Piranha4
Camera User’s Manual
Monochrome 2k and 4k
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Contents
1. System Precautions and Cleaning ___________________________________________________________________ 6
Precautions ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor ................................................................................................. 6
2. The Piranha4 Camera ___________________________________________________________________________ 7
Camera Highlights ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Camera Performance Specifications .................................................................................................................................. 8
Certifications and Compliance ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Supported Industry Standards ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Responsivity ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Mechanicals........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Camera Mounting and Heat Sink Considerations ........................................................................................... 14
3. Quick, Simple Steps to Acquire an Image ______________________________________________________________ 15
4. Software and Hardware Setup______________________________________________________________________ 16
Recommended System Requirements ............................................................................................................. 16
Setup Steps: Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
1. Install and Configure Frame Grabber and Software .................................................................................. 16
2. Connect Camera Link and Power Cables .................................................................................................... 16
3. Establish Communicating with the Camera ................................................................................................ 16
4. Operate the Camera ................................................................................................................................... 16
Step 1. Install and Configure the Frame Grabber and Software ....................................................................................... 17
Install Frame Grabber .................................................................................................................................... 17
Install Sapera LT and CamExpert GUI ............................................................................................................ 17
Step 2. Connect Data, Trigger, and Power Cables ............................................................................................................. 18
Data Connector: Camera Link ........................................................................................................................ 19
Camera Link Bit Definitions............................................................................................................................ 21
Camera Link Drive Capability ......................................................................................................................... 22
Input Signals, Camera Link ............................................................................................................................ 22
Output Signals, Camera Link Clocking Signals............................................................................................... 23
Power Connector ............................................................................................................................................. 23
LEDs ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Step 3. Establish Communication with the Camera ........................................................................................................... 24
Power on the camera ...................................................................................................................................... 24
Connect to the frame grabber ......................................................................................................................... 24
Connect to the camera .................................................................................................................................... 25
Check LED Status ............................................................................................................................................ 25
Software Interface ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Using Sapera CamExpert with Piranha4 Cameras ............................................................................................................ 26
CamExpert Panes ............................................................................................................................................ 27
4. Camera Operation______________________________________________________________________________ 29
Factory Settings ................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Area Mode ......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Check Camera and Sensor Information ............................................................................................................................. 31
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Verify Temperature and Voltage ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Saving and Restoring Camera Settings ............................................................................................................................. 32
Camera Link Configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 34
TDI and Single Line Modes................................................................................................................................................ 34
Sensitivity Modes and Pixel Readout .............................................................................................................. 35
Trigger Modes .................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Exposure Controls .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Exposure Modes in Detail .................................................................................................................................................. 37
Set Line Rate ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Set Exposure Time ............................................................................................................................................................. 42
Control Gain and Black Level ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Set Image Size ................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Set Baud Rate .................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Pixel Format ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Camera Direction Control .................................................................................................................................................. 44
Camera Direction ............................................................................................................................................ 45
Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode) ........................................................................................................................ 45
Resetting the Camera ........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Calibrating the Camera ..................................................................................................................................................... 46
Appendix A: GenICam Commands _____________________________________________________________________ 50
Camera Information Category ........................................................................................................................................... 50
Camera Information Feature Descriptions...................................................................................................... 51
Camera Configuration Selection Dialog ......................................................................................................... 55
Camera Power-up Configuration .................................................................................................................... 55
User Set Configuration Management ............................................................................................................. 55
Camera Control Category .................................................................................................................................................. 56
Camera Control Feature Descriptions ............................................................................................................. 57
Multi-Exposure Mode ...................................................................................................................................... 59
Digital I/O Control Feature Descriptions ........................................................................................................ 62
Flat Field Category ............................................................................................................................................................ 63
Flat Field Control Feature Description ............................................................................................................ 64
Region of Interest (ROI) .................................................................................................................................. 65
Image Format Control Category ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Image Format Control Feature Description .................................................................................................... 67
Binning .............................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Area of Interest (AOI) Setup .............................................................................................................................................. 69
Instructions on Using the Camera Scan Direction to Control Camera Parameters ......................................... 72
Transport Layer Control Category ..................................................................................................................................... 75
Transport Layer Feature Descriptions ............................................................................................................. 76
Acquisition and Transfer Control Category ........................................................................................................................ 76
Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions................................................................................... 77
Serial Port Control Category .............................................................................................................................................. 78
Serial Port Control Feature Descriptions ........................................................................................................ 78
File Access Control Category .............................................................................................................................................. 79
File Access Control Feature Descriptions ......................................................................................................... 80
File Access via the CamExpert Tool ................................................................................................................. 81
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Download a List of Camera Parameters ......................................................................................................... 82
Appendix B: ASCII Commands _______________________________________________________________________ 84
Port Configuration .......................................................................................................................................... 85
Disabling the Esc Key for Direct Access to ASCII Commands ........................................................................... 86
Commands ...................................................................................................................................................... 87
Appendix C: Error and Warning Messages _______________________________________________________________ 98
Appendix D: Quick Setup and Image Acquisition ___________________________________________________________ 100
Appendix E: The Sensor Window ______________________________________________________________________ 103
Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches .............................................................................. 103
Cleaning the Sensor Window .......................................................................................................................... 104
Appendix F: Camera, Frame Grabber Communication _______________________________________________________ 105
Setting Up Communication between the Camera and the Frame Grabber .................................................... 105
EMC Declaration of Conformity _______________________________________________________________________ 107
Revision History _________________________________________________________________________________ 108
Index ________________________________________________________________________________________ 109
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1. System Precautions and
Cleaning
Precautions
Read these p recau tions and this m anu al carefu lly before u sing the cam era.
Confirm that the cam era‘s p ackaging is u nd am aged before op ening it. If the p ackaging is d am aged p lease
contact the related logistics p ersonnel.
Do not op en the hou sing of the cam era. The w arranty is void ed if the hou sing is op ened .
Keep the cam era‘s front p late tem p eratu re in a range of 0 °C to 65 °C d u ring op eration.
Do not op erate the cam era in the vicinity of strong electrom agnetic field s. In ad d ition, avoid electrostatic
charging, violent vibration, and excess m oistu re.
To clean the d evice, avoid electrostatic charging by u sing a d ry, clean absorbent cotton cloth d am p ened
w ith a sm all qu antity of p u re alcohol. Do not u se m ethylated alcohol. To clean the su rface of the cam era
hou sing, u se a soft, d ry cloth. To rem ove severe stains u se a soft cloth d am p ened w ith a sm all qu antity of
neu tral d etergent and then w ip e d ry. Do not u se volatile solvents su ch as benzene and thinners, as they
can d am age the su rface finish. Fu rther cleaning instru ctions are below .
Thou gh this cam era su p p orts hot p lu gging, it is recom m end ed that you p ow er d ow n and d isconnect
p ow er to the cam era before you ad d or rep lace system com p onents.
Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor
Im age sensors and the cam era bod ies hou sing are su scep tible to d am age from electrostatic d ischarge
(ESD). Electrostatic charge introd u ced to the sensor w ind ow su rface can ind u ce charge bu ild u p on the
u nd ersid e of the w ind ow . The charge norm ally d issip ates w ithin 24 hou rs and the sensor retu rns to
norm al op eration.
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2. The Piranha4 Camera
Camera Highlights
Teled yne DALSA exp and s its Piranha4 d u al line CMOS cam era fam ily w ith 4K and 2K resolu tion
m od els. The new Piranha4 m od els offer higher sp eed s and m ore resp onsive p ixels in a choice of sizes
and resolu tions. Program m able featu res inclu d e m u ltip le region -of-interest, high d ynam ic range
op eration, and rap id bi-d irectional sw itching, and are d esigned to m eet tod ay‘s d em and ing im aging
ap p lications.
Key Features
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H igh sp eed : u p to 100 kH z in TDI m od e and u p to 200 kH z in Area m od e
Com bination of variou s p ixel sizes and resolu tions
Bi-d irectional
Com p act cam era bod y
Programmability
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Mu ltip le Regions of Interest for calibration and d ata red u ction
8, 10, and 12 bit ou tp u t
Flat field and lens shad ing correction
8 p rogram m able coefficient sets
GenICam or ASCII com p liant interfacing
Applications
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Au tom ated op tical insp ection
Transp ortation safety and secu rity system s
H igh p erform ance sorting system s
Materials grad ing and insp ection system s
Web insp ection
General p u rp ose m achine vision
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Models
The cam era is available in the follow ing configu rations:
Table 1: Camera Models Comparison
Piranha4 Dual Line Model Comparison
Part Number
Resolution
Maximum Line Rates
TDI Mode (Area Mode)
Pixel Size
P4-CM-04K10D-00-R
4096 x 2 p ixels
100 kH z (200 kH z)
10.56 µm x 10.56 µm
P4-CM-04K05D-00-R
4096 x 2 p ixels
50 kH z (200 kH z)
10.56 µm x 10.56 µm
P4-CM-02K10D-00-R
2048 x 2 p ixels
100 kH z (200 kH z)
10.56 µm x 10.56 µm
P4-CM-02K05D-00-R
2048 x 2 p ixels
50 kH z (200 kH z)
10.56 µm x 10.56 µm
Table 2: Software
Software
Cam era firm w are
GenICam ™ su p p ort (XML cam era d escrip tion file)
Sap era LT, inclu d ing Cam Exp ert GUI ap p lication and
GenICam for Cam era Link im aging d river
Product Number / Version Number
Em bed d ed w ithin cam era
Em bed d ed w ithin cam era
Version 7.20 or later
Camera Performance Specifications
Table 3: Camera Performance Specifications
Specifications
Im ager Form at
Resolution
Pixel Size
Pixel Fill Factor
Line Rate
Exposure Tim e
Bit Depth
Performance
H igh speed CMOS d ual line scan
4096 x 2 and 2048 x 2 pixels
10.56 µm x 10.56 µm
100 %
Up to 100 kH z in TDI m od e (200 kH z area m od e)
4 µs to 3 m s
8, 10, and 12 bit, selectable
Connectors and Mechanicals
Control & Data Interface
Pow er Connector
Pow er Supply
Pow er Dissipation
Size
Mass
Operating Tem p
Base, Med ium , Full, and Deca Cam era Link configurations (2 x SDR-26)
H irose 6-pin m ale circular
+ 12 V to + 24 V DC (+11.4 V to +25.2 V m axim um lim its)
< 11 W (4K), < 8.3 W (2K)
62 m m (W) x 62 m m (H ) x 48 m m (D)
< 340 g
0 °C to 65 °C, front plate tem p erature
Optical Interface
Lens Mount
M58 x 0.75 (4k) and M42 x 1(2k), F-m ount ad apter available
Sensor to Cam era Front Distance
12 m m
Sensor Alignm ent (aligned to sid es of cam era)
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 y (parallelism )
x
y
z
z
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0.08° or 100 µm
± 100 µm
± 100 µm
± 250 µm
± 0.2°
Compliance
Regulatory Com pliance
Operating Ranges
Dynam ic Range
Rand om N oise
Broad band Responsivity
Gain
DC Offset
PRN U
FPN
SEE
N EE
Antibloom ing
Integral non-linearity
CE, FCC, and RoH S; GenICam
Performance
Single Line
Dual Line
61.5 d B
3.42 DN * rm s
2
430 DN / (nJ/ cm )
1x to 10x N om inal range
7 DN
< 1% @ 50% Sat
< 8 DN
2
9.52 nJ / cm
2
7.95 pJ / cm
> 100 x Saturation
1.5 % DN
60 d B
4.16 DN rm s
2
677 DN / (nJ/ cm )
1x to 10x N om inal range
14 DN
< 1% @ 50% Sat
< 8 DN
2
6.05 nJ / cm
2
6.14 pJ / cm
> 100 x Saturation
2.5 % DN
Notes
FFC enabled
FFC enabled
*DN = d igital nu m ber
Test Cond itions:
 Valu es m easu red u sing 12-bit, 1x gain.
 10 kH z line rate
 Light sou rce: broad band , qu artz halogen, 3250 K w ith 700 nm IR cu t-off filter.
 Front p late tem p eratu re: 45º C
Certifications and Compliance
Compliance
EN 55011, FCC Part 15, CISPR 11, and ICES-003 Class A Rad iated Em issions Requirem ents
EN 55024 and EN 61326-1 Im m unity to Disturbance
RoH S per EU Directive 2011/ 65/ EC and WEEE per EU Directive 2002/ 96/ EC and China Electronic Ind ustry
Stand ard SJ/ T11364-2006
GenICam XML Description File, Superset of the GenICam ™ Stand ard Features N am ing Convention specification
V1.5, Cam era Link Serial Com m unication: GenICam ™ Generic Control Protocol (GenCP V1.0)
Supported Industry Standards
GenICam™
Piranha4 cam eras are GenICam com p liant. They im p lem ent a su p erset of the GenICam ™ Stand ard
Featu res N am ing Convention sp ecification V1.5.
This d escrip tion takes the form of an XML d evice d escrip tion file resp ecting the syntax d efined by the
GenAp i m od u le of the GenICam ™ sp ecification. The cam era u ses the GenICam ™ Generic Control
Protocol (GenCP V1.0) to com m u nicate over the Cam era Link serial p ort.
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Responsivity
The resp onsivity grap h d escribes the sensor resp onse to d ifferent w avelengths of light (exclu d ing lens
and light sou rce characteristics).
Figure 1: Spectral Responsivity vs. Wavelength (Dual Line)
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Figure 2: QE % vs. Wavelength
Figure 3: Relationship between FPN and Temperature
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Mechanicals
62 B0.05
H 0.1 A
E 0.05
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(4X)
12 B0.25 OPTICAL DISTANCE
31 B0.10
(19.1)
±0.2°
(9)
(42)
(54)
62 B0.05
(9)
(54)
IMAGE
AREA
31 B0.10
B
(7)
C
FIRST PIXEL
REFERENCE HOLES
(11.4)
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(2X) THIS SIDE
(2X) FAR SIDE
[INSERT PDF HERE]
CENTER OF
IMAGE AREA
A
(20.34)
M42x1 - 6H
(7)
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(2X) THIS SIDE
(2X) FAR SIDE
(47.87)
(42)
4
3
2
DESCRIPTION
REV
03
UPDATED OPTIONAL HEAT SINK DETAILS AND ADD
04
UPDATED THE LOOK OF THE FRONT PLATE (APER
NOTES:
1. UNITS: MILLIMETERS.
2. IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS A B & C .
H 0.1 A
E 0.05
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(4X)
62 B0.05
(54)
12 B0.25 OPTICAL DISTANCE
31 B0.10
(19.1)
±0.2°
B
IMAGE
AREA
31 B0.10
CENTER OF
IMAGE AREA
(7)
A
C
FIRST PIXEL
REFERENCE HOLE
(9)
(42)
(54)
62 B0.05
(9)
B
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(2X) THIS SIDE
(2X) FAR SIDE
(11.4)
(20.34)
M58x0.75 - 6H
M4x0.7 - 6H Z 6
(2X) THIS SIDE
(2X) FAR SIDE
(47.87)
(7)
(42)
NOTES:
1. UNITS: MILLIMETERS.
2. IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS A B & C .
A
Figure 4: 2K (Top) and 4K (Bottom) Camera Mechanicals
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
1. UNITS: MM
2. DRAWING PER
ASME Y14.5M-1994
3. TOLERANCES:
LINEAR
±0.15
ANGLES ±0.5`
SURFACE FINISH 3.2
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Figure 5: Nikon M58 to F-Mount Adapter
Figure 6: Piranha4 Heat Sink Accessories Kit
Optional Lens Mount and Heat Sink Accessories
Part No.
Description
AC-LN -00002-A0-R
M58 to F-m ount ad apter (12m m BFD), heavy d uty—4k m odel.
AC-LC-00001-00-R
M42 x 1 F-m ount ad ap ter—2k m od el.
AC-MS-00108-00-R
H eat sink for P4-4k/ 2k cam eras.
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Camera Mounting and Heat Sink Considerations
Up to tw o op tional heat sinks can be installed on the Piranha4 cam era. As illu strated , they are id eally
p ositioned to allow close sp acing of the cam eras. These heat sinks are d esigned to p rovid e ad equ ate
convection cooling w hen not obstru cted by enclosu res or m ou nting assem blies.
Teled yne DALSA recognises that each cu stom er‘s ap p lication can be u niqu e. In consid eration, the P4
cam era heat sinks have been d esigned in su ch a w ay that they can be rep ositioned on the d ifferent faces
of the cam era or rem oved entirely, d ep end ing on the m ou nting configu ration and its heat sinking
p otential.
Rep ositioning or rem oval of the heat sinks m u st b e p erform ed w ith care in ord er to avoid tem p eratu re
issu es. The cam era has the ability to m easu re its internal tem p eratu re. Use this featu re to record the
internal tem p eratu re of the cam era w hen it is m ou nted in you r system and op erating u nd er the w orst
case cond itions. The cam era w ill stop ou tp u tting d ata if its internal tem p eratu re reaches 80 °C. Refer to
the Verify Tem p eratu re and Voltage section for m ore inform ation.
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3. Quick, Simple Steps to
Acquire an Image
For u sers w ho are fam iliar w ith Cam era Link cam eras, have a basic u nd erstand ing of their im aging
requ irem ents, and w ho are p rim arily interested in evalu ating the Piranha4 cam era, an overview of the
step s requ ired to get this cam era op erational and acqu iring im ages qu ickly can be fou nd in Ap p end ix D:
Qu ick Setu p and Im age Acqu isition .
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4. Software and Hardware Setup
Recommended System Requirements
To achieve best system p erform ance, the follow ing m inim u m requ irem ents are recom m end ed :
 H igh band w id th fram e grabber, e.g. Xcelera-CL PX8 Fu ll Cam era Link fram e grabber (Part # ORX8CO-XPF00): w w w .teled yned alsa.com / im aging/ p rod u cts/ fg/ OR-X8C0-XPF00/ .
 Op erating system s: Wind ow s XP / Vista / 7, 32 / 64-bit.
Setup Steps: Overview
Take the follow ing step s in ord er to setu p and ru n you r cam era system . They are d escribed briefly below
and in m ore d etail in the sections that follow .
1. Install and Configure Frame Grabber and Software
We recom m end the Xcelera-CL PX8 Fu ll fram e grabber or equ ivalent, d escribed in d etail on the
teled yned alsa.com site here. Follow the m anu factu rer‘s installation instru ctions.
A GenICam ™ com p liant XML d evice d escrip tion file is em bed d ed w ithin the cam era firm w are allow ing
GenICam ™ com p liant ap p lication to know the cam era‘s cap abilities im m ed iately after connection.
Installing Sap eraLT gives you access to the Cam Exp ert GUI, a GenICam ™ com p liant ap p lication.
2. Connect Camera Link and Power Cables
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Connect the Cam era Link cables from the cam era to the com p u ter.
Connect a p ow er cable from the cam era to a p ow er su p p ly that can p rovid e a constant voltage
betw een +12 VDC and +24 VDC.
3. Establish Communicating with the Camera
Start the GUI and establish com m u nication w ith the cam era.
ASCII Commands
As an alternative to the Cam Exp ert (or equ ivalent) GUI, you can com m u nicate w ith this cam era u sing
ASCII-based com m and s. Op en u p an ASCII interface and p ress the ESC key, then the com m u nication
m od e w ill be sw itched into the ASCII com m and m od e other than the GenICam m od e. A com p lete list of
the com m and s and a d escrip tion of how to access them can be fou nd in Ap p end ix B: ASCII Com m and s.
4. Operate the Camera
At this p oint you w ill be read y to start op erating the cam era in ord er to acqu ire im ages, set cam era
fu nctions, and save settings.
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Step 1. Install and Configure the Frame Grabber
and Software
Install Frame Grabber
Install a Full configu ration Cam era Link fram e grabber accord ing to the m anu factu rer‘s d escrip tion.
We recom m end the Xcelera-CL PX8 fram e grabber or equ ivalent, d escribed in d etail on the
teled yned alsa.com site here.
Install Sapera LT and CamExpert GUI
Com m u nicate w ith the cam era u sing a Cam era Link -com p liant interface. We recom m end you u se
Cam Exp ert. Cam Exp ert is the cam era interfacing tool su p p orted by the Sap era library and com es
bu nd led w ith Sap eraLT. Using Cam Exp ert is the sim p lest and qu ickest w ay to send com m and s to and
receive inform ation from the cam era.
Camera Link Control Communications
The P4 fam ily of cam eras are GenICam ™ com p liant. Sap era u ses the GenICam ™ Generic Control
Protocol (GenCP V1.0) to com m u nicate w ith the cam era over the Cam era Link serial p ort. When
com m u nications are first established Sap era w ill w hen connecting for the first tim e d ow nload the
GenICam ™ XML Descrip tion file. This file d etails how to access and control the cam era.
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Step 2. Connect Data, Trigger, and Power Cables
N ote: the u se of cables typ es and lengths other than those sp ecified m ay resu lt in increased em ission or
d ecreased im m u nity and p erform ance of the cam era.
Power
A +12V to +24V DC Hirose 6-pin
B
B
A
C
Control & Data
B Camera Link 26-pin SDR26 connectors
B
Status
C Diagnostic LED
Figure 7: Input and Output, Trigger, and Power Connectors
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Static electricity can d am age electronic com p onents. It‘s critical that you d ischarge any static
electrical charge by tou ching a grou nd ed su rface, su ch as the m etal com p u ter chassis, before
hand ling the cam era hard w are.
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Data Connector: Camera Link
The cam era u ses tw o Cam era Link SDR26 cables transm itting the Cam era Link Base, Med iu m , or Fu ll
configu ration. The figu re below show s the SDR26 Cam era Link Connector and the tables that follow list
the Cam era Link Base, Med iu m , and Fu ll configu ration s.
For d etailed inform ation on Cam era Link p lease refer to the Cam era Link Road Map available from th e
Know led ge Center on the Teled yne DALSA Web site:
(http :/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / m v/ know led ge/ ap p notes.asp x).
Figure 8. Camera Link Connector
Data 2
Camera
Connector
1
14
2
15
3
16
4
17
5
18
6
19
7
20
8
21
9
22
10
23
11
24
12
25
13
26
Right Angle
Frame Grabber
Connector
1
14
25
12
24
11
23
10
22
9
21
8
20
7
19
6
18
5
17
4
16
3
15
2
13
26
Channel Link
Signal
inner shield
inner shield
Y0Y0+
Y1Y1+
Y2Y2+
YclkYclk+
Y3Y3+
100 ohm
terminated
Z0Z0+
Z1Z1+
Z2Z2+
ZclkZclk+
Z3Z3+
inner shield
inner shield
Control / Data 1
Camera
Right Angle
Connector
Frame Grabber
Connector
1
1
14
14
2
25
15
12
3
24
16
11
4
23
17
10
5
22
18
9
6
21
19
8
7
20
20
7
8
19
21
6
9
18
22
5
10
17
23
4
11
16
24
3
12
15
25
2
13
13
26
26
Channel Link
Signal
inner shield
inner shield
X0X0+
X1X1+
X2X2+
XclkXclk+
X3X3+
SerTC+
SerTCSerTFGSerTFG+
CC1CC1+
CC2+
CC2CC3CC3+
CC4+
CC4inner shield
inner shield
*Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends. Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at
both ends of the cable. Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera
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Full Configuration
Connector 1: Channel link X
Camera/Frame
Grabber Pin
Tx0/Rx0
Tx1/Rx1
Tx2/Rx2
Tx3/Rx3
Tx4/Rx4
Tx5/Rx5
Tx6/Rx6
Tx7/Rx7
Tx8/Rx8
Tx9/Rx9
Tx10/Rx10
Tx11/Rx11
Tx12/Rx12
Tx13/Rx13
Tx14/Rx14
Tx15/Rx15
Tx16/Rx16
Tx17/Rx17
Tx18/Rx18
Tx19/Rx19
Tx20/Rx20
Tx21/Rx21
Tx22/Rx22
Tx23/Rx23
Tx24/Rx24
Tx25/Rx25
Tx26/Rx26
Tx27/Rx27
Bit Name
D0(0)
D0(1)
D0(2)
D0(3)
D0(4)
D0(7)
D0(5)
D1(0)
D1(1)
D1(2)
D1(6)
D1(7)
D1(3)
D1(4)
D1(5)
D2(0)
D2(6)
D2(7)
D2(1)
D2(2)
D2(3)
D2(4)
D2(5)
Not Used
LVAL
FVAL
Not Used
D0(6)
8 bits Camera Link Full Configuration
Connector 2: Channel link Y
Connector 3: Channel link Z
Camera/Frame
Grabber Pin
Tx0/Rx0
Tx1/Rx1
Tx2/Rx2
Tx3/Rx3
Tx4/Rx4
Tx5/Rx5
Tx6/Rx6
Tx7/Rx7
Tx8/Rx8
Tx9/Rx9
Tx10/Rx10
Tx11/Rx11
Tx12/Rx12
Tx13/Rx13
Tx14/Rx14
Tx15/Rx15
Tx16/Rx16
Tx17/Rx17
Tx18/Rx18
Tx19/Rx19
Tx20/Rx20
Tx21/Rx21
Tx22/Rx22
Tx23/Rx23
Tx24/Rx24
Tx25/Rx25
Tx26/Rx26
Tx27/Rx27
Bit Name
D3(0)
D3(1)
D3(2)
D3(3)
D3(4)
D3(7)
D3(5)
D4(0)
D4(1)
D4(2)
D4(6)
D4(7)
D4(3)
D4(4)
D4(5)
D5(0)
D5(6)
D5(7)
D5(1)
D5(2)
D5(3)
D5(4)
D5(5)
Not Used
LVAL
FVAL
Not Used
D3(6)
Camera/Frame
Grabber Pin
Tx0/Rx0
Tx1/Rx1
Tx2/Rx2
Tx3/Rx3
Tx4/Rx4
Tx5/Rx5
Tx6/Rx6
Tx7/Rx7
Tx8/Rx8
Tx9/Rx9
Tx10/Rx10
Tx11/Rx11
Tx12/Rx12
Tx13/Rx13
Tx14/Rx14
Tx15/Rx15
Tx16/Rx16
Tx17/Rx17
Tx18/Rx18
Tx19/Rx19
Tx20/Rx20
Tx21/Rx21
Tx22/Rx22
Tx23/Rx23
Tx24/Rx24
Tx25/Rx25
Tx26/Rx26
Tx27/Rx27
Bit Name
D6(0)
D6(1)
D6(2)
D6(3)
D6(4)
D6(7)
D6(5)
D7(0)
D7(1)
D7(2)
D7(6)
D7(7)
D7(3)
D7(4)
D7(5)
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
Not Used
LVAL
FVAL
Not Used
D6(6)
Tap 1 bits are D0(x)...Tap 8 bits are D7(x)
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Camera Link Bit Definitions
BASE
Configuration
Pixel Format
T0
Port A
Bits 0 thru 7
Port B
Bits 0 thru 7
Port C
Bits 0 thru 7
Mono 8
Tap 1 LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (1, 3, 5, ... 4093, 4095)
Tap 2 LSB..Bit7
Pixels (2, 4, 6, ... 4094, 4096)
xxxxxxx
Mono 12
Tap 1 LSB.. Bit 7
Pixels (1, 3, 5, ... 84093, 4095)
Tap 1 Bits 8,9,10,11
Pixels (1, 3, 5, ... 4093,4095)
Tap 2 Bits 8,9,10,11
Pixels (2,4,6, ... 4094, 4096)
Tap 2 LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (2,4,6, ... 4094, 4096)
Medium
Configurat
ion
Pixel
Format
T0
Port A
Bits 0 thru
7
Port B
Bits 0 thru
7
Port C
Bits 0 thru
7
Port D
Bits 0 thru
7
Port E
Bits 0 thru
7
Port F
Bits 0 thru
7
Mono 8
Tap 1
LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (1, 5, 9,
... 4089, 4093)
Tap 2
LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (2, 6,
10, ... 4090,
4094)
Tap 3
LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (3, 7,
11, ... 4091,
4095)
Tap 4
LSB...Bit 7
Pixels (4, 8,
12, ... 4092,
4096)
xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Mono 10 /
Mono 12
Tap 1
LSB.. Bit 7
Pixels (1, 5, 9,
... 4091, 4095)
Tap 1
Bits 8,9,10,11
Pixels (1, 5, 9,
... 4091, 4095)
Tap 2
LSB..Bit 7
Pixels (2, 6,
10, ... 4092,
4096)
Tap 4
LSB…Bit 7
Pixels (4, 8,
12, ... 4090,
4094)
Tap 3
LSB…Bit 7
Pixels (3, 7,
11, ... 4089,
4093)
Tap 3
Bit 8,9,10,11
Pixels (3, 7,
11, ... 4089,
4093)
Tap 2
Bits 8,9,10,11
Pixels (2, 6,
10, ... 4092,
4096)
Full
Configuration
Pixel Format
Mono 8
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Bits 8,9,10,11
Pixels (4, 8,
12, ... 4090,
4094)
T0
Port A
LSB…Bit
7
Port B
LSB…Bit
8
Port C
LSB…Bit
8
Port D
LSB…Bit
8
Port E
LSB…Bit
8
Port F
LSB…Bit
8
Port G
LSB…Bit
8
Port H
LSB…Bit
8
Tap 1
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (1,
9, 17, ...
4081,
4089)
Tap 2
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (2,
10, 18, ...
4082,
4090)
Tap 3
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (3,
11, 19, ...
4083,
4091)
Tap 4
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (4,
12, 20, ...
4084,
4092)
Tap 5
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (5,
13, 21, ...
4085,
4093)
Tap 6
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (6,
14, 22, ...
4086,
4094)
Tap 7
LSB…Bit
7
Pixels (7,
15, 23, ...
4087,
4095)
Tap 8
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (8,
16, 24, ...
4088,
4096)
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Deca
Configurat
ion
Pixel
Format
Mono 8
T0
Port A
LSB…
Bit 7
Port B
LSB…
Bit 8
Port C
LSB…
Bit 8
Port D
LSB…
Bit 8
Port E
LSB…
Bit 8
Port F
LSB…
Bit 8
Port
G
LSB…
Bit 8
Port
Port I Port K
H
LSB…Bit LSB…Bit
LSB…
8
8
Bit 8
Tap 1
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(1, 11,
21, ...
4081,
4091)
Tap 2
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(2, 12,
22, ...
4082,
4092)
Tap 3
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(3, 13,
23, ...
4083,
4093)
Tap 4
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(4, 14,
24, ...
4084,
4094)
Tap 5
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(5, 15,
25, ...
4085,
4095)
Tap 6
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(6, 16,
26, ...
4086,
4096)
Tap 7
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(7, 17,
27, ...
4087)
Tap 8
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(8, 18,
28, ...
4088)
Tap 9
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels (9,
19, 29, ...
4089)
Tap 10
LSB…
Bit 7
Pixels
(10, 20,
30, ...
4090)
Table 4: Camera Link Bit Definitions
Signal
CC1
CC2
CC3
CC4
Configuration
EXSYN C
Spare
Direction
Spare
Table 5: Camera Control Configuration
For ad d itional Cam era Link d ocu m entation refer to the Teled yne DALSA Web site‘s Know led ge Center
ap p lication notes.
Camera Link Drive Capability
The cam era link cable d rive cap ability on P4-4K/ 2K cam eras has been im p roved to reach u p to 15 m eters.
This p rovid es longer cable lengths w ithou t the need for ad d itional com p onents like, rep eaters etc.
This cap ability has been tested u sing a nu m ber of fram e grabbers (listed in the table below ) and w as
tested u sing stand ard Cam era Link cables. The cable length d rive achieved on the variou s fram e grabbers
is as follow s:
Cable Length
10 m
15 m
Frame Grabber (Manufacturer/Part Number)
Teled yneDALSA Xcelera-CL PX4 / OR-X4C0-XPF00
Teled yneDALSA Xcelera-CL+ PX8 Full / OR-X8C0-XPF00
Matrox Rad ient eCL – RAD2GSF150400
Teled yneDALSA Xcelera-CL+ PX8 Full / OR-X8C0-XPF00
Table 6: Cable Length and Frame Grabber Pairings
Input Signals, Camera Link
The cam era accep ts control inp u ts throu gh the Cam era Link SDR26F connector. The cam era ship s in
internal sync, and internally p rogram m ed integration .
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EXSYNC (Line Readout Trigger)
Line rate can be set internally u sing the GenICam featu res. The external control signal EXSYN C is
op tional and enabled throu gh the u ser interface. This cam era u ses the falling ed ge of EXSYN C to trigger
p ixel read ou t.
The EXSYN C signal tells the cam era w hen to integrate and read ou t the im age. It can be either an
internally generated signal by the cam era, or it can be su p p lied externally via the serial interface.
Dep end ing u p on the m od e of op eration the high t im e of the EXSYN C signal can rep resent the integration
p eriod .
N ote: The EXSYN C signal is m easu red at CC1 and w ill give a ―tru e‖ m easu rem ent (i.e. w ithin the
m easu rem ent resolu tion of 25 ns) even thou gh the cam era w ill only trigger at a m axim u m of 100 kH z.
Output Signals, Camera Link Clocking Signals
These signals ind icate w hen d ata is valid , allow ing you to clock the d ata from the cam era to you r
acqu isition system . These signals are p art of the Cam era Link configu ration and you shou ld refer to the
Cam era Link Im p lem entation Road Map , available at ou r Know led ge Center, for the stand ard location of
these signals.
Clocking Signal
Indicates
LVAL (high)
DVAL
STROBE (rising ed ge)
FVAL
Ou tp u tting valid line
N ot u sed
Valid d ata
Set to 0
Power Connector
!
WARN IN G: It is extrem ely im p ortant that you ap p ly the ap p rop riate voltages to you r cam era.
Incorrect voltages m ay d am age the cam era. Inp u t voltage requ irem ent: +12 VDC to +24 VDC,
2 Am p s. Before connecting p ow er to the cam era, test all p ow er su p p lies.
Figure 9: 6-pin Hirose Circular Male Power Plug—Power Connector
Pin
1
2
3
Table 7. Power Plug Pinout
Description
Pin
Description
+12 V to +24 V DC
+12 V to +24 V DC
+12 V to +24 V DC
4
5
6
GN D
GN D
GN D
The cam era requ ires a single voltage inp u t +12 VDC to +24 VDC. The cam era m eets all p erform ance
sp ecifications u sing stand ard sw itching p ow er su p p lies, althou gh w ell-regu lated linear su p p lies p rovid e
op tim u m p erform ance.
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WARNING: When setting up the camera’s power supplies follow these guidelines:





!
Ap p ly the ap p rop riate voltages.
Protect the cam era w ith a 2 am p slow -blow fu se betw een the p ow er su p p ly and the cam era.
Do not u se the shield on a m u lti-cond u ctor cable for grou nd .
Keep lead s as short as p ossible in ord er to red u ce voltage d rop .
Use high-qu ality su p p lies in ord er to m inim ize noise.
Note: If your power supply does not meet these requirements, then the camera performance specifications are not
guaranteed.
LEDs
The cam era is equ ip p ed w ith an LED on the back to d isp lay the op erational statu s of the cam era. The
table below su m m arizes the op erating states of the cam era and the corresp ond ing LED states. When m ore
than one cond ition is active, the LED ind icates the cond ition w ith the highest p riority.
Color of Status LED
Meaning
Off
Blinking
Green
Red
N o pow er or hardw are m alfunction
Pow ering up or calibrating
Read y
Error. Check the built-in self test (BiST) register for the specific error
Step 3. Establish Communication with the
Camera
Power on the camera
Tu rn on the cam era‘s p ow er su p p ly. You m ay have to w ait w hile the cam era read ies itself for op eration.
The cam era m u st boot fu lly before it w ill be recognized by the GUI—the LED shines green once the
cam era is read y.
Connect to the frame grabber
1.
2.
3.
Start Sap era Cam Exp ert (or equ ivalent Cam era Link com p liant interfa ce) by d ou ble clicking the
d esktop icon created d u ring the softw are installation.
Cam Exp ert w ill search for installed Sap era d evices. In the Devices list area on the left sid e, the
connected fram e grabber w ill be show n.
Select the fram e grabber d evice by clicking on the nam e.
N ote: The first tim e you set u p the cam era you w ill need to establish a com m u nication link betw een the
cam era and fram e grabber.
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Connect to the camera
1.
2.
Start a new Sap era Cam Exp ert ap p lication (or equ ivalent Cam era Link com p liant interfa ce) by
d ou ble clicking the d esktop icon created d u ring the softw are installation.
In the Devices list area on the left sid e, select the COM p ort below the Cam er a Link label.
Figure 10. CamExpert GUI showing connected camera
Check LED Status
If the cam era is op erating correctly at this p oint, the d iagnostic LED w ill shine green.
Software Interface
All the cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the Cam Exp ert interface. For exam p le, u nd er the
Cam era Control m enu in the cam era w ind ow you can control the line rate and exp osu re tim es.
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At this p oint you r host and cam era system shou ld be setu p and you can verify the cam era‘s op eration by
retrieving a test p attern and setting the cam era‘s trigger and exp osu re tim e.
Using Sapera CamExpert with Piranha4
Cameras
Cam Exp ert is the cam era interfacing tool su p p orted by the Sap era library. When u sed w ith a Piranha4
cam era, Cam Exp ert allow s a u ser to test all cam era op erating m od es. Ad d itionally Cam Exp ert saves the
cam era u ser settings configu ration to the cam era or saves m u ltip le configu rations as ind ivid u al cam era
p aram eter files on the host system (*.ccf). Cam Exp ert can also be u sed to u p grad e the cam era‘s softw are.
An im p ortant com p onent of Cam Exp ert is its live acqu isition d isp lay w ind ow w hich allow s im m ed iate
verification of tim ing or control p aram eters w ithou t the need to ru n a sep arate acqu isition p rogram .
For context sensitive help , click on the
bu tton then click on a cam era configu ration p aram eter. A
short d escrip tion of the configu ration p aram eter w ill be show n in a p op u p . Click on the
op en the help file for m ore d escrip tive inform ation on Cam Exp ert.
bu tton to
The central section of Cam Exp ert p rovid es access to the cam era featu res and p aram eters. N ote: The
availability of the featu res is d ep end ent on the Cam Exp ert u ser setting.
A note on the CamExpert examples show n here: The examples show n for illustrative purposes and may
not entirely reflect the features and parameters available from the camera model used in your
application.
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CamExpert Panes
Figure 11. CamExpert’s Camera Control Window
The Cam Exp ert ap p lication u ses p anes to sim p lify choosing and configu ring cam era files or acqu isition
p aram eters for the installed d evice.
 D evice Selector pane: View and select from any installed Sap era acqu isition d evice. Once a d evice is
selected Cam Exp ert w ill only p resent acqu isition p aram eters ap p licable to that d evice. Op tionally
select a cam era file inclu d ed w ith the Sap era installation or saved by the u ser.
 Parameters pane: Allow s view ing or changing all acqu isition p aram eters su p p orted by the
acqu isition d evice. Cam Exp ert d isp lays p aram eters only if those p aram eters are su p p orted by the
installed d evice. This avoid s confu sion by elim inating p aram eter choices w hen they d o not ap p ly to
the hard w are in u se.
 D isplay pane: Provid es a live or single fram e acqu isition d isp lay. Fram e bu ffer p aram eters are show n
in an inform ation bar above the im age w ind ow .
 Control Buttons: The Disp lay p ane inclu d es Cam Exp ert control bu ttons. These are:
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Acquisition control button:
Click once to start live grab, click again to stop.
Single frame grab:
Click to acquire one fram e from d evice.
Trigger button:
With the I/ O control param eters set to Trigger Enabled , click to send a
single trigger com m and .
CamExpert display controls:
(these d o not m od ify the fram e buffer d ata)
Stretch im age to fit, set im age d isplay to original size, or zoom the
im age to virtually any size and ratio.
Histogram / Profile tool:
Select to view a histogram or line/ colum n profile d uring live
acquisition or in a still im age.
 Output Message pane: Disp lays m essages from Cam Exp ert or the d evice d river.
At this p oint you are read y to start op erating the cam era in ord er to acqu ire im ages, set cam era fu nctions,
and save settings.
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4. Camera Operation
Factory Settings
The cam era ship s and p ow ers u p for the first tim e w ith the follow ing factory settings:

Cam era Link Fu ll, 8 bit p ixels

Internal trigger, line rate 10 kH z

Internal exp osu re control, exp osu re tim e 50 µs

2 stage TDI

1x horizontal and vertical binning

Offset 0, Gain 1x
Area Mode
Using area m od e in the P4 m ono cam era allow s d ata rates to be tw ice as fast com p ared to TDI Stage = 1
or TDI Stages = 2.
Sim ilar to TDI Stage = 2 m od e, both the top and bottom lines of the sensor are exp osed at the sam e tim e.
The d ifference being that instead of su m m ing the lines, each line is read ou t sep arately. The figu re below
illu strates how this is d one. On the first Exsync signal, both lines are exp osed and then the sensor is read
ou t. One line is p rocessed and stored in cam era m em ory w hile the other line is p rocessed and sent ou t
the Cam era Link ou tp u t. The next Exsync signal d oes not reach the sensor, bu t instead the stored d ata is
transferred ou t the Cam era Link p ort.
Exsync
Programmed
Exposure Time
Top and Bottom Lines
Read out of Sensor
Bottom Line Stored
In Memory
CL Output
Top Line
Transmitted out
Camera Link
Bottom Line
Transmitted out
Camera Link
Figure 12. Area Mode data transfer timing
It is im p ortant that the exp osu re tim e in area m od e be ap p rop riate for the set line rate. The exp osu re tim e
shou ld not be longer than the inverse of the lin e rate or else the im age w ill sm ear. The set scan d irection is
also im p ortant. If the d irection is w rong the im age w ill look chop p y , as can be seen in the follow ing
figu re.
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Figure 13. Image with incorrect scan direction
Figure 14. Image with proper scan direction
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Check Camera and Sensor Information
Cam era and sensor inform ation can be retrieved via a controlling ap p lication —for exam p le, the
Cam Exp ert GUI show n in the follow ing exam p les. Param eters su ch as cam era m od el, firm w are version,
sensor characteristics, etc. are read to u niqu ely id entify the connected d evice.
The cam era inform ation p aram eters are grou p ed together as m em bers of the Cam era Inform ation set.
Figure 15. CamExpert’s Camera Information Window
Verify Temperature and Voltage
To d eterm ine the voltage and tem p eratu re at the cam era, u se the Refresh Voltage and Refresh
Temperature featu res fou nd in the Camera Information set.
The tem p eratu re retu rned is the internal tem p eratu re in d egrees Celsiu s. For p rop er op eration this valu e
shou ld not exceed 80 °C. If the cam era exceed s the d esignated tem p eratu re it w ill stop im aging and the
LED w ill tu rn red . Once you have d iagnosed and rem ed ied the issu e u se the reset camera fu nction.
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Note: The voltage d isp layed is the cam era‘s inp u t voltage. The voltage m easu rem ent featu re of the cam era
p rovid es resu lts w ithin 1% of the actu al voltage. The m easu rem ent can be u sed to set the ap p lied voltage
to the cam era.
Saving and Restoring Camera Settings
The p aram eters u sed to select, load and save u ser sets are grou p ed together u nd er the Cam era
Inform ation set of featu res. There are 8 u ser sets available and one factory set.
Camera Information
Parameter
User Set Default Selector
User Set Selector
User Set Load
User Set Save
Choices
Select the cam era p aram eters to load w hen the cam era is reset or
pow ered up as the Factory set, or as User Set 1 to 8.
Selecting the set from the list autom atically saves it as the d efault
set.
Select the Factory or User set to Save or Load .
-Factory Set
-User Set 1 to 8.
Load the set specified by User Set Selector to the cam era and m ake
it the active / current set.
Save the current set as selected user set.
Description of the Camera Settings
The cam era op erates in one of fou r settings:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cu rrent op eration w ith active settings.
User setting.
Factory setting (read -only).
Defau lt setting.
The settings active d u ring the cu rrent op eration can be saved (thereby becom ing the u ser setting) u sing
the User Set Save p aram eter. A p reviou sly saved u ser setting (User Set 1 to 8) or the factory settings can
be restored u sing the User Set Selector and User Set Load p aram eters.
Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be saved as the Defau lt Setting by selecting the set in the
User Set Defau lt Selector. The chosen set au tom atically saves as the d efau lt setting and is the set load ed
w hen the cam era is reset or p ow ered u p .
The relationship betw een these fou r settings is illu strated in Figu re 16. Relationship betw een the Cam era
Settings:
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Figure 16. Relationship between the Camera Settings
Active Settings for Current Operation
The active setting for the cu rrent op eration is the set of configu ration s that are active w hile the cam era is
cu rrently ru nning, inclu d ing all u nsaved changes you have m ad e to the settings before saving them .
These active settings are stored in the cam era‘s volatile m em ory and w ill be lost and can not be restored if
the cam era resets, is p ow ered d ow n, or loses p ow er.
To save these settings for reu se the next tim e you p ow er u p or reset the cam era, or to p rotect against
losing them in the case of p ow er loss, you m u st save the cu rrent settings u sing the User Set Save
p aram eter. Once saved , the cu rrent settings becom e the selected User Set.
User Setting
The u ser setting is the saved set of cam era configu rations that you can cu stom ize, resave, and restore. By
d efau lt the u ser settings are ship p ed w ith the sam e settings as the factory set.
The com m and User Set Save saves the cu rrent settings to non-volatile m em ory as a User Set. The cam era
au tom atically restores the last saved u ser settings w hen it p ow ers u p .
To restore the last saved u ser settings, select the User Set p aram eter you w ant to restore and then select
the User Set Load p aram eter.
Factory Settings
The factory setting is the cam era settings that w ere ship p ed w ith the cam era and w hich load ed d u ring the
cam era‘s first p ow er-u p . To load or restore the original factory settings, at any tim e, select the Factory
Setting p aram eter and then select the User Set Load p aram eter.
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N ote: By d efau lt, the u ser settings are set to the factory settings.
Default Setting
Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be u sed as the Defau lt Setting by selecting the set in the
User Set Defau lt Selector. The chosen set au tom atically becom es the d efau lt setting and is the set load ed
w hen the cam era is reset of p ow ered u p .
Camera Link Configuration
Name
Taps
SPF*
Cables
Base
2
8, 10, 12
1
Med ium
4
8, 10, 12
2
Full
8
8
2
Deca (4K only)
10
8
2
*Set Pixel Form at (nu m ber of bits p er p ixel)
TDI and Single Line Modes
You have the op tion to set the cam era m od es as either single line (w here only the bottom sensor is u sed ,
w hich resu lts in low er sensitivity) or as TDI (w here the p air of sensor lines is su m m ed , w hich resu lts in
higher sensitivity).
TDI Mode vs. Vertical Binning 2
TDI m od e d elays one line before su m m ing so that each row im ages the sam e area. In the case of vertical
binning equ al to 2, the row s im age ad jacent areas and are su m m ed w ithou t sep aration d elay. This action ,
com bined w ith horizontal binning equ al to 2, resu lts in a big p ixel that has half the resolu tion bu t fou r
tim es the resp onse com p ared to TDI stages = 1.
TDI Stage 2 vs. Vertical Binning
Vertical Binning and TDI Stage 2 are very sim ilar in op eration in that for both m od es both lines of the
sensor are u sed and both lines are su m m ed together. The d ifference is that in vertical binning both lines
are su m m ed d irectly, w hile in TDI Stages 2 one line is d elayed by one EXSYN C before being su m m ed
w ith the other line. The resu lt is a 20 µm tall p ixel for vertical binning w hile TDI Stage 2 m aintains the 10
µm p ixel height.
There is no line rate d ifference betw een these tw o m od es.
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Sensitivity Modes and Pixel Readout
The cam era has the op tion to op erate in either TDI m od e or single line m od e. When in TDI m od e, the
cam era u ses both line scan sensors and as a resu lt the resp onsivity increases (57%). When in single line
m od e, the cam era u ses the bottom sensor only. The internal gain is 1.27x greater for single line m od e vs.
TDI m od e.
Figure 17: TDI Mode Examples
In TDI m od e, the cam era u ses a 10.56 µm x 10.56 µm p ixel and cap tu res the sam e im age tw ice, resu lting
in a brighter im age.
Figure 18: Single Line Mode Examples
In single line m od e, the cam era u ses a 10.56 µm x 10.56 µm p ixel and cap tu res the im age u sing one sensor
(Sensor 1).
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Trigger Modes
The cam era‘s im age exp osu res are initiated by a trigger event. The trigger event is either a p rogram m able
internal signal u sed in free ru nning m od e, an external inp u t u sed for synchronizing exp osu res to external
triggers, or a p rogram m ed fu nction call m essage by the controlling com p u ter. These triggering m od es are
d escribed below .
 Internal trigger (trigger disabled): The cam era free-ru nning m od e has a p rogram m able internal
tim er for line rate and a p rogram m able exp osu re p eriod .
 External trigger (trigger enabled): Exp osu res are controlled by an external trigger signal. The
external trigger signal is the Cam era Link control line CC1.
Exposure Controls
The Exposure Control modes define how and when the camera will capture an image—the integration
period. The integration period is the amount of time the camera‘s sensor is exposed to incoming light
before the captured image is transmitted to the controlling computer.

Exposure control is defined as the start of exposure and exposure duration.

The start of exposure can be an internal timer signal (free-running mode) or an external trigger
signal.

