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4CMOS 4K RGBIR Line scan camera 

Model: BVC6100LM

 

 

Product code

:9200015)

 

Document revision v.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlueVision Ltd., Japan 

 

 

Instruction Manual 

BlueVision 

Summary of Contents for 9200015

Page 1: ...4CMOS 4K RGBIR Line scan camera Model BVC6100LM Product code 9200015 Document revision v 01 BlueVision Ltd Japan Instruction Manual BlueVision ...

Page 2: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 2 Revision note Date Revision Contents Note 2020 7 20 01 1st edition ...

Page 3: ...ic Timing chart 15 5 2 1 OB output mode ON 15 5 2 2 OB output mode OFF 16 5 3 Exporsure control 17 5 3 1 Trigger mode OFF NO_SHUTTER_MODE 17 5 3 2 Trigger mode OFF SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE 17 5 3 3 Trigger mode ON SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE 18 5 3 4 Trigger mode ON TriggerWidth 19 6 Camera setting 20 6 1 Operation mode Sensitivity setting 20 6 1 1 Operation mode 21 6 1 2 Line rate 22 6 1 3 Exposure time 22 6 ...

Page 4: ...atrix Enhancer 41 6 5 1 Edge Enhancer 41 6 5 2 HPF High Pass Filter 42 6 5 3 Color Matrix 43 6 6 Information 44 6 7 File 45 6 8 Tool 46 6 9 Help About 47 7 Serial communication 48 7 1 Serial communication protocol 48 7 2 Command input specifications 48 7 3 Command output specifications 48 7 4 Command List 49 8 Dimensions 55 9 Spectral response 56 ...

Page 5: ... It includes 1 3Sensor Control Tool exe 2 BVC6100LM ini 3 Instruction manual Image capture board Use the capture board of DualBaseConfiguration Camera link cable Camera side Mini CameraLink SDR Board side Depending on used capture board Others PC Monito TV Illumination 2 Preparation for the shooting and basic settings of the camera 1 Connection of equipment Connect necessary equipment Lens M52 mou...

Page 6: ...een then start up the 3 Sensor Control Tool 2 5 The following screen for Port and Baud rate settings will be displayed Select the com port which is set in the frame grabber board And set the baud rate The default setting is 115200 2 6 After setting click OK 2 7 Then the following window will be opened The default setting of the camera will be loaded 2 8 It is ready to capture the image Start up th...

Page 7: ... 330μs 100 output S N 8bit gradation s n more than 48dB Line rate variable range Variable range 10Hz 18 03kHz Variable Unit 1Hz Shutter Variable range 9 52μs 100ms Variable unit 12 5ns Gain R G B IR 3 dB 12 dB Black level R G B IR 0 LSB 31 LSB PRNU After compensation within 2LSB at 100 output DSNU After compensation within 2LSB at 0 output Shading compensation Flat shading compensation ON OFF Lens...

Page 8: ...torage temperature Humidity 25 60 20 80 Non condensing Anti vibration 3G 20Hz 200Hz XYZ directions Anti shock 50G Regulation CISPR32 EN55032 Class A Outlook dimensions 95 W x 95 H x 95 D mm excluding protrusion and lens mount Weight 840g Connector LED Mini Camera link SDR Function Image output Communication External trigger Hirose 12Pin Function Power input External trigger EEN Rear Panel LED Func...

Page 9: ... 24V Refer to sections 4 3 and 4 4 for the pin assignment Camera Link connector Mini camera link connector for image output and trigger input Refer to sections 4 1 and 4 2 for the details Holes for camera There are the set of four holes on the front top and bottom for setting screws fixing screws of camera It is M4 6mm depth Four holes on the top bottom will be used for optional tripod base BVA TB...

Page 10: ...9 22 Pair 8 CC1 Trigger 10 23 Pair 9 CC2 NC 11 24 Pair 10 CC3 NC 12 25 Pair 11 CC4 NC 13 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND 26 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND Note As for the bit allocation for TxOUT0 to 3 refer to section 5 1 Camera link bit allocation Camera Link 2 Camera connector Cable Name Cannel Link Signal Camera Signal Pair polarity Pair polarity 1 Inner Shield Inner Shield GND 14 Inner Shield In...

