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Specim FX10 - User Manual 2.2

Summary of Contents for FX10 Series

Page 1: ...Specim FX10 User Manual 2 2...

Page 2: ...allation Setup Overview 13 Camera Mounting 13 Cabling the Camera Link Camera 15 Cabling the GigE Camera 16 Setting the Jumbo Frame Value 17 Software Options 20 Lumo Software 20 SpecSensor SDK 20 ASCII...

Page 3: ...Maintenance Information 42 Cleaning the Fore Optics 42 Troubleshooting 43 Troubleshooting FX 43 Technical Information 44 Default Settings and Calibrations 44 Optical Characteristics 45 Performance Ch...

Page 4: ...ls is believed to be complete accurate and reliable at the time of delivery No responsibility is assumed by Specim Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd for its use Specim Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd reserves the right...

Page 5: ...at either camera or the target moves and the movement builds up the image The movement can be achieved for example by mounting the FX camera to a scanner vehicle or over a conveyor belt Illumination O...

Page 6: ...rspectral camera is operating If the illumination does not have signal in some of the wavelengths the measured data on those wavelengths is not valid The recommended options for Specim FX are halogen...

Page 7: ...through single fore optics There are four versions of the FX10 camera FX10 CameraLink 400 1000 nm FX10e GigE 400 1000 nm FX10c CameraLink 400 780 nm FX10ce GigE 400 780 nm These specifications apply...

Page 8: ...ge sensor CMOS Data interface Camera Link in FX10 and FX10c GigE in FX10e and FX10ce Operating range 400 to 1000 nm in FX10 and FX10e 400 to 780nm in FX10c and FX10ce Image enhancement Offset and hot...

Page 9: ...ruption These extra rows must then be discarded in data processing as their data may be invalid External Interfaces Power Connector There is one Fischer Connector DBPLU1031Z012 130G in the camera back...

Page 10: ...g Blinking green Recording data being transferred Note Camera blinks briefly during startup This period can be very short and therefore easy to miss GigE Camera External Interfaces GigE Connector Ther...

Page 11: ...own in the following table Table 2 Summary of parameters needed for frame grabber configuration Pixel Clock per Tap 80 MHz Number of Taps 2 Greyscale resolution 12 bit 10 bit 8 bit CC1 18 clock cycles...

Page 13: ...onveyor belt or some other method for movement ready 5 Mount the camera 6 Connect the cabling 7 Install Lumo software on the data aqcuisition PC 8 Test the signal Camera Mounting The following mountin...

Page 14: ...ounting kit bottom plate 2 Slide the camera holder part to the mounting kit bottom plate Figure 8 Mounting Kit parts 3 Slide the camera dovetails to the camera holder Figure 9 Dovetail joints for the...

Page 15: ...amera Link Camera There are two connectors in the camera back panel on the left picture below Camera Link Connector Power Connector for 12V DC Figure 11 Back panel connectors Note Leave at least 150 m...

Page 16: ...the wall socket After removing the power cord wait at least 30 seconds before connecting the power cord and starting camera again Cabling the GigE Camera There are three LEDs and two connectors in th...

Page 17: ...socket After removing the power cord wait at least 30 seconds before connecting the power cord and starting camera again Setting the Jumbo Frame Value When using the GigE camera version set the jumbo...

Page 18: ...ation Guide 18 3 In the Network Connections window click the right mouse button on the network adapter used by the camera Select Properties 4 Click Configure All rights reserved Specim Spectral Imagin...

Page 19: ...Installation Guide 19 5 Open the Advanced tab and select Property Jumbo frame 6 Set the property to the maximum value typically 9KB MTU All rights reserved Specim Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd...

Page 20: ...and it is typically used by OEM and integrators C style API can be used from different programming languages SpecSensor SDK sends commands to cameras and gets the frames from the cameras however it do...

Page 21: ...e the ASCII for FX series document or the GigE software user interface Note It is not possible to use this feature with the previous revision s FX17 cameras without hardware changes The following figu...

Page 22: ...readout mode When the acquisition of an image needs to be synchronised to an external event an external trigger can be used In this mode the camera is idle until it gets a signal to capture an image F...

Page 23: ...lid image information The signal SHUTTER indicates the active exposure period of the sensor and is shown for clarity only Simultaneous readout timing To achieve highest possible frame rates the camera...

Page 24: ...er than exposure time Figure 24 Timing diagram simultaneous readout mode readout time is less than exposure time Table 4 Explanation of control and data signals used in the timing diagram Frame time F...

Page 25: ...there are 100 values transferred within one LVAL active high period or 100 100 values within one FVAL period Line pause Delay before the first line and after every following line when reading out the...