The exposure duration can be programmable (such as the case of an internal timer) or controlled by the
external trigger pulse width.
The cam era can grab im ages in one of three w ays. You d eterm ine the three im aging m od es u sing a
com bination of the Exp osu re Mod e p aram eters (inclu d ing I/ O p aram eters), Exp osu re Tim e and Line Rate
p aram eters.
Description
Line Rate
Internal line rate and exposure tim e
External line rate and exposure tim e
EXSYN C pulse controlling the line
rate. Program m ed exposure tim e.
Exposure Time
Internal, program m able
Controlled by EXSYN C
pulse
Controlled by EXSYN C
pulse
Trigger Source
(Sync)
Internal program m able
External (EXSYN C)
Internal
External
Internal program m able
External
Figure 19. Exposure controls
The p aram eters u sed to select the im aging m od es—trigger sou rces (sync), exp osu re tim e, and line rate—
are grou p ed together as the Cam era Controls.
Camera Controls
Parameter
Line Rate (in H z)
Exp osu re Mod e
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Cam era line rate in H z. Only available w hen the start line trigger p aram eter
is d isabled (Trigger Mod e off).
Set the op eration m od e for the cam era‘s exp osu re.
Trigger Wid th or Tim ed . Trigger Wid th is only available w hen Trigger
Mod e is enabled .
Trigger Width
Uses the w id th of the cu rrent line trigger signal p u lse to control the
exp osu re d u ration.
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Timed
The exp osu re d u ration tim e is set u sing the Exp osu re Tim e featu re and the
exp osu re starts w ith the Line Start event.
Sets the exp osu re tim e (in m icrosecond s). Exp osu re Mod e featu re m u st be
set to Tim ed
Exposure Modes in Detail
1. Internally Programmable Line rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time (Default)
Line rate is the d om inant factor w hen ad ju sting the line rate or exp osu re tim e. When setting the line rate,
exp osu re tim e w ill d ecrease, if necessary, to accom m od ate the new line rate. When ad ju sting the
exp osu re tim e the range is lim ited by the line rate.
Note: The cam era w ill not set line p eriod s shorter than the read ou t p eriod .
GenICam parameters to set:
I / O Controls > Trigger Mode > Off
2. External Line Rate and External Exposure Time (Trigger Width)
In this m od e, EXSYN C sets both the line p eriod and the exp osu re tim e. The rising ed ge of EXSYN C m arks
the beginning of the exp osu re and the falling ed ge initiates read ou t. N ote:
GenICam parameters to set:
 I / O Controls > Trigger Mode > On
 Camera Control > Exposure Mode > Trigger Width
Warning! When ru nning external line rate and external exp osu re tim e, the line rate m u st not exceed 1 /
(exp osu re tim e + 1 µs). Und er these cond itions the exp osu re tim e w ill becom e ind eterm inate and resu lt in
im age artefacts. This is not the case w hen ru nning internal exp osu re control.
3. External Line Rate, Programmable Exposure Time
In this m od e, the line rate is set externally w ith the falling ed ge of EXSYN C generating the rising ed ge of
a p rogram m able exp osu re tim e.
GenICam parameters to set:
 I / O Controls > Trigger Mode > On
 Camera Control > Exposure Mode > Timed
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1. External Trigger Off, Internal Exposure Control
Free running, not synchronized to an external signal
Programmable Line Time
1
Programmable Exposure
>1us
Programmable Exposure1
Sensor
Readout2
Programmable Exposure1
Sensor
Readout2
Sensor
Readout2
LVAL
10.2us
2. External Trigger On, Internal Exposure Control
CC1 Falling edge triggers start of internal exposure3
CC1
Line Time
Programmable Exposure1
>1us
Programmable Exposure1
Sensor
Readout2
Programmable Exposure1
Sensor
Readout2
Sensor
Readout2
LVAL
10.2us
3. External Trigger On, External Exposure Control
CC1 Falling edge triggers start of exposure
CC1 high duration sets the exposure time
X1
X2
CC1
X3
Line Time
Exposure = X1
>1us
Exposure = X2
Sensor
Readout2
Exposure = X3
Sensor
Readout2
10.2us
Sensor
Readout2
LVAL
Notes:
1. Exposure time > 4 micro-seconds
2. Sensor Readout time = 9.5 micro-seconds
3. One additional falling edge during exposure is latched
Figure 20. Exposure Modes
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Set Line Rate
To set the cam era‘s line rate u se the line rate p aram eter, p art of the Cam era Controls set. This featu re can
only be u sed w hen the cam era is in Internal m od e—that is, w hen the start line trigger is d isabled (Trigger
Mod e Off).
N ote: A line rate < 1 / (Exp osu re tim e + 1 µs) w ill retu rn an error (―Invalid Param eter‖) if this cond ition
is not m et. You m u st ad ju st these tw o p aram eters in the correct sequ ence to m aintain this cond ition.
If the external line rate exceed s the m axim u m line rate allow ed for a m od e, the cam era w ill continu e to
ou tp u t d ata at its m axim u m line rate. Thou gh no im age artefacts associated w ith over -sp eed w ill occu r,
you m ay notice that u nd er over-sp eed cond itions the im age w ill ap p ear com p ressed and the ap p arent
d istance travelled w ill be red u ced .
Camera Control
Parameter
Line Rate (in H z)
Description
Cam era line rate in a range from 1 H z u p to 100 kH z.
This featu re is only available w hen the cam era is in Internal Mod e—
line trigger is d isabled (Trigger Mod e off).
Line Rates
Camera Link Configuration
Maximum Line Rate
Base, 8-bit
41 kH z (4K), 82 kH z (2K)
Med iu m , 8-bit
81 kH z(4K), 100 kH z (2K)
Full (TDI) , 8-bit
100 kH z (4K and 2K)
Full (Area) , 8-bit
160 kH z (4K), 200 kH z (2K)
Deca (Area) , 8-bit
200 kH z (4K)
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Line Rates Vs. AOI
Table 8: 85 MHz Camera Link Clock Rate. Maximum Line Rates of 100 kHz TDI and 200 kHz Area.
Number
CL
Line Rate Formula (Hz)
of AOI
Configuration
Base
Med iu m
1
Fu ll
Deca
Base
Med iu m
2
Fu ll
Deca
Base
Med iu m
3
Fu ll
Deca
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CL
Configuration
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Line Rate Formula (Hz)
Base
Med iu m
4
Fu ll
Deca
Table 9: 66 MHz Camera Link Clock Rate. Maximum Line Rates of 100 kHz TDI and 200 kHz Area.
Base
Med iu m
1
Fu ll
Deca
Base
Med iu m
2
Fu ll
Deca
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Med iu m
3
Fu ll
Deca
Base
Med iu m
4
Fu ll
Deca
Set Exposure Time
To set the cam era‘s exp osu re tim e, u se the Exposure Time p aram eter—a m em ber of the Cam era Controls
set. This featu re is only available w hen the Exposure Mode p aram eter is set to Timed. The allow able
exp osu re range is from 4 µs to 3,000 µs, d ep end ent on the valu e of the internal line rate.
GenICam parameters:
Camera Controls > Exposure Time (Timed Exposure Mode) > 4 µs to 3,000 µs.
Control Gain and Black Level
The cameras p rovid e gain and black level ad ju stments in the d igital d om ain for the CMOS sensor. The
gain and black level controls can m ake small com p ensations to the acqu isition in situ ations w here
lighting varies and the lens iris cannot be easily ad ju sted . The u ser can evalu ate gain and black level by
u sing CamExp ert.
The p aram eters that control gain and black level are grou p ed together in the Cam era Controls set.
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Camera Controls
Black Level
Ap p ly a d igital ad d ition after an FPN correction: ± 1/ 8 of available range. For
exam p le in 12-bit m od e the available range is -512 to +511.
Set the gain as an am p lification factor ap p lied to the vid eo signal across all
p ixels: 1x to 10x.
Gain
Set Image Size
To set the height of the im age, and therefore the nu m ber of lines to scan, u se the p aram eters grou p ed
u nd er the Im age Form at Control set.
Image Format Control
Control the size of the transm itted im age
Wid th
Wid th of the im age. Read only.
H eight
H eight of the im age in lines. Read only.
Pixel Form at
Mono 8, Mono 10, or Mono 12 bit d ep th to Cam era Link.
Test Im age Selector
Select an internal test im age:
Off
Ram p
A5
Each Tap Fixed
All 1365
All 1
Set Baud Rate
The bau d rate sets the sp eed (in bits p er second —bp s) of the serial com m u nication p ort and is available as
p art of the Serial Port Control p aram eters.
Serial Port Control
Action
Control the bau d rate u sed by the
cam era‘s serial p ort
Parameter
Bau d Rate
Options
9600 (factory d efau lt)
19200
57600
115200
230400*
460800*
921600*
N ote: Du ring connection Cam Exp ert
au tom atically sets the cam era to
m axim u m allow able bau d .
*A Px8 or equ ivalent fram e grabber is
requ ired in ord er to achieve these bau d
rates.
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N u m ber of bits p er character u sed in the
serial p ort
Parity of the serial p ort
Data Size
8
Parity
N one
N u m ber of stop bits p er character u sed
in the serial p ort
N u m ber of Stop
Bits
1
Pixel Format
Use the Pixel Form at featu re, fou nd in the Image Format Control set, to select the form at of the p ixel to
u se d u ring im age acqu isition as either Mono 8, Mono 10, or Mono 12 bit d ep th.
Image Format Control
Parameter
Pixel Form at
Description
Mono 8*
Mono 10
Mono 12
*Only available form at for Full and Deca Cam era Link
configu rations.
Camera Direction Control
Fou nd in the Camera Control > D irection Control set of featu res. N ote: This featu re is only available
w hen in TDI m od e.
N ote: the Sensor Shift featu res are not available w hen the cam era is in low or tall p ixel sensitivity m od es.
Camera Control > Direction Control
Parameter
Scan Direction Sou rce
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When in TDI stages 2 or Area m od e, this com m and lets you
select the Internal or external direction control. Use this
featu re to accom m od ate object d irection change on a w eb
and to m ou nt the cam era "u p sid e d ow n ."
Read the cu rrent d irection.
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Camera Direction
When in TDI m od e or Area m od e y ou can select either forw ard or reverse cam era d irection. Selectable
d irection accom m od ates object d irection change on a w eb and allow s you to m ou nt the cam era ―u p sid e
d ow n‖.
N ote that the exam p le here assu m es the u se of a lens (w hich inverts the im age).
Figure 21: Object Movement and Camera Direction Example using a Lens
Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode)
Set the tap read ou t from left to right or from right to left. This featu re is esp ecially u sefu l if you w ant to
m ou nt the cam era ―u p sid e d ow n.‖
Image Format Control
Parameter
Line Mirroring
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Off: All p ixels are read ou t from left to right.
On: All p ixels are read ou t from right to left.
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Resetting the Camera
The featu re Camera Reset, p art of the Transport Layer set, resets the cam era. The cam era resets w ith the
d efau lt settings, inclu d ing a bau d rate of 9600.
Transport Layer
Parameter
Cam era Reset
Description
Resets the cam era and p u ts in the d efau lt settings, inclu d ing a 9600 bau d
rate.
Calibrating the Camera
Important N ote: to ensu re best resu lts, the cond itions u nd er w hich you calibrate the cam era (e.g.
tem p eratu re and illu m ination) shou ld be as close to the actu al op erating cond itions as p ossible. .
Figure 22: Flat Field Calibration in CamExpert
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-
Video
Calibrate FPN
flatfieldCalibrationFPN
(ccf)
47
( monochrome )
x
+
Calibrate
PRNU
flatfieldCorrectionMode
flatfieldCalibrationPRNU
flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm
(cpa,ffm)
Filter Threshold
ImageEnhancementStrength
(sft)
Offset
BlackLevel
(ssb)
x
Gain
Gain
(ssg)
Output
Video
“Output_LUT”
Figure 23: Camera Calibration Process.
Calibration
The goal of calibration is to p rod u ce a u niform , w hite balanced and , if requ ired , color corrected im age at
the d esired level ou t of the cam era w hen it is im aging a u niform w hite object, u sing the op tical setu p of
the u ser‘s ap p lication.
The u ser shou ld configu re the cam era to u se the EXSYN C and exp osu re tim ing they d esire p lu s ad ju st the
light level for norm al op eration. The lens shou ld be at the d esired m agnification, ap ertu re and be in focu s.
As the w hite reference located at the object p lane w ill be in focu s, any featu res on its su rface (e.g. d u st,
scratches) w ill end u p in the calibration p rofile of the cam era. To avoid this, u se a clean w hite p lastic or
ceram ic m aterial, not p ap er. Id eally, the w hite object shou ld m ove d u ring the calibration p rocess a s the
averaging p rocess of the cam era w ill d im inish the effects on any sm all variation in the w hite reference.
The u ser m ay w ish to start the calibration p rocess by evalu ating the characteristics of their setu p w ith no
calibration enabled . This can be read ily achieved by d isabling FPN , PRN U & color correction coefficients,
setting w hite balance red , green and blu e gains to one, and the system gain to one.
Begin by ad ju sting the system gain u ntil the p eak intensity of the three colors is at the d esired D N level.
You m ay w ant to u se the w hite balance gains to ad ju st the p eak of each color to be a sim ilar DN valu e,
bu t this is not necessary. Before p roceed ing any fu rther, it is d esirable to com p lete an FPN calibration.
This is best p erform ed u sing a lens cap to ensu re no light gets into the cam era. Once com p lete, a PRN U
calibration can be p erform ed u sing a target valu e you w ant all the p ixels to achieve. This target valu e can
be higher or low er than the p eak valu es you observed w hile initially setting u p the cam era. Once PRN U
calibration is com p lete, it w ill take several second s, all three colors shou ld be at the target valu e, w hite
balance gains w ill have been ad ju sted to su it the cam eras op tim u m setu p for a balanced w hite ou tp u t,
and the correction coefficient w ill be enabled . The system gain w ill rem ain as originally set. The
coefficient and gain p aram eters, tim ing and control configu ration etc can be stored in any one of eight
u ser sets and au tom atically retrieved at p ow er u p or by u ser selection. If a col or correction m atrix is
d esired , the u ser can d ow nload and save a color correction file d erived from the p rocess d escribed above.
Note: For the color correction to be effective, the cam era shou ld have a w hite balanced ou tp u t w hen color
correction is off.
Cam Expert has a d efault tim eout of 20 second s per com m and , w hich is too short for the FFC
calibration to run fully. You can change the d efault tim eout by setting a com m and line argum ent in
the short-cut:

Right click on the short-cut in the start m enu and select properties.

Ad d –tim eout 60 to increase the com m and tim eout to 60 second s (See below ). N ote that you
m ust includ e a character space betw een the closing quotation m ark in the target and the
hyphen before the tim eout value.

