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T3 User Manual

Summary of Contents for eosens TS3

Page 1: ...User Manual 2013 3 110S 3000M eosens TS3 High Speed Handheld Camera...

Page 2: ...URPOSE CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES MERCHANTABILITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT MIKROTRON FURTHER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS...

Page 3: ...ding process from setting up the recording parameters to Arming and Triggering the camera It also covers bit selection image processing and saving the imagery in its different formats Chapter 5 Synchr...

Page 4: ...1 Unpacking the Camera 7 2 2 Installing the Lens 7 2 3 Powering Up Charging and Power Down 8 2 4 TS3 Memory and Mass Storage Options 10 3 TS3 Camera Setup 13 3 1 Camera Display and Menu Navigation Bu...

Page 5: ...4 Controlling the Image Displays 54 7 5 Name the Camera 56 7 6 Camera Time and Date 56 7 7 Connect to a TS3 Outside FasMotion 57 7 8 Storage Setup 59 7 9 Configurations 60 7 10 Reboot and Power Down...

Page 6: ...Physical Measurements 89 Appendix J Crop Factor 90 Appendix K Partition Capture CAP File Format 91 Application Notes 93 Application Note 1 Histograms 93 Application Note 2 Understanding Bit Depth 95 A...

Page 7: ...Menu 19 Figure 3 14 Storage Menu 20 Figure 3 15 Session 20 Figure 3 16 System Explore Dialog File Stacks 20 Figure 3 17 File Action Dialog 21 Figure 4 1 Frame Rate and Resolution Menu 23 Figure 4 2 A...

Page 8: ...7 5 FasMotion Installation Complete 51 Figure 7 6 FasMotion Find Camera Icon 52 Figure 7 7 FasMotion Find Cameras Dialog 52 Figure 7 8 FasMotion Application Window 53 Figure 7 9 Video Control Pane 54...

Page 9: ...Figure 9 12 CAP File Diagram 91 Figure 10 1 Histogram Linear Gradient 93 Figure 10 2 Histogram Mono tonal 93 Figure 10 3 Histogram Linear Gradient 94 Figure 10 4 High Mid and Low 8 Bits of the same Im...

Page 10: ...e File Save Options 35 Table 7 1 TS3 Network LEDs 52 Table 8 1 Sample Frame Rates and Resolutions 65 Table 8 2 Camera Control Buttons 69 Table 8 3 File Save Options 73 Table 9 1 Definitions 75 Table 9...

Page 11: ...e used in hundreds of different industrial manufacturing sites to analyze motion in machinery and production line processes Reduce jams speed up line setup and changeovers lower scrap and rejected mat...

Page 12: ...bit mono or 24 bit color pixel resolution for HiSpec models while the TS3 models boast 10 bit mono or 24 bit color resolutions All cameras are equipped with a standard C mount lens mount and 1 4 20 tr...

Page 13: ...gure 1 3 TS3 Top View Figure 1 5 TS3 Bottom View Lens Mount Holes Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View 1 4 20 Tripod Mounts Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View Figure 1 5 TS3 Bottom View USB Port Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View USB O...

Page 14: ...MIKROTRON Trigger Button C Mount Lens Mount Holes Network LED Storage LED Camera LED Sync LED Battery LED Power LED Figure 1 2 TS3 Front View Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View TS3 11S 3000M page 4...

Page 15: ...11S 3000M page 5 Figure 1 4 TS3 Side View Door open Figure 1 5 TS3 Bottom View T3 User Manual...

Page 16: ...Select a C mount lens for use with the camera NOTE There are many C mount lens formats and focal lengths available The 22 9mm diagonal sensor of the TS3100L is larger than the light circle produced b...

Page 17: ...cluded with the camera The battery is fully charged at the factory and is shipped outside the camera to avoid accidental discharge The battery door is located on the underside of the camera The Li Ion...