Page 26: ...that are NOT included in MROI s The number of MROI s can be between 1 and 512 Binning must be disabled MROI in Lumo In Lumo SpecSensor SDK Recorder or Scanner start row index is relative row index ins...

Page 27: ...is section refers to the external trigger mode if not otherwise specified In external trigger mode the trigger can be applied through the Camera Link interface interface trigger or directly by the pow...

Page 28: ...rate is attained if Constant Frame Rate mode is disabled In Constant Frame Rate mode exposure starts after a user specified time Frame Time has elapsed from the previous exposure start and therefore...

Page 29: ...camera software The trigger offset delay ttrigger offset results then from the synchronous design of the FPGA state machines The exposure time texposure is controlled with an internal exposure time co...

Page 30: ...by the user defined value which can be configured via camera software After the trigger offset time ttrigger offset the exposure is stopped Trigger delay The trigger delay is a programmable delay in m...

Page 31: ...y time tburst trigger delay the internal burst engine which generates an internal triggers for the shutter and strobe control A user configurable value defines the time tburst period time between two...

Page 32: ...evious image 2 New exposure starts during readout of previous image Image Correction Overview The camera includes the following image corrections Automatic Image Enhancement AIE Offset and hot pixel c...

Page 33: ...i e every pixel is corrected separately For the correction a black reference and a grey reference image are required Then the correction values are determined automatically in the camera The offset c...

Page 34: ...X10 It is possible to turn these feature on and off However if AIE is used it performs the hot pixel correction automatically whether the feature is on or not Digital Gain and Offset Gain x1 x2 x4 and...

Page 35: ...e raw data without considering gain settings 52 12 Horizontal start position of ROI OffsetX 56 12 Image Width 60 12 Vertical start position of ROI OffsetY In MROI mode this parameter is the start posi...

Page 36: ...ysis of the test images with a histogram tool gives the correct result at a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels only Ramp Depending on the configured grey level resolution the ramp test image outputs a c...

Page 37: ...eal time histogram store the image and use a graphic software tool to display the histogram In the LFSR linear feedback shift register mode the camera generates a constant pseudo random test pattern c...

Page 38: ...sted pairs are separately shielded to meet the RS644 standard These pairs are used for the transmission of the RX TX and for the CC1 to CC4 low frequency control signals Note Camera Link cables contai...

Page 39: ...er to set the AIE in Lumo Scanner or Recorder software please do the following 1 Open Lumo Scanner Recorder 2 Enable the Console window in the Setup view 3 Type the following commands lines starting w...

Page 40: ...s the half would be 5 ms Note The trigger input is equipped with a constant current diode which limits the current of the optocoupler over a wide range of voltage Trigger signals can thus directly get...

Page 41: ...in Lumo Recorder or Lumo Scanner If you are using Specim SDK or ASCII refer to the relevant documentation 1 Configure the external trigger source and connect the cables 2 Set external trigger on in L...

Page 42: ...e spectrograph In normal measurements any dirt in the surface will be cancelled out when making referencing to the white sample and will not affect the final results However extreme dust can cause sca...

Page 43: ...s aperture is too small Check if the camera lens is standard If not Check if the lens aperture can be changed Check that the aperture is not too small Image quality is poor Insufficient illumination A...

Page 44: ...exposure time set explicitly in camera settings Interleave mode Enabled Camera uses IWR mode when frame rate exposure time allows Image correction mode NUC Offset and hotpixel correction Temperature...

Page 45: ...the camera with the standard OLET15 lens Table 9 Optical Characteristics Optical Characteristics FX10 FX10e FX10c Spectral range 400 1000 nm 400 780 nm F number 1 7 1 7 FOV 38 degrees 38 degrees Minim...

Page 46: ...Detector type CMOS Slit width Physical width 42 m Projection on sensor 32 m M 1 1 3 Pixel size 16x8 m Spatial pixels 1024 Binning spectral x spatial 2 x 1 Spectral binning options 2x 4x 8x Spectral b...

Page 47: ...8 Spectral resolution FWHM 5 5 nm mean SNR max signal 420 1 Frame rate fps full range 140 bands max 514 FPS Frame rate fps examples 70 bands 985 FPS 35 bands 1813 FPS 1 band 9900 FPS Integration time...

Page 49: ...rements of the system use and storage Table 14 Environmental Specification Characteristics Value IP classification code IP52 Storage temperature 20 50 C non condensing Operating temperature 5 40 C non...

Page 50: ...emperature test The temperature test has been performed in temperature cycle run for 2 weeks The test cycle was as follows Ramp to 5 C 30 min Steady 5 C for 240 min Ramp to 40 C 30 min Steady 40 C for...

Page 51: ...ion Restructured AIE information 12 November 2019 2 1 Added hyperspectral imaging and illumination overviews Added the spectral response graph Added default settings and calibrations information Addit...

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