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1. 0eeeeeeeee 18 3 2 DiCAM PRO in Multi Trigger Mode eeeeee 20 3 3 DiCAM PRO in Double Trigger Mode eee 22 4 Trigger Control Electrical Trigger INDUt cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeaee 24 Optical Trigger INDUt eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteee eeeeeaeeeeeeae ees 24 BNC Socket on the PCI Board ceseeeeeeeeeeeeees 24 5 Control Signals GATE OUT output signal aeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer neern 25 GATE DIS input signal cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeees 25 Jack Plug Socket at the PCl Board 0 ceeees 25 LED at the PCI Board ccccccceeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeseeeees 26 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Software Application Software CamWare Plug Ins Software Development Kit SDK Twain Drivers Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions Servicing Maintenance amp Cleaning Instructions Cleaning Method for the Optical Part Cleaning Method for the FOL Appendix Customer Service Warranty CE Certification Dimensions and Weight System Data The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 27 27 27 27 28 28 30 30 30 31 32 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual System Requ
2. 24 4 Trigger Control There are two ways of triggering the DiCAM PRO internally via the DiCAM Conitrol software and externally via the trigger input at the rear panel of the camera For external triggering you can select between electrical or optical trig ger A TTL signal 5V with rising edge is required The rise time should be lt 20ns Internally the input is pulled to ground GND with 1k A trigger signal has to last for a minimum of 10ns A light power of 1mW is sufficient At the camera rear panel you will find a LED in the segment TRIG This LED may show three colors orange During time between trigger signal and CCD readout time red At the beginning of the CCD readout time the LED is for about 10ms red and changes to green green After changing from red to green the LED stays green until a new trigger signal is sent BNC Socket at the PCI Board The BNC Socket at the PClI Board has no function The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual GATE OUT GATE DIS 25 5 Control Signals On the camera rear panel there are two BNC sockets with control sig nals High active TTL control output For exposure times gt 20ns there is a TTL high active signal at the GATE OUT socket while the photo cathode is on It starts 60ns before the photo cathode on times and
3. 8 10 50 pixels 2 4 POSS 2 5 Optical Input C Mount with adjustable focus length Dimension Head 93 W x 78 H x 210 L mm Weight 8 kg 10 90 non condensing High Speed Serial Link High Speed Serial Link standard fiber optic link 10 1500m SC connectors PCl Interface Board PCI Local Bus compatible revision 2 1 Buffer RAM 16 MByte Trigger Input TTL level rising falling edge BNC connector or FOL 0 0 2 typ 1 count typ 02 i 6 pixels 2 4 Jos Power Supply Power Supply Desktop AC DC 90 260V 12V IEC connector 12V 4 5A x See remarks on page 34 Definitions and Measurements Conditions The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 34 Definitions and Measurement Conditions 1 Extinction ratio It is the ratio of electronic shutter off Vys to electronic shutter on Van It is measured with an exposure time set to 100ns and a pulsed laser diode 20ns illumination During exposure window 100ns light is attenuated by a factor of 1 1000 grey filter while out of the exposure window filter is removed V 1 Thus E 2 Smear Von 1000 The CCD is set to 40ms exposure time with an uniform illumination to achieve 50 of saturation V50 Then the electronic shutter is closed readout clock is stopped charge drain is performed by the ele
4. C mount and custom lenses C Mount lenses are not recommended in combination with 25mm inten sifiers because the photo cathode will not con pletely filled M42 Adapter C Mount Adapter B 17 53mn Focal lenath Fiber Optic D aMNNY ADH Focal Fiber Optic K ane Glass Plate zZ FENY WW af f h Z ERN SW f g glass Nd mm 1 47 1 47 Front plate with placing of the image intensifier The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 11 1 6 Powering Up Before using the DiCam for the first time Install the PClInterface Board properly mounted Connect the Camera to board connection via fiber optic cable Connect the power supply connected to camera and the AC Mount the lens on the camera Put protective cap on the lens Switch on the computer Switch the computer on but do not start yet CamWare Switch on the camera Switch the camera on by pressing the POWER button on the rear panel of the device When properly attached the LED will flash red green for approx 3 min utes During this time the sensor is cooled down to a temperature of approx 12 degrees Centigrade 5 degrees Fahrenheit Subsequently the diode will change to permanently green ndicating that the correct operation temperature has been reached and that you can now start
