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1. 2 1024 pixels 10x10um 3 512 pixels 10x10um a 4 4096 pixels 5x10um e Reverse Reading X ReverseReading Allows to output the line in the Reverse X direction This value is available in the CommCam Image Format Control section Read function r revr Return by the Camera 0 or 1 enabled disabled gt Write function w revr lt value gt 0 Disabled 1 Enables the reverse reading out e Output mode OutputMode Set the CameraLink Output mode This command is available in the CommCam Image Format Contro I section Read function ASCII r mode Returned by the camera Output mode from 0 to 10 see table below Write function ASCII w mode lt value gt detailed in the table below e Interlaced Mode nterlacedMode Set the Tap Interlaced odd even Mode This command is available in the CommCam Image Format Control section gt Read function ASCII r itrl Return by the Camera 0 or 1 enabled disabled Write function ASCII w itri lt value gt 0 Disabled 1 Interlaced odd even Taps enabled Only in Base 2Taps Output Mode The Interlaced mode is valid only when the Output mode is in Base 2Taps This means that gt f the Output Mode is set in something else than Base 2 Taps the Interlaced Parameter is disabled gt Ifthe Interlaced mode is enabled only Base 2 Taps m2. Returns the FPN Calculation Process Status 0 if finished 1 if processing gt Write function ASCII w calo 1 Launch the FPN Calibration Process w calo 0 Abort the FPN Calibration Process o FPN Coefficient Reset FPNReset Reset the FPN Offsets coefficient in Memory This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Manual Calibration section gt Write function ASCll w rsto 0 Reset set to 0 the FPN coefficients in memory This doesn t affect the FFC User Memory Bank but only the active coefficients in Memory USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 35 COV Bringing life to technology e PRNU Calibration o PRNU Calibration Control FFCCalibrationCtr Launch or abort of the PRNU process for the Gains calculation This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section gt Read function r calg ASCII Returns the PRNU Calculation Process Status 0 if finished 1 if processing gt Write function ASCII w calg 1 Launch the PRNU Calibration Process w calg 0 Abort the PRNU Calibration Process o PRNU coefficient Reset PRNUReset Reset the PRNU Gains coefficient in Memory This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Manual Calibration section gt Write function w rstg 0 ASCII Reset set to x1 the PRNU coefficients
3. 6 1 Control and Interface As all the e2v Cameras the UNIIQA CL is delivered with the friendly interface control software COMMCAM UCL as Ultimate Camera Link which is based on the GenICam standard COMMCAM recognizes and detects automatically all the UCL Cameras connected on any transport layers Camera Link or COM ports of your system Once connected to the Camera you have an easy access to all its features The visibility of these features can be associated to three types of users Beginner Expert or Guru Then you can make life easy for simple users Minimum version of CommCam is 2 4 2 in order to recognize the UNIIQA Camera all versions JET 5i Ea 1Y E CommCam i mo File View Setup Camera Epari t Colapse al Feature Value Device Control Image Format Control Acquisition Control Gains amp Offsets Transport Layer Control User Set Control Flat field correction Privilege Guru UNIQACI MCL ST 0 1 0 Version 1 0 0 SN VirtualSerial A C O eee USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 17 COV Bringing life to technology 6 2 Serial Protocol and Command Format The Camera Link interface provides two LVDS signal pairs for communication between the camera and the frame grabber This is an asynchronous serial communication based on RS 232 protocol The serial line configuration is gt Full duplex without handshaking gt 9600 bauds default 8 bit data no parity bit
4. w ffad 1 ASCII Enable the FFC Adjust function o Auto Adjust Target Level FFCAutoTargetLevel set the value for the User Target Read function ASCII r tfad Returns the Target value from O to 4095 gt Write function ASCII w tfad lt value gt Set the Target Value in 12bits e FFC Low Filter Width Low ilterFFCWidth Disable or Set the Low Pass Filter for the PRNU Calculation This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction section gt Read function ASCII r lffw Returns the Filter width 0 is disabled gt Write function ASCII w Iffw lt int gt Set the Width of the Low Pass Filter lt int gt is from 1 to 32 w Iffw 0 ASCII Disabled the FFC Low Pass Filter FFC Adjust A good usage When there are several Cameras to set up in a system on a single line the most difficult is to have a uniform lightning whole along the line If each Camera performs its own Flat field correction relative to the max of each pixel line the result will be a succession of Camera lines at different levels The FFC Adjust function allows to set the same target value for all the Cameras in the system and then to get a perfect uniform line whole along the system with a precision of 1 LSB to the Target The Maximum correction is x2 the highest value of the line The reasonable value for the User Target is not more than around 20 of the max value of the line
5. External Trigger with Exposure Time Internally Controlled 2 External Trigger with maximum Exposure time 3 One External with Exposure Time Externally Controlled The same Trigger signal defines the line period and its low level defines the exposure time 4 Two External Triggers with Exposure Time Externally Controlled CC2 defines the start of the exposure and also the start Line and CC1 defines the Stop of the exposure a 5 Internal Line Trigger with maximum Exposure Time gt Write function ASCII w sync lt value gt The Timing diagrams associated to each Synchronization mode and the Timing values associated are detailed in the APPENDIX B of this document USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 28 COV Bringing life to technology e Exposure time ExposureTime Defines the exposure time when set in the Camera This command is available in the CommCam Acquisition Control section Read function ASCII r tint Returned by the camera Integer from 15 to 65535 1 5us to 6553 5us by step of 0 1uUs gt Write function ASCII w tint lt value gt This value of exposure time is taken in account only when the synchronisation mode is free run 0 or Ext Trig with Exposure time set 1 Otherwise it s ignored taking in account the limitation detailed in the APPENDIX Bof this document The Minimum exposure time which can be se
6. 1 stop bit The baud rate can be set up to 115200 6 2 1 Syntax Internal camera configurations are activated by write or readout commands The command syntax for write operation is w command_name lt command_parameters gt lt CR gt The command syntax for readout operation is r lt ccommand_name gt lt CR gt 6 2 2 Command Processing Each command received by the camera is processed gt The setting is implemented if valid gt The camera returns gt lt return code gt lt CR gt The camera return code has to be received before sending a new command The camera return code has to be received before sending a new command Some commands are longer than the others Waiting for the return code ensure a good treatment of all the commands Without saturating the buffer of the camera 6 2 3 GenCP Compliance The camera is compliant with the GenCP standard It is also still compliant with ASCII command format Both types of commands are detailed in the next chapter GenCP requires a certain time for the command execution Maximum Device Response Time This register gives the max time for the execution of any command Usually it s set at a value lower than 300ms Ifthe execution time of the command is greater than 300ms the camera sends a pending acknowledge command which gives the duration of this command It can t be greater than 65536ms USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE
7. Gain 0 to 4095 The FFC processing can be completed with an automatic adjustment to a global target This function is designed as FFC Adjust This adjustment to a User target is done by an internal hidden gain which is re calculated each time the FFC is processed while the FFC adjust function is enabled The FFC is always processed with the max pixel value of the line as reference If enabled the FFC adjust module located at the output of the FFC module calculates the adjustment gain to reach the target defined by the User When the FFC result is saved in memory the adjust gain and target are saved in the same time in order to associate this gain value with the FFC result USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 37 COV Bringing life to technology User Target value Adjustment gain Standard FFC computed on the max of the line Iy Pixels FPN DSNU Calibration Cover the lens Launch the FPN Calibration Grab and calculation is performed in few seconds PRNU Calibration The User must propose a white grey uniform target to the Camera not a fixed paper The Gain Light conditions must give a non saturated image in any Line The Camera must be set in the final conditions of Light Gain and in the final position in the System f required set a user target for the FFC adjust and enable it White uniform moving target Use The FFC Low Band Filter if the Target can t move This will remove
8. 18 6 2 4 Error code table The error codes returned by the camera are compliant with the GenCP standard Status Code Hex Ox0000 Ox8001 Ox8002 Ox8003 Ox8004 Ox8005 Ox8006 Ox8007 Ox800B Ox800E Ox800F Ox8FFF AEG GENCP_SUCCESS GENCP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED GENCP_INVALID_PARAMETER GENCP_INVALID_ADDRESS GENCP_WRITE_PROTECT GENCP_BAD_ALIGNMENT GENCP_ACCESS_DENIED GENCP_BUSY GENCP_MSG_TIMEOUT GENCP_INVALID_HEADER GENCP_WRONG_CONFIG GENCP_ERROR USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 COV Brin ging life to technology Description Success Command not implemented in the device At least one command parameter of CCD or SCD is invalid or out of range Attempt to access a not existing register address Attempt to write to a read only register Attempt to access registers with an address which is not aligned according to the underlying technology Attempt to read a non readable or write a non writable register address The command receiver is currently busy Timeout waiting for an acknowledge The header of the received command is invalid This includes CCD and SCD fields but not the command payload The current receiver configuration does not allow the execution of the sent command Generic error PAGE 19 COV Bringing life to technology 7 Camera Commands The Following chapter is about the camera commands These commands are detailed in tables with both ASCII and Gen
9. Bringing life to technology 4 Standard Conformity The UNIIQA cameras have been tested using the following equipment A shielded power supply cable A Camera Link data transfer cable ref 1MD26 3560 00C 500 3M 1SF26 L120 00C 500 3M A linear AC DC power supply e2v recommends using the same configuration to ensure the compliance with the following standards 4 1 CE Conformity The UNIIQA cameras comply with the requirements of the EMC European directive 2004 108 EC EN 50081 2 EN 61000 6 2 CE 0168 4 2 FCC Conformity The UNIIQA cameras further comply with Part 15 of the FCC rules which states that Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 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 Warning Changes or modifications to thi
10. Settings The settings or Main configuration of the Camera can be saved in 4 different User banks and one Integrator bank This setting includes also the FFC and LUT enable This function is available in the Save amp Restore Settings section e Load settings from Bank Allows to restore the Camera settings gt Read function r refg ASCII Get the current Tap Bank in use gt Write function w rcfg lt val gt ASCII Load settings from bank lt val gt 0 Factory 1 to 4 for Users 5 for Integrator Save settings to Bank Allows to save the Camera settings in User or Integrator Bank gt Write function w scfg lt val gt ASCII Save the current settings in the User bank lt val gt 1 to 4 for User 5 for Integrator The integrator bank User Set5 can be written only if the Camera is set in integrator mode Privilege level 1 This integrator bank can be used as a Factory default by a system integrator Configuration Bank Usage User banks ae Sev User1 ae a Ram Memory ae OO Load User4 Load Save U Integrator USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 42 COV Brin ging life to technology APPENDIX USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 43 Appendix A Test Patterns COV Brin ging life to technology The Main test pattern is a fixed ramp from first pixel value 0 to the last one value 4096 A 1 4k Pixels 12bits Increment of 1 gr
11. from 0 to 4 lt val gt comes from UserFFCSelector XML feature Bank 0 are FFC sensor Bank 1 4 are FFC user 0x1700C sffc SaveFFCToBank 4 WO Save current FFC including FPN and FFCGain to FFC bank number lt val gt from 1 to 4 lt val gt comes from FFCSelector XML feature 7 8 1 Save amp Restore FFC The new processed FFC values can be saved or restored in from 4 x User banks Both Gains and Offsets in the same time but also the FFC Adjust User target and associated gain These functions are available in the Flat Field correction Save amp Restore FFC section Restore FFC from Bank RestoreFFCFromBank Restore the FFC from a Bank in the current FFC Read function r rffc ASCII Get the current FFC Bank used Returned by the camera O for Factory bank or 1 to 4 for User banks gt Write function w rffc lt val gt ASCII Bank lt val gt 1 to 4 for User banks Note Factory means neutral FFC no correction Save FFC in User Bank SaveFFCToBank Save current FFC in User Bank gt Can not de read gt Write function w sffc lt val gt ASCII User bank lt val gt if from 1 to 4 At the power up Last User Bank used is loaded in RAM Reset a User bank Reset the RAM FPN PRNU individually Save in the bank to reset Ram Memory Reset FPN Reset PRNU USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 41 COV Bringing life to technology 7 8 2 Save amp Restore
12. ntctincasee wens i oia 52 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 3 COV Brin ging life to technology aI OUI oera eet cepa etein eae eiacopad eidseag E E abenpaneenenadubveipad E ES 52 D2 OVINE ss arsmceenacees enn E E E E A 53 Appendix E COMMCAM CONNECTION cccsceccccscsceccccscsceccccecsceccccecscscescecscnceccccscecececcecsceceecess 54 Appendix F REVISION HIStOlY dsscvicicuscanstssticsccadsswanscistancinsnsatsnisaleneankeiwanseussavaiasasatesaenlsndsateioonsaaad 56 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 4 COV nile life to technology 1 Camera Overview 1 1 Features CMOS Monochrome LineScan Sensors e 4096 pixels 5xS5um or 4096 pixels 5x10um Versatile models Only e 2048 1024 or 512 pixels 10x10um Interface CameraLink Base or Medium Full Line Rate e Up to 40 kl s for the Base Version e Upto 100 kl s for the High Speed Version e Line rate limited at 40kl s in 12bits for all models Data Rate e 42 5MHz 60MHz and 85MHz in 1 or 2 Channels for Base version e 42 5MHz 60MHz and 85MHz in Base Medium Full or Full Deca for the High Speed Version Bit Depth 8 10 or 12bits Flat Field Correction Contrast Expansion Power Supply 10 15V PoCl Compliant Low Power Consumption lt 3 5W M42x1 Native and F Mount C Mount adapters available GenCP Compliant xml file embedded 1 1 Key Specifications Characteristics Typical Value Unit Sensor Charact
13. the defects of the target itself Launch the FFC Enable the FFC You can save the FFC result both FPN PRNU in the same time in one of the 4 x FFC User Banks The user target and Gain are saved with the associated FFC in the same memory Remove the FFC Low Band filter set to 0 if used during the Process Advices The UNIIQA Cameras have 4 x FFC Banks to save 4 x different FFC calibrations You can use this feature if your system needs some different conditions of lightning and or Gain because of the inspection of different objects You can perform one FFC to be associated with one condition of Gain setting of the Camera 4 Max and recall one of the four global settings Camera Configuration FFC Line Quarters Balance when required USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 38 COV Bringing life to technology 7 7 3 Manual Flat Field Correction The FFC Coefficients can also be processed outside of the Camera or changed manually by accessing directly their values in the Camera This is the Manual FFC In CommCam the User can access to a specific interface by clicking on click for extended control in both Manual FFC calibration and Manual FPN calibration sections File Typa selection troy Lipid ro Camere Downoad to Camara This will allow the user to upload download out in the Camera the FFC coefficients in from a binary or text file that can be processed externally exam