Page 11: ... communicate is restricted CAUTION In case that the frame grabber board to be used with the camera employs a mini camera link connector it is needed to pay attention about the direction of the connector The side of the connector to indicate CAMERA should be connected to the camera Refer to a picture shown below If the direction of the connector is reversed the bit error noise might be appeared on ...

Page 12: ...V 26 4V 3 GND GND 4 NC N C 5 NC N C 6 NC N C 7 NC N C 8 GPI I Trigger 9 GPO O EEN 10 NC N C 11 DC in DC10 8V 26 4V 12 GND GND EEN Exposure Enable signal is used for the trigger of external light It is 12V Open Collector 4 4 Compatible connector No Maker Model Note Camera side HIROSE HR10A 10R 12PB 71 Cable side HIROSE HR10A 10P 12S plug ...

Page 13: ... 1 TX18 Port C2 B 6 B 4 B 2 1 TX19 Port C3 B 7 B 5 B 3 1 TX20 Port C4 B 8 B 6 B 4 1 TX21 Port C5 B 9 B 7 B 5 1 TX22 Port C6 B 10 B 8 B 6 1 TX16 Port C7 B 11 B 9 B 7 1 TX17 Port D0 IR 4 IR 2 IR 0 2 TX0 Port D1 IR 5 IR 3 IR 1 2 TX1 Port D2 IR 6 IR 4 IR 2 2 TX2 Port D3 IR 7 IR 5 IR 3 2 TX3 Port D4 IR 8 IR 6 IR 4 2 TX4 Port D5 IR 9 IR 7 IR 5 2 TX6 Port D6 IR 10 IR 8 IR 6 2 TX27 Port D7 IR 11 IR 9 IR 7...

Page 14: ...6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 14 Output timing TxCLK TxOUT3 A7 A6 EEN C7 C6 B7 B6 A7 A6 TxOUT2 C3 C2 LVAL DVAL C5 C4 C3 C2 TxOUT1 B2 B1 C1 C0 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 TxOUT0 A1 A0 B0 A5 A4 A3 A2 A A0 1 Pixel cycle ...

Page 15: ...d clock is the same 1CLK 1PIXEL 11 904ns 5 2 1 OB output mode ON The drawing includes 16 pixels of optical black at the left and the right during LVAL Active period LVAL VIDEO DVAL BV C6100 Mode CLK Total CLK RGB IR Full resolution 1 4096 4096 4128 72 4436 RGB IR Window 1025 3072 2048 2080 20 2394 RGB IR Full resolution Binning 1 2 3 4 4093 4094 4095 4096 2048 2064 2372 4436 Optical Black Optical ...

Page 16: ...e period of LVAL Active Full resolution LVAL VIDEO DVAL BV C6100 Mode CLK Total CLK RGB IR Full resolution 1 4096 4096 340 4436 RGB IR Window 1025 3072 2048 2048 2394 RGB IR Full resolution Binning 1 2 3 4 4093 4094 4095 4096 2064 346 4436 Pixel Optica Black 16PIXEL Optical Black 16PIXEL Active Pixel Note 1 ...

Page 17: ...nd LineRate line Trigger mode trgmode 0 trgsource 0 5 3 2 Trigger mode OFF SHUTTER_SELECT_MODE Exposure start timing need to be set by each channels to be aligned all channels exposure end Exposure start Exposure start Exposure start Exposure start Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data R G B IR L i n e R a t e Command LineRate l...

Page 18: ...tput of all video at the same timing Exposure start Exposure start Exposure start Exposure start Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data Exposure period Video data R G B IR External Trigger CC1 or DCIN Trigger E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e Command exporsure time exp r exp g exp b exp ir trigger mode trgmode ...

Page 19: ... G B IR Video data R G B IR External Trigger CC1 or DCIN Trigger E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e E x t e r n a l t r i g g e r c y c l e Exposure start Command Trigger mode trgmode 2 Trigger input CC1 trgsource 1 DCIN trgsource 2 Trigger polarity active Low trgpolarity 0 active High trgpolarity 1 Trigger cycle in Trigger mode ON Trigger setting Min trigger cycle Pixle CLK 80MHz 40MHz Max e...

Page 20: ...00LM Instruction Manual v 01 20 6 Camera setting 6 1 Operation mode Sensitivity setting Line rate Exposure time Gain Black level White balance Exposure time Pulse output Operation mode Data save and Readout ...

