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3. f Pleora S u E UDE a Technologies User s Manual The iPORT PT2000 CLM IP Engine February 6 2006 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies Inc 359 Terry Fox Drive Suite 230 Kanata Ontario Canada K2K 2E7 Tel 613 270 0625 www pleora com em Pleora Technologies These products are not intended for use in life support appliances devices or systems where malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Pleora Technologies Inc Pleora customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Pleora for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale O 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc All information provided in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable No responsibility is assumed by Pleora for its use Pleora reserves the right to make changes to this information without notice Redistribution of this manual in whole or in part by any means is prohibited without obtaining prior permission from Pleora Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 2 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies Table of Contents 1 0 coiere 5 1 1 The Scope of this User s Manual eee eee eee 5 1 4 Related ICC IIS sso scd al poc ena EN deni abre SOLO REN SR up M CER aetna 5 2 0 Overview of the iPORT PT2000 CLM ee ee eee eee eren nune 6 2 1 nib rr X 6
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5. 9 To start acquiring images simply click on the Start button By default Coyote will start acquiring images continuously into a separate window Optionally the application can be configured to acquire a single frame at a time or save a sequence of frames New Device 1 Coyote Camera Link Medium Mode 5 x File Device Tools Display Help Device Acquisition Diagnostic Control Frame save 1 Grab Continuous lt Frames to save fi E Infinite Stop n Frame Save To Save Signals Bad images passthrough Text File with IDs C Raw data file Ignore Missing Packets C Windows Bitmap C Movie Properties Current Channel Che Display Normal Fullscreen close with ALT F4 or ESC C None m Acquisition Information Display Rate 0 00 fps average 0 00 fps Last Image ID 00000000 Grabbing 0 00 fps average 0 00 fps Status Image 0000000000 Bad 00000 Last Error No errors Host PC Interrupt Count 0 Int 0x00 Mask 0x00 Time 0 Not saved in XML configuration files Configure Apply Figure 9 Acquisition Panel For color cameras the display window can be configured to support an RGB Bayer pattern using the Display menu Pixels will be formatted to display properly in the window Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 23 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 5 0 Signal Handling The P
6. CG2 CL DVAL B s gt i QI6 Ls CL CC3 cL sPR RJ 5 gt Qr m Ls CL CC4 GPIO CTRL O Q 12 wa GPIO FVAL GPIO_CTRL 1 i ar13 En 1 GPIO_LVAL GPIO CTRL 2 QUA GPIO TRIG GPIO CTRL 3 y a9 gt 16 1 S Pulser_Gen0 pg out 0 i ata D S Pulse Gen pg out 1 g Q 17 0 Q01 5 LUT Q 2 a S Pulse Gen2 _ pg out 2 ais Q 10 OPT_OUT 8 E S Pulse Gen3 pg out 3 CL CC3 D gt op 16 1 Q 17 16 Q 11 7 Q 3 E CL CC4 H in a pg out 3 0 ReScaler gt rsl out I 41 bckp HI pg out 0 4 Q 17 16 Q 11 7 Q 3 pg_out 1 in EE 16 1 pg out 3 0 ral out Delayer I del out 8 pg out 2 5 1 ref pg out 3 asoman ans a Gre Ina B 10 3 Tu rel out gpio_cnt 31 0 time jus 161 BP Eee Jd1 TIME 31 0 del out L B MASK 7 0 Q 17 16 Q 11 7 Q 3 gp cnt eq 1 er General m gp cnt 31 0 nn QU E up Purpose gt gp cnt eq gp cnt gt ant down Counter gt gp cnt gt 2 m 16 1 ts trig 3 0 REG_VALUE 31 0 limeStamp N REG_TRIG 3 0 Trigger gt ts trig 3 0 gpio_cnt 31 0 Generator qr7 36 gnn org E er TimeStamp E I ts cnt 31 0 X se Counter S Synchronization Bloc gp cnt 31 0 GPIO GMT S D Synchronization and Debouncing Bloc ts cnt 31 0 31 0 Figure 10 iPORT PT2000 CLM GPIO Control Block Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies
7. GND Ground 12 VCC 3 3 V at 100 mA max Table 7 IO Connector Pin Out for iPORT PT2000 CLM Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 31 Rev 060206 sm Pleora Technologies 7 0 Mechanical Drawings Figure 13 to Figure 16 are mechanical drawings of different views of the PT2000 CLM The enclosure is made from anodized aluminum and provides four mounting holes The mounting hole diameter and the slot width are both 0 17 0 01 inches All measurements are in inches unless otherwise specified The measurements have the following tolerances depending on the number of significant digits provided X 0 1 XX 0 01 XXX 0 005 FRONT VIEW Figure 13 Front View of the iPORT PT2000 CLM REAR VIEW Figure 14 Rear View of the iPORT PT2000 CLM Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 32 Rev 060206 9 g Pleora Technologies SIDE VIEW Figure 15 Side View of the iPORT PT2000 CLM 6 08 IT 4 PLACES 2 67 TYP 33 Figure 16 Top View of the iPORT PT2000 CLM Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 33 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 8 0 Additional Support For further technical support contact Applications Support at Pleora Technologies Inc by calling 613 270 0625 or sending an email to support pleora com 8 1 Revision History Revision Date Description 2 1 4 June 2005 Creation 060206 February 2006 Modified text to refl
