Cheetah Pregius Camera with 10 GigE Vision Interface – User Manual
October 8, 2020
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of
170
Rev 1.0
Creating a DPM Using Imperx Toolkit
1.
Set
DefectPixelCorrection
to Off in the Data Correction menu.
2.
Make sure that
BadPixelCorrection
is set to Factory.
3.
Make sure that
TriggerMode
and
ExposureMode
are set to Off, and the camera resolution is
set to maximum.
4.
Capture an image (or series of images) with a uniform light source illuminating the sensor at
about 50% ADU capacity (~2000 for 12-bit, ~500 for 10-bit, ~130 for 8-bit modes) and Save
the image(s) in RAW format.
5.
In the IpxToolkit main window, navigate to the saved RAW file(s) and open it.
6.
On the
Image Properties
tab:
•
Set
Setup Mode
to Manual.
•
Set
Device Type
GigE Vision.
•
Set
Width
and
Height
to the RAW image’s vertical and horizontal size respectively.
•
Set Pixel Type to the Pixel Format of the RAW image.
The options are Mono8, Mono10, or Mono12 for a monochrome camera and RGB8, RGB10, or
RGB12 for a color camera.
•
Click
Apply
.
7.
Select
Tools
>
DPM/HPM Utility
.
8.
On the
Dark & Bright
tab, navigate to the saved RAW file(s) and open it.
9.
Move the
Dark
slider to the value that you want to be the maximum luminosity for the dark
pixels.
The pixels are treated as dark if their luminosity is lower than the Dark limit.
10.
Move the
Bright
slider to the value that you want to be the minimum luminosity for the
bright pixels.
The pixels are treated as bright if their luminosity is higher than the Bright limit.
11.
Click
Start
.
The dark and bright pixels are added to the
List of Defected Pixels
table.
The maximum number of pixels in the DMP is 1024
.
12.
Fill out the
Camera
and
Serial#
fields and click
Save to File
.