5. Voltage 6 7KV internally adjusted ripple 15mV Gating Module HVP3X In Ultra Fast Gating mode min pulse width 5ns optional 3ns 1 5ns max pulsing frequency 4kHz In High Rate Gating mode min pulse width 20ns max pulsing frequency 2MHz Optical Coupling Ultra Speed Tandem Lens Scaling Rates 18mm and VGA sensor 25mm and VGA sensor 25mm and SuperVGA sensor CCD Data VGA SuperVGA CCD Interline Progressive Scan with lens on chip 640 H x 480 V 1280 H x 1024 V Pixel Size 9 9um x 9 9um 6 7um x 6 7um Sensor Format A Scan Area 8 6mm x 6 9mm Cooling Type CCD Temperature Full Well Capacity Scan Rate monochrome 520nm Extinction Ratio 1 2000 x See remarks on page 34 Definitions and Measurements Conditions The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com 32 DiCAM PRO Manual CCD Data VGA SuperVGA Smear lt 0 005 Anti Blooming gt 1000 CCD Quality grade 0 Non Linearity lt 1 Readout Time Full Frame 8 fps Binning Horizontal 8 Binning Vertical 1 128 Blemishes Point Defects Cluster Defects Column Defects Warm Pixels typ pixels gt 100 e De o pixels_ gt 5e pixels gt 1e 250 1000 500 2000 8 Oo N N Non Uniformity in darkness Non Uniformity in brightness pixels gt 12 pixels 8 12 o Cd pixels 4
6. cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 23 In addition to the selected delay and exposure times there is a system delay and a pulser delay time They are defined by the system itself and cannot be changed Hint The Double Trigger Mode should only be used for short time separation between the two exposures Otherwise the camera should be operated in the Single Trigger Mode or in the Multi Trigger Mode Del Em Tre System Delay Ddw Eposua 125ns 2ns Fa F imel m ono p000 fo fz00 qe Erun coyfowan poo fioo q 2 Exposure _ Pulser Delay HVP3X 60ns CCD Timing 4 Internal Trigger auto Delay2 Intensifier Timing System Delay Pulser Delay EES Incl Dead Tine p2 Exposure Time Exposure Time Image 1 Image 2 CCD Readout CCD Readout Image 1 Image 2 External Trigger extern Readout time of the CCD sensor The readout time depends of the sensor type VGA or SuperVGA of the selected binning and of the ROI region of interest The exact readout time can be seen in the Info field of the Camera Control window Delay 2 must be mit mun SOOns because the dead t e ip included Delay 1 Exooss a 1 anc Delay 2 incl SCOne deac tire must be mr nirre r Ips The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Electrical Trigger Input Optical Trigger Input Trigger LED
7. frequency not 2 MHz allowed resulting delay between not 500ns two exposures allowed Del Exp Time Delay Exposure Delay Time ms ns ms hs 0 999ms fooo fooo1oo foo fooosoo lt foos fooosoo Jooo foo4400 Te fooo foooo00 fooo foooooa Steps see below 1 256 fooo foooooo fooo foooooc Loops 1 256 i Steps see below The selected delay and expo sure time pairs can be repeated up to 256 times Each Loop will be triggered separately Trigger auto or external Possible settings for delay and exposure times Following there is an overview of the possible settings for delay and ex posure times Trigger Delay 0 999ms Exposure 20ns 999ms The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 21 In addition to the selected delay and exposure times there is a system delay and a pulser delay time They are defined by the system itself and cannot be changed Del Exp Tine System Delay Dey Expo aoe 125ns 2ns res Jt mwl mel 00 FPG KOs OED fm az loo Ea OS FOR FU ONOS Pulser Delay ico poaa eo om HVP3X 60 ns foco kooo po looo Loog 1 2564 i Intensifier Timing System Delay Pulser Delay E ode ode i CCD Timing Exposure time of the CCD Phosphor Decay CCD Readout Internal Trigger auto External Trigger extern Readout time of
8. input may produce a local photo cathode etching or even destroy the whole device Avoid very long exposure times at room lighting or short intense light pulses e g laser beams even reflected ones as these will produce black spots an irreparable defect Different photocathode materials UV IR are used to shift the spectral sensitivity Further open MCP intensifiers without photo cathode d rectly coupled to an evacuated experimental set up can detect xrays electrons or other charged particles The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Pulser type 3 Timing The info field of Camera Control contains the actual read out time and image repeat frequency frames per second fps depending on the chosen setting ROI binning Information Del Exp 0 44ms Readout12 39ms fps 77 93Hz Info CCD readout time repetition frequency frames per second The following trigger modes of the DICAM PRO are different depending of the model of pulser HVP3X pulser type minimum pulse length HVP3X3 3ns HVP3X5 HVP3X 20 If you want to make single exposures please go on reading on the next page with DiCAM PRO in Single Trigger Mode If you want to make multiple exposures please go on reading on page 20 with DiCAM PRO in Multi Trigger Mode If you want to make doubl
