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NOCTURN XS MONO

 

USER GUIDE

 

PHOTONIS

 

USA

 

Proprietary

 

and

 

Confidential

 

Information

 

6170

 

Research

 

Road

 

|

 

Suite

 

208,

 

Frisco,

 

Texas

 

75033

 

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3.

 

Visually inspect the sensor for dust, debris, and residue (e.g., fingerprints, smears, 
etc.) 

4.

 

Clean  the  sensor  and  board  with  low  pressure,  dry,  compressed  air  or  nitrogen  if 
necessary.   

5.

 

If  there  are  fingerprints,  smears,  or  other  oily  residue,  the  sensor  glass  may  be 
cleaned with a lint free cotton‐tipped applicator moistened with a small amount of 
isopropyl alcohol.  Allow the sensor to air dry.   

6.

 

After the sensor is dry, visually verify no residue remains. 

5

 

Storage

 

In preparation for storage, it is recommended that all cables and connectors be removed 
from the camera.   

1.

 

If operating, shut down and power off the camera. 

2.

 

Disconnect all cables 

3.

 

Visually inspect the external surfaces of the camera and connectors for damage, 
bent pins and ensure they are clean and free of debris.   

4.

 

Clean the external body of the camera, including connectors, with a dry, lint free 
cloth and soft brush if necessary to remove dirt, dust and debris.  For caked on dirt, 
the cleaning cloth may be moistened with a small amount of water or Methanol.  Do 
not immerse the camera in any type of liquid.   

 

CAUTION

 

To

 

avoid

 

damage

 

to

 

the

 

camera

 

hardware,

 

do

 

not

 

immerse

 

the

 

camera

 

in

 

any

 

type

 

of

 

liquid,

 

and

 

do

 

not

 

pour

 

any

 

liquid

 

on,

 

or

 

in

 

the

 

camera.

 

5.

 

If necessary, clean the sensor and board with low pressure, dry, compressed air or 
nitrogen.  If there are fingerprints or other oily residue evident on the sensor glass, 
the sensor glass may be cleaned with a lint free cotton‐tipped applicator and 
Methanol.   

6.

 

If the sensor is cleaned using isopropyl alcohol, allow the sensor to air dry.   

7.

 

Once the sensor is fully dry, install a protective blue lens saver dot. 

8.

 

Place the camera in a protective ESD bag and package.   

9.

 

For long term storage, a humidity and temperature controlled environment is 
recommended, however, the ambient temperature in the storage area should not 
exceed the range of ‐50°C to +80°C. 

6

 

Quality

 

6.1

 

Acceptance

 

Test

 

Protocol

 

Prior to shipment to customers, all NOCTURN XS cameras are tested according to Photonis 
Acceptance Test Protocol (ATP). The ATP verifies that the camera units meet the operating, 
functionality and imaging characteristics specified by Photonis. Every unit is shipped with a 
test sheet displaying these characteristics against the NOCTURN XS specifications. 

Summary of Contents for NOCTURN XS MONO

Page 1: ...formation 6170 Research Road Suite 208 Frisco Texas 75033 i NOCTURN XS Monochrome Engineering User Guide September 2014 Doc No 200 LC 4020 Version B 01 PHOTONIS USA Inc 6170 Research Road Suite 208 Fr...

Page 2: ...E OR IN PART WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF PHOTONIS PENNSYLVANIA INC THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION BUT IS NOT GUARANTEED AND IS SUB...

Page 3: ...y and Confidential Information 6170 Research Road Suite 208 Frisco Texas 75033 iii Document Revisions Date Version Number Document Changes Dec 12 2013 A 1 Initial Draft Jan 17 2014 A 2 Initial Release...

Page 4: ...e and Purpose 6 1 2 Product Configuration 6 1 3 Product Specifications 7 1 4 Quantum Efficiency 9 2 Getting Started with the Camera 10 2 1 Unpacking Instructions 10 3 Camera Controls 12 3 1 1Basic Com...

Page 5: ...ecessary and important data CAUTIONS and NOTES appear in the text as applicable Definitions for WARNINGS CAUTIONS and NOTES are as follows WARNING A warning indicates an operation condition or stateme...