14. 0 E dII JIXZHN g A USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 53 COV Brin ging life to technology Appendix E CommCam Connection The Frame Grabber has to be compliant with Camera Link 1 1 Clallserial dll Clserxxx dll Clseryyy dll Clserzzz dll Clallserial dll Standard CameraLink Services Library In 32bits Must be located in program files CamerLink serial and location added to PATH variable In 64bits Must be located in program files CamerLink serial or e For 32bits version Must be located in program files x86 CamerLink serial and both locations added to PATH variable Clserxxx dll FG Manufacturer dedicated CameraLink Services Library In 32bits in the directory defined by the Register Key CLSERIALPATH REG_SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE software cameralink The directory should be program files CamerLink serial or any other specified In 64bits for a 64bits version in the directory defined by the Register Key CLSERIALPATH REG_ SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE software cameralink The directory should be program files CamerLink serial or any other specified In Windows 64bits for a 32bits version in the directory defined by the Register Key CLSERIALPATH REG_SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Wow6432Node software cameralink The directory should be program files x86 CamerLink serial or any other specified USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 54 COV B
15. 02dB Contrast expansion digital gain from OdB 0 to 14dB 255 step 0 135dB 1 Common black level from 4096 to 4095 step 1 Only available with binning Mode 10um pixel only 0 Multi Column Gain x1 1 Multi Column gain x Contrast Exp FFC Amp Adjust Gain Offset Gain vvY vv Vy w cm ax m Cc OUT PAGE 30 COV Brin ging life to technology Analog Gain in the ADC LL The only analog Gain available in the UNIIQA is located at the sensor level in the ADC converter This Preamp Gain is in fact a variation of the ramp of the comparator of the ADC Then 3 Values are available x1 x2 and x4 A gain x1 in a 12 bits conversion is equivalent to x4 in 10 bits electrons Comparator Ramps at different Gains or Format Clamp Black Ref Setting e Preamp Gain GainAbs with GainSelector AnalogAll Set the Pre amplification Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Read function ASCII r pamp Returned by the camera Integer corresponding to one of the 3 different step values 0 x1 OdB 1 x2 6dB 2 x4 12dB gt Write function ASCII w pamp lt int gt e Gain GainAbs with GainSelector GainAll Set the Amplification Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Read function ASCII r gain Returned by the camera Value from 0 to 6193 corresponding to a Gain rang
16. 44 mm 0 5k 10um Y 30mm 100 um Die flatness 50 um Rotation X Y plan 0 3 Parallelism 50um 3 2 Input output Connectors and LED C2V Bringing life to technology USB Connector For Firmware upgrade Q CameraLink Connector CL2 g t High Speed ver o nei w GN AICES SLJINMB SIAJ FCGY 2ADITENTANOCAKOLXYY A PN ae mma 8 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 Power Connector 10 15V DC Multi Coloured LED for Status and diagnostic CameraLink Connector CL1 PoCL PAGE 12 COV Bringing life to technology 3 2 1 Power Connector Camera connector type Hirose HR10A 7R 6PB male Cable connector type Hirose HR10A 7P 6S female WR 1 GND 4 p 6 PWR 2 GND 5 5 PWR 3 GND 6 j Power supply from 10 to 15v 4 Power 3 5W max with an typical inrush current peak of 0 32A during power up 3 2 2 Consumption and Inrush Current Typical current Power during the grab possible variation 5 Camera supply Supply 10V Supply 12V Supply 15V Max Speed mA mA mA P W mA P W Essential 309 3 09W 257 3 09W 209 3 14W High Speed 314 3 14W 261 3 14W 212 3 19W Power Time Max 3s Green Light Tok4 rr t it z u Established current Inrush current pic sl ie o eee 50 0mv _ 400ms 2 S0kEch s L 106mv er 1 81960 s 10k points J 24 Nov 2014 20 48 31 tet USER MANUAL U
17. 5 When the Pixel is 10x10us it is issued from a binning of 4 Pixels 5x5um The binning is made in two steps a TDI Like Summation on the column before the ADC conversion and then a Summation of the 2 columns in the sensor This last summation can be done after a division by 2 of each column value In this case the Full Well capacity is multiplied by x2 two output registers are used but the noise divided by V2 therefore the SNR is improved by a factor of v2 Web Direction 1 2 Memory Node Pixel Line A Pixel Line B USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 32 7 7 Flat Field Correction GenCP address ASCII GenlCam R W Description command command 0x12300 0x12304 0x12308 0x1230C 0x12310 0x12314 0x12318 0x1231C 0x100000 0x110000 ffcp rsto rstg calo calg Iffw ffad tfad ffca ffco ffcg FFCEnable FPNReset 4 PRNUReset 4 FPNCalibrationCtrl 4 PRNUCalibrationCtrl 4 LowFilterFFCWidth 4 FFCAdjust 4 FFCAutoTargetLevel 4 FFCAddress 4 WO WO RW RW RW RW RW RW FPNCoefficientsAccess 3192 Z RW PRNUCoefficientsAccess 8192 RW 2 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 COV Brin ging life to technology 0 Disable Raw sensor 1 Enable Reset FPN coefficients Reset PRNU coefficients FPN calibration control Read 0 no calibration in progress 1 Calibration in progress Write O stop calibr
18. 66MHz 290pSs 5 8m 7OMHz 270ps 5 4m 8OMHz 218ps 4 36m 85MHz 190ps 3 8m USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 49 COV Bringing life to technology C 2 Choosing the Data Rate Maximum Line Rates tables versus Data rate and Definition C 2 1 High Speed Models Data Frequency 85MHz Definition Base 2 Taps 8 Base 1 Tap 8 Medium 8 10 12bits Full 8 x 8bits Full 10 x 8bits 10 12bits 10 12bits Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Tper Line Tper Max us Max us Max us Rate Min Rate Min kHz kHz kHz Max us Max us kHz kHz 4096 Pixels 40 40 25 25 20 20 50 50 80 40 12 5 25 100 10 0 100 10 2048 Pixels 80 40 12 5 25 40 40 25 25 100 40 10 25 100 10 0 NA NA 1024 Pixels 100 40 10 25 80 40 12 5 25 100 40 10 25 NA NA NA NA 512 Pixels 100 40 10 25 100 40 10 25 NA NA NA NA NA NA Data Frequency 60MHz Definition Base 2 Taps 8 Base 1 Tap 8 Medium 8 10 12bits Full 8 x 8bits Full 10 x 8bits 10 12bits 10 12bits Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Tper Line Tper Max us Max us Max us Rate Min Rate Min kHz kHz kHz Max us Max us kHz kHz 4096 Pixels 28 57 35 14 3 14 70 70 57 2 40 17 5 25 100 10 0 100 10 0 3 2048 Pixels 57 14 40 17 5 25 28 6 28 35 35 100 40 10 25 100 10 0 NA NA 6 1024 Pixels 100 40 10 25 57 1 40 17 5 25 100 40 10 25 NA NA NA NA 512 Pixels 100 40 10 25 100 40 10 25 NA NA NA NA NA NA Data Frequency 42 5MHz De
19. CP forms See below how to read the tables GenCP address_ ASCII GeniCam R W Description command command 0x12100 tper LinePeriod RW Line period from 1 0 1us to 65535 6553 5us step 1 0 1us fr 06 f i Register address ASCII Command GenlCam Register size for the GenCP NA when pure SFNC name in Bytes RW Read Write omane Command GenCP command Command l details RO Read Only 7 1 Device Information These values allow to identify the Camera GenCP address ASCII GenlCam Description command command 0x0000 GenCPVersion Complying GenCP specification version 0x0004 vdnm ManufacturerName 64 R String containing the self describing name of the manufacturer 0x0044 mdnm ModelName 64 R String containing the self describing name of the device model Ox00C4 dhwv DeviceVersion 64 R String containing the version of the device 0x0104 idnb Manufacturerlnfo 64 R String containing additional manufacturer info 0x0144 deid SerialNumber 64 R String containing the serial number of the device 0x0184 cust UserDefinedName 64 RW String containing the user define name of the device 0x01C4 NA DeviceCapability 8 R __ Bit field describing the device s capabilities Ox1CC NA MaximunDevice 4 R Maximum response time in milliseconds ResponseTime e Device User ID UserDefinedName Camera identifier set by the User in a 64Bytes String Read function ASCII r cust Returned by the camera String of 64 bytes includ
