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1. numm m N Internal High Speed Memory 2 4 8 GB USB Hard Drive 115 3000M page 11 T3 User Manual USB Port The TS3 will act as a Host to any USB mass storage device connected at the USB port See TS3 Top View on page 4 Image data may be saved to these devices USB On The Go Figure 2 4 USB OTG on the TS3 The USB OTG port allows the camera to be connected as a slave to any PC using a USB A to USB Micro B cable Once connected via the TS3 s OTG port any mass storage device on the camera can be accessed by the PC This includes an SD Card Solid State Drive or thumb drive in the USB port To use this option 1 Power up the camera 2 Install thumb drive and or SD Card in the camera 3 Attach the camera to the PC via the camera s USB OTG port which is next to the SD Card slot on the side of the camera See TS3 Side View Door open on page 5 As each device is located by the PC an Autoplay window on the PC will open This is a very simple way to transfer image data to a PC This is for file access only there is no way to control the camera via USB OTG When you are finished you need to eject the media from the PC Click on the Safely Remove Hardware and eject Media icon on your computer s task bar and select Eject MIKROTRON Camera Note Any device that is connected to the camera after the camera and PC are connected will not be seen by the PC Table 2 5 TS3 Mass Storage
2. y Stills improvement as much as a 0 Stacks 6x is seen when saving large s3 000000 267739136 Delete 4 Videos numbers of very small files name ts3 000000 time stamp 2012 12 17 11 12 33 such as saving thousands of width 1280 height 1024 low resolution JPEGs frame count 203 fps 500 e codec TIF Exploring Camera Media bit mode upper 8 raw 1 Open the FasMotion Camera Explore dialog by selecting the radio button for the SD Card SSD or USB and clicking on the Explore button Capacity 14 666 Free Space 14 56 Navigate to the Still Stack or Video of interest 115 3000M page 59 You will notice that the information about the clip or still will be displayed including the time stamp resolution frame count frame rate and file format Any selected still or clip may be copied moved or deleted CAP files which are proprietary MIKROTRON raw image files can be loaded back into the camera When Cap files are loaded back into the camera the camera may be operated in Review mode just as when the imagery was originally taken This will allow you to Save it in any format and to any Figure 7 19 FasMotion Camera Menu 7 9 Configurations TS3 Configurations which include all camera settings resolution frame rate session length exposure etc a G ma can be Saved Reloaded or Reset to factory defaults Arm Carnera ontrol Pan
3. Current Frame 0 F m Playback Rate 15 gt 7 4 Controlling the Image Displays Beet EO EEn Zoom To Window The View Menu contains zoom controls that are replicated at the top of the Zoom To Fit application window These control the size and shape of the Image Window Toom Tiri Zoom In Zoom Qut Zoom to Window The full image is sized to completely fill the image window The image may be distorted as the aspect ratio is lost Zoom to Fit default The image expands proportionally and fills the image window without losing its aspect ratio Zoom 1 to 1 The image is represented pixel for pixel on the display Depending on the display resolution the image may only fill part of the image window or the image may be cut off in which case sliders will appear so that you may access the entire image LE Zoom In The image is enlarged greater than 1 1 with the first click then progressively larger with each additional click When the image exceeds the size of the window sliders will appear for ac cess Figure 7 11 User Preferences Setting Default Gamma in User Prefer ences ES User Preferences JPEG Quality User Preferences is in the Camera menu ty The Default Gamma setting is used to PEA vam set the default output Gamma for o LO displayed and saved images 33 The default Gamma is 1 0 linear Many laptop computer displays have a Gamma of 1 0 while most larger fl t panel LCD monitors have a Gamma
4. D po advantages 1 Itcan be used to control the camera via the MEL pe built in Web Application or InMotion Camera Benefits of TS3 Ethernet connectivity ls Setting up Networking on the Camera The TS3 s Networking settings may be configured manually or using DHCP When shipped the cameras are set for DHCP To change the setting Control software The camera and PC need not to be physically close to each other as with the USB OTG connection which is dependent on cables that are limited in length generally less than 4 5m Once connected to a network the TS3 may be accessed for file transfer and camera operation including live views recording reviewing etc by any PC on the network Multiple cameras may be accessed and controlled on a network Figure 3 7 Network Menu Using the camera s Web Application built into the e camera any PC that has network access to a cameral can control it without installing any software This a EEB Record Control Display works with popular web browsers such as Google me Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Storage Touchscreen Information Configuration 1 Navigate to the System Menu 2 Select Network 3 Choose between DHCP or Static Choose DHCP in the camera will be placed on a network with a DHCP servdfable 3 2 Network LEDs running on it Choose Static if the camera and any PGs used to access it are manually configurated LEDs on RJ 45 Connector Came
5. e Gamma is also adjusted in the Display Image Adjust dialog Levels range from 0 20 to 5 00 Gamma 2 2 is the default as it is the most common display gamma for monitors For a linear display choose a gamma of 1 00 See also 3 3 Controlling the Displays on page 15 Setting Image Processing Options l Figure 4 15 White Balance Dialog 1 Navigate to the Display Menu Record Control 2 Select the image processing option you wish to change Brightness Contrast or Gamma ImaggAdjust i om Tungsten 3400K Fluorescent 4100K Normal 1 1 1 RGB Gain LCD Adjust 3 Experiment with the values in each of these 2 Pimmer controls to get the best possible image 4 You may wish to open a histogram DISP Button for reference as you use these controls Note Making a selection from this menu only affects the Displayed image and any non RAW images saved to mass storage devices It does not a ect the either the 8 bit or 10 bit images as they are recorded into the TS3 s high speed internal memory Adjustments made here may be done before and or after the imagery is captured Note All image processing is done using 16 bit math If 8 bits are recorded they will be used as the upper 8 bits of the 16 bit calculations by the image processor The upper 8 bits of the results are then used as an output Similarly if 10 bits are recorded they will be used as the upper 10 bits of the 16 bit calculations This is true
6. OK the camera will either power down or begin charging If click Cancel or MENU the camera will return to its previous operating state If you do nothing the camera will wait approximately 60 seconds then either begin charging or power down it will not return to operating mode until it is powered up again Table 2 3 ON OFF Button Battery External LEDs Battery Charge Present Supply Indicator 1 Operating Power Camera Battery Green Amber or Red 2 Charging Power Battery Green Amber or Red LCDo LCD o x 1 Operating Power Camera Batery Blue ac Lo x 20 Nome cmo X 1 Operating Power Camera Battery Green Amber or Red Batt xx x J d ee Tacos The Battery LED changes color depending on the level of charge Table 2 4 Battery LED States Operating Charging lt 15 gt 5 lt Charging Blinking Red Not Installed 2 4 TS3 Memory and Mass Storage Options O O The TS3 camera is equipped with 4GB or 8GB of internal high speed internal memory Images stored in this memory may be reviewed on the camera external monitor via HDMI or PC then saved to any of four types of mass storage devices 1 Solid State Hard drive optional in talled in the TS3 at the factory 2 SD Cards SDHC inserted by the operator into the SDHC slot on the side of the TS3 3 USB devices such as thumb drives or USB external hard drives connected via the USB port 4
7. 3 Move the cursor to the box showing the current name and click OK to open the alpha numeric dialog where you will enter the new camera name If enabled you can do this using the Touchscreen If not you will use the D Pad 4 Delete the present camera name using the Backspace button in the dialog box then enter the new name in its place page 18 T3 User Manual Caution There are many symbols available on the keypad that are not valid for camera naming If you enter symbols that are not usable those characters and any subsequent characters will be stripped from the camera name as soon as you navigate away from the Name Menu Figure 3 12 Keypad Dialog Boxes ULL eee e eee dee e tele le Ade ele LIE IL EM 3 7 Setting the Time Time Setup on the TS3 is located in the System Menu There are two choices for setting the time the camera User and NTP If you select User the time and date are manually entered into the camera The camera s internal clock will maintain reasonable accuracy but may drift over long periods of time If NTP Network Time Protocol is used the camera will get its time from an external NTP server via the Internet Setting the time Manually 1 Navigate to the System Menu and select Time Figure 3 13 Time Format Menu 2 Select the format you wish to use for the date and time MM DD Y DD MM YY or YY MM DD 3 Select 24 hour if you wish to use a 24 hour display DD MM YY YY MM DD rather than a 12 h
8. e Speed transfer speed in MB s oio plo _ venons enera ompatibi e Missed Frames frames missed in the first pass these are retrieved at the end of the transfer MIKROTRON FasMotion e Good Frames total number of frames transferred this should match the number of frames in the clip A ar e PktSize Packet Size default is usually 1500 Jumbo PARECEN ct frames may be up to 9000 Target jingFasMotionFasMoetion exe s n 250 b 200 e PktDlyBegin End Packet Delay the delay time in usec ado Tu RED PAST eee set in the Camera Find window TY go eT ae EESTI e Buffer number of buffers reserved in PC memory shomeu iy time e Backoff FasMotion keeps track of how much memory Run Normal window re it is using for buffering images If it uses more than the Comment specified Backoff it will tell the camera to stop een Ex T pen File Location ange Icon vanced sending image data until it catches up e Min Minimum Buffers the minimum number of buffers FasMotion had in reserve during the transfer If this number gets down to 0 you will see a number in the Missed Frames column and you will notice in the Save dialog that the system had to go back and retrieve missed frames after the first pass Cancel Apply e Drv Drive the target drive letter such as E or C e Ext Extension the file type saved Table 10 1 on page 105 is from an actual benchma
9. Aliasing and Frame Rate If you are imaging a motion that is cyclical in nature like a wheel spinning or a lever moving up and down it is important to use a high enough frame rate to avoid motion aliasing If you know the speed of the object use a frame rate at least a few times as fast as the repetition rate to get a valid characterization of the motion If you don t know the speed use as high a frame rate as possible to start with and adjust from there Be sure to analyze the movement one frame at a time as the playback speed may cause aliasing as well Generally you will choose to use the largest resolution possible for the frame rate required This will give you the best definition of our object of interest Smaller resolutions may be desired in order to increase the record time Choosing the right shutter speed is dependent not only on the speed at which an object is travelling through the FOV it is also dependent on how the imagery is going to be used For motion analysis it is best to get as short an exposure as possible in order to limit motion blur Motion blur an be defined as the number of pixels traversed by an edge of an object during an exposure For smooth video on the other hand long exposures are best These make for more attractive movies but blurry stills 115 3000M page 101 TS3 User Manual Application Note 5 Optimizing System for Image Transfers Transferring large volumes of image data from the camera to
10. Memory devices on a networked PC using FasMotion software not Web Browser 115 3000M page 10 T3 User Manual TS3 Solid State Hard Drives Internal SSD Solid state hard drives SSDs are available as an option on the L and S series See Table 1 1 TS3100 L and TS3100 S Models on page 2 These drives serve as mass storage devices for the camera and are installed in the camera at the factory Image data from the TS3 s high speed internal memory may be downloaded to the SSD thus making room for the next high speed image capture While the SSD does not add to the recording time of the camera the number of images it can record in one session it does allow the user to download large quantities of image data without ever connecting the TS3 to a PC or other external device SD Card The TS3 is shipped with a 16GB high performance SD Card This card has two functions e tcan be used as a mass storage device for downloading and distributing images SD Cards and card readers are very commonly used storage devices among PC users and photographers e Any field software updates for the TS3 from MIKROTRON will be installed via the SD Card Note An SD Card when used for a software update must be reformatted before it can be reused as a mass storage device See Appendix H TS3 Updates on page 88 Figure 2 3 Mass Storage USB Thumb Drive SD Card q AK A ee RE SSD 64 128 256GB
11. o 12801024 esir 5000 12 ti o o fso is losamssa 25627780684 071826 o 12801024 6517 sono o mo 50 ie si io o so Tis 0 3 52 391 8543813068 35 1208 0 1280x1024 6517 9000 System Intel i5 2400S CPU 2 50GHz 6 00GB RAM ST31000524AS Drive 7200 RPM spinning media SATA SAS Note Installation of an additional drive capable of high sustained transfer speeds can boost performance substantially This same system was used for the downloads in Table 10 5 Finding the Correct Packet Delay Value on page 108 but those used an external target drive 115 3000M page 105 TS3 User Manual Reserving Memory for FasMotion FasMotion reserves some amount of PC memory when it starts The default values is 200 buffers which translates to about 1GB On systems that have less than the 4GB recommended minimum installed memory this value may be too high while on systems with 6GB or 8GB of installed memory the value may be bumped up for better performance The argument for memory allocation is n x where x represents the number of buffers about 5MB each to be used Examples To lower the memory allocation to 500MB ANFasMotionNV FasMotion exe n 100 To increase memory allocation to 1 5GB ANFasMotionNV FasMotion exe n 300 Note 300 buffers is the maximum Windows will allow Using Multiple switches If you are adding the n switch you will likely be using the s stats switch a
12. 1 Openthe battery door follow steps 1 2 above 2 Lookinto the battery compartment and notice the connector at the bottom and the battery strap 3 Position the battery strap within the compartment so that it has enough slack to accommodate the battery but will not bunch up when the battery is installed 4 Orient the battery appropriately and slide it into the compartment 5 With the battery seated properly in the compartment the battery clasp will close securing it in place 6 Fold the loose end of the battery strap over the top of the battery and close the battery access door Figure 2 2 Battery Charge Indicator on Status Bar i REVIEW ROI 1024x600 FPS 1000 EXP 8X 0 125 ms TrigPos 50 mun REVIEW ROI 1024x600 FPS 1000 EXP 8X 0 125 ms TrigPos 50 7 Slide the battery door latch closed 8 The TS3 should now power up If it does not please follow the instructions below for connectin the DC power supply and charging the battery 9 Press the Menu button once to get the menus and status bar to appear on the LCD display Attaching the External DC Power Supply The 12V DC Power Supply operates on 100 240VAC 50 60Hz The socket is a standard IEC 13 used worldwide for all types of electronic equipment The power supply is shipped without power cord so that the user may use one appropriate for local power outlets 1 Attach a power cord to the power supply and connect it to an AC power outlet 2 Attach the power
