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1. Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notes 0 off 1 auto exposure 2 auto exposure and digital gain 3 auto exposure and aperture 4 auto exposure aperture and digital gain Adjusts AEC reaction and settling times Parameter range 0 slowest to 3 fastest Default 2 Looks at entire image updates every second frame 0 off 1 Adjusts the size of multiplier changes Parameter range 0 slowest to 3 fastest Default 2 0 off 1 0 off 1 0 off 1 Note that the first and last 8 columns in the 4096 column image are replaced with black electrical reference columns used for the correction 0 off 1 0 off 1 0 ITU R 9 1 ITU R BT 2020 Revision 3 4 Description AEC minimum digital gain AEC maximum digital gain AEC minimum lens aperture AEC maximum lens aperature Auto exposure and gain control AEC speed control Tracking Auto White Balance Tracking AWB adjustment speed Column fixed pattern noise correction Row fixed pattern noise correction Random row noise correction Reduce sensor pulsating flicker Desaturate color in whites near sensor saturation RGB to YCbCr conversion www ioindustries com Format adn YYY adx YYY aan YY aax YY aex Y aes Y twb Y tws Y cfn Y rfn Y rre Y plc Y dst Y it
2. Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 20 3 5 3 Digital Gain The digital gain can be set up to 3 999x or 31 024 using the Gain x edit box The digital gain is set in step of 1 1024 0 001 Negative gain can also be applied by setting the value less than 1 0 times 3 6 Color View The Color control view is shown in Figure 9 with Tracking White Balance selected Revision 3 4 Flare SDI Camera Control 13100 EEES gt P 5 Flare 46501 1 H eet pap L zem Output Lens Control Advanced A Reset Scheme YCbCr 4 2 2 ITU R Rec 709 D Matrix 0 070 0 054 Y Tracking AWB Slow Fast Saturation u a LI Offsets Figure 9 Color view www ioindustries com 10 Industries Inc 21 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 6 1 Scheme The Flare 4KSDI supports both ITU R BT 709 and ITU R BT 2020 RGB to YCbCr conversion derivations Use the Scheme drop down list to chose the output format used 3 6 2 Color Matrix The Flare 4KSDI has 5 color temperature presets Tungsten Fluorescent Daylight Cloudy and Shady Press one of the buttons at the top of the Matrix section to select one of the presets With a color preset selected the red green and blue multipliers in the Color Correction Matrix CCM cannot be changed and will be greyed out The Auto White Balance AWB and Tracking AWB features are also not available when a color p
3. Flare 4KSDI cameras are powered using a 7 19V DC power source The power connector is shown in Figure 20 and the pinout is shown in Table 8 Caution must be taken when using non smart batteries and the voltage is running near the minimum of the camera power cycling and over discharge of the battery may occur When using the active EF lens mount the power supply range must be 11 19V DC Pin Description Pin Description 1 NC 7 RS232 IN lens control 2 RS485 8 NC 3 7 19 V 9 RS485 4 7 19 V 10 NC 5 GND 11 RS232 OUT lens control 6 GND 12 NC Table 8 Power connector pinout Figure 20 Power Connector IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 34 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 7 LED Status Indicator A tri color orange green red LED on the back of the camera is used to indicate operational status Table 9 summarizes the operating states indicated by the LED When using a tri level sync reference the LED also provides status information Description Camera is operational and functioning correctly Sync enabled tri level input detected and camera output is currently line and frame locked Executing long command Error accessing user set memory Fatal error Sync enabled no tri level input detected Sync enabled tri level input detected and camera output is currently line locked Camera is initializing 5 6 seconds after power is applied LED St
4. 3 6 3 Saturation The color saturation can be set from 0 to 30 A saturation setting of 10 produces no change a IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 22 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual value of 0 produces a black and white image and values greater than 10 increase saturation with a value of 30 producing super color To change the color saturation enter a value into the edit control box or use the up down arrows beside the edit box or use the slider bar 3 6 4 Color Offsets An offset can be applied to each color plane at the output of the CCM and saturation block within the color processing pipeline of the Flare 4KSDI camera The range of the integer offset is 512 511 To change the offset value first select the color plane to adjust Next use the slider bar to adjust the offset value Press the Reset button to set the selected offset back to zero 3 7 Gamma LUT View The Gamma LUT control view is shown in A Figure 11 gg gt RI 3 7 1 Full Gamma 5 Flare 4KSDI 2C0E2701 Y There are 6 factory loaded Full Gamma tables in the Flare 4KSDI ranging from 1 25 up to the eng ITU R BT 709 Gamma transfer function Also ee GE ew wen On Om included in the Full Gamma tables is the ben Se popular IO Industries Film IOI Film transfer a function None sl Flare 4KSDI camera also has a black gamma option where only the lower pixel values are effected Black tonal
5. Browse Y Camera ready for update Update Firmware Ready Figure 17 Firmware update utility The utility will list all cameras found in a system It is possible to program multiple cameras at the same time however they must be the same type Select the file to program using the Browse button Check the Update checkbox beside the camera to update Finally press Update Firmware This operation may take over twenty minutes to complete do not shut down the application or cycle power on the camera while the operation is in progress The progress of the operation is shown on the status line for each camera www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 10 Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 29 5 Sensor Specifications 4KSDI CMOSIS CMV2000 2E5C1PA 4096 x 3072 Super 35mm with 2160 lines 5 5 x 5 5 um 13 5 Ke 0 075 LSB e 13 e 12 stops 300 4 64 V lux s lt 1 50000 gt 50 with micro lenses gt 50 550nm with micro lenses www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Specification Sensor Effective Pixels Optical Format Pixel Pitch Full Well Charge Conversion Gain Temporal Noise Dynamic Range ISO Rating Sensitivity Parasitic Light Sensitivity Fill Factor Quantum Efficiency Table 6 Sensor specifications 10 Industries Inc 30 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 6 Spectral Responses A typical spectral response for Flare 4K
6. designs high performance digital imaging products for applications in manufacturing research vehicle mounted systems and video game content creation Products include PC based standalone and peripheral DVR systems and high speed CMOS area scan digital cameras Contact Information IO Industries Inc 12 1510 Woodcock St London Ontario N6H 551 CANADA Tel 519 663 9570 Fax 519 663 9571 Sales sales ioindustries com Technical Support support ioindustries com Website www ioindustries com IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Table of Contents 1 COC ON 6 C O Tt A o pentatonic A 6 12 ele eil ars io 7 2 Remote COITO 8 21 Getting Started AA ona 9 KE ie TEE 1 23 Command 0 ic 14 EEEE AERE EEEE AEA I E FAEERE EE 15 Se 15 32 Component 8 16 33 Slider Ba l erin r cd 16 3 4 General O rnnr aise ice eit 17 NS ee Sade estes ii 17 34 2 Stored A ee ee 17 e eee i a eO eea EEES E Ea EE 17 3 5 EXxp s re Gain RE 18 Jl EXPO E cis 18 30 2 ISO 19 3 9 9 Ee HK DE 20 VIEW A A 20 A 21 0 2 Colo Matrix tai A as 21 SEUA Neal 21 3 6 4 GEES a eee ee kee ne Ee 22 3 7 SEET eessen eege 22 22 3 7 2 leegent eege A AA A AAA 23 3 7 3 RGB Lookup ET 24 3 8 Output EEEE nr EE EEEE anann Ennen 25 3 8 1 Black Level Master Pedestal iiss ni a dd 25 3 8