9. not connected Cable defective Red LED This LED signals the DMA data transfer via the PCHBus from the PCI Board memory to the computer RAM The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Application Software Plug Ins 27 6 Software Shipment of the camera system includes the CamWare software com plete operation software for the camera allowing display and storage of images For detailed CamWare please see the CamWare manual If you are already working with image processing or image analysis soft ware appropriate Plug Ins may be installed Consequently camera control commands can be sent directly from the image analysis software Supported packages include OPTIMAS version 6 1 and higher Media Cybernetics Ilmage Pro Plus version 3 0 and higher Media Cybernetics LabView National Instruments Please feel free to ask for information about these programs If your software is not listed above please contact COOKE Software Development Kit If you have written your own software or you wish to include the control Twain Drivers software into already existing programs the camera control may be inte grated as DLL file using our Software Development Kit SDK The following SDK s with detailed manual are available SDK for Windows 9x ME 2000 NT The SDK can be found
10. of the photo cathode current photo effect Setting a high MCP gain spares the photo cathode since a low incident light generates low photo cathode current and already produces enough signal to saturate the CCD The intensifier s lifetime also depends on the number of exposures whether individual or multiple exposures Micro Channel Plate MCP Secondary photoelectron multiplication occurs in the micro chan _ gt Phosphor Screen Phosphor Output Delay 1 nel plate MCP made of lead glass and having about 10 10 micro scopic channels of typically 6um diameter and 0 5 mm length Each channel performs like a photo multiplier where dynodes are e placed by a continuous semi conducting surface Manufacturing of such micro channel plates is a rather complex process where the properties of the final device may be widely manipulated to yield the desired result The intensification depends mainly on two parameters the ratio of the channel s length to diameter and the applied voltage The variation of the light intensification of the image intensifier is a result of variation of the applied MCP voltage For the type of MCP used in DiCam Pro it ranges from 0 to 10 V In the final stages of light amplification electrons are accelerated b wards the phosphor screen by fixed bias voltage of several KV producing a light emmittance For each type of the phosphor the quantum effi ciency and the afterglow d
11. producing light emis sion The photo cathode consists of a thin layer of a material with low activa tion energy for electrons and allows high quantum efficiency down to long wavelength Choosing the right material and layer thickness the spectral sensitivity can be varied from the near UV to the near infrared The quantum effi ciency number of photoelectrons to number of photons of many mate rials is as high as 10 or even above By applying a voltage to the photo cathode electrons are either pushed towards the MCP negative voltage or back to the photo cathode positive voltage This property of the intensifier makes it particularly suited as an elec tronic shutter Although several kilovolts are required to operate the in tensifier a change of a few hundred volts can cause the device to effec tively switch on or off A potential difference of 200 250 V at the photo cathode is sufficient to achieve a shutter ratio of 1 10 High performance high voltage generators achieve gate times of a few nanoseconds The capacitive load approx 100pF of the photo cathode is switched with a rise and fall time of 1 2 ns The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Caution 15 The image intensifier s photo cathode is the most sensitive component of the camera Its lifetime depends decisively
12. DiCAM PRO Operating Instructions The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com April 2002 DiCAM PRO Manual Safety Instructions For your own safety and in order to guarantee a safe operation of the camera please read carefully the following information prior to using the device While operating with the camera system please be careful that the im age intensifier is not over exposed While not using the camera protect it by using a lens cap Never operate the camera at places where water or dust might pene trate Place the camera on a sufficiently stable basis Shocks like e g dropping the camera onto the floor might cause ser ous damage to the device Therefore exclusively the tripod attachment at the bottom side should be used for mounting the camera Always unplug the camera before cleaning it Do not use cleaning liq uids or sprays Instead use a dry soft duster Never insert any objects through the device s slots The applied voltage inside the camera can cause short circuits or electrical shocks The slots in the camera housing bottom and rear panel are needed for ventilation In order to guarantee a proper operation and to prevent overheating of the camera these slots must always be kept free Make sure that the connecting cable is in good condition and that the link to the socket does