13. BMP Stack directory name for Digital Camera Images o 100fastc This is a sub directory JPEG Stack under DCIM o ts3_000000 This is the first sub directory under DCIM 100fastc used for storing image stacks hs video This is the directory that all AVI files are written to lt filename gt txt For each download the camera creates this text file In it are the camera setup values including resolution frame rate camera name time stamp for the capture image processing values color processing values etc See Appendix G Contents of Frame txt file lt filename gt c g files This is a binary file used for MiDAS player so that it can properly play the image files as a movie Note Image files may be saved multiple times using different formats different start and stop points and different image processing options brightness contrast gamma color etc If 10 bit images have been captured imagery may be saved multiple times using different bit depths page 36 T3 User Manual 5 Synchronizing Cameras Note Please refer to Appendix D Power and I O Connections on page 82 for electrical specifications Do not experiment with these connections if you are unsure of compatibility with your source as they are very sensitive to over voltage and can be easily damaged 5 1 Sync In Figure 5 1 Sync In Settings Dialog ystem Record Display Per Frame Position The TS3 is easily synchronized to an external rig
14. Brightness and Contrast are controlled via sliders and spinners Users select levels from 100 to 100 default 0 HDMI Disabled e Gamma is also adjusted in this dialog Levels range from 0 20 to 5 00 Gamma 2 2 is the default as it is the most common display gamma for monitors For a linear display choose a gamma of 1 00 Note Making a selection from this menu only affects the Displayed image and any non RAW images saved to mass storage devices It does not affect the either the 8 bit or 10 bit images as they are recorded into the TS3 s high speed internal memory Adjustments made here may be done before and or after the imagery is captured Note All image processing is done using 16 bit math If 8 bits are recorded they will be used as the upper 8 bits of the 16 bit calculations by the image processor The upper 8 bits of the results are then used as an output Similarly if 10 bits are recorded they will be used as the upper 10 bits of the 16 bit calculations This is true regardless of the output bit depth thus the lower two bits of the 10 bits recorded are used when computing color corrections and image adjustments even if you are viewing or downloading 8 24 bit formats 8 10 Custom Color Correction When the preset White Balance options Daylight Tungsten and Fluorescent do not give you the color reproduction you need there are a couple of other options available The Custom item in the Display White Balance menu allows
15. Color Interpolation Brightness Contrast Gamma Gains FPN Good image fidelity Huge folders full of file Compatible with popular imaging tools 3841K color TIF Color Interpolation Brightness Contrast Gamma Gains FPN TIF r FPN only 1281K raw Good image fidelity Huge folders full of file Compatible with popular imaging tools 2561K raw Maintains highest image Huge folders full of file fidelity All bits saved in 10 bit mode Compact vs BMP TIF CAP None black frame and As shot 1291K 1725K Maintains highest image Proprietary format parameters saved raw raw fidelity Only format that can be played back by the camera 1 file format Fastest Saves to SSD Convert to any other format via the camera FPN FPN correction is user selectable If FPN is set to Column the correction is at the sensor level and is asserted for all file types If it is set to Off Disabled there will be no correction in any format If it is set to Pixel the black frame will be subtracted in all formats except for CAP For CAP files the black frame is copied into the CAP file and the correction is asserted when creating image data display and conversion As shot parameters all image processing parameters including color corrections gains brightness contrast and gamma are saved but not asserted pixel values are not manipulated This allows for post processing of the original pixel data Table 10 7
16. Each file contains one image A BMP Stack is a collection of images The BMP Stack produced by the TS3 is a collection of frames written as BMP files representing a captured video sequence Brightness Linear image control that boosts all pixel values without disturbing the slope of the curve CinemaDNG CinemaDNG is an open digital cinema format that uses the Adobe Digital Negative Speci fication DNG widely used as an archival format for Raw images The specification is an attempt to standardize digital commercial video format thereby simplifying collaboration and workflow across the entertainment industry and all other industries dependant on digital video recording i e automobile crash testing military testing etc Color Temperature The Color Temperature of an ideal black body is defined as its surface temperature in kelvins K The Color Temperature of a light source is an assigned value that closely ap proximates what a human would perceive as a match between that light source and an ideal black body at that Temperature K High color temperatures are seen bluish while lower color temperatures are seen reddish Config Camera Configuration that can be saved and reloaded Includes settings for Frame Rate Resolution Shutter Speed Trigger bit depth and Auto Save Contrast Linear image control that enhances the difference between pixel values by changing the slope of the curve while maintaining the mean value Cursor The cu
17. Green Color cameras only 6 7 Arm Trigger Live and Review Buttons Use the Arm Trigger Live and Review Figure 6 11 Arm Trigger Live and Review Buttons Buttons above the image window to control the state of the camera O When the camera is in Live mode with de no captured images in its buffer the Arm and Live buttons will be enabled bright and the Trigger and Review buttons will be disabled grayed Click on the Arm button whenever it is enabled and to go into Record mode This will arm the camera recording the p A am pre trigger frames The Arm button will now turn Brown and change to Armed The Trigger button will become enabled Clicking on the Armed brown button will de arm the camera after a warning message just like pressing the mechanical Arm button on the camera while the camera is recording Clicking on the Trigger button or using the external hardware trigger if enabled will cause the 11S 3000M page 47 T3 User Manual camera to record the post trigger frames thereby completing the recording When the recording is complete the captured video is automatically opened in Review mode The Live button returns you to Live mode If the camera is currently recording there will be a warning message that proceeding will result in loss of unsaved video If the camera is in Review mode pressing the Live button will bring up an information box telling you that you are leaving Re
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19. Trigger button You will immediately notice an difference in the color Using RGB Gain Controls Figure 8 12 Custom White Balance E C e Pane Camera Configuration indo Help a 00 O 4909224 Control Panel MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 7d mx v Storage Settings Record Settings hd Record Controls Display Settings Light and Color Settings White Balance Custom Brightness f 0 Contrast fa 0 Gamma 2 20 4 Red 1 000 E Green 1 1 000 2 Bue 1 000 HDMI 1080P F a Live Video IP 169 254 150 41 IL3 A3 Display Rate 15 Another option for addressing color correction is via RGB Gains It is recommended that you use the RGB gains sparingly and as a final tweak to make subtle changes to the color The best use of this is to get the color as close as possible using the White Balance presets or Custom options before adjusting the RGB gains To use RGB Gain 1 Open the Display Settings Tab You will notice sliders with edit boxes and spinners for Red Green and Blue 2 For any color gain you wish to increase move the slider to the desired position Remember to use the D Pad for fine adjustment Note Remember that in the Bayer pattern 1 2 of the pixels are green 1 4 are blue and 1 4 are red Whenever you change gain values you will be adding some noise to the image It is best to avoid using any more gain than you need to and to take special care w
20. V a y og gt 115 3000M page 97 TS3 User Manual Eventually the circular buffer will fill up and overflow but when it does it continues to keep the newest images as it discards the oldest Figure 10 6 Circular Buffer Fills and Images Shift Position V E AT gt ES o E eg Ng qe Referring back to Example 1 at the beginning of this section e The camera is focused on the balloon e Itis recording images into its circular buffer e The balloon pops The camera has captured the event now you just need to make the camera stop before the images are discarded For this we use an End Trigger Note In photography the term trigger is often used in reference to the shutter usually cameras are triggered to take one image In high speed video capture we use the term in reference to controlling the acquisition of some usually very large number of video frames With the camera configured for an End Trigger the camera will fill its 20 frame circular buffer until it gets a Trigger from the Trigger Button on the top of the TS3 from a Trigger signal received on the Sync I O connector or from a software application At that time it will Stop recording The last frame recorded will be given the number 0 All previous Frames will be given sequential negative numbers Played back the resulting video begins on frame 19 progresses to frame O then stops
21. an unattended camera it is possible that the camera will trigger prematurely If Autosave is used there is a good chance that the camera will have returned back to Record mode in time to capture the planned event Fieure 4 11 Autosave Dialos To set up Autosave 1 Navigate to the Record Menu Disabled Use Tag 2012 01 29 ae Save Settings Shutter Speed Low Light Bit Depth 2 Select Autosave 3 Select Disabled A dialog box will open to allow yot to set up Start Stop frames for downloading the Start Stop times for the recording are the defaults the destination drive mass storage targ for downloads file type options and options for Black Level naming the downloaded files See 4 12 Saving y Settings Images to Mass Storage on page 35 Shutter Speed 4 When finished setting up the Autosave setting Low Light click on the Save button When you navigate back Bit Depth to the System menu the Disabled button will Autosave have turned green and say Enabled The next Black Level button over will reflect the target file name Note Autosave will continue re arming itself capturing images and downloading them until the target drive runs out of space At this time it will progress to Review mode so the user download manually to a different drive or clear space 4 9 Reviewing Captured Imagery Playback Once the recording is complete if Autosave is not ena
22. and peak values for the image The peak value also includes the number of pixels exactly at the peak value Peak lt of pixels 0 pixel value Figure 10 3 Histogram Linear Gradient PA Min 167 Peak 428610180 Max 218 Min 172 Peak 1287360 183 Max 192 If we view the same mono tonal content used in Figure 10 2 on a color camera we get the more complex histograms seen in Figure 10 3 Assuming that the mono tonal image is a neutral gray target the histogram on the left shows what you would expect if the camera s color balance is shifted a bit toward the red as it might be under tungsten illumination In this ase the color channels are easily visible as they are separated The histogram on the right shows what you would expect if the camera s color balance is a good match Histograms and Exposure Setting Professional Digital photographers are very sophisticated in their use of histograms While the use of histograms as a tool for fine tuning light and color content for artistic purposes is beyond the scope of this App Note there are a couple of simple rules to follow that will be helpful 1 The best images contain a balance of highlights and lowlights To this end it is good to strive for a distributed grouping of peaks across the histogram 2 Try to identify the peaks for any objects of interest in the scene Make sure that those objects are not in danger of exceeding the camera s dynamic range that they are not close in v
23. appear in white letters in the Menu Bar Selected or Enabled items turn green once the cursor is moved away from them Table 3 1 Menu Terminology Menu Bar Across the top of the display Touch Menu Icon System Record Control Display Review Menu Having Made a selection from the Menu Bar a drop down Menu Appears such as the System Menu shown below Present status for items in the selected menu are listed The menu options i e Name Network etc are called Menu Elements Dialog Box Having chosen an item from a menu a dialog box may open such as the Frame Rate and Resolution See Frame Rate and Resolution Menu on page 23 This is often a place where the user may make choices and or input data Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the display Information includes from left to right Operating Mode Live live view CAP recording REVIEW playback ROI Resolution FPS Frame rate EXP Exposure Trigger Position and ower Battery Status A C no battery xx battery charge Figure 3 1 System Menu Record Control Display e Name Network Time Storage Touchscreen Information Configuration LIVE ROI 1280x1024 FPS 500 EXP 1X 4 000ms TrigPos End Batt 40 11S 3000M page 13 T3 User Manual 3 2 Using the Touchscreen The TS3 7 display uses touchscreen technology that allows the user to navigate through the menus and enter data with the touch of a finger rather than via
24. dialog box This button is a shortcut to the SSD Partition Capture folder that allows you to select a CAP file o load into the camera 8 8 Reviewing Captured Imagery Playback Once the recording is complete if Autosave is not enabled the TS3 will open the recording in Review Mode There are several things to do in Review e Play the video play it forward backward frame by frame adjust the cut in and cut out points find the interesting portion of the clip etc e Adjust the image brightness contrast gamma bit depth color etc See 8 9 Image Processing on page 70 e Save video to a mass storage device See 8 11 Saving Images to Mass Storage on page 73 e Load a CAP file from SSD to memory for Review Searching for Interesting Parts Very often the first thing you will wish to do when reviewing a clip is to scrub through it using the playback slider looking for the most interesting moments 1 Click on the Pause Play button Only necessary if you have already clicked on another of the playback buttons This will enable all of the playback buttons they become black If any of the buttons become grey inactive you will not be able to scrub through the clip 2 Move the Start Clip bumper all the way to the left beginning of segment and the End Clip bumper all the way to the end This is the default position when you enter Review 3 Click and hold the Playback Bug and move it along the progress bar This wi
