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1. Set to all cameras diis he Play Settings are referred to the Global Settings camera If more than one camera is Averaging v Seq wrap Rec connected the camera number is Avg dessus retrieved from the image window that has JIR lowpass Reverse Play received the input focus is active If no image window is opened the dialog is eleva pecs NM 4 amp referred to camera 1 If the Set to all checkbox is checked the settings apply to all connected cameras The Global Settings are valid for all connected cameras Averaging If in the Avg dropdown list a value not equal to 1 is selected the corresponding number of images is averaged in the buffer reducing the statistically independent noise Another option to reduce the noise is the activation of the IIR lowpass IIR filter Image act Image act 1 0 5 Image new 0 5 Heplay Speed Slider The slider can be used to adjust the sequence replay speed from slow turtle to fast rabbit Seq Wrap Rec Sequential Wrap Recording sets Recorder Mode 6 6 to Ring Buffer Seq Wrap Play The play button starts the display for a sequence as defined by the first image last image fields and will loop until the stop button is pressed Reverse Play If the Reverse Play box is checked it is possible to play the recorded images in reverse pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany m z p aug BIWw Window Color Window Convert Control
2. The frame rate can be adjusted in steps of 100mHz If the selected exposure time requires a lower frame rate the exposure time is cut to the maximum possible time at that frame rate Frame rate exposure time P FPS mode rolling shutter Jj D pus va E dH 500ys 2s pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 13 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 14 6 3 The Sensor Size sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording 1 0 Signals Binning Region of interest lee 1 horizontal 1 w Ss i 5 2560x2160 vertikal H Sensor format 5 standard 2560x2160 E T 3 B C2 alternative mor eem Loc 19201080 1 eh 2560 x v RE 256052160 b w no doubleshutter Accept nl amp Binning Feature not applicable for pco edge Sensor Format Here you can choose the preselected HD full 1920 x 1080 pixel format Region of Interest Region of interest The ROI region of interest selects only a part of ES Bt the sensor to be read out in order to speed up the frame rate and to save memory Due to the sensor ER structure and readout electronics the selectable masg region is always symmetric to the horizontal center s of 060 Garma line increments horizontal 160 pixel steps increments vertical 2 pixel steps minimum ROI 160 x 16 pixels Selection of possible ROI with corresponding frame rate values resolution resolution 286 MHz 95 3 MHz horizo
3. About PCO im ize momen PCO AG was founded in 1987 The company headquarters in Kelheim t employs more than 50 specialists in the development and production of optimized fast sensitive camera systems for scientific applications PCO s range of products includes digital camera systems featuring high dynamics extremely high sensitivity high resolution high speed and extremely low noise which are sold in industrial and scientific markets all over the world Cameras for every point of view The systems produced by PCO AG are cameras and scientific measuring instruments at the same time Our high tech systems are mostly the result of manual labor over 50 highly specialized employees handle development and production at the Kelheim site We deliver roughly 4 000 cameras a year to customers all over the world As in every cutting edge technology dialogue with the user is the main focus of PCO s approach Worldwide representatives in cooperation with the in house marketing division and technical support team ensure that PCO camera systems are developed in step with the individual requirements of our customers pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany pco imaging
4. Imprint Terms amp Conditions Disclaimer Privacy Policy pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 4 1 Appendix 42 A9 Global Shutter Rolling Shutter Global Shutter In global shutter mode all pixels of the sensor are reset at the same time 1 exposure starts for all pixels at the same time 2 exposure stops and read out starts at the same time 3 er Senne wee 4 p 4 xal TA d BESAS qup nha t DNE 1 Rolling Shutter 3 In rolling shutter mode the pixel reset and exposure start is carried out line by line The pco edge image sensor consists of two discrete halves which are exposed and read out simultaneously i e from the outside to the centre exposure stop read out Exposure time lt Sensor frame readout time In case the required exposure is shorter than the frame readout time the image is composed of two moving exposure bands from the outside to the centre of the sensor Exposure time Sensor frame readout time In case the required exposure is equal to the frame readout time the image sensor is totally exposed to light only for a few microseconds Exposure time gt Sensor frame readout time In case the required exposure is longer than the frame readout time the image sensor is completely exposed to light for some time In case of a triggered flash illumination this would be the best moment to illuminate the image sensor pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany
5. AG Germany 23 Camware Features 24 Options Misc EE File settings View settings Toolbar Misc Infotext Scroll Mode C Show At Startup Synchronous Embedded Image Info Multi win Picture Order 9 Camera order Image time stamp Logfile Cl Application Logfile Clear Logfiles C Driver Logfile Explore Logfiles Infotext Use this command to show or hide the start up information dialog box Synchronous Scrolling If this item is checked all opened image windows will be scrolled at the same time and in the same manner View Embedded Image Info for pixelfly and sensicam models If this item is checked an embedded text will be shown inside the image See chapter 7 6 Multi Win Picture Order With the Multi Window you have the ability to view the images of all active cameras in one window You can select between time oriented or camera number oriented order Time oriented means that the sequence of images depends on the individual time stamp of each image Camera number oriented means that the first image shown is from camera 1 then camera 2 and so on Logfile This option enables the logging of errors and system info Enable this feature in order to create a support file which can help to find out troubles with the cameras see A6 Customer Service and Trouble Shooting Load lookup Table for monochrome cameras With the Pseudo LUT feature you can load any LUT with one of four d
6. E Convert Control Color Browser oD 7 Camware Features 7 6 The View Menu B W Window Use this command to open a b w display window Color Window Use this command to open a color display window Convert Control BW Camera Convert Control BY BW Setting Proc config Converted Hist Saturation 0 Contrast 100 100 Vibrance 0 Gamma J iie switch tab histogram 100 Tons Col Temp 5744 io M 2500K 20000K Tint 0 100 100 hide the histogram of original data histogram of original data Zoom 4096 v Max 2726 gt The user can influence how the 16 12 bit intensity values x axis of the original image are converted into 8 bit values y axis in different ways Green sliders in histogram left slider Min controller corresponds to value O of the 8 bit display Values below that mark are set to 0 i e displayed as black right slider Max controller corresponds to value 255 Values above that mark are set to 255 i e displayed as white The values in between are converted into a value between 0 and 255 according to Contrast and Gamma settings See the small graph which reflects the calculation Camera Convert Control BW Bw Setting Proc config Converted Hist histogram of converted data 256 v How the Auto Range applies Auto Range Peak searches for the minimum and maximum 16 12 bit intensity values of the image Given these number t
