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 User Manual 

Manx-camera 

 

Company confidential.  

This document is the property of Xenics. It may not be reproduced 

 completely or partially 

 or passed to a third 

party without written permission from Xenics. 
 

Xenics nv  

T +32 16 38 99 00  

           Doc Ref: ENG-2019-UMN005 

Ambachtenlaan 44  

F +32 16 38 99 01  

Issue: R003 

BE-3001 Leuven 

 Belgium 

www.xenics.com  

Date: 15/05/2020 

 

XF-104_03/20-12-2012 

 

Page 9 of 73 

1  Introduction 

 

Scope 

This User Manual describes the technical specification, dimension, image processing, basic 
and advanced parameters and related subjects for the following cameras.  
 

Camera 

Product Number 
 

General Description 

Manx 

512 SQ CXP 130 

XEN-000651 

High 

speed 

linescan 

SWIR 

camera - Square pixel  

1024 SQ CXP 130 

XEN-000652 

2048 SQ CXP 130 

XEN-000653 

512 SQ CXP 260 

XEN-000654 

1024 SQ CXP 260 

XEN-000655 

2048 SQ CXP 260 

XEN-000656 

512 R CXP 130 

XEN-000657 

High 

speed 

linescan 

SWIR 

camera - Rectangular pixel 

1024 R CXP 130 

XEN-000658 

2048 R CXP 130 

XEN-000659 

512 R CXP 260 

XEN-000686 

1024 R CXP 260 

XEN-000687 

2048 R CXP 260 

XEN-000688 

Table 1-1 Camera overview - Manx

 

 

 

Reference Documents 

Reference number 

Document description 

Document number 

Ref 1 

Xeneth 2.7 user manual 

ENG-2019-UMN001 

Ref 2 

Xeneth 2.7 installation 
Manual 

ENG-2019-UMN002 

Ref 3 

Xeneth  2.7  SDK  installation 
Manual 

ENG-2019-UMN003 

Ref 4 

Manx specification sheet 

ENG-2019-SPS013 

Ref 5 

Manx mechanical drawing  

TBD 

Ref 6 

Manx frame rate calculator 

TBD 

Table 1-2 List of reference documents 

 

 

Содержание Manx- 2048 R CXP 130

Страница 1: ...letely or partially or passed to a third party without written permission from Xenics Xenics nv T 32 16 38 99 00 Doc Ref ENG 2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Bel...

Страница 2: ...r any direct indirect special incidental or consequential loss of damage whether based on contract tort product liability or any other legal theory Copyright Intellectual Property Rights Xenics nv 201...

Страница 3: ...aan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 3 of 73 Revision History Issue Issue date Reason for changes Modified by Approved by...

Страница 4: ...of Contents 4 List of Figures 6 List of Tables 8 1 Introduction 9 Scope 9 Reference Documents 9 Manual Overview 10 Conventions Used in This Manual 10 Safety Warnings 10 Contact Information 11 2 Gettin...

Страница 5: ...99 00 Doc Ref ENG 2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 5 of 73 6 Appendix 41 Appendix A Euresys Coax...

Страница 6: ...Manx camera 24 Figure 5 12 Free running internal trigger 25 Figure 5 13 Trigger period longer than line frame period 25 Figure 5 14 Trigger period is shorter than line frame period 26 Figure 5 15 Tri...

Страница 7: ...r free running and line trigger external with burst count 2 48 Figure 6 15 Continuous acquisition with line and frame trigger external 49 Figure 6 16 Continuous acquisition with multi frame trigger 50...

Страница 8: ...voltages and impedance 30 Table 5 12 Tigger out source 30 Table 5 13 Digital fixed gain and offset 32 Table 5 14 Factory default calibration files 33 Table 5 15 Factory default onboard calibration fil...