7. 10 4 59 94Hz 11 4K 60Hz All output modes are 10 bit per pixel Changing video format overrides other settings sam dul On the format change any conflicting setting will be reset Sampling sam Y Color sampling format 0 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr Format 1 4 4 4 R G B only available for video formats that are 30Hz or less and quad link configuration Link dul Y Output link configuration 0 Quad link Configuration 1 Dual Link must be in 4 2 2 sampling format Sensitivity iso Y Sensor Analog Gain 0 1x gain native ISO 300 1 4 3x gain 400 2 2x gain 600 3 3x gain 800 4 4x gain 1200 Pixel pin Y 2 sample pixel interleave 0 quadrant based mapping Interleaved mapping 1 2 sample pixel interleave mapping Raw Output raw Y Output raw Bayer data O Color Y Cb Cr or R G B 1 Raw Bayer pixel data IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notes 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Return values 0 sync off or no sync signal present 1 line locked 3 line and frame locked Range 0x0001 0x1fff Camera subtracts 1000h from parameter value for internal 2 s complement number Range 4095 4095 Each count represents 1 896us Range 0x0001 Ox3fff Camera subtracts 0x2000 to make internal Signed 3 10 fixed point multiplier value Internal range 8 0 7 999 Parameter value 0x2
8. Table drop down list Press the Load From File button A file select browse dialog will pop up to choose the file to load The four LUT examples loaded into the Flare SDI cameras at the factory are stored in the Lut sub folder in the installation path VO Industries Flare Lut Figure 12 shows example notation of a lut file which can be edited using any text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad E I Y CAProgram Files IO Industries Flare Lut 1_double_brightness lut Notepad So File Edit Search View Encoding Language Settings Macro Run Plugins Window e gt 33 3 gt 4 5 3 E 1_double_brightness V EJ Brightness x2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 or length 9614 Ln 1 60 11 0 Dos Windows UTF 8 w o BOM INS Figure 12 Example Jup file notation IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 24 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 7 3 RGB Lookup Table The Flare 4KSDI has a user RGB LUT stage in the color data path Up to six lookup tables can be saved to the camera Select the lookup table to load by using the RGB Lookup Table drop down list Follow the same procedure as the RAW Lookup Table to load from file and rename Figure 13 shows the notation of the RGB lut file The first column in an RGB lut file contains the color plane designation r o A Y C Program Files IO Industries Flare Lut RGB Film lut Notepad enh lm ASA eee
9. curve adjustments can be _ z made using this feature The blacks canbe Figure 11 Gamma LUT view crushed to create a desired effect or can be raised to see more detail in the shadows of the scene Eight lookup table values are stored in the camera corresponding to the following correction values N using Y X function 1 2 0 1 1 75 1 1 5 1 1 25 1 25 1 5 1 75 and 2 0 Use the Black Gamma drop down list to choose the desired curve The pixel range effected by the black gamma LUT can be set to three different levels 12 5 10 bit pixel values in range 0 127 25 0 255 or 50 0 511 Select one of the three Level radio buttons to set the desired range IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 23 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 7 2 RAW Lookup Table The Flare 4KSDI camera has a user LUT stage in the RAW data path Up to four lookup tables can be saved to the camera Select the lookup table to load by using the RAW Lookup Table drop down list Any of the four saved LUTs can be renamed Select the LUT from the drop down list and then press Rename A dialog will pop up with an edit box to enter the new name The name can be up to 32 characters long Note that the on screen menu will only display 16 characters when using the remote control Press OK to save the name or Cancel to abort To load a RAW custom LUT into the camera first select the LUT to be overwritten from the RAW Lookup
10. to the camera In this example several command queries are sent cam ver ex1 and vid followed by an Auto White Balance command awb ul COM13 115200baud Tera emr o e File Edit Setup Control Window Help am Flare 4KSDI er a exi exi 513d 8847 32782 gt i id 88 lt 88 11 gt awh Figure 23 Example commands sent through terminal program IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 46 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 9 CCM Ancillary Packet In firmware version 00 0 or higher the Flare 4KSDI inserts an ancillary data packet each frame containing the Color Correction Matrix CCM values The values in the Color Correction Matrix CCM are Signed 3 10 fixed point numbers 2 s complement with the following bit assignments e Bit 13 Sign e Bits 12 10 Integer portion e Bits 9 0 Decimal portion The matrix elements are labeled as follows R Crr Crg Crb R G Cer Cgg Cgb x G B Cbr Cbg Cbb B A Type 2 ancillary data packet including all nine matrix elements is inserted into the horizontal ancillary space HANC of line 12 in accordance with SMPTE 291M The element values are padded to 16 bits bits 15 14 00 and then split across two 10 bit words in the data packet with the low byte sent first followed by the upper byte The User Data Words are padded to 10 bit with 10b in bits 9 8 to avoid reserved code words The ancillary data packet is inserted in Data Strea
11. 2 e Under SO ip ibi 25 3 8 3 Dynamic Range COMPTESSION 25 3 9 Lens Control Mi oi A eo nna 26 A A eheE 26 A EE 26 SS A US de 26 3 10 277 4 Firmware Update SN nadie 28 EE EE 29 ere 30 Meca 31 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 0 Pau AA A A 7 1 Mechanical 32 EL OWN toi 33 7 3 LED Status cesado ateo 34 8 Camera COMMAMdS etica ads 35 8 1 Command SUMMA iii pos 36 8 2 Terminal Program in ee eene 44 9 CCM Ancillary Packet cocaina di 46 10 Ordering MONA aos oot scce rec secret oie aceon Sd eieiei 48 11 Document REVISION gt gt AEEE EREE 50 12 Firmware Revisi n HUSO is 51 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 6 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 1 Introduction The Flare 4KSDI CMOS area scan camera is designed for a broad range of applications including medical specialty broadcast and digital cinema process monitoring and security The SMPTE standard Serial Digital Interface SDI output allows for long inexpensive cable lengths and provides easy connectivity to monitors recorders and other broadcast or scientific equipment Output Format HD 3G SDI The following camera model is covered in this manual Color Bayer Resolution 4096 x 2160 Model 4KSDI Table 1 Covered Flare 4KSDI Model Output Formats 1 1 The supported output formats for the 4KSDI model are shown in Table 2 Interface Image