7. Introduction 1 Introduction The new imaging standard ca Fe t Tel ise 1 4electrons high resolution 5 5 megapixel a pco high speed high dynamic range 100 fps 22 000 1 Features The new pco edge is a breakthrough in scientific imaging cameras due to its distinctive ability to simultaneously deliver extremely low noise fast frame rates wide dynamic range high quantum efficiency high resolution and a large field of view all in one image The camera s main features are e low noise 1 4 electrons e high resolution 5 5 megapixel e high dynamic range 22000 1 e high speed 100 fps e flexibility user selectable choice of rolling or global shutter e free of drift stabilized Peltier cooling in order to avoid any drift phenomena in image sequences Areas of Application Live cell microscopy Particle Imaging Velocimetry PIV High content screening Photovoltaic inspection Single molecule detection Super resolution microscopy TIRF microscopy waveguides Spinning disk confocal microscopy Spectral hyperspectral imaging Lucky astronomy imaging Adaptive optics Solar astronomy Genome sequencing 2nd and 3rd gen Fluorescence spectroscopy Bio amp Chemi luminescence X ray tomography Ophthalmology Flow cytometry Biochip reading Machine vision TV Broadcasting LIBS FRAP FRET pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 2 Safety Instructions 2 Safety Instruct
8. liquids have penetrated the device obee oon e A A f after thoroughly reviewing the instruction manual the device is still not operating properly A If the camera has been dropped or the casing is damaged pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 5 3 System Components 3 System Components The standard camera system includes the following parts Camera Head F mount optical connection standard For standard F mount SLR lenses and adapters C mount ring provided See appendix A3 For standard C mount and microscopy connectors LED indicates camera status O green continuos camera is booting green blinking camera is ready for operation yellow blinking recording on red blinking error Input Output 4x SMA connectors 2x input 2x output Interface Dual Camera Link full 1 4 20 UNC mounting thread Serial Number tag Power Supply 12V AC IEC8 Power Supply with Lemo FGG 0B connector Power Cord Standard IEC7 connector for Germany only Camera Link Grabber Card PCle x4 Cable 2x Camera Link cables Digital Camera Tools CD ROM The accompanying CD contains e Camware software for camera control amp image acquisition e camera amp grabber board driver pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 4 Installation 4 Installation You will find all necessary files on the accompanying CD You may also download the newest versions of our software Camera drivers and third
9. the problem Description of your application Camera settings Type and version of camera software being used Camera serial number Operating system PC Processor type PC Memory Graphic card Graphic card setup Please use the email options under the Help menu See 7 8 About CamWare Ver 3 04 Build Nr 0578 camware Support Mail only support zipco de Support Mail with support files support pco de Support Support files only Create support files only Visit our homepage http www pco de Warning This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extend possible under law or go to our website http www pco de support request Before sending the camera for repair first contact your local dealer or PCO respectively When shipping the camera for repair be certain to carefully pack the camera with proper shipping materials If possible use the original packaging Use the protection cap to protect the camera on the lens thread A7 Firmware Update Please contact our support team for further information and assistance pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Appendix 5x A8 Digital Camera Tools CD ROM 12 2007 Dres Mento digital camera tools acosa You will find all necessary software and drivers on the accompanyi
10. 0421601 b w no doubleshutter e General Information In this context trigger means exposure trigger i e the trigger signal controls the exposure of a single image Exposure and readout are done simultaneously i e while image n is being readout from the sensor image n 1 is already integrated within the sensor s pixel elements In case of short exposure times the readout is the limiting factor readout exposure readout exposure texp delay Additional delay time tdelay will result in reduced frame rate pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco edge Trigger Mode Auto Sequence The camera will optimize the image recording to achieve the best possible frame rate free running In the auto sequence exposure control mode the camera determines the fastest possible image uptake rate depending on the adjusted exposure time and the required readout time After a start command is given the sequential recording is started until a stop command is given Soft Trigger Single images can be recorded with Camware control The single image can be acquired by pressing the Single Trigger button This button appears after pressing the Start Record button see chapter 7 2 Other signals cannot influence this operating mode For test purposes only External Exp Start The image acquisition is triggered by an external signal It is also possible to force a sof
11. 7 7 The Window Menu Cascade Cascade Tile Show all windows overlapped Arrange Icons Tile Close All Tile windows vertically or horizontally Arrange Icons Rearranges all minimized topic icons on the desktop Close All Close all windows r2 7 8 The Help Menu Contents Contents Opens the main page of the online program help Search For Help on About Search for Help on Opens an index list for help About This window shows program information About CamWare Ver 3 04 Build Nr 0578 and contains helpful support links In case of a camera problem support files 9rnware see 7 3 Options Misc Logfile may be generated which can be automatically Eas attached to the email The support files is Tum I i I Support Mail with support files support pco de contain relevant hardware information 5 Emmy a o the log files and the PCO related registry e ae Warning This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties entri es Th ese fi les are m oved nto a Zl p Unauthorized reproduction of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum archive called CWSupport zip which etend posisie under iaw can be found in the application folder 30 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Camware Features Image Properties 7 9 The Local Menu Camera Control Convert Control BW The loc
12. Alignment Here you can select the alignment of the pixel value if the pixel depth is less than 16bit e g MSB each pixel value is shifted from bit 12 1 to bit 16 5 in case of 12bit This removes the dark image effect inside other image applications Tiff RAW Here you can select whether the 16bit RGB tif file is saved with 16bit raw or white balanced data If this item is checked each 16bit RGB pixel value is saved as raw 16bit RGB 48bit value without white balancing Saving to 16bit RGB can be done by selecting the color display window export recorder selecting 8bit tif and checking Save 16bit RGB ASCII file separator Here you can select an appropriate separator for the ASCII file format Jpeg High Quality Here you can select the quality of the saved jpeg jp2 files High quality saves images with 10096 quality otherwise 8596 quality Preserve Last Record If checked a message box will pop up in case the user may overwrite or loose data pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Camware Features Options View Settings W File settings ele Toolbar color O b w Mite Marker View Marker Convert Min Max Length 30 Cont Auto Range Select Color DoubleShutter _ Paint both images mm Image Browser Here you can select between showing all image tiles inside the browser window either b w or color Setting b w will result in a faster refresh valid only for color CCD Marker Us
