Specim FX17 - Reference Manual 1.1
Page 1: ...Specim FX17 Reference Manual 1 1...
Page 2: ...amera 13 Cabling the GigE Camera 14 Setting the Jumbo Frame Value 15 Software Options 18 Lumo Software 18 SpecSensor SDK 18 ASCII Commands 18 GigE Vision 18 Functionality 19 Image Aqcuisition 19 Reado...
Page 3: ...Information 40 Cleaning the Fore Optics 40 Troubleshooting 41 Troubleshooting FX 41 Technical Information 42 Optical Performance 42 Performance Characteristics 42 Mechanical Specifications 43 Electri...
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Page 6: ...optics There are two versions of the FX17 camera FX17 with Camera Link interface FX17e with GigE interface These specifications apply to all FX17 camera versions Figure 1 FX17 Spectral Camera Camera...
Page 7: ...larger than the actual image size Therefore the image area on the sensor is defined using the Region of Interest ROI feature and the ROI values are provided in the calibration pack ROI feature is res...
Page 8: ...nnector There is a standard MDR 26 pin camera link connector on the back panel of the camera for camera control signals and serial communication For more information on Camera Link connector refer to...
Page 9: ...hen you use a Camera Link camera the system requires a frame grabber installed on the data aqcuisition PC The frame grabbers that have been tested to work with LUMO in WIN10 are NI 1430 Dalsa Xtium CL...
Page 10: ...assignments Bit Tap 0 Tap 1 Tap 0 Tap 1 Tap 0 Tap 2 8 Bit 8 Bit 10 Bit 10 Bit 12 Bit 12 Bit 0 LSB A0 B0 A0 C0 A0 C0 1 A1 B1 A1 C1 A1 C1 2 A2 B2 A2 C2 A2 C2 3 A3 B3 A3 C3 A3 C3 4 A4 B4 A4 C4 A4 C4 5 A...
Page 11: ...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 12: ...ounting kit bottom plate 2 Slide the camera holder part to the mounting kit bottom plate Figure 5 Mounting Kit parts 3 Slide the camera dovetails to the camera holder Figure 6 Dovetail joints for the...
Page 13: ...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 8 Back panel connectors Note Leave at least 150 mm...
Page 14: ...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 the...
Page 15: ...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 16: ...ation Guide 16 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 17: ...Installation Guide 17 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 18: ...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 19: ...the frame rate only a single formula applies frames per second equal to the inverse of the sum of exposure time and readout time Simultaneous readout mode exposure time is less than readout time The...
Page 20: ...mode Simultaneous readout interleave exposure To achieve highest possible frame rates the camera must be set to Free running mode with simultaneous readout The camera continuously delivers images as f...
Page 21: ...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 22: ...er than exposure time Figure 21 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 23: ...re 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 ima...
Page 24: ...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 25: ...cified In external trigger mode the trigger can be applied through the Camera Link interface interface trigger or directly by the power supply connector of the camera I O Trigger The trigger signal ca...
Page 26: ...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 t...
Page 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...image corrections Automatic Image Enhancement AIE Offset and hot pixel correction All the corrections are enabled by default Automatic Image Enhancement AIE Automatic Image Enhancement means that spec...
Page 31: ...a is ready to apply the offset correction 1 Determine the average value of the black reference image 2 Subtract the black reference image from the average value 3 Mark pixels that have a grey level hi...
Page 32: ...e gray values are set to 0 E g for gain x2 the output value is shifted by 1 and bit 0 is set to 0 A user defined value can be subtracted from the gray value in the digital offset block This feature is...
Page 33: ...gits fractional value 80 1 Line Input Level 84 16 Camera Type Code 88 32 Camera Serial Number 92 32 Custom value 0 value of register StatusLineCustomValue0 that can be set by the user 96 32 Custom val...
Page 34: ...Ramp test images 8 bit output left 10 bit output middle 12 right LFSR The LFSR linear feedback shift register test image outputs a constant pattern with a pseudo random grey level sequence containing...
Page 35: ...at may be caused either by the cable by the connectors or by the frame grabber Figure 30 LFSR test pattern received at the frame grabber and typical histogram for error free data transmission Figure 3...
Page 36: ...n transmission errors which causes distorted images Therefore please do not stretch and bend a Camera Link cable In robots applications the stress that is applied to the Camera Link cable is especiall...
Page 37: ...after read out and non uniformity correction fixed pattern removal steps The correction is based on two correction value tables that are generated in final calibration The correction value tables are...
Page 38: ...served do not connect 10 O RESERVED Reserved do not connect 11 O RESERVED Reserved do not connect 12 O RESERVED Reserved do not connect Trigger input The Trigger Input on FX Series cameras is opto iso...
Page 39: ...For example with 100 fps the half would be 5 ms Caution Do not use CAMERA_PWR as STROBE_VDD as this disables the output protection circuit External Trigger Configuration External triggering can be con...
Page 40: ...ptics from the 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...
Page 41: ...o signal to data acquisition PC Lens is covered Remove the lens cap Image quality is poor Insufficient illumination Add lighting Lengthen the integration time Camera shuts down unexpectedly Operating...
Page 42: ...IR Spectral range 950 1700 nm F number 1 7 FOV 38 degrees Performance Characteristics This section describes the performance characteristics of the camera The NIR camera is operated in a default mode...
Page 43: ...able within frame time Data interface 12 bits Sensor Cooling TEC Shutter Electromechanical shutter for dark background registration user controllable by software For more information on maximum frame...
Page 44: ...s section describes the electrical specifications of the system Table 10 Electrical Specification Characteristics Value Input supply voltage range 12 DC Trigger voltage 5 15 V Power consumptions Camer...
Page 45: ...ental requirements of the system use and storage Table 11 Environmental Specification Characteristics Value IP classification code IP52 Storage temperature 20 50 C non condensing Operating temperature...
