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Mega

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 Model ES 4.0/E 

4.7 Timing Waveforms 

 

Figure 4-2. Continuous Mode – Variable Exposure Timing 

 

 

 

Figure 4-3. Continuous Mode – Variable Exposure Timing (With External Trigger Sync) 

 

 

 

Figure 4-4. Triggered Mode Timing 

 

 

91000116-001 Revision B 

4-5 

USER’S MANUAL 

Summary of Contents for MegaPlus ES 4.0/E

Page 1: ... 2002 The MegaPlusâ Model ES 4 0 E Camera User s Manual Redlake MASD Inc 11633 Sorrento Valley Road San Diego California 92121 1010 Telephone 800 854 7006 USA and Canada only Outside the USA 858 481 8182 Fax 858 481 6254 Internet www redlake com ...

Page 2: ...ocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to FCC rules In order to maintain complian...

Page 3: ...torily in an environment where the ambient temperature is between 0 and 40 C 32 and 104 F with no water condensation present STORAGE TEMPERATURE Do not store the equipment in an area where the temperature will drop below 25 C 13 F or exceed 70 C 158 F Do not allow moisture to condense on the system SHIPPING When shipping use a carton that protects the camera from shock and moisture similar to the ...

Page 4: ...dout Channels 3 2 3 4 2 Mode Control 3 2 3 4 3 Continuous 3 2 3 4 4 Continuous Fluoroscopy 3 3 3 4 5 Controlled 3 3 3 4 6 Trigger 3 3 3 4 7 Double Exposure 3 3 3 4 8 Mode 3 4 3 4 9 Binning Selection 3 4 3 4 10 Frame Rate Set 3 4 3 4 11 Exposure 3 5 3 4 12 Trigger 3 5 3 4 13 Transfer Pulse Delay 3 6 3 4 14 Transfer Pulse Width 3 6 3 4 15 Pixel by Pixel Corrector 3 7 3 4 16 Digital Gain 3 7 3 4 17 G...

Page 5: ...S422 LVDS 2 2 Figure 2 4 DC Power Connector Pins 2 2 Figure 2 5 ES 4 0 E Cable Types 2 3 Figure 2 6 Component Connection Diagram 2 4 Figure 3 1 Wedge Display Patterns 3 9 Figure 4 1 Digital Interface Connector 4 2 Figure 4 2 Continuous Mode Variable Exposure Timing 4 5 Figure 4 3 Continuous Mode Variable Exposure Timing With External Trigger Sync 4 5 Figure 4 4 Triggered Mode Timing 4 5 Figure 4 6...

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Page 7: ... 40 MHz In the 512 x 512 mode the camera has a maximum frame rate of 60 fps In the 1K x 1K binning mode the camera has a maximum frame rate of 30 fps In the 2K x 2K binning mode the camera has a maximum frame rate of 15 fps at 40Mhz and 8 fps at 20Mhz The camera requires a maximum of 24 watts at 24 volts DC and can be connected to commercially available frame grabber boards capable of handling twe...

Page 8: ...duct in accordance with Redlake s written instructions including but not limited to environmental specifications listed in the Redlake user manual 2 damage caused by accidental user damage misuse or abuse of the Product 3 damage caused by the unauthorized attempted repair of or tampering with the Product by non Redlake personnel or 4 damage resulting from shipping of the Product EXCEPT FOR THE LIM...

Page 9: ...ottom 2 1 2 Attaching the Lens The camera can be purchased with either a C mount or F mount lens adapter If your camera is equipped with an F mount lens adapter insert the lens into the locking ring then rotate the lens counterclockwise until it clicks into position To remove the lens hold the release button down as you rotate the lens clockwise If your camera is equipped with a C mount lens adapt...

Page 10: ...s input The operator can set the camera to respond to a positive or negative going trigger signal See the timing waveforms in Chapter 4 of this manual 2 2 3 Strobe The STROBE coaxial SMA type connector on the rear panel of the camera outputs a signal that is TTL compatible and can drive a 50 ohm load The strobe output pulse should be transmitted through a coaxial cable with a terminating resistor ...

Page 11: ...vailable to connect the MegaPlus Camera to your computer as shown in Figure 2 5 below The cable needed to connect your camera to your frame grabber depends upon the options you selected at purchase Figure 2 5 ES 4 0 E Cable Types 91000116 001 Revision B 2 3 USER S MANUAL ...

Page 12: ... using their cables to install your camera If using Redlake supplied cables connect the camera as shown in Figure 2 6 below Your equipment may vary from that illustrated below NOTE Illustration is an approximation Your equipment may differ Figure 2 6 Component Connection Diagram 91000116 001 Revision B 2 4 10 15 02 ...

Page 13: ... 481 8182 Fax 858 350 9380 Internet www redlake com Mailing Address Redlake MASD Inc 11633 Sorrento Valley Road San Diego California 92121 1010 For international customers please contact your authorized Redlake MASD Inc Distributor for information You may also contact one of the below listed service centers Roper Scientific BV Europe Middle East and Africa Telephone 31 347 32 4989 Fax 31 347 32 49...

