on the left side of camera1 the other on the right side of camera2 To activate Half Size click on the camera icon and drag it to either the left or right video frame Click the Live button to see the live image Use the focus tool to make preci...

Page 19: ...EN camera to take a single shot of video image as soon as it receives a valid TTL trigger Ethernet trigger or RS 485 serial trigger All trigger mode is continuous trigger sniffing mode Trigger sniffing is a mode of operation that allows the user to continuously and passively monitor images captured by the external trigger without disturbing the trigger process For every trigger input the EN camera...

Page 20: ...n monitor the image properties of captured images whether it s Live Snap or Trigger Sniffing mode On the Video Window menu select Image Properties under View You can also use the EN setup software to monitor the image properties of saved images and FTP images ...

Page 21: ...es is normally set to 1000 The EN creates subdirectories under a single Destination DIR When the number of files in the subdirectory reaches 1000 then the EN automatically creates another subdirectory Naming conventions of the subdirectory can be found in the LC to EN interface document Destination DIR is a name of the directory where all Subdirectories are located Please refer to Troubleshooting ...

Page 22: ...ght Sensor This will activate the connection to the light sensor If the connection is successful you should see a live data change in the ADR Debug side A B registers Also you should see what camera parameters ADR decides to set In the above example ADR sets to exposure time 4H Dial 4 4H Gain 255 max Vtop 0 and Vbot 0 If there is a connection error then these register values will all remain zero A...

Page 23: ...on does not generate Flash because they are independent from normal trigger operation Normally Flash and Night Light are controlled by ADR and a light sensor To take advantage of this feature connect to the light sensor Set the Flash Auto Manual and Night Light Control registers as shown below In this setting in the evening when light sensor reading drops below 12 Flash and Night Light are turned ...

Page 24: ...the NTP drift file is empty then the NTP will take about 1 hour to optimize the time During the initialization NTP Status must show USYNC and NTP estimated error is max After 3 4 hours the time drift will become within 10ms Check NTP estimated error and NTP Status registers again NTP Status must be showing PLL This means that NTP is finally synchronized properly 3 5 Static IP Address Assignment Th...

Page 25: ...actly the same as the previous Telnet solution except that you do not need an Ethernet connection If Ethernet is down or if the IP of the camera is unknown this method is useful You can use ifconfig or test_libcamera utility to assign new IP address temporarily or permanently See Section 3 6 3 RS 232 PowerPC Debug Port on page 18 BIOS monitor using Debug RS 232 Serial Power cable The BIOS monitor ...

Page 26: ... reset signals sent to CCD IRQ count number of interrupt generated by FPGA to PowerPC By generating an Ethernet trigger All and HW Trigger button on the EN setup video window you can see only VINIT and IRQ counters are incrementing This is because the first four counters are only for the hardware TTL trigger By feeding the hardware TTL trigger you can see Valid Trigger count VINIT count and IRQ co...

Page 27: ...ght click on the camera icon you want to upgrade Select Update Firmware in Camera s You can update the five pieces of firmware inside the EN camera Each piece of firmware has a distinctive extension Table 1 Firmware Names and Descriptions Firmware Name Description Filename conversion EN Application Top level application en_YYMMDDVR app FPGA Bit file EPGA firmware FPGA_YYMMDDVR bit OS Image Real ti...

Page 28: ... we suppose we have accidentally assigned an invalid IP address to the EN camera and now we cannot communicate with the EN camera over Ethernet When this happens there are two recovery methods The first method requires setting the Hyper terminal to the following setting 9600 8 N 1 No hardware handshake Power up the EN camera You should see the monitor message in the serial terminal Type the key wi...

Page 29: ...ddress Enter the new IP address After setting the new IP address type 0 to exit the monitor menu After the boot up sequence login to the serial terminal Username root Password JAIPULNiX Type en v version txt View the content of version txt to see the firmware version Enter the command ps to see what processes are running If the dhcpc daemon is running kill this process To do so enter for example k...

Page 30: ... a temporary IP assignment because the EN camera will lose this setting once you restart it Now you should be able to telnet to the EN cameras If you want to assign the new IP address permanently you can use the test_libcamera utility The test_libcamera utility allows access to EEPROM where all network settings are saved After starting test_libcamera you can use the following commands rc read IP a...

Page 31: ...telnet login to EN camera as ROOT with the following user name and password user name root password JAIPULNiX Type en v to see the version numbers for all firmware currently running Ex en v version txt more version txt Welcome to JAI PULNiX EN Camera EN version 050812A0 OS version 050810A0 Lib drv version 050812A0 FPGA version 050805C0 4 1 2 EN Setup Software To verify version numbers for all firm...

Page 32: ...ng the EN setup software To do so follow the steps below 1 Start the EN setup software 2 Click the Properties button 3 Right click on the camera and select Update Firmware 4 Select Update OS Image 5 Reboot the EN camera 4 6 Updating the Camera s H8 Firmware You can update the camera s firmware using the EN setup software To do so follow the steps below 1 Start the EN setup software 2 Click the Pro...