13. II 16 bit format some mathematical programs prefer ASCII data JPG JPEG named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group who created the standard is a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images The degree of compression can be adjusted allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality JP2 JPEG 2000 is a wavelet based image compression standard and coding system It was created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group committee in the year 2000 with the intention of superseding their original discrete cosine transform based JPEG standard created 1992 AVI Audio Video Interleave is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology MPG MPEG 1 similar to JPEG is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG WMV Windows Media Video WMV is a compressed video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft The original video format known as WMV was originally designed for Internet streaming applications as a competitor to RealVideo pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Appendix A5 Service and Maintenance Service The camera is designed to operate with no need of special adjustments or periodic inspections Maintenance Unplug the camera from any power supply before cleaning it Use a soft dry cloth for cleaning t
14. NN computer is on camera is on and ready green blinking LED NN Start gt start Camware E Ready Rec Info 3036 Images gt open view window if not already open gt start live preview gt apply auto range peak gt you may adjust aperture and focus You should now clearly see the object in the window gt If you need to change exposure time e g the image is still either too dark or too bright please go to chapter 6 gt If you want to record and save images please see chapter 6 and chapter 7 for detailed information pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 6 Camera Control for the pco edge The Camera Control window in Camware is the main interface for all camera settings For further Camware features please see chapter 7 6 1 The Camera Control window The camera control window can be opened by selecting the proper command in the Camera Menu or by the corresponding button in the toolbar gt CamWare V3 04 File Camera Acquisition View 2 The camera control dialog always adapts to the camera type connected For the pco edge the camera control settings are spread over five property sheets which will be explained below CameraControl Delay 0 000000ms Exposure 0 500000ms Trigger Mode Auto Sequence Exposure 00 000 500 000 v Soft Trigger S IIS LS NME O Ext Exp Start Dela
15. Then tighten Allen screws again Allen screws 36 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Appendix A4 Image File Formats There are different file formats available for saving camera images with Camware b16 The b16 16 bit format is similar to the bmp format However 16 bit pixel values are used instead of 8 bit pixel values The 16 bit pixel values represent unsigned integer values where the camera 12 bit values sets the higher 4 bits to zero The file format consists either of a Basic Header 6 Long parameter or of an Extended Header 82 Long parameter the latter of which is optionally for additional information There might follow a variable comment field ASCII code Finally there is the actual data set that is saved linearly as in the case of BMP files With the exception of the first value all parameters are Long Integers 4 Byte The first 6 parameters must always exist The rest of the parameters as well as the comment field are optional Parameter Function the first 4 byte are the characters PCO image width in pixel 5 image height image height in pixel 1 true extended header follows 7 0 black with camera 1 color camera black white LUT setting minimum value black white LUT setting maximum value b w linlog black white LUT setting ee 0 linear 1 logarithmic red LUT setting minimum value red LUT setting maximum value green LUT setting minimum valu
16. User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 19 Camware Features 7 2 Overview Menu Bar gt CamWare 3 04 File Camera Acquisition View Window See chapter T 3 T T 8 Local Menu The mouse right click is explained in chapter 7 9 Toolbar SEE aBOOG prints the currently displayed image or comment window opens a b w color display window opens the camera control window opens the convert control auto range peak crop See chapter 7 6 under Convert Control BW live preview useful for fast and easy camera adjustment and focusing This command disables the camera control window if it is opened soft trigger captures a single image See chapter 6 2 Cursor display Cole 1640 y 535 R 242 0 255 B 255 Col x 1640 y 536 Ride 0 255 B 255 cursor pixel position and intensity value H ll 1 continuous auto range crop scaling Recorder 06005000 ooo ol opens the recorder settings window 000 000 The Recorder Browser gives an overview of the recorded images A click on the desired image makes it the current image in the Black White or Color window Skip images allows for convenient overview at large numbers of images With the Multi Frame Window it is possible to view all active camera images in one window The user might select between time oriented or camera number oriented order 20 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany File Camer
17. User manua pco codce rolling shutter version pco imaging In this manual you find instructions for the pco edge scientific CMOS camera Target Audience This camera is designed for use by technicians engineers and scientists In case of any questions or comments please contact us at PCO telephone 49 0 9441 2005 50 fax 49 0 9441 2005 20 email info pco de postal address PCO AG Donaupark 11 93309 Kelheim Germany The cover photo shows an exemplary PCO camera system The lens is sold separately Copyright 2011 PCO AG called PCO in the following text Kelheim Germany All rights reserved PCO assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials These materials are provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement PCO further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information text graphics links or other items contained within these materials PCO shall not be liable for any special indirect incidental or consequential damages including without limitation lost revenues or lost profits which may result from the use of these materials The information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PCO in the future PCO hereby authorizes you to copy documents for no
18. a Acquisition View Window m Open Raw File CTRL H Open Raw Recorder Sequence CTRL R Save Raw File CTRL E Save Raw Recorder Sequence CTRL 5 Export File not reloadable CTRL T Export Recorder Sequence not reloadable CTRL O Print Setup Print Preview D Print CTRL P Options Direct Record To File Record with Flowfile Exit Camware Features 7 3 The File Menu Open Raw File single image only This command should be used to import a single image into the currently active image window Only files with the extension and format of b16 PCO proprietary binary image format and tif TIFF image format can be imported If the recorder is enabled each imported image will be transferred to the buffer shown in the picture number The image itself will be fitted to the current image size If the recorder is disabled the current image sizes will be set to the parameters of the imported image Open Raw File Set for hsfc pro camera Open Recorder Sequence image sequence from one camera This command is used to import a sequence of images If more than one camera is connected and an image window is currently open the sequence will be loaded to the active window If no image window is open the images will be loaded to camera 1 This command opens the Open file dialog box Only files with the extension and the format of b16 and tif TIFF16 can be imported Save Raw File single image only The S