25. e Images in the internal high speed memory have not yet gone through the image processor This means that the image processing settings have NO effect on the images in high speed memory they only affect the images as they are saved or displayed e Images in high speed memory may be viewed or saved multiple times with different settings page 32 T3 User Manual e live images seen on the display ALWAYS go through the image Figure 4 14 Image Processing Options processor System Control User Control of Image Processor Image Adjust White Balance e Bayer Color processing color cameras only is done in order to RS Sain display a color image The user may elect to save images that have LOC Duel not gone through Bayer colorization by choosing to download a RAW format See 4 12 Saving Images to Mass Storage e Color Correction is controlled via White Balance in the Display menu You may choose from several color temperatures Daylight 5600K Tungsten 3200K and Fluorescent 4100K and Normal setting 1 1 1 all channels at nominal gain There is also a Custom setting used to white balance using a gray target and an RGB gain dialog for further manual adjustment See 4 11 Custom Color Correction e Brightness and Contrast are controlled via Display Image Adjust Users select levels from 100 to 100 default 0 using the buttons or by clicking on the number in the edit box to open a keypad
26. examples Example 1 Someone is blowing up a balloon until it pops You want to capture the balloon pop You have a partition of memory with one second of record time It is very difficult to estimate within a second when that balloon is going to pop Example 2 Jams happen once or twice a day on an automated production line When they occur they may set off a chain of vents that you would like to capture The jam is detected by sensors on the machinery that is propagated to various parts of the line You need to image the time just before the jam occured to help understand the cause You are equally as interested to capture the time just after the event to understand how the equipment reacted to the jam Example 3 You would like to image the launch of a missile You have ample warning when ignition is to happen There is a long count down There may even be a signal available at launch time In order to capture events like the ones in the examples above the TS3 uses a circular image buffer that is able to capture high speed imagery indefinitely though it may only be able to retain a few seconds at a time The figure below is a representation of a circular buffer First the empty buffer is seen with 20 empty slots for images The second graphic shows the first four frames With each frame added the older images are shifted up the newest ones added at the bottom Figure 10 5 Circular Buffer Fills and Images Shift Position V eU A N 5
27. file format Note CAP files load back into memory much faster than they are saved taking approximately 45 seconds for a full 8GB load and proportionately shorter times for smaller ones When the TS3 saves imagery to mass storage it creates the following DCIM This is an industry standard directory name for Digital Camera Images 100fastc This is a sub directory under DCIM TS3 000000 This is the first sub directory under DCIM 100fastc used for storing image stacks hs video This is the directory that all AVI files are written to filename txt For each download the camera creates this text file In it are the camera setup values including resolution frame rate camera name time stamp for the capture image processing values color processing values etc See Appendix G Contents of Frame txt file filename c g files This is a binary file used for MiDAS player so that it can properly play the image files as a movie Note Image files may be saved multiple times using different formats different start and stop points and different image processing options brightness contrast gamma color etc If 10 bit images have been captured imagery may be saved multiple times using different bit depths page 4 TS3 User Manual Appendices Appendix A Definition of terms Table 9 1 Definitions When armed the camera will capture and write images into a partition of camera memory and then overwrite it continually
28. h m s dec MB s Frames Frames Size 0 0 14 663 1179664800 80 3583 O0 1280x1024 9000 o f 1280x1024 400 9000 o 40 0 0 23 562 1966108000 s15229 o 1280x1024 500 9000 o 4o o Jo o Jo o f Min Drv pa N e e olo plo 0025242 2350329600 203583 o 12801024 soo 5000 0041823 3538900000 823182 o 1280x2024 soo 5000 05645 718659200 20 3583 o 1280x2024 1200 sooo 01 10 58 5898324000 aoasss o 1280x2024 1500 5000 o fu 0 133 768 7864432000 20 6463 o 1280x2024 2000 5000 o a 022927 messem socos o izomons som em EE A NEN EUN ERN RR ER RR Ie H 0516358 25625251672 773389 0 12801024 esr sono o Ta The last three downloads shown on the table demonstrate that a higher Packet Delay is a little better for this system In these last three saves delays of 50 35 and 25 were used You can see that the speed of the transfer was not really affected by the increased delay times but that the Min buffer value was very high For this system a Packet Delay of 40 will probably be OK but 50 is a be er number because the system can maintain the same transfer rate without exhausting its buffers page 108 TS3 User Manual Application Note 6 Choosing an Image File Format TS3 and TS3 cameras are capable of outputting images in 7 different file formats These format serve different purposes depending on imaging and work flow requirements JPEG images ar
29. long exposures are best These make for more attractive movies but blurry stills In the TS3 exposure times are expressed as 1X 2X 4X 8X and MAX These are defined as 1 Frame rate nX For 500FPS for example 1 SOOFPS x 1X 2ms 1 SOOFPS x 2X 1ms 1 SOOFPS x 4X 0 5ms etc MAX shortest exposure time is 002ms 2 us Table 4 2 Frame Rates and Shutter Speeds Frame Rates 60 FPS 125 FPS 250 FPS 500 FPS 1000 FPS 1250 FPS 2000 FPS 4000 FPS 5600 FPS Shutter mE A RC ME ERES EIS EIA ax poem roms sme sous ums toms eme sme zm o sane ate 500 vo os vinmes vos rios sta Figure 4 3 Shutter Speed Menu Control Setting the Shutter Speed Shutter Speed 2x 2 000 ms 4x 1 000 ms 8x 0 500 ms MAX 0 002ms 1 Navigate to Record Menu Bit Depth 2 Select Shutter Speed Autosave 3 Select 1X 2X 4X 8X or MAX meck Level Press the Menu Button a few times until the Menus are cleared from the LCD screen Assuming you have installed a lens See 2 2 Installing the Lens on page 7 you should now see a live image You may need to adjust the lens F stop or the lighting Press the Display Button once to view a histogram to confirm that the image you see is not clipped too dark or over saturated Note The camera is capable of setting shutter speeds in increments of one microsecond but not from the on camera menus For finer control of shutter speed use t
30. only the way images are displayed on the LCD They do not change the images in camera memory or images that are or will be saved For any of the three controls here LCD Brightness LCD Contrast and LCD Backlight changes may be made either by clicking on the and boxes which will change the associated item up or down in increments of 1 or you can click on the edit box itself to open a keypad See Figure 3 12 Keypad Dialog Boxes on page 19 LCD Brightness and Contrast have a range between 100 and 100 with a default value of 0 LCD Backlight has a range between O and 100 with a default value of 100 Note The Image Adjust White Balance and RGB Gain elements do not control the LCD display These are part of the image processing pipeline that directly influence the saved image See Image Pipeline on page 32 The LCD Dimmer is a timer that turns the LCD display off after a number of minutes There are four choices e O the display will not time out e 1 Min The display will go dark after 1 minutes of non use e 5 Min The display will go dark after 5 minutes of non use e 10Min The display will go dark after 10 minutes of non use 11S 3000M Figure 3 4 LCD Display Controls J Record Control Display Name Network Time JPEG Ofactor so Storage Touchscreen Default Gamma o Q Image Adjust White Balance RGB Gain LCD Brightness zx LCD Contrast g LC
31. open f 95 for this lens page 84 TS3 User Manual 10 Adjust the illumination and or the exposure setting to get the right exposure avoiding saturation Keep the lens set at its largest aperture It is important to use the shallowest depth of focus possible 11 Look at the witness mark on the lens It should be pointing o 5 1 5m If it is not continue on with the adjustment 12 Set the lens to the 5 1 5m witness mark 13 If the focus got noticeably worse go on with the adjustment 14 Loosen the two C Mount Lock screws see Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View and Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View The C Mount is threaded onto the TS3 Optional Block Loosening the screws enable turning the C Mount for adjustment 15 Turn the C mount adapter a short distance one direction then back to where it was then the other direction You will quickly learn which way to turn it to get better results Note The C mount has 3 32 threads on it It also has a scalloped pattern on its edge comprising 36 indentations Rotating the mount the distance of one of these indentations is equivalent to adjusting the back focus distance a 022mm or a little less than 001 It is a good goal to adjust the back focus to within a couple of these indentations or less than 05mm 002 16 When you are satiffied that the back focus is adjusted as well as you can get it tighten the two adjustment screws and reconfirm the focus Setting for Infinity If you w
32. or Videos folder by Es Gv 000000 double clicking on your choice This will open diomal the dialog shown in Figure 3 16 displaying the list captured imagery and a thumbnail andi brief description of the currently selected item Figure 3 16 System Explore Dialog File Stacks Note This list acts like a spinner when touch is enabled Swiping the list up or down will make it spin allowing you to move through the list quickly page 20 T3 User Manual 6 Double click on any item and a File Action dialog will open that will allow Figure 3 17 File Action Dialog you to Copy or Move the item to another storage device on the system or delete it 7 When done use the Menu or Back button to navigate away Eject also on the Storage Menu should be used whenever you wish to remove media from the TS3 NOTE Failure to eject SDCards or USB devices before removal may result in incomplete transfers The Format function on the Storage Menu should be used with some caution as formatting any media will remove any data on it 3 9 Configuration and Camera Information TS3 Configurations which include all Network Time and all camera settings can be Saved Reloaded or Reset to factory defaults 1 From the System Menu navigate to Configuration 2 Select Save to save the current configuration The configuration may be saved as Configuration H or Configuration 2 3 Select Load to load a saved Configuration Configur
33. rates can be simulated by running cameras out of phase with each other This is usually done by using Duty Cycle in Sync Out for example if you set the Duty Cycle for 5096 and invert the signal the next camera in line will run 180 degrees out of sync 5 4 External Source Sync Figure 5 6 External Sync Local Grouping Sync In Sync Out Dre re Sync In Sync Out i I Trigger I I Sync In L Trigger Sync Out page 40 T3 User Manual Synchronizing to an external source is most common in applications where a preferred sync pulse is available such as one from a PLC IRIG or GPS NOTE Please refer to Appendix D Power and I O Connections on pa e 82 for electrical specifications This sync pulse may be used for a localized group of cameras in which the cameras are connected as in Figure 5 6 External Sync Local Grouping on page 40 is commonly used The cameras may also be placed far apart in which case they are connected to a distributed sync signal as in Figure 5 7 External Sync Distributed Grouping In the case of using a PLC or other local clock you will need to know the polarity and frequency of the signal in order to set the cameras up Optimum frame rates can often be derived using the Rate Devisor function When using IRIG or GPS as an input you will first need to derive a 1Hz signal from the s
34. regardless of the output bit depth thus the lower two bits of the 10 bits recorded are used when computing color corrections and image adjustments even if you are viewing or downloading 8 24 bit formats 4 11 Custom Color Correction When the preset White Balance options Daylight Tungsten and Fluorescent do not give you the color reproduction you need there are a couple of other options available The Custom item in the Display White Balance menu allows you to set the color correction via a gray card or neutral gray object To use Custom White Balance 1 Click on the Custom button in the White Balance menu A rectangular reticle will appear in the middle of the LCD display and a special histogram will appear at the lower right See Figure 115 3000M page 33 T3 User Manual 4 16 Custom White Balance Figure 4 16 Custom White Balance on page 34 2 Center the reticle the white box in the center of the image on a neutral gray object in the field of view In this instance we are using an 18 gray card which is the recommended target Most often the card will only fill portion of the field of view it only needs to fill the reticle It is important that the card or other neutral gray object is located close to the objects of interest and is exposed to the same light as the objects you are going to image H 3 Adjust the lens aperture so that the histogram shows the pixel values grouped high to the righ
35. supply output cord to the camera via LEMO connectors Note that the LEMO connector is keyed the red dot on the connector will face the LCD side back of the camera Note If the camera was powered down before connecting the power supply it will now power up While operating on battery power the Battery Status on the Status bar will show a negative number 8896 See Figure 2 2 Battery Charge Indicator on Status Bar When connected to a power supply with the battery installed the number becomes positive If no battery is present it changes to A C gt Charging the Battery The TS3 battery does not charge automatically when the camera is attached to an external power supply while operating Changing mode is initiated by pressing the ON OFF button When the battery is present while the camera is attached to an external power supply the ON OFF button will toggle the camera through three states 1 normal operation 2 charging non operational 3 O 11S 3000M page 9 T3 User Manual Note Pressing the ON OFF button toggles the camera between three Modes if both the battery and external power supply are present It toggles the camera between two Modes On OFF if either the battery or the external supply is not present See Table 2 3 ON OFF Bu on on page 10 Powering Down If you press the ON OFF button while the camera is operating you will get see a message on the display asking if you wish to turn the camera off If you click
36. the GigE Vision Version 1 02 Web App Version 1 4 5 9 17 12 18 34 Camera s current Mode of operation These modes include Configuration Configuration Dialo e Camera Live View in which a live image 8 8 is displayed in the Image Area mea Sidi e Camera Armed This is the state of Network Information capturing pre trigger frames e Camera Triggered The camera is capturing post trigger frames e Camera Video Review The camera has finished ecording The captured video appears on the screen Playback controls appear beneath the image window See Web App Review and Save on page 48 You will also notice that when the camera is controlled via the Web App the Mode script will say Waiting or Camera to Arm or Waiting or camera Trigger etc for a very short time until the app gets confirmation back from the camera that its Figure 6 4 Network Configuration Dialog state has changed If the computer loses communication with the Metwork Configuration camera the Mode script will say Camera Load Failure Address Type pucp static IP Address To change the camera name highlight the Net Mask IN camera name in the Edit Box and type in the new name Press tab to accept Gateway l The camera network connection will be lost if replaced with a new network configuration The Camera Con iguration may be loaded or saved via the Configuration Dialog It may be reset using The Reset