Repeat for d esktop short-cut
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Figure 24: Setting the camera’s timeout value
1. Flat Field
This Flat Field set contains a nu m ber of featu res that are u sed to correct im age d istortion d u e to lens
vignetting and u neven illu m ination .
N ote:
1. Flat field coefficients consist of an offset and gain for each p ixel.
2. These are the first u ser corrections ap p lied to the im age.
3. The flat field coefficients are saved and load ed w ith the u ser set .
Flat Field
Parameter
Description
flatfield CorrectionMod e
1.
2.
3.
flatfield CorrectionAlgorithm
1.
2.
flatfield CalibrationTarget
1.
2.
flatfield CalibrationSam p leSize
1.
2.
1.
flatfield CalibrationROIOffsetX
Off – Flat field correction coefficients are not ap p lied .
On – Flat field correction coefficients are ap p lied .
Initialize – Send ing this valu e w ill reset all cu rrent coefficients
(offsets to 0 and gains to 1x).
Basic – Direct calcu lation of coefficients based on cu rrent
average line valu es and target.
Low Pass – A low p ass filter is first ap p lied to the cu rrent
average line valu es before calcu lating the coefficients. Use this
algorithm if the calibration target is not u niform w hite or it s
not p ossible to d efocu s the im age. Becau se of the low p ass filter
this algorithm is not able to correct p ixel-to-p ixel variations and
so it is p referable to u se the ―Basic‖ algorithm if p ossible.
After calibration all p ixels w ill be scaled to ou tp u t this level
Range d ep end s on p ixel form at:
 8 bit: 0 to 255 DN
 10 bit: 0 to 1023 DN
 12 bit: 0 to 4095 DN
N u m ber of lines to average w hen calibrating
2048 or 4096
Together w ith ―flatfield CalibrationROIWid th‖ sp ecifies the
range of p ixels to be calibrated . Pixel coefficients ou tsid e this
range are not changed . It is p ossible to calibrate d ifferent
regions sequ entially.
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1.
2.
flatfield CalibrationPRN U
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
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Save average line (of ―flatfield CalibrationSam p leSize‖ row s).
This is the first u ser correction ap p lied – it is su btracted from
each line.
This featu re m ay not be of u se to m any u sers as the cam era
alread y su btracts tru e ―d ark cu rrent‖, bu t it m ay be u sefu l for
som e to p rovid e a p er p ixel offset correction.
Range 0 to 511 DN , 12 bit
Defau lt valu e is 0 DN for each p ixel
Use ―flatfield CorrectionAlgorithm ‖ to calcu late t he p er p ixel
gain to achieve the sp ecified target ou tp u t.
Range 0 to 15.9998x
Defau lt 1x
2. Contrast Enhancement
Use the Offset and Gain featu res to m axim ize the u se of the ou tp u t d ynam ic range (esp ecially w hen p ixel
form at is less than 12 bits). Typ ical u se is to su btract m inim u m p ixel valu e exp ected and then gain u p
m axim u m p ixel valu e to ap p roach fu ll scale.
Offset
1. Single valu e ad d ed to each p ixel
2. Range -512 to 511 DN , scaled d ow n accord ing to p ixel form at
3. Positive valu es m ay be u sed to m easu re d ark noise
Gain
1. Floating p oint d igital m u ltip lier ap p lied to each p ixel
2. Range 1x to 10x
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Appendix A: GenICam
Commands
This ap p end ix lists the available GenICam cam era featu res. Access these featu res u sing the Cam Exp ert
interface.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are typ ically reserved for Teled yne DALSA
Su p p ort or third p arty softw are u sage, and not typ ically requ ired by end u ser ap p lications.
A note on the CamExpert examples show n here: The examples show n for illustrative purposes and may
not entirely reflect the features and parameters available from the camera model used in your
application.
Camera Information Category
Cam era inform ation can be retrieved via a controlling ap p lication. Param eters su ch as cam era m od el,
firm w are version, etc. are read to u niqu ely id entify the connected P4 d evice. These featu res are typ ically
read -only.
The Cam era Inform ation Category grou p s inform ation sp ecific to the ind ivid u al cam era. In this category
the nu m ber of featu res show n is id entical w hether the view is Beginner, Exp ert, or Gu ru .
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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Camera Information Feature Descriptions
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu tes and in w hich version o f
the d evice the featu re w as introd u ced . Ad d itionally the Device Version colu m n w ill ind icate w hich
p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (u sing the tag D FN C), verses the
GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the cam era softw are fu nctional grou p , not a firm w are revision
nu m ber.
Display Name
Feature
Description
Mod el N am e
DeviceMod elN am e
Disp lays the d evice m od el nam e. (RO)
Vend or N am e
DeviceVend orN am e
Disp lays the d evice vend or nam e. (RO)
Device Version
DeviceVersion
Manu factu rer Info
DeviceManu factu rerInfo
Disp lays the d evice version. This tag w ill
also highlight if the firm w are is a beta or
cu stom d esign. (RO)
This featu re p rovid es extend ed
m anu factu rer inform ation abou t the d evice.
(RO)
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Beginner
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Feature
Description
Firm w are Version
DeviceFirm w areVersion
Serial N u m ber
DeviceID
Device User ID
DeviceUserID
Pow er-u p
Configu ration
Selector
UserSetDefau ltSelector
Factory Setting
UserSet1
D efault
UserSet1
UserSet2
UserSet2
UserSet3
UserSet3
UserSet4
UserSet4
UserSet5
UserSet5
UserSet6
UserSet6
UserSet7
UserSet7
UserSet8
UserSet8
Disp lays the cu rrently load ed firm w are
version nu m ber. Firm w are files have a
u niqu e nu m ber and have the .cbf file
extension. (RO)
Disp lays the d evice‘s factory set cam era
serial nu m ber. (RO)
Featu re to store u ser-p rogram m able
id entifier of u p to 15 characters. The d efau lt
factory setting is the cam era serial nu m ber.
(RW)
Selects the cam era configu ration set to load
and m ake active on cam era p ow er-u p or
reset. The cam era configu ration sets are
stored in cam era non -volatile m em ory.
(RW)
Load factory default feature settings
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 1 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 2 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 3 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 4 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 5 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 6 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 7 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
Select the u ser d efined configu ration
UserSet 8 as the Pow er-u p Configu ration.
User Set Selector
UserSetSelector
Factory Setting
D efault
UserSet 1
UserSet1
UserSet 2
UserSet2
UserSet3
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featu re settings from or save cu rrent featu re
settings to. The Factory set contains d efau lt
cam era featu re settings. (RW)
Select the default camera feature settings
saved by the factory
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet1 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet2 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet3 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
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Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
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Beginner
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Description
Device
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& View
UserSet4
UserSet4
UserSet5
UserSet5
UserSet6
UserSet6
UserSet7
UserSet7
UserSet8
UserSet8
Pow er-on User Set
UserSetDefau ltSelector
Cu rrent User Set
UserSetSelector
Load Configu ration
UserSetLoad
Save Configu ration
UserSetSave
Device Bu ilt-In Self
Test Statu s
d eviceBISTStatu s
LED Color
d eviceLEDColorControl
Tem p eratu re
DeviceTem p eratu re
Disp lays the internal op erating tem p eratu re
of the cam era. (RO)
Refresh
Tem p eratu re
refreshTem p eratu re
Press to d isp lay the cu rrent internal
op erating tem p eratu re of the cam era.
Inp u t Voltage
d eviceInp u tVoltage
Disp lays the inp u t voltage to the cam era at
the p ow er connector (RO)
Refresh Voltage
refreshVoltage
Press to d isp lay the cu rrent inp u t voltage of
the cam era at the p ow er connector
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UserSet4 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet5 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet6 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet7 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace
UserSet8 to save to or load from featu res
settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
Allow s the u ser to select betw een the
factory set and 1 to 8 u ser sets to be load ed
at p ow er u p
Points to w hich u ser set (1-8) or factory set
that is load ed or saved w hen the
UserSetLoad or UserSetSave com m and is
u sed
Load s the cam era configu ration set
sp ecified by the User Set Selector featu re, to
the cam era and m akes it active. (W)
Saves the cu rrent cam era configu ration to
the u ser set sp ecified by the User Set
Selector featu re. The u ser sets are located on
the cam era in non-volatile m em ory. (W)
Determ ine the statu s of the d evice u sing the
‗Bu ilt-In Self Test‘. Possible retu rn valu es
are d evice-sp ecific. (RO)
Disp lays the statu s of the LED on the back
of the cam era. (RO)
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
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Device
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Camera Configuration Selection Dialog
Cam Exp ert p rovid es a d ialog box w hich com bines the featu res to select the cam era p ow er u p state and
for the u ser to save or load a cam era state from Genie m em ory.
Camera Power-up Configuration
The first d rop list selects the cam era configu ration state to load on p ow er -u p (see featu re
UserSetDefaultSelector). The u ser chooses from one factory d ata set or one of tw o p ossible u ser saved
states.
User Set Configuration Management
The second d rop list allow s the u ser to change the cam era configu ration anytim e after a p ow er -u p (see
featu re UserSetSelector). To reset the cam era to the factory configu ration, select Factory Setting and click
Load . To save a cu rrent cam era configu rat ion, select User Set 1 to 8 and click Save. Select a saved u ser set
and click Load to restore a saved configu ration.
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Camera Control Category
The P4 cam era controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p s sensor sp ecific p aram eters. This grou p inclu d es
controls for line rate, exp osu re tim e, scan d irection, and gain. Param eters in gray are read only, either
alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or
p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication.
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Camera Control Feature Descriptions
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era
firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a
m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res
N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n). The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the cam era softw are
fu nctional grou p , not a firm w are revision n u m ber.
Display Name
Feature
Description
Internal Line
Rate
Acqu isitionLineRate
Measu red Line
Rate
Refresh
m easu red line
rate
Exp osu re Tim e
Sou rce
Tim ed
m easu reLineRate
Trigger Wid th
TriggerWid th
TDI Stages
sensorTDIStageSelection
Sets the op eration m od e for the cam era‘s
exp osu re (or shu tter). (RO)
The exp osu re d u ration tim e is set u sing the
Exp osu re Tim e featu re and the exp osu re starts
w ith a LineStart event.
Uses the w id th of the trigger signal p u lse to
control the exp osu re d u ration.
Selects the nu m ber of lines to be im aged
1
2
Mu lti Line
Exp osu re
Mod e
1
2
m u ltiLineExp osu reMod e
Single Line
Tw o lines su m m ed together
Selects Mu lti Line exp osu re m od e
ON
OFF
Exp osu re Tim e
Selector
ON
OFF
exp osu reTim eSelector
For ind ep end ent exp osu re control of each line
For TDI stage = 1, 2 or Area m od e
Used to select w here Exp osu reTim e is ap p lied
to.
All
Top Line
Bottom Line
All
Top Line
Bottom Line
Exp osu re Tim e
Exp osu reTim e
Measu red
Exp osu re Tim e
Refreshed
m easu red
exp osu re tim e
m easu reExp osu reTim e
Both lines get equ al exp osu re tim e
Allow s the top line to have exp osu re tim e set
Allow s the bottom line to have the exp osu re
tim e set.
Sets the exp osu re tim e (in m icrosecond s) w hen
the Exp osu re Mod e featu re is set to Tim ed .
Sp ecifies the exp osu re tim e p rovid ed to the
cam era by either internal or external sou rce (RO)
Press to d isp lay the cu rrent exp osu re tim e
p rovid ed to the cam era.
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Exp osu reMod e
Tim ed
refreshMeasu reExp osu reTim e
Sp ecifies the cam era internal line rate, in H z
w hen Trigger m od e set to internal.
N ote that any u ser entered valu e is
au tom atically ad ju sted to a valid cam era valu e.
Sp ecifies the line rate p rovid ed to the cam era by
either internal or external sou rce (RO)
Press to show the cu rrent line rate p rovid ed to
the cam era by either internal or external sou rces
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
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Display Name
Direction
Sou rce
Internal
Direction
Feature
sensorScanDirectionSou rce
Internal
External
sensorScanDirection
Gain Selector
Forw ard
Reverse
GainSelector
System Gain
System Gain
Top Line
Bottom Line
Gain
Top Line
Bottom Line
Gain
Offset
BlackLevel
Device Scan
Typ e
DeviceScanTyp e
Line Scan
Area Scan
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Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
Direction d eterm ined by valu e of
SensorScanDirection
Direction control d eterm ined by valu e on CC3
When ScanDirectionSou rce set to Internal,
d eterm ines the d irection of the scan
Selects to w hich line that gain w ill be ap p lied
Gain w ill be ap p lied to top and bottom lines
equ ally
Gain w ill be ap p lied to the top line only
Gain w ill be ap p lied to the bottom line only
Sets the selected gain as an am p lification factor
ap p lied to the im age.
Controls the black level as an absolu te p hysical
valu e. This rep resents a DC offset ap p lied to the
vid eo signal, in DN (d igital nu m ber) u nits.
Selects m od e of op eration of the cam era betw een
Line scan m od e and Area scan m od e
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Multi-Exposure Mode
The m u lti-exp osu re m od e allow s for the sim u ltaneou s exp osu re of each line of the sensor w ith tw o
d ifferent exp osu re tim es or gains. The resu lt is an increase in the d ynam ic range of the im age.
Tu rn on the
Mu lti Line
Exp osu re
Mod e
Select w hich line to
control integration
tim e
N ote: to initiate m u lti-exp osu re m od e, set TDI stage = 1 (stg 1) and ensu re that the cam era is in line scan
m od e (d st 0). The exp osu re tim e selector (ses) com m and is u sed to select w hich line to ap p ly the
exp osu re tim e.
Bottom Line
Im age
Top Line
Im age
In the above exam p le im age the left and right half sid e of the im age are id entical excep t for the am ou nt of
exp osu re tim e ap p lied .
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Flat-Field Calibration of Image in Multi-Exposure Mode
Perform ing a flat-field calibration w hile in m u lti-exp osu re m od e resu lts in the cam era au tom atically
setting both lines of the sensor to the sam e integration tim e. Both lines w ill be flat-field ed to the target
valu e p rovid ed . After the flat-field calibration has com p leted the integration and gain valu es are reset to
the lines that they w ere set to p rior to the flat -field requ est.
In the above exam p le the flat-field target w as set to 200 DN , based on the im age on the left-hand sid e. The
integration tim e for the im age on the right w as au tom atically set the sam e as the im age on the left d u ring
the flat-field p rocess. After the flat-field p rocess had com p leted , the im age on the right-hand sid e had its
selected integration tim e restored to its p re-calibration valu e, w hich is w hy it ap p ears d arker than the left
sid e.
Flat-Field Region of Interest
While in m u lti-exp osu re m od e, setting u p a flat-field region of interest resu lts the sam e region of interest
coord inates to be ap p lied to both lines.
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Multi-Exposure Output Format
While in m u lti-exp osu re m od e the w id th of the ou tp u t w ill d ou ble. A 2k cam era w ill ou tp u t a 4k im age
w ith the left half of the im age being the bottom line and the right half being the top line.
Output AOI when in Multi-Exposure Mode
The sam e ou tp u t AOI w ill be ap p lied to both the top and bottom lines w h ile in m u lti-exp osu re m od e.
Line Rate
While in m u lti-exp osu re m od e the m axim u m line rate available is lim it ed by the longest exp osu re tim e.
Exposure Time Limitation
The exp osu re tim e of the tw o lines m u st d iffer by greater than 1 µs.
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Digital I/O Control Feature Descriptions
The P4 Digital I/ O control category, as organized by Cam Exp ert, grou p s together the sensor sp ecific
p aram eters. This grou p inclu d es the controls for line rate, exp osu re tim e, scan d irection, and gain.
Param eters in gray are read -only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being enabled or d isabled .
Param eters in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication .
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The follow ing table d escribes the d igital I / O control p aram eters along w ith their view attribu tes and the
m inim u m cam era firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally , the firm w are colu m n ind icates w hich
p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam
Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n). The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the
cam era softw are fu nctional grou p , not a firm w ar e revision nu m ber.
Display Name
Feature
Description
Trigger Sou rce
Trigger Sou rce
Defines the sou rce of external trigger (RO)
Trigger
Selector
Trigger Selector
Defines w hat the trigger initiates (RO)
Trigger Mod e
Trigger Mod e
Determ ines the sou rce of trigger to the cam era, internal
or external (CC1)
Flat Field Category
The P4 Flat Field controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p p aram eters u sed to configu re cam era p ixel
form at, and im age crop p ing. Ad d itionally a featu re control to select and ou tp u t an internal test im age
sim p lifies the p rocess of setting u p a cam era w ithou t a lens.
Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters
in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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DFN C
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DFN C
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Flat Field Control Feature Description
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era
firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a
m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res
N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the cam era softw are fu nctional grou p , not a firm w are revision
nu m ber.
Display Name
Feature
Mod e
Off
flatfield CorrectionMod e
Off
On
On
Initialize
Initialize
ScanDirectionControlled
ScanDirectionControlled
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FPN and flat field coefficients
d isabled .
FPN and flat field coefficients
enabled .
Reset all FPN to 0 and all flat field
coefficients to 1.
Different u ser set load ed
d ep end ing on d irection.
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
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Feature
Description
Select flatfield
Correction Scan
Direction Reverse Set
flatfield ScanDirectionReverseSet
Calibration Algorithm
flatfield CorrectionAlgorithm
Basic
Basic
Low Pass
Low Pass
When flatfield CorrectionMod e is
set to ScanDirectionControlled
this featu re selects the UserSEt (1
to8) w hich w ill be u sed for the
reverse scan d irection.
Selection betw een tw o d ifferent
flat field algorithm s.
Direct calcu lation of coefficients
based on average line valu es and
target. First each color is flat
field ed to its p eak valu e and then
the color gains are u sed to achieve
the target.
A low p ass filter is first ap p lied to
the average line valu es before
calcu lating the coefficients. Use
this algorithm if the calibration
target is not u niform ly w hite or it
is not p ossible to d efocu s the
im age. Becau se of the low p ass
filter this algorithm is not able to
correct p ixel-to-p ixel variations
and so it is p referable to u se the
―Basic‖ algorithm .
Calibration Target
flatfield CalibrationTarget
Calibration Sam p le Size
flatfield CalibrationSam p leSize
Lines_2048
Lines_4096
Lines_2048
Lines_4096
ROI Offset X
flatfield CalibrationROIOffsetX
ROI Wid th
flatfield CalibrationROIWid th
Calibrate FPN
flatfield CalibrationFPN
Calibrate PRN U
flatfield CalibrationPRN U
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Set a valu e betw een 0 and 255 to
w hich the flat field algorithm w ill
taget the im age to.
Sets the nu m ber of lines to be
averaged d u ring a flat field
calibration
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Set the starting p oint of a region
of interest w here a flat field
calibration w ill be p erform ed
Sets the w id th of the region on
interest w here a flat field
calibration w ill be p erform ed
Initiates the FPN calibration
p rocess
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Initiates the PRN U or Flatfield
p rocess
Region of Interest (ROI)
The ROI featu re is related to flat field calibration. It is im p ortant to sp ecify an ROI w hen the object being
im aged has areas that have black, non illu m inated areas su ch as beyond the ed ge of a film that is front
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illu m inated , or is satu rated , again beyond the ed ge of a film bu t in this case bright field back illu m inated .
The ROI featu re allow s from one to fou r sp ecific regions of the p ixel line to be sp ecified w here flat field
calibration w ill take p lace. Pixel d ata ou tsid e the ROI w ill not be u sed w hen p e rform ing flat field
calibration.
Image Format Control Category
The P4 Im age Form at controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p s p aram eters u sed to configu re cam era
p ixel form at, im age crop p ing, and the test p attern.
Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters
in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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Image Format Control Feature Description
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era
firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a
m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res
N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the cam era softw are fu nctional grou p , not a firm w are revision
nu m ber.
Display Name
Feature
Description
Test Pattern
TestIm ageSelector
Off
Off
Ram p
Line Mirroring
Off
On
Ram p
ReverseX
Off
On
Selects a grey scale
Pixel Form at
Pixel Form at
Ou tp u t im age p ixel cod ing form at of the
sensor.
Wid th
Wid th
Max Wid th
Wid thMax
H eight
H eight
Inp u t Pixel Size
p ixelSizeInp u t
Wid th of the Im age p rovid ed by the
d evice (in p ixels).(RO)
The m axim u m im age horizontal
d im ension of the im age. (RO)
H eight of the Im age p rovid ed by the
d evice (in lines). (RO)
Size of the im age inp u t p ixels, in bits p er
p ixel. (RO)
8 Bits/ Pixel
10 Bits/ Pixel
12 Bits/ Pixel
Bp p 8
Bp p 10
Bp p 12
Mu ltip le AOI Mod e
Off
Active
m u ltip leAOIMod e
Off
Active
Mu ltip le AOI Cou nt
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Selects the typ e of test im age that is sent
by the cam era. Choices are either as
d efined by SN FC and / or as p rovid ed by
the d evice m anu factu rer.
Selects sensor vid eo to be ou tp u t from
sensor
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Vid eo ou tp u t in norm al ord er
Vid eo ou tp u t in a reverse ord er
Sensor ou tp u t d ata p ath is 8 bits p er
p ixel.
Sensor ou tp u t d ata p ath is 10 bits p er
p ixel.
Sensor ou tp u t d ata p ath is 12 bits p er
p ixel.
Tu rns on an ou tp u t Area of Interest
Area of interest is off
Area of interest is on
Set the nu m ber of ou tp u t area of interest
1-4
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
1.00
DFN C
Gu ru
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
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Mu ltip le AOI Selector
m u ltip leAOISelector
Selects the area of interest to be setu p
AOI Offset X
m u ltip leAOIOffsetX
Set the start of area of interest (p ixels)
AOI Wid th
m u ltip leAOIWid th
Set the w id th of area of interest (p ixels)
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Binning
Binning is the com bining of tw o or m ore im age sensor p ixels to form a new com bined p ixel. A binned
im age u sing the sam e exp osu re settings as a non -binned im age w ill show an im p roved signal-to-noise
ratio, red u ced scanning tim es (d u e to low er sp atial resolu tion) and save as a sm aller im age file size
com p ared w ith a non-binned im age, at the exp ense of low er im age resolu tion.
In 2 x 2 binning, 4 p hysical p ixels on the sensor are com bined into one im age p ixel. This op erating m od e
is id eal for ap p lications that requ ire faster acqu isition and p rocessing tim es and requ ire greater signal
collection.
For this cam era, the d efau lt binning valu e is 1 x 1,
The Binning Vertical and Binning Horizontal featu res in the Image Format Control set rep resents the
nu m ber of horizontal p ixels that w ill be com bined (ad d ed ) together.
N ote: Com p ared to ru nning the cam era in TDI stages = 2, ru nning the cam era in 2 x 2 binning m od e w ill
resu lt in 4x resp onsivity, not 2x. Any increase in ou tp u t d u e to binning is relative to a single sensor line
(TDI stage = 1).
Image Format Control
Parameter
Binning Vertical
Binning H orizontal
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This featu re rep resents the nu m ber of vertical p hotosensitive cells that m u st be com bined (ad d ed ) together : 2.
N ote: TDI stages m u st be set to 1 before vertical binning
can be changed to 2x.
This featu re rep resents the nu m ber of horizontal p hoto sensitive cells that m u st be com bined (ad d ed ) together.
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Figure 25: 2x2 Binning in Area Mode
Area of Interest (AOI) Setup
The Area of Interest (AOI) featu re can be u sed to red u ce the am ou nt of im age-d ata ou tp u t from the
cam era. Use this featu re w hen there are areas in the im age that contain u nneed ed inform ation.
An exam p le w here you w ou ld u se this featu re is in an ap p lication that is insp ecting several sep arated
lanes of objects w ith one cam era and the im age betw een the lanes can be ignored .
The AOI featu re allow s from one to fou r sp ecific areas of the p ixel line to be sp ecified w here im age d ata
w ill be ou tp u t. Since the AOI featu re red u ces the am ou nt of d ata ou tp u t, this has the ad d itional benefit of
allow ing the cam eras to op erate at higher EXSYN C rates w hen u sing base or m ed iu m cam era link m od es.
For exam p le, in the 4k cam era m od el, if the total nu m ber of p ixels for the sp ecified AOI`s is less than 1 K
w hen u sing base Cam era Link m od e at 85 MH z, the m axim u m EXSYN C rate can be 100 kH z; versu s 41
kH z if all 4 K p ixels w ere ou tp u t.
N ote: The setu p of AOI is alw ays w ith resp ect to the sensor. Therefore, if you are u sing the m irroring
m od e w ith AOI, be aw are that p ixel one w ill be on the right sid e of the d isp layed im age.
In order to set up an AOI for the camera:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The AOI m od e m u st first be in the off p osition.
Use the AOI Cou nt to select the total nu m ber of AOIs d esired to a m ax of 4.
To set u p each AOI ind ivid u ally u se the AOI Selector to p oint to the AOI to be set u p .
AOI Offset X is u sed ind icate the starting p ixel of the AO I.
AOI Wid th is u sed to ind icate the w id th of the AOI.
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1. Must be off to
set up the AOI.
2. Set up the num ber of
AOI d esired to m ax of 4.
3. Select area to
set up.
4. Select beginning of
selected area
5. Set up w id th of
selected area
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In order to initiate operation of the AOI once setup:
1.
2.
The AOI m od e m u st be changed to Active.
Be su re to set the fram e grabber im age w id th to the su m of all AOI w id ths set u p in the cam era.
Once all AOI are set
up change to active.
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Instructions on Using the Camera Scan Direction to Control
Camera Parameters
The cam era is cap able of ad ju sting cam era p aram eters on -the-fly based on the scan d irection of the
cam era. These p aram eters inclu d e gain, flat field coefficients, w hite bal ance and exp osu re tim e.
1.
2.
The first step is to p u t the cam era in the reverse d irection. This can be d one u sing a reverse
signal throu gh CC3 and the Direction Sou rce set to external or by having the Direction
Sou rce set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to reverse.
Set u p all the d esired p aram eters, inclu d ing flat field corrections.
First, setup param eters for the
reverse d irection.
3.
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Save to a user set choice.
4.
5.
The next step is to p u t the cam era in the forw ard d irection. This can be d one u sing a forw ard
signal throu gh CC3 and the Direction Sou rce set to external or by having the Direction
Sou rce set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to forw ard .
Set u p all the d esired p aram eters inclu d ing d oing a flat field .
Setup param eters for forw ard
d irection.
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d irection u ser set and the d efau lt u ser set m u st be the sam e.
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Forw ard d irection user set and d efault user
set m ust be the sam e.
Save to a d ifferent user
set than the one selected
for reverse d irection .
Set the Flat Field m od e to
Scan d irection Controlled .
In the Flat Field area change the m od e to Scan Dir ection Controlled .
A Note on External Direction, Direction Source, and User Sets
If u sing external d irection control throu gh CC3 ensu re that the Direction Sou rce is both set to external
and saved in the u ser set. Also ensu re that the p olarity on CC3 is set ap p rop riately for the d esired
d irection.
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Transport Layer Control Category
Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters
in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p licat ion.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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Transport Layer Feature Descriptions
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era
firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a
m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res
N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
Display Name
Feature
Description
Restart Cam era
DeviceReset
Used to restart the cam era, w arm
reset
XML Major
Version
DeviceManifestXMLMajorVersion
XML Minor
Version
DeviceManifestXMLMinorVersion
Last GenCP Statu s
genCPStatu s
Refresh GenCP
Statu s
Cam era Link
Configu ration
refreshGenCPStatu s
Together w ith
DeviceManifestXMLMinorVersion
sp ecifies the GenICam ™ featu re
d escrip tion XML
file version (RO)
Together w ith
DeviceManifestXMLMajorVersion
sp ecifies the GenICam ™ featu re
d escrip tion XML
file version (RO)
If a featu re read or w rite fails then
Sap era only
retu rns that it fails – read this
featu re to get the
actu al reason for the failu re
Retu rns the last error
Read ing this featu re clears it
Press to retu rn the cu rrent statu s of
the GenCP
Cam era Link Ou tp u t configu ration
Cam era Link
Configu ration
Tap Geom etry
ClConfigu ration
Base
Med iu m
Fu ll
Deca
clDeviceClockFrequ ency
CL85MH z
CL66MH z
DeviceTap Geom etry
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
1.00
Beginner
Set the cam era link clock rate
1.00
Beginner
(RO)
1.00
Beginner
Acquisition and Transfer Control Category
The P4 Acqu isition and Transfer controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p s p aram eters u sed to configu re
the op tional acqu isition m od es of the d evice. Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to
another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an
im aging ap p lication.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions
The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era
firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a
m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res
N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
Display Name
Feature
Description
Device
Registers
Stream ing Start
Device
Registers
Stream ing End
Check Stream
Valid ity
DeviceRegistersStream ingStart
Annou nces the start of registers stream ing
w ithou t im m ed iate checking for
consistency.
Annou nces end of registers stream ing and
p erform s valid ation for registers
consistency before activating them .
Press to check the valid ity of the cu rrent
register set.
Registers Valid
DeviceRegistersValid
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DeviceRegistersCheck
States if the cu rrent register set is valid
and consistent.
Device
Version
& View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
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Serial Port Control Category
The Serial Port control in Cam Exp ert allow s the u ser to select an available cam era serial p ort and review
its settings. This section also d escribes the Genie TS Fram ew ork Virtu al Serial Port Driver and the u se of
the Genie TS serial p ort as an interface from an Ethernet netw ork to a serial p ort control system for other
d evices.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by en d u ser ap p lications.
Serial Port Control Feature Descriptions
The Device Version nu m ber rep resents the cam era softw are fu nctional grou p , not a firm w are revision
nu m ber.
Display Name
Bau d Rate
Feature
DeviceSerialPortBau d Rate
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
Bau d
9600
19200
57600
115200
230400
460800
921600
Serial Port Parity
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19200
57600
115200
230400
460800
921600
d eviceSerialPortParity
Description
Sets the bau d rate u sed by the selected
d evice‘s serial p ort. Available bau d rates are
d evice-sp ecific.
Bau d rate is 9600
Bau d rate is 19200
Bau d rate is 57600
Bau d rate is 115200
Bau d rate is 230400
Bau d rate is 460800
Bau d rate is 921600
View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
Sets the p arity checking typ e on the selected
serial p ort.(RO)
1.00
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N one
Data Size
Eight Bits
Stop Bits
Stop bits1
Feature
N one
d eviceSerialPortDataSize
bp c8
d eviceSerialPortN u m berOf
Stop Bits
Stop bits1
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Description
Parity checking is d isabled
Sets the bits p er character (bp c) to u se (RO).
Use 8 bits p er character
Sets the nu m ber of stop bits to u se.
Use 1 stop bit
View
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
File Access Control Category
The File Access control in Cam Exp ert allow s the u ser to qu ickly u p load variou s d ata files to the
connected P4. The su p p orted d ata files are for P4 firm w are u p d ates, Flat Field coefficients. LUT d ata
tables, and a cu stom im age for u se as an internal test p attern.
Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third
p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
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File Access Control Feature Descriptions
Display Name
File Selector
Feature
FileSelector
FPGA Cod e
Firm w are1
Micro Cod e
CCI
XML
User Set
Factory FlatField
coefficients
User FPN
Cam eraData
File Op eration Selector
FileOp erationSelector
Op en
Op en
Close
Close
Read
Read
Write
Write
Delete
Delete
File Op eration Execu te
FileOp erationExecu te
File Op en Mod e
FileOp enMod e
Read
Write
File Access Bu ffer
Read
Write
FileAccessBu ffer
File Access Offset
FileAccessOffset
File Access Length
FileAccessLength
File Op eration Statu s
FileOp erationStatu s
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Selects the file to access. The file typ es w hich
are accessible are d evice-d ep end ent.
Up load new FPGA to the cam era w hich w ill
execu te on the next cam era reboot cycle.
Up load new m icro cod eto the cam era w hich
w ill execu te on the next cam era reboot cycle.
Up load new CCI to the cam era w hich w ill
execu te on the next cam era reboot cycle.
Up load new XML to the cam era w hich w ill
execu te on the next cam era reboot cycle.
Use UserSetSelector to sp ecify w hich u ser set
to access.
Use UserSetSelector to sp ecify w hich u ser
flatfield to access.
Use UserSetSelector to sp ecify w hich u ser FPN
to access.
Dow nload cam era inform ation and send for
cu stom er su p p ort.
Selects the target op eration for the selected file
in the d evice. This op eration is execu ted w hen
the File Op eration Execu te featu re is called .
Select the Op en op eration - execu ted by
FileOp erationExecu te.
Select the Close op eration - execu ted by
FileOp erationExecu te.
Select the Read op eration - execu ted by
FileOp erationExecu te.
Select the Write op eration - execu ted by
FileOp erationExecu te.
Select the Delete op eration - execu ted by
FileOp erationExecu te.
Execu tes the op eration selected by File
Op eration Selector on the selected file.
Selects the access m od e u sed to op en a file on
the d evice.
Select READ only op en m od e
Select WRITE only op en m od e
Defines the interm ed iate access bu ffer that
allow s the exchange of d ata betw een the d evice
file storage and the ap p lication.
Controls the m ap p ing offset betw een the
d evice file storage and the file access bu ffer.
Controls the m ap p ing length betw een the
d evice file storage and the file access bu ffer.
Disp lays the file op eration execu tion statu s.
(RO).
View
1.00
Beginner
DFN C
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
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Su ccess
Feature
Su ccess
Failu re
Failu re
File Unavailable
FileUnavailable
File Invalid
FileInvalid
File Op eration Resu lt
FileOp erationResu lt
File Size
FileSize
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The last file op eration has com p leted
su ccessfu lly.
The last file op eration has com p leted
u nsu ccessfu lly for an u nknow n reason.
The last file op eration has com p leted
u nsu ccessfu lly becau se the file is cu rrently
u navailable.
The last file op eration has com p leted
u nsu ccessfu lly becau se the selected file in not
p resent in this cam era m od el.
Disp lays the file op eration resu lt. For Read or
Write op erations, the nu m ber of su ccessfu lly
read / w ritten bytes is retu rned . (RO)
Rep resents the size of the selected file in bytes.
View
1.00
Gu ru
1.00
Gu ru
File Access via the CamExpert Tool
1.
Click on the ―Setting…‖ bu tton to show the file selection m enu .
2.
3.
From the Typ e d rop m enu , select the file typ e that w ill be u p load ed to the cam era.
From the File Selector d rop m enu , select the cam era m em ory location for the u p load ed d ata. This
m enu p resents only the ap p licable d ata locations for the selected file typ e.
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5.
6.
7.
Click the Brow se bu tton to op en a typ ical Wind ow s Exp lorer w ind ow .
Select the sp ecific file from the system d rive or from a netw ork location.
Click the Up load bu tton to execu te the file transfer to the cam era.
N ote that firm w are changes requ ire a d evice reset com m and from the Cam era Inform ation
Controls and , ad d itionally, Cam Exp ert shou ld be shu td ow n and restarted follow ing a reset.
Download a List of Camera Parameters
For d iagnostic p u rp oses you m ay w ant to d ow nload a list of all the p aram eters and valu es associated
w ith the cam era.
1. Go to File Access Control
2. Click on Settings
3. In the ―Typ e‖ d rop d ow n box select ―Miscellaneou s.‖
4. In the ―File selector‖ d rop d ow n box select ―Cam eraData .‖
5.
6.
H it ―Dow nload ‖
Save the text file and send the file to Teled yne DALSA cu stom er su p p ort.
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Appendix B: ASCII Commands
The follow ing com m and s can be u sed to control the Teled yne DALSA Piranha4 cam eras.
Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC)
To access the TLC an ASCII-based com m u nications interface ap p lication, su ch as H yp erTerm inal.
Ad d itionally it is p ossible to u se the fu nctions of clserxxx.dll or clallserial.dll as d efined in
the Cam era Link Sp ecification.
Figure 26: Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Cycle p ow er to the cam era: by either a) issu ing the reset cam era com m and (rc), or b) p ow ering
the cam era OFF and then ON .
Load the ASCII interface u sing:
 9600 bau d
 8 d ata bits
 no p arity
 1 stop bit
 no flow control
 local echo
 (carriage retu rn / linefeed )
Wait for a stable statu s LED color (green or red ) before p roceed ing. N ote that all entries in
H yp erTerm inal w ill be ignored u ntil a stable LED color is obtained .
In case of H yp erTerm inal, p ress the <ESC> key.
Once <ESC> has been entered the help screen ap p ear s.
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Notes on Using Alternatives to HyperTerminal