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Page 15: ...rigger TRS TRM TRE 3 6 Transfer Pulse Delay TPD 3 6 Transfer Pulse Width TPW 3 7 Pixel by Pixel Corrector OGC 3 7 Digital Gain DGN 3 7 Gain Select GAS 3 7 Look Up Table LUT 3 7 Alternate Correction Table ACT 3 8 Strobe Polarity STP 3 8 Defect Conceal DEF 3 8 Save SAV 3 8 Reset RST 3 9 Display Wedge WDG 3 9 Smear Correction SMC 3 10 Serial Communication SCP 3 10 PSC Command PSC 3 10 Fast Read Mode ...

Page 16: ...d description TYPE IN RESPONSE EXPLANATION RDM 1 CR LF Sets the camera to single channel readout RDM 2 CR LF Sets the camera to dual channel readout RDM Queries the camera s current readout RDM x Means the readout is set as indicated 3 4 2 Mode Control The MegaPlus camera operates in one of six modes continuous continuous fluoroscopy controlled trigger and double exposure The mode of operation is ...

Page 17: ...seconds after the active edge of the trigger pulse and ends at the exposure time selected by the EXE command Use the TRM command to select the positive or negative edge of the trigger pulse as the trigger point The EXPOSE input sets the start time for each frame of video The camera will ignore additional EXPOSE signals until it completes the current exposure The trigger mode of operation is used t...

Page 18: ... binning is performed resolution is 2K x 2K pixels BNS 2 CR LF 2 horizontal and 2 vertical pixels are binned together producing an effective resolution of 1K x 1K pixels BNS 3 CR LF 4 horizontal and 4 vertical pixels are binned together producing an effective resolution of 512 x 512 pixels BNS Queries the current binning selection BNS x Means the binning selection is set as indicated NOTE Check th...

Page 19: ...e argument range is from 091 to 112 to 298 milliseconds in increments of 063 milliseconds depending on the operating mode the camera will round up to the next valid setting for any exposure value entered EXE Queries the current exposure setting The value returned is the corrected value in milliseconds EXE xxxx Means the exposure is set expressed in milliseconds NOTE After EXExxxx or EXE Has been e...

Page 20: ... exposure time for both images TPD Queries the current transfer pulse delay time setting TPD xxx Means the time is set as indicated NOTE After TPD xxx or TPD has been executed type in to increase the transfer pulse delay time or type in to decrease the delay time The camera will respond with the new value Sample commands with arguments TPD 1 6 Sets the delay time to 1 6 microseconds TPD 0 The EXE ...

Page 21: ...4 DGN 8 CR LF Sets the camera gain to times 8 DGN 16 CR LF Sets the camera gain to times 16 DGN Queries the current gain setting DGN x Indicates the gain is set to x 3 4 17 Gain Select This command sets the gain mode selection See ACT command for additional information TYPE IN RESPONSE EXPLANATION GAS x CR LF Sets the gain selection with an argument range of 0 to 3 GAS Queries the current setting ...

Page 22: ...e not perfect and have some pixels that react differently to light These imperfect pixels are sometimes different in intensity from their neighbors It is possible to characterize a sensor identifying the abnormal pixels and then to program their locations into the camera at the factory When defect concealment is turned on the camera replaces the variant pixels with information derived from nearby ...

Page 23: ...ixel In Pattern 2 the pixel value increments every line In Pattern 3 the pixel value increments every frame The display wedge defaults to OFF when the power to the camera is turned off TYPE IN RESPONSE EXPLANATION WDG ON CR LF Means the wedge is being displayed WDG OF CR LF Means the camera is imaging WDG 0 3 WDG x Selects one of the following 0 OF 1 Pattern 1 ON 2 Pattern 2 ON 3 Pattern 3 ON WDG ...

Page 24: ...a will always power up with autodetection enabled TYPE IN RESPONSE EXPLANATION SCP 232 CR LF Indicates selection of RS232 protocol SCP 422 CR LF Indicates selection of RS422 protocol SCP Queries the current setting SCP xxx Indicates communications protocol selected 3 4 28 Fast Read Mode The command allows the user to reduce the read out time delay from one frame 67 milliseconds to one line 63 micr...

Page 25: ...oaded into your camera RESPONSE DEFINITION EXAMPLE BNS x Shows binning mode BNS 1 DEF xx Shows defect concealment state DEF ON DGN x Shows the digital gain setting DGN 1 EXE xx Shows the exposure time EXE 58 FRS xx Shows the frame rate setting FRS 15 MDE xx Shows the operating mode MDE CS OGC xx Shows the offset and gain state OGC ON RDM x Shows the readout mode RDM 2 SMC xx Shows the smear correc...

Page 26: ... 60 used with Remote Control Panel software 3 5 Gain Select GAS 0 1 2 3 3 7 Identification Query IDN no argument required 3 11 Look Up Table LUT on of 3 7 Mode Command MDE CS CD TR DE CF 3 4 Offset and Gain Coefficient OGC on of 3 7 PSC Command PSC on of 3 10 Readout Channels RDM 1 2 3 2 Reset RST 0 to 9 3 9 Save SAV 0 to 9 3 8 Serial Communication SCP 232 422 3 10 Smear Correction SMC on of 3 10 ...