19. al menu is opened by clicking the right mouse button inside the client area of an image window Zoom Key Zoom Key Image Properties r i i 1 L Image Properties Zoom Opens an information bubble with main image properties Resolution 2560 2160 Auto Range Peak BiPivel 16 pede ala HAE Camera Control 10 08 2010 11 31 03 Opens the Camera Control window see chapter 6 Auto Exposure Convert Control BW Color Flip Mirror Opens the corresponding Convert Control windows see 7 6 Rotate Left 90 Rotate Right 90 Zoom Line Tool Changes the zoom used to display the image Copy To Clipboard Auto Range Peak Crop Displays the image in a predefined scaling See 7 6 Set Crosshair Auto Balance Color The white balance feature which corresponds to the white balance button in the Convert Control Color See 7 6 Auto Exposure Auto Exposure feature See 7 4 Flip The image will be flipped before display Mirror The selected the image will be mirrored before display Rotate The image will be rotated by 90 clockwise right or counterclockwise left before it is shown in the image window Line Tool Select Line Tool to show a graph which shows the intensity of the pixels under the red line shown in the image window The selection of this menu item determines the location of the first point After this you can move the mouse to the second point which can be selected by a le
20. ave command should be used to save the image which is displayed in the active window The command opens the Save file dialog box The image file can be saved in 16bit b16 and tif format If more than one camera is connected it is possible to save all current images by selecting Export all images in the Save file dialog box With this feature it is possible to save one image of each active camera within one process step it is not necessary to repeat the save process for each camera The Save command will not be available if there is no image window open See 6 5 for further information Save Raw Set for hsfc pro camera To save one image of each active camera within one single b16 file Save Raw Recorder image sequence from one camera The Save Recorder command should be used to save or export image records If more than one camera is connected and an image window is currently open the record of the active window will be saved The command opens the Save file dialog box The Save Recorder command will not be available if there is no image window open See 6 5 for further information Export File not reloadable Use this command to export the image in the active image window This command will open the Save file dialog box Files with the extensions fts tif omp asc jpg and jp2 can be exported This item will be not visible if there is no image window open Note be aware of the different s
21. e green LUT setting maximum value blue LUT setting minimum value blue LUT setting maximum value color LUT setting 0 linear 1 logarithmic 1 on internal use 266 Comment file in ASCII characters with variable length of 0 XX The length of the comment filed must be documented in the header length field 16 bit pixel data line 1 pixel 1 value of the first pixel line 1 pixel 2 value of the second pixel We recommend that all images should be saved first in the b16 or TIFF format The advantage is to have the b16 or tiff images available all the time You will always have the maximum 12 bit information Please note that not all image analysis programs can accommodate 16 bit data The 8 bit format saves only the information displayed on the monitor screen The 12 bit information will be lost and cannot be displayed later TIFF Tag Image File Format version 6 0 and lower There is a 16bit monochrome and color image format BMP Windows Bitmap Format b w or color 8 bit format images which have been saved in BMP format can be loaded later only as 8 bit images i e part of the original information 10bit 12bit or 14bit is lost pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 37 Appendix 38 FTS Flexible Image Transport System Version 3 1 There is a 16 bit image format The NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology NOST has defined this format Some programs use the FIT extension for this format ASC
22. e mode External Exp Start However the acq enbl input is ignored for the edge which is closing the exposure time started exposure will be finished accordingly When using acq enbl in external trigger modes the following timing specification should be met exp trig in tsu 70 ns ires acq enbl in If the acq enbl signal changes within the window of tsu set up to th hold the behavior is random The trigger may be accepted or ignored Time Stamp A time stamp can be placed into the upper left corner of the image It can be either off binary or binary with text or The time resolution is 1us In binary mode the first 16 pixels will be filled with the time stamp information binary code In binary and ASCII mode text will be placed into the image replacing the content of the image 271x 8 pixels E BW window time hh mm ss pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 17 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 6 6 The I O Signals Sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording 1 0 signals Type Filter Polarity rising T i TTL TTL high low k Exposure Trigger If checked a signal for External Exp Start or External Exp Ctrl trigger mode see chapter 6 2 is accepted at the exp trig input Status Busy If checked a signal indicating busy status is given at the status 3 busy output Once an acceptable trigger edge is rece
23. e this command to display a cross in the centre or elsewhere in the image see Set Crosshair page 31 Convert Min Max Continuous Auto Range Crop see chapter 7 6 under Convert Control BW This option enables the automatic min max function during record and replay Disable this feature if the application stops responding during this mode due to operating system capacity problems Double Shutter This option enables the update of both double shutter images during record and replay Disable this feature if the application stops responding during this mode due to operating system capacity problems Options Toolbar 77m File settings View settings E Misc Cursor Display C Math Functions Toolbar Replay Speed Bar Show Speed Bar Toolbar Opens the corresponding toolbars see 7 2 Math Functions Vs weg With the math window you have the ability to build the difference between a reference image and the actual image If you activate math every new image acquired will be subtracted from the reference image or vice versa d last acquired image will be copied to reference buffer 9 a reference picture will be acquired and copied to reference buffer add offset here to avoid negative values which would not be visible enable disable math function Replay Speed Bar The faster replay speed is useful if large sets of image data need to be scanned pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO
24. ff Conversion Factor The conversion factor defines how many charges electrons which have been generated by light in the image sensor in each pixel are necessary to generate one count one intensity level in the digital image Therefore the conversion factor describes the gain that is applied to the signal before it is converted into a digital value The conversion is optimized for the pco edge 0 47 e count Cooling Setpoint Display of sensor temperature Peltier cooling with forced air fan is applied in order to keep the sensor s dark current to an acceptable minimum and in order to allow for a continuous operation free of any drift phenomena in image sequences Regulated to 5 C 25 C ambient pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 15 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 16 6 5 The Recording sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording m Signals Recorder Mode Timestamp 3 Sequence CJ No stamp tL Binary Ring Buffer Binary ASCII ri 1 I I Hut Acquire Mode 9 Auto 3 External Ln beer feet DT LES peo edoe 25602150 b w no doubleshutter Accept am amp Recorder Mode The Camware will use free RAM space on your computer The recorded images will be temporally saved as 16bit multi TIFF In Sequence mode the recording stops when RAM space is full In Ring Buffer mode the camera will stop only by a stop command hence overwriting prev
25. ft click Now a Line Diagram opens and the length of the line unit pixel is shown in a bubble and displayed in the window Line Diagram Val 10 Length 481 Copy To Clipboard Copies the active image to clipboard Set Crosshair Move the marker See page 23 to any point in the image pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 31 Camware Features 32 7 10 Additional Features Setting Contrast Area by Mouse You can control the minimum and maximum values used for the conversion from 16 bit to 8 bit with the mouse Move the mouse cursor into a region which should be shown with maximum contrast Press the shift and the left mouse button Hold down the mouse button while increasing the size of the rubber band window with mouse moves After releasing of the mouse button the coordinates of the rubber band window act as a border for calculating the minimum and maximum values Setting a new ROI by Mouse In the same manner you can setup a new region of interest see ROI in Camera control for the camera You only have to press the CTRL Strg button instead of the shift button The coordinates of the rubber band window are used for calculating a new region of interest which will be adapted to the camera capabilities automatically You can reset the ROI to maximum by pressing the CTRL Strg button and the right mouse button White Balance by Mouse In the same manner you can change the white balance Yo
26. he camera Do not use liquid cleaners or sprays The lens is best cleaned with pressurized air or with liquid cleaners such as pure alcohol or with special optical cleaners that are available at high quality photo stores Never use aggressive cleaning liquids such as gasoline acetone spirits or nitro cleanser Every time the input window is cleaned there is the possibility of surface damage Do not clean the input window unless it is absolutely necessary Be careful and avoid scratches and damage to the input window surface Use a cotton swab dipped in pure alcohol or optical cleaning liquid and wipe only on the glass surface Do not get any cleaning liquid on the metallic parts such as the lens thread because tiny detached particles may scratch the surface Always store the camera with the protective cap or with a lens mounted to avoid dust and dirt on the input window Camera Disposal The camera includes electronic devices which can contain materials harmful to the environment If the camera is to be discarded please dispose of it in an environmentally responsible manner and use recycling facilities where available pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 39 Appendix 40 A6 Customer Service and Trouble Shooting If you have a question which is not adequately addressed in this manual please contact PCO or your local dealer To speed your request we need the following information Short description of
27. he converter scales the 8 bit display 256 within these two values Auto Range Crop sets the converter to ignore the extreme intensity values of the image and scales the display in a smaller range Thus dark or bright light spots reflections etc are cut off Min Max Automatic Continuous Auto Range Crop Proc config sheet please see under Convert Control Color pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 21 Camware Features white balance switch on in order to significantly reduce processing time anti aliasing filter 28 Convert Control Color Camera Convert Control Color Contrast HEME oran Diem SN LE switch tab histogram Col Temp Auto 2500K Tint hide the histogram of original data 100 histogram of original data wv 279 S JG The user can influence how the 16 12 bit intensity values x axis of the original image are converted into 8 bit values y axis in different ways White sliders in histogram left slider Min controller corresponds to value O of the 8 bit display Values below that mark are set to 0 i e displayed as no color right slider Max controller corresponds to value 255 Values above that mark are set to 255 i e displayed as full color The values in between are converted into a value between 0 and 255 according to Contrast and Gamma settings See the small graph which ref
28. ifferent formats and you can view the result in the color view window Use one of the attached predefined LUTs or define your own Direct Record To File With this command you can preset a certain number of images to be stored directly onto hard disk If the camera captures images faster than the computer can save to disk then you will loose images The displaying of the images doesn t interfere with the record process See also Recorder Mode on page 16 Record with Flowfile for pixelfly and sensicam models Exit This command exits the program and closes all channel dialog windows Window positions settings and sizes are stored in the windows registry and will be loaded again at next start up pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Camera Acquisition view oy Camera Control Load Camera Settings Save Camera Settings Create Hot Pixel List Hotpixel Correction Auto Exposure 7 Camware Features 7 4 The Camera Menu Camera Control Use this command to open the camera control window see 6 1 Load Camera Settings With this command you can reload camera settings which have been previously saved You can reload only a file which has been made with the same camera configuration as it was found by the application at start up Save Camera Settings This command saves the actual camera settings of all existing cameras Create Hot Pixel List for long exposure only This feature applies f
29. ions Never operate the camera in humid or dusty environments or in places with high amounts of X ray radiation Humidity dust or X rays could damage the camera To avoid the risk of water condensation protect the camera against extreme changes of ambient temperature If condensation enters the camera there is the risk of electric shock To prevent damage to the camera the system must be kept stable and protected against strong jolts or vibrations The socket at the bottom of the camera is to be used for mounting purposes only The slits in the camera case side amp back planes are designed for heat dissipation by the camera fan To prevent overheating of the camera do not block these slits Do not leave the camera system in direct sunlight to avoid the risk of overheating Electric shock warning Never slide any items through the slits into the camera because of the risk of electric shock if the voltage parts inside are touched Each time the camera is used check the power cable for any damage Never position the cable in a way that it could become a tripping hazard Do not force the lens onto the camera To protect the lens connector thread from damage use minimal force when attaching a lens to the camera If any of the following conditions apply immediately switch off the camera separate it from the power line and contact our customer support A f the power cable or the power plug seems to be worn or damaged If
