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User  Guide

Megapixel Gigabit Ethernet CMOS

SMX-12A2

X

 Series Gigabit Ethernet Cameras

Summary of Contents for SMX-12A2C

Page 1: ...User Guide Megapixel Gigabit Ethernet CMOS SMX 12A2X Series Gigabit Ethernet Cameras...

Page 2: ...la Plata Suite 201 Oceanside CA 92056 Tel 877 233 3385 Fax 508 300 5526 Email camera sumix com www sumix com The information in this document is subject to change without notice The software describe...

Page 3: ...ting the Camera Driver 19 Starting the Application 19 Chapter 4 Tuning Guidelines 23 Initial Settings 23 Tuning Light in the Image 23 Color Tuning 24 Sensor Settings 24 Frequency 25 Exposure 25 Gain 2...

Page 4: ...ing Options 42 Chapter 7 External Trigger 45 Connector Pinout 45 Powering via External Trigger 45 Soldering of Connector with Cable 46 Chapter 8 Use of Accessories 59 Using C mount Adapter with IR cut...

Page 5: ...esponsivity 550nm 5000 LSB lx s Patented Low Noise High Speed Video Architecture Frame Rate up to 60 fps progressive with maximum sensor resolution Output Bayer Raw Data 12 and 8 bit per pixel Extende...

Page 6: ...p to 100 m Power Over Ethernet PoE IEEE 802 3af compliant or external power 5 V 500 mA Hardware image processing Gamma brightness contrast median filter lossless image compression Hardware Conversion...

Page 7: ...izard will guide you through the software and hardware drivers installation Close all other applications that are running on your computer and then click the Next but ton to continue the installation...

Page 8: ...lcome to the SMX 12A2 Camera Setup Wizard box 3 In the License Agreement box read the license Then select I accept the agree ment and click Next Figure 2 2 License Agreement dialog box 4 The wizard st...

Page 9: ...system parameters are green the parameters satisfy the software requirements update your system if at least one cell is red such configuration is not recom mended update your system if at least one c...

Page 10: ...e SMX 12A2x camera application software will be installed or leave the one sug gested by the wizard Click Next Figure 2 5 Select Destination location box 7 In the same way in the Select Start Menu Fol...

Page 11: ...2 7 Ready to Install box 9 The wizard will start to install the application on your computer Figure 2 8 Installing box 10 In the Completing Wizard box select additional icon that you wish to create an...

Page 12: ...talling Camera Driver To install the Camera Driver 1 Open Network Connections 2 In the Network Connections window right click Local Area Connection and select Properties Figure 2 10 Opening Properties...

Page 13: ...bit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 2 11 Items that use Local Area Connection 4 In the Select Network Feature Type dialog box select the Protocol item and click Add Figure 2 12 Adding the Network Co...

Page 14: ...l dialog box 6 Browse to the SMX12A2 inf file that is located in the SMX 12A2 Camera Software installation folder the default location is C Program Files Sumix SMX12A2 and click OK 7 In the Select Net...

Page 15: ...stall Figure 2 15 Windows Security box The SMX12A2 Gigabits camera protocol Driver will appear among the Local Area Connection items Make sure that only the SMX12A2 Gigabits camera protocol Driver is...

Page 16: ...Installation and Update Step 2 Installing Camera Driver 16 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide...

Page 17: ...camera cover 3 Screw the lens in To remove the lens 1 Face the camera down 2 Screw the lens out 3 Put on the cover Note Before screwing the lens in or putting on the cover make sure that the surfaces...

Page 18: ...correctly the LED 1 and LED 3 will light up green If the connection is not correct the LED 2 will flash red When all connections are done LEDs of the Ethernet port of the camera will light up Figure...

Page 19: ...Restart command as administrator It is strongly recommended to stop the camera driver each time before the camera is disconnecter In Windows 7 run the Stop command as administrator Starting the Applic...

Page 20: ...the main window Start the video stream using the Start button Histogram which reflects all color settings of the camera To open the histogram Press the h button on the keyboard or select Histogram fro...

Page 21: ...pen the raw histogram by pressing Ctrl h or via the Device Histogram RAW menu Figure 3 6 Camera Raw histogram Note The histogram window is empty when the video is not started Settings window contains...

