Microscan 98-000113-01, Manual

Page: 60 / 104

Chapter 2
System Components
2-50 Visionscape GigE Camera Guide v4.1, November 2011
If you only want to use the middle 100 lines you would change this as
follows:
Camera Name Microscan VISIONSCAPE CMG03 656x 100
Digitizer Type 1073741824 // GigeVision
Camera Help File
Stride 656
Rows
100
X Offset 0
Y Offset
197
Bits Per Pixel 8
Pixel Type 0
Image Structure 1
Vertical Binning 1
Horizontal Binning 1
Async Control 1 // 1=async, 0=continuous (formerly "shutter
type")
Usecs Per Frame 33333
Usecs Per Line x 10 674
Sensors 1
Strobes 1
GPIO Edit Mask 0x0
GPIO Defaults 0x0
GPIO Count 0
GPIO Inputs 0
GPIO Outputs 0
Setting the Y Offset to 197 because 494-100 = 394. 394/2 = 197. 197
lines to ignore, take 100 lines and ignore the rest. Save this file, making
sure that you do not save it as a text file (Save as Type… All Files).
Load FrontRunner and you should now be able to select this new camdef
for your camera.
How to Set Up a Multiple-Camera System the Easy Way
Imagine that a customer wants to use four CMG20 cameras in a single
inspection. The cameras will be connected to a single NIC through a GigE
switch.
If they just plug in all four cameras and turn them on, two things will
happen:
• The order of the four cameras may not be what the customer wants;
• They won’t work taking simultaneous images because the overall
bandwidth of these four cameras is too high (the CMG20 can do 16
fps. At 2MB per image, this is 32MB per second per camera. 4