Страница 9: ...CXP 130 XEN 000651 High speed linescan SWIR camera Square pixel 1024 SQ CXP 130 XEN 000652 2048 SQ CXP 130 XEN 000653 512 SQ CXP 260 XEN 000654 1024 SQ CXP 260 XEN 000655 2048 SQ CXP 260 XEN 000656 51...

Страница 10: ...the electrical interfaces Chapter 5 describes the camera functionality Chapter 6 contains the appendices Conventions Used in This Manual To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasi...

Страница 11: ...rate the camera in dry and dust free environment It is recommended to use the camera at room temperature conditions 25 C Additional heating or cooling element may be necessary Warm up Period For optim...

Страница 12: ...ies Coaxlink Quad G3 Refer to Appendix A Euresys Coaxlink Quad G3 installation Manual for more information Installation of Xeneth user interface software Xeneth imaging suite and its graphical user in...

Страница 13: ...isible see Figure 2 1 If the camera is not shown click the refresh button on the dialog and check the cables Make sure that the cables are properly connected and green LED of the CoaXpress frame grabb...

Страница 14: ...interface layout X View shows live image feed from the camera Camera output is presented in ADU Arbitrary Digital Unit values which can be mapped to different colour profiles The control panel allows...

Страница 15: ...nics Xenics nv T 32 16 38 99 00 Doc Ref ENG 2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 15 of 73 3 Mechanic...

Страница 16: ...Figure 3 2 Optical position of InGaAs detector 4 Electrical Interface Unified Lemo connector The design and specifications for the products described below may change without notice Figure 4 1 Unified...

Страница 17: ...termediary device between the camera and trigger generator Contact Xenics for more detail CoaXpress interface The camera is compliant with CoaXpress standards Further information about this standard i...

Страница 18: ...Image acquisition Gain settings There are 4 analogue gain options on the Manx camera It can be selected by the user Sensor Gain Mode Full well electrons 1 35M 5 8 1M 20 1 6M 100 290K Table 5 1 Analog...

Страница 19: ...higher gain factor when the incoming signal is small Exposure time Exposure time per line can be determined by the user using this function Figure 5 3 Exposure time setting on Xeneth Exposure time af...

Страница 20: ...cessary Ref 6 Acquisition frame time The frame rate is affected by the line rate and minimum frame time defined by the user Each frame comprises of a user defined number of lines See section 5 1 6 to...

Страница 21: ...ssue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 21 of 73 Table 5 2 Acquisition control Figure 5 6 Acquisition control settings on Xeneth Frame height As the M...

Страница 22: ...s embedded in the last line of the frame when the footer information bit is enabled The first 64 pixels contain valid footer information and all other pixels have their current values The 16 data word...

Страница 23: ...ia Xeneth software It is recommended to keep the target temperature at 20degC in room temperature conditions The purpose of the TEC is to maintain a stable sensor temperature so that the dark current...

Страница 24: ...igure 5 11 Example of a frame capturing for the Manx camera 5 3 1 1 Free running This is the factory default mode Lines Frames are captured at the maximum rate possible It is limited by line frame per...

Страница 25: ...2 External trigger Capturing of lines frames can be synchronised with an external trigger Note The maximum line rate achievable with external line trigger will be lesser than the maximum line rate ach...

Страница 26: ...ollowing trigger in sources are for line and frame trigger Trigger in sources External trigger in 1 External trigger in 2 Triggers can be generated by external trigger generators See Section 4 1 for t...

Страница 27: ...x x x CoaXpress x x x Table 5 7 Trigger in source configurations Lines frames can be generated in the following modes Line frame trigger in polarity configuration Trigger in sensitivity Trigger in po...

Страница 28: ...eneth The diagram below shows how the trigger delay works The external trigger generates an internal trigger which in turn starts the integration of a line frame Figure 5 16 Trigger in delay It is als...

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Страница 30: ...ger output mode External trigger out 1 External trigger out 2 These triggers are available via the universal camera connector on the backside of the camera see section 4 1 for the pinout of the trigge...