30. ious images For higher frame rates and longer recording period an appropriate RAID system is necessary See also the Direct Record To File option on page 24 Acquire Mode The acquire mode gives you the ability to enable or disable the recording by an external signal If set to Auto all images are accepted and all images taken are saved A signal at the acq enbl input see chapter 6 7 is ignored for this function If set to External the camera will only record images if the external signal enables recording The sensor timing scheme is paused by the signal at the acq enbl input The acq enbl input is sampled at the beginning of the image generation which can be seen at the rising edge of the busy stat output If the acq enbl input is high low when inverted at that time the image timing starts it causes an idle state until the acq enbl input is low high when inverted Busy Stat out acq enbl in image image image image In trigger mode External Exp Start the acq enbl input works like a gate for the trigger signal A trigger edge rising falling when exp trig is inverted is accepted only when the acq enbl signal is high low when inverted acq enbl in exp trig in Busy Stat out accepted not acc not acc accepted accepted pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco edge In trigger mode External Exp Ctrl the acq enbl input works very similar to th
31. ived busy will go high As soon as busy goes low again a new trigger edge is accepted Acquire Enable If checked a signal for Acquire Mode see chapter 6 5 is accepted at the acq enbl input Status Expos If checked a signal indicating exposure status is given at the b status output Status Expos indicates the actual exposure window for one frame Status Line If checked a signal indicating line status is given at the status h output Use the falling line edge for jitter free synchronisation see page 12 Type TTL Maximum low level 0 8V Minimum high level 2V Filter electrical interference filters Polarity active for high low signal or rising falling edge 18 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features 7 Camware Features PCO s renowned software for camera control image acquisition and archiving of images in various file formats camware pco imaging You will find an online help under the common Help menu Note There are some features explained in the online help that are not applicable for this camera version 7 1 If no camera is connected When Camware is started it automatically recognizes the camera type of the connected and running cameras If Camware is started with no camera Demo Mode Setup connected to the PC or with cameras Error on startup No camera detected or no board found Starting without camera functions Please select color and re
32. lects the calculation Camera Convert Control Color Color Balance Proc config Converted RGB Hist histogram of converted data The balancing of RGB can be controlled by Col Temp and Tint Press the Auto button to set the white balance Intensity of single color can be controlled by Saturation and Vibrance Camera Convert Control Color Color Balance Proc config Converted RGB Hist non local means algorithm GPU Processing Noise Reduction NLM adaptive 7 Denoise Adaptiv to brightness and patterns Color Refine Filter Sharpen On On Due to proprietary high end algorithms used for these image processing features no detailed description is given here Try it and see how the fine details will improve pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features GPU Processing In order to benefit from all of Camware s advanced processing features we highly recommend a NVIDIA CUDA enabled graphics processing unit GPU e g NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or better Find a list of CUDA enabled products here http www nvidia com object cuda_learn_products html Get the CUDA driver here http www nvidia com object cuda_get html Make sure that the CUDA driver is successfully installed that the GPU has at least 512MB memory AMD s ATI graphics processing units are not yet enabled but will follow soon Camware Image Processing color monochrome Pre Pr
33. n commercial use within your organization only In consideration of this authorization you agree that any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein Each individual document published by PCO may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information relating to that individual document Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of PCO or any third party Except as expressly provided above nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any PCO copyright Note that any product process or technology in this document may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by PCO and may not be licensed hereunder Updated January 2011 PCO AG pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduc HON rp E EARUM DURUM MU S MEE 4 The new imaging standard 2 Safety INSIrTUCIONS 2222 Cet bes Pide e eaae beu 5 Save money reduce stress stay healthy 3 System Components 6 What s in the Box 4 IistallalIOl ro otro ot t oe eere Put dte too RETE RUEES T Get your camera and computer ready for start 5 QUICK Start A da beide Ee 8 How to get an image fast and easy 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 9 The main interface for all camera setting
34. ng CD For the latest versions please check our website Overview by Category sCMOS Cameras Sensitive Cameras Intensified Cameras High Speed Cameras Specialized Cameras OEM Cameras Camera Software Accessories by Application Life Science Physical Science Machine Vision Automotive English Deutsch pco imaging CMOS Cameras pco edae Product Details Technical Data More Info The new pco edge is a breakthrough in scientific Imaging cameras due to its distinctive ability to simultaneously deliver extremely low noise fast frame rates wide dynamic range high quantum efficiency high resolution and large field of view all in one image Datasheet Software Drivers Manuals Where to getthe product Areas of Application live cell microscopy single molecule detection super resolution microscopy TIRF microscopy waveguides EI spinning disk confocal microscopy 9 genome sequencing 2nd and 3rd gen FRET FRAP lucky astronomy imaging adaptive optics solar astronomy fluorescence spectroscopy bio amp chemi luminescence high content screening photovoltaic inspection xray tomography ophtalmology flow cytometry biochip reading machine vision TV broadcasting spectral hyperspectral imagina laser induced breakdown spectroscopy LIBS particle image velocimetry Back to overview PCO AG 92008
35. ntal vertical pixel pixel rolling global rolling global shutter shutter shutter shutter 2560 2160 1600 1200 180 90 60 30 320 X240 900 450 2300 150 j Values are for estimation purposes only With respect to the minimum exposure time of 500us rolling shutter the maximum frame rate is 2000 fps even at smaller ROIs The Camware will show the actual frame rate in the information box Imagesize 256042160 mas fps 33 64 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco edge 6 4 The Sensor Misc sheet CameraControl AD Converter Fiselclack Conversion Factor one bwg 95 se x1 eB Pixels 0 45 e count Double Image alf an IR Sensitivity T Electronics Temperature off 2n Seng dE Offset Control auto alt Default Bw Moise Filter off ka El Temp 27 C Sensor Temp 5 C Power Temp 30 C Pixelclock The pixel clock sets the clock frequency and therefore the image sensor readout speed AD Converter Feature not applicable for pco edge Double Image This feature is widely used for particle image velocimetry PIV measurements but not released for the pco edge IR Sensitivity Feature not applicable for pco edge Offset Control Offset control is done automatically for optimal results User control is disabled B W Noise Filter If you encounter unexpected aliasing effects turn this filter o