20. E 39 COV Brin ging life to technology e PRNU coefficients modification Direct access to the PRNU coefficients for reading or writing The PRNU coefficients are read packets of x128 coefficients Read function ASCII r ffcg Read 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from address set by the command fcca Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values 2 Bytes per coefficient lt addr gt auto increments automatically after each read command gt Write function ASCII w ffcg lt val gt Write 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from address set by the command fcca lt val gt is the concatenation of individual PRNU values without space between the values 2 Bytes per coefficient lt addr gt auto increments automatically after each write command USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 40 COV Bringing life to technology 7 8 Save amp Restore FFC and Configuration User set GenCP address ASCII GeniCam R W Description command command 0x17000 rcfg UserSetLoad RW Restore current UserSet from UserSet bank number lt val gt from 0 to 5 lt val gt comes from UserSetSelector 0x17004 scfg UserSetSave 4 WO Save current UserSet to UserSet bank number lt val gt from 1 to 4 lt val gt comes from UserSetSelector 0 cannot be saved 0x17008 rffc RestoreFFCFromBank 4 RW Restore current FFC including FPN and FFCGain from FFC bank number lt val gt
21. NIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PaGeE 13 COV Bringing life to technology 3 2 3 Status LED Behaviour After less than 2 seconds of power establishment the LED first lights up in ORANGE Then after a Maximum of 3 seconds the LED must turn in a following colour Green and continuous OK Green and blinking slowly Waiting for External Trigger Trig1 and or Trig2 Red and continuous Camera out of order Internal firmware error Orange and Continuous Camera booting or upgrading 3 2 4 CameraLink Output Configuration Version Essential 4k 2k 1k 0 5k Base 1 Channel 8 10 12bits 1 x 85MHz 1 x 4096 1 x 2048 1 x 1024 1x 512 60 42 5MHz Base 2 Channels 8 10 12bits 2 x 85MHz 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 2x 512 2 x 256 60 42 5MHz Version High Speed Base 1 Channel 8 10 12bits 1 x 85MHz 1 x 4096 1 x 2048 1 x 1024 1x 512 60 42 5MHz Base 2 Channels 8 10 12bits 2 x 85MHz 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 2x 512 2 x 256 60 42 5MHz Medium 4 Channels 8 10 12bits 4 x 85MHz 4 x 1024 4x512 4x256 NR 60 42 5MHz Full 8 Channels 8bits 8 x 85MHz 8x 512 8 x 256 NR NR 60 42 5MHz Deca 10 Channels 8bits 10 x 42 5MHz 10 x 409 NR NR NR 60 85MHz NR Not required as the fastest speed 100kHz is already achieved by the precedent output mode with the lowest data rate ex 100kHz is achieved on 512 pixel in base mode with 2 x 42 5Mhz Medium is not required even for 10bits USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 14 COV
22. UNiiQA family Bringing life Line scan simplicity from e2v to technology C2V THE POTENTIAL gt YSTEN VI 4 E USER MANUAL UNITIQA MONOCHROME e2v com imaging 000o WE PARTNER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS TO IMPROVE SAVE AND PROTECT PEOPLE S LIVES Table of Contents COV Brin ging life to technology 1 Camera I orrea E ENEE A E A 5 1 1 FS Ee E A A suse OE E E E A N EE und E E E E E 5 1 1 IOV SPECION sir Te E T T 5 1 2 PSS Eg E acct EEE AEE EEE EEEE A EE AEE AEEA A 7 1 3 TYDE LAPPIA IO eE E EEA 7 1 4 MOU e E E E E E E E E E 7 CAIRO Or eS seseina EA ENEE EREN 8 2 1 Camera ite CLSN IZ AT IO IA are totenreseatea sauce chbcPanenenanineceunsaseren hess E 8 2 2 AE SUNS OE E AEAEE iecs weac teat EE EAE A AE EEE AA 9 2 3 Response amp QE CUVE S ern sen nen EE EEO 10 2 3 1 Auantin ECI A e E E E deukeoesteenceeties 10 2 3 2 Spectral Response CUTVES te ceacsecasnc snares nance nsaesorutvevtomencanden EE 10 3 Camera Hardware and Interface sesssssssssssosessssceosesessosososesessosseoseseososososessssseososessesoeo 11 3 1 Mechanical DAW 02S esere AS 11 3 2 input output Connect rs and LED ics ccessecsssepcceccectacuctasscdescordeyexsucacugecssaece savacisexeseeveacaciwersspersseeacs 12 3 2 1 FOW rC ONNO TON i E E E 13 3 2 2 Consumption and Inrush CUTrENt assises ins Ni iae 13 3 2 3 ss EED BENIO oa E E A E E E seed O E AE O EE 14 3 2 4 CameraLink Output Configuration essesssssrsserenserrrerresrrrsrrrsrrrustrrsrtrsrtrusrrrsr
23. USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 34 COV Bringing life to technology 7 7 2 Automatic Calibration e FFC Low Band Filter FFCAutoTargetLevel set the value for the User Target Read function ASCII r Iffw Returns the Filter Interval size from 0 to 32 gt Write function ASCII w Iffw lt value gt Set the Interval size for the filter 0 1 32 0 Disables the FFC Low Band Filter 1to 32 Set the interval size the value around the pixel for the Low Band filter When you can t provide a moving Target to the Camera during the PRNU Calibration you can setup the FFC Low Band Filter in order to remove the defect from the Target before calculating the FFC parameters The Value set in the FFC filter defined the size of the interval around each pixel The Filter will replace each pixel value by the average on the interval The FFC Low band filter is just an help to make in use the FFC PRNU part more easily This can be done with a non moving white paper as its defaults will be filtered in order to not being taken in account in the PRNU Correction Don t forget to reset the filter to O after usage e FPN DSNU Calibration o FPN Calibration Control FPNCalibrationCtr Launch or abort of the FPN process for the Offsets calculation These commands are available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section Read function ASCII r calo
24. ation 1 Start Calibration FPN calibration control Read O nocalibration in progress 1 Calibration in progress Write 0 stop calibration 1 Start Calibration Width of the low filter for PRNU calculation From 0 to 32 0 Disable 1 Enable FFC target adjust level from 0 to 4095 step 1 Set the FFC address to access auto incremental after each FFC access Address O to 2047 Red 2048 to 4095 Blue 4096 to 6143 Green Red 6144 to 8191 Green Blue Access to FPN coeff Format S9 1 256 512 to 1 1023 0 0 to 255 5 511 step 0 5 Access to PRNU coeff Format 1 13 1 0 to x2 999878 16383 step 1 8192 PAGE 33 COV Bringing life to technology 7 7 1 Activation Auto Adjust and LowPass Filter e FFC Activation FFCEnable Enable disable the Flat Field Correction This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction section Read function ASCII r ffcp Returns the FFC Status 0 if disabled 1 if enabled gt Write function ASCII w ffcp 1 ASCII Enable the FFC w ffcp 0 ASCII Disabled the FFC e FFC Adjust Function This Feature is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section o Gains adjust FFCAdjust Enable Disable the function Read function ASCII r ffad Returns the status of the function 0 if disabled gt Write function ASCll w ffad 0 ASCII Disable the FFC Adjust function
25. e of OdB to 8dB calculated as following Gain dB 20 log 1 Gain 4096 gt Write function ASCII w gain lt int gt USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 31 VV Bringing life to technology e Digital Gain GainAbs with GainSelector DigitalAll Set the global Digital Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Read function ASCII r gdig Returned by the camera Integer value from O to 255 The corresponding Gain is calculated as 20log 1 val 64 in dB gt Write function ASCII w gdig lt int gt e Digital Offset BlackLevelRaw with BlackLevelSelector All Set the global Digital Offset This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Read function ASCII r offs Returned by the camera Value from 4096 to 4095 in LSB gt Write function ASCII w offs lt int gt e Multi Column Gain MultiGain Enables the Multi Column Gain of x0 5 Available only in the 10x10um pixels sizes 2048 1024 and 512 pixels This value is available in the CommCam Image Format Control section gt Read function ASCII r mclg Return by the sensor 0 if disabled Gain x1 by default 1 if Gain x0 5 activated gt Write Function ASCII w mclg lt value gt 0 Default Gain x1 is active 1 Gain x0 5 is enabled Why Using a Multi Column Gain of x0