12. 2015 Added description of ancillary data packet to report CCM values for each frame See Section 9 3 4 06 19 2015 Update for firmware version Ox0e See firmware revision history for changes IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 51 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 12 Firmware Revision History Revision Date Modification 01 05 Early adopter s release 06 03 12 2015 General release 07 03 20 2015 New Feature s Tri level sync 08 04 01 2015 Bug Fixes Two bad columns in 2Sl image mapping and raw mode enabled Incorrect firmware version in on screen menu 09 04 10 2015 Change to flash write protect 08 04 28 2015 Bug Fixes Sensor black level and clip values not set correctly when changing raw mode or between image mapping modes 2S1 and quadrant New Feature s Added color desaturation feature for whites near sensor saturation see Table 10 00 04 30 2015 Removed last index from full gamma command fgm see Table 10 Set factory non identity CCM values to zero 00 05 15 2015 Bug Fixes Issue when switching to 50Hz frame rate UHD or 4K when current frame rate was 48Hz or less Produced grey nearly constant image Od 05 29 2015 New Feature s Added ancillary data packet to report CCM values for each frame See Section 9 Oe 06 19 2015 Bug Fixes Issue with auto aperture algorithm with fixed IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Rev
13. 400 equals 1 0x gain Parameter value 0x2000 equals 0 0x gain Range 0x000 to Ox3ff Camera subtracts 0x200 from parameter value for internal 2 s complement value Range 512 511 Default no offset 0x200 Range 0x00 and 06 Represents values of 0 0 BW to 3 0 Super Color increments of 0 1 for K parameter in color saturation matrix Default no change Ox0a Revision 3 4 Description Camera synchronization enable Returns status of sync input Shift output relative to sync input 3x3 Color Correction Matrix CCM entry 1 1 CCM entry 1 2 CCM entry 1 3 CCM entry 2 1 CCM entry 2 2 CCM entry 2 3 CCM entry 3 1 CCM entry 3 2 CCM entry 3 3 Red color offset Green color offset Blue color offset Color saturation Format syn Y syd sys YYYY crr YYYY crg YYYY crb YYYY cgr YYYY cgg YYYY cgb YYYY cbr YYYY cbg YYYY cbb YYYY ofr YYY ofg YYY ofb YYY sat YY 37 Command Sync Enable Sync Detect Sync Shift Color Matrix RR Color Matrix RG Color Matrix RB Color Matrix GR Color Matrix GG Color Matrix GB Color Matrix BR Color Matrix BG Color Matrix BB Red Offset Green Offset Blue Offset Color Saturation IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notes Normalized input to function Y X 0 of
14. File Edit Search View Encoding Language Settings Macro Run Plugins Window X zs s 4 6 2189 81 Bo y ds RGB Film R 0 0 R 1 5 3 R 3 17 R 4 22 R 5 28 R 6 34 R 7 39 R 8 45 R 9 51 R 10 57 R 11 62 R 12 68 R 13 74 R 14 79 R 15 85 R 16 91 R 17 96 R 18 102 ON HO BW N ps length 33554 Ln 1 Col 1 Sel 0 0 Dos Windows UTF 8 w o BOM INS Figure 13 Example RGB lut file notation IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 25 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 8 Output View The Output control view is shown in Figure 14 f Flare SDI Camera Control 1 3 10 0 bala 25 O Flare 4650 1 y 3 8 1 Black Level Master Pedestal EL General Exp Gain Color Gamma LUT Use the slider bar or edit box in the Black Level L oeg ens control Advanced A reset Master Pedestal section to set the output master mara pedestal o eu Over Under Shoot Dynamic Range Compression Disabled Enabled Disabled 0 Enabled 3 8 2 Over Under Shoot Figure 14 Output view By default the Flare 4KSDI cameras are set to legal output ranges according to SMPTE 274M section 8 7 These ranges are 64 940 for Luma Y and 64 960 for Chroma Cr and Cb for 10 bit outputs To enable overshoot undershoot output range select the Enabled radio button in the Over Under Shoot section The output range is 4 1019 for both Luma and Chroma with overshoot undersh
15. Flare Global Shutter CMOS Camera Series 4KSDI HD 3G SDI User s Manual Revision 3 4 Ul Copyright O 2015 IO Industries Inc All rights reserved INDUSTRIES Flare is a pending trademark of lO Industries Inc 2 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notice The material contained in this manual consists of information that is proprietary to IO Industries Inc and may only be used by the purchasers of the product and IO Industries Inc authorized distributors or resellers IO Industries Inc makes no warranty for the use of its product and assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this manual IO Industries Inc reserves the right to make changes to this manual at any time without notice Warranty The Flare 4KSDI product family is warranted for one 1 year from the date of purchase unless otherwise agreed in writing If the product proves to be defective during this warranty period IO Industries Inc will at its discretion either repair or replace the product at no cost In the case where a new device is to be provided but the product has been discontinued a product with similar or better performance capabilities and features will be provided This warranty shall not apply to any damage defect or failure caused by improper use or inadequate maintenance of the product Certifications FCC Class A Digital Device or Peripheral Information to
16. Format Color Bit Depth Frame Rate Hz Quad Link 4096 x 2160 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 SC 292 3840 x 2160 4 2 2 YCb Cr 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 4096 x 2160 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr 10 bit 47 95 48 50 59 94 60 ar 4096 x 2160 4 4 4 R G B 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 SMPTE ST 425 A 3840 x 2160 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr 10 bit 50 59 94 60 3840 x 2160 4 4 4 R G B 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 Dual Link 4096 x 2160 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 3G SDI Level 8 SMPTE ST 372 3840 0 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr 10 bit 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 Revision 3 4 Table 2 Supported output formats www ioindustries com 10 Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Camera Highlights Super 35 global shutter CMOS sensor Base ISO rating 300 adjustable up to 1200 12dB Dynamic range 12 stops Quadrant and 2SI SMPTE 425 5 image mapping supported Quad Link and Dual Link output formats supported Raw output Optical Low Pass Filter OLPF and IR Cut filter Color temperature presets Auto White Balance AWB and Tracking AWB Color Correction Matrix CCM and Saturation Auto exposure and gain control Full image Gamma Lookup Table LUT Black Gamma LUT with level setting RGB LUT User programmable raw LUT Master pedestal adjustment Tri level sync input Rugged aluminum case Interchangeable lens mounts ARRI PL Nikon F passive and active Canon EF RS 485 contr