37. the case that there is a problem in the launch sequence just before ignition that would be captured as well The 1096 trigger works just like the 5096 trigger explained above except that only 1096 of the imagery is captured pre trigger and 9096 is captured post trigger Using FasMotion or the web App the trigger position can be placed anywhere by percentage or frame number The TS3 on display interface has Start 1096 5096 9096 and End options page 100 TS3 User Manual Application Note 4 Frame Rate Resolution and Exposure Scale and Resolution Frame Rate Selecting the proper resolution and frame rate for a given high speed event is important It is based on the Field of View FOV required to get a good image of your object of interest and the speed at which the object will move through that FOV For example if you wish to image an automobile travelling at 50 mph across an intersection full resolution and a relatively slow frame rate will work because your field of view FOV will be large and the car will not be moving through it very quickly Imaging a bird travelling at the same speed will require a much smaller FOV as the bird is 1 20th the size of the car If you wish to use the same scale object size FOV the FOV becomes 1 20th the size and the bird moves through it 20x as fast If you got acceptable imaging of an auto at 6OFPS it may take 1250FPS to get similarly acceptable imaging of a bird at moving the same speed
38. touchscreen To calibrate the Touchscreen Calibration of the touchscreen is very Figure 3 3 Touchscreen Calibration simple and only takes a few seconds 1 Navigate to the System Menu Touchscreen Calibrate 2 When you select Calibrate you Touch crosshair to calibrate will see a warning message Are you sure you want to re calibrate the touchscreen Select OK This is there to prevent you from accidently calibrating th touchscreen while handling the camera 3 The Calibration screen Figure 3 3 Touchscreen Calibration will appear and prompt you to touch a cross hair at each corner of the screen then in the center Be careful to touch the cross hairs accurately It is best to use a stylus or other blunt plastic object page 14 T3 User Manual 3 3 Controlling the Displays Setting Defualt Gamma in User Preferences User Preferences is in the System Configuration menu The Default Gamma setting is used both to set the defualt output Gamma for displayed and saved images and to set the Gamma for the LCD display Gamma of 1 0 linear is recommended unless you intend to encode your images with 2 2 Gamma LCD and HDMI setup in the Display Menu There are three menu elements in the Display menu that control the behavior of the displays These are e CD Adjust e CD Dimmer e HDMI The Image Adjust dialog opens when you click on the Edit button in the Image Adjust menu The controls here adjust
39. using Autosave e Autosave is a good choice for multiple rapid events When you are planning to save every capture and review later the fastest way to get the job done is to use Autosave e Autosave is also useful for production environments or in any scenario where it is used for multiple consecutive tests without any setup changes Here it is preferred because it limits human intervention thereby limiting both human effort and the possibility of human error e nan unattended event especially in a remote location or when there is no easy access to the camera Autosave is recommended because it is the quickest way to secure the image data Saving the data to nonvolatile memo y can be important if there is a possibility of power loss 115 3000M page 67 TS3 User Manual e Use Autosave for any unattended event where there is a possibility of a spurious trigger where the camera might trigger prematurely If Autosave is used there is a good chance that the camera will have returned back to Record mode in time to capture the planned event To set up Autosave Figure 8 8 Autosave Setup Dialog The Autosave Setup tab is always available in Live mode Storage Settings 1 Select a target drive using the Save to Camera Path radio buttons w Reri setings If you select Path the target drive and folder will be a folder on a Eb drive accessible by the PC The Path to that folder is shown at the Record Controls bottom of the dia
40. 04x124 X X X x IA 0o 0 a o 204x600 X x X xX X 80x00 xX xX xX x xX x ll sooxaso X X X X X X TT o xx v A Umx256 x x xX xX xX x xX Tt IA xx px px e ll 3x0 x X X X X X X x X PA x xp xxx xxx 2x0 xX XxX XxX XE xX x xT xX xX Scale and Resolution Frame Rate X X X X x X X xX X x XxX X lt X lt x X Xx X lt x X X X X X X X X gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt X xXx lt lt xX x X X lt x X Xx x XxX X lt x X X x X x X X xX X KX LX x x gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt Selecting the proper resolution and frame rate for a given high speed event is important It is based on the Field of View FOV required to get a good image of your object of interest and the speed at which the object will move through that FOV For example if you wish to image an automobile travelling at 50 mph across an intersection full resolution and a relatively slow frame rate will work because your field of view FOV will be large and the car will not be moving through it very quickly Imaging a bird travelling at the same speed will require a much smaller FOV as the bird is 1 20th the size of the car If you wish to use the same scale object size FOV the FOV becomes 1 20th the size and the bird moves through
41. 1 000 Bue 1 0005 Reset Light and Color Settings HDMI Disabled kd Control Panel MACta 1b cO 00 00 a3 Live Feed P 192 168 33 118 T53 A3 hd storage Settings Y Record Settings E D hd Record Controls IU y Light and Color Settings r PS White Balance Daylight 56008 Brightness A HS a Display Settings L 5 r Contrast o Gamma 220 Red A 1 000 Green 1 000 Bue 1 000 Reset Light and Color Settings HDMI Disabled Ready 115 3000M page 55 Display Rate for live images The display rate for live images in FasMotion may be adjusted using Figure 7 13 HDMI Settings the spinner at the top of the Image Window See Figure 7 12 on page 55 This number will automatically change according to the 2 Display Settings performance of the network and the PC There is also a pause play button on the top of the Image Window Light and Color Settings This may be used to temporarily start and stop the video stream PEE pane Daylight 5600K Setting up the HDMI display Brightness The TS3 has an HDMI output that can be used for displaying both live and recorded images The HDMI port is located on the side of the camera 256 E between the Power and External I O connectors See Figure 1 4 TS3 Gamma 1 00 Side View Door open on page 5 Red 1 000 To en
42. 2 0 sww51 32584 9000 o z0 250 125 196 E favi sais lo 512x512 32584 9000 20 aaz8 lo siwws12 32584 9000 94042 0 5124512 32584 _ 9000 0 7 13 978 25634614816 56 45980 s12x512 32584 9000 0 2 26 260 8550953952 55 855 o s12x512 32584 9000 o 20 250 125 ase je Ju System Intel i7 3770 CPU 3 40GHz 8 00GB RAM ARECA X86 64 STORPORT SAS RAID RAID6 ENGINE 4 SSD drives e Inthe chart above there are 3 sets of saves Each line represents one save 0 1 55 323 1078091543 8 94042 0 2 27 543 8561250496 55 5418 0 7 13 126 25626924992 56 4428 0 1 55 896 1078091543 8 94042 e The largest uncompressed file types had the fastest transfer rates but the longest transfer time e Note that the Min minimum buffers get progressively smaller as the frame sizes got smaller and the number of frames increased For 512 x 512 jpeg the min value went down to 18 If the min value had gone to O the system would have begun missing frames and doing retries greatly slowing things down For smaller resolutions a higher packet delay may be recommended Table 10 2 Table Stats txt Moderate Performance System h m s dec MB s Frames Frames Size 0 1 51 796 251596130 216163 O 1280x1024 6517 9000 o fasso so0 150 1295 C 0352273 esasezzaso 3512920 izsoaoze esi7 9000 o uo 300 iso as fc 0838916 zseaezsierz 47a797 0 12801024 6517 9000 o uo fossa 251596130 26163
43. 2 Setting Shutter Speed 2 Navigate to the Record Low Light Menu 3 If Low Light is not enabled there will be two items in the menu Disabled and an exposure setting 33 327 ms by default When you Click on the Disabled button it will turn green and change to Enabled You will notice immediately that the Live image is much brighter 4 Pressthe Arm Button The camera will begin recording You will notice that the image is darker now than in Live Mode 5 Press Arm again to quit recording Click OK on the Warning message to Cancel 4 4 Setting Bit Depth To choose the recording bit depth 1 Navigate to the Record Menu 2 Select Bit Depth 3 Select 8 low 8 mid 8 high or 10 bit If any of the 8 bit mappings are chosen the live image will immediately reflect that change If 10 bit is chosen the displayed live image will default to 8 high If Bit Depth is set to 10 in the Record Menu a bit depth selection will appear in the The Display Menu The choices here are 8 low 8 mid and 8 high This selects the 8 bits used for the display and for saving to media 11S 3000M page 25 T3 User Manual 4 5 Configuring the Trigger To Set the Trigger Position in the TS3 1 Navigate to the Control Menu 2 Select Trigger Position 3 Select Start 10 50 90 or End Note When controlling the camera via Web Figure 4 5 Trigger Position Application or FasMotion so are it is possible System Record Display to
44. 3000M page 103 TS3 User Manual Setting Command Line parameters in FasMotion Several of the operating parameters of FasMotion are set from the command line using arguments or switches The easiest way to change these parameters is to edit a FasMotion short cut 1 Select a shortcut for FasMotion This can be the desktop shortcut made by default during installation or one that you make manually after Figure 10 10 FasMotion Shortcut installation You may wish to pin the FasMotion shortcut to the task bar and use that shortcut 2 Right click on the selected FasMotion shortcut then Hy Run as administrator right click again on MIKROTRON FasMotion and Unpin from Taskbar click on Properties F 3 Arguments may be added to the FasMotion FasMotion exe line to change application parameters S The Stats Switch E E E One important consideration in optimizing your system i 4 K Ma m is how to compile results Adding s to the command line as shown in Figure 10 11 tells FasMotion to write a the file S ats txt into your Documents directory This creates one line of tab delimited text for every Save or transfer done to PC media such as Save or Copy to Path by FasMotion Tab headers for this text file include Figure 10 11 FasMotion Shortcut Properties e Duration total time of the transfer h m s decimal J mikrotron E asMo n Propert z e Bytes the number bytes transferred
45. 4 8 Figure 4 9 Figure 4 10 Figure 4 11 Figure 4 12 Figure 4 13 Figure 4 14 Figure 4 15 Figure 4 16 Figure 4 17 Figure 4 18 Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 Figure 5 3 Figure 5 4 Table of Figures MSS BACK UDIN 3 TSS FEOHUMIOW dis 4 WSS TOP VIEW irmandades AA As 4 TS3 Side View DOOF open em m 5 ASS BOOM VIC Wi 5 Battery ACCESS DOON ee 8 Battery Charge Indicator on Status Brin ae 9 Mass SCO AS C co im dadas casa Ee vue E E Gana IN EU Dei quad qaia ada ala a E GR and 11 USB OTG on the SS snes a AA 12 System MEN ee 13 Touchscreen MENU sus dia dada ded eas uar des ue tane d PUE RU ER eU la 14 Touchscreen Cali Fat ON uo eiie iss isso n castes E EE Tw eu Ca enda Da 14 LCD Display Controls iia doe E aaa did 15 ADMI CONTO Sarita 15 TS3 t0 PC CONNCCHONS ais 16 Network MENU iive rui rine E A A EAER 16 Static IP Dialog BOM ua A 17 Web Browser creen 17 TSS In Wind ws EXDIOFGF iii aaa aaa e uax e videant uaa A SEES NPES eVR eO VE UE 18 Camera uu 18 Keypad Dialog BOXES i555 ios ERES EI A 19 Time Format MENU e 19 Storage MENU RTI aa CE ccd eta de na do LL 20 SESSION asa E EE Nado T aa ad po os nu dad 20 System Explore Dialog File Stacks iones 20 File AChon Dialog arar DU DAE SM Vota d Uus Ra Su 21 Frame Rate and Resolution Menu 1 eee eee eee eee eene nennen oreste sh se sesso sesso sesso seres ene 23 Advanced Record Settings iss vr ves bes bin te Dra siga Ete a oO Ton e m Vea Va
46. 6 6929 132 13918 BEEN 1280 720 4618 9279 1280 7 moma 64 asus 9279 page 80 TS3 User Manual 1 1 Resolutions Frame Rate A ee Y y 256 256 60 10824 64942 21738 130428 256 256 1000 649 64942 1304 130428 RO O O O PR FE 512 512 so 2706 16237 5437 32619 512 512 250 649 16237 1305 32619 JL 1024 1024 60 677 4059 1361 8155 1024 1024 618 Mo 66 4059 82 815 o RO O O O O EN 5 1 Resolution OOOO 5 1 Resolution ss oo O E NE E O 1280 256 6o 2165 12989 4349 2605 115 3000M page 81 TS3 User Manual Appendix D Power and I O Connections Power Connections For the TS3 Table 9 4 Power Pin OUt View from Solder cup Use Lemo 1B 305 compatible plug side of connector FGG 305 CLAD 42 NZ Pictured here Refer to http www lemo com I O Connections Sync and Trigger Table 9 5 1 O Connector Pin Out View from Solder cup side of connector Use Lemo 1B 308 compatible plug Refer to http www lemo com TT Sync in The TS3 is shipped with a Sync I O cable for connecting external Trigger Sync Out and Sync In signals The cable has a LEMO connector for the TS3 end and BNC connectors for the three signals page 82 TS3 User Manual Figure 9 1 Sync I O Cable Drawing LEMO 1B 308 View from solder cup side Sync Out BNC Trigger In BNC Sync In BNC Trigger Out NCE gt Ar
47. 89 AbpendbcJ Crop Factor isis AAA 90 Appendix K Partition Capture CAP File Format cccsscsscsscsscecceccecceccsccsccsccescecceccescsccssceccececceccecens 91 Applicaton NOTES a co 93 Application Note 1 Histograms sesesesesossesecessesececesesssoesecesesesosoececesssssoeoececessscececesesoesesesesesssoesesessseese 93 Application Note 2 Understanding Bit Depth ssssssssssosssssoscsosssososososssosesosesssosesosesssesssesssesesssesssesssese 95 Application Note 3 Trigger Position and the Circular Buffer ccscsccsscscccceccsccsceccsccscecceccsceccsscscescuces 97 Application Note 4 Frame Rate Resolution and EXPOSUTe ccccsccccscsccsceccscsccccsccccececcnccecsceccscescececs 101 Application Note 5 Optimizing System for Image Transfers eee eee eene eene nenne nennen nere no nn 102 Application Note 6 Choosing an Image File Format sscsscsscsscsccscsscsccscsscsccscnscsscscsscsssscescsscssescnsees 109 11S 3000M page v T3 User Manual Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Figure 1 5 Figure 2 1 Figure 2 2 Figure 2 3 Figure 2 4 Figure 3 1 Figure 3 2 Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Figure 3 6 Figure 3 7 Figure 3 8 Figure 3 9 Figure 3 10 Figure 3 11 Figure 3 12 Figure 3 13 Figure 3 14 Figure 3 15 Figure 3 16 Figure 3 17 Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 Figure 4 6 Figure 4 7 Figure
48. 9 Figure 7 18 FasMotion Camera Explorer ue a ee eese Ege ies 59 Figure 7 19 FasMoton Camera Mentais she auo ede OE Ca id 60 Figure 7 20 Camera InformatiOT ua 61 Figure 8 1 Record Settings Tab 556i coi sda odes ae Eo AAA AAA 62 Fig re 8 2 Shutter Setanes DICIT aaa 63 Figure 8 3 Trigger Configuratio iii A QUEE Uus Ure en sa du e FERE NN EVEN Dua re 64 Figure 8 4 Configuration menu Black Level Calibration 1 eee ee eee eee eee eee nennen enne nnnn 65 Figure 8 5 Record Progress Bar Armed iiu o Een e E Peas e ore A oa vuv al aa a P AAA 66 Figure 8 6 Record Progress Bar Triggered csccscscsscsccsceccscsccccsccccsccccsceccscescsceccccscesceseccscescecessceccecscs 66 Figure 8 7 Video Review tab and Video Controls 1 ecce eee eene eee eee ee eene ee cerco ee ces ceseesesceso 67 Figure 8 8 Autosave Setup Dialog 5 2 5 etra PORE Eo va eu a He en eQRA E Too UR oa 68 Figure 8 9 Video Controls Playback coordina ela naa Na NR SNR eee TE TEE E ERE VR E ERES RE ES 69 Figure 38 10 Image Pipeline nica 70 Figure 8 11 Display Settings uso esd iib visos od ea ae ved eeu OE VES E AAA 71 11S 3000M page vii T3 User Manual Table of Figures Continued Figure 8 12 Custom White Balances eet ety Eng vy EYE ER GIAN Eu do is 72 Figure 9 1 Sync I O Cable Drawing session risa RA IEA aia piano EUR ERR EFE VES OU EUN E US 83 Figure 9 2 Sync I O Camera Interface Schematic cc