26. eReading 4 RW 0 disable 1 enable 0x1200C mode OutputMode 4 RW 0 Base 2 Outputs 8 bit 1 Base 2 Outputs 10 bit 2 Base 2 Outputs 12 bit 3 Medium 4 output 8 bit High Speed only 4 Medium 4 output 10 bit High Speed only 5 medium 4 output 12 bit High Speed only 6 full 8 output 8 bit High Speed only 7 full 10 output 8 bit High Speed only 8 Base 1 Output 8 bit 9 Base 1 Output 10 bit 10 Base 1 Output 12 bit 0x12010 clfq OutputFrequency 4 RW Configure the CameraLink Interface frequency 0 85MHz 1 60MHz 2 42 5 MHz 0x12014 srce TestlmageSelector 4 RW 0 Off Sensor image 1 GreyHorizontalRamp 2 whitePattern 3 GrayPattern 4 BlackPattern 5 GreyVerticalRampMoving 0x12018 temp Temperature 4 RO Read temperature value Format Integer in degree Celsius 0x1201C itrl Interlaced 4 RW Only available in 2 Taps Output Mode 1 Base 2 outputs is interlaced 0 Base 2 outputs is adjacent USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 23 eC VV Bringing life to technology e Sensor Mode SensorMode Defines the number of pixels and their size Only available for versatile models This command is available in the CommCam Image Format Contro l section Read function ASCII r smod Returned by the camera Integer from 0 to 3 gt Write function ASCII w smod lt value gt 0 4096 pixels 5x5um 1 2048 pixels 10x10uUm
27. eristics at Maximum Pixel Rate Resolution 4096 2048 1024 512 Pixels pixel size 5x5 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 um 5 x 10 Max Line Rate Essential Version CameraLink Base 20 40 40 40 kHz Max Line Rate High Speed version CameraLink Base 8 or 10bits 2 40 80 100 100 kHz CameraLink Base or Medium 12bits 3 40 40 40 40 kHz CameraLink Medium 8 10bits or Full 8bits 2 80 100 100 100 kHz CameraLink Deca 8bits 4 100 100 100 100 kHz Versatile Models Only USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 Pace 5 COV Bringing life to technology Typical Value Radiometric Performance at Maximum Pixel Rate and minimum camera gain 4096 4096 2048 1024 512 5x5 5 x10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 162 81 162 324 162 324 162 324 23 7 23 7 47 3 23 7 47 3 23 7 47 3 23 7 7 5 7 5 10 6 10 6 10 6 em 70 70 73 67 73 67 73 67 d o 42 42 45 41 8 45 41 8 45 418 BC Notes High Dynamic High Response High dynamic with the Use of Multi Column Gain 1 2 e2v norm more severe than EMVA 1288 Standard Functionality Programmable via Control Interface AnalogGain Upto Mechanical and Electrical Interface Wit E A S lensMount SSC Can MAR onthe FontFace USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME REV E 09 2015 PaGeE 6 COV Brin ging life to technology 1 2 Description e2v s UNiiQA line scan cameras family has been specifically designed to overcome the limitations of your current inspectio
28. ey level at each pixel Pixel O 1 2 3 sosi 4093 Value O0 1 2 3 PORA 4093 A 2 2k Pixels 12bits Increment of 2 grey level at each pixels Pixel O 1 2 3 Kon 2045 4094 4095 4094 4095 Gray Value N O oO O 2000 Distance pixels 2046 2047 Value 0O 2 4 6 eae 4090 4092 4094 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 Gray Value 1000 Distance pixels PAGE 44 A 3 1k Pixels 12bits Increment of 4 grey level at each pixels Pixel O 1 2 3 Value O 4 8 12 A 4 0 5k Pixels 12bits Increment of 8 grey level at each pixels Pixel o 1 2 3 Value o 8 16 24 1020 4084 509 4072 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 COV Brin ging life to technology 1022 1023 4088 4092 a 2 2000 amp 400 600 Distance pixels 510 511 4080 4088 Gray Value 200 300 Distance pixels PaGe 45 COV Bringing life to technology Appendix B Timing Diagrams B 1 Synchronization Modes with Variable Exposure Time Synchro Line Trigger per l CC1 or Internal Sync o Tint Exposure Time Th l ITC Trigger eS gg im f 4 tf Sync 3 Line Triggers CC1 Sync 4 CC2 i E E E e M eee lee lel Exposure Time Tintreat i i d In the Camera i sensor lt m No Exposure start before this point Tpi Timing Pixel During this uncompressible period the pixel and its black reference are read out to t
29. finition Base 2 Taps 8 Base 1 Tap 8 Medium 8 10 12bits Full 8 x 8bits Full 10 x 8bits 10 12bits 10 12bits Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Rate Tper Min Line Tper Line Tper Max us Max us Max us Rate Min Rate Min kHz kHz kHz Max us Max us kHz kHz 4096 Pixels 20 20 50 50 10 10 100 100 40 40 25 25 80 12 5 100 10 2048 Pixels 40 40 25 25 20 20 50 50 80 40 12 5 25 100 10 NA NA 1024 Pixels 80 40 12 5 25 40 40 25 25 100 40 10 25 NA NA NA NA 512 Pixels 100 40 10 25 80 40 12 5 25 NA NA NA NA NA NA USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PaGe 50 COV Bringing life to technology C 2 2 Essential Models Data Frequency 85MHz Definition Base 2 Taps 8 10 12bits Base 1 Tap 8 10 12bits Line Rate Max Line Rate Max kHz kHz Data Frequency 60MHz Definition Base 2 Taps 8 10 12bits Base 1 Tap 8 10 12bits Line Rate Max Tper Min us Line Rate Max Tper Min us kHz kHz Data Frequency 42 5MHz Definition Base 2 Taps 8 10 12bits Base 1 Tap 8 10 12bits kHz kHz USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME REV E 09 2015 Pace 51 COV Brin ging life to technology Appendix D Lens Mounts D 1 F Mount F Mount Part number EV50 MOUNT F Drawing for the additional part except Nikon BR3 M42 x 1deep 3 5mm USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 52 COV Brin ging life to technology D 2 C Mount C Mount Part number EV50 MOUNT C 94 05 39 9
30. he Digital converter During the first half of this timing pixel read out of the black reference we can consider that the exposure is still active Digital Conversion During the conversion the analog Gain is applied by the gradient of the counting ramp see next chapter Gain amp Offset The conversion time depends on the pixel format gt amp 8or 10 bits 6ps gt 12 bits 24us This conversion is done in masked time eventually during the next exposure period Ta Delay between the Start exposure required and the real start of the exposure USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 46 COV Bringing Ufe to technology If Toer is the Line Period internal or external coming from the Trigger line in order to respect this line Period the Exposure Time as to be set by respecting Tint Tpix lt Tper x Then the real exposure time is Tint eai Tint Tx Ta In the same way The high level period of the Trig signal in sync 3 mode Tht gt Tpix For a Line Period of LinePer the maximum exposure time possible without reduction of line rate S Tintmax Tper T pix Tpix is defined above but the effective Exposure Time will be about Tint es Tint Ty Ta B 2 Synchronisation Modes with Maximum Exposure Time Synchro Line Trigger CC1 or Internal Sync 2 es a E Exposure Time In the Camera sensor In these modes the rising edge of the Trigger internal or External
31. in memory This doesn t affect the FFC User Memory Bank but only the active coefficients in Memory Some Warnings can be issued from the PRNU FPN Calibration Process as pixel Overflow of Pixel Underflow because some pixels have been detected as too high or too low in the source image to be corrected efficiently The Calculation result will be proposed anyway as it s just a warning message The Status Register is the changed and displayed in CommCam Status section USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 36 COV Brin ging life to technology How is performed the Flat Field Correction What is the Flat Field correction FFC The Flat Field Correction is a digital correction on each pixel which allows To correct the Pixel PRNU Pixel Response Non Uniformity and DSNU Dark Signal Non Uniformity To Correct the shading due to the lens To correct the Light source non uniformity Before After How is calculated Applied the FFC The FFC is a digital correction on the pixel level for both Gain and Offset Each Pixel is corrected with An Offset on 10 bits Signed Int 9 1 They cover a dynamic of 256LSB in 12bits with a resolution of 1 2 LSB 12bits Offet the MSB is the sign the rest of 9bits is from 0 256 with precision of 1 2 A Gain on 12 bits Unsigned Int U1 13 with a max gain value of x4 999 The calculation of the new pixel value is P P Off 1 Gain 1024