17. SDI is shown in Figure 18 Quantum Efficiency Wavelength nm Figure 18 Color Spectral Response IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 31 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 7 Mechanical Camera housings are made with high precision from machined aluminum Mechanical drawings are shown in Figure 19 EN PWR CTI SYNC E 8x M4 x 0 7 7x 1 4 20 O ca O o N co 2h Ber Duna Camera body is shown without a lens adapter and without 3 8 16 to 1 4 20 thread reducer o 0 1x 3 8 16 s 38 1 counterbore Figure 19 Mechanical Drawings IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 32 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 7 1 Mechanical Specifications Summary of mechanical specifications are shown in Table 7 Mounting holes on all sides of the camera provides many mounting options Specification Description Size 91 7 mm x 91 7 mm x 47 7 mm Weight 0 74 kg with no lens or mount Mounting Holes Bottom 1x 3 8 16 2x 1 4 20 2x M4x0 7 Top 3x 1 4 20 2x M4x0 7 Sides 1x 1 4 20 2x M4x0 7 Power Connector 12 pin threaded Hirose Mating connector part HR10A 10TPA 12S 73 Video Output 4 x standard BNC Sync Input 1 x standard BNC Table 7 Mechanical specifications IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 a EE 7 2 Power
18. User NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense WARNING Changes or modifications not expressly approved by IO Industries Inc could void the user s authority to operate the equipment CE Compliance This equipment has been certified to conform to the requirements of Council Directive 89 336 EC for electromagnetic compatibility and to comply with the following European Standards e Immunity EN55024 1998 A1 2001 Emissions EN55022 1998 Class A CISPR 22 1997 All IO Industries Inc products bearing the CE mark have been declared to be in conformance with the applicable EEC Council Directives Note that the use of interconnect cables that are not properly grounded and shielded may affect CE compliance IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 BEE About IO Industries Inc Established in 1991 IO Industries Inc
19. arget Luma Min Exp Max Exp Min Gain x Max Gain x Min Aperture 4 ap vk gt ap 45 4 Max Aperture ISO Sensitivity o 300 400 600 800 Digital Gain Gain x Figure 8 Automatic exposure mode 19 There are four modes of automatic exposure control e Exposure Only e Exposure Digital Gain e Exposure Aperture e Exposure Aperture Digital Gain Select one of the four modes in the Auto Mode drop down list The automatic exposure control compares the Target Luma value to a center weighted calculated luma value in the output image Adjustments are made to the exposure aperture and gain values to reach the target value Use the edit box up down arrows or slider bar to adjust the Target Luma Use the minimum and maximum settings for exposure gain and aperture to ensure that the parameter stays within the desired range To keep the exposure constant and vary only the digital gain use the Auto Mode Exposure Digital Gain and set the minimum and maximum exposure to the same value The same approach can be used to vary only the lens aperture by choosing Auto Mode Exposure Aperture and setting the minimum and maximum exposure settings to the same value 3 5 2 ISO Sensitivity Use the radio buttons in the ISO section to set the camera sensitivity level ISO 1200 is a 12dB increase from the native ISO 300 setting Revision 3 4 www ioindustries com 10 Industries Inc
20. at command selected is shown in Figure 5 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 13 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Figure 5 General sub menu with video format command selected For commands where the Enter key is shown at the end of the parameter line scroll through the list of parameters using the Up and Down scroll keys and to set the desired parameter press the Enter button After the command completes the on screen menu will return to the sub menu To exit the parameter list for a command press the Left scroll key IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 14 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 2 3 Command Protocol The remote control uses a simple ASCII command protocol similar to the host RS 485 adapter Below are some key points about the serial control e 8 bit 115200 baud 1 stop bit and no parity e All remote control commands start with a single apostrophe sign 27h followed by a character in the range 30h 3Fh and finish with a carriage return ODh e When the remote control is first powered a discovery command of 0 lt CR gt 27h 30h ODh is repeated until any button is pressed or an ACK character 06h is received from the camera The status LED will blink during this process Table 5 shows the character values for each button on the membrane keyboard Some advanced users can integrate these commands into other RS485 equipment to control Flare cameras Revision 3 4 Button ASCII C
21. ate Orange Green Fast flashing green 30ms on 30 ms off Flashing red Red Slow flashing green 970ms on 30ms off Slow flashing green and orange 970ms green 30ms orange Table 9 LED status 1 Line locked is when the camera s output horizontal sync matches the period of the tri level sync reference horizontal sync 2 Frame locked is when the camera s output vertical sync is in phase with the tri level sync reference www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 vertical sync 10 Industries Inc EE 8 Camera Commands For advanced users control of a Flare 4KSDI camera can be done using a terminal program or control can be incorporated into a custom user interface or application using the simple ASCII command protocol Below are some key points about the serial control e 8 bit 115200 baud 1 stop bit and no parity All sent commands end with a carriage return ODh which can also be sent at any time to reset the uart receiver state machine within the camera and return it to an idle ready state e Commands are 3 ASCII characters followed by the setting or simply a carriage return when no settings are associated with the command e Aspace is sent between the command and the setting All settings are in hexadecimal e All commands letters are in lower case including settings hex values a f e query a command a carriage return is sent after the last command character e Succes
22. ck in color conversion Digital gain applied to sensor input up to 4x Set lens aperture Set focus step size Set lens focus to infinity Set lens focus to minimum Step lens focus towards infinity Step lens focus towards minimum Reset EF lens control Report lens status www ioindustries com Format exd Y mpd YY ovr Y ndr Y dgn YYY ape YY fst YY fci fcz fsi fsz Inr Ins Y 39 Command Exposure Display Master Pedestal Overshoot Dynamic Range Compression Disable Digital Gain Lens Aperture Lens Focus Step Lens Focus to Infinity Lens Focus to Zero Lens Focus Step Infinity Lens Focus Step Zero Lens Reset Lens Status IO Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notes 1 enable bypass 0 return lens control to camera Enabling lens control bypass connects the serial interface directly to the lens adapter at the baud rate specified by Ibr command 0 9600 1 14400 2 19200 default 3 38400 4 57600 5 115200 NOTE the EF lens adapters are set to 19200 during production 0 Scan full focus range for highest contrast 1 Stop at first high contrast position 0 115200 1 460800 2 921600 Factory calibrated advanced sensor option recommended to change Not Factory calibrated advanced sensor option Not recommended to change Factor