Page 33: ...ter this command ifconfig eth0 10 0 0 65 netmask 255 255 255 0 4 Via FTP manually send the firmware file to the usr local bin directory of the EN camera 5 Run test_bcs utility Ex test_bcs a en_YYMMDDVR app Updates EN App file test_bcs b FPGA_YYMMDDVR bin Updates FPGA bitfile test_bcs l libdrv_YYMMDDVR drv Updates Lib Drv file test_bcs o vmlinuz_YYMMDDVR osi Updates OS image 6 Reboot the EN camera ...

Page 34: ...EN Camera Series 24 Uploading Firmware ...

Page 35: ...S 232 Power PC debug port 5 GND digital 11 Reserved 6 Trigger input 12 TXD RS 232 PowerPC debug port 5 1 2 High Density 26 Pin D Sub Connector The EN camera has a 26 pin MDR26 connector 3M part number 10226 6212VC on the rear panel The connector pin out is shown in Table 3 Figure 12 26 Pin HD Sub Connector Table 3 D Sub Connector Pinout Configuration 10226 6212 VC Camera Link Connector Pin Descrip...

Page 36: ...ernet RxD B 3 Ethernet RxD B 7 N C 4 N C 8 N C 5 2 RS 232 Communication Cable Figure 13 Serial Communications Cable RS 232B 12 JAI Inc part number 310 132 19 The RS 232B 12 interface cable is used to debug the PowerPC processor This debug port is useful when the network is down and RS 232 is the only choice to connect with the EN camera See Section 3 6 3 on page 24 and Section 4 7 on page 31 for d...

Page 37: ...using a terminal strip or directly When wiring the PD 12UU and PD 12UE power supplies directly please note the following The lead ends must be twisted together and tin soldered for strength and electrical continuity Shrink tubing or a similar insulator should be used to prevent exposed leads from touching and shorting The 12V lead is marked with a red stripe or white lettering be sure not to rever...

Page 38: ...low these directions to properly attach the power cable to the camera connector 1 Rotate the connector while applying slight pressure until the keyways line up 2 Press the connector into place until firmly seated 3 Plug the power cord into the 100V AC socket This will power the camera up 5 4 Attaching the Camera Lens The TS 1327EN camera accepts 2 3 or larger format size C mount lenses The TS 2030...

Page 39: ...nical shutter or strobe light in order to freeze the object motion The TS 2030EN model 1920 x 512 resolution enables the 30Hz frame rate by scanning 512 lines out of the entire 1080 lines This technique significantly reduces smear and blooming which tend to be significant problems in daylight outdoor applications such as intelligent transportation systems ITS The TS 2076EN model 1920 x 768 resolut...

Page 40: ...EN Camera Series 30 Camera Features Figure 15 Timing Chart 1 TS 2030EN ...

Page 41: ...Camera Features 31 EN Camera Series Figure 16 Timing Chart 2 TS 1327EN ...

Page 42: ... environments with a different lighting conditions lenses or optical filters The raw A side reading of the light sensor is multiplied by ADR LS Gain for Side A If LSA_Gain 1 0 the light sensor value becomes larger and the camera assumes the lighting is brighter at that particular location so it reduces the camera gain If LSA_Gain 1 0 the light sensor value becomes smaller and the camera assumes th...

Page 43: ...e Ratio ADR White to Blue Ratio is the ratio between a white plate and blue plate and is used to optimize the camera parameters This value is optimized by JAI and should be kept at factory default Please do not change it Camera Shutter Mode This is read only status Current setting of camera exposure time dial To find out Dial vs exposure time us relationship please see Operational Manual Camera Ga...

Page 44: ...bove User needs to set appropriate ADR Shutter Max and ADR Shutter Min config registers Address 53 and 58 respectively to limit exposure time In daytime ADR Shutter Min limits the shortest exposure time or faster shutter speed In night time ADR Shutter Max limits the longest exposure time or slowest shutter speed The factory default settings of ADR Shutter Min and ADR Shutter Max are as follows Fa...

Page 45: ...14 3 60 11 4 205 19 83 12 9 255 21 112 14 9 143 16 8 176 18 9 200 20 5 230 22 4 255 24 0 Note Gain Value is Gain entry in camera LUT after calibration Table 8 Gain Table Color EN Camera TSC 2030EN TSC 2076EN TSC 1327EN Gain Value dB Gain Value dB 0 11 8 0 10 22 13 4 72 14 3 46 15 1 148 19 74 17 0 230 24 3 105 19 2 255 27 140 21 7 165 23 4 192 25 5 226 27 8 255 27 7 Note Gain Value is Gain entry in...

Page 46: ... typically used by the lane controller to send serial trigger or to send DatalD message to validate the HW TTL trigger RS 485 is a differential signal communication for longer distance Since RS 485 is not a common port for PCs a plug in 485 board such as ULTRA 485 Industrial Computer Source San Diego CA 800 523 2320 or compatible is required 6 5 2 Ethernet The primary benefit of Ethernet is the sc...