13. ace between camera and PCl Interface Board with en closed cables For the serial data transfer between camera and PCl Interface Board a fiber optic cable FOL is used Remove the protective caps from the camera and the PCHInterface Board Also remove gently the small caps from either end of the cable Plug in the cable on both devices Because of the plug shape the cables cannot be mixed up The plugs should slip in easily Do not force Opera ing LED PCl Inlerface Board Camera Caution Avoid kinking or bending the cable over a sharp edge this will break the core and destroy the cable Do not step on the cable avoid touching the ends with bare fingers and replace the caps on ether the cable or cam era board to protect the sensitive optical surfaces from dust when not in use The small protection caps will be lost easily Keep the caps on a safe place The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Lens Mount Remark NIKON Adapter 46 5mm Focal length Image Intensifier DEP 18 6 2 05 DEP 25 glass 59702 Hamamatsu 28 glass 62708 Hamamatsu 25 glass 6 0215 DEP 18 25 FO 95 Hamamatsu 18 25 1 FO 9 5 1 5 Lens Mount The standard DiCAM PRO lens adapter is for Nikon lenses F Mount This adapter is fixed with three small Allen screws Other adaptors are available for
14. ay time and a pulser delay time They are defined by the system itself and cannot be changed Dol Ern Tne System Delay when delay and exposure time each lt 100ns 25ns 0 25ns poo when delay or exposure time gt 100ns 25ns 2ns pola 0 fo ora fl Expawe mo ins Pulser Delay focc202 fray HVP3x at lt 20ns 20ns HVP3x at gt 20 ns 60ns Loops 11 266 fi a Fe F System Delay Pulser Delay netay exposure CCD Timin one A Exposure Time of the CCD Phosphor Decay CCD Readout Internal Trigger auto External Trigger external Intensifier Timing Readout time of the CCD sensor The readout time depends of the sensor type E VGA or SuperVGA of the selected binning and ree Ings z of the ROI region of interest The exact readout time can be seen in the Info field of the Camera Control window Mode R swo O miem Fto Phosphor Decay o The phosphor decay time depends of the used Revie us phosphor material The CCD integration time fan ist feo will be increased by this Decay ms time The Loop function requires an additional internal time of 5 x 64us VGA sensor or 5 x 117s SuperVGA sensor for each loop The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 20 3 2 DiCAM PRO in Multi Trigger Mode Multi Trigger Mode lt 20ns 20ns max pulse
15. ctronic shutter and the illumination is set to 500 times over exposure After 40ms the CCD is read out 1 The measured output signal V sm is substituted in the following formula Sm Yor rae 00 3 Anti Blooming The factor of over exposure allowed to avoid blooming in the neighbouring pixels 4 Point Defect Measured under Conditions A A point defect isa pixel whose signal deviates by more than 3 counts from the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array Measured under Conditions B A point defect is a pixel whose signal deviates by more than 12 from the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array 5 Cluster Defect Measured under Conditions A Is a group of 2 6 contiguous defective pixels 6 Column Defect Row Defect Measured under Conditions A Is a group of more than 6 contiguous defective pixels along a single column or row 7 Warm Pixel Dark Charge Measured under Conditions C A pixel is considered a warm pixel if it has an increased dark charge generation No test for FastShutter version 8 Non Uniformity in darkness compared to neighbouring pixels Measured under Conditions A Non uniformity of a single pixel is the deviation in counts compared to the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array 9 Nor Uniformity in brightness compared to neighbouring pixels Measured under Conditions A or B Non uniformity of a single pixel is the deviation in compared to the mean value of 48 neighbo
16. e exposures please go on reading on page 22 with DiCAM PRO in Double Trigger Mode The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 18 3 1 DiCAM PRO in Single Trigger Mode Single Trigger Mode lt 20ns 20ns max pulse frequency 3 3 KHz resulting minimum delay between 300us 500ns two exposures Del Exp Time Delay Time 0 1000s eet Joooo00 ms Steps see below L 000780 ns lt oops 1 256 Exposure 000000 ms The selected delay and 000300 ns Exposure Time exposure time can be re x ns 1000s x depending of peated up to 256 p Loops 1 256 fi the pulser Steps see below Possible settings for delay and exposure times Following there is an overview of the possible settings for delay and ex posure times Trigger Delay T Tose 0 50ns 100ns 1000ms 1000s See table below gt Exsosur L teens oman ieee 3 30ns 100ns 1000ms 1000s depending of the pulser pulser type fixed exposure times in ns HVP3X 3 3 10 20 25 30 HVP3X 5 5 10 20 25 30 HVP3X 20 20 25 30 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 19 In addition to the selected delay and exposure times there is a system del
