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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
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Figure 23. Spectral distribution of light source used during calibration of color cameras only. This corresponds roughly to a 5200 K
color temperature.
How to do an FFC Setup in the Camera
Cam Exp ert has a d efau lt tim eou t of 20 second s p er com m and , w hich is too short for the FFC
calibration to ru n fu lly. You can change the d efau lt tim eou t by setting a com m and line argum ent in
the short-cu t:
Right click on the short-cu t in the start m enu and select p rop erties.
Ad d –tim eou t 60 to increase the com m and tim eou t to 60 second s (See below )
Rep eat for d esktop sh ort-cu t
Figure 24: Setting the camera’s timeout value
The calibration is p erform ed in tw o step s. The fixed offset (FPN ) is d eterm ined first by p erform ing an
averaging w ithou t any light. This calibration d ete rm ines exactly how m u ch offset to su btract p er p ixel in
ord er to obtain flat ou tp u t w hen the sensor is not exp osed .