Page 18: ...ctions below for connectin the DC power supply and charging the battery 9 Press the Menu button once to get the menus and status bar to appear on the LCD display Attaching the External DC Power Supply...

Page 19: ...ber or Red LCD o X X 3 O None LCD o X 1 Operating Power Camera Battery Blue A C X 2 O None LCD o X 1 Operating Power Camera Battery Green Amber or Red Batt xx X 2 O LCD o Operating Charging Charge Sta...

Page 20: ...the TS3 to a PC or other external device SD Card The TS3 is shipped with a 16GB high performance SD Card This card has two functions It can be used as a mass storage device for downloading and distrib...

Page 21: ...rage Explore SSD USB SDHC Move Copy Delete review metadata of Image file System Storage Format SSD USB SDHC Format drive System Storage Eject USB SDHC Safely Eject Media Review Save SSD USB SDHC Save...

Page 22: ...menus the current location is indicated by a change of color from white or green to gray When navigating a Menu the drop down selections will always appear in the left most column The selected menu w...

Page 23: ...in the upper left hand corner of the screen Pressing on this acts the same as the MENU button Calibration The touchscreen is calibrated at the factory Routine calibration of the touchscreen in not ne...

Page 24: ...efault value of 0 LCD Backlight has a range between 0 and 100 with a default value of 100 Note The Image Adjust White Balance and RGB Gain elements do not control the LCD display These are part of the...

Page 25: ...le Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Setting up Networking on the Camera The TS3 s Networking settings may be configured manually or using DHCP When shipped the cameras are set for DHCP To change the setting...

Page 26: ...worked TS3 in a Web browser to use the TS3 Web App 1 Open a web browser on the PC Of the available web browsers Google Chrome has the best performance when using the Web App 2 Type the camera s IP add...

Page 27: ...3 xxx For example looking at Figure 3 11 Camera Name Menu the camera used for the screen shot was TS3 17 The camera name can be used both for identification on a network and as part of the filename wh...

Page 28: ...24 hour display rather than a 12 hour Setting the Time via NTP 1 Connect the camera to a network with internet access There is no need to attach the camera to a PC although that is often the most obvi...

Page 29: ...good way to get the exact value you wish to use Explore allows you to access the SSD Solid State Drive installed internally to the TS3 the SD Card inserted into the slot on the side of the camera or a...

Page 30: ...uration 2 3 Select Load to load a saved Configuration Configuration 1 or 2 4 Select Reset to load the factory default configuration General information about the camera including MAC address and versi...

Page 31: ...ay take 1250FPS to get similarly acceptable imaging of a bird at moving the same speed Aliasing and Frame Rate If you are imaging a motion that is cyclical in nature like a wheel spinning or a lever m...

Page 32: ...12 to 1280 x 1024 Frame rates may be refined to any number from 24 to 98437 fps Choose from the four aspect ratio choices Custom 4 3 5 4 16 9 Offset Control Most of the time you make use of the best...

Page 33: ...get as short an exposure as possible in order to limit motion blur Motion blur an be defined as the number of pixels traversed by an edge of an object during an exposure For smooth video on the other...

Page 34: ...r exposure for the light that will be present during the image capture 1 Set the Shutter Speed just as you need it for the high speed event as described in 4 2 Setting Shutter Speed 2 Navigate to the...

Page 35: ...or dangerous to reach or it may be that the precision required to activate the trigger is much easier to maintain through electrical means 1 Navigate to the Control Menu 2 Select Ext Trigger 3 If Disa...

Page 36: ...ge with the lens cap in place should be black 4 Next to the Calibrate button you will see an FPN selection bu on that will say FPN Off Column FPN or Pixel FPN Click on that button and select the FPN s...

Page 37: ...h the number of frames and amount of time is the same on both ends Note If the TS3 is triggered before the pre trigger portion of the buffer is full it will immediately cease taking pre trigger frames...

