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Contents
Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
C
AMERA
S
TATUS
LED..........................................................................................................................106
O
PTICAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
...................................................................................................................107
Illumination...................................................................................................................................107
Light Sources ................................................................................................................................107
Filters............................................................................................................................................107
Lens Modeling...............................................................................................................................107
Magnification and Resolution.......................................................................................................108
L
ENS
S
ELECTION
O
VERVIEW
................................................................................................................109
Lens Mount ...................................................................................................................................109
Lens Sensor Size............................................................................................................................109
Additional Lens Parameters (application specific).......................................................................110
S
ENSOR
H
ANDLING
I
NSTRUCTIONS
.......................................................................................................110
Electrostatic Discharge and the CCD Sensor...............................................................................110
Protecting Against Dust, Oil and Scratches .................................................................................111
Cleaning the Sensor Window ........................................................................................................111
Environment..................................................................................................................................111
R
UGGEDIZED
RJ45
E
THERNET
C
ABLES
.................................................................................................112
C/CS-M
OUNT
NIR
AND
UV
F
ILTER
.....................................................................................................113
Back Focal Variance when using a Filter ....................................................................................114
C
OMPUTER
R
EQUIREMENTS FOR
G
ENIE
C
AMERAS
................................................................................115
Host PC System.............................................................................................................................115
Ethernet Switch Requirements ......................................................................................................115
IEEE 802.3x Pause Frame Flow Control............................................................................................... 115
Ethernet to Fiber-Optic Interface Requirements ..........................................................................115
EC
&
FCC
D
ECLARATION OF
C
ONFORMITY
.........................................................................................116
TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................................................................117
O
VERVIEW
............................................................................................................................................117
Problem Type Summary................................................................................................................117
Verifying Network Parameters......................................................................................................119
Before Contacting Technical Support ................................................................................................... 119
I
NSTALLATION
I
SSUES AND
F
UNCTIONAL
P
ROBLEMS
............................................................................119
The Windows Firewall Service Can Not Start ..............................................................................119
D
EVICE
A
VAILABLE WITH
O
PERATIONAL
I
SSUES
..................................................................................120
Firmware Updates ........................................................................................................................120
Power Failure During a Firmware Update–Now What? .............................................................120
Cabling and Communication Issues .............................................................................................121
Acquisition Error without Timeout Messages...............................................................................121
No camera exposure when expected ..................................................................................................... 121
Camera is functional but frame rate is lower than expected.................................................................. 121
Camera acquisition is good but frame rate is lower than expected........................................................ 122
Camera is functional, frame rate is as expected, but image is black ..................................................... 122
Other Problems or Issues..............................................................................................................122
Random Invalid Trigger Events ............................................................................................................ 122
Minimum Sapera Version Required...................................................................................................... 122
DALSA CONTACT INFORMATION....................................................................................................123
G
ENIE
S
ALES
I
NFORMATION
.................................................................................................................123
G
ENIE
T
ECHNICAL
S
UPPORT
.................................................................................................................124
GLOSSARY OF TERMS .........................................................................................................................125
INDEX........................................................................................................................................................129