23. command is the active line mid IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 12 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual grey tone line If a command is not selectable the right arrow will not appear when the line is selected For example changing the exposure angle is not possible when auto exposure is enabled Figure 4 shows the Shutter ISO sub menu with the value command selected E Figure 4 Shutter ISO sub menu with value command selected When a command is selected the current setting is shown to the right of the sub menu Only the selected command line is displayed with yellow text and the rest of the sub menu text is changed to a mid grey value Use the Up and Down scroll keys to change the command parameter indicated by the up down arrows shown at the end of the parameter line When the lowest parameter value for the command is reached only the up arrow will be displayed and when the highest parameter value is reached only the down arrow will be displayed If there is only one option for the command neither the up nor down arrow will be shown To return to the sub menu press the Left scroll key Some commands will change the parameter immediately like the exposure angle shown in Figure 4 For commands that take longer to execute video format and those which present a list of available options to select save to user set the Enter key will be shown at the end of the parameter line The General sub menu with the video form
24. correct for flicker from a light source The Random Row Correction algorithm reduces the random row noise from the sensor readout When enabled columns 1 8 and 4089 4096 are electrically dark giving a reference for the noise and used in the correction algorithm In a 4K output mode these columns will be black In an UHD output mode the 3840 columns used are centered on the sensor so the electrially dark columns are not visible in the output image www ioindustries com IO Industries Inc 28 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 4 Firmware Update Utility The FPGA firmware in a Flare 4KSDI camera can be updated using a USB to RS 485 adapter connected to a PC running 32 bit or 64 bit Windows XP 2000 Vista Win7 operating system Non volatile memory is used to store the FPGA firmware in the Flare 4KSDI cameras If power to the camera is lost during the update process or power is cycled on a camera after an unsuccessful update the camera will no longer function and will have to be returned to lO Industries for programming at the expense of the customer Please contact IO Industries if a firmware update is required Figure 17 shows the firmware update utility flare_isp exe r Flare Firmware Updater aA po PES gt Pick a Firmware Model C Users AndrewG Documents I10 Industries Flare_4KSDI_v01 fpf Select Cameras to Update Model Serial No Firmware Update Status Flare 4KSDI C60E2801 1
25. e holding down the left mouse button Once focus is on the slider bar the following keyboard options can also be used to change the setting e Left right or up down arrow keys for fine adjustment Page Up Down keys for coarse adjustment e Home and End keys to set value to min or max respectively IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 17 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 4 General View The General control view is shown in Figure 6 Flare SDI Camera Control 1 3 10 0 Se 2 Bo 3 4 1 Camera O Flare 4KSDI 2C0E2701 2 The model serial number and firmware version are shown in this section for the Exp Gain Color Gamma LUT selected camera Output Lens Control Advanced Reset Camera 3 4 2 Stored Profiles Model Flare 4KSDI To change the power up profile of the camera Serial Number 2C0E2701 select one of the 8 user profiles or the factory Firmware 07 profile in the drop down list Stored Profiles To load a user set or the factory profile press the Load button Select one of the 8 user set Power up Using Factory Default Profile profiles or the factory profile in the drop down load Save Rename list Output Format To save the current camera settings to one Video Format UHDp23 98 of the 8 user profiles press the Save button Select the profile from the drop list and press the OK button Link Configuration Quad Link Color Sampling Y Cr Cb 2 Raw Inte
26. e parts included with the 4KSDI P N 4KSDIKITxx y A A P N ACPWRTAPxx P N CABUSB4852M AC DC adapter 2m USB control cable xx NA EU UK PC control interface P N 4KLENSMOUNT P Passive PL Mount Revision 3 4 q 3 P N FLARESDIRMT P N CABFLAREBATT Handheld remote Power control cable AKSDI Camera Head Controls OSD Lemo D Tap Hirose Includes one passive lens adapter FP Figure 24 Flare 4KSDI kit accessories Figure 25 shows additional lens mounts P N 4KLENSMOUNT E P N 4KLENSMOUNT F Passive EF Mount Passive F Mount P N 4KLENSMOUNT A Active EF Mount Includes replacement CABFLAREBATT Control via handheld remote or serial Figure 25 Lens mounts Figure 26 shows the various cable accessories 10 Industries Inc www ioindustries com 49 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Q gt P N CABLEMO3M P N FLAREPWRHR 3m RS485 extender 12 pin connector Le P N CABUSB4855M 5m USB control cable Figure 26 Cabling accessories IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 50 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 11 Document Revision History Revision Date Modification Preliminary 2 0 Early adopter s release 3 0 04 17 2015 General release 3 1 04 28 2015 Added description of desaturate whites feature dst see Table 10 3 2 05 15 2015 Update for firmware versions Ox0b and OxOc See firmware revision history for changes 3 3 06 08
27. etup and some examples are provided when using Tera Term a free terminal emulator for Windows to control the camera The setup is similar on any other Windows based terminal program Tera Term Serial port setup The serial port setup in Tera Term 5 shown in Figure 21 Port Ka J Check the Windows Device Manager Baud rate 115200 under Ports COM amp LPT heading to see which com port number the USB to RS Data 8 bit 485 adapter has been assigned Parity Set port settings to 115200 baud 8 bit Stop data 1 stop bit no parity and no flow control Flow control Transmit delay 0 msecjchar 0 msecjline Figure 21 Serial port setup Tera Term Tera Term Terminal setup Terminal size New line The terminal setup is shown in Figure 22 em 06 e te al setup IS SNO gure x 35 Recelve EH 4 gt Enable Local echo Term size win size Transmit cr sl gt Set the New line Receive option to CR LF gt Leave all other options as default Terminal ID YT100 v Local echo Answerback O Auto switch VT lt gt TEK Coding receive Coding transmit um gt mm gt locale american CodePage 65001 Figure 22 Terminal setup Tera Term IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 45 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Note that Tera Term does not display non printable characters such as ACK and NAK Figure 23 shows an example of several commands being sent
28. f no change 1 N 1 25 2 N 1 5 3 N 1 75 0 4 5 ITU R BT 709 Gamma transfer function V 4 5V Vs 0 018 V 1 099 0 099 V gt 0 018 Normalized input to function Y X 0 off no change 1 N 1 2 0 2 N 1 1 75 3 N 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 0 0 12 5 0 127 in 10 bit pixel range 1 25 0 255 2 50 0 511 12 bit LUT in raw data path 10 bit lut file interpolated to 12 bit on load Up to 4 custom LUTs saved to non volatile memory 0 off no change 1 Use LUT 1 2 Use LUT 2 3 Use LUT 3 4 Use LUT 4 10 bit RGB LUT different table for each color plane Up to 6 custom LUTs saved to non volatile memory 0 off no change 1 Use RGB LUT 1 2 Use RGB LUT 2 3 Use RGB LUT 3 4 Use RGB LUT 4 5 Use RGB LUT 5 6 Use RGB LUT 6 Primary exposure time in microseconds Revision 3 4 Description Full image gamma Lookup Table LUT Black gamma LUT Percentage of pixels values affected by black gamma LUT Enable custom LUT Enable RGB custom LUT Primary exposure time in microseconds www ioindustries com Format fgm Y bgm Y bgl Y lut Y rgl Y ex1 YYYY 38 Command Full Image Gamma Black Gamma Black Gamma Level RAW Custom LUT RGB Custom LUT Primary Exposure Time 10 Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual N