17. ecay time play a part The decay time may vary from a few nanoseconds to a few seconds depending on the phos phor material Thus the phosphor has to be carefully selected to match the application For example Double Trigger Mode which carries out two exposures within a very short time demands a fast phosphor with a short decay time Delay 2 inci Phosphor decay at the Double Trigger Mode ae Nz CCD Integration Image 1 CCo Integration Image 2 Phosphor Decay The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual General Properties 16 The CamWare program allows extending the phosphor decay time by setting an appropriate value in the Camera Control window The whole intensifier photo cathode MCP phosphor screen is a sealed high vacuum device to prevent an interaction between electrons and gas atoms In case an electron hits a gas atom a positive ion results which is accelerated towards the photo cathode There it produces un desired electrons ion feed back Often image intensifiers have fiber optic input and output windows to fa cilitate optical coupling The focal plane is transferred from the inside to the outer surface of the window At very high light inputs MCP channels tend to saturate dramatically re ducing its intensification Furthermore too much light
18. ends 60ns before the off time pulser delay For exposure times lt 20ns the GATE OUT pulse is always 100ns Low active TTL control input While the GATE OUT is active photo cathode is on the on time can be disabled by a low active TTL signal Please note that you may activate this control input only for exposure times gt 20ns Jack Plug Socket at the PCl Board BUSY STORE The 3 5mm stereo jack plug socket on the PCl Board has a double func tion Function 1 BUSY Signal This control output signals if the camera is ready to accept a new trigger signal While BUSY is active an external trigger signal will be ignored The BUSY signal edge depends of the selected trigger input edge of the TRIG IN signal When the trigger input is falling edge selected in the CameraControl window an output signal low means the camera is busy an output signal high means the cameras is ready to accept a new trigger signal Function 2 STORE Signal Control Output high active STORE signals the data transfer from the camera to the PCl Board The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 26 LEDs at the PCI Board There are two LEDs on the back panel Green LED This control LED lights when connection between camera and PCI Board is correct When the LED is off there could be the following reasons Cable is
19. he camera contact COOKE via any of the Customer Services Pay attention to use a sufficient package if you have to send the camera via mail keep the original package The FOL cable connectors and the connectors of the camera and PCI Board must be protected with the protection caps Don t forget to screw the C Mount protection cap Opening of the camera or improper handling e g damage by electro static charge wrong cleaning method voids the warranty CE Certification DiCam Pro complies with the requirements of the EMC Directions of the European Communities 089 336 EWG and therefore bears the CE Marking The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 31 Dimensions and Weight Bottom plate with position of the threads to mount the camera The axis through the threads in the middle is also the optical axis 8 deep 8 deep Front panel of the camera with position of the optical axis 17941 144 00 Weight of the camera approx 7kg The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual System Data Image Intensifier see separate data sheet specification of the image intensifier Power and Gating Supply for the Image Intensifier Phosphor
20. irements Note Graphic Board Graphic Setup 1 Installation and Powering Up The DiCAM PRO imaging system consists of camera and PCl Board To get the system working properly follow the instructions 1 1 Computer The PCI Board should be installed in a computer with following charac teristics PCl Bus with PC Chip Version 2 1 or higher Intel Processor Pentium or AMD 128 MB RAM Possible Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 95 Version 4 00 950b or higher Microsoft Windows 98 or 98SE Windows ME Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Workstation Microsoft Windows 2000 Works tation Please contact COOKE for more information on Linux support for our cameras Drivers for our cameras are optimized for best performance This may have implications for some dual processor systems If you are planning to use a dual processo computer in your imaging application please contact Cooke technical suport for more information For best display of images on the monitor we recommend the use of highest performance boards with at least 4MB RAM preferable with AGP Bus architecture The camera generates 12 Bit 4096 grey levels For display on the PC Monitor 8 Bit 256 grey levels respectively 3x8 Bit in true color 16 7 mil lions colors are generated In general several graphic setups are possible We recommend the se ting with 24 or 32 Bit with 16 7 million colors In Windows use the settings tab in the Display Properties to