Страница 31: ...Xenics nv T 32 16 38 99 00 Doc Ref ENG 2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 31 of 73 Figure 5 18 Tr...

Страница 32: ...ay have slightly different offset and respond slightly differently to incoming photons For this reason raw images tend to be a little stripy as shown in Figure 5 23 Typical raw image with uniform ligh...

Страница 33: ...us_ camera SN x100 50 Gain100_100us_ camera SN x100 100 Table 5 14 Factory default calibration files Refer to Appendix C Non Uniformity Correction NUC if additional calibration files are required 5 4...

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Страница 35: ...www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 35 of 73 Figure 5 23 Typical raw image with uniform lighting Click on this icon to enable disable the NUC Figure 5 24 Enable software calibrat...

Страница 36: ...mbachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 36 of 73 Slot 3 X20_100us Slot 4 X20_250us Slot 5 X5_600us Slot 6 X1_600us S...

Страница 37: ...amera non volatile memory Storing of the NUC in the camera memory Note This will overwrite existing calibration file stored in the camera Do so with caution Calibration files can be stored in the non...

Страница 38: ...lid calibration files should be uploaded Calibration files have xca file extensions Slot info shows Not free once the file is uploaded into the camera Refer to Section 5 4 2 3 on how to use the NUC st...

Страница 39: ...2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 39 of 73 Figure 5 30 Clearing existing user set settings To se...

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Страница 41: ...3 20 12 2012 Page 41 of 73 6 Appendix Appendix A Euresys Coaxlink Quad G3 installation Manual Follow the following steps to install Euresys Coaxlink Quad G3 Download drivers from euresys website A fre...

Страница 42: ...BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 42 of 73 Power off the computer Insert the frame grabber on an available GEN3 PCIe 4x slot Figure 6 3 GEN3 PICe x4 slot...

Страница 43: ...2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 43 of 73 Verify on device manager Figure 6 6 CoaXexpress frame...

Страница 44: ...001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 44 of 73 Connect the frame gabber to the camera using the coax express cable Ensure that the cable sequence is correct Board...

Страница 45: ...20 12 2012 Page 45 of 73 Ensure that PCIeNegotiatedLinkWidth uses 4 lanes as shown below Use another PCIe slot if shown otherwise Figure 6 11PCIeNegotiatedLinkWidth Appendix B Graphical representatio...

Страница 46: ...tinuous Line trigger Free running Frame trigger Free running Acquisition start command is given Camera captures lines and frames at the maximum rate Acquisition stop command is given No more lines and...

Страница 47: ...frame count 1 Acquisition start command is given Camera waits for frame trigger Camera captures 1 frame per frame trigger Acquisition stop command is given No more lines and frames are captured Table...

Страница 48: ...tionMode Continuous LineTriggerMode ExternalTriggered FrameTriggerMode FreeRunning LineTriggerInput Ext1 AcquisitionBurstFrameCount 1 AcquisitionBurstLineCount 2 Height n AcquisitionStart Frame 1 Acqu...

Страница 49: ...or line trigger after it receives the frame trigger Camera captures 1 line per line trigger Camera capture N lines and display it as a frame Camera wait for next frame trigger Acquisition stop command...

Страница 50: ...ame trigger External trigger 1 Acquisition burst frame count 2 Acquisition start command is given Camera waits for frame trigger Camera captures 2 frame per frame trigger Camera wait for next frame tr...

Страница 51: ...6 Trigger mode Acquisition Multiframe Line trigger Free running Frame trigger Free running Acquisition frame count 2 Acquisition start command is given Camera captures 2 frames Acquisition stops after...

Страница 52: ...ernal trigger 1 Acquisition frame count 2 Acquisition burst frame count 1 Acquisition start command is given Camera waits for frame trigger Camera captures 1 frame per frame trigger Acquisition stops...

Страница 53: ...1 Acquisition frame count 3 Acquisition burst frame count 2 Acquisition start command is given Camera waits for frame trigger Camera captures 2 frame per frame trigger Acquisition stops after 3 frame...