29. haracter Button ASCII Character hex value hex value Enter 5 35h A 1 31h Left Scroll 4 34h A held lt 3Ch Right 6 36h B 3 33h Up 2 32h B held 3Dh Up held 3Ah C 7 37h Down 8 38h C held gt 3Eh Down held 3Bh D 9 39h D held 2 3Fh Table 5 Keyboard ASCII command values www ioindustries com 10 Industries Inc 15 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 Host Control Utility A utility is provided to control the Flare 4KSDI cameras using a USB to RS 485 adapter connected to a PC running 32 bit or 64 bit Windows XP 2000 Vista Win7 operating system Other RS 485 adapters can be used however contact lO Industries for a list of supported devices 3 1 Installation The control utility installer flare_sdi exe or flare_sdi_x64 exe can be downloaded at the following URL http www ioindustries com provideo products 4ksdi_downloads html Follow the steps below to install the application 1 Extract the installers from the downloaded zip file 2 Run flare_sdi exe or flare_sdi_x64 exe 3 Press Next on the first screen Welcome to the Flare SDI Software Setup Wizard 4 Choose a destination folder for the install location Use the Browse button to navigate the system for a location 5 Choose which components to install on the Choose Components screen 6 Press Install button 7 Part way through a driver installer package for the USB to RS 485 cable adapter will also run Fo
30. hich bypasses the internal camera color data path Note the raw output is automatically in the extended range SMPTE 274M Section 8 7 Use the nterleave checkbox to enable 221 SMPTE 425 5 image mapping Leaving this checkbox un checked means that quadrant based image mapping will be used 3 5 Exposure Gain View The Exposure Gain control view with Fixed exposure mode selected is shown in Figure 7 Flare SDI Camera Control 1 3 10 0 Sax 55 5 Flare 46501 1 General explain J Color Gamma LUT Output Lens Control Advanced 2 Reset i Exposure Exposure Mode 0 Fixed Automatic Exposure 20797 2 us App 0 ISO Sensitivity o 300 400 600 800 1200 Digital Gain Gain 1000 app J Figure 7 Exposure Gain view 3 5 1 Exposure Use the slider bar in the exposure section to set the exposure time or enter the value and press the Apply button Use the up down arrows for fine adjustments to the exposure value The exposure section with Automatic exposure mode selected and Auto Mode set to Exposure Aperture Digital Gain is shown in Figure 8 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Ki Flare SDI Camera Control 1 3 10 0 2 ja Flare 46501 1 y AAA Output LensControl Advanced preset Exposure Exposure Mode Fixed 0 Automatic Auto Mode Exposure Aperture Digital Gain Speed Slow T
31. ings to user set page Load settings from user set page Open user set name for editing Write ASCII character to open user set Save currently opened user set name Read user set or LUT name Internal camera temperature www ioindustries com Format feo YYYY dcm Y pup Y awb cam ser ver gcp hip rst fac sav Y lod Y onm Y wnm Y snm rnm Y tmp 42 Command Exposure Offset Disable CCM Ancillary Packet Power up Profile Auto White Balance Camera Model Serial Number Firmware Version Get Camera Parameters Help Reset Camera Load Factory Settings Save to User Set Load from User Set Open User Set Name Write User Set Name Save User Set Name Read User Set Name Temperature 10 Industries Inc 43 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Command Format Description Notes Color Presets cpr Y Color temperature presets 0 Custom 1 Tungsten 3200K 2 Fluorescent 4000K 3 Daylight 5500K 4 Cloudy 6000K 5 Shady 7000K Table 10 Command summary IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 44 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 8 2 Terminal Program in Windows Terminal programs such as HyperTerminal Tera Term or Realterm for Windows can be used to control a Flare 4KSDI camera using the ASCII commands shown in Table 11 In this section the s
32. ision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Modification exposure time aperture setting would oscillate around target Speed control not working properly New Feature s Improved overall auto exposure gain and aperture algorithm Revision 3 4 Date www ioindustries com 52 Revision 10 Industries Inc
33. llow the instructions 8 Depending on the system a reboot may be necessary when the installation completes IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 16 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 2 Component Setup Once the control utility has been installed follow the steps below to setup the Flare 4KSDI camera system e Put lens on camera e Connect power supply or battery to camera e Connect coax cables to SDI output 1 2 3 and 4 and connect the other end of the cables to a monitor or recorder Note only two cables are required in dual link mode e Plug USB to RS 485 control cable into PC USB side and connect other end of cable DB9 or Lemo connector to power cable extension connector e With the camera powered start host application flare_sdi_ctrl exe There are 7 main views to the control application which are described in the following sections e General Exposure Gain Color Gamma LUT Output Lens Control and Advanced When the application starts all detected camera s serial numbers will be in the drop list at the top of application interface A refresh button in the top left corner will force the application to re search all available COM ports in the system for Flare SDI cameras Select the serial number of the camera to control in the drop list 3 3 Slider Bar Control Many parameters in the control utility are changed using a slider bar control Use the mouse to move the slider bar to change values whil
34. m 1 Y channel only on all four output connectors A savable command dem can be used to disable the insertion of the ancillary data packet if it causes problems with receiving equipment Set dem 1 to disable the insertion By default insertion is enabled dem 0 The format of the Type 2 ancillary data packet is shown in Table 11 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Revision 3 4 Data 0x000 Ox3FF Ox3FF 0x255 Ox2AA 0x212 always 18 10 bit User Data Words Word 0 10 8 Crr 7 0 Word 1 10 8 00 8 Crr 13 8 Word 2 10 8 Crg 7 0 Word 3 10 8 00 8 Crg 13 8 Word 4 10 8 Crb 7 0 Word 5 10 amp 00 amp Crb 13 8 Word 6 10 8 Cgr 7 0 Word 7 10 8 00 8 Cgr 13 8 Word 8 10 8 Cgg 7 0 Word 9 10 8 00 8 Cgg 13 8 Word 10 10 8 Cgb 7 0 Word 11 10 8 00 8 Cgb 13 8 Word 12 10 8 Cbr 7 0 Word 13 10 amp 00 8 Cbr 13 8 Word 14 10 8 Cbg 7 0 Word 15 10 8 00 8 Cbg 13 8 Word 16 10 8 Cbb 7 0 Word 17 10 amp 00 8 Cbb 13 8 Checksum Type ADF DID SDID DC UDW CS 47 Table 11 CCM ancillary data packet structure www ioindustries com 10 Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 48 10 Ordering Information Figure 24 shows th
35. menu to indicate how to exit the main menu Press the Enter button to close the main menu The only features not available when using the remote control are renaming user sets and Look Up Tables LUT and loading custom or RGB LUTs into the camera These features require the 4KSDI to be connected to a PC and can found in the Flare Control software Use the Up and Down scroll keys on the keypad to navigate the main menu indicated by the up down arrow in the top right corner of the menu The currently selected line is indicated by the mid grey level The menu background is the lightest grey tone and the title line is the darkest Press the Right scroll key to select a sub menu IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 11 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 2 2 Sub Menus While in the main menu press the Right scroll key to select a sub menu The Shutter ISO sub menu is shown in Figure 3 VALUE FORMAT TAEGET LUMA AITO SHUT MIA MH AUTO IRIS MIN ME HUTO GAIN MIA MAS AUTO SPEED 1S0 DIGITAL GHIN Figure 3 Shutter ISO sub menu The Left scroll button symbol is shown in the top left corner of any sub menu to indicate how to return to the main menu Press the Left scroll button to return to the main menu Use the Up and Down scroll keys on the keypad to navigate the selected sub menu commands indicated by the up down arrow in the top right corner of the menu To select a command press the Right scroll key while that
36. ol with host application or handheld remote On Screen Display OSD menu overlay Digital gain up to 4x 12 dB Low power 11W 12V 1 2 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 2 Remote Control A handheld remote control can be used to control the Flare 4KSDI camera The remote body is made from machined aluminum with a 9 button membrane keyboard making it extremely rugged and durable On three sides of the remote there are 1 4 20 tripod mounting holes and the bottom side has a 4 pin LEMO connector for power and communications Figure 1 shows the front view of the remote control with a description of the button functions Indicator LED Handheld Remote Button Description Menu Enter enables disables the OSD executes menu commands A Button Lens control open lens aperture B Button Lens control step focus towards infinity C Button Lens control close lens aperture D Button Lens control step focus towards near Up Arrow OSD on navigate up OSD off increase exposure Right Arrow OSD on navigate right OSD off one shot color balance Down Arrow OSD on navigate down OSD off decrease exposure Left Arrow OSD on navigate left OSD off cycle ISO 0000090000 Figure 1 Remote control www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 10 Industries Inc NA AMES Or The mechanical specifications are shown in Table 3 Specification Descri
37. oot enabled in accordance with SMPTE 274M section 8 12 3 8 3 Dynamic Range Compression Dynamic range compression is used during the color space conversion from RGB to YCbCr to ensure the output values are within the expected range Select the Disabled checkbox in the Dynamic Range Compression section to bypass the compression block With the compression disabled the dynamic range of the scene increases while the contrast decreases IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 26 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 3 9 Lens Control View ES Fiare SDI Camera Consol 1300 a The Lens Control view is shown in Figure 15 re mera Con PA Flare 4KSDI 2C0E2701 3 9 1 Aperture General Exp cain Color GammafuT The aperture setting controls the iris in the Output J LensControl Advanced 4 Reset lens to vary the amount of light it allows into Seen the camera An aperture value of zero ian SR corresponds to a fully open aperture The maximum number of aperture steps varies from lens to lens Focus 3 9 2 Focus The large arrow buttons are used to change the focus position of the lens From left to right the button functions are move focus to minimum step focus towards minimum step focus towards infinity and move focus to infinity The Step Size adjustment controls how far the lens moves with each press of the step arrows The effect of the step size can
38. otes 0 Degrees 1 Microseconds Range 0x00 to 0x7F Value added to RGB pixels values prior to Y Cb Cr color conversion 0 off legal output SMPTE 274M 8 7 Y range 64 940 Cb and Cr range 64 960 1 on extended output SMPTE 274M 8 12 Y Cb and Cr range 4 1019 0 Range compression enabled 1 Range compression disabled Parameter range 0x001 Oxfff 0 00098 3 99902 2 10 fixed point multiplier Parameter value of 0x400 equals 1 0x gain Parameter range varies from lens to lens 0 corresponds to a fully open aperture Parameter range 0x04 to 8 Effect of step size varies from lens to lens Moves lens focus to infinity position Moves the lens focus to its minumum position Steps the lens focus towards infinity using the current focus step size Steps the lens focus towards the minimum position using the current focus step size 0 Lens ready 0 no lens 1 lens ready 1 Focal length in mm 2 F number 10 eg 41 F4 1 3 Near focal distance stop in cm 4 Far focal distance stop in cm Focal distance stop of 65535 means infinity 5 Auto Manual focus switch position 0 AF 1 MF Focus commands will not work if switch is in MF position Revision 3 4 Description Exposure display format for On Screen Display Output black level master pedestal Output overshoot undershoot enable Disable dynamic range compression blo
39. ption Size 62 mm w x 99 3 mm h x 17 5 mm d Weight 150 g Mounting Holes 3 x 1 4 20 tripod top and sides Power Comm Connector 4 pin LEMO EGJ 0B 304 CLA Mating connector used on lO Industries cables FGJ 0B 304 CLLD52Z Table 3 Remote mechanical specifications The pinout of the power connector is shown in Table 4 Pin Description 1 RS485 2 RS485 3 GND 4 10 19 V DC Table 4 Remote power connector pinout 2 1 Getting Started The On Screen Display OSD menu overlay is in the top left corner of the output images In a quadrant readout format the menu is only present in the first quadrant SDI output 1 When the camera is operating in a Dual Stream output the menu overlay is only on SDI outputs 1 and 2 while outputs 3 and 4 provide a clean output with no overlays Press the Enter button in the center of the remote to open the menu The main menu is shown in Figure 2 IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 10 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual SHUTTER ISO COLOR GAMMA LUT OUTPUT or HL LENS LON TROL Figure 2 Main menu The main menu is overlaid in the top left of the image inside the safe action zone The menu is alpha blended with the luma portion of the image for transparency The top line or title line of the menu indicates whether the main menu or sub menu is currently being displayed The Enter button symbol is shown in the top left corner of the main