32. ing 0 gt Write function ASCII w cust lt idstr gt USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 20 COV Bringing life to technology 7 2 Device Privilege Status and Reboot GenCP address ASCII GenlCam R W Description command command 0x17040 lock PrivilegeLevel RW Read 0 Factory 1 Advance User 2 User Write 1 change mode from factory to AdvanceUser 2 change mode to User Other key to unlock the camera 0x17048 stat Status 4 RO Camera Status bit set when BitO no trigger during more than 1s Bit1 trigger too fast Bit2 reserved Bit8 overflow occurs during FFC calibration Bit9 underflow occurs during FFC calibration Bit16 hardware error detected 0x17050 boid BoardID 32 R Unique Board Identification Written by the camera manufacturer or test bench 0x17070 bost BoardStatus 16 R Give the status of the board Written by the camera manufacturer or the test bench 0x17080 boot RebootCamera 4 WO Reboot the camera with a command 1 restart the camera like a power cycle 2 restart only camera application bypass upgrade application e Privilege level Management Privi egeLevel Get the current Camera privilege level gt Read function ASCII r lock Get the current privilege Returned by the camera 0 to 2 gt Write function ASCII w lock lt val gt lt val gt is as follow 2 Lock the Camera in Integrator or privilege User l
33. l CameraLink 2k pixels 10x10um up to 100kHz USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 7 COV Bringing life to technology 2 Camera Performances 2 1 Camera Characterization ak xSum 2k x 10m TERON T Typ Max Typ Max Typ Max Typ Max Dark Noise RMS LSB 1 3 1 08 1 08 1 08 Dynamic Range dB 70 73 67 73 67 73 67 Readout Noise e 7 5 10 6 10 6 10 6 Full Well Capacity Ke 23 7 47 3 23 79 47 3 23 7 47 3 23 7 SNR 3 4 Sat dB 42 5 45 41 3 45 41 3 45 41 3 Peak Response LSB nJ cm2 81 162 324 162 324 162 324 660nm Non Linearity 1 2 2 2 Without Flat Field Correction FPN rms LSB 0 41 1 0 36 1 0 36 1 0 36 1 FPN pk pk LSB 2 7 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 PRNU hf 3 4 Sat 0 11 1 0 07 1 0 07 1 0 07 1 PRNU pk pk 0 8 3 0 5 3 0 5 3 0 5 3 3 4 Sat Note High Dynamic High Response High dynamic with the Use of Multi Column Gain 1 2 Test conditions e Figures in LSB are for a 12bits format e Measured at Max Exposure Time and Nominal Gain No Gain e Maximum data rate e Stabilized temperature 30 40 55 C Room Front Face Internal e SNR Calculated at 75 Saturation with minimum Gain USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 8 COV Bringing life to technology 2 2 Image Sensor The Uniiqa sensor is composed of one pair of sensitive lines of 4096 pixels of 5um square Each pixel on the same column uses the same A
34. n system make cost savings improve your throughput inspect larger areas or identify smaller defects Three UNiiQA product ranges are offered UNIiIQA Essential low speed cameras for cost effective equipment or with modest speed requirement UNIiQA High Speed high speed cameras to help improve the performance of your system The UNiiQA family has also been designed to be highly modular to enable engineers to reuse the same camera in multiple equipment simplify logistics and reduce development cycle time All UNiiQA cameras feature e2v s proprietary CMOS sensors a single line of highly sensitive pixels of either 5um or 10um size 1 3 Typical Applications On line quality control e Raw material inspection plastic film glass wood e Print and paper inspection Sorting e Food sorting Belt sorting Lane sorting Free fall sorting e Parcel and postal sorting e Barcode reading 1 4 Models UNIIQA EV71YC1MCL4005 BA2 Versatile Base CameraLink Ak pixels 5xSum up to 20kHz Essential 2k 1k and 0 5k pixels 10x10uUm up to 40kHz EV71YC1MCL4005 BAO 4k Pixels Base CameraLink 4k pixels 5x5um up to 20kHz EV71YC1MCL2010 BAO 2k pixels Base CameraLink 2k pixels 10x10uUm up to 40kHz UNIIQA EV71YC1MCL4005 BA3 ss Versatile Full CameraLink Ak pixels 5x5um up to 100kHz High Speed 2k 1k and 0 5k pixels 10x10um up to 100kHz EV71YC1MCL4005 BA1 4k Pixels Full CameraLink 4k pixels 5x5um up to 100kHz EV71YC1MCL2010 BA1 2k pixels Ful
35. nalog to Digital Column converter ADC Column This structure allows several definitions 4k pixels 5x5um 2k Pixels 10x10um by binning of 4 pixels Then 1k or 0 5k 10x10um are achieved by applying an ROI on the centre of the sensor _ _ Ld Ls 4096 Pixels 5x5um ADC Column Memory Node Pixel Line A Pixel Line B USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 9 COV Bringing life to technology 2 3 Response amp QE curves 2 3 1 Quantum Efficiency Quantum Efficiency pixel sumx5 um Mode High Dynamic pixel 10u mrin Mode High Response pixel 104 mwin High Dynamic High Response High dynamic with the Use of Multi Column Gain 1 2 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 10 COV Bringing life to technology 3 Camera Hardware and Interface 3 1 Mechanical Drawings 33 65 18 65 Ay yN 59 60 30 00 48 00 0 05 60 00 The Step file is available Essential Model on the web High Speed Model www e2v com cameras POA Pm i ay y ay C 0168 P 2 C 0168 SP A UNIIQA LOF 008p LOF 008p 44 00 0 1 44 00 0 1 48 00 0 1 48 00 0 1 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 11 Sensor alignment Z 10 3 mm 100um X 19 76 mm 4k 5um 100 um X 19 76 mm 2k 10um X 24 88 mm 1k 10um X 27
36. nels 10bits 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 2x 512 2 x 256 Base 2 Channels 12 Bits 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 2x 512 2 x 256 Medium 4 Channels 8bits 4x 1024 4x 512 4x 256 NA Medium 4 Channels 10 bits 4x 1024 4x 512 4x 256 NA Medium 4 Channels 12bits 4x 1024 4x 512 4x 256 NA Full 8 Channels 8bits 8 x 512 8 x 256 NA NA Full 10 Channels 8bits 10 x 409 NA NA NA Last 2 pixels ignored The table of the appendix 10 chapter 10 2 gives the max speed achievable for each of these combinations in addition with the combination of the Output Data Frequency e Test Image Selector Test mageSelector Defines if the data comes from the Sensor or the FPGA test Pattern This command is available in the CommCam Image Format section Read function ASCII r srce Returned by the camera 0 if Source from the Sensor and 1 to 5 if test pattern active gt Write function ASCII w srce lt value gt 0 To switch to CCD sensor image 1 Grey Horizontal Ramp Fixed See AppendixA 2 White Pattern Uniform white image 255 in 8Bits or 4095 in 12bits 3 Grey Pattern Uniform middle Grey 128 in 8bits or 2048 in 12 bits QA Black Pattern Uniform black 0 in both 8 and 12 bits 5S Grey vertical Ramp moving The test pattern is generated in the FPGA It s used to point out any interface problem with the Frame Grabber When any of the Test pattern is enabled the whole proce
37. ode is available as Output Mode USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 24 C2V Bringing life to technology Base 2 Channels 8 Bits Separate or Interlaced Base 2 Channels 10bits Separate or Interlaced Base 2 Channels 12 Bits Separate or Interlaced Medium 4 Channels 8bits High Speed Version Only Medium 4 Channels 10 bits High Speed Version Only Medium 4 Channels 12bits High Speed Version Only Full 8 Channels 8bits High Speed Version Only Full 10 Channels 8bits High Speed Version Only Base 1 Channel 8 Bits Base 1 Channel 10bits Base 1 Channel 12 Bits 2 x 8 bits 2 x 10 bits 2x 12 bits 1 x 8 bits 1 x 10 bits 1 x 12 bits 4 x 8 bits 4 x 10 bits 4 x 12 bits 8 x 8 bits 10 x 8 bits O oO NID UW AUO N kB m O e Output Frequency OutputFrequency Set the CameraLink Data Output Frequency This value is available in the CommCam Image Format Control section gt Read function ASCII r clfg Return by the Camera Frequency from 0 to 2 gt Write Function ASCII w clfq lt value gt 0 85MHz 1 60MHz 2 42 5MHz USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 25 COV Brin ging life to technology LI Structure of the Camera Link Channels for interfacing Base 1 Tap Mode 1 Channels Outputted from Left to Right Ch 1 6a Output direction for ReverseReading 0 1st last Base 2 Taps Mode 2 Channels Sepa
