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UME-0114-01

                                                       

RMSL4K100CP 

Introduction 

Thank  you  for  purchasing  NED’s  Line  Scan  Camera.  We  look  forward  to  your 

continued custom in the future. 

For safety use 

  For  your  protection,  please  read  these  safety  instructions  completely  before 

operating the product and keep this manual for future reference. 

 

The following symbols appear next to important information regarding safe product 

handling.

 

 

Warning

 

If the product is not handled properly, this may result 
in serious injury or possible death. 

 

Caution

 

If the product is not handled properly, this may result 
in physical injury or cause property damage. 

 

Safety precaution 

   

Warning

 

  Never disassemble or modify this product, unless  otherwise specified to do so in 

this manual. 

  When  hands  are  wet,  avoid  handling  this  product  and  do  not  touch  any  of  the 

connection cable pins or other metallic components. 

  Do  not  operate  this  product  in  an  environment  that  is  exposed  to  rain  or  other 

severe external elements, hazardous gases or chemicals. 

  If  the  product  is  not  to  be  used  for  an  extended  period  of  time,  as  a  safety 

precaution, always unplug the connection cable from the camera unit. 

  If the product installation or inspection must be executed in an overhead location, 

please  take  the  necessary  measures  to  prevent  the  camera  unit  and  its 
components from accidentally falling to the ground. 

  If smoke, an abnormal odor or strange noise is emitted from the camera unit, first 

turn OFF power, then unplug the cable from the camera unit. 

  This  product  is  not  intended  for  use  in  a  system  configuration  built  for  critical 

applications. 

Summary of Contents for RMSL4K100CP

Page 1: ...User s Manual Line Scan Camera Type RMSL4K100CP NIPPON ELECTRO SENSORY DEVICES CORPORATION...

Page 2: ...ment has been tested and found to comply with the essential requirements of the EMC Directive 2014 30 EU based on the following specifications applied EU Harmonized Standards EN55032 2015 2012 Class A...

Page 3: ...ise specified to do so in this manual When hands are wet avoid handling this product and do not touch any of the connection cable pins or other metallic components Do not operate this product in an en...

Page 4: ...red filter into your system configuration Please note that exposure to long wavelength light outside of the sensors visible optical range can affect the image Sensitivity may fluctuate depending on th...

Page 5: ...epaired or replaced during the warranty period of the original product is the same as the expired date of the warranty period on the original product Exclusions from Warranty Coverage We will under no...

Page 6: ...nufactured as a general purpose product for general industry In applications expected to be life critical or safety critical the installer or user is requested to install double or triple failsafe sys...

Page 7: ...ents Cables 19 3 4 Power Supply 20 3 5 LED Indicator Status 21 4 Camera Control 22 4 1 Flow of Camera Control 22 4 1 1 GenICam overview 22 4 1 2 Camera Control registers 22 4 2 Details on register sys...

Page 8: ...t correction related register 57 4 11 2 White pixel Black pixel correction data acquisition condition 57 5 Sensor Handling Instructions 58 5 1 Electrostatic Discharge and the Sensor 58 5 2 Protecting...

Page 9: ...ion Compatible with CoaXPress IF Ver1 1 1 Cable length about 100m at CXP 3 3 125Gbps X1 or X2 CXP 6 6 250Gbps X1 is about 40m Set to CXP 3X1 at factory mode 1 2 Application Inspection of Transparent p...

Page 10: ...COB BGA and MCM printed circuit boards Performance 1 Maximum board size 100mm 200mm 2 Resolution 10 m 3 Inspection time less than 30 seconds Unit Configuration 1 Camera Line scan camera 2 Controller...

Page 11: ...Minimum Gain 75 Analog 5V Conversion Sensitivity Gain Adjustable Range Analog Amplifier Digital Analog Amplifier x1 x2 x4 x8 x10 x18 Digital x1 to x2 512 Steps Digital Offset Adjustable Range DN Digit...