49. C can keep up User Defined Name TS3 A3 MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 a3 IP 169 254 141 156 subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 l Setting Packet Delay Vendor MIKROTRON Model 153100508256 Manufacture Info MIKROTRONM 14s San The camera is The Packet Delay setting is found in the Find Cameras menu This is a edit box spinner that sets the inter packet delay in usec The default setting is 200 Very fast systems will be able to keep up with a delay of 10 to 20 while slow systems may need the setting bumped up to 300 or 400 For transfers of very large numbers of very small frames tens of thousands of JPGs for example or possibly large numbers of low resolution stacks of uncompressed images the delay will also need to be increased in order to accommodate file system overheads Software Version 15 9 4 n Scan Find Manually Cancel Register Connect Transfer performance can be monitored by simply watching the progress bar during a Save or Copy If you notice the progress stopping often or if the system needs to retrieve missing frames at the end of a transfer that is a good indication that the PC is not keeping up and that the Packet delay needs to be increased A better way to assess transfer performance is by setting the s command line switch and reviewing the stats txt file after a transfer see the next section 115
50. D Backlight de 4 LDC Dimmer HDMI Record Control Image Adjust White Balance RGB Gain LCD Adjust LCD Dimmer Figure 3 5 HDMI Controls System Image Adjust ESSA Select One LCD Adjust 640x480 LCD Dimmer NU HDMI Display While the 7 WVGA 800 x 480 display on the TS3 is perfectly adequate for setting image captures and even reviewing video watching the same video on a large flat panel display makes sharing the imagery with others much easier With the TS3 there is no need to download images to a PC to view them on a large display Use a standard HDMI cable to connect the TS3 to an HDMI compatible display The HDMI output control is also accessed in the Display menu The HDMI output can be Enabled and Disabled here and the resolution 640 x 480 720p or 1080p may be selected Any resolution not supported by a display attached to the TS3 will be Grayed out and the button not selectable page 15 T3 User Manual 3 4 Connecting to a PC via Ethernet Figure 3 6 TS3 to PC Connections The TS3 may be connected to a PC using the USB OTG connection see 2 4 TS3 Memory and Mass Storage Options on page 10 or via the Gig E port While the Q wrs Ten a OR Ta V 64 128 256GB E Ld umm RN USB OTG connection is extremely useful for file USB OTG transfers an Ethernet connection has two major
51. ERES 24 Playback Control Ree E 31 PlavbD3ck Rates oct aia 31 Image File Save OPUS 35 153 NetWork LEDS cci ia eontra litis 52 Sample Frame Rates and Resolutions eee eee eene eee ee eee nennen eres sese sess se sesto se sone 65 Camera Control BUIONS o eo v rn a aeria a 69 dim mejejafee ee T 73 Dennitlols ducunt enean s eu iv ass vala bie ie Ds io vu Edu ET dd UN S DN 75 SDecITICatiOlS initial 78 RESOIUTIONS Rates and TIMES ia 79 Power Pin QUE cec 82 HO Connector PIN OUt T TT CT 82 Information Status a o o p I ai ind EVI cite tee SS o Sd da dad CE a da 88 CIOD FACTO assa a CR TU A 90 CAP File Formats 92 Image Transfer Performace sta 105 Table Stats txt Moderate Performance System ssssesesesesesssoscececsssssscecesesssseoecesessesesesese 105 Missing Frames on a Busy System sessessesecsescescecoececcesceccecoecesceccescececceecescecoeceeseccecceseesseo 107 Benent from Jumbo Parket iii 107 Finding the Correct Packet Delay Value cscsccscsccsccccsceccscnccececcscnccscsceccscesescsccecscescesess 108 File Format Features usa ob EOD P e v EE I Vi RINT E DUE dis de aa le sue tula a EU Ed SESS 110 Save to SSD Benchmarks 2 re bue Ey von ior DEN ES ERR Sea PES as 110 page ix T3 User Manual 1 TS3 Product Overview 1 1 TS3 Product Description The MIKROTRON eosens TS3 is a high speed digital camera line with models capable of capturing high resolution 1280 x 1024 pixel images at 500 frames
52. Functionality pf target Drivels Function 0000000 T53 Utilitie O N FasMotion Utilities fF PcvaGgpEComedon Y Move Copy Delete 1 file ata time review metadata of Image file page 12 T3 User Manual 3 TS3 Camera Setup 3 1 Camera Display and Menu Navigation Buttons The Display Button Menu Button and Directional Pad D Pad are found on the back of the camera to the right of the LCD See TS3 Back View on page 3 When the camera powers on for the first time the default display is a live image with no menu displayed Pressing the Display DISP Button while toggles the LCD between four modes 1 Display off 2 Display on and 3 Display on with Information bar 4 Display on with Information bar and Histogram When there is captured video to review playback controls are added to modes 3 and 4 The Menu Button toggles the on screen menus on and off While navigating menus the Menu button is used to go backward through levels of the menu For example if you are navigating a Menu pressing the Menu button will return you to the Menu Bar See Menu Terminology below The D Pad is used to move within menus and dialogs It has an OK button in its center for selecting menu items and options While navigating through menus the current location is indicated by a change of color from white or green to gray When navigating a Menu the drop down selections will always appear in the left most column The selected menu will
53. H TS3 Updates From time to time there will be camera software updates These updates will come in the form of files that are made available via FTP or some other means If you are notified by MIKROTRON or one of its Table 9 6 Information Status distributors that an update is available they will let you know where the file is located and how to download it to a PC running Windows Vista or Windows 7 The PC will need to have a an SD Card port or have a card reader attached to it MAC Address a4 1b c0 00 00 08 Software Version 1 1 4 FPGA Version 0 1 90 Update Procedure Sensor Version L1300C A2 0030 1 Navigate to System Information Status to see the GigE Vision Version 1 02 current Software Version of your TS3 Bootloader Version Sep 28 2011 09 39 2 2 Power down the TS3 Batter SerialNo FA1 3900008 3 Download the update file to a Windows PC The Figure 9 7 Camera Update Screens update file name will be in the form of ts3 revx x x Year lt date gt exe For example the latest revision as of the 1st of March 2012 is ts3 rev1 1 4 2012 0301 exe 4 Attach an SDHC card to the PC If the PC does not have a built in card reader you may attach a USB MIKROTRO MIKROTRON 53 Firmware Update Rev1 1 4 Setup E Mikrotron TS3 Firmware Update 3D Card Preparation Release Rev1 1 4 Build date Thu Mar 1 16 37 15 2012 This installer will guide you through the process of preparing card reader to it Pleas
54. If the camera did not run long enough to fill its buffer it would still stop when it received the trigger and the resulting video would be shorter starting with a less negative number 16 in the graphic below Figure 10 7 Circular Buffer Overflowing TRIGGER TRIGGER AND Stop AND Stop page 98 TS3 User Manual Referring back to Example 2 in the beginning of this section e The TS3 is Recording the machinery running normally It may be running for hours before anything interesting happens e The machinery has a problem e Asignalis sent in reaction to the problem In this case the camera needs to record the seconds before and after the problem is detected The TS3 has the perfect trigger setting for this The 5096 Trigger divides the image capture into two halves the images just before the trigger is received pre trigger frames and the images immediately after the trigger is received post trigger frames Using the 50 Trigger the TS3 fills the circular buffer until it sets the trigger For the example here there is a good chance it will be getting the trigger signal directly from the machinery to its Sync I O connector but it would work as well triggered manually by a patient human When the TS3 is triggered it keeps recording until it has captured the 1 2 the buffer s worth of post trigger frames The buffer now has a number of pre trigger frames with negative frame numbers frame O and post trigger frames with
55. Level Shutter Speed Low Light System 2 Control The general rule is to do a Black Level Calibration if Bit Depth FPN Off ever you believe the image looks noisy with Pixel FPN P Col FPN turned on To be assured that you are getting the best PERDEM Calibrate 4 Run Calibrate PALA Pixel FPN possible images perform a calibration e When you first boot the camera up e f you change Shutter Speed Frame Rate Resolution or Offset To Calibrate the Camera 1 Navigate to Record Black Level 2 Shut out all light to the sensor close the f stop down all the way and put a lens cap on it or cover it securely 3 Click on Calibrate There is a prompt to confirm that you have the lens cap on You will see a little progress bar and you will see a couple of noisy images on the screen When done if Pixel FPN is on the live image with the lens cap in place should be black 4 Nextto the Calibrate button you will see an FPN selection bu on that will say FPN Off Column FPN or Pixel FPN Click on that button and select the FPN setting you wish to use based on the following Pixel FPN is a per pixel image correction th a is done in the TS3 s image processor engine It provides the cleanest images available This is the setting that is most highly recommended especially if the images will be downloaded or viewed on large high contrast displays Column FPN is an image correction done on the TS3 s sensor It does not do
56. M File folder i Recent Places ub ssd File folder ui usb 12 19 2012 5 33 PM File folder e Homegroup oy Libraries ES Documents a Music I Pictures E Computer E Local Disk C cow Local Disk D E Media M Ex tbrandt U Ga Files W ER la Network jE 192 168 33114 E BART JE BRN008077D4 CF54 Ml CHARLIE DELL Rupe t E LL Ml CHARLIE DELL ne Ml DOREE PC E tes m 1 item A du Network Ml 192168 33 114 jE BART jE BRNOOSO77D4CF54 E CHARLIE DELL E CHARLIE DELL E DOREE PC 3 items b Na Computer Local Disk C Gu Local Disk D Ea Media M USB OTG Another option for connecting to the TS3 is via the USB OTG port Please refer back to Figure 2 3 Mass Storage in Chapter 2 for details and a comparison of functionality page 58 TS3 User Manual 7 8 Storage Setup The FasMotion Storage Settings Tab gives the user access and control of the Camera memory and any installed media including a Solid State Drive SSD SD Card or USB drive The TS3 has 4GB or 8GB of internal high speed memory used for capturing high speed imagery depending on model and option You can select to use all of this memory when recording for a smaller amount Total record time will depend on resolution frame rate and bit depth Configure Session Figure 7 17 FasMotion Storage Settings Tab Use the Session Recording Capacity slider to SEIS the amount of memor
57. R INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT MIKROTRON FURTHER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION TEXT GRAPHICS OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS MANUAL MIKROTRON 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 THIS DOCUMENT MIKROTRON products are not intended for use in medical lifesaving or life sustaining applications MIKROTRON customers using or selling MIKROTRON products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify MIKROTRON for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale Trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corpo ation Other b and or product names are trademarks of their respecti e holders Product names or services listed in this publication a e for identi ation purposes onl and may be trademarks of third parties Thi d party brands and names are the property of their respecti e owners Reader Response MIKROTRON strives to produce quality documentation and welcomes your feedback Please send comments and suggestions to MIKROTRON For technical questions contact your local MIKROTRON sales office Contact Mikrotron Mikrocomputer Digital und Analogtechnik GmbH Landshuter Str 20 22 D 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany email sales Q mikrotron de 11S 3000M page T3 User Manual Chapter Summar
58. Save to SSD Benchmarks 1280x1024 10 bit 1280x 1024 8 bit 1280x72010 bit 1280x720 8 bit 512x512 256x256 Save Rate Images s Rate Images s Rate Images s Rate Images s Rate Images s Rate Images s to SSD MB s MB s MB s MB s MB s MB s page 110 TS3 User Manual 11S 3000M page 111
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60. Table 2 1 Package Contents Part Sf PT Part TS3Camera O A EOS D A F Mount factory installed and adjusted on the camera Y X 1105 0200 DC Power Supply 110 220VAC 50 60Hz 12V 4 17A with IEC 13 socket and 5 pin p pee LEMO connector no power cord included 8GB SDHC Card 1 x 11050270 M CR E A 32 GB SDHC Card 1105 0272 I O Cable 1 3 meter with 8 pin LEMO camera connector and BNC connectors for Sync In 1105 0401 Sync Out and Trigger In Wireless Dongle 1105 0275 Documentation and Software on thumb drive apte Battery Rechargeable Li lon 3 7V 15 600mAh Battery comes fully charged from factory X DE 1105 0050 Hoodman 7 LCD Display Cover for glare protectio x 1105 0330 MIKROTRON retails its cameras through independent distributors MIKROTRON or its distributors can provide the accessory items required for camera operation according to each customer s particular application needs 2 2 Installing the Lens The camera is shipped with a C mount lens adaptor installed and adjusted at the factory To install a C mount lens follow these steps 1 Select a C mount lens for use with the camera NOTE There are many C mount lens formats and focal lengths available The 22 9mm diagonal sensor of the TS3100L is larger than the light circle produced by many C mount lenses This is especially true for wide angle lenses but it is dependent on lens design and format Vignetting darkening at the edges
61. The Control Panel detaches by clicking on the gray border at the top in the area where Control Panel MAC is printed circled in red To return the Control Panel back to the application window just double click on that same border The Image Window may be detached and moved and or resized but it always stays within the bounds of the application window To detach it click on the minimize button in the upper right corner circled in red To restore the window click on the maximize button in the same location The Video Controls pane will appear at the bottom of the Application Window whenever a video is open for review See Figure 7 9 on page 54 This is another detachable pane that may be moved outside the application window by grabbing its top border Double click on the same border to restore it to its original position Figure 7 8 FasMotion Application Window EET FasMotion Controller MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 a3 E Control Panel MAC ad 1b c0 00 00 a3 iv E Live Feed P 169 254 141 156 T5s3 A3 Display Rate 15 rage settings h Record Settings Ba Record Controls hd Display Settings hd Autosave Setup 115 3000M page 53 Figure 7 9 Video Control Pane Video Controls 12801024250 fps Time 0 0000 sec K Af 4 ll ir H I Frame 0 Of 1345 Start Clip 1344 J End Clip 0