38. on between the minor version of xml file used by CommCam and the EATE firmware version of the Camera Following errors occur during connection OK EREET Default values of the Camera out Er z Error reading node DEV OddGain Error reading node DEV EvenGain of r a n g e gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 55 COV Bringing life to technology Appendix F Revision History Revision compliant Version Rev B Documentation correction 1 2 0 2 4 3 Standby mode removed New output modes in Base all models 1 Tap and 2Taps interlaced Frequency data rate change available on Essential models 5 ci e t Manual Comments Details Firmware version 1 CommCam Rev D New Template for Documentation 1 3 0 2 5 0 Change of FFC coefficients Address Rev E New Template for Documentation 1 3 1 2 5 1 4k 5x10um added for Versatile Models USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 Pace 56
39. ple otherwise the transfer can take a long time It is recommended to setup the baud rate at the maximum value possible 230400 for e Set FFC Address memory access Set the memory address for the direct access to both PRNU FPN coefficients for reading or writing After each read or write action this address in incremented of 128 gt Write function ASCII w ffcga lt addr gt Set the address in memory for the next read write command of the PRNU FPN Coefficients Start address for Offsets FPN 0x12400 Start address for Gains PRNU 0x13400 lt addr gt auto increments automatically after each write command e FPN coefficients modification Direct access to the FPN coefficients for reading or writing The FPN coefficients are read packets of x128 coefficients gt Read function ASCII r ffco Read 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from address set by the command fcca Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values 2 Bytes per coefficient lt addr gt auto increments automatically after each read command Write function ASCII w ffco lt val gt Write 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting address set by the command fcca lt val gt is the concatenation of individual FPN values without space between the values 2 Bytes per coefficient lt addr gt auto increments automatically after each write command USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAG
40. rate outputted from Left to Right Ch 1 Ch2 Output direction for ReverseReading 0 1st last ee Base 2 Taps Interlaced Mode 2 Channels interlaced odd even outputted from Left to Right Ch 1 odd pixels Output direction for ReverseReading 0 Ist last Interlaced parameter must be set w itrl 1 Ch 2 even pixels Medium Mode 4 Taps Separate outputted from Left to Right Ch 1 Ch2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Oo ee ee 1st Output direction for ReverseDirection 0 last FULL Mode 8 Taps Separate outputted from Left to Right Chi Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8 f 1st Output direction for ReverseDirection 0 last FULL Deca Mode 10 Taps Separate outputted from Left to Right Chi Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8 Ch9 Ch10 n i l l sl a S SES ES Output direction for ReverseDirection 0 1st 8190th USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 26 COV Bringing life to technology The CameraLink standard requires a minimum of 256 Pixels per channel Then for the versatile model and the lowest definitions some combination sensor Mode Output mode are not available The following table details the possible combinations Modes 4096 2048 1024 512 Base 1 Channel 8 Bits 1 x 2048 1 x 2048 1 x 1024 1x 512 Base 1 Channel 10bits 1 x 2048 1 x 2048 1 x 1024 1x 512 Base 1 Channel 12 Bits 1 x 2048 1 x 2048 1 x 1024 1x 512 Base 2 Channels 8 Bits 2 x 2048 2 x 1024 2x512 2 x 256 Base 2 Chan
41. resrrresene 34 7 7 2 Automauc CalDrati oere 35 7 7 3 Monu lFor Fed CO CO aE EEE 39 7 8 Save amp Restore FFC and Configuration User S t ssesessssrrrssrreresrrrresrrresrrerssrrresrrerssreresererererrese 41 7 8 1 Save amp Restore FFC ysis n E E E E a 41 7 8 2 Save amp Restore SCING eiea E E aneanentaniecsneneeteees 42 PPP GPs rena E E E E AS EN S 43 Appendix A Test Patterns ccntaisageseseinanesaccinanccanesaecsasazavisnereaneatedaxwisanssiviseaisenteidranreincanerearseaneness 44 FAVE WB Gl oo Cael A 6 ea E 44 AL ak PE T20 nee E E ee eee ee 44 Ao EPE e DD e E E EE 45 PAOS Cap Sa cM Deae E eee ee eee eee eee 45 ADDENGIX By Timing DIASIAMNS ciscnsssisscnsscinseadsessswansessavevinesnanenaserwasseersausseussanesebexenencheswenteunsenwieass 46 B 1 Synchronization Modes with Variable Exposure TiMe ccccccsssecccesscceceeseceteeseceeeeneceeseseeessuseceseueess 46 B 2 Synchronisation Modes with Maximum Exposure TimMe cccccssseccccessccecesseceteesececeeeceeseeeeeseusesesseness 47 Bo Timing VSS seoce EE E EEEE EE EE AEREE a 48 Appendix C CameraLink Data Cables ccscscsssssssccscscscscscscscscccsscccccccccscscscscscscscecesesesccceeess 49 CA Choosing the Cables a E 49 CALPE Ne DIa R Eo E E S E 50 Cee nope ed Mode S ea dency caceserepesentssegancas sed cee asnieaee sence aie 50 CD ZS Se iia IV OC SIS ts saree cossccat E E E N E E EAO EN AE 51 Appendix D Lens MOUNTS isis seis icniccee cs terns eee ee dees scan
42. rin ging life to technology CommCam Can t find the Camera The Camera is not powered up or 591 A the boot sequence is not finished After launching CommCam the Icon of oe The CameraLink cable is not connected or connected on the bad connector Check if the CameraLink libraries clallserial dll and clserXXX dll are in the same directory either system32 or program files cameralink serial The Frame Grabber is compliant with CameraLink standard 1 1 the Camera is not visible Update cameras list gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com An e2v Camera is detected but not aliz i Fe Vew Setup The version of CommCam used is too identified E o old You have to use the version 1 2 x and after A question Mark icon appears in place of the one of the AVIIVA2 AVIVA EMa NMI Impossible to connect to the identified EM CommCam There is a possible mismatch Camera b h f X Impossible to open device etween t e major version O xm The message Impossible to open file used by commeam and the sevice jedisplaved firmware version of the Camera Possible Hardware error or Camera disconnected after being listed gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com Error messages is displayed just E coin E l i bror Loading Xm fie There is a possible mismatch after before the connection OA transformation failed Error message SAXParseExcepti
43. s unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment 4 3 RoHS Chinese RoHS ROH S RoHS per EU Directive 2011 65 EC and WEEE per EU Directive 2002 96 EC 201 1 6 S EC China Electronic Industry Standard SJ T11364 2006 4 4 GenlCam GenCP GenlCam GenCP XML Description File Superset of the GenlCam Standard Features Naming Convention specification V1 5 Camera Link Serial Communication GenlCam Generic Control Protocol Gen CP V1 0 GEN lt I gt CAM USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 15 COV Bringing life to technology 5 Getting Started 5 1 Out of the box The contains of the Camera box is the following One Camera UNIIQA There is no CDROM delivered with the Camera Both User Manual this document and CommCam control software have to be downloaded from the web site This ensure you to have an up to date version Main Camera page www e2v com cameras On the appropriate Camera Page UNIIQA Monochrome you ll find a download link first version of CommCam compliant is indicated in the last Chapter CommCam download requires a login password gt Login commcam ri Ths gt Password chartreuse 4 Diep 5 2 Setting up in the system Web Direction Sensor Plan order 5 ee USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 16 COV Bringing Ufe to technology 6 Camera Software Interface