Page 27: ...3M com 4 4 Digital Video Outputs The camera has provisions for two twelve bit digital video output channels Channel A bits are labeled AMSB through AMSB 11 Channel B bits are labeled BMSB through BMSB 11 The AMSB indicates the Most Significant Bit MSB and the AMSB 11 is the Least Significant Bit LSB These signals are output as differential pairs with signal levels conforming to the RS644 specifica...

Page 28: ...49 BMSB 4 Camera 16 BMSB 5 50 BMSB 5 Camera 17 AMSB 10 51 AMSB 10 Camera 18 AMSB 11 52 AMSB 11 Camera 19 BMSB 6 53 BMSB 6 Camera 20 BMSB 7 54 BMSB 7 Camera 21 AMSB 8 55 AMSB 8 Camera 22 SER CNTRL OUT 56 SER CNTRL OUT Camera 23 SER CNTRL IN 57 SER CNTRL IN Processor 24 BMSB 11 58 BMSB 11 Camera 25 FRAME DATA VALID 59 FRAME DATA VALID Camera 26 LINE DATA VALID 60 LINE DATA VALID Camera 27 BMSB 10 61...

Page 29: ... AMSB 10 Camera 18 AMSB 11 52 AMSB 11 Camera 19 BMSB 6 53 BMSB 6 Camera 20 BMSB 7 54 BMSB 7 Camera 21 AMSB 8 55 AMSB 8 Camera 22 SER CNTRL OUT 56 SER CNTRL OUT Camera 23 SER CNTRL IN 57 SER CNTRL IN User 24 BMSB 11 58 BMSB 11 Camera 25 FRME ENA 59 FRME ENA Camera 26 LINE ENA 60 LINE ENA Camera 27 BMSB 10 61 BMSB 10 Camera 28 Reserved 62 Reserved 29 PIX DATA STRB 63 PIX DATA STRB Camera 30 EXPOSE 6...

Page 30: ...Camera 3 X1 16 X1 Camera 4 X2 17 X2 Camera 5 XCLK 18 XCLK Camera 6 X3 19 X3 Camera 7 SER CNTL IN 20 SER CNTL IN Camera 8 SER CNTL OUT 21 SER CNTL OUT Camera 9 EXPOSE 22 EXPOSE Camera 10 SPARE IN 23 SPARE IN Camera 11 NOT USED 24 NOT USED 12 NOT USED 25 NOT USED 13 IN SHLD GND 26 IN SHLD GND Both Terminated 91000116 001 Revision B 4 4 10 15 02 ...

Page 31: ...4 7 Timing Waveforms Figure 4 2 Continuous Mode Variable Exposure Timing Figure 4 3 Continuous Mode Variable Exposure Timing With External Trigger Sync Figure 4 4 Triggered Mode Timing 91000116 001 Revision B 4 5 USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 33: ...K mode 30 fps maximum 1Kx1K mode 60 fps maximum 512x512 mode 4 8 2 Camera Mechanical Housing Extruded aluminum case Dimensions 4 30 H x 4 30 W x 6 67 L 109 2 x 109 2 x 169 3mm Lens C Mount or F Mount Weight Approximately 4 pounds 1 8 Kg Mount Two 20 threaded holes with locating pin holes Vibration 3G sinusoidal from 5 to 150 Hz Shock 20G nonoperating 4 8 3 Temperature Operating 0 to 40 C 32 to 104...

Page 34: ...4 9 C Mount Camera Dimensions NOTE Dimensions contained in brackets xx x are in millimeters Other dimensions are in inches Figure 4 9 C Mount Camera Dimensions Front and Bottom Views 91000116 001 Revision B 4 8 10 15 02 ...

Page 35: ...gaPlus Model ES 4 0 E NOTE Dimensions contained in brackets xx x are in millimeters Other dimensions are in inches Figure 4 10 C Mount Camera Dimensions Side View 91000116 001 Revision B 4 9 USER S MANUAL ...

Page 36: ...10 F Mount Camera Dimensions NOTE Dimensions contained in brackets xx x are in millimeters Other dimensions are in inches Figure 4 11 F Mount Camera Dimensions Front and Bottom Views 91000116 001 Revision B 4 10 10 15 02 ...

Page 37: ...aPlus Model ES 4 0 E NOTE Dimensions contained in brackets xx x are in millimeters Other dimensions are in inches Figure 4 12 F Mount Camera Dimensions Side View 91000116 001 Revision B 4 11 USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 39: ..._P8 8 volts failure 23 ERROR_P5 5 volts failure 24 ERROR_N5 5 volts failure 25 ERROR_N12 12 volts failure 26 ERROR_FLASH_ACCESS Flash access denied 27 ERROR_FLASH_ERASE Flash erase operation failed 28 ERROR_FLASH_WRITE Flash write operation failed 29 ERROR_FLASH_READ Flash read operation failed 30 ERROR_FRBUFF_CONFIG_INIT Configuration initialization problem 31 ERROR_FRBUFF_CONFIG_TIMEOUT Configur...

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