62. a computer over the Gigabit Ethernet connection can be very fast on an optimised system For example a full 8GB camera buffer will produce about 25GB of color TIFF files An optimised high performance system may transfer 25GB of full resolution images from camera to PC in less than five minutes while on an un optimised system the transfer could easily take more than an hour Several parameters contribute to file transfer performance e Network and PC hardware e PC activity e FasMotion setup e Image file format and resolution Network and PC Hardware e Processor Chipset type and speed use fast multi core processors 64 bit system e Memory capacity and speed 4GB minimum 8GB recommended e Graphics card type speed and onboard memory Graphics performance can throttle live and playback views graphics cards without onboard memory will take system memory and slow things down e NIC type and speed NIC performance varies widely Pick a Gigabit NIC that supports Jumbo Frames We have found that some systems only perform well with Jumbo frames set to 9K while others work well at 1500 This is a parameter that you may need to experiment with to get optimum results e Multiple Network interfaces may be available on a given PC For optimum transfers for best results you may wish to disable or disconnect all interfaces other than the one to be used with the camera during transfers e Hard Disk type sustained transfer speed is most important dr
63. able the HDMI output click on the HDMI button on the Display Settings Tab and select the resolution you wish to use eo 1 000 Note The images from the camera will be scaled to fit the HDMI Blue E 1 000 display screen while maintaining aspect ratio This means that there Reset Light and Color Settings may be black borders on the sides or top and bottom of images depending on aspect ratio and best fit 7 5 Name the Camera 720P When the TS3 leaves the factory its default name is TS3 xx xx being the camera s serial number The camera name can be used both for identification on a network and as part of the filename when saving images It may be beneficial to rename the camera according to its function locality field of view etc depending on how the camera is to be deployed To change the camera name simply edit the name as it appears in the box above the image window There are some limitations in the character set that may be used for the camera name as it must be legal both as a filename and network device name All numbers and upper and lower case numbers may be used The only punctuation character that may be used is the un not e 7 6 Camera Time and Date Figure 7 14 Time and Date Configuration When your TS3 is shipped the time B Time And Date Configuration P s and date will need to be set to reflect your local time iz E os E fmi P ze x Cancel Access the Time and Date Date Set
64. ack level is set using data collected during calibration Pixel data also collected during calibration is used for Pixel FPN correction if nabled See 4 6 Black Level Calibration on page 27 The TS3 does more image processing some of which can be controlled by the operator To better understand how this works please refer to Figure 4 13 Image Pipeline Figure 4 13 Image Pipeline V Ref Column FPN Correction On or OFF Bit Selector Calibration sugoT 8 Save 10 bit CAP High Speed or RAW 16 bit Internal Memory TIFF Stacks and Cinema DNG Save 8 bit Mono or 24 bit Color Pixel FPN Correction Bayer Color Processing HDMI Web App 8 bits Mono or 24 bitsColor FasMotion LCD Gamma Histogram LCD Brightness Contrast LCD Display Backlight Adjust The 10 bit sensor output goes to the Bit Selector then to internal high speed memory This selection is made by the user when bit depth is selected See 4 4 Setting Bit Depth on page 25 Color Correction White Balance Brightness Contrast Gamma 16 bit Image Processor Digital Gain The path for all displayed images and the input to the histogram is Sensor to Bit Selector to Image Processor to Display Histogram It is always 8 bit Mono or 24 bit Color Live images pass through from high speed memory to the image processor immediately Captured images are saved in high speed memory until the camera powers down or the images are written over
65. ack line to represent all pixel values Note Histograms on the TS3 always shows pixel values 0 255 When the camera is recording in 10 bit mode the histogram uses high med or low 8 bits depending on the Display setting 3m pm Mono Histograms Figure 10 1 Histogram Linear Gradient Greater Number of Pixels Fewer Pixel Values The Mono histogram is a simple single line graph The Y axis vertical represents the number of pixels The X axis horizontal represents pixel values The first thing to understand is that the histogram offers quantitative information only it includes no spatial information Looking at a histogram gives you no idea of the location of bright or dark pixels in the image A histogram of a perfect linear gradient regardless of its orientation would be a straight horizontal Figure 10 2 Histogram Mono tonal Greater Number of Pixels Fewer Pixel Values Min 170 Peak 1417820180 Max 190 line because there would be exactly the same number of pixels of each value The histogram of a perfect mono tonal image is a straight vertical line because all of the pixels have 115 3000M page 93 TS3 User Manual the same value In practice because it is unlikely we will be able to image a perfectly flat field the histogram of a mono tonal image will be a bell curve The histogram shown to the right in Figure 10 2 is in the format used on the TS3 It shows minimum maximum
66. alue to either O or 255 3 Avoid Min O If the minimum pixel level is O you know that some pixels are registering no light at all If there are some very dark areas in the scene you might expect this and accept it But if the scene is more uniform and you need to be able to bring out details in the dark areas avoid Min 0 as no amount of gamma or brightness adjustment will help If you are recording in 10 bit mode and viewing the upper 8 bits you may wish to view mid and low 8 bit settings just to see if you are truly at Min O 4 Avoid Max 255 Once an area reaches saturation 255 itis game over in terms of image processing In color images this may even result in some color shifting as one color may easily saturate before the others page 94 TS3 User Manual Application Note 2 Understanding Bit Depth Each pixel in a digital image has a numeric value Low numbers represent dark pixels higher numbers represent brighter ones Mono images that we see displayed on computer screens use 256 shades of gray The pixel values range from O to 255 Color images use 256 shades each of red green and blue With 256 red x 256 green x 256 blue color images may use more than 16 million colors The TS3 sensor outputs 10 bit image data This represents 1024 shades of gray for mono and 1024 shades each for Red Green and Blue for color that would be 1024 over a billion colors Decimal numbers O to 1023 are expressed 0000000000
67. ample using the information from Figure 3 9 Web Browser Screen you would type 169 254 66 106 IP address or MIKROTRON ts3 the camera name into the browser s Location bar 3 Acamera control application within the camera does the rest A control menu will appear in your browser that will give a live camera view and complete control over the camera operation Details on use of the camera s web browser appear in Chapter 5 of this manual Figure 3 9 Web Browser Screen C 192 168 1 4 MIKROTRON gt Camera fastec ts3 Camera Live View Storage Media O sp card Osso uss drive Browse Media Capture Partitions Partitions Partition Recording Capacity 8161 MB Space 6529 Frames 00 00 26 116 Time Partition Map gt Record Settings Record Controls gt Display Settings 115 3000M page 17 T3 User Manual To open the Networked TS3 in a Windows Explorer menu 1 Open either a web browser or Windows Explorer 2 Type the camera name or IP address in the Location bar preceded by So using the same information as in the example above type in either 192 168 1 106 or mikrotron_ts3 When the camera is viewed in Explorer you will see the camera name or IP address under Network Opening that you will see a directory called media which contains directories for each mass storage device installed on the camera See Table 2 5 TS3 Mass Storage Functionality on page 12 Figure 3 10 TS3 in Wi
68. as good a job cleaning up the images as Pixel FPN FPN Off means that there is no noise correction being used 4 7 Record Arm and Trigger Lights Camera Action e Black Level Calibration has been don e The scene is framed and focused e The Resolution and Frame rate are set e The Shutter Speed is set e The Bit Depth is set e The Trigger Point and Trigger Type is set Take a Still JPEG Still JPEG Image It is optional but ercommended to take a reference still of the scene 1 With the TS3 in Live Mode not Recording or Reviewing a recording press the Trigger Button 2 Adialog box will appear asking where to store the image Select the storage media you wish to use The image will be saved in storage device gt dcim 100fastc 115 3000M page 27 T3 User Manual To begin Recording Press the Arm Button When the Arm Button is pressed the camera begins recording into its circular buffer The Camera LED will change from Green LIve to slowly flashing Amber It will record for an indefinite period of time untilit sets a Trigger See 4 5 Configuring the Trigger on page 26 Figure 4 8 Camera LED If the Arm Button is pressed a second time the Recording will abort A courtesy message will appear asking for confirmation You will need to use the OK Button on the D Pad to accept The recording state is indicated by a progress bar at the bottom of the TS3 LCD display See Figure 4 9 Progress Armed TS3 For this exa
69. ation 1 or 2 4 Select Reset to load the factory default configuration General information about the camera including MAC address and versions of software FPGA Sensor and Gig E are available in Information in the system Menu 3 10 Reset There are two levels of Reset available on the TS3 Soft Reset and Hard Reset The Soft Reset is similar to a PC reset or warm boot It does not change any settings or power the system down it simply restarts the user interface and clears out any error conditions All user configurations and all image data are preserved The Hard Reset resets the camera configuration back of its factory settings This eliminates the current user settings as ell as any saved configurations Co fig 1 and Co fig 2 and erases any image data in the camera For these reasons the Hard Reset is very seldom done There may be instances when you will directed to do a Hard Reset a er performing an update or maintenance task but it is not done routinel 115 3000M page 21 T3 User Manual 4 Recording with the TS3 4 1 Setting Frame Rate and Resolution Frame rate and resolution are set together as they are interactive The maximum frame rate of the camera is based on its resolution as seen in Table 4 1 Frame Rates and Resolutions below Table 4 1 Frame Rates and Resolutions FrameRates 60 125 250 500 1000 1250 2000 4000 5600 Resolutions J J J J j ITA x x papas 3
70. bcm pes i a Sync Out Co Lt I Trigger Sync Out Sync In E A Trigger Sync Out 115 3000M page 39 T3 User Manual e fthe Master Sync Out is Active High then the Slave Sync In must be set for Rising Edge If Master Sync Out is Active Low then the Slave Sync In must be set for Falling Edge NOTE For the common setup as well as for variations listed below always make sure that the Post Trigger portion of the recording time for the Master camera is equal to or greater than each of the Slave cameras This is important because Sync Out pulses cease with the completion of the capture so the Master camera must continue recording until all Slave cameras complete their recordings Parameters that affect post trigger recording time include Trigger position Resolution Bit depth base internal Memory camera model Frame rate Variations on Master Slave e Use a slower frame rate for one or more of the slave cameras by using a Rate Divisor in the Sync In setup Make sure to make allowance for the extended time per the note above e Extend the overall record time by adjusting the trigger position or all cameras For example set the Master to a Start trigger the first Slave to 1096 the second Slave to 50 etc This would also be used if the subject is progressing through the different cameras fields of view as a runner running by each camera in sequence e Runcameras out of phase with each other Higher effecti e frame
71. bits of image data The 16 bit format is used for compatibility reasons Calculating file sizes for AVI and JPEG images is much more difficult The compression is often approximately 10x to 20x but it can be much greater for images with little content and it can be much less for very complex images RAW images are not colorized so Mono and Color images are the same size Colorization increases file size 3x because 8 bits are saved for each of red green and blue channels To Save a recording to a connected mass storage device on the TS3 1 Make a recording and establish the Start Clip and End Clip points you wish to use see 8 8 Reviewing Captured Imagery Playback on page 68 Note that the frame numbers initially shown in the dialog box will be the actual start and stop frames for the entire capture unless the Start Clip and End Clip bumpers have been moved If you are not sure what the actual beginning and end frame numbers for the clip are you can find them on the far left far right sides of the Clip bar 11S 3000M page 3 TS3 User Manual Select a target drive using the Save to Camera Path radio buttons If you select Path the target drive and folder will be a folder on a drive accessible by the PC The Path to that folder is shown at the bottom of the dialog If you would like to change the path click on the Browse button and navigate to and or create the folder you wish to save to Select a file typ
72. bled the TS3 will open the recording in Review Mode There are three things to do in Review 1 Play the video play it forward backward frame by frame adjust the cut in and cut out points find the interesting portion of the clip etc 2 Adjust the image brightness contrast gamma bit depth color etc See 4 10 Image Processing on page 32 3 Save video to a mass storage device See 4 12 Saving Images to Mass Storage on page 35 To Review the video In Review Mode there is a series of buttons on the bottom of the display and a progress bar very much like the one used for Record Mode to mark the place in the video currently being viewed Figure 4 12 Playback Buttons a p T i REVIEW FPS 250 Rate 30 Frame 0 Time 00 000 In 2007 Out 0 A D To enter Review Play 1 Either complete a recording which will automatically open Review Play or navigate to the Review Menu and select Play This will only be available when there is a recording in the TS3 image buffer and the camera is not Recording or Saving to storage When the image buffer is empty the Review Menu text will be grayed and the menu items are not accessible 2 Usethe Playback Buttons or touch enabled slider to move through the imagery The Status Bar will reflect the record frame rate FPS the playback speed current frame number frame time relative to the trigger and the Cut In and Cut Out points page 30 T3 User Manual Tabl
73. but because the packets are bigger there are fewer of them and fewer delays as well In this example there was about a 3x improvement in transfer rate simply by using Jumbo Packets Table 10 4 Benefit from Jumbo Packets Duration Bytes Speed Miss Good Pkt MissPkts PktDly Buffer Backoff Min Drv Ext h m s dec MB s Frames Frames Size 0 0 28 484 484259096 16 4938 o 1280x960 394 1500 o ao 200 100 0 0 28 156 484259096 16 4938 0 1280x060 394 1500 o 40 200 100 100 Lo 0 47 203 2443418992 49 57930 1280x960 1988 9000 Jo fao 200 115 3000M TS3 User Manual Finding the Correct Packet Delay Value The correct packet delay value is one where the PC can keep up with the flow of incoming packets The use of the buffer will sometimes mask the act that the drive is not quite keeping up Referring to Table 10 5 compare the Min column that is the minimum number of buffers available during the save with the Good Frames column the number of frames saved You can see that as the number of frames increases the Min number decreases which means that the hard drive is not quite keeping up with the flow Note In each instance on the table all of the frames were successfully saved as the system automati ally retrieves any missed frames at the end of the download Table 10 5 Finding the Correct Packet Delay Value Duration Bytes Speed Miss Good Pkt MissPkts PktDly Buffer Backoff