44. ssing chain of the FPGA is disabled USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 27 COV Bringing life to technology 7 5 Acquisition Control GenCP address ASCII GeniCam R W Description command command 0x12100 tper LinePeriod RW Line period from 1 0 1us to 65535 6553 5us step 1 0 1us 0x12104 tpmi LinePeriodMin 4 R Minimum line period AcquisitionLineRate 4 R 1 Line Period in Hz 0x12108 tint ExposureTime 4 RW Exposure time from 15 1 5us to 65535 6553 5us step 1 0 1us 0x1210C sync TriggerPreset 4 RW O Set trigger preset mode to Free run timed mode with exposure time and line period programmable in the camera 1 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered mode with Exposure Time Internally Controlled 2 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered mode with maximum exposure time 3 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered mode with exposure time controlled by one signal 4 Set trigger preset mode to Triggered mode with exposure time controlled by two signals 5 Set trigger preset mode to Free run mode with max exposure time and programmable line period in the camera e Synchronisation Mode TriggerPreset Timed or Triggered it defines how the grabbing is synchronized This command is available in the CommCam Acquisition Control section Read function ASCII r syne Returned by the camera OQ Internal Line Trigger with Exposure time Internally Controlled Free Run 1
45. starts the readout process Tpix of the previous integration The Real exposure time Tintreai is finally equal to the Line Period Tper even if it s delayed from T T4 from the rising edge of the incoming Line Trigger USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 47 COV Brin ging life to technology B 3 Timing Values Label Min Unit Thix 2 us Ty 1 26 us Th 0 120 us Tht Ta usec Tper min Ta 0 7 Us ae tops Eik Tiens AAN enea i Pais Tint prog USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 48 COV Bringing life to technology Appendix C CameraLink Data Cables C 1 Choosing the Cable You may check the compliance of your CameraLink cables with the transportation of the 85MHz data rate The main parameter to be checked in the cable specification is the skew in picoseconds This parameter is given for a dedicated maximum value per meter of cable as max 50ps m The CameraLink Standards defines the maximum total skew possible for each data rate 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 _90 Data rate MHz Here is a following example of cable and the cable length limitation in accordance with the standard Conductor Size 28 AWG Stranded Propogation Velocity 1 25 ns ft 4 1 ns m Skew within pair 50 ps meter maximum Skew channel skew per chipset 50 ps meter maximum DataRate Skew Cable Length 4oMhz 390ps 7 8m
46. t computed value gt Unlock the Camera back in Integrator mode There are 3 privilege levels for the camera gt Factory 0 Reserved for the Factory gt Integrator 1 Reserved for system integrators gt User 2 For all Users The Cameras are delivered in Integrator mode They can be locked in User mode and a specific password is required to switch back the Camera in Integrator mode This password can be generated with a specific tool available from the hotline hotline cam e2v com USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 21 COV Bringing life to technology e Camera status Get the Camera status register 32bits Integer Read function ASCII r stat Returned by the camera 32bits integer Bit O StatusWaitForTrigger True if no trig received from more than 1sec Bit 1 StatusTriggerTooFast Missing triggers Trig signal too fast Bit 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reserved Bit 8 StatusWarningOverflow True is an overflow occurs during FFC or Tap balance processing Bit 9 StatusWarningUnderflow True is an underflow occurs during FFC or Tap balance processing Bits 10 11 12 13 14 15 Reserved Bit 16 StatusErrorHardware True if hardware error detected Bits 17 to 31 Reserved 7 3 Communication and Firmware version GenCP address ASCII GeniCam R W Description command command 0x10000 0x10004 0x10008 SupportedBaudrate Supported baudrate 0x3B mask of all
47. t is 1 5us Due to the limitation of the timing pixel inside the sensor the Exposure time has to be set by e Line Period LinePeriod Defines the Line Period of the Camera in Timed mode This command is available in the CommCam Acquisition Control section Read function ASCII r tper Returned by the camera Integer from 1 to 65536 0 1uUs to 6553 6us by step o 100ns gt Write function ASCII w tper lt value gt The line period is active only in modes Sync 0 and Sync 5 It s also disabled if in Free Run Sync 0 the Integration time is set higher than the Line Period mode chosen are given in Appendix C of this document The Tables of the minimum Line Period Max Line Rate versus the Data rate and the output USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 29 Pixel m m 7 6 Gains and Offsets GenCP address ASCII GeniCam command command 0x12200 pamp GainAbs GainSelector AnalogAll 0x12204 gain GainAbs GainSelector GainAll 0x12208 gdig GainAbs GainSelector DigitalAll 0x1220C offs BlackLevelRaw BlackLevelSelector All 0x12210 mclg MultiGain Sensor FPGA Preamp Multi FFC Gain Gain Offset Gain Y Y nor Action on whole line Action per pixel USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 RW RW RW RW RW COV Brin ging life to technology Pre amplifier gain to 0 x1 1 x2 2 x4 Digital gain from OdB 0 to 8dB 6193 step 0 0
48. tesrtenereesrerseereseees 14 Standard COonNTOrMItY serisinin einn ninen EEA 15 4 1 Cr CONOC ea E A E 15 4 2 FEC CONTI I Y a E E E 15 4 3 ROR om CANE e ROR ea A E E E 15 4 4 Cene ON aE E 15 S OPU Ne a O E E EEO 16 5 1 Out of tne OX eies E i 16 5 2 SE o WAS y e E E E E E EAEN 16 60 Camera Sonltware Merna E serseri EE E 17 6 1 CONTOARE E E snes EN E E AES 17 6 2 Serial Protocol and Command Format ccccssssssssccccccccseeesseeccccccssueesseeeccceeseueusseeeeceeessauaeeseseeeeeas 18 USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 2 COV Brin ging life to technology 6 2 1 SVN sacra vices EAEE E EE peje E E E E E E E 18 6 2 2 OT NCU OCS INE areri E ceuaieaesearseeesaeseaaranecaeanets 18 6 2 3 CENPP 91 9 2 61 ee econ ae oer E ee ee eee 18 6 2 4 Eror OCIS ANS ea E cone E E A E E E E 19 FAVS a IS eE r E E E EERS 20 7 1 Device WAT ONE a I ee E E E OE E A E E E E 20 7 2 Device Privilege Status and ReboO0t essssssseesesseresrrrrsrrrresrreresrrressrresserressreessrrressrereseeresereresreressne 21 7 3 Communication and Firmware version sssssssssseeessssseressssrerssssreressssereessseeressssereeesserresssseresesseerene 22 7 4 UNEAN i TEE A E ASE E EEE E EE EAS E A EE EA ETE E E E E 23 7 5 ACU UON C ONTO or E T T 28 7 6 GANS aO SS EA E A E T A E A 30 7 7 FOCFIEIO C OR OCUON oeo a EEE ee OES 33 7 7 1 Activation Auto Adjust and LowPass FiltE r sesesuseseenessensesrerssrrrsssreresrrrrerrereserressre
49. the following 0x01 BAUDERATE_9600 0x02 BAUDERATE_ 19200 0x08 BAUDERATE_57600 0x10 BAUDERATE_115200 0x20 BAUDERATE_ 230400 baud CurrentBaudrate 4 RW Current baudrate 0x01 BAUDERATE_9600 0x02 BAUDERATE_ 19200 0x08 BAUDERATE_57600 0x10 BAUDERATE_115200 0x20 BAUDERATE_ 230400 dfwv DeviceFirwmareVersion 16 RO Version of the current package e Device Serial Port Baud Rate CurrentBaudRate Set the Camera Baud Rate Read function ASCII r baud Returned by the camera Value of the Baud Rate gt Write function ASCII w baud lt index gt with the index as follows 1 Ox01 9600 Bauds default value at power up 2 0x02 19200 Bauds 8 0x08 57600 Bauds 18 0x10 115200 Bauds 32 0x20 23040 Bauds USER MANUAL UNIIQA MONOCHROME Rev E 09 2015 PAGE 22 COV Bringing life to technology 7 4 Image Format GenCP address ASCII GenlCam R W Description command command 0x12000 snsw SensorWidth Pixels number can be set for versatile model SensorHeight 4 R 11 Width Max 4 R Pixels number can be set for versatile model HeightMax 4 R i Height 4 R 1 Width 4 R Pixels number can be set for versatile model 0x12004 smod SensorMode 4 RW Depending the model of the camera O 4096 Pixels 5x5um 1 2048 pixels 10x10um 2 1024 pixels 10x10um Versatile only 3 512 pixels 10x10um Versatile only 4 4096 pixels 5x10um Versatile only 0x12008 revr Revers
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