Page 38: ...s of events in a completely unattended mode Even if using an SDHC many events may be captured Advantages of using Autosave Autosave is the only choice for multiple unattended events For remote locatio...

Page 39: ...red Imagery Playback Once the recording is complete if Autosave is not enabled the TS3 will open the recording in Review Mode There are three things to do in Review 1 Play the video play it forward ba...

Page 40: ...to adjust speed Move one frame forward When highlighted hold OK button on D Pad to skip forward Move to end of clip goes to Cut Out point Click a second time to go to the end of the video Creates new...

Page 41: ...made by the user when bit depth is selected See 4 4 Setting Bit Depth on page 25 The path for all displayed images and the input to the histogram is Sensor to Bit Selector to Image Processor to Displa...

Page 42: ...values in each of these controls to get the best possible image 4 You may wish to open a histogram DISP Button for reference as you use these controls Note Making a selection from this menu only affec...

Page 43: ...icle not the whole image Note For more information regarding TS3 Histograms please refer to Application No e 1 Histograms on page 93 4 Press the Trigger button You will immediately notice an differenc...

Page 44: ...e always the size of the current buffer session size The actual file size of a 1280 x 1024 mono BMP or TIFF is about 1281K the additional 1K or the file header The actual size of 16 bit RAW TIFF is 25...

Page 45: ...0 11_000000 AVI etc If the file size exceeds the 4GB limit for 32 bit file systems the TS3 will make a second file or the remainder of the imagery MiDAS and other players will play the video as one Wh...

Page 46: ...to enter data with your fingertip See 3 2 Using the Touchscreen on page 14 4 Select Rising Edge or falling edge depending on your preference 5 Select Per Frame Per Second Synchronization will be cover...

Page 47: ...e Per Frame option output is one pulse per frame the sync pulse rate is equal to the recording frame rate To set up Sync Out 1 Navigate to the Control Menu 2 Select Sync Out There are two buttons Enab...

Page 48: ...lying a sync signal for the camera system so the camera system uses its own Sync Out from a Master camera In this configuration any camera may be used as the Master Commonly all cameras are set to the...

Page 49: ...tions on Master Slave Use a slower frame rate for one or more of the slave cameras by using a Rate Divisor in the Sync In setup Make sure to make allowance for the extended time per the note above Ext...

Page 50: ...ibuted Grouping In the case of using a PLC or other local clock you will need to know the polarity and frequency of the signal in order to set the cameras up Optimum frame rates can often be derived u...

Page 51: ...pplication Tabs including the Camera Tab Storage Settings Tab Record Settings Tab Record Control Tab Display Settings Tab and the Video Review Tab which is present only when there is captured video av...

Page 52: ...g The captured video appears on the screen Playback controls appear beneath the image window See Web App Review and Save on page 48 You will also notice that when the camera is controlled via the Web...

Page 53: ...k on hs_video to find the stored video files Click on dcim then 100fastc to find stored stills and video stacks To play a video click on the file name and the video will open in the default media play...

Page 54: ...ptical center If this is unchecked you may set the ROI offset using the O set X and Y edit boxes See Figure 4 2 Advanced Record Settings on p e 23 Setting the Frame Rate Either move the Frame Rate sli...

Page 55: ...ls The Record Controls Tab of the Web App is shown in Figure 6 9 with the External Trigger Sync In and Sync Out pull down menus open Setting the Trigger Position The trigger position is set via slider...

Page 56: ...e camera display 3 Adjust the light or F stop so that the histogram shows most pixel values in mid range You will see a separate peak for Red Green and Blue Green will likely be highest 4 Adjust the g...

Page 57: ...le between Live and Review The current recording is not deleted until the amera is Armed or powered down 6 8 Review Tab When in Review Mode the Review Tab will open and the Playback controls will appe...

Page 58: ...st the Clipping Range edit the boxes or move the sliders to include the portion of the clip you wish to save 2 Use the Use Camera Name and or Use Tag Label check boxes and the Tag Label edit box to se...