Страница 54: ...ced users to create additional calibration files There are two ways to generate a calibration file Two point calibration o Two point calibration file corrects for individual pixel offset and pixel res...

Страница 55: ...2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 55 of 73 The next step requires a uniform dark image It correct...

Страница 56: ...0 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 56 of 73 Figure 6 22 Two point calibration dark offset analysis Selected bad pixels will be shown Green represent pixels of higher FPN Red represents pixels of higher tempo...

Страница 57: ...laan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 57 of 73 Figure 6 24 2 3 of histogram Additional tip It is helpful to display the re...

Страница 58: ...of 73 Figure 6 26 Two point calibration flat field image analysis Selected bad pixels will be shown as below Green and red pixels are from the previous step Yellow represents pixels with higher PRNU...

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Страница 60: ...he recalibration offset procedure As mentioned earlier in Section 6 3 recalibration offset modifies the FPN calibration but does not change the PRNU calibration Therefore it is only suitable for minor...

Страница 61: ...2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 61 of 73 Figure 6 32 Recalibration offset The next step requir...

Страница 62: ...38 99 00 Doc Ref ENG 2019 UMN005 Ambachtenlaan 44 F 32 16 38 99 01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 62 of 73 Figure 6 33 One point dark offse...

Страница 63: ...n Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 63 of 73 Appendix D Firmware and XML upgrade Firmware upgrade Note This will corrupt the camera if the steps are not followed Do not...

Страница 64: ...01 Issue R003 BE 3001 Leuven Belgium www xenics com Date 15 05 2020 XF 104_03 20 12 2012 Page 64 of 73 Click on Firmware file and the green upload arrow on the right Figure 6 36 Firmware upgrade file...

Страница 65: ...corrupt the camera if the steps are not followed Do not upload the wrong file Camera has to be sent to Xenics for repair if the wrong file is accidentally upload Occasionally there might be a need to...

Страница 66: ...Device Control registers File Access control registers User Set control registers Calibration Pack Set Control Acquisition and trigger control Registers The base address of these registers is 8100h B...

Страница 67: ...ng an active acquisition 0 3Ch AcquisitionCurrentLine Time RO 31 0 current line time 40h TriggerControl RW 31 0 Trigger Source and Configuration control 0x101 001B Bits Name Function 4 0 Mode 1 0 Line...

Страница 68: ...31 0 Load the timestamp Bits Name Function 0 uSecTimerLoad Load the timestamp 31 0 Do not use 84h uSecTimerLow RW 31 0 Timestamp load value low word 32 bit 0 88h uSecTimerHigh RW 31 0 Timestamp load v...

Страница 69: ...Do not use Ch Clip RW 31 0 High and Low clipping treshold 0xFFFF0000 Bits Name Function 15 0 ImageCorrecti onBlackClip Low level clip threshold 0 31 16 ImageCorrecti onWhiteClip High level clip tresh...

Страница 70: ...RO 31 0 Status of the selected digital output source Bits Name Function 0 DigitalOutput0Status Status of the selected digital output0 source True 1 DigitalOutput1Status Status of the selected digital...

Страница 71: ...EX RW 15 0 Integer CDS VRES EXT Voltage 27525 2 1V D8h COLBUF VREF RW 15 0 Integer COLBUF_VREF Voltage 22282 1 7V DCh CDS VREF R W 15 0 Integer CDS_VREF Voltage 11796 0 9V E0h CTIA VREF R W 15 0 Integ...

Страница 72: ...le operation execution status 14h FileOperationResult RO Integer FileOperationResult 18h FileAccessOffset RW Integer FileAccessOffset 1Ch FileAccessLength RW Integer FileAccessLength 20h FileSize RO I...

Страница 73: ...UserSetLoad WO Command Loads the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the device and makes it active 8h UserSetSave WO Command Saves the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the non volatile...

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