21. measuring If the dode shows a permanent red a hard ware error has occurred The following table lists possible reasons for hardware errors Possible states of the LED LED color Status red continuous Hardware error Connection of Camera and PCl Board interrupted 2 Defective cable Computer off Temperature on CCD sensor above 65 C causing automatic camera switch off red green intermittent System ready however CCD has not yet reached its optimum tem perature 11 15 C After a few minutes LED should change to continuous green If the intermittent state is going on constantly there could be a prob lem with the cooling In this case please contact COOKE System ready Starting CamWare Now start CamWare from the directory Digital Camera ToolBox For detailed information to CamWare please see the separate manual CamWare The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 12 2 Functional Principle The images captured by the camera head are transferred via a high speed data transfer to the PClBoard in the computer The data are saved in the RAM of the computer where the operator can decide what to do with them With the camera control software CamWare the camera can be con trolled within the windows environment and the images can be displayed on the moni
22. ng an existing driver please download the newest driver ver sion from the internet under http Avww cookecorp com For installation please read the actual information in the readme txt file which will be download automatically with the driver In case the downloaded drivers are compressed you have to decom press them with a suitable program e g AP program Installation under Windows NT Installation of the Hardware Driver If you install the camera under Windows NT you need the rights of the administrator Please login as administrator See Quick Install Guide for more information Installation under Linux Please contact COOKE customer support for more information on Linux support for our cameras The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Installation from CD Installation from Internet Remark Hotline 1 3 Installation of the Software CamWare CamWare is a 32 Bit Windows application With CamWare all camera parameters can be set The mages can be displayed on the monitor and saved on hard disk For detailed information please see the sepa rate manual CamWare You will find the software CamWare on the enclosed CD The newest version can also be downloaded from the internet under htto Awww cookecorp com Refer to the Quick Install Guide supplied with yo
23. not represent an obstacle Detach the camera and contact the customer service in the following cases When cable or plug is damaged or worn out When water or other liquids have soaked into the device When the device is not properly working although you followed all instructions of the user s manual When the camera fell to the floor or the housing has been dam aged When the device shows apparent deviations of normal operation The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Contents 1 Installation and Powering Up 1 1 Computer 5 System Requirements 5 Graphic Setup 5 Installing the PClI Board 6 1 2 Installation of the Hardware Driver 7 Installation under Windows 9x ME 2000 7 Installation under Windows NT 7 Installation under Linux 7 1 3 Installation CamWare 8 1 4 Camera and PClI Board 9 Serial Data Transfer via FOL 9 1 5 Lens Mount 10 1 6 Powering Up 11 2 Functional Principle 2 1 Block Diagram and Internal Data Stream 12 2 2 Principles of the Image Intensification 14 Photocathode ccccececceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeseeees 14 Micro Channel Plate cc cccceeceeeeeeee ceeeeeeeeeeseeees 15 Phosphor SCreen cccsseeeeeeeeeeeee ceeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaaes 15 3 Timing 3 1 DiCAM PRO in Single Trigger Mode
24. on the CD or can be downloaded from Internet at http www cookecorp com For information on Linux support contact COOKE In addition TWAIN drivers are available for PCl Board driver for Windows 9x ME 2000 PCl Board driver for Windows NT The drivers can be found on the CD or can be downloaded from Internet at http www cookecorp com The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 28 7 Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions The camera is maintenance free Factory settings make any inspection and servicing superfluous During use the camera should be protected from hard shocks or strong vibrations as well as from high humidity and temperature shocks Avoid exposing to sunlight since it heats up the camera housing unnecessarily and prevents the cooling from reaching its optimum operating tempera ture Keep apertures and slots free to allow air to circuate Objective lens or lens adapter should be screwed in gently Avoid forcing as it will damage the tread Use a soft damp cloth to clean the housing Cleaning Method for the Optical Part Hint In principle every cleaning method bears the danger of damaging an opti cal surface Therefore clean only if it is strictly necessary As a first step use dry air to blow out dus