Page 59: ...y after the initial release of the product 1 Run the FasMotion executable on your PC The file will have the format FasMotion version date exe For example FasMotion_1 1 0_2013_0109 exe would be version...

Page 60: ...n Install to continue 6 FasMotion will now be installed on the PC A window with a progress bar will appear and inform you when the install is complete 7 The final install window gives you the option t...

Page 61: ...d Camera icon circled in red on the figure shown here to open the Find Cameras dialog 6 Click on the Local Area Connection drop down to get a list of available network interfaces Select the one you wi...

Page 62: ...elf a larger image window The Control Panel detaches by clicking on the gray border at the top in the area where Control Panel MAC is printed circled in red To return the Control Panel back to the app...

Page 63: ...exceeds the size of the window sliders will appear for ac cess Zoom Out If you have Zoomed In on an image Zoom Out allows you to back through the zoom setting down to 1 1 Setting Default Gamma in User...

Page 64: ...ened or the exposure increased the dark areas will gain detail but the brighter areas will saturate In the second image with Gamma set to 2 2 to match the display the detail in the shadows is evident...

Page 65: ...ct ratio and best fit 7 5 Name the Camera When the TS3 leaves the factory its default name is TS3 xx xx being the camera s serial number The camera name can be used both for identification on a networ...

Page 66: ...Type the camera s IP address or camera name into the browser s Location bar For example using the information from Figure 7 15 Web Application you would type 192 168 33 114 IP address or L3 A3 the cam...

Page 67: ...camera name or IP address in the Location bar preceded by So using the same information as in the example below type in either 192 168 33 114 or TS3 A3 When the camera is viewed in Explorer you will s...

Page 68: ...h as possible To format the SSD simply select the SSD radio button in the Storage Settings dialog and click on Format Formatting SD Cards and USB drives Formatting SD Cards and USB drives is the easie...

Page 69: ...uration you would like to load To Load the Factory Configuration Click on Factory Config in the Camera Menu This will load the factory default settings for the camera Note This is not a routine operat...

Page 70: ...sMotion See 7 2 Connect the Camera to a Network on page 52 The information fields will populate as soon as you select a camera from the Found Cameras list Information Included MAC address IP address S...

Page 71: ...it with the mouse or using the keyboard arrow keys Often the best way to do this is by dragging it with the mouse until it is close o the value you want then using the arrow keys to zero in on the exa...

Page 72: ...self You may for example be using some lights that can only be switched on for a short time and are not available for camera set up The exposure for Low Light Mode is much longer than would be possibl...

Page 73: ...uring the Trigger The TS3 uses a fixed selectable circular buffer to record into The session length is determined by the user see 7 8 Storage Setup on page 59 This section explains how to set the trig...

Page 74: ...Settings Tab see Figure 8 1 on page 62 you will see an FPN selection dropdown menu The items include Disabled Column or Pixel Click on that button and select the FPN setting ou wish to use based on th...

Page 75: ...97 for an explanation of the circular buffer The Camera LED will change from Green LIve to slowly flashing Amber It will record for an indefinite period of time until it sets a Trigger See 8 4 Configu...

Page 76: ...pending on the resolution and download file format could record and save hundreds or even thousands of events in a completely unattended mode Even if using an SDHC many events may be captured Advantag...

Page 77: ...until the target drive runs out of space At this time it will progress to Review mode so the user download manually to a different drive or clear space Note There is a Load button on the Autosave dia...

Page 78: ...ting the Start Clip and End Clip points 1 Click on the Pause play button All buttons should now be active black 2 Click and drag the Playback Bug to the frame you wish to be the starting point You can...

Page 79: ...eed memory This selection is made by the user when bit depth is selected See 8 3 Setting Bit Depth on page 64 The path for all images and the input to the histogram is Sensor to Bit Selector to Image...