Page 21: ...re time Line cycle time Shutter Select Mode The exposure is set for R G B IR channels individually In this mode as the end of the exposure for each channel coincides the exposure will start from the channel having the longest exposure time Other channels start with some delay so that the end of the exposure coincides Exposure time should set within line cycle in Internal sync Exposure time should ...

Page 22: ...e at Line Rate window the click SET or Enter Line Period window is displayed Line period cycle of Line rate set the above Line Period window is unable to input just displaying only Line rate setting range 10Hz 20000Hz です It is valuable to input by 1Hz step 6 1 3 Exposure time It is available to set exposure time in Shutter Select Mode for Trigger mode Exposure time setting range Source が External ...

Page 23: ...nter of 1024pixles out of 4096 SHUTTER button is invalid in the other mode of Trigger and Shutter select Mode SHUTTER button is only valid in Trigger Shutter select Mode Gain cnotrol base of One push AWB 1 Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in the pull down menu of White Balance 2 Click GAIN AWB is excuted SHUTTER button is INVALID Exposure control base of One push AWB 1 Select Shutter select Mode in...

Page 24: ...al v 01 24 1 Select from R G B IR 2 Polarity selection Note1 In case of multiple EEN selection EEN comes out by the longest exposure time of R G B or IR TRIGGER Exposure Rch Exposure Gch Exposure Bch Exposure IRch EEN Note1 1 2 ...

Page 25: ... Click LOAD Data Save 1 Select Set up tub 2 Select the place of saving User Set 1 or User Set 2 3 Click SAVE when the setting would be completed Default setting for the place of data saving when the power is ON 1 Select Set up tub 2 Select from User Set 1 User Set 2 or Factory Default what data should be set 3 Click LOAD 4 Click DEFAULT 5 Camera will be boot up by the setting data which is selecte...

Page 26: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 26 6 2 SET UP for Shading DSNU DSNU Shading Lateral chromatic aberration correction Filter Binning LVAL leng CL Configuration Test Pattern ...

Page 27: ...NU compensation is executed 4 In order to save the compensation data of DSNU and click SAVE button 5 When this compensation data is reused select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in the pulldown menu of DSNU command and click LOAD 6 In order to make DSNU OFF select No Adjustment in the pulldown menu and click LOAD The data is reverted to the data before the adjustment is executed Click ADJUST Select User ...

Page 28: ... between 70 90 170 225LSB level 4 Lens focus position is to be set defocused 5 Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in Shading menu then click ADJUST Shading will be executed 6 Click SAVE to save the correction data 7 When that correction data will use next time Select User Set 1 or User Set 2 in Shading command mene then click Load To switch OFF shading Select No Adjustment in Shading menu then click ...

Page 29: ...ON 6 2 4 Binning 1 pixel is made by 2 pixels which are combined and averaged Binning ON 4096pixel output changes to 2048pixel output Optical Black changes from 16pixel to 8pixel at both edges There is no Runrate changes ON Binning is ON OFF Binning is OFF 6 2 5 CL Configuration BIT width selection for CameraLink output Select at CL Configuration for the BIT widt 8 10 or 12bit Refer Chapter5 1 Came...

Page 30: ...r horizontal gradation Color Bar Output order of the color bar for R G B ch is started from White Yellow Cyan Green Mazenta Red Blue Black In IR ch 128LSB of Grey level is output Gradiation Output level of Gradiation is in between 0LSB min and 255LSB max This is common for all channels of R G B IR ...

Page 31: ... Manual mode and Auto mode Click Aberration tub the following window comes out 1 Manual Setting 1 Set Aberration as OFF 2 Input the recommendation paramters at L END LEFT RIGHT R END then Enter 1 setting must be the following range 2047 L End Left 0 0 Right R End 2047 2 refer the following for Pixel layout and position Pixel Layout Correction position Defalut is Zero pixel move to the right for va...

Page 32: ...ND LEFT RIGHT R END setting it depends on Lens focal length and WD see the following table Recommendation of collection position 2 position are corrected by polyline approximation correction at right side and left side separatelly There are 4 setting position such as L END LEFT RIGHT and R END it depends on Lens focal length and WD see the following table Recommendation for collection position Len...