25. set cd ors to at least 24 bit and size the desktop to 1024 x 768 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 6 Installing the PCI Board Caution Before touching the PCl Board make sure you have not accumulated static charges A discharge may destroy the sensitive electronics and voids any guarantee Insert the PCHBoard in a free PCl slot of your computer and screw the bow onto the PC housing Make sure the board does not touch any electrical conducting parts housing other boards wires or chillers It is essential to use a master PCI slot Some computers require addi tional enabling of PClslot mastering on BIOS level The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 1 2 Installation of the Hardware Driver You can operate the camera with Windows9x ME 2000 NT or Linux Installation under Windows 9x ME 2000 New Installation of the hardware driver If you have Windows9x ME or Windows 2000 installed the computer should automatically recognize the new hardware PCI Board and re quest you to insert a disk with the manufacturer s drivers See the Quick Install Guide supplied with your CD for more details Updating the hardware driver For updati
26. splay of the image is lim ited to 8 bit and therefore to 256 2E8 grey levels The command Convert Control allows to select a range between 0 4095 grey levels which is then displayed in 256 grey levels on the PC monitor PC Monitor il Camera Infernal or ax ernal Ingger in GamWare oe Mil PCl Interface Board 8 24 or D nepandne of the graphic selup Cenunand in CamWara X7OR1 tac totals RMP a 3il bra 2b TFF 16 Pit TS 6 Gil ASG 1 15 H7 IV ORT SCQUCN ST for formes FMP 4 Sit D 6 6 Dil IFF 18 HIF Computer The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual object Photocathode lens 2 2 Principles of the Image Intensification The DiCam Pro achieves high gain and short gating times through the use of an image intensifier see diagram below 180V 80V 0 900V 6kV shutter on off gain acceleration voltage O O O light light photocathode MCP phosphor screen connected to a pulser micro channel plate connected to a high voltage e g HVP5N HVP2N power supply e g HVMCP Light emitted from an object releases photoelectrons at the photo cath ode The photoelectrons enter the channels of a micro channel plate MCP where they are multiplied producing secondary electrons Finally the accelerated electrons hit a phosphor screen
27. t particles Avoid strictly wping on a dry glass surface If dirt cannot be removed by blowing use special optical cleaning fluids Adequate fluids for optical surfaces are pure dehydrogenated alcohol or cleaning fluids available in photo shops Use a soaked cotton tip and take care to wipe only on glass surfaces avoiding contact to metal sur faces e g C Mount thread otherwise microscopic dirt and metallic chips are released causing irreparable scratches on the glass surface Never use aggressive cleaning substances e g benzine acetone nitro solvents etc commonly found in labs Such substances may destroy or damage the surface on which they are applied The best practice is to avoid any dirt on optical parts e g by replacing immediately the black protection cap when removing the objective lens Do not leave the camera s optical input window open without lens or pro tecting cap Our warranty does not cover damaged optical surfaces caused by im proper cleaning methods The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 29 Cleaning Method for the FOL The core of the Fiber Optic Link is a 64um diameter glass fiber The connectors and the fiber itself should be cleaned only by dry dust free air Again after disconnecting replace the respective protection caps on d ther camera and cables immedia
28. tely Ensure there is no dirt trapped in the caps before placing them on the cables The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 30 8 Appendix Customer Service If you have a problem or a question about matters not handled in these operating Instructions please contact us by Telephone 1 866 66COOKE 1 866 662 6653 by Fax by Email 248 276 8825 service cookecorp com For a quicker reply we need following information Attention Short description of the problem Experiment conditions Settings of delay and exposure time Camera control software and version number Camera serial number PCl Board serial number 520 or 525 Operating System Processor type of your computer Size of RAM Type of graphic board Graphic mode Warranty COOKE grants a 12 month warranty period for the DiCAM PRO System camera PClInterface Board FOL power supply The warranty period starts on day of delivery ex factory In case of defect within the warranty period replacement or repair will be made at COOKE s discretion free of charge The device shall be returned on customer s expenses to COOKE preferably in the original package Image intensifiers are subject to the original manufacturer s warranty conditions COOKE is not liable for consequential damages Before returning t