36. ocessing Noise Reduction Bayer Processing Bayer Demosaicing Sharpen Refine Process Chroma Blurr Post Processing Offset Gain Min Max Color Correction Saturation Vibrance Color Temperature Tint White Balance Gamma Contrast BayerDemosacing O 0 Sharpen A Refine Process 0 Y o ChromaBlur Y Browser The Recorder Browser gives an overview of the images in the Recorder and helps you in an easy way to select a new current image Simply click on the desired image to make it the current image It may then be viewed in the Black White and Color Window The Browser window can show up to 40 pictures per page thus enabling easy printing of the Browser window You can switch between the single pages by double clicking inside the Browser window or with the local menu right mouse button Browser Control Skip mages HM Page Skip images allows for convenient overview at large numbers of images Multi Window View the images of all active cameras in consecutive order in one window Time oriented means that the sequence of images depends on the individual time stamp of each image Camera number oriented means that the first image shown is from camera 1 then camera 2 and so on Embedded Image Info only for pixelfly and sensicam models see Timestamp feature in chapter 6 6 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 29 Camware Features Window
37. or cameras with exposure times longer than 5s and is not applicable for the pco edge camera Hotpixel Correction for long exposure only sophisticated hot pixel correction is already implemented in the pco edge camera Auto Exposure Starts some exposures and tries to find an exposure time that captures images with grey values between 1400 and 1500 It re adjusts the lookup tables in order to display the images with the new settings best For low light conditions only pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 25 7 Camware Features Acquisition View a Live Preview Acquire Sequence REC i Recorder Settings 26 ENTER 7 5 The Acquisition Menu Live Preview The Live Preview is useful for fast and easy adjusting and focusing of the camera The active window will be updated To see another window simply click on the window This option is not available in double shutter mode Acquire Picture Records single images in case of pixelfly and sensicam cameras Acquire Sequence Starts recording images into the system memory according to Trigger Mode selection see 6 2 During the recording the camera controls are locked Memor y Allocation Dialog Rec Memory Settings Allocate of images Predefine the number of images in the allocated tt of images RAM segment here Max allocateable 59 Recorder Settings Play settings This command opens the Recorder pie Settings dialog window pe moe cancel
38. ount T 046 SS Ss spectral range nm 3 0 1100 rolling shutter 0 5 100 anti blooming factor noblooming smear A 2 A f nosmea op calinptt S F C mount trigger auxiliary signals intermal externa software TTL HENNING NN binning hor x ver power supply ee 7 mechanical dimensions mm C mount 70 x 80 x 102 wxhxl wegh S dg 700 O 10 80 10 60 data interface Camera Link CE FCC certified Jooo yes Subject to change please refer to current data sheet quantum efficiency T T T T 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 wavelength nm wavelength nm pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Appendix A2 Mechanical Dimensions All dimensions given in millimeter 14 C Mount Ni pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 35 Appendix A3 How to change optical input F mount to C mount Step 1 Remove F mount Adapter Grasp the F mount adapter at the blue ring counter ring and turn counterclockwise p md d d P Lond a Step 2 Insert C mount Ring Carefully screw the ring completely in and tighten the two Allen screws C mount ring Adjust Back Focal Length If needed loosen Allen screws and adjust C mount ring until image appears sharp
39. party software drivers from our website support section Minimum computer system requirements e Clock speed gt 1 6GHz RAM gt 512MB Windows XP Service Pack 2 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution display nVIDIA CUDA GPU see chapter 7 6 4 1 Grabber Installation Please run the appropriate grabber driver installation with default settings For 32bit OS Runtimesetup v5 1 0a IA32 For 64bit OS not yet released Then shut down computer and install grabber card hardware 4 2 Camware The Camware 32 bit Windows application software enables you to control every camera parameter or setting Images can be displayed on a monitor and may be downloaded and stored Please run the respective software installation provided on the CD de sW_CAMWAREWINS2_304 exe After a successful installation you will find the program file Digital Camera Toolbox in your program directory pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany r4 5 Quick Start 5 Quick Start Note In order to get familiar with your new camera amp software it might be helpful if you first aim at an object that is easy to focus and that can be seen at standard light conditions 5 1 5 2 Preparation v installation is finished see chapter 4 v an appropriate lens is attached remove cap or the camera is attached properly to the microscope spectrograph or other scientific device camera is connected to the power supply camera is connected to the PC
40. s 6 1 The Camera Control window cccceccecceeseeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeess 9 6 2 The TIMING SNCS irn sen e Nie se out te earn cree nettes sateen 10 6 3 The Sensor Size sheet 14 6 4 The Sensor Misc sheet aeina Raa aa KEE RaRa 15 65 IMG A COGIAO SNES pM Lm 16 6 6 The In Out Signals sheet RL 18 7 Camware Features 19 Software for image acquisition and archiving 7 1 no camera is Connect des sn ean ec e ec uad o Trad rv Tax Edda 19 1752 OVSIVIeW dashed aua Mise ani dr oo cintre 20 T5 The Fe MOL eo ane auraient en emo ae quta beetle 21 hA Whe Camera MF us coo vente evans El C ER PR o eic RR or NA 25 75 5 TheAcquisitlon MENU sarcina esa onn ca re ox vue are none 26 1435 The VIEW Menu ceased coa aa ees aea esame oa d cie rare 21 7 7 The VV nere EIU EET TS 30 5 9 Thedelp MEN nn its ont Ver te tee re 30 19 h LOCAl MENU nine ns anse Dada tn idee 31 7 10 Additional FeSlll6S rates tre Path vb nixa e rid Eno s c aus cu dei tie 32 Appendix At Wecnnca Bic T TT 34 A2 Mechanical Dimensions ss 35 A3 How to change optical input F mount to C mount 36 A4 Image File Formats ss 3 A5 Service and Wiaintenance ccc aves 39 AG Customer Service and Trouble Shooting 40 A7 Firmware Update 40 A8 Digital Camera Tools CD ROM 41 A9 Global Shutter Rolling Shutter 42 ADO 00 REM 43 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 3 1
41. solution for demo mode Resolution Elle o edge L Double Shutter Color Alignment brw color lower upper PRESS Restart n log TO m ENABLE LOGGING This e switched off it starts in demo mode In this mode all image processing features are available The user only has to tell Camware which type of images will be opened For that purpose the Demo Mode Setup window opens and asks for the corresponding input enables logging and restarts Cariw are IF vau only like to contact poo please press OK and select About and Support Hestart n lag Need Help If this window pops up because you have trouble running the camera please see instructions in appendix A6 Resolution The drop down list offers the existing image sensor spatial resolutions of all PCO camera systems Please select the specific resolution and bit depth of the images to be opened If double shutter images have been recorded and should be opened Double Shutter Mode should be checked Color With the radio buttons the user can specify whether the image type is monochrome or color Alignment These two radio buttons adjust whether MSB aligned upper or LSB aligned lower images have been stored see page 22 File Settings Settings to view the b16 files of the pco edge ___ Resolution bit DoubleShutter 2560x2160 lt no gt b w pco edge color 2560x2160 16 lt no gt coor pco edge