Page 80: ...If 8 bits are recorded they will be used as the upper 8 bits of the 16 bit calculations by the image processor The upper 8 bits of the results are then used as an output Similarly if 10 bits are recor...

Page 81: ...via RGB Gains It is recommended that you use the RGB gains sparingly and as a final tweak to make subtle changes to the color The best use of this is to get the color as close as possible using the Wh...

Page 82: ...s are always the size of the current buffer session size The actual file size of a 1280 x 1024 mono BMP or TIFF is about 1281K the additional 1K for the file header The actual size of 16 bit RAW TIFF...

Page 83: ...If the file size exceeds the 4GB limit for 32 bit file systems the TS3 will make a second file for the remainder of the imagery MiDAS and other players will play the video as one If CAP files are save...

Page 84: ...BMP files contain un compressed image data Each file contains one image A BMP Stack is a collection of images The BMP Stack produced by the TS3 is a collection of frames written as BMP files represen...

Page 85: ...uld require more bits bandwidth to maintain the same visual quality HDMI HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface is used to transmit digitized video and au dio data from the camera to a remote displ...

Page 86: ...at TIFF is a much more flexible format than the BMP in that it may use one of several compression schemes may be used to store multiple images multi page TIFF and may include metadata in the form of T...

Page 87: ...ndard F Mount or PL Mount optional Built in Monitor High resolution 178mm 7 dia onal LCD PC Communication Ports USB 2 0 device micro B Ethernet 10 100 1000Base T Control Software FasMotion PC applicat...

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Page 89: ...81 23 8 133556 320 200 7295 Max 9 1 66481 18 3 133556 800 480 60 184 7 11084 371 1 22268 800 480 125 88 7 11084 178 1 22268 800 480 250 44 3 11084 89 1 22268 800 480 500 22 2 11084 44 5 22268 800 480...

Page 90: ...543 7 32619 512 512 125 129 9 16237 261 0 32619 512 512 250 64 9 16237 130 5 32619 512 512 500 32 5 16237 65 2 32619 512 512 1000 16 2 16237 32 6 32619 512 512 1250 13 0 16237 26 1 32619 512 512 1500...

Page 91: ...c Out 4 LVTTL Reserved 5 LVTTL Reserved 6 LVTTL Reserved 7 LVTTL Trigger In 8 LVTTL Sync In The TS3 is shipped with a Sync I O cable for connecting external Trigger Sync Out and Sync In signals The ca...

Page 92: ...uits are designed to operate at LVTTL levels 3 3v The inputs will respond to simple switch closures NOTE THESE I O PORTS ARE FOR LVTTL LEVELS ONLY VOLTAGES ABOVE 3 3V WILL HARM THE TS3 There is an I O...

Page 93: ...lay either via a PC connection or the HDMI port You will wish to have a very good view of the image the larger the better 2 Select the lens you wish to use For our discussion we will use a 1 format Na...

Page 94: ...s or less than 05mm 002 16 When you are satiffied that the back focus is adjusted as well as you can get it tighten the two adjustment screws and reconfirm the focus Setting for Infinity If you will b...

Page 95: ...ed recording not triggered Blinking Amber quickly 2 Hz when the TS3 is Triggered Blinking Purple slowly 1 Hz when the TS3 is Armed in Autosave recording not triggered Blinking Purple quickly 2 Hz when...

Page 96: ...fpga_rev 0x00010040 software_version 000 001 002mac_ address a4 1b c0 00 00 17 camera_name TS3 c sensor_type C31L Record fps 500 shutter_speed 200 0 multi_slope 0 trigger_settings sync_in 0x0 sync_ou...

Page 97: ...AT32 and Performance EXT2 In order to be used for the update process the SD Card must be formatted using the Compatibility FAT32 option 5 Double click on the update file The Update Screen will appear...

Page 98: ...TS3 User Manual 11S 3000M page 89 Appendix I Physical Measurements Figure 9 8 Physical Measurements...