8. Inc Page 25 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 5 2 GPIO Programming Signals Table 3 lists the GPIO programming signals for inputs specific to the iPORT PT2000 CLM IP engine The labels used for these inputs in the GPIO Look up Table depend on the input configured in the GPIO Look Up Table dialog Refer to the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines for further details Table 4 lists the GPIO programming signals for outputs specific to the iPORT PT2000 CLM as well as the labels for the outputs in the GPIO Look Up Table Input Signal Description TTL IN 0 TTL input 0 TTL IN 1 TTL input 1 LVDS IN LVDS input OPTO IN Optically isolated input CL FVAL Camera Link Frame Valid signal Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL LVAL Camera Link Line Valid signal Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL DVAL Camera Link Data Valid signal Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL SPR Camera Link spare signal Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal Table 3 iPORT PT2000 CLM GPIO Input Signals Output Signal Label Description TTL OUTO QO TTL output 0 TTL OUT 1 Q1 TTL output 1 LUT Q 2 Q2 Feedback signal into GPIO Look Up Table OPT OUT Q3 Optically isolated output CL CC1 Q4 Camera Link
9. The Camera Link specification provides four camera control signals which can be used in a variety of ways For information on how your camera uses them refer to its documentation The labels of the control outputs to the camera in the GPIO Control Block programming language are Q4 for Camera Link CC1 Q5 for Camera Link CC2 Q6 for Camera Link CC3 Q7 for Camera Link CC4 5 333 Camera Link Serial API This serial API is an implementation of the standard Camera Link API for serial communications Refer to Annex B of the Camera Link specification for more information about this API The API dynamic linked library DLL is named as dictated by the Camera Link standard format clser dll clserptk dll The file is installed in the C WINNT system32 directory The functions in the DLL are e clSerialinit Initialize the serial communication for a specific board clSerialRead Read bytes from the camera e clSerialwrite Write bytes to the camera O O O o Some applications may try to search for the clser dil files elsewhere than from C WINNT System32 Please refer to that application s documentation to find where to copy the clserptk dil file Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 27 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies clSerialClose Close the serial communication clFlushPort Flush all the data available on a port clGetErrorText Return a human readable version of an error code clGetM
10. control 1 Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL CC2 Q5 Camera Link control 2 Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL CC3 Q6 Camera Link control 3 Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal CL CC4 Q7 Camera Link control 4 Refer to camera documentation to find out how specific cameras handle this signal Table 4 iPORT PT2000 CLM GPIO Output Signals Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 26 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 5 3 Camera Interface 5 3 1 Camera Inputs All Camera Link cameras have four standard signals Camera Link Frame Valid FVAL Camera Link Line Valid LVAL Camera Link Data Valid DVAL and Camera Link Spare SPARE FVAL and LVAL can be activated by positive or negative signal edges or high or low levels and DVAL can be activated by high or low levels For information on the polarity and type of the signals required to support specific camera models refer to camera documentation The labels for Camera Link input signals in the GPIO Control Block programming language depend on the input configured in the GPIO Look Up Table dialog Refer to User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines for more details 5 3 2 Camera Controls The iPORT PT2000 CLM can send commands to cameras through the Camera Link Camera Control signals