Page 6: ...ics incorporates a multitude of functions to enhance the low light level performance This camera features automatic gain control AGC automatic exposure control AEC high dynamic range HDR non uniformit...

Page 7: ...is recommended to provide a regulated input between 4 3 4 7 for optimum performance Table 1 NOCTURN XS Input Power Specifications Parameter Description Min Typ Max Units Vin Input Voltage 2 51 4 5 5...

Page 8: ...e Image Correction Bad pixel replacement and 2 points non uniformity correction Contrast Enhancement Contrast stretching equalization and adaptive equalization Gain Control Automatic gain and exposure...

Page 9: ...Up Time 5 seconds Operating Temperature 40 to 60 C Storage Temperature 50 to 80 C Input Voltage 2 5 to 5 5 VDC or regulated 4 57 VDC factory configurable Power Typical 60 50Hz mode 1 6W typ 1 4 Quantu...

Page 10: ...Under no circumstances should the camera be disassembled unless directed to do so by PHOTONIS personnel Disassembly of the camera and damage to the anti tamper sticker on the side of the camera will...

Page 11: ...te 208 Frisco Texas 75033 11 Description Image Open shipping container by breaking the PHOTONIS seal and lifting the cardboard lid Remove the antistatic bag containing the camera module from the suspe...

Page 12: ...the following configuration for both the main and the aux serial interface Number of bits 8 Baud rate 115200 bps Parity none Number of stop bits 1 bit Flow control none NOTE The NOCTURN XS cameras ar...

Page 13: ...power on default state for the camera by saving the flash configuration type save flash CR LF The following examples demonstrate the communication protocol please refer to the following sections for c...

Page 14: ...lp response from camera VIDEO contrast Selects contrast enhancement CR LF 0 No enhancement CR LF 1 histogram stretching CR LF 2 histogram equalization CR LF 3 limited equalization CR LF 4 histogram un...

Page 15: ...ra Error 6012 Video Pipeline Invalid contrast parameter CR LF CR LF blank line sent by camera camera ready for next command 3 1 3 Camera Serial Commands The following section contains all of the seria...

Page 16: ...uniformity correction command menu TEMP see 3 1 3 10 Print the temperature sensor menu XFER see 3 1 3 11 Print file transfer I O menu Type to get embedded help menu DR see 3 1 3 12 Draw OSD menu AGC S...

Page 17: ...B baud rate to 28800bp Set the USB baud rate to 19200bps Set the USB baud rate to 9600bps AUX Display baudrate help and current setting for the AUX port AUX 921600 460800 230400 115200 57600 38400 288...

Page 18: ...X port echo off AUX port echo on 3 1 3 4 CS Commands CAUTION Adjusting the default CMOS settings could affect the low light level performance of the camera and the default non uniformity correction ta...

Page 19: ...ings read from sensor on the console cs rd xx Reads camera sensor register address xx and display value on the console cs wr xx dd Write camera sensor register address xx with value dd cs save user Sa...

Page 20: ...or this register is 1 to 1044 NROF_SLOPES 6 2 The number of slopes is 1 2 or 3 0 is an invalid setting for this register INTE_FIRST 7 9 24 The number of slots light integrates on the pixels for the 1s...

Page 21: ...s mode only 3 Calibration during overhead row and at start of each conversion row 60 fps mode only COL_CALIB_MODE 16 1 Set the column amplifier calibration mode 0 No calibration 1 Calibration at start...

Page 22: ...is clipped at 1111111111 1 Output overflows and outputs lowest 10 bits DB_LOAD_FALLING 18 1 Change the clock edge that is used to sample the digital data when going from parallel to serial data FLIP 1...

Page 23: ...6 line_0_sample 7 line_0_adc 8 line_0_read 9 adc_ramp_r 10 adc_ramp_s 11 adc_vtzero 12 col_init 13 col_init_off 14 pix_select 15 pix_transfer TMUX2 27 4 Select output signal on digital multiplexer 2...

Page 24: ...ltiplication factor 252 x10 DPLL_EN 31 1 Disable Enable digital PLL DPLL_DIVMODE 31 1 Internal selection of feedback mechanism in digital PLL DPLL_F_RANGE 31 2 Select output frequency range of digital...