Page 22: ...Getting Started Starting the Application 22 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide...

Page 23: ...or color camera Color Mode is set to Bilinear Settings box Advanced tab Debayer algorithm section Frequency is set to the required value depending on the frame rate you want to achieve the higher the...

Page 24: ...chieve the best colors of the image To tune colors of the image 1 Go to the Color Correction tab and try to make the histogram as wide as possible using the Brightness Contrast and Gamma sliders For m...

Page 25: ...time The current exposure time in milliseconds is displayed below the control This value depends on viewport height and sensor frequency Gain Use the Gain control to change the signal gain of the sens...

Page 26: ...corner of the rectangle Size X Y fields with coordinates of the bottom right corner of the rectangle you can also change it by dragging the video image in the Video mode window 5 Press Apply to save c...

Page 27: ...s available only for frequency of 50MHz and higher The High speed shutter mode does not work for the 8 bit compress mode Color Correction Settings These controls are available for the SMX 12A2C color...

Page 28: ...White Balance button To restore defaults of Brightness Contrast and Gamma click the Default button Note White Balance changes are not reflectedat the Color correction settings window It influences onl...

Page 29: ...d frame This control is useful when you run the camera via a non Intel network adapter with which the best video quality is not guaranteed Figure 4 8 InterPacket Delay If you tried all means to improv...

Page 30: ...ideo output on slow computes Black level Black level slider allows changing sensor s level of black By default this value is set automatically But when additional tuning is needed you can uncheck the...

Page 31: ...e rate By default the slider is in the central position Moving it to the right results in color enhancement With leftmost slider position the image becomes monochrome White Balance This control is ava...

Page 32: ...ion about connector pinouts and for instructions on how to prepare the connector for use with the camera see External Trigger on page 45 Figure 4 12 Trigger Settings Enable external synchronization af...

Page 33: ...oftware or equipment External outputs 1 and 2 in this mode will operate as general purpose outputs GPO Statistic Settings The Statistic tab of the Settings box shows information about data transmissio...

Page 34: ...Tuning Guidelines Statistic Settings 34 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide...

Page 35: ...nd lens on the camera 2 Put a color rendition chart in front of the camera Note Without an IR cut filter color calibration will not perform correctly To calibrate colors 1 Start video from the camera...

Page 36: ...mera shooting the rendition chart 5 Go to the Advanced tab of the Settings window and press Calibrate in the bottom right corner of the window The drop down box below the Calibrate button should be se...

Page 37: ...r Calibration window 7 Resize the grid so that each square is placed within each color square of the chart Use the controls with arrows Figure 5 4 Color Calibration resizing the grid 8 Press the Make...

Page 38: ...orrection of the video from the camera To use the calibration results 1 Open the Settings window the Advanced tab 2 Choose Matrix from the drop down box in the Software image correction section Figure...

Page 39: ...he toolbar Note The SMX 12A2x application saves frame as BMP file with color depth of 8 bits only Saving Video Files To save video in AVI files 1 Tune video from the camera see Tuning Guidelines on pa...

Page 40: ...he camera application To open a raw video file recorded in the SMX 12A2x camera application 1 Go to the File menu and select Open RAW file 2 The first video frame will open in the convertor window You...

Page 41: ...ebayer algorithm option you want to apply to the video Figure 6 2 Selecting Debayer algorithm options 6 Now you can correct colors in 10 or 12 bit videos using the right half of the Settings box Figur...

Page 42: ...e menu and select Save AVI file or press F2 2 The video will be saved in the directory defined in settings Figure 6 4 Directory for saving converted files 3 The notification will appear after conversi...

Page 43: ...ESC key if this box is checked press the ESC button to stop video stream being saved after launching the Save video command Limit video save to saved video will contain the number of frames specified...

Page 44: ...Capturing Saving Options 44 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide...

Page 45: ...Pinout The following table explains layout of trigger pins Figure 7 1 Camera Connector View as mounted on the camera Note If you connect the camera to an external power supply via the trigger connect...

Page 46: ...power source 5 V 1 A Then connect pin 6 to a ground Warning Simultaneous use of the Hirose trigger and PoE supply for powering the camera is not recommended Soldering of Connector with Cable Prepare...