Page 33: ...MMA setting Output will be varied by LUT it is able to set by R G B separately Output will be Linear γ 1 0 in case of LUT OFF It is appled all 3 channels Select LUT ON Data input of R G B Select at Channel ex G ch data input Select Green at Channel ...

Page 34: ...e shows Input as 1 Output as 132 Click Write bothof them are set To check the data click READ The setting data is saved by SAVE click 6 3 2 Prepraration for Input Output table The table data will be transfered by click TABLEDOENLOAD Data format of LUT must be txt or csv Procedure 1 Prepare LUT data table just like LUT data folder 2 Click TABLE UPLOAD 3 Open Communication Monitor in TOOL tab to che...

Page 35: ... of message and in Communication Monitor will be popped out when that data is appled LUT data Camera output 8bits 0 255 LUT data 12bits 0 4095 Camera output is upperside of 8 bits Data format of LUT must be txt or csv input value output value input value output value example 0 1 1 20 2 33 3 43 4094 3033 4095 3034 Input 0 4095LSB Output 0 4095LSB ...

Page 36: ...ub as follows Select each LUT curve in Gamma the drop down list for individual setting Select LUT curve from Color 2 points of curve shapes are able to change by click and drag by PC mouse Right click at the change points can be back to the original shape LUT data will be transferred by click Write All LUT To Camera after LUT curve setting by R G B and IR ...

Page 37: ...5 in GAMMA drop down list This setting is common for all 4 ch Click Write All LUT To Camera after selecting 0 6 or 0 45 This setting will be transferred to Camera Select ON in LUT drop down list LUT data will be applied in the captured image It is able to change LUT curve in LUT ON mode Click SAVE to save LUT data in the camera ...

Page 38: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 38 Then select ON in LUT drop down list LUT data will be appled It is able to change LUT curve in LUT ON mode Click SAVE to save LUT data in the camera ...

Page 39: ...ct R G B or IR individually in Color Spline mode Return LUTcurve to GAMMA1 0 Copy to one setting to the others Select R G B or IR and do setting then click Copy To Every Colors Output LUT curve by Spline Readout LUT curve by Spline Transfer R G B IR LUT data to File Transfer R G B IR LUT data to camera LUT LUT ON OFF setting SAVE LUT data saving ...

Page 40: ...the center of 2048pixels out of 4096 are output See the chapter 5 2 basic timing chart It takes 15sec Max for the setting as all sensors setting are required to update 6 4 2 1 Line memory Re Send click RECORDING 1 line image data is saved Click PLAY Output 1 line image which is saved in the camera Click CLEAR Back to the normal operation mode Window mode setting 1 Line memory ...

Page 41: ... multiply for less than 3pixels range of rising up falling down signal Unable for Edge enhancement for more than 4pixels of rising up falling down signal Enable Edge enhancer by MODE On for R G B and IR GAIN set in the range of 0 255 0 Edge Enhancer Off 255 2times emphasis of edge signal for both rising up and falling down Edge Enhancer High Pass Filter Color Matrix ...

Page 42: ...t by GAIN setting 8bit output 0 0625 step 10bit output 0 25 step 12bit output 1 step Edge Enhancer example 8bit output GAIN 0 GAIN 255 GAIN 255 Core 0 GAIN 255 Core 100 6 5 2 HPF High Pass Filter 3 steps enhancer by using upto 4pixels rising up falling down edge It is able to use both Edge Enhancer and HPF MODE On or Off by each channel GAIN 3steps 0 2 gain setting 1 3times higher level is Max ...

Page 43: ...r Matrix Enable for gain input by each in MODE On See the following formula Default KRR KGG KGB 1 000 no color correction condition Gain range 2 000 times Max 0 001 step Fomula Rout Rin x KRR Gin x KRG Bin x KRB Gout Rin x KGR Gin x KGG Bin x KGB Bout Rin x KBR Gin x KBG Bin x KBB ...

Page 44: ...rsion and Serial No are shown Baud Rate 115200 Serial communication rate is set by 115200bps 9600 Serial comminication rate is set by 9600bps When it is changed the following window comes out and click Y to be commpleted The following message comes out when that change would be executed ...