Page 12: ...board for CoaXPress Ver1 1 1 2 Jitter and minimum pulse width also depend on the frame grabber board Table 1 4 3 CxpLinkConfiguration and maximum line rate and maximum cable length CxpLink Configurati...

Page 13: ...NED 13 UME 0114 01 RMSL4K100CP The spectral responsivity is shown below Figure 1 4 1 Spectral Responsivity The quantum efficiency is shown below Figure 1 4 2 Quantum Efficiency...

Page 14: ...a from camera front panel to the camera mounting bracket 2 2 Fixing the Camera Use the M4 screw holes 4 places at the front 8 places at the side to fix the camera Or use the 1 4 20UNC screw hole for a...

Page 15: ...s of Camera The dimensions of the camera are shown below 60 100 10 18 5 40 64 5 50 1stPixel Std Std Std 10 5 40 4 M4 DEEP 6 TOP BOTTOM Unit mm 39 9 34 19 74 1 POWER DC12 24V MADE IN JAPAN CXP2 CXP1 Fi...

Page 16: ...LED light sources are relatively inexpensive provide a uniform field and longer life span compared to other light sources However they also require a camera with excellent sensitivity Halogen light so...

Page 17: ...types of CoaXPress cable connectors BNC and DIN Please select according to the camera and frame grabber board 2 Connect to the power supply To connect the camera and camera power supply use the power...

Page 18: ...ertified as standard Refer to JIIA http jiia org cxp for more information about standard approved cables As specifications for each manufacturer differs please contact the cable manufacturer directly...

Page 19: ...connector for the Power Supply Figure 3 3 1 Power Supply Connector HIROSE HR10G 7R 6PB Table 3 3 1 Pin Assignment of Power Supply Connector No NAME Colour of Cable 1 DC12 24V White 2 DC12 24V Red 3 DC...

Page 20: ...ssion 4 Take the necessary countermeasures in the electric supply line for lightning surge protection if the camera is used in the area where lightning strikes often occur 5 Do not share the power sup...

Page 21: ...Booting Up Power On Lights orange Device Discovery Lights orange for 0 5s Line rate 1 6s 1 Blinks orange Low Speed Link disconnected Cable disconnected Blinks red Unable to process commands System cr...

Page 22: ...mera control is enabled after Discovery Please check your frame grabber s manual for how to perform device discovery 4 1 2 Camera Control registers Various settings features of this camera correspond...

Page 23: ...ureTime RW 3 6 1998 0 98 0 Unit sec 0 1 step Category Acquisition Control NED_MeasuringFeatures NED_MeasuredValuesReset W Reset all measured values NED_MeasuredLineRateSelector RW Current Max Min Curr...

Page 24: ...UserSetLoad W UserSetSave W W Category Transport Layer Control CoaXPress CxpLinkConfiguration RW CXP3_X1 CXP3_X2 CXP6_X1 CXP3_X1 Transfer speed and Number of cables Category NED additional feautures N...

Page 25: ...ister system This explanation uses the Matrox Radient eV CXP as an example 1 Open Intellicam from the Matrox Imaging Library Figure 4 2 1 Matrox Imaging Library 2 From the Intellicam File Open Menu op...

Page 26: ...d successfully Figure 4 2 3 Matrox General Information 4 Open Feature Browser from the Intellicam menu 5 Control the camera from the Features box Figure 4 2 4 Features In the case of the Matrox Radien...

Page 27: ...Image Format Control Related images 3 Acquisition Control Related Exposure trigger 4 Analog Control Related Gain Offset 5 User Set Control Loading and saving camera setting values 6 Transport Layer C...

Page 28: ...1 Camera temperature indication Displays the camera internal temperature selected by DeviceTemperatureSelector Register name DeviceTemperature Load value Example DeviceTemperatureSelector Mainboard D...

Page 29: ...Horizontal Mode 4 2 3 2 Setting Horizontal Pixel Binning Sets the number of horizontal pixel binning of the output signal of the camera Register name Binning Horizontal VAL 1 1 pixel OFF of horizonta...

Page 30: ...Format VAL Mono8 Mono10 monochrome 8 bit 10 bit switching Example Pixel Format Mono8 monochrome 8 bit Figure 4 2 3 4 Pixel Format 4 2 3 5 Generating Test Pattern Generates test pattern Register name...

Page 31: ...g value will be different Ex When set to 15000 Hz the actual set value is 15015Hz When set to 30000 Hz the actual setting value is 30030Hz If the setting value of AcquisitionLineRate is increased the...

Page 32: ...ary to supply a trigger packet from the frame grabber board to the camera For details on how to supply the trigger packet refer to the manual of each frame grabber board 4 2 4 4 Setting ExposureMode S...

Page 33: ...On and ExposureMode is Timed Register name ExposureTime VAL 3 600 1998 000 0 100us step Example ExposureTime 1000 000 Figure 4 2 4 5 Exposure Time If increasing the ExposureTime setting the value of A...

Page 34: ...sReset Execute 4 2 5 2 Select Line Rate Measurement Value Selects the line rate measurement value Register name NED_Measured LineRateSelector VAL Current Max Min Example NED_Measured LineRateSelector...

Page 35: ...2 5 5 Measured Trigger Rate Displays the trigger rate selected in NED_Measured LinkTriggerRateSelector Register name NED_Measured LinkTriggerRate Load value Hz Example NED_Measured LineRate 1000000 0...

Page 36: ...gerTime 1 000 4 2 5 8 Select Exposure Time Measurement Value Selects the exposure time measurement value Register name NED_Measured ExposureTimeSelector VAL Current Max Min Example NED_Measured Exposu...

Page 37: ...steps between x1 and x18 Register name NED_AnalogGain VAL 1 00 18 00 Example Analog Gain 2 00 Setting analog gain x2 00 Figure 4 2 6 1 NED_AnalogGain 4 2 6 2 Gain type selection It can only select Al...

Page 38: ...1023 255 x1 327 Figure 4 2 6 3 Gain 4 2 6 4 Select offset type It can only select All all pixels Register name BlackLevelSelector VAL All Example BlackLevelSelector All Figure 4 2 6 4 Black Level Sel...

Page 39: ...Register name UserSetSelector VAL Default UserSet1 UserSet2 Factory setting user setting1 user setting2 Example UserSetSelector Default Figure 4 2 7 1 User Set Selector 4 2 7 2 Memory load Read camera...

Page 40: ...a settings to flash memory Save the setting value of the current camera in the user setting memory Register name UserSetSave VAL Execute Example UserSetSelector UserSet1 Select user setting UserSetSav...

Page 41: ...s Register name CxpLinkConfiguration VAL CXP3_X1 Factory mode CXP6_X1 CXP3_X2 CXP6_X2 for manufacturer testing Example CxpLinkConfiguration CXP6_X1 Figure 4 2 8 1 Cxp Link Configuration When maximum l...

Page 42: ...ction User black and User white User black and user white correction Example NED_FFCMode User white Figure 4 2 9 1 NED_FFCMode 4 2 9 2 Setting Pixel Correction Target Value White Pixel Correction Sets...

Page 43: ...Register name NED_PRNUCalibration VAL Execute Example NED_PRNUCalibration Execute Figure 4 2 9 3 NED_PRNUCalibration 4 2 9 4 Saving Black Pixel Correction Data Acquires current black pixel correction...

Page 44: ...r Figure 4 3 1 FPGA Processing Block Diagram 4 4 Startup After turning on the camera run a startup procedure before it starts getting images and outputting data It takes about 3 seconds The startup pr...

Page 45: ...To change the external trigger permission setting from the factory setting please execute with the trigger packet supplied from the frame grabber board side If you do not supply or supply a trigger p...

Page 46: ...permission is invalid Triggermode off Set the camera camera control register with the AciliationLineRate and the Programmable exposure time ExposureTime respectively Settable line rate and programmab...

Page 47: ...the rising edge of the external trigger Set the exposure time to the programmable exposure time ExposureTime The settable line cycle and programmable exposure time are as follows Table 4 7 2 1 Extern...

Page 48: ...y the cycle of the external trigger and the exposure time is set by the high time of the external trigger The settable line cycle and exposure time are as follows Table 4 7 3 1 External Trigger Trigge...

Page 49: ...Dark Current DN Fs D 0 Minus gain Plus gain Figure 4 8 1 Gain Adjustment Gain Sensitivity at digital gain x1 pixel correction default factory white correction data is shown below Table 4 8 1 Gain Sen...

Page 50: ...0 DN at Mono10 Se Volume of Light lx s Output DN Fs Saturation Output DN Df Dark Current DN Se Saturation Exposure DN Fs 0 Minus offset Plus offset Df Figure 4 9 1 Saturation Exposure and Dark Current...

Page 51: ...puts 8 bit or 10 bit digital data LSB MSB 10 LSB MSB Default Figure 4 10 1 1 Assignments of Digital Data Notes 1 The A D converter of the camera has a 10 bit resolution For 8 bit output the upper 8 bi...

Page 52: ...e camera scan readout direction and web object movement direction is shown below Forward Camera Scan Reverse Camera Scan Readout Direction Readout Direction Figure 4 10 2 1 Correlation of Camera Scan...

Page 53: ...01 RMSL4K100CP 4 10 3 Gamma Correction Setting The gamma correction coefficient can be set in the range of 0 45 4 00 Figure 4 10 3 1 Gamma Correction Characteristics Note 1 See 4 2 5 6 for the informa...

Page 54: ...s of the horizontal ramp pattern on Mono8 Figure 4 10 4 2 Image of the horizontal ramp pattern on Mono8 Where pixel 0 has the value 0DN the value increases by 1DN each pixel up to 255DN then the patte...

Page 55: ...es by 1DN each pixel up to 255DN in both X direction and Y direction the pattern repeats Figure 4 10 4 7 Waveforms of the XY horizontal vertical ramp pattern on Mono10 Figure 4 10 4 8 Image of the XY...

Page 56: ...orrection Vi Input data Before correction bl Output data of each pixel in perfect dark factory correction or user arbitrary correction wh Output data of each pixel in uniform illumination factory corr...

Page 57: ...g White Pixel Correction Data Acquires current white pixel correction data and saves it in the flash memory One set of correction data can be saved for each step of analog gain Register name NED_PRNUC...

Page 58: ...S sensor window is part of the optical path and should be handled like other optical components with care If you use the camera in a dusty area prepare a dust proof enclosure Dust can obscure pixels p...

Page 59: ...voltage The capacity of the power source is enough When Camera indicator lights red make sure the CoaXPress cable is properly connected between camera and the frame grabber board Make sure the frame g...

Page 60: ...too dark try to increase the light intensity and vice versa No image at the full aperture The optical axes of the camera and the image sensor are aligned If you can import it with the sample grabber...

Page 61: ...ed for 3 or more years or the ambient temperature is higher than room temperature Check the condition of the power supply The camera and or cables are used in a moving environment attached to a machin...

Page 62: ...speed and length The power source has no fluctuation in voltage and is not deteriorated Use a stable power supply The camera could be faulty Please contact us for assistance When the camera gain is on...

Page 63: ...rger than the rating The camera will become hotter than the ambient temperature while in operation because of self heating Allow sufficient air circulation around the camera to give it the longer life...

Page 64: ...rs or omissions please notify your nearest NED representative 7 2 Contact for support Nippon Electro Sensory Devices Corporation Head Office 2 5 12 Itachibori Nishi ku Osaka 550 0012 Japan Phone 81 6...

Page 65: ...card attach a separate Read carefully the Warranty card please trasure it 7 3 2 When you need to repair If there is still a problem with your camera after checking it in accordance with the troublesh...

Page 66: ...66 NED RMSL4K100CP UME 0114 01 Revision History Revision Number Date Changes 01 Mar 30 2020 Initial release...

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