If you are u sing interfaces other than H yp erTerm inal, the ASCII character, ESC, is d ecim al 27 and
need s to be issu ed . From the com m and line insert ESC by u sing ALT+2+7 of the activated N u m Pad . In som e cases this need s to be follow ed by a carriage retu rn or a linefeed to send this to the
cam era.
In ASCII the ESC character m ay look like this: “←”.
ASCII to GenCP
To sw itch from the ASCII-com m and interface to the GenCP interface, the cam era m u st be either reset
(RC) or the p ow er m u st be cycled . N ote that GenCP and ASCII com m and s cannot be accessed
sim u ltaneou sly.
N ote that the HyperTerminal application is not available on the Window s 7 OS.
Alternatives to HyperTerminal
The follow ing alternative ASCII-interfaces have been tested and show n to w ork w ith this cam era:
Pu TTY and TeraTerm . N ote that Pu TTY d oes not have Xm od em cap ability w hile TeraTerm d oes.
Xm od en is requ ired to u p d ate cod e in the cam era.
TeraTerm http :/ / logm ett.com / ind ex.p hp ?/ d ow nload / tera -term -473-freew are.htm l
Pu TTY http :/ / p u tty.en.softonic.com /
The cam era resp ond s to a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol. A carriage retu rn <CR> end s each com m and .
Example: to return the current detector settings
gcp <CR>
A com p lete list of the available d etector com m and s, their form at and p aram eters can be d isp layed by
send ing the help (h) com m and .
Port Configuration
Bau d :
Bits:
Parity:
Stop bits:
Flow Control:
9,600
8
N one
1
N one
Echo typ ed characters locally.
Rules