Page 45: ...efer chapter 6 8 TOOL Update F W FPGA In order to update the firmware and FPGA click Update F W and FPGA 1 Select Update F W and FPGA and open the folder 2 Select the zip file for the update 3 Click Open to write the update file 4 While the data is writing the progress for data transferring is displayed When the progress display is disappeared the data is completely written It will take approx 5 t...

Page 46: ...ol tool to camera are saved When Stop Recording is selected the command recording would be ended It is possile to reproduce by Write command file in FILE tab a If Start recording is selected the folder to save the data will be opened The file type is the text files txt it can be saved by adding unique name such as Command_record b Click Stop recording c In order to readout the recorded file select...

Page 47: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 47 6 9 Help About When About is selected in Help menu the control tool version will be indicated ...

Page 48: ...to set a channel number Input example Set the exposure time for R channel at 10000 10ms Input clk number 1clk 12 5ns exp r 800000 7 3 Command output specifications After a command is input the information whether it is finished correctly or incorrectly is output The followings describe the information Finished correctly Command Paremter1 CR LF OK If the parameter needs to be displayed in progress ...

Page 49: ...de ON the signal from CC1is selected 2 trigger mode ON the signal from HIROSE 8pin DCIN is selected trgpolarity Acquire the current trigger polarity to be set trgpolarity PRAM PRAM Trigger polarity 0 Active Low 1 Active High Select the trigger polarity Black Level blevel ChNum ChNum Channel R G B IR Acquire the current black level value to be set blevel ChNum PRAM ChNum channel R G B IR PRAM Black...

Page 50: ... PRAM table value output 0 4095 3 parameters need to be set for LUT data writing ChNum PRAM input value for LUT table PRAM Output value setting against LUT input value which set the one of 4ch is set at PRAM lut PRAM PRAM PRAM R G B IR PRAM Table value input 0 4095 Ch setting and LUT table input need to be set for LUT data readout PRAM set the one of 4ch PRAM LUT table input value lutsave Save the...

Page 51: ...r ch R G B IR PRAM correction value 64 64 Set the compensation data of the area 1 by PARM abearea2 ChNum ChNum sensor ch R G B IR Acquire the compensation data of the area 2 abearea2 ChNum PRAM ChNum sensor ch R G B IR PRAM correction value 64 64 Set the compensation data of the area 2 by PARM abearea3 ChNum ChNum sensor ch R G B IR Acquire the compensation data of the area 3 abearea3 ChNum PRAM C...

Page 52: ...F 0 OFF 1 ON Setting change by PARA BINNING binning Check the status of binning on off binning PARA PRAM binning ON OFF 0 OFF 1 ON Setting change by PARA CLConfigurati on clconfig Change output format of cameralink output clconfig PRAM PRAM setting number 0 8bit 1 10bit 2 12bit Select output bits by PRAM 8 10 or 12bit lvallength lvallength OB output mode ON OFF lvallength PRAM PRAM 0 OFF 1 ON OFF ...

Page 53: ...0000 X Set Rout B gain colorkgr Acquire Gout R gain colorkgr PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Gout R gain colorkgg Acquire Gout G gain colorkgg PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Gout G gain colorkgb Acquire Gout B gain colorkgb PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Gout B gain colorkbr Acquire Bout R gain colorkbr PRAM PRAM 2 0000 X 2 0000 X Set Bout R gain colorkbg Acquire Bout G gain colorkbg PRAM PRAM 2...

Page 54: ... ChNum PRAM ChNum r g b swir PRAM 0 3 Range detected higher area of gain 0 3 x 0 x 1 275 RESEND resend 1 line image output resend PRAM PRAM 0 save 1 readout 2 clear Saving R G B SWIR each 1 line 8bit image output are saved in Flash area Readout Readout the image from Flash area Clear Delete the image data from Flash Information model Acquire the model name firmversion Acquire the firmware version ...

Page 55: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 55 8 Dimensions 4 M4 6mm depth 4 M4 6mm depth 4 M4 6mm depth ...

Page 56: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 56 9 Spectral response ...

Page 57: ...BVC6100LM Instruction Manual v 01 57 BlueVision Ltd Japan 1 13 12 Shin Yokohama Kohoku Yokohama 222 0033 Kanagawa Japan TEL 81 0 45 471 4595 FAX 81 0 45 471 4598 http www bluevision jp ...

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