42. t acc In order to avoid trade offs at maximum frame rate use either the Busy Status signal See chapter 6 7 or make sure that the external trigger rate follows this condition External Trigger Rate x fmax 1 001 magesize 2560x2160 mas fps 100 80 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 11 6 Camera Control for the pco edge External Exp Ctrl An external signal which is applied to the trigger input controls the start and the duration of the exposure see chapter 6 7 In trigger mode External Exp Ctrl a new exposure is started by the falling or rising edge of the voltage signal at the BNC input see chapter 6 7 The exposure is finished when the opposite edge is detected Thus in this mode the start as well as the length of the exposure time can be controlled No further settings can be made as the image timing is completely controlled by the exp trig signal There is a maximum exposure time If the trigger pulse is longer than 1s the integration will be stopped at 1 s A new trigger is possible after treadout or texp tsys whichever is longer after the preceding trigger The Busy Status signal See chapter 6 7 indicates if a new trigger will be accepted exp trig in Exp Stat out Busy Stat out treadout ace not acc accepted accepted Summary The detailed timing for external trigger includes system delay times an adjustable additional delay time and the jitter exp
43. torage abilities of the formats for example bmp the bitmap format only allows for 8bit values to be stored and therefore the image content of a 12 14 16 bit image is reduced if stored as bitmap pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 21 Camware Features 22 Export Recorder Sequence not reloadable Use this command to export a sequence of images If more than one channel is connected and an image window is currently open the record of the window which has got the input focus will be saved If no image window is open the images of channel 1 will be saved This command will open the Export image dialog box Files with the extensions fts tif bmp asc avi mpo jpg jo2 and wmv can be exported If you export recorder files you will not be able to reload them into CamWare Print Setup The Print Setup command opens the Windows Print Setup dialog box for adjustments and settings of the connected printer s Print Preview The Print Preview command opens a Print Preview window Print Opens the Windows Print dialog box for the currently displayed image or comment display Options This command opens the Options dialog allowing special settings Options File Settings EE File settings TIFF File Settings Jpeg File Setti View settings M etungs peg ile etos Toolbar Align to MSB High quality Misc RAW 16bit RGB ASCII file separator TAB v Preserve Last Record Tiff Bit
44. trig in exposure trsys ldelay it tisys delay lit n 95 3 MHz 286 MHz 0 28 us 0 10 us tdelay delay For jitter free synchronization use the falling edge of the line signal at the status output see page 18 There is no specified timing for the software trigger The software trigger is not recommended for applications where an exact timing is required 12 pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco edge Timing Please see notes to the external trigger modes for respective timing issues Timing Exposure 00 007 000 000 1S ENS Delay O0 000 000 000 amp ms us ns FPS based The exposure and delay time can be adjusted in steps of 10us exposure time delay time pco edge rolling shutter 500us 2s pco edge global shutter 10us 100ms The slider and the up down control refer to the blue highlighted unit amp ms us ns Additional delay time will reduce frame rate FPS based The camera will optimize the image recording to achieve the selected frame rate with chosen exposure time as close as possible Only for Auto Sequence trigger mode Timing Frame Fate 00 100 000 v kHz Hz mHz Exposure 00 001 000 000 amp ms us ns FPS based First the frame rate is set If the time required for readout of the image is longer than 1 frame rate then the frame rate will be reduced to 1 treadout
45. tware trigger for a test image with the Single Trigger button In the External Exp Start exposure control mode single image recording is started by the falling or rising edge of the voltage signal at the BNC input See chapter 6 7 The frame rate cannot be set as the frame rate is defined by the frequency of the external signal However the exposure time and ROI settings affect the maximum possible frame rate A new trigger is possible after treadout or texp tsys whichever is longer after the preceding trigger The Busy Status signal See chapter 6 7 indicates if a new trigger will be accepted exp trig in Exp Stat out Busy Stat out ace not acc accepted accepted The maximum achievable frame rate in external trigger mode is negligibly less about 0 1 286MHz than when operating the camera in Auto Sequence mode Note If the trigger rate of the external signal is quite near the maximum possible frame rate difference lt 1 1000 then it will be random whether or not a trigger is accepted If the trigger rate of the external signal is higher than the maximum possible frame rate then every second trigger pulse is ignored Therefore the actual frame rate drops to 12 of the external trigger rate If the trigger rate is increased further then only every 3rd every 4th etc trigger edge will be accepted exp trig in Exp Stat out Busy Stat out acc notacc acc notacc acc notacc acc no
46. u only have to press the CTRL Strg and the shift button at the same time The pixel values within the coordinates of the rubber band window are used for calculating a new white balance For best results we recommend to use the white balance button in the Convert Control Color See 7 6 or the Auto Balance Color in the Local Menu see 7 9 respectively Fold Up Window The Convert Control windows can be minimized folded up Just move the pointer over the bar and the window will unfold again fold up window Camera Convert Control BW Mean 301 8132 Max 2089 Swap Size Camera OX move pointer over bar to unfold window pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 33 Appendix Appendix pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany Appendix 34 A1 Technical Data unit setpoint 01010100S resolution hor x ve pixel 2560x2160 pixel size hor xve ym S KES mm 16 6 x 14 sensor diagonal m 21 8 m quantum efficiency ull well capacity EE E090 rolling shutter 2 ae NJ pS 2051 dB J J 86 9 bt j read out noise erms 2 0 rolling shutter imaging frequency Q full frame 100 frame rate HD 1920x1080 200 MH pixel scan rate 95 3 286 image sensor MC M Q D 2 gt 5 77 3 B n S OIO A Oo Emm O c D 0 5 3 Ole o m QD a J u O pixel data rate Mpixel s 286 MHz 572 A D conversion factor e c
47. y 00 000 000 000 4 v amp Ims usns CO Ext Exp Ctrl FFS based 3 peo edge 25502150 b w na doubleshutter D Changes to the camera control sheets must be completed by pressing the Accept button If the Accept button is not pressed these changes will be ignored and lost If the changes are within the allowed condition limits of the camera a message is sent to the computer the button disappears and the green lamp will be highlighted If an illegal change was attempted the camera will not accept the change and the red lamp will be highlighted In the information field you can view some information about the camera Click into the info field in order to scroll through the values peo edae 25602160 b w no doubleshutter Fi E Temp 29 C Sensor Temp 5 C Power Temp 31 C Imagesize 2560x2160 mas fps 33 64 Power Temp temperature hotspot close to FPGA pco edge User Manual V1 01 PCO AG Germany 9 10 Camera Control for the pco edge 6 2 The Timing sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording 1 0 Signals Delay 0 000000ms Exposure 0 500000ms e 1 0m amp Trigger Made Timing Auto Sequence Exposure DO aad San ann v Soft Trigger EILEEN LES O Ext Exp Start Delay 00 000 000 000 4 v amp Img ug ns C Est Exp Ctrl FFS based peo edge 256

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