The interface is not case sensitive
One com m and and argu m ent(s) p er line
To enter a floating p oint nu m ber p refix it w ith a ―F‖ – for exam p le ―ssg 0 f1.5‖
Error cod es retu rned are the sam e as the GenICam ™ interface – see Diagnostics | Error Cod es
Follow each com m and w ith the carriage retu rn character – 0x0D
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Disabling the Esc Key for Direct Access to ASCII Commands
By d efau lt the Esc key is enabled and an Esc key sequ ence has to be issu ed in ord er to access the ASCII
com m and s. Using the DEK 1 com m and the need to issu e an Esc key is d isabled and access to the ASCII
com m and s are available im m ed iately u p on cam era boot u p . N ote: access to GEN CP is no longer
available w ith the Esc key d isabled u nless a DEK 0 com m and is issu ed and the cam era re -booted .
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Commands
Full N ame
Calibrate User FPN
Mnemonic
CCF
Argument(s)
# of lines to average
D escription
 2048
 4096
Calibrate u ser FPN d ark flat field coefficients
Full N ame
Camera Link Speed
Mnemonic
CLS
Argument(s)
Frequ ency
D escription
Cam era Link clock frequ ency
Full N ame
Camera Link Mode
Mnemonic
CLM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
Cam era Link Mod e
Full N ame
Calibrate Flatfield
Mnemonic
CPA
Argument(s)
Algorithm
D escription
N otes
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1.
85 MH z
66 MH z
0.
1.
2.
3.
Base
Med iu m
Full
Deca (4K only)
0. Basic
1. Low -p ass Filter
# of lines to average
 2048
 4096
Target
0 to 4095 DN in 12 bit m od e
0 to 1023 DN in 10 bit m od e
0 to 255 DN in 8 bit m od e
Calibrate u ser PRN U flat field coefficients
 Perform flat field calibration u sing the average of <# lines >.
 With filter algorithm this average line is then sm oothed and ou tlier p ixels are
interp olated . Use this featu re if you r w hite reference is not featu reless.
 Ad ju st p ixel gain su ch that ou tp u t w ill be <target>.
 The target is first d ivid ed by horizontal bin ning factor and gain and then the
offset is su btracted . Therefore the ou tp u t w ill go to the target.
 Becau se the PRN U can be less than 1, the target m ay be below the cu rrent
m axim u m valu e.
 Coefficients are saved and load ed w ith u ser set (e.g. USS / USL)
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Full N ame
Disable Esc Key
Mnemonic
DEK
Argument(s)
Mode
D escription
N otes
0. Esc key is enabled
1. Esc key is d isabled
Allow the use of the Esc key to be disabled so that upon boot-up the camera will directly enter
the ASCII command mode. With the Esc key disabled the GENCP cannot be accessed.
To access the GenCP, you have to first issu e the DEK 0 com m and in ord er to enable the
ESC key. Then reboot the cam era.
Full N ame
D evice Scan Type
Mnemonic
D ST
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
0. Line Scan
1. Area Scan
Use this com m and to sw itch betw een Area and Single Line m od es.

STG m u st equ al 1 to enter the area m od e DST = 1
Full N ame
Flatfield Mode
Mnemonic
FFM
Argument(s)
Mod e
0.
1.
2.
3.
Disable u se of u ser FPN and PRN U flat field
correction coefficients
Enable u se of u ser FPN and PRN U flat field
correction coefficients
Reset u ser FPN coefficients to zero and u ser
PRN U coefficients to one
Scan d irection controlled u ser set load ing
D escription
N otes
Set flat field m od e
Full N ame
Set Flatfield Scan D irection Reverse Set
Mnemonic
FRS
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
User Set N u m ber
1 to 8
Set scan d irection controlled reverse set
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D isplay Camera Configuration
Mnemonic
GCP
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
89
Disp lay cu rrent valu e of cam era configu ration p aram eters
USER>gcp
Model
P4_CM_02K10D_00_R
Microcode
03-081-20296-96
CCI
03-110-20294-96
FPGA
03-056-20470-97
Serial #
S1050616
BiST:
Good
DefaultSet
0
Ext Trig
Off
Line Rate
10000 [Hz]
Meas L.R.
10000 [Hz]
Max L.R.
19607 [Hz]
Exp. Mode
Timed
Multi Exp. Mode
Off
Exp. Time[0]
50000 [ns]
Meas E.T.[0]
50000 [ns]
Max E.T.
99000 [ns]
Test Pat.
Direction
TDI Stages
Vert. Bin
Hor. Bin
Flat Field
Offset
System Gain
Mirror
AOI Mode:
Scan Type
CL Speed
CL Config
Pixel Fmt
CPA ROI
0:Off
Internal, Forward
1
1
1
Off
0
1.00
Off
Off
Line Scan
85MHz
Full
8 bits
1-2048
Full N ame
Get Value
Mnemonic
GET
Argument(s)
<‘p aram eter>
D escription
The ―get‖ com m and d isp lays the cu rrent valu e(s) of the featu re sp ecified in the string
p aram eter. N ote that the p aram eter is p reced ed by a single qu ote ―‘‖. Using this
com m and w ill be easier for control softw are than p arsing the ou tp u t from the ―gcp ‖
com m and .
N otes
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Help
Mnemonic
H
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Disp lay list of three letter com m and s (2K help screen show n)
USER>h
P4 (03-081-20296-96): Command Line Interpreter Jul 16 2013,
07:49:58
ccf - Calibrate User FPN <2048|4096>
cls - Camera Link Speed <0 - 85MHz, 1 - 66MHz>
clm - Camera Link Mode <0:Base 1:Med 2:Full>
cpa - Calibrate Flatfield <0:basic 1:filter><2048|4096><DN
target>
dek - disESC esc key <0/1>
dst - Device Scan Type <0 - Line Scan, 1 - Area Scan>
ffm - Flat Field Mode <0:Off 1:On 2:Initialiaze 3:Scan direction
controlled>
frs - Set Flatfield Scan Direction Reverse Set <set 1-8>
gcp - Display Camera Configuration
get - Get value '<string>
h
- Help
lpc - Load Pixel Coefficients <set 0-8>
rc
- Reset Camera
roi - Set Flatfield ROI <1st pixel> <last pixel>
rpc - Reset Flatfield Coefficients
sac - Set AOI Count <value 1-4>
sad - Set AOI Selector, Offset and Width <selector 1-AOI Count>
<1st pixel> <width >= 40>
sam - Set AOI Mode <1-enable, 0-disable>
sbh - Horizontal Binning <1|2>
sbr - Set Baud Rate <9600|57600|115200|230400|460800|921600>
sbv - Vertical Binning <1|2>
scd - Direction <0:Fwd, 1:Rev 2:Ext>
sem - Exposure Mode <0:Int 1:Ext>
ses - Set Exposure Selector <0:All, 1: Bottom, 2: Top>
set - Exposure Time <ns>
sme - Set Multi Exposure mode <0:Off 1:On>
smm - Mirroring <0:Off 1:On>
spf - Pixel Format <0:8 bits 1:10 bits 2:12 bits>
ssb - Offset <DN>
ssf - Internal Line Rate <Hz>
ssg - Gain <0:System 1:Bottom Line 2:Top Line> f<gain>
stg - TDI Stages <1|2>
stm - External Trigger <0:Off 1:On>
svm - Test Pattern <1, 3-6>
usd - Default User Set <0-8>
usl - Load User Set <0-8>
uss - Save User Set <1-8>
vt
- Temperature
vv
- Input Voltage
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Full N ame
Load Pixel Coefficients
Mnemonic
LPC
Argument(s)
Set selector
D escription
N otes
Load u ser set
 Load s FPN coefficients and PRN U coefficients from a u ser set ( only
coefficeints, no other cam era p aram eters)
Full N ame
Reset Camera
Mnemonic
RC
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
0. Factory set
1-8. User sets
Resets the cam era to the saved u ser d efau lt settings. These settings are saved u sing the
u sd com m and .
The m icro-controller reboots:
 Load any file u p d ates
 Clear over tem p eratu re cond ition
 Perform start u p cam era tests (BiST)
 Load FPGA cod e
 Configu re FPGA and sensor.
 Load d efau lt u ser set
 Bau d rate set to 9600
Full N ame
Set Flatfield ROI
Mnemonic
ROI
Argument(s)
First p ixel
Last p ixel
1 to
1 to
1 to
1 to
2048 (2K)
4096 (4K)
2048 (2K)
4096 (4K)
D escription
N otes
Flat field region of interest
 Sp ecifies the p ixels that CCF and CPA w ill calibrate
o Pixel coefficients ou tsid e this region are not changed
 Last p ixel m u st be greater than or equ al to first p ixel
Full N ame
Reset Flatfield Coefficients
Mnemonic
RPC
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Reset all u ser FPN valu es to zero and all u ser PRN U coefficients to one
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Full N ame
Set AOI Count
Mnemonic
SAC
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
N u m ber of AOI‘s
Set AOI Cou nter
Full N ame
Set AOI Selector
Mnemonic
SAD
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Selector
Offset
Wid th
Define an AOI
 Mu st not overlap w ith
Full N ame
Set AOI Mode
Mnemonic
SAM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
Set AOI m od e
Full N ame
Set Binning Horizontal
Mnemonic
SBH
Argument(s)
Binning
D escription
N otes
Set horizontal binning
 Available in all m od es: single line, TDI and Area
Full N ame
Set Baud Rate
Mnemonic
SBR
Argument(s)
Bau d rate
D escription
N otes
Set bau d rate
 Send com m and and then change sp eed of H yp erTerm inal
 A Px8 or equ ivalent fram e grabber is requ ired in ord er to achieve these bau d
rates.
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1 to AOI Cou nt – any p ixel can be starting p ixel
N o less than 40 p ixels
an alread y existing AOI
0.
1.
Off / Disable
Active / Enable
1.
2.
Single p ixel
Binning of 2 p ixels
9600
57600
115200
230400*
460800*
921600*
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Set Binning Vertical
Mnemonic
SBV
93
1.
2.
Argument(s)
Single p ixel
Binning of 2 p ixels
D escription
N otes
Set vertical binning
 Mu st be in Single line m od e (stg 1)
 Mu st be in Line scan m od e (d st 0)
Full N ame
D irection
Mnemonic
SCD
Argument(s)
Direction
D escription
N otes
Set sensor scan d irection
Full N ame
Set Exposure Selector
Mnemonic
SES
Argument(s)
Mod e
0.
1.
2.
Forw ard
Reverse (not available in single line m od e)
External – controlled by CC3 signal (not
available in single line m od e)
N otes
0. All
1. Bottom
2. Top
Set exp osu re selector- w hen in m u lti exp osu re m od e (see SME com m and ) the exp osu re
tim e for the top and bottom lines can be set ind ep end ently
 When not in m u ltip le exp osu re m od e ―All‖ is only selection
Full N ame
Exposure Mode
Mnemonic
SEM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
Set exp osu re tim e m od e
 In internal m od e the exp osu re tim e is controlled by the SET com m and
 In external m od e the sensor is exp osed w hile CC1 signal is high
 External m od e is only available w hen the trigger m od e is also external (STM 1)
 SEM 1 overrid es internally generated ind ep end ent exp osu re tim es
 When CC1 signal falls line is read
D escription
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1.
Internal (―Tim ed ‖)
External (―Pu lseWid th‖)
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Exposure Time
Mnemonic
SET
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Exp osu re tim e
1, 000 to 3, 000, 000 [ns]
Set internal exp osu re tim e in nanosecond s – 25 ns resolu tion
 Line tim e > ( Exp osu re tim e + 1,500 ns )
Full N ame
Set Multi-Exposure (2K only)
Mnemonic
SME
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
0. Off
1. Mu lti-Exp osu re On
Set m u lti-exp osu re m od e allow ing each line to have ind ep end ent exp osu re tim es and
gains.
N otes
Full N ame
Mirroring
Mnemonic
SMM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
Set m irroring m od e
Full N ame
Pixel Format
Mnemonic
SPF
Argument(s)
Selector
D escription
N otes
Set p ixel form at
Full N ame
Offset
Mnemonic
SSB
Argument(s)
Offset
D escription
N otes
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Im age is flip p ed on the vertical axis
0.
1.
2.
8 bits
10 bits
12 bits (only available w ith Base or Med iu m
Cam era Link configu rations)
8 bit
-32 to 31
10-bit
-128 to 127
12-bit
-512 to 511
Set contrast offset – single valu e ad d ed to all p ixels after PRN U/ flat field coefficients
(before gain).
 Range changes d ep end ing on p ixel form at (SPF)
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Full N ame
Internal Line Rate
Mnemonic
SSF
Argument(s)
Line rate
D escription
N otes
Set internal line rate in H z
 Line tim e > ( Exp osu re tim e + 1, 000 ns )
Full N ame
Gain
Mnemonic
SSG
Argument(s)
Selector
D escription
N otes
0. System Gain
1. Bottom Line
2. Top Line
Gain
1.0 to 10.0
Set gain as a single valu e m u ltip lied by all p ixels.
 When not in m u ltiexp osu re m od e System gain in only available
 Floating p oint nu m ber: 1.0 to 10.0.
 N ote that gain valu e m u st be p reced ed by an ―f‖ (e.g. ssg 0 f1.5)
Full N ame
Set TD I Stages
Mnemonic
STG
Argument(s)
Selector
TDI stage
D escription
N otes
1 to 100, 000 [H z] (TDI m od e)
1 to 200, 000[H z}] (Area m od e)