Page 99: ...knowing the crop factor is that if you know the lens you would use for a given field of view with a 35mm camera you can divide the crop factor into that number to give you the focal length of the lens...

Page 100: ...th of a recorded session may vary however depending on whether the full allotment of pre trigger frames were captured before the trigger was asserted see Application Note 3 Trigger Position and the Ci...

Page 101: ...umber of frames captured Frame size 4 Size of the frames in quadwords First frame 4 Frame number of the first frame in the capture buffer Trigger frame 4 Frame number of the trigger frame in the captu...

Page 102: ...When the camera is recording in 10 bit mode the histogram uses high med or low 8 bits depending on the Display setting Mono Histograms The Mono histogram is a simple single line graph The Y axis verti...

Page 103: ...r any objects of interest in the scene Make sure that those objects are not in danger of exceeding the camera s dynamic range that they are not close in value to either 0 or 255 3 Avoid Min 0 If the m...

Page 104: ...he 10 bits to save There are three choices 1 High 8 bit dropping the two least significant bits and saving the high order bits 1111111111 In this case we have a mapping that looks like this 10 bit 102...

Page 105: ...TS3 User Manual Figure 10 4 High Mid and Low 8 Bits of the same Image...

Page 106: ...various parts of the line You need to image the time just before the jam occured to help understand the cause You are equally as interested to capture the time just after the event to understand how t...

Page 107: ...an End Trigger the camera will fill its 20 frame circular buffer until it gets a Trigger from the Trigger Button on the top of the TS3 from a Trigger signal received on the Sync I O connector or from...

Page 108: ...or the example here there is a good chance it will be getting the trigger signal directly from the machinery to its Sync I O connector but it would work as well triggered manually by a patient human W...

Page 109: ...he buffer with post trigger frames When played back the video will begin with Frame 0 then proceed with all positive frame numbers Selecting Other Trigger Values More likely than using the Start Trigg...

Page 110: ...a motion that is cyclical in nature like a wheel spinning or a lever moving up and down it is important to use a high enough frame rate to avoid motion aliasing If you know the speed of the object use...

Page 111: ...9K while others work well at 1500 This is a parameter that you may need to experiment with to get optimum results Multiple Network interfaces may be available on a given PC For optimum transfers for...

Page 112: ...a system while controlled by FasMotion uses UDP protocol for all video streaming Live and Playback and for all file transfers If the camera is allowed to send image data and metadata as fast as it is...

Page 113: ...irst pass these are retrieved at the end of the transfer Good Frames total number of frames transferred this should match the number of frames in the clip PktSize Packet Size default is usually 1500 J...

Page 114: ...63 E ti 0 2 26 260 8550953952 55 855 0 512x512 32584 9000 0 20 250 125 156 E ti System Intel i7 3770 CPU 3 40GHz 8 00GB RAM ARECA X86 64 STORPORT SAS RAID RAID6 ENGINE 4 SSD drives In the chart above...

Page 115: ...drive gets too far behind the system may run out of buffers before it gets caught up FasMotion can tell the camera to stop temporarily while the system catches up but it takes a while for that message...

Page 116: ...kets Referring to Table 10 4 using Jumbo Packets sometimes called Jumbo Frames can make a big difference You may find that a larger packet delay is required with Jumbo Frames but because the packets a...

Page 117: ...0 will probably be OK but 50 is a be er number because the system can maintain the same transfer rate without exhausting its buffers Duration h m s dec Bytes Speed MB s Miss Frames ROI Good Frames Pkt...

Page 118: ...30 bit color images Available on color cameras only All image processing excluding FPN correction but including color interpolation brightness contrast gamma color gains etc to be done off camera in...

Page 119: ...vs BMP TIF Huge folders full of file BMP Color Interpolation Brightness Contrast Gamma Gains FPN 3841K color Good image fidelity Compatible with popular imaging tools Huge folders full of file TIF Co...

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