74. buttons active Camera in Live mode waiting to Arm Recording A Arm and T Trigger buttons active Armed Camera is Armed waiting for the trigger Recording No buttons active Triggered Camera has been triggered and is continuing to record Review Mode L Goto Live button active Camera has been armed and triggered in Review Live A Arm T Trigger and R Review buttons active Images in Buffer Camera in Live mode has a recording in the buffer 115 3000M page 65 TS3 User Manual Lights Camera Action e Black Level Calibration has been done e The scene is framed and focused e The Resolution and Frame rate are set e The Shutter Speed is set e The Bit Depth is set e The Trigger Point and Trigger Type is set Take a Still JPEG Still JPEG Image It is optional but recommended to take a reference still of the scene With the TS3 in Live Mode not Recording or Reviewing a recording either click on the Trigger Button or click on Snapshot in the Camera menu A dialog box will appear asking where to store the image Select the storage media you wish to use The image will be saved in storage device gt dcim 100fastc To begin Recording Click the Arm Button The Arm Button will turn from green to brown see Table 8 2 Camera Control Buttons and the camera begins recording into its circular buffer see Application note 3 Trigger Position and the Circular Buffer on page 97 for an explanation of the cir
75. camera ROI set automatically for the largest resolution possible atthe selected frame rate 4 Select the Center box to center the ROI to the optical center If this is unchecked you may set the ROI offset using the O set X and Y edit boxes See Figure 4 2 Advanced Record Settings on p e 23 Setting the Frame Rate Either move the Frame Rate slider or edit the associated text box to change the frame rate The frame rate is limited by the resolution There is a Max frame rate number next to the edit box letting you know what the maximum frame rate is for the current resolution Clicking on the Autoset button will set the frame rate to that maximum number possible with the current resolution setting Setting the Shutter Speed Set the shutter speed by moving the slider The minimum shutter speed maximum sensor integration time is limited by the frame rate It is 006ms less than 1 frame time or 1 frame rate 006ms The maximum shutter speed minimum sensor integration time is always 002ms Low Light See Figure 4 4 Low Light Menu on page 25 Figure 6 7 Record Settings Tab Partition Information Partition Count 1 Active Partition 1 6953 Frames 00 00 13 906 Time ROI Settings Width REN Height Ren Frame Aspect Ratio 1609 Autoset Center Offset X Bi Offset Y 5 Rate and Time Frame Rate Autoset 500 Max EM A Record Time Shutter Settings Shutter Spee
76. camera from virtually any device that can attach to a network and run a standard internet browser No need to load any software Chapter 6 walks you through the Web App and how to control the camera and capture and manage imagery with it Chapters 7 and 8 FasMotion FasMotion is MIKROTRON proprietary camera control software for setting up and controlling the TS3 with a PC via GigE connection Chapter 7 covers the setup portion Chapter 8 covers recording with FasMotion Appendices and Application Notes Technical details are to be found in these sections They include a glossary of terms camera and sensor specifications lens FOV vs resolutions tables an index connector schematics and back focus adjustment procedures system optimization and much more page ii T3 User Manual Contents Copvrights and Disclaimer cisnes i TrademarKsS 2 ott A T T T E ETTA i Reader RESPONSE sitiada ii i COMA Ci Chapter SummalV scsi ii Chapter 1 TS3 Product OVervie Wc oiu el i AA AAA A E a Eod URN li Chapter 2 Getting Started siii li Chapter 3 Camera Setup eei cese vio AAA AAA li Chapter 4 Recordine with the TS3 ii give Ho Dad OR EXE PEE o Dadas IN aao eld e PER EC CR EN canta T RA RUE li Chapter 5 Synenronizme Cameras NA ATA AAA vau ba e VEU UIN VU Rod MO UIN li Chapter o TS3 WED ADDIICALION aida li Chapters 7 and S FasMOUOD iie EE A AAA A A awe Ee RR Ra ee SUS li Appendices ana Application Notes ei uiae dE Ug ERE Vul Re PaxE S Pevevu de
77. cssccsssscssscccescecssccnssccnsscceseccuseccessccseesessecessesesss 83 Figure 9 3 Focus Cha Lana iodo 84 Figure 9 4 EM OU Ersan 84 Figure 9 5 Navitar 50mm f 95 Len Sassari EIA 85 Figure 9 6 Camera Status LEDS omnia 86 Figure 9 7 Camera Update Screens io o i e edv v va dr 88 Figure 9 8 Physical Measurements snarl es Cea UAR SR S EY Ya kx e En ES VESIN is 89 Figure 9 9 Crop Factor 1280 xX 1024 aaa irte a e aee nua ERN E ER ER ETE NE annaa OR E FR Re nec Ave ak Exe PUES VOR ER PES Ve va Va 90 Figure 9 10 Crop Factor 1280 X 720 as stus ip va eS usa I ee Ead cais Ta ER E EXIST een faca e Sea ea ed beware Fee Oe Pe FE PER Tap aa 90 Figure 9 11 Crop Factor 800 X 600 eoo tet EE RR ERER NN ER ERE UNE EE Vea SEE NENNEN SFR a 90 Figure 9 12 CAP File DIagE almi eas eeecoe sas ee Fou cd 91 Figure 10 1 Histogram Linear Gradiente 93 Figure 10 2 Histogram Mono tonal ci eodeni uda dui a ana Seda A UA TER VIR ss 93 Figure 10 3 Histogram Linear Gradielt is cie eee eko vanae ERE e ar Ee NaE SEEN ee sado e e eRU SUE Fu Eau Ae EXE E TEP FE ES Nanda aguada 94 Figure 10 4 High Mid and Low 8 Bits of the same Image eee eene eene eee eene nennen enne e none 96 Figure 10 5 Circular Buffer Fills and Images Shift Position eee e eee eee eene enne nnne 97 Figure 10 6 Circular Buffer Fills and Images Shift Position 1 ecce eese eene enne enne nnne 98 Figure 10 7 Circula
78. cular buffer The Camera LED will change from Green LIve to slowly flashing Amber It will record for an indefinite period of time until it sets a Trigger See 8 4 Configuring the Trigger on page 64 If the Arm Button is pressed a second time the Recording will abort The button and the LED will return to green The recording state is indicated by a progress bar at the bottom of the image window Numbers to the right of the progress bar represent the number of recorded post trigger total frames Figure 8 5 Record Progress Bar Armed LM Lo L e z Ep Em a m m When all of the pre trigger frames have been recorded the progress bar stops and flashes blue red Note If the TS3 is triggered before the pre trigger portion of the buffer is full it will immediately cease taking pre trigger frames record frame 0 and progress to the post trigger portion of th recording When complete the recording will have contiguous frames with the full complement of post trigger frames but fewer pre trigger frames See 8 4 Configuring the Trigger on page 64 Figure 8 6 Record Progress Bar Triggered page 66 TS3 User Manual To end Recording Click the Trigger Button O Click on the Trigger button see Table 8 2 Camera Control Buttons on page 69 or send an electrical trigger signal see Appendix D Power and I O Connections When triggered the TS3 will capture frame 0 and the post tri
79. d 1 994m Low Light Low Light E B3 327ms Advanced Settings Record Bit Depth 10 Bits Fixed Pattern Noise Pixel 115 3000M The Low light feature lets you use shutter speeds up to 33 326ms for framing an focusing the camera prior to image capture During image capture the shutter speed will revert to its normal setting Click on the Low Light check box to enable it Use the slider to set the shutter speed page 45 T3 User Manual The Record Settings Tab Advanced Settings x has one drop Figure 6 8 Record Settings Tab Advanced Settings down menu for Record Bit Depth and another for Fixed Advanced Settings Pattern Noise Record Bit Depth Upper 8 Bits Select Bit Depth for Recording See 4 4 Setting Bit Depth on page 25 pigs SMS Middle 8 Bits Upper 8 Bits Note that if 10 bits are selected for the recording the recording time will be shorter but you will have the added flexibility of selecting which 8 bits to view in Review or 10 Bits Save The bit selection drop down menu will appear in the Display Settings Tab Fixed Pattern Noise Pixel FPN O Disabled Select FPN Setting Column FPN FPN selection Disabled Column FPN Pixel FPN can be Pixel FPN done from the Web Application via the Advanced Setting menu but Calibration must be done from the camera See A 6 Black Level Calibration on page 27 Figure 6 9 Record Controls Tab 6 5 Record Controls The Record Controls Tab
80. diagonal of the TS3 you get a crop factor of 1 89 43 3mm 22 95mm 1 89 The photographic advantage of knowing the crop factor is that if you know the lens you would use for a given field of view with a 35mm camera you can divide the crop factor into that number to give you the focal length of the lens with the same field of view for your TS3 For example if you are using a 125mm lens on your 35mm SLR you will need about a 65mm lens on the TS3 at full resolution 125mm 1 89 66 14 Table 9 7 Crop Factor Figure 9 9 Crop Factor 1280 x 1024 H Res V Res Diagonal Crop Factor 800 600 1400 309 1024 600 1662 261 640 480 1120 387 Figure 9 10 Crop Factor 1280 x 720 Figure 9 11 Crop Factor 800 x 600 page 90 TS3 User Manual Appendix K Partition Capture CAP File Format Partition Capture file format isa MIKROTRON proprietary raw data format used to store image data gathered by the TS3 in one Session into the camera s built in SSD drive The session length is set by the user see 3 8 Storage Setup on page 20 to any multiple of 256MB up to the memory capacity of the camera which is either 4GB or 8GB The actual length of a recorded session may vary however depending on whether the full allotment of pre trigger frames were captured before the trigger was asserted see Application Note 3 Trigger Position and the Circular Buffer on page 97 There are three major dis
81. e 128 and O The resultant offsets for a 512 x 512 image lower right quadrant would be 740 and 512 page 62 TS3 User Manual 8 2 Setting Shutter Speed The Shutter Speed is expressed in microseconds of exposure time Minimum Exposure Minimum exposure is 2usec regardless of frame rate Maximum Exposure The maximum exposure time is dependant on the frame rate It is always 1 Frame Rate 6usec For example at 500 fps the maximum exposure is 1 500 sec 6usec 2000usec 6usec 1994usec For those accustomed to using shutter angle to convert that to degrees Exposure in usec Frame Time X 360 For example at 500fps an exposure time of 25 usec is 250usec 1 500 sec X 360 250 2000 X 360 45 Setting the Shutter Speed Shutter Speed is set using the slider or edit box in the Shutter Settings section of the Record Settings Tab See Figure 8 2 Shu er Setting Low Light Mode In some special circumstances the light available for setting up the TS3 for a high speed event is not as bright as what will be used for event itself You may for example be using some lights that can only be switched on for a short time and are not available for camera set up The exposure for Low Light Mode is much longer than would be possible for a high frame rate The default shutter speed for Low Light mode is 33 327ms which is the 1X shutter speed for 30 FPS The shutter speed for Low Light may be adjust
82. e 4 3 Playback Control The playback buttons may be used with the touchscreen if enabled see 3 2 Using the Touchscreen on page 14 or the D Pad Returns to Live image Recorded image is stillin buffer To return to Play navigate to Review Menu and select Play Se Creates new Cut In point at current frame To remove Cut In point click again then move cursor Go to beginning of clip goes to Cut In point Click a second time and it goes to the very beginning of the video Move one frame backward When highlighted hold OK button on D Pad to skip backward Play backward Use up and down buttons on D Pad to adjust speed Pause play Play forward Use up and down buttons on D Pad to adjust speed Move one frame forward When highlighted hold OK button on D Pad to skip forward Move to end of clip goes to Cut Out point Click a second time to go to the end of the video H Creates new Cut Out point at current frame To remove Cut Out point click again then move cursor Jump to Trigger frame B Open Save Partition dialog box to save clip Uses current Cut In Out points for Start and Stop frames Table 4 4 Playback Rates as ws 250 som 100 200 280 a 250 so 100 200 400 560 115 3000M page 31 T3 User Manual 4 10 Image Processing Image Processing Pipeline The TS3 image processing begins in the LUPA1300 2 sensor where on chip FPN corrections occur if enabled and the Bl
83. e Ahigh quality focus chart can be very helpful In a pinch you can print one yourself An 8 1 2 x 11 or A Size Seimens Star chart will work for the example here e A 3 32 hex allen wrench for the C mount lock screws See TS3 Top View on page 4 and TS3 Figure 9 4 C Mount Bo om View on page 5 Adjustment procedure 1 Connect the TS3 to an LCD display either via a PC connection or the HDMI port You will wish to have a very good view of the image the larger the better 2 Select the lens you wish to use For our discussion we will use a 1 format Navitar 50mm f 95 lens 3 Decide on a distance For this discussion we will use 5 or 1 5m 4 Set your target 5 1 5m from the target The proper way to measure is from the image plane to the target The image plane would be about 17 5 mm behind the face of the C mount Set the target as flat and square to the camera as possible Usually taping it to a wall is the easiest 5 Get plenty of flat white light on the target 6 Setthe TS3 up to frame the image Using a 50 mm lens at 1 5m the field of view at 800 x 600 resolution will be just a little larger than the focus chart Use smaller resolutions to zoom in for fine adjustment 7 Make a reference mark on the C mount adapter to mark your starting point This can be done with a little dab of white out or a small piece of tape Frame and focus the camera on the focus target Set the lens aperture wide
84. e TS3 is powered up Network LED Fast blinking Amber whenever the TS3 is sending or receiving on the network Disk LED Fast blinking Amber whenever the TS3 SSD or SDHC are accessed Camera LED Solid Green whenever in Llve mode operating but not recording Blinking Amber slowly 1 Hz when the TS3 is Armed recording not triggered Solid Green when in operation and battery charge is above 1596 Solid Amber when in operation and battery charge is above 5 below 1596 Blinking Red when in operation and battery charge is below 596 Blinking Green when charging above 1596 Blinking Amber when charging above 596 below 1596 B linking Red when charging below 596 page 86 TS3 User Manual Appendix G Contents of Frame txt file Image roi x 0 roi y O width 1280 height 1024 bit mode upper 8 frame count 345 trigger frame 344 time tamp Thu Oct 6 12 27 48 2011 Camera make MIKROTRON model TS3 fpga rev 0x00010040 software version 000 001 002mac address a4 1b c0 00 00 17 camera name TS3 c sensor type C31L Record fps 500 shutter speed 200 O multi slope O trigger settings sync in OxO sync out 0x0 Normalization red balance 256 blue balance 256 green balance 256 brightness 100 contrast 100 gamma 100 sensor gain 0 red gain 1 green gain 1 blue gain 1 red matrix 256 0 0 blue matrix 0 0 256 green matrix 0 256 0 raw 0 codec BMP 115 3000M page 87 TS3 User Manual Appendix
85. e compressed in order to take the least space A recording saved as JPEGs results in an image stack whereby each frame is a file JPEG compression quality 0 100 with 100 being highest quality lowest compression may be selected by the user in the camera User Preferences menu Default JPEG Ofactor is 80 which results in compression of 10 1 to 20 1 for average scenes AVI files a e basically JPEGs placed in a wrapper resulting in one video file that is playable on many popular video players BMP and TIF files a e almost identical both being uncompressed fully processed images Like JPEGs they are saved as stacks but are much larger DNG TIF raw and CAP files are raw formats meaning that color images are not interpolated Color interpolation takes 8 bit images and colorizes them which produces 24 bit files 3x as large DNG and TIF raw files are smaller than BMP and TIF files DNG and TIF raw are stacks while CAP files contain a whole Session of images e JPEG JPEG compressed user selectable compression saved as video stacks All image and color processing done on camera 8 bit data only is preserved so output is 8 bits pixel mono or 24 bits pixel color e AVI Motion JPEG compressed user selectable compression user selectable playback rate saved as one file All image and color processing done on camera 8 bit data only is preserved so output is 8 bits pixel mono or 24 bits pixel color e DNG Not compressed