1.
2.
Single line m od e (low er sensitivity).
TDI m od e (higher sensitivity)
In single line m od e the cam era m u st be internal d irection control
TDI m od e: a p air of lines su m m ed w ith su itable d elay
Full N ame
External Trigger
Mnemonic
STM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
Set trigger m od e
 In internal m od e line rate is controlled by SSF com m and
 In external m od e read ou t starts on falling ed ge of CC1 signal and is a vailable
only w hen STM = 1 (external trigger on)
 Exp osu re tim e equ als high tim e of EXSYN C on signal on CC1
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1.
Internal
External
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Test Pattern
Mnemonic
SVM
Argument(s)
Mod e
D escription
N otes
Select test p attern
 When a test p attern is selected all d igital p rocessing (e.g. flat field , gain) is
d isabled – it is re-enabled w hen sensor vid eo is selected
Full N ame
D efault User Set
Mnemonic
USD
Argument(s)
Set selector
D escription
N otes
0.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sensor Vid eo
Ram p
A5
Each_tap _fixed
All_1365
All_1
0. Factory set
1-8. User sets
Select u ser set to load w hen cam era is reset
 The settings inclu d e all those listed by the GCP com m and p lu s the u ser FPN
coefficients, and u ser PRN U coefficients
Full N ame
Load User Set
Mnemonic
USL
Argument(s)
Set selector
D escription
N otes
Load u ser set
 Load s and m akes cu rrent all the settings listed by the GCP com m and p lu s the
u ser FPN coefficients, and u ser PRN U coefficients
Full N ame
Save User Set
Mnemonic
USS
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Set selector
1 to 8
Save u ser set
 Saves all the cu rrent settings listed by the GCP com m and p lu s the u ser FPN
coefficients, and u ser PRN U coefficients
Full N ame
Temperature
Mnemonic
VT
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Disp lay internal tem p eratu re in d egrees Celsiu s
 Measu red w ith an accu racy of ± 1.5 ºC.
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Voltage
Mnemonic
VV
Argument(s)
D escription
N otes
Disp lay su p p ly voltage
 Measu red w ith an accu racy ± 0.1 V.
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Appendix C: Error and Warning
Messages
BiST: Bu ilt in Self Test
The BiST error flags are binary flags w ith each bit being ind ep end ent from each other. The m essage from
the BiST shou ld be ―Good ‖ m eaning everything is fu nctioning correctly bu t if a hard w are failu re d oes
occu r in the cam era one or m ore these flags cou ld be set. Any of these errors w ill resu lt in the statu s light
tu rning red .
Definition
I2C error
Unable to configu re fp ga
Unable to configu re fp ga
EXT_SRAM Failu re
ECH O_BACK Failu re
FLASH _TIMEOUT
FLASH _ERROR
N O_FPGA_Cod e
N O_COMMON _SETTIN GS
N O_FACTORY_SETTIN GS
N O_USER_SETTIN GS
N O_FLAT_FIELD Corrections
N O MISC corrections
N O_FPN Correction
N O_FPN Correction
N O_PRN U Correction
N O_FEED Throu gh Correction
N O_LIN EARITY Correction
SYN C_ERROR
OVER_TEMPERATURE
SPI Failu re
N O_USER_FPN
PLL_LOCK_FAILED
IN VALID_CCI
N o LUT
Incom p atible FPGA cod e
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10
100
1000
1,0000
10,0000
100,0000
1000,0000
1,0000,0000
10,0000,0000
100,0000,0000
1000,0000,0000
1,0000,0000,0000
10,0000,0000,0000
100,0000,0000,0000
1000,0000,0000,0000
1,0000,0000,0000,0000
10,0000,0000,0000,0000
100,0000,0000,0000,0000
1000,0000,0000,0000,0000
1,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
10,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
100,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
1000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
1,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
10,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000
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Operational Error Codes
Code
Description
0X8002
Invalid Param eter
0xC01C
CPA_TOO_MAN Y_OUTLIERS
0x401E
USER_FPN _CLIPPIN G
0x401F
FLAT_FIELD_CLIPPIN G
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Appendix D: Quick Setup and
Image Acquisition
If you are fam iliar w ith the op eration of Cam era Link cam eras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging
fu nd am entals, the follow ing step s w ill show you how to qu ickly set u p this cam era and begin acqu iring
im ages.
1. On Power-Up
The cam era has been calibrated and configu red at the factory to be read y for you r evalu ation w hen first
p ow ered u p . The d efau lt cond itions are set as follow s:
 System gain is set to the low est valu e of one.

Flat field calibration is not active as this featu re is d ep end ent on you r light sou rce and lens.

Line rate and exp osu re tim e are set to for internal generation by the cam era.

Cam era Link m od e is set to the stand ard 8-bit fu ll m od e w hich allow s op eration of u p to 100 kH z
line rate. Set you r Cam era Link fram e grabber u p to receive the stand ard 8-bit fu ll m od e.
2. Communicating with the Camera

The cam era is d esigned to p ow er u p w ith a GenICam -com p liant interface.

Cam Exp ert p rovid es an easy-to-u se GUI that can be u sed to set u p and evalu ate the cam era.

The cam era also com es w ith Teled yne DALSA‘s three letter com m and (TLC) interface op tion,
w hich can be accessed u sing a su itable term inal p rogram su ch as H yp erTerm inal ™.

If you w ant to u se the TLC interface, p ress the ‗Esc‘ key w hile u sing a term inal p ro gram only
after the LED ind icator on the cam era tu rns green. N ote that the cam era d efau lts to 9.6 KBau d
w hen first p ow ered u p .

On receiving the ‗Esc‘ character, the cam era w ill ou tp u t a list of the available TLC com m and s.
You can then p roceed to enter TLC com m and s as requ ired .

Enter ‗h‘ at any tim e to get the list of com m and s from the cam era.
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Enter the ‗gcp ‘ com m and at any tim e to get the cu rrent setu p cond itions of the cam era.
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3. Setting Up Your Optical Configuration
Typ ically, the first thing you w ant to d o is to evalu ate the cam era‘s im age qu ality u nd er op erating
cond itions sim ilar to those that you are likely to u se in you r ap p lication. In ord er to d o this, take the
follow ing step s:
 The illu m ination, lens m agnification, and focu s shou ld be set u p as p e r you ap p lication.

Getting the m agnification right is best accom p lished by setting the object -to-sensor d istance. Use
the form u la lens focal length x (2 + 1/magnification + magnification) to calcu late this d istance.
Magnification equ als the sensor p ixel size (10.56 µm ) / (you r object p ixel size in u m ).

The ap p roxim ate p osition of the sensor is at the first groove on the sid e of the cam era case from
the front face of the cam era.
4. Camera Timing & Control
It is easiest and qu ickest to evalu ate the cam era u sing the internal tim ing setu p s for line rate and
exp osu re tim e.
 The cam era starts u p in the d efau lt configu ration of cam era link fu ll, TDI m od e, forw ard
d irection, 10 kH z line rate and 50 µsec exp osu re tim e.

If this line rate is too slow for you r ap p lication, you w ill get a com p ressed im age in the scan
d irection. You can increase the line rate by u sing the ‗ssf‘ com m and .

You can set the exp osu re tim e u sing the ‗set‘ com m and . Ensu re that t he exp osu re tim e p eriod is
not greater than the p eriod of the line rate m inu s 1.0 µsec.

The cam era w ill ind icate an error if you select an exp osu re tim e that is too long. The m inim u m
exp osu re tim e is 4 µsec.

Set you r cam era d irection u sing the ‗scd ‘ com m a nd .
5. Acquiring an Image
You can now begin im aging. Unless you have an ap p lication em p loying lots of light, the im age is likely to
be too d ark.
 Use the system gain to ad ju st the cam era ou tp u t to achieve the d esired resp onse. The system gain
range is from 1x to 10x. Use the ‗ssg‘ com m and .

Once you have a su itable resp onse, you can now focu s the lens.

The im age m ay be d arker at the ed ges d u e to lens vignetting, bu t this w ill be im p roved once the
cam era is calibrated .

Calibration is p erform ed u sing a w hite reference w here you r object is norm ally located .

o
Use a w hite m aterial that has no textu re, su ch as a non glossy p lastic.
o
If you m u st u se w hite p ap er, m ake su re it is m oving d u ring the calibration p rocess. If
you d o not d o this, you r im age w ill have vert ical strip es.
Calibration is easily p erform ed u sing the ‗cp a‘ com m and .
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The cp a com m and has 3 p aram eters.
o
The first p aram eter is a selection betw een:

‗0‘ – Per p ixel FFC calibration

‗1‘ – A low p ass FFC calibration
o
We recom m end that the second op tion is u sed to correct for any im age non u niform ity
d u e to the lens and setu p .
o
The second p aram eter is the nu m ber of lines you w ant to average over. Use a valu e of
4096 to achieve the best average.
o
The third p aram eter is the 12-bit target valu e you w ant to achieve after calibration.

The cp a com m and takes several second s to com p lete. The slow er the line rate, the longer it w ill
take.

On com p letion of the ‗cp a‘ com m and , you shou ld see an im age from the cam era that is flat field
corrected w ith the lens at the target level you set.
You are now read y to evalu ate the im age qu ality of the P4 cam era u nd er you r op erating cond itions.
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Appendix E: The Sensor Window
Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches
The sensor w ind ow is p art of the op tical p ath and shou ld be hand led like other op tical com p onents, w ith
extrem e care. Du st can obscu re p ixels, p rod u cing d ark p atches on the sensor resp onse. Du st is m o st
visible w hen the illu m ination is collim ated . The d ark p atches shift p osition as the angle of illu m ination
changes. Du st is norm ally not visible w hen the sensor is p ositioned at the exit p ort of an integrating
sp here, w here the illu m ination is d iffu se. Du st can norm ally be rem oved by blow ing the w ind ow su rface
u sing an ionized air gu n. Oil is u su ally introd u ced d u ring hand ling. Tou ching the su rface of the w ind ow
barehand ed w ill leave oily resid u es. Using ru bber fingercots and ru bber gloves can p revent
contam ination. H ow ever, the friction betw een ru bber and the w ind ow m ay p rod u ce electrostatic charge
that m ay d am age the sensor. To avoid ESD d am age and to avoid introd u cing oily resid u es, avoid
tou ching the sensor. Scratches d iffract incid ent illu m ination. When exp osed to u niform illu m ination, a
sensor w ith a scratched w ind ow w ill norm ally have brighter p ixels ad jacent to d arker p ixels. The location
of these p ixels w ill change w ith the angle of illu m ination.
An important note on w indow blemishes:
When flat field correction is p erform ed , w ind ow cleanliness is p aram ou nt. The figu re below show s an
exam p le of w hat can hap p en if a blem ish is p resent on the sensor w ind ow w hen flat field correction is
p erform ed . The blem ish w ill cast a shad ow on the w afer. FFC w ill com p ensate for this shad ow by
increasing the gain. Essentially FFC w ill create a w hite sp ot to com p ensate for the d ark sp ot (shad ow ). As
long as the angle of the incid ent light rem ains u nchanged then FFC w orks w ell. H ow ever w hen the angle
of incid ence changes significantly (i.e. w hen a lens is ad d ed ) then the shad ow w ill shift and FFC w ill
m akes things w orse by not correcting the new shad ow (d ark sp ot) and overcorrecting w here the shad ow
u sed to be (w hite sp ot). While the d ark sp ot can be p otentially cleane d , the w hite sp ot is an FFC artifact
that can only be corrected by another FFC calibration.
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Cleaning the Sensor Window
Recommended Equipment


Glass cleaning station w ith m icroscop e w ithin clean room .
3M ionized air gu n 980
(http :/ / solu tions.3m canad a.ca/ w p s/ p ortal/ 3M/ en_CA/ WW2/ Cou ntry/ )


Ionized air flood system , foot op erated .
Sw ab (H UBY-340CA-003)
(http :/ / w w w .cleancross.net/ m od u les/ xfsection/ article.p hp ?articleid =24)


Single d rop bottle (FD-2-ESD)
E2 (Eclip se op tic cleaning system (w w w .p hotosol.com )



Use localized ionized air flow on to the glass d u ring sensor cleaning.
Blow off m obile contam ination u sing an ionized air gu n.
Place the sensor u nd er the m icroscop e at a m agnification of 5x to d eterm ine the
location of any rem aining contam ination.


Clean the contam ination on the sensor u sing one d rop of E2 on a sw ab.
Wip e the sw ab from left to right (or right to left bu t only in one d irection). Do
this in an overlap p ing p attern, tu rning the sw ab after the first w ip e and w ith
each su bsequ ent w ip e. Avoid sw ip ing back and forth w ith the sam e sw ab in
ord er to ensu re that p articles are rem oved and not sim p ly transferred to a new
location on the sensor w ind ow . This p roced u re requ ires you to u se m u ltip le
sw abs.
Discard the sw ab after both sid es of the sw ab have been u sed once.
Rep eat u ntil there is no visible contam ination p resent.
Procedure
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Appendix F: Camera, Frame
Grabber Communication
Setting Up Communication between the Camera and the Frame
Grabber
Teled yne DALSA Cam era Link cam eras su p p ort the GenCP Cam era Link stand ard s.
To configu re Teled yne DALSA GenCP Cam era Link Cam eras:
1. Install the Teled yne DALSA fram e grabber in the host com p u ter; refer to the hard w are
installation m anu al.
2. Install Sap era LT and the Teled yne DALSA fram e grabber d river.
3. Connect the cam era to the fram e grabber; refer to the cam era installation m anu al.
4. Pow er u p the cam era and w ait u ntil the statu s LED is solid green.
5. Ru n the Sap era Configu ration u tility and select the fram e grabber serial p ort connected to the
cam era. Set Teledyne D ALSA camera detection to Automatic D etection and Baudrate to Auto
D etect & Maximize.
6. If the cam era w ill be configu red u sing three-letter text com m and s via a term inal p rogram , su ch as
H yp erTerm inal, then set COM port mapping (optional) to an available COM p ort (e.g. COM2).
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Start the Cam Exp ert ap p lication. In the D evice tab, select CameraLink Medium Color RGB #1.
8.
Mod ify the cam era and fram e grabber p aram eter settings as requ ired . At p resent, w hen u sing
GenCP cam eras, the cam era and fram e grabber p aram eters m u st be ad ju sted sep arately. Test the
im age acqu isition by clicking the Grab bu tton.
9.
Save the fram e grabber configu ration to a new *.ccf file.
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EMC Declaration of Conformity
We,
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CAN ADA N 2V 2E9
Declare und er sole responsibility that the cam eras:
Brand N am e: Piranha4
Mod els: P4-CM-04K10D-00-R, P4-CM-04K05D-00-R, P4-CM-02K10D-00-R, and P4-CM-02K05D-00-R
Which are com p onents to be integrated into larger sy stem s, w ere evalu ated accord ing to the CE Mark,
FCC Part 15, VCCI, Israel, Korea, and Ind u stry Canad a ICES-003 Evalu ation and satisfy the requ irem ents
of the follow ing stand ard s:
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CISPR-22
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FCC Part 15
Place of issu e: Waterloo, Ontario, Canad a
Date of Issu e: Febru ary 4, 2013
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Revision History
Revision Number
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01
02
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Change Description
Initial release.
- Upd ated Cam Expert screenshots.
- Rem oved 7 µm pixel option.
- Revised AOI calculation table.
-Device Scan Type feature ad d ed to Cam era
Controls d escription.
-Revised Full and Deca tim ing d iagram s.
- 2k pow er d issipation value ad d ed : < 8.25 W.
- Revised responsivity and QE graphs.
- 2k line rates ad d ed to Line Rates table.
-Device User ID feature d escribed .
- TDI Stages, Multi-Exposure Mod e, and
Exposure Tim e selector features d escribed .
-Disabling ESC key for d irect access to ASCII
com m and s option d escribed .
Revision Date
April 17, 2013
May 13, 2013
January 10, 2014
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Index
sensor shift, 45
web movement, 45
d irection control, 44
A
antibloom ing, 9
area m od e, 29
ASCII com m and s
using, 84
E
EMC d eclaration, 107
error and w arning m essages,
98
ESC key
disabling, 86
exposure
control, 36
external frame rate,
programmable exposure time,
37
externally controlled, 37
internally controlled, 37
exposure m od es
descriptions of, 36
exposure tim e
set, 42
EXSYN C, 23
B
baud rate, 43
binning, 68
BiST, 98
black level
control, 42
C
calibration, 46
flat field, 48
process chain, 47
cam era control signals, 22
cam era inform ation, 31
cam era interfacing tool, 26
Cam era Link
bit definitions, 21
configurations, 34
drive capability, 22
input signals, 22
outputs, 23
Cam era Link connector, 19
Cam Expert
GUI, 27
certifications, 9
cleaning
sensor window, 104
clock signals, 23
com m and s
ASCII list, 87
GenICam, 50
com pliance, 9
connectors, 18
Camera Link, 19
power, 23
contrast
enhancing, 49
F
factory settings, 29
FPN and tem perature, 11
fram e grabber
camera communication, 105
G
gain
enhancing contrast, 49
Gain
control, 42
ground ing instructions, 18
GUI
CamExpert, 27
overview, 25
H
heat sink
part number, 13
heatsink
mounting, 14
D
d ata bus, 23
DC offset, 9
d irection
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im age acquisition, 36
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quick, 100
input/ outp ut, 18
requirem ents
PC, 16
responsivity, 9
graph, 10
revision history, 108
L
LED
definitions, 24
lens m ounts, 13
line rates
setting, 39
S
safety, 6
Sapera, 26
sensitivity m od es, 35
sensor controls, 56, 62, 66, 76
settings
active, 33
default, 34
factory, 29, 33
loading, 32
saving, 32
user, 33
setup
overview, 16
quick, 100
shift d irection, 45
size
image, 43
softw are
required, 8
specifications
operating, 9
performance, 8
support
contacts, 2
M
m echanical
camera, 12
m od els, 8
O
offset
enhancing contrast, 49
operating
ranges, 9
P
perform ance specifications, 8
pixel form at, 44
pow er
connector, 23
connectors, 23
guidelines, 24
pinout, 23
precautions, 6
T
TDI Stages, 34
tem perature
verify, 31
trigger m od es, 36
Q
QE % vs. w avelength, 11
quantum efficiency
graph, 10
R
V
voltage
verify, 31
rand om noise, 9
rebooting, 46
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