Page 47: ...3 Tweezers tool for the connector modifying Unscrew the rear part of the connector Figure 7 4 The rear part and the main part of the connector Use tweezers and remove it from the main part in the foll...

Page 48: ...oldering of Connector with Cable 48 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 5 Fixing of the inner part of the connector with tweezers 2 Unscrew the rear part of the connector with...

Page 49: ...External Trigger Soldering of Connector with Cable 49 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 6 Unscrewing of the rear part of the connector...

Page 50: ...or from the main part Figure 7 7 Removing of the rear part of the connector from the main part Unscrew the inner part of the connector Figure 7 8 The inner part and the main part of the connector To u...

Page 51: ...Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 9 Gripping the main part of the connector with fingers 2 Fix the inner part of the connector with tweezers see Figure 7 5 Fixing of the inner part of...

Page 52: ...dering of Connector with Cable 52 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 10 Unscrewing the inner part of the Connector from the main part 4 Remove the inner part of the connector...

Page 53: ...s Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 11 Removing the inner part of the connector from the main part As a result all connector parts will be disassembled Figure 7 12 All parts of the connector...

Page 54: ...a cable in the main part of the connector When a cable is inserted into the rear part and the main part correspondingly solder each pin of the connector with opened contacts of a cable according to t...

Page 55: ...the internal side of the inner part of the connector Figure 7 16 Connector pinout outlook Note also that direction of pin numbering is done clockwise starting from the key at the upper edge of the in...

Page 56: ...ain part Screw in the inner part of the connector in the following way 1 Fix the inner part of the connector with tweezers see Figure 7 5 Fixing of the inner part of the connector with tweezers 2 Hold...

Page 57: ...ain part of the connector into the rear part Figure 7 21 Inserting of the main part of the connector into the rear Screw the rear part in using tweezers in the following way 1 Fix the inner part of th...

Page 58: ...of Connector with Cable 58 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Figure 7 22 Screwing of the rear part of the connector in to the main part Connector is ready to be used Figure 7 23 Sold...

Page 59: ...the color camera models to make colors of the image more realistic Many light sources including the sun emit infrared light so the color camera in daylight will see a significant amount of infrared l...

Page 60: ...crew the C mount adapter C mount adapter with IR cut filter out Note It is recommended to screw in as well as screwing out the C mount adapter C mount adapter with IR cut filter lens or the camera s c...

Page 61: ...d video To watch the full speed video with its real speed use special applications Below is an example of using such application the VirtualDub Note VirtualDub is an open source software which can be...

Page 62: ...2A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide 2 Browse for the captured video file which was saved 3 Click the Output Playback button and wait till the video will reach the end This video will be slo...

Page 63: ...atch Uncompressed Movie on Full Speed 63 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide 4 When the first playback is finished click the Start button or press Ctrl Left Arrow to return to the firs...

Page 64: ...ll Speed 64 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide 5 Now the video is ready for the normal playback Click the Output Playback button to watch it Note Each time when video file is opened t...

Page 65: ...rface which requires Gigabit Ethernet Adapter To determine whether your computer has a Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and whether it works properly 1 Open the Device Manager window 2 In the Device Manager t...

Page 66: ...How to Determine Gigabit Ethernet Connection 66 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide The adapter name contains 1000 3 Right click the adapter and select Properties...

Page 67: ...SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide 4 In the Network Connection Properties dialog box that will open select the Advanced tab and in the Property list select Link Speed Duplex 5 In the...

Page 68: ...ermine Gigabit Ethernet Connection 68 SMX 12A2x Series Gigabit Ethernet Camera User Guide Note If none of described above matches your Network Adapters we recommend that you update it to suit the requ...

Page 69: ...l Area Connection 13 Adding the Network Component Protocol 13 Select Network Protocol dialog box 14 The SMX12A2 Gigabits camera protocol Driver 14 Windows Security box 15 Camera driver installed 15 IN...

Page 70: ...Settings for saving video files 42 Camera Connector View as mounted on the camera 45 A cable for soldering with the connector 46 Tweezers tool for the connector modifying 47 The rear part and the main...

Page 71: ...The pin numbering direction 55 Inserting of the inner part of the connector in the main part 56 Gripping of the main part of the connector with fingers 56 Screwing the inner part of the connector in 5...

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