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87. e from the Save Type pull down list File type choices may change depending on the target drive If you wish to save CAP files you must save to the SSD If you wish to save AVI files you must save to a location other than SSD See Application Note 6 Choosing an Image File Format on page 109 The default file name format for the image stacks is Frame 000000 TYPE If you would like the name to include the camera name Select Use Name in the dialog The resulting file name format for the example would become TS3 11 000000 lt EXT gt If you would like to add a tag to the name select Tag The Tag may be edited Using the Tag in the example the file name becomes 2011 10 11 000000 lt EXT gt Both the Name and the Tag may be used in which case the file name becomes TS3 11 2011 10 11 000000 TYPE in the example If AVI files a e saved the default file name is TS3 000000 AVI The Use Name and Use Tag options are also valid for AVI files in which case the resulting file names are TS3 11 000000 AVI or 2011 10 11 000000 AVI etc If the file size exceeds the 4GB limit for 32 bit file systems the TS3 will make a second file for the remainder of the imagery MiDAS and other players will play the video as one If CAP files are saved they will not use either the camera name or the tag CAP files are saved only to the SSD They must be loaded back into high speed memory in the camera to be reviewed then converted into a downloadable
88. e note the drive letter the an SD card with fles needed to update your T53 camera PC assigns the Ca rd Please insert an SD card into this computer and if possible remove all other portable storage devices Note There are two options for formatting the SD ibis bti Card using System Storage Format Compatibility FAT32 and Performance EXT2 In order to be used for the update process the SD Card must be formatted using the Compatibility FAT32 option 5 Double click on the update file The Update Screen Next Cancel will appear Click Next MIKROTRON TS3 Firmware Update Rev1 L4 Setup lo x 6 A License Agreement will appear Click the check box to accept the terms and click Next 7 Ascreen will appear for selecting the SD Card Make sure that you have selected the correct drive letter before clicking on Install A new window with a progress bar will appear 8 Oncethe update program has finished writing to the SD Card a final screen will appear Click on Finish Remove the SD Card from the PC 9 Insert the SD Card into the SDHC slot of the TS3 10 Power up the TS3 while pressing the Up Arrowon ack instal ll ancel The D Pad When the camera boots up you will E ieee see a blue update screen and a progress bar When it is finished the camera will boot normally 11 After the camera boots up navigate to System Configuration and select reset This will load valid factory default parameters
89. e the same for all See Figure 6 6 Notice that in the example we are looking at the directory of the SD Card media sdcard Click on hs video to find the stored video files Click on dcim then 100fastc to find stored stills and video stacks To play a video click on the file name and the video will open in the default Figure 6 6 Explore Window media player Large stored videos may Index of media sdcard Google Chrome ESTE play slowly when opened this way You 192168 192 media lt dcard may wish to copy them to a computer drive first and play them from there A i Index of media sdcard To open a still click on the file name and the still willopen in the explore Name Last Modified iso Type window To return to the last directory Parent Directory Directory right click In the window but not on the cache 2012 Jan ll 23 20 00 Directory i u jj ha video 2012 Jan 11 23 19 58 Directory image and select back README txt 2011 Dec 15 09 33 56 0 1K text plain To co a video or still toa autorun inf 2011 Dec 15 03 33 16 0 1 application octet stream py card restorer exe 2011 Dec 15 09 33 56 622 0K application octet atream computer drive mikrotronsd ico 2011 Dec 15 09 33 56 52 8K application octet stream release tHE 2011 Dec 15 09 33 56 0 1 text plain 1 Right click on the file you wish to op A context menu will open lighttpd 1 4 26 with a list of actions The list varies depending on the brows
90. ed via FasMotion by checking the Low Light box and moving the slider or editing the Low Light edit box To enter Low Light Mode Note Be careful when using the Low Light feature It is very easy to forget that it is on Remember to set your exposure for the light that will be present during the image capture 1 Setthe Shutter Speed just as you need itforthe Figure 8 2 Shutter Settings high speed event 2 Click on the Low Light check box A check mark will Shutter Settings usec appear in the box The edit box and the slider will become active shutter Speed 1994 3 Adjust the slider or edit the Low Light 33377 4 Press the Arm Button The camera will begin recording You will notice that the image is darker now than in Live Mode 5 Press Arm again to quit recording Click OK on the Warning message to Cancel 115 3000M page 63 TS3 User Manual 8 3 Setting Bit Depth The TS3 can record and save 10 bit or 8 bit data The advantage of recording 10 bit data is that it gives more flexibility in post processing the imagery The disadvantage is that it takes more memory to record or save 10 bit data When recording you will get about 25 fewer files and 25 less recording time When saving 10 bit data to a mass storage device in TIFF RAW format the actual file type is a 16 bit file so it is substantially la ger than an 8 bit mono file The 10 bit R W color image however is not colorized it is a RAW Bayer ima
91. el MAC wg Trigger Camera f Click on Save Config in the Camera Menu This will Storage Sett E File View Camera Window Factory He Find Camera To Save the Current Configuration open an Explore window You will be able to give it a E Snapshot name and save it as a cfg file in the older of your Record Seti choosing Live Mode To Load a Saved Configuration a Click on Load Config in the Came a Menu This will Ww Record Cont Review Mode open an Explore window which will allow you to navigate iz Histogram to the folder where you saved cfg files and select the a Display Settir Configuration you would like to load 1 Network Config To Load the Factory Configuration E aa Click on Factory Config in the Camera Menu This 7j Time Date Config will load the factory default settings for the camera Note This is not a routine operation as it rewrites your Reboot camera configuration Always power cycle the camera Power Down after loading Factory Configs y s 0 E2 Update 7 10 Reboot and Power Down EE Sia E User Preferences The camera may be Powered Down or Rebooted from the E Load Config Camera Menu C i Save Config If you power the camera down it will turn off completely To turn it back on you will need to re apply power by Factory Config removing and restoring the power connector or by Ou pressing the power button on the top of the came
92. em Controls in the Advanced Record Settings dialog settings work the same as in the Basic menu except that edit boxes and spinners replace the presets offering a much wider range and greater precision Resolutions canbe refined to any even numbered pair from 24 x 12 to 1280 x 1024 Frame rates may be refined to any number from 24 to 98437 fps Choose from the four aspect ratio choices Custom 4 3 5 4 16 9 Offset Control It is also possible that you will wish to shift your ROI Region of Interest without moving the camera Lets say for example that you have captured images at 1024 x 1024 500fps and are now interested at capturing a 512 x 512 portion of the scene lets say the bottom right hand quarter 2000fps In this case you would wish to add 512 to both the X and Y offset For a 1024 x 1024 centered image the offsets will be 128 and O The resultant offsets for a 512 x 512 image lower right quadrant would be 740 and 512 11S 3000M page 23 T3 User Manual 4 2 Setting Shutter Speed Choosing the right shutter speed is dependent not only on the speed at which an object is travelling through the FOV it is also dependent on how the imagery is going to be used For motion analysis it is best to get as short an exposure as possible in order to limit motion blur Motion blur an be defined as the number of pixels traversed by an edge of an object during an exposure For smooth video on the other hand
93. eosens 1S3 High Speed Handheld Camera User Manual 2013 3 1105 3000M T3 User Manual Copyrights and Disclaimer O 2012 MIKROTRON GmbH All Rights Reserved This documentation is copyrighted material Making unauthorized copies is prohibited by law No part of this documentation may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language without the prior written permission of MIKROTRON GmbH Information in this document is provided in connection with MIKROTRON products MIKROTRON believes the printed matter contained herein to be accurate from date of publication and reserves the right to make changes as necessary without notice MIKROTRON makes no commitment to update the information and shall have no responsibility whatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to the software or documentation No license express or implied or otherwise to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document Except as provided in MIKROTRONS Terms and Conditions of Sale for such products MIKROTRON assumes no liability whatsoever THIS MANUAL IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED RELATING TO SALE AND OR USE OF MIKROTRON PRODUCTS INCLUDING LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES MERCHANTABILITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT COPYRIGHT OR OTHE
94. er you are using 2 If using Chrome Firefox or Safari select save link as or if using Windows Internet Explorer select save target as This will open a dialog box allowing you to navigate to the drive and directory you wish to save the file to Note Only one file may be copied at a time No files may be either deleted or moved via the Web App In order to copy groups of files and directories file stacks etc open the camera in a separate Explore window See 3 5 Using the TS3 with a PC on page 17 page 44 T3 User Manual 6 4 Record Settings The Record Settings Tab is analogous to the Record Menu on the TS3 camera GUI It contains the controls for setting ROI Region of Interest record Rate and Time Frame Rate and Record Time Shutter Speed and Bit Depth and FPN Control Setting ROI 1 If you wish to use one of the standard aspect ratios 4 3 5 4 or 16 9 click on the Frame Aspect Ratio bar and make your selection from those choices If wish to select a custom aspect ratio select that choice from the same pull down menu 2 If you are using anything but a Custom for aspect ratio you can adjust either width or height and the other will adjust automatically You can either use the sliders or the edit boxes to make your selection If you use the edit box hit the Tab key on your computer keyboard or click outside the box to complete your entry 3 Select the Autoset box if you wish the
95. era but it does not have the display performance refresh rate of FasMotion and has no utility for saving video or image files on the host device PC Tablet etc Figure 7 15 Web Application gt Q 19216833114 Ww 115 3000M page 57 You may also wish to open the camera in Windows Explorer in order to copy images from one of the cameras drives to your PC or network Note This can be a convenient way to transfer a few files from your camera but if you wish to transfer large numbers of images or video clips the Save utility in FasMotion can be many times faster To open the Networked TS3 in a Windows Explorer menu Type the camera name or IP address in the Location bar preceded by W So using the same information as in the example below type in either 192 168 33 114 or NTS3 A3 When the camera is viewed in Explorer you will see the camera name or IP address under Network Opening that you will see a directory called media which contains directories for each mass storage device installed on the camera Figure 7 16 Open TS3 Media in Windows Explorer QC Js Network 19216833114 Organize Search active directory Network and Sharing Center View remote printers RE Desktop F Downloads P m Recent Places x a Libraries E Documents a Music Organize Burn New folder Pictures EE Desktop Name Date modified Type BE Videos 3 m Downloads de sdcard 12 19 2012 5 33 P
96. erm Gain is most often used as a multiplier applied to a pixel value Gamma encoding of images is required to compensate for properties of human vision to maximize the use of the bits or bandwidth relative to how humans perceive light and color 1 Human vision under common illumination conditions not pitch black or blindingly bright follows an approximate gamma or power function If images are not gamma encoded they allocate too many bits or too much bandwidth to highlights that humans cannot differentiate and too few bits bandwidth to shadow values that humans are sensitive to and would require more bits bandwidth to maintain the same visual quality HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface is used to transmit digitized video and au dio data from the camera to a remote display This is a popular method for connecting consumer products such as televisions cable TV boxes DVD players etc Image Memory Image memory is the internal memory in the camera reserved for raw image data This is volatile memory that is erased when the camera is shut down Joint Photographic Expert Group JPEG file format is a highly compressed file format capable of reducing image files to a fraction of the size of a BMP or lossless TIFF The image quality of JPEGs is excellent although there may be some discernible noise in the displayed image often referred to as JPEG artifacts Once an item in the Menu Bar is selected the corresponding Men
97. essing Pipeline The TS3 image processing begins in the LUPA1300 2 sensor where on chip column FPN corrections occur if enabled and the Black level is set using data collected during calibration Pixel data also collected during calibration is used for Pixel FPN correction if enabled See 8 5 Black Level Calibration on page 65 The TS3 does more image processing internally some of which can be controlled by the operator To better understand how this works please refer to Figure 8 10 Image Pipeline Figure 8 10 Image Pipeline Sensor Column FPN Correction On or OFF Bit Selector Calibratian Save 10 bit CAP High Speed or RAW 16 bit Internal Memory TIFF Stacks and Cinema DNG Pixel FPN Correction Save 8 bit Mono or 24 bit Color Bayer Color Processing HDMI Web App 8 bits Mono or 24 bits Color FasMotion Color Correction White Balance Brightness Contrast Gamma 16 bit Image Processor Digital Gain The 10 bit sensor output goes to the Bit Selector then to internal high speed memory This selection is made by the user when bit depth is selected See 8 3 Setting Bit Depth on page 64 The path for all images and the input to the histogram is Sensor to Bit Selector to Image Processor to Display Histogram It is always 8 bit Mono or 24 bit Color Live images pass through from high speed memory to the image processor immediately Captured images are saved in high speed memory unti
98. for more details O sp cara ssp O USE Drive 5 Select the destination drive using the SD Card SSD and USB Drive radio buttons 6 Click on Save Partition A Progress Bar will appear beneath the image window showing the download status When finished an information window as in Figure 6 14 Download Information Box will appear igure 6 14 Download Information Box Video Generation Successful The following video has been created imedia ssd hs video 41 000001 avