pco.
ultraviolet
user manual
Page 1: ...pco ultraviolet pco user manual...
Page 2: ...uding without limitation lost revenues or lost profits which may result from the use of these materials The information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the p...
Page 3: ...MERA PROPERTIES 15 6 3 1 TIMING 16 6 3 2 IMAGE SIZE 17 6 3 3 SENSOR CONTROL 18 6 3 4 RECORDING CONTROL 20 6 3 5 STATUS 20 6 3 6 CONVERT CONTROL DIALOG 21 6 4 IMAGE OVERLAY 22 6 5 RECORDER TOOLS 23 6 6...
Page 4: ...E 43 A1 3 TRIGGER INTERFACE 43 A1 4 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS 44 A1 5 NO INPUT WINDOW 44 A1 6 REVERSE WITH CAPTION 45 A2 IMAGE FILE FORMATS 46 A3 CUSTOMER SERVICE 48 A3 1 SERVICE 48 A3 2 MAINTENANCE 48 A3...
Page 5: ...m superior low noise of 7 9 e rms 14 bit dynamic range 1750 1 65dB 3000 1 69 5dB binning excellent DSNU at long exposure times outstanding offset stability and control 1 count hot pixel correction int...
Page 6: ...igh levels of x ray radiation SHOCK VIBRATION To prevent damage to the camera the system must be kept stable and protected against strong jolts or vibrations Use the mounting threads of the camera to...
Page 7: ...ects to power supply USB 2 0 Connector connects to PC RJ11 connects to I O device Serial Number Tag Mounting Thread 1 4 20 UNC Trigger Interface I O Device Proprietary RJ11 BNC connector for Trigger B...
Page 8: ...llation wizard After finishing the driver installation wizard connect your pco pixelfly camera to its power supply and via enclosed USB 2 0 cable to your computer The first time the camera is connecte...
Page 9: ...mera Toolbox in your program directory and a Camware 32 64 button on your desktop Other helpful tools are also installed in the same directory To uninstall the Camware program please use the Software...
Page 10: ...on is finished see chapter 4 An appropriate lens is attached remove cap or the camera is attached properly to the microscope spectrograph or other scientific device Camera is connected to the PC Camer...
Page 11: ...ge You may have to adjust exposure time aperture and focus Now you should clearly see the object in the window If you need to change exposure time e g the image is still either too dark or too bright...
Page 12: ...log Contrast Saturation Gamma Chapter 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 describe the recording functions 6 4 Image Overlay Overlay for recorded images 6 5 Recorder Tools Record Play Settings 6 6 View Window View wi...
Page 13: ...d focus adjustment allowing a first look at your object During live preview no images are saved into the computer s RAM During Live preview Trigger and Acquire mode are set to Auto Camera Setting All...
Page 14: ...acquisition or experiment can be recorded with its own Master Set To display Master Sets please right click in the Camera Overview window and select Show Master Sets Master Set window Define differen...
Page 15: ...ame type settings serial number and the exposure time In Basic Mode the frame rate is always calculated automatically based on the selected exposure time i e while exposure time is increased frame rat...
Page 16: ...ing mode External Exposure Start image acquisition is triggered by an external signal The single trigger button acquires a single image for a test In the External Exp Start exposure control mode singl...
Page 17: ...and decreases the spatial resolution of the whole recorded image Since the readout is done only once for all binned pixels the signal to noise ratio increases Vertical binning increases the readout sp...
Page 18: ...first image The interframing time titf denotes the transition time between end of exposure 1 and start of exposure 2 Readout times treadA and treadB are exactly the same See also appendix A1 3 While...
Page 19: ...be used in 1x1 full resolution and higher binning modes As mentioned in 6 3 2 binning is available for the pco ultraviolet The usable extended fullwell capacity rises in binning mode from 14000 to 24...
Page 20: ...stamp information binary code The numbers are coded in BCD with one byte per pixel which means that every pixel can hold 2 digits If the pixels have more resolution than 8 bits then the BCD digits ar...
Page 21: ...Values above that mark are set to 255 i e displayed as white The values in between are converted into a value between 0 and 255 according to Contrast and Gamma settings The small graph reflects the c...
Page 22: ...ods Camera image number the image numbers are incremented continuously When recording in Ring Buffer mode the image numbers exceed the number of images stored in the RAM memory of the computer since i...
Page 23: ...y Speed selectable play speed from x1 to x256 or from 1 fps to 16 fps E g in mode x1 a recording with 1000 fps is played with 25 fps 1 fps means that only one frame per second is played Play Mode sele...
Page 24: ...ack fast jump backward Back jump one image backward Forward jump one image forward Forward fast jump forward Last image jump to last image in record Recording with multiple cameras With all cameras ac...
Page 25: ...played on the desktop you may select individual view windows Split View Window The view window can be split Choose Window Split 4 and a split cross will be shown The size of splitted window elements i...
Page 26: ...se or by mouse wheel while the cursor is over the image number bar While quick scrolling the Preview window will display the active image sequence This allows to quickly scroll through the image seque...
Page 27: ...own the left mouse button and sliding the borders Search Events in Thumbnails detected events are displayed as green bars Too dark or bright thumbnails If thumbnails are too dark or too bright right c...
Page 28: ...een the Recorder Images section and the Settings Overview No Function Description Camera name Name Auto Save Off Unconfigured red OK green Type Camera type and serial number Status Ready or Recording...
Page 29: ...obal Auto Save Mode two different modes are available Save manually and Save unattendedly Save manually mode stores RAW images and exports them after a recording session by pressing ALT D keys This al...
Page 30: ...le Folder and RAW File Name if not set to automatic file naming Export File Settings set Export File Folder and Export File Name if not set to automatic file naming Multimedia File Resolution set pred...
Page 31: ...Having troubles to run the camera this window will pop up See instruction in appendix A3 Resolution The drop down list displays the existing image sensor spatial resolutions of all PCO camera systems...
Page 32: ...be saved in 16bit b16 and tif format If more than one camera is connected all current images may be saved by selecting Export all images in the Save file dialog box This feature allows to save one im...
Page 33: ...pgm file set the format of the pgm portable gray map file Select yes no Jpeg2000 image quality set compression from 20 to 100 Jpeg image quality set compression from 20 to 100 Binary ppm file set for...
Page 34: ...s to be stored If the camera captures images faster than the computer can save to disk you will lose images Displaying of the images doesn t interfere with the record process Start Auto Save Only avai...
Page 35: ...e 6 3 1 During recording all camera controls are locked Rec Memory Settings Sets the number of images recorded in one sequence The maximum is defined by pre established RAM size 6 9 5 VIEW MENU B W or...
Page 36: ...to calculate the difference between a reference image and the actual image Activating math every new image acquired will be subtracted from the reference image or vice versa Reference image Actual im...
Page 37: ...e Camware log files reboot Camware and your pco ultraviolet With activated log files it is possible to create a support file Send it to the PCO support see A3 3 Logging Enable Logging Activates Camwar...
Page 38: ...25 to 32 Scroll Synchronously scroll synchronously through all open image windows only available if Stretched View is deactivated Show Image Overlay activates the overlay see 6 4 Open LUT opens look u...
Page 39: ...desired line end and left click again The line may be stretched shrunk or moved by grasping its end point A Line Diagram opens The graph in the length of the line units pixel is displayed showing the...
Page 40: ...be shown with maximum contrast Press the shift and the left mouse button Hold down the mouse button while changing the selection rectangle s size by moving the mouse After releasing the mouse button t...
Page 41: ...CURVE 43 A1 3 TRIGGER INTERFACE 43 A1 4 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS 44 A1 5 NO INPUT WINDOW 44 A1 6 REVERSE WITH CAPTION 45 A2 IMAGE FILE FORMATS 46 A3 CUSTOMER SERVICE 48 A3 1 SERVICE 48 A3 2 MAINTENANCE 4...
Page 42: ...e 7 3 fps normal full resolution 11 7 fps centered 800 x 600 exposure shutter time 1 s 60 s dynamic range A D 14 bit A D conversion factor 0 8 e count 1 4 e count pixel scan rate 12 MHz binning h x v...
Page 43: ...TERFACE Connect the trigger interface to the RJ11 Connector of your camera It is equipped with three BNC outputs Trigger Busy Exposure The trigger interface is just a connection adapter from RJ 11 to...
Page 44: ...s is removed you have direct access to the sensor surface The sensor surface itself has a glass but this glass is very sensitive and can be easily damaged e g scratches Therefore please be very carefu...
Page 45: ...progress busy FALSE low external trigger is ready to accept exposure TRUE high exposure of image sensor In Auto Sequence trigger mode the busy signal is always set to TRUE while the exposure signal i...
Page 46: ...nimum value 9 b w max black white LUT setting maximum value 10 b w linlog black white LUT setting 0 linear 1 logarithmic 11 red min red LUT setting minimum value 12 red max red LUT setting maximum val...
Page 47: ...hotographic images The degree of compression can be adjusted allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality JP2 JPEG 2000 is a wavelet based image compression standard and codin...
Page 48: ...r local PCO distributor for further cleaning instructions BODY CLEANING Use a soft dry cloth for cleaning the camera Do not use liquid cleaners or sprays LENS CLEANING The lens is best cleaned with pr...
Page 49: ...f camera Graphic card Software being used Graphic card setup Camera serial number How to create a logfile Enable log files Help Menu Logging Enable Logfile Camware will ask you to press NO to activate...
Page 50: ...ction cap to protect the camera on the lens thread Firmware Software and Driver Update You will find all necessary software and drivers on the accompanying USB storage device For the latest versions p...
Page 51: ...y 6 4 22 Input Output possibilities A1 6 45 Input window A1 5 44 Installation 4 8 Live preview 5 3 6 2 11 13 Logfile 6 9 7 37 Maintenance A3 2 48 Master Settings 6 2 13 Number of Images 6 2 13 Options...
Page 52: ...nction with an excellent contact to leading manufacturers of image sensors ensure our access to state of the art CCD and CMOS technology for our cameras Since 2001 PCO is located in its own facility b...
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