Page 47: ...se curve degrades white balancing Only linear LUT is used Also it is important to keep in mind that a lossy JPEG encoding will cause color information loss Viewer software cannot reconstruct the color image properly after it has been encoded to JPEG format In order to reconstruct the color properly users must use the raw TIF image format only 6 7 Image Formats Two image formats are supported TIF a...

Page 48: ... the lane controller on TCP message based image transfer Half image and quarter images are supported only on the UDP setup channel The raw image format is the only one supported by the UDP setup channel JPEG is not supported UDP setup images are easy to enable and disable The user can access the EN Setup Trigger Source register Address 111 and EN Setup Image size register Address 112 to change the...

Page 49: ...W 9720 Color 2030 BW 2030 Color 2076 BW 2076 Color 1327 BW 1327 Color TiF queue size 20 25 15 20 10 13 15 15 JPEG size 20 0 15 0 10 0 15 0 Please refer to the EN to LC Interface Document for more information 6 10 FTP FTP File Transfer Protocol is the industry standard file transfer protocol All EN cameras have an FTP client built in TIF image JPEG image or both can be transferred to the FTP server...

Page 50: ...r is recycled the EN camera will read the saved NTP Drift file and the next settlement will not take too long If NTP is still not synchronized with the NTP server s NTP status register address 239 shows UNSYNC status 0x40 After NTP is finally synchronized with NTP servers s NTP status register shows PLL status 0x01 and NTP Estimate Error status register address 238 shows the estimated clock drift ...

Page 51: ...st PC 2 If you have a firewall set up on your Windows computer disable it Also be sure to enable network data transfer of the EN setup software 3 If the EN camera s IP address is unknown use the RS 232 debug cable For more information please see Section 2 2 2 b on page 4 4 If the EN camera is set to DHCP client mode then you need DHCP server in your network Otherwise a valid IP address is not assi...

Page 52: ...ad modify create directories 2 If anonymous user is not used make sure that the User Name and Password on the FTP client register settings on the EN side match those of the FTP server setting on the host side 3 Make sure that the FTP server has enough hard disk space to store TIF JPEG images 7 9 Problem 9 FTP servers switch between primary server and second server even if the hard disk is not full...

Page 53: ...Change the following parameters 3 Operation Mode TCP Server mode TCP alive check time 1 min Ignore jammed IP YES 4 Repeat the same changes to Operating Settings Port 2 5 Make sure to add 120Ohm termination resistor to the very end of MOXA RS485 data port See the VIS 300 Installation Manual for diagram 7 12 Problem 12 IO Board Communication Error The IO board has a temperature sensor a housing open...

Page 54: ...ddress 42 decimal so that flash status is Normally Low Goes High at alarm 3 After changing the register save the setting to FlashROM 7 16 Problem 16 Timestamp is Not Set to Current Local Time 1 Use the EN setup software to set local time In the Property window find the Real Time Clock register If NTP is OFF then the displayed time is estimated to drift about 1 5 second per day 2 If NTP is ON then ...

Page 55: ...0 H x 768 V S N Ratio 50dB min BW 48dB min Color Video Output Digital output JAI Inc proprietary protocol over TCP IP Gamma Gamma 0 55 forBW Linear for Color Lens Mount C mount Power Req 12V DC 10 450 mA typical at 25 C 800mA required at power up Operating Temp 10 Cto55 C Random Vibration 7 Grams 10Hz to 2000Hz Shock 70G Weight 290 grams 10 2 oz EN Camera Processor Module CPU Power PC 333MHz SDRAM...

Page 56: ...tter No delay async shutter 1 15 1 32 000 Spectral response 400 800 nm mono 300 750 nm color Lens mount C mount use 2 3 format lenses Power requirement 12V DC 10 420 mA typical at 25 C 900 mA powerup surge current Operating temperature 10 C to 55 C Vibration 7 Grms 10 Hz to 320 Hz Random Shock 70G 11 ms half sine Weight 297 grams Processor Module CPU Power PC 333 MHz SDRAM 64 MB O S Real time Linu...

Page 57: ...Specifications 47 EN Camera Series 8 2 Physical Dimensions Figure 19 Physical Dimensions 8 3 Spectral Response Figure 20 Spectral Response B W CCD TS 2030EN TS 2076EN ...

Page 58: ...EN Camera Series 48 Specifications Figure 21 Spectral Response B W CCD TS 1327EN Figure 22 Spectral Response Color CCD TSC 2030EN TSC 2076EN ...

Page 59: ...e 23 Spectral Response Color CCD TSC 1327EN Table 11 IR Cut Filter Optical Characteristics Wavelength Transmission from 450 to 650 nm Average 80 above 730 20 am Average 50 from 800 to 1 150 nm Average 10 below Figure 24 IR Cut Filter Response ...

Page 60: ...EN Camera Series 50 Specifications Figure 25 Red Filter Optical Characteristics ...

Page 61: ...Options 51 9 Configurable Order Options for EN Cameras 9 1 OP IR Monochrome only No IR cut filter 9 2 OP RED Monochrome only Red filter ...

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