Page 25: ...n for channel to channel skew 0 no compensation 254 maximum compensation Note 255 is an invalid setting PGA_GAIN 35 3 Set the analog gain in the column amplifier 0 0 8 1 1 2 2 1 6 3 2 0 4 2 4 5 3 6 6...

Page 26: ...Pixel reset low voltage VTX_LOW0 45 7 Set the saturation anti blooming level for the integration after slope 3 VTX_LOW1 46 7 Set the reset level for the third slope Change this register to control th...

Page 27: ...and V_TSIG V_TEST_LOW 54 6 Lowest voltage adjustment for V_TREF and V_TSIG V_BLSUN 55 7 Voltage setting for clipping of reset in black sun protection TEMP 62 63 16 Temperature sensor readout only 3 1...

Page 28: ...every histogram update imgfmt 0 1 Selects PGM snapshot image format Selects JPG snapshot image format mf 0 1 2 Median filter turned off Median filter turned on Median filter turns automatically with A...

Page 29: ...int histogram information on the console hist roi left right top bot Sets the region of interest for the histogram hist roi_bottom xxx Sets bottom offset for region of interest hist roi_left xxx Sets...

Page 30: ...e is down right of center with standard imaging lens panix xxx Increment in X Coordinate for new PAN location paniy xxx Increment in Y Coordinate for new PAN location vid_roi left top width height Set...

Page 31: ...ctive low trigi width x Sets trigger input pulse width Valid value range from 0 to 16000000 trigo delay x Sets delay in micro seconds between start of new frame to the strobe output Valid value range...

Page 32: ...under a snapshots To download a snapshot to a PC use YMODEM protocol SEND Y a snapshots NAME OF IMAGE CR LF 3 1 3 7 CameraLink Commands All valid serial command shown in Table 11 should be sent as CL...

Page 33: ...el set NTSC PAL Sets the analog video output to NTSC format Sets the analog video output to PAL format tp 0 1 2 Turns off the analog video test pattern Turns on the analog video channel test pattern T...

Page 34: ...ets global offset for the non uniformity correction to xxx load gain filename Loads gain file filename into bufferset load offset filename Loads offset file filename into bufferset status Displays cur...

Page 35: ...serial command shown in Table 15 should be sent as XFER Command Optional Payload CR LF Table 15 Transfer commands Command Optional Payload Description Transfer help menu receive filename Xmodem Ymode...

Page 36: ...on the screen enable 0 1 On screen display disabled On screen display enabled effects 0 1 Disables effects in bitmap images 0 pixel value is transparent Enables effects in bitmap images ef n x y xd y...

Page 37: ...dy t p Draws a filled quadrangle between points ax ay bx by cx cy and dx dy with thickness t and effects p ret_c s Clear and turn off the reticle in slots s 0 all 1 slot 1 and 2 slot 2 ret_o 0 1 Disa...

Page 38: ...ay bx by and cx cy thickness t and effects p tp Sets test pattern mode function used for troubleshooting display operation txt x y f b s ttt Displays text ttt at the x y coordinate top left corner wit...

Page 39: ...Payload Description status Display the AGC commands and settings agcupdinterva XX Number of histogram to collect before doing an AGC update saturationlev XXX Sets the digital value at which a pixel i...

Page 40: ...XX Number of histogram to obtain running average to calculate AGC statistics evlim XX Maximum percentage change in exposure value allowed between AGC updates int_g XX Maximum reduction in exposure va...

Page 41: ...g of the NOCTURN XS camera should be referred to Photonis USA Recommended periodic inspection and cleaning recommend camera be inspected and cleaned every time a lens change is performed 1 Visually in...

Page 42: ...th may be moistened with a small amount of water or Methanol Do not immerse the camera in any type of liquid CAUTION To avoid damage to the camera hardware do not immerse the camera in any type of liq...

Page 43: ...of the product at Buyer s expense However Photonis shall not be responsible for packing inspection or labor costs in connection with the return of product In order to avoid administrative difficultie...

Page 44: ...0 Research Road Suite 208 Frisco Texas 75033 44 OTHER OR FURTHER WARRANTY INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY All warranties conditions and other...

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