29. the CCD sensor The readout time depends of the sensor type VGA or SuperVGA of the selected binning and of the ROI region of interest mio 7 aim The exact readout time can be seen in the Info field of the Camera Control window Node Muli Tagoe Pronk p Phosphor Decay Deoa fma 10 The phosphor decay time depends on the phosphor material The CCD integration time will be increased by the Decay ms time Gan fx 000 This Loop function requires additionally approx 700ns The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual 22 3 3 DiCAM PRO in Double Trigger Mode Double Trigger Mode lt 20ns 20ns max pulse frequency resulting delay between two exposures aot min exposure time alowed 20ns dead time between both exposures 500ns Delay Exposure ms ns ms ns p ooo foooo00 foao for2000 Delay Time Exposure Time 0 10ms ooo foossog Jooo foroooo 20ns 999ms Del Exp Time Steps see below Steps see below Possible settings for delay and exposure times Following there is an overview of the possible settings for delay and ex posure times Trigger Delay 0 10ms Exposure 20ns 999ms The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www
30. tor The Recorder function allows you to record image sequences and dis play them as movies The maximum memory space for the recorded images depends solely on the RAM size of your computer When starting the program the software automatically recognizes the camera type For detailed information please see the CamWare manual 2 1 Block Diagram and Data Stream Block Diagram In the following block diagram the structure of the complete camera sys tem is shown Lens adapter Seria Gata Transfer i Convyi31 mergis Sut Logic Contra Power Supaly CCB Hsad with coal ng PCl Interface Board The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual File Formats Display Internal Data Stream of black white cameras The PCI Board gets the 12bit data from the camera and transfers it via PCl Bus to a 16bit array of the PC Memory The higher 4bits are set to zero The 16bit data are automatically converted to an 8bit array and ac cessed by the graphic board Depending on the graphic mode graphics are displayed as 8 24 or 32 bit depth The command Export stores 16bit or 8bit data on hard disk in B16 TIFF FITS BMP or ASCII format For further information see Chapter 2 3 The camera acquires 12 bit images with 4096 2E12 grey levels be tween black and white However the monitor di
31. ur DiCam Pro for de tails on software installation Download CamWare from the Internet to a free selected directory The downloaded file must be decompressed with a suitable program e g ZIP program Start the installation with setup exe The newest information how to install CamWare can be found in the re adme txt file To install CamWare under Windows 2000 and Windows NT you reed administrator privileges After successful installation the computer has to be restarted The installation program transfers all necessary DLL and OLE files to the respective Windows checking automatically for existing older versions and replacing them by new ones Windows 95 carries out all registry entries If the program is to be deleted from the computer a proper de installation is carried out in START SETUP SYSTEM CONTROL SOFTWARE After successful installation you will have the new directory Digital Cam era Toolbox CamWare and some additional useful tools will be installed to this directory In case you have problems during installation call our hotline see Cus tomer Service The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com DiCAM PRO Manual Fiber Optic Link FOL 1 4 Camera and PCI Board Before Powering Up make following connections Power from Power Supply to Camera Serial Interf
32. uring pixels 7x7 array n 48 Fa Ph typical deviation d la d 99 Sn typ i x x Px 48 with n 307 200 for VGA 640 x 480 pixels d deviation of the tested pixel with n 1 310 720 for SuperVGA 1280 x 1024 P pixel to test P 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array Conditions for measurement For all conditions the operating temperature is 15 C for VGA and 12 C for SuperVGA A exposure time 40ms B exposure time 40ms C exposure time 200 s Binning H1 V1 Binning H1 V1 Binning H1 V1 256 images averaged 256 images averaged 16 images averaged dark field conditions uniform illumination to yield 75 dark field conditions saturation about 3 000 counts The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com

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