40. reset is selected To manually change the color multipliers or use the AWB or Tracking AWB features select the Custom button at the top of the Matrix section The CCM is used to compensate for cross talk induced by the sensor micro lenses and color filter process lighting and temperature effects The range of the multipliers in the 3x3 matrix is 8 7 999 in steps of 1 1024 0 001 The matrix is shown in Figure 10 R Crr Cre Crb R G Cgr Cgg Cgb x G B Cbr Cbg Cbb B Figure 10 Color matrix Each of the nine elements are colored to easily identify the colors effected by the multiplier To change one of the multipliers first select the element in the matrix with a left mouse click Selected element s value will be shown larger than the others Use the slider bar below the matrix to adjust the selected multiplier Press the Reset button to reset the selected element The identity elements Crr Cgg and Cbb are used for white balance These elements can be changed manually or press the Auto White Balance AWB button to perform an automatic color balance For continuous automatic white balance check the Tracking AWB checkbox The tracking AWB uses the entire image to evaluate the color balance and updates are made to the identity CCM multipliers every second frame The magnitude of the changes applied to the multipliers controls the speed and smoothness of the operation Use the slider bar to adjust the speed of the color changes
41. rleave To rename one of the 8 user profiles press the Rename button Select the profile to rename in the drop down list Enter the new name for the profile max 32 characters and press OK Figure 6 General view Note only the first 16 characters of the user profile name will be shown in the OSD menu overlay 3 4 3 Output Format Use the Video Format drop down list to chose the output resolution and frame rate The video format selection overrides the color sampling and link configuration options For example if the current color sampling is set to R G B 4 4 4 and the video mode is changed to UHD at 60Hz the color sampling will automatically be switched to Y Cb Cr 4 2 2 For frame rates 30Hz or lower both 10 bit R B B 4 4 4 and Y Cb Cr 4 2 2 color sampling are available Only Y Cb Cr 4 2 2 sampling is available for frame rates higher than 30Hz Use IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 18 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual the Color Sampling drop down list to chose the sampling format Use the Link Configuration drop down list to choose between Quad Link and Dual Link In the Dual Link configuration the four output streams are combined over two Level B 3G SDI links in a dual stream format according to SMPTE ST 372 Only frame rates 30Hz or lower and Y Cb Cr 4 2 2 sampling are supported in the Dual Link configuration Use the Raw checkbox to enable a raw output w
42. sful commands return ACK 06h generally seen as a dash in terminal programs invalid or rejected commands return NAK 15h generally seen as plus sign in terminal programs Note some terminal programs do not display non printable characters such as ACK and NAK e A query returns the command the current value the minimum and maximum allowable values within brackets a carriage return and finally an ACK e Get camera parameters command gcp returns all command settings e Help command hlp returns list of all available commands and brief description Examples 1 Set primary exposure time to 10ms in microseconds 10000 or 0x2710 Command ex1 2710 lt CR gt Response lt ACK gt 2 Query primary exposure time Command ex1 lt CR gt Response ex1 2710 0047 a267 lt CR gt lt ACK gt IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 36 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual 8 1 Command Summary Table 10 summarizes all available commands The presence and size of a command s parameters are shown with the letter Y see Format column Each letter Y represents a hexadecimal digit from 0 to f Command Format Description Notes Video Format vid YY Video output format 00 UHD 23 98Hz 01 UHD 24Hz 02 UHD 25Hz 03 UHD 29 97Hz 04 UHD 30Hz 05 UHD 50Hz 06 UHD 59 94Hz 07 UHD 60Hz 08 4K 23 98Hz 09 4K 24Hz 08 4K 25Hz Ob 4K 29 97 Hz Oc 4K 30Hz 00 4K 47 95Hz Oe 4K 48Hz 0 4 50Hz
43. u Y 41 Command AEC Minimum Gain AEC Maximum Gain AEC Minimum Aperture AEC Maximum Aperture AEC AEC Speed Tracking Auto White Balance Tracking AWB Speed Column FPN PRNU Correction Row FPN PRNU Correction Random Row Correction Pulsating Correction Desaturate Whites YCbCr Conversion 10 Industries Inc Flare 4KSDI User s Manual Notes Range 0x0001 Ox7FFF 8 7 fixed point value Factory calibrated value not recommended to change 0 Enabled packet inserted 1 Disabled Sets one of 8 user profiles or factory default as the power up configuration Parameter range 1h to Fh Value 1 8 sets user profile 1 8 respectively Values 9 Fh sets factory profile One shot auto white balance Changes identity values of color correction matrix rr gg bb Returns all commands up to and including pup command Loads from power up profile Up to 32 characters per name Returns signed 7 8 fixed point 2 s complement value Revision 3 4 Description Exposure offset correction Disable CCM ancillary data packet insertion Camera power up profile Auto White Balance Returns camera model Returns camera serial number Returns FPGA firmware version Returns all current settings Returns summary of all commands Complete camera reboot Load from factory profile Save current sett
44. vary from lens to lens CIO Step Size 20 Lens Present Yes Focal Length 28 mm F Number 4 0 Near Focal Distance Stop 527 cm Far Focal Distance Stop 65535 cm AF MF Switch AF Figure 15 Lens Control view 3 9 3 Status Information about the current state of the lens is displayed in the status area Any value that the lens does not report to the camera will be displayed as zero If an EF lens is not connected to the camera the Lens Present box will be empty and all controls on this page will be greyed out Press the Reset Lens button to reset the lens controller IO Industries Inc www ioindustries com Revision 3 4 Flare 4KSDI User s Manual v d Revision 3 4 Y Lens Control Advanced A Reset Sensor Defect Correction Horizontal Line Bad Pixel Anti Flicker Random Row Correction 8 Flare SDI Camera Control 13 100 Elche O Flare 46601 1 y General Exp Gain Color Gamma LUT Figure 16 Advanced view 27 3 10 Advanded View The Advanced control view is shown in Figure 16 The Horizontal Line and Bad Pixel correction algorithms should not be disabled For more information contact lO Industries Inc The Anti Flicker correction block reduces the small difference in sequential frames from the sensor generally only visible with high gain or gamma encoding This feature is not intended to
45. y calibrated advanced sensor option Not recommended to change Factory calibrated advanced sensor option Not recommended to change Factory calibrated advanced sensor option Not recommended to change Factory calibrated advanced setting Not recommended to change Factory calibrated advanced setting Not recommended to change 0 off 1 0 off 1 Target luma value for auto exposure control Revision 3 4 Description Directly communicate with lens adapter Set RS232 baud rate to lens adapter Auto focus using EF lens adapter Set RS485 baud rate Odd line sensor offset Even line sensor offset ADC Ramp ADC Ramp Voltage 1 ADC Ramp Voltage 2 Sensor black level Sensor clip level Horizontal line artifact correction Bad pixel replacement algorithm AEC minimum exposure time AEC maximum exposure time AEC target www ioindustries com Format Icb Y Ibr Y afc Y 500 Y tof YYY bof YYY adc YY rv1 YY rv2 YY bik YY clp YY hic Y bpx Y amn YYYY amx YYYY aet YYY 40 Command Lens Control Bypass Lens Baud Rate Auto Focus Serial Baud Rate Top Offset Bottom Offset ADC Ramp ADC Ramp Voltage 1 DC Ramp Voltage 2 Sensor Black Level Sensor Clip Level Horizontal Line Correction Bad Pixel Replacement AEC Minimum Exposure AEC Maximum Exposure AEC Target 10 Industries Inc

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