11. 14 Rear View of the PORT PT2000 CLM sese 32 Figure 15 Side View of the PORT PT2000 CLM Ls ee 33 Figure 16 Top View of the PORT PT2000 CLM eseeeeeeereeeeneen nennen 33 List of Tables Table 1 iPORT PT2000 CLM Characteristics and Features eee 7 Table 2 Internal GPIO Connections wis sees sese eee eee 24 Table 3 3PORT P E2000 CLM GPIO Input Signals vsinssisussascvasespsivetsinsens Hevsaitesievesseavanesas 26 Table 4 iPORT PT2000 CLM GPIO Output Signals ss eee ee eee 26 Table 5 Camera Link Connector PIR OUL esencia eee 29 Table 6 Power Connector Pin Out for the iPORT PT2000 CLM eer 30 Table 7 IO Connector Pin Out for iPORT PT2000 CLM eene 31 Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 4 asm Pleora Technologies 1 0 Introduction 1 1 The Scope of this User s Manual This User s Manual describes how to access and use features specific to Pleora s iPORT PT2000 CLM IP Engine The engine is sold as a boxed unit A custom OEM board set is also available for qualified customers Contact Pleora for details 1 2 Related Documents The iPORT PT2000 CLM IP Engine is a member of Pleora s growing family of iPORT IP Engines For information about other available models visit www pleora com All the engines share one set of core features described in a document entitled User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines The iPORT PT2000 CLM IP Engine
12. Figure 1 Application Options Panel 4 2 Selecting the Device After restarting the Coyote application and unchecking the Display this dialog at application startup box the first step is to detect and select the IPORT IP engines on the network In medium mode Coyote will display the detection dialog twice once for each of the two internal engines that process the medium link Coyote will assume that its first device is the one that performs the following tasks e Serial port communication with the camera e Acquisition triggering and e GPIO signal handling Therefore it is important to select the first unit correctly The two engines inside the iPORT PT2000 CLM have consecutive MAC addresses You must always select the engine with the lowest MAC address first This engine is always the one closest to the power and GPIO connectors Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Rev 060206 Page 12 J 7 Pleora lt Technologies In the example in Figure 2 the MAC addresses are 00 50 C2 1D 78 87 and 00 50 C2 1D 78 88 In this case you would select the engine with the lower MAC address the one ending in 87 first Network Device Finder 5 xj amp Device 00 50 C2 1D 78 87 with IP address 192 168 2 254 Ea High Performance Driver 00 0E 00 5D D1 47 Device 00 50 C2 1D 78 88 with IP address 192 168 3 254 47 High Performance Driver 00 0E 0C 60 C4 50 Device Information Timeout ms 100 S
13. ORT PT2000 CLM engine handles signals in much the same way as other PORT IP engine models There are a few minor differences which are described in this section 5 1 GPIO Control Block The Programmable Logic Controller PLC in the iPORT PT2000 CLM routes signals through a sophisticated GPIO Control Block The iPORT PT2000 CLM has two GPIO Control Blocks one for each internal engine Figure 10 is the GPIO Control Block diagram Note that only the engine connected to the Camera Link 1 input has an IO connector For triggering purposes there are three GPIO connections between the two engines which are shown in Table 2 If for example an external trigger is used to start an acquisition this trigger has to be provided to both of the internal engines so that images are acquired from both the Camera Link 1 and 2 connections This can be achieved by programming the GPIO as outlined in the following sections IP Engine 1 IP Engine 2 TTL IN O TTL IN 0 Q2 TTL IN 1 Q7 LVDS IN Table 2 Internal GPIO Connections Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 24 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies TTL IN 0 S D Qio TTL OUTI O TIL IN SD H gt Qn NI S D TTL_OUT 1 LVDS_IN S D am K LUT Q 2 OPT IN S D l Q 3 OPT OUT cL FVAL RJ s gt Qm CL CC1 cL LvAL BE s gt Qf 3 E e GL
14. Tap Reconstruction The iPORT PT2000 CLM offers hardware based onboard tap construction as a standard feature Once you have set the pixel type mode you must set up the tap reconstruction mode This is done from the Tap Reconstruction Panel in the Camera Configuration Dialog To configure the Tap Reconstruction Panel refer to the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines Not all tap reconstruction modes described in the Shared Features manual are supported by the iPORT PT2000 CLM Contact Pleora if you are unsure which tap reconstruction modes are supported by your engine As noted in Section 4 4 2 the settings in the Tap Reconstruction Panel over ride settings in the Dual Output Format combo box of the Pixel Type Panel Note For tap reconstruction to work the camera MUST be configured in one of the balanced Medium modes described in Section 2 2 of this manual 4 4 4 Grabber Settings This section describes grabber settings in the Coyote application that are specific to the iPORT PT2000 CLM For descriptions of features that are not included in this section see User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines The Grabber Settings Panel shown in Figure 7 allows you to accommodate different Camera Link medium data formats Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 18 Rev 060206 Pleora L lt Technologies xi Tap Reconstruction Grabber 1 Features Grabber 2 Features Device 1 Fe
15. anufacturerInfo Return the name of the manufacturer clGetNumBytesAvail Return the number of bytes available for reading clGetNumSerialPorts Return the number of serial ports available on the system clGetSupportedBaudRates Return the supported baud rates clSetBaudRate Change the baud rate when opening the next port 5 3 4 CL Serial API Usage When an application loads the Camera Link DLL the DLL will search for and list all IP engines currently on the network The list is compiled from a zero based index in the order that the IP engines are found Note that the order may change depending on the available engines IP engines that are dynamically discovered on the network will be named using the following format MODE ZINDEX IP ADDRESS MODE Either Driver or UDP INDEX The index of the network adapter if there is more that one adapter IP ADDRESS The IP address of the device or Direct if the device is directly connected to a High Performance Driver card When loading the Camera Link DLL will also attempt to load a file named Config xml from the current directory of the application using the DLL If the file is present the IP engine information it contains will be added before the IP engines that are discovered on the network The Config xml file can be created using Pleora s Coyote application and must be saved in the directory of the application using the DLL For more information about the Coyote applica
16. atures Device H2 Features RGB Filter Image Settinas Pixel Type Grabber Settings Port Communication Channel 0 z Force Single Shot Frames to skip o 4 Automatic Internal Retrigger GPIO Triggerable Continous Pipe Count Two default F All channels Test Pattern Insert Image sequence ID in data Pixel Shifting Shift by 2 bits Invert pixel data Memory W ater Level 75 Data Port Mapping c B A default First half of medium link Max Pending Resends 512 m Medium Configuration Half Line Engine 1 Left portion Engine 2 Right portion Synchronization Group 1 Data Port Mapping c B A default lt Second half of medium link Show advanced configuration pages Close Apply Figure 7 Grabber Settings Panel for Camera Link Medium The settings under All channels define parameters for Pixel Shifting on both channels For example if the camera provides 10 bit data the grabber can be set to shift the data by 2 bits In this case the images transferred to the PC are the 8 most significant bits The Memory Water Level and Max Pending Resends settings also apply to both channels However note that the Data Port Mapping dialog box in this section applies ONLY to the base Camera Link port or the first half of the camera output A second Data Port Mapping box located in the Medium Configuration section of the panel is used to set the medium Camera Link port Se
17. e the description three paragraphs down The Medium Configuration dialog box sets the readout format based on how the camera operates in the desired mode For example Half Line Enginel Left portion Engine 2 Right portion is used if the camera outputs the first half left of each line on Camera Link 1 and the right half on Camera Link 2 Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 19 Rev 060206 _ _ Pleora Technologies The Synchronization Group dialog box is an advanced setting for systems that have more than one iPORT PT2000 CLM connected to the host PC When setting up subsequent IP engines a unique number must be selected this may be 2 for the second 3 for the third etc The Data Port Mapping dialog box allows you to set the data port mapping settings for the medium Camera Link port the second half of output The default mapping is CBA but other configurations are also possible 4 4 5 Grabber Features This section describes the panels in the Camera Configuration Dialog of the iPORT SDK that are used to configure grabbers for Camera Link cameras Click on the Grabber 1 Features tab to bring up the panel shown in Figure 8 There is another panel labeled Grabber 2 Features which represents the features for the second unit of the medium Camera Link connection Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 20 Rev 060206 Pleora L Technologies Configuration Advanced x
18. ect iPORT Software V2 2 0 Added Characteristics and Features table Reordered sections Updated formatting to comply with new Pleora template Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Rev 060206 Page 34
19. ed to quickly and easily enable third party or custom video applications For more information about the iPORT Connectivity Solution see the User s Manual Shared Features of PORT IP Engines Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 6 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 2 2 Characteristics and Features Table 1 lists key characteristics and features of the iPORT PT2000 CLM Hardware Available as OEM Available as Boxed 16 MB Std 64 MB Opt 128 MB Opt Onboard Memory Inputs Outputs TL Inputs TL Outputs VDS Inputs 8 x LVDS Programmable Logic Control timers Oolololirz 43ia4 2 g je g 8 8 Y jz z Slala 3 9 9 o amp oils S amp S SIS la lS o U c o oO Q D oO D to g S o Rescaler 16 bit Delayers General Purpose Counters lt nput Debouncing imestamp Generator imestamp Trigger ole adrars 2 O s 3 8 z o 3 9 elo o2 v o To nya oja Base 2 x LVDS CL Med 1 x LVDS CL 1 x TTL GPIO 3 66 Serial Ports UART PT2000 CLM Supply Voltage Power Consumption Typ 5 8 W measured at 10V Max 5 8 W Min 0 C Max 70 C Min 40 C Max 125 C Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Notes x xx Available since firmware version x xx NA Not applicable All features supported by iPORT S W 2 2 0 1 RGB supported as single tap 24 bits 4 NRE or other charges may apply Contact Pleora 2x16bs umber o
20. em should be tested and configured using Pleora s Coyote camera interface application Section 4 0 describes a few extra steps and considerations relating to the use of the Coyote application with the iPORT PT2000 CLM Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 9 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies To continue development please refer to the following manuals in particular User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines and iPORT C SDK Reference Manual Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 10 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 4 0 Camera Configuration and Control To acquire images from the camera using the Coyote application follow the steps outlined below Keep in mind that many parameters related to application requirements and camera configuration settings can be changed as outlined in the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines The main steps are 1 Make sure Coyote is set up in Camera Link medium mode and has been restarted 2 Detect devices on the network and select them This connects the iPORT IP Engine through the GigE links 3 Select the camera type that is connected to the engine Coyote provides a list of known manufacturers cameras and a generic camera type 4 Setup the image dimensions and pixel type desired for capture and the particular mode of operation in which the camera will be used 5 Acquire images The Coyote application provid
21. es a convenient tool for initial setup and testing It also gives users access to the full set of features provided in the iPORT C SDK Once familiar with these features developers can incorporate them into custom applications using the SDK 4 1 Setting Up Coyote for Camera Link Medium Start the Coyote application The first time you start it the Application Options Panel shown in Figure 1 will appear Make sure the Camera Link medium Mode box is checked Now restart the application When the application restarts uncheck the Display this dialog at application startup box Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 11 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies Application Options m Default Timeouts amp Packet size Answer Timeout ms 1000 First Packet Timeout ms o E Request Timeout ms 5000 Packet Timeout ms 500 i Packet Size bytes ei 28 E Command Retry Count 3 r Application Control Show device detection dialog on startup Show camera selection after detection J Camera Link medium Mode Reuse last configuration on startup v Do connection after camera selection v Go to acquisition tab after connection Memory Manager Simple Memory Manager Max Buffer Count 16 e High Memory Manager First Buffer ID 0 Izd M Release memory when application exits Last Buffer ID 255 Y Requires a restart of the application Cancel
22. es these limitations by allowing Medium configuration Camera Link cameras to stream imaging data in real time over standard Gigabit Ethernet GigE links or LANs The engine delivers long distance high performance bi directional links between medium Camera Link cameras and PCs Two synchronized GigE links transport data at 2 Gb s over 100 meters of low cost Cat 5 Category 5 copper LAN cable At the PC the GigE cables plug into standard NICs network interface cards chips These NICs are inexpensive and readily available in single dual and quad configurations The engine has a built in Camera Link frame grabber that removes horizontal and vertical blank times which helps maximize bandwidth usage in the GigE link The iPORT PT2000 CLM also handles control signals from the PC and other system elements These signals are routed through a Programmable Logic Controller that allows users to precisely measure and control the operation of conveyors encoders cameras and other components either independently from or in conjunction with the host PC on the network As one element of Pleora s end to end iPORT Connectivity Solution the iPORT PT2000 CLM is shipped with two powerful PC applications The iPORT IP Device Driver streams data to PC memory using minimal CPU capacity Users can choose from two versions the iPORT High Performance IP Device Driver or the iPORT Universal IP Filter Driver The iPORT SDK gives users the building blocks need
23. f a line on the first connector and the rest on the second connector s Half Frame the camera sends the top half of an image on the first connector and the rest on the second connector and e Interlaced The camera sends the fields of interlaced data on separate connectors To set up your camera in balanced mode you must first check the camera s documentation and locate the command to send to the camera Then you can use that command with the Port Communication Dialog described in the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines In 10 bit and 12 bit modes the camera must output tap 1 and 2 on the Camera Link 1 connector and tap 3 and 4 on the Camera Link 2 connector It is then possible to send 8 bit data by using the pixel shifting capability of IPORT to shift the data by 2 bits Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 8 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 3 0 Installation 3 1 System Requirements Please refer to the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines for the PC configuration and network equipment recommended for use with the IPORT PT2000 CLM Note that two GigE NICs network interface cards chips are required on the host PC One option for these two NICs is the Intel PRO 1000 MT Dual Port Server Network Adapter 3 2 Hardware Installation To connect the PT2000 CLM the following is required e A Camera Link base cable and Camera Link medium cable to connect to the camera b
24. f the signal Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 21 Rev 060206 aem Pleora Technologies Frame Valid Low Polarity When enabled the FVAL signal from the camera will be valid when it is low Otherwise the signal will be valid when it is high Frame Valid Edge Sensitive When enabled the device will be sensitive to the edges of the FVAL signal Otherwise it will be sensitive to the level of the signal Camera Clock Detected This control indicates if a clock from a camera was detected FVAL Function Selects the function used as Frame Valid inside the device The possible values are e Frame Valid from camera default e Frame Valid from camera AND GPIO Q12 from GPIO Control Block e Frame Valid from camera OR GPIO Q12 from GPIO Control Block and e GPIO Q12 from GPIO Control Block LVAL Function Selects the function used as Line Valid inside the device The possible values are e Line Valid from camera default e Line Valid from camera AND GPIO Q13 from GPIO Control Block e Line Valid from camera OR GPIO Q13 from GPIO Control Block and e GPIO Q12 from GPIO Control Block Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 22 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies 4 5 Acquiring an Image Once the settings are correct for the camera and desired configuration you are ready to acquire images from the camera This can be achieved using the Coyote Acquisition Panel shown in Figure
25. he iPORT PT2000 CLM uses a Hirose 6 pin power connector as shown in Figure 11 The part number for this connector is HR1OA 7R 6P its mating part number is HR10A 7P 6S Table 6 lists the six pins in the connector and describes the function of each Figure 11 Power Connector for the iPORT PT2000 CLM v Q o Pin Description VIN 4 5 V to 16 V regulated VIN 4 5 V to 16 V regulated VIN 4 5 V to 16 V regulated Ground Ground OJJ AJOJN Ground Table 6 Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Rev 060206 Power Connector Pin Out for the iPORT PT2000 CLM Page 30 smi Pleora Technologies 6 3 IO Connector The iPORT PT2000 CLM use the Hirose 12 pin IO connector shown in Figure 12 The part number for this connector is HR10A 10R 12S the mating part number is HR10A 10P 12P Table 7 lists the 12 pins in the connector and describes the function of each Figure 12 IO Connector for the iPORT PT2000 CLM Pin Signal Name Description 1 OPTO OUT Optically isolated negative output 2 OPTO OUT Optically isolated positive output 3 TTL IN 0 TTL input 0 4 TTL OUTO TTL output 0 5 TTL OUT 1 TTL output 1 6 TTL IN 1 TTL input 1 7 OPTO IN Optically isolated negative input 8 OPTO_IN Optically isolated positive input 9 LVDS_IN Low voltage differential signal negative input 10 LVDS_IN Low voltage differential signal positive input 11
26. how all devices Find Cancel Figure 2 Network Device Finder Panel From this point on with minor exceptions the Coyote Application treats a Medium Camera Link camera in exactly the same way it treats a Base Camera Link camera Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 13 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies 4 3 Selecting the Camera The next step is to select the type of camera being used On the main applications window click Select camera The screen shown in Figure 3 will appear Select the camera model you are using If there is no entry for your camera select Standard CameraLink Camera Select Camera Pleora Technologies Inc Adimec Atmel Corporation Basler AG CIS Corporation Cohu Inc Dalsa Corporation Devael GmbH Fairchild Imaging Inc ImperX Inc Cancel Options Figure 3 Select Camera Panel lt Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 14 Rev 060206 9 Pleora Technologies 4 4 Camera Configuration and Settings The next step is to configure settings for the camera selected Click Configure to bring up the Image Settings Panel of the Camera Configuration Dialog This panel is shown in Figure 4 4 4 Image Settings In the Image Settings Panel define the image width and height of your camera The image settings shown in Figure 4 for example are for a camera capturing images that are 8 192 pixels wide wi
27. ideo So Yes Yes Yes 4 01 Yes Yes 4 06 Base 2 Medium 1 Vi Base Camera Link Medium Camera Link used as FID Progressive Scan Yes Area Scan Yes ine Scan Y es Bayer PT2000 CLM Data Output Grayscale Bayer Formats RGB Pixel Depth bits 8 10 12 14 16 24 Min 20 MHz Pixel Clock Max 66 MHz Taps per Data Channel Medium 4 Note 1 Min 4 Default 640 Max 32 760 Min 1 Default 480 Max 16 383 Base Yes Base Yes ecimation Medium No Base Yes f Data Channels urces per Data Image Width pixels must be multiple of 4 Image Height pixels Table 1 iPORT PT2000 CLM Characteristics and Features Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 7 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 2 3 Supported Medium Modes The iPORT PT2000 CLM interfaces to most cameras that are compatible with the Medium configuration Camera Link standard The camera s output taps must be balanced between the engine s Camera Link 1 connector and Camera Link 2 connector For example the camera must send 2 taps on the Camera Link 1 connector and the other 2 taps on the Camera Link 2 connector A camera cannot send 3 taps on one connector and 1 tap on the other connector Most Medium Camera Link models have a selectable output mode see the documentation for your camera for more details The iPORT PT2000 CLM supports the following modes e Half line the camera sends the first half o
28. is one element of the iPORT Connectivity Solution As such it is shipped with two PC applications the iPORT IP Device Driver and the iPORT Software Development Kit SDK available in C or Visual Basic These software applications have their own documentation The iPORT Connectivity Solution also includes the iPORT High Memory Manager which is described in the iPORT IP Device Drivers manual As an option the solution can also include iPORT Hydra PC Communications Software described in the SDK C manual In summary this User s Manual complements and should be used in conjunction with up to four other documents e User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines e User s Manual iPORT IP Device Drivers e Reference Manual The iPORT C Software Development Kit and e Reference Manual The iPORT Visual Basic Software Development Kit Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 5 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 2 0 Overview of the iPORT PT2000 CLM 2 1 Highlights Traditionally applications based on Medium Camera Link cameras have been limited by e Distance camera to PC connections extend only 10 meters e Cost camera to PC links must run over costly specialized cable and terminate on frame grabbers and e Networking connections are point to point with no options for interconnecting multiple cameras or centralizing control and maintenance Pleora s iPORT PT2000 CLM IP Engine overcom
29. or unpacked as contiguous bytes with unused bits to keep pixels on byte boundaries for example three 12 bit pixels may be packed into 2 bytes or one 12 bit pixel may be presented in two bytes Configuration Advanced x Tap Reconstruction Grabber 1 Features Grabber 2 Features Device 1 Features Device 2 Features RGB Filter Image Settinas Pixel Type Grabber Settings Port Communication m Pixel Type Color space E Flags Dual Output Format Bayer RGB Matching Pixel Types RGE Color Grayscale 10 bits Current Pixel Type ID 0 YUY Color Luma and chroma r Conversion Options Starting Bayer Pattern Bayer Pattern GRBG _ Automatically adjust Bayer pattem based on the window offsets Use 3 3 Baver Interpolation more CPU intensive F Invert fields when de interlacing interlaced image data V Show advanced configuration pages Close Apply Figure 6 Pixel Type Color Space Options Tap Quantity Camera Link medium cameras output multiple taps over the 2 channels Set the number of taps for the camera you are using in this box Dual Output Format This combo box is not applicable to the iPORT PT2000 CLM Any setting you apply here will be over ruled by the hardware based tap reconstruction feature of the engine See Section 4 4 3 for more information Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 17 Rev 060206 asm Pleora Technologies 4 4 3
30. oth cables should be the same length e Two Cat 5 or Cat 6 LAN cables to connect the PT2000 CLM to two GigE Ethernet ports on the host PC e A power connector see Section 6 2 for more information and e Cabling for the I O connector if required see Section 6 3 for more information Inside the iPORT PT2000 CLM are two protocol engines with consecutive MAC addresses These connect the inputs Camera Link 1 and Camera Link 2 to the corresponding LAN sockets on the opposite side of the box Camera Link 1 connects to the LAN socket closest to the power supply and IO connector It has the lower MAC address Connect the Camera Link base cable with camera control to the Camera Link 1 connector Connect the Camera Link medium cable to the Camera Link 2 connector Connect the two Ethernet ports on the PT2000 CLM to the Ethernet ports on the host PC using the two LAN cables or alternatively through a suitable GigE switch Please refer to Section 6 3 for information about the IO connector The User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines describes how to program the internal PLC Power is supplied to the iPORT PT2000 CLM through the power connector 3 3 Software Installation The iPORT PT2000 CLM is supported by Release 2 2 0 or higher of the iPORT SDK The software included with each engine contains a self starting installation that installs the SDK utilities and drivers Once installation is complete the syst
31. r Settings Port Communication r Pixel Type Dual Output Format 2 taps Interleaved Matching Pixel Types Color space Grayscale z Pixel Depth 10 bits lt Tap Quantity NE Flags Normalized Packed Interlaced Format Info Grayscale 10 bits Y Current Pixel Type ID 000000000001 0002h Available converters r Conversion Options Starting Bayer Pattern Bayer Pattern GRBG F Automatically adjust Bayer pattem based on the window offsets F Use 3 3 Bayer Interpolation more CPU intensive F Invert fields when de interlacing interlaced image data V Show advanced configuration pages Close Apply Figure 5 Pixel Type Panel The following parameters need to be set xi Color Space Select the color space that the pixel values represent As shown in Figure 6 the options are Grayscale monochrome Bayer RGB camera s sensor uses a Bayer pattern matrix RGB Color pixel contains discrete values for RGB components and YUV color pixel contains discrete values for YUV components Pixel Depth Set the number of bits per pixel The options are 8 10 12 14 16 or 24 bits per pixel Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Rev 060206 Page 16 i Pleora Technologies Flags Select whether the pixels are packed unpacked or interlaced For pixel depths greater than 8 bits per pixel data may be presented either packed to fill bytes
32. th 800 lines per frame In the Image Type dialog box select the type of camera you are using There are two options line scan camera and area scan camera x Tap Reconstruction Grabber 1 Features Grabber 2 Features Device 1 Features Device 2 Features RGB Filter Image Settings Pixel Type Grabber Settings Port Communication Windowing Width Height 800 Offset X Offset Y 0 Binning X Binning Y 1 Decimation x 1 Decimation Y 1 Dec Block X 1 Dec Block Y 1 Image Type Line scan camera Field Mode Grab the next field r Undefined windowing When using undefined windowing the IP Engine is set up to use the frame valid PAL and or line valid LAL signals to detect the height and the width of the image The width and height controls are then used to set up the buffers of the application and are not sent to the IP Engine Undefined width Undefined height Ls IV Show advanced configuration pages Close Apply Figure 4 Image Settings Panel Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 15 Rev 060206 Pleora Technologies 4 4 2 Pixel Type Once the basic camera settings are configured use the Pixel Type Panel shown in Figure 5 to set the pixel type for the mode that the camera will use Tap Reconstruction Grabber 1 Features Grabber 82 Features Device 1 Features Device 2 Features Image Settinas Pixel Type Grabbe
33. tion see the User s Manual Shared Features of iPORT IP Engines Each configuration is then accessible with a zero based index corresponding to the available IP engine configurations of the Configuration file Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Page 28 Rev 060206 smi Pleora Technologies 6 0 Connectors This section provides information about the Camera Link connectors power connector and IO connector on the iPORT PT2000 CLM The Ethernet connectors are standard RJ 45 plugs 6 1 Camera Link Connector The iPORT PT2000 CLM uses two high density 26 pin MDR26 standard female Camera Link connectors Camera Link 1 and Camera Link 2 The mating part number is the 3M 224 31 series The connectors use the 3M 14X26 SZLB XXX 0LC cable or equivalent The pin out is the same on both connectors Table 5 lists the 26 pins on the connector and describes the function of each Pin Camera Link Signal 1 Inner Shield 14 Inner Shield 2 X0 15 X0 3 X1 16 X1 4 X2 17 X2 5 Xclk 18 Xclk 6 X3 19 X3 7 SerTC 20 SerTC 8 SerTFG 21 SerTFG 9 CC1 22 CC1 10 CC2 23 CC2 11 CC3 24 CC3 12 CC4 25 CC4 13 Inner Shield 26 Inner Shield Table 5 Camera Link Connector Pin Out Copyright 2005 2006 Pleora Technologies Inc Rev 060206 Page 29 asm Pleora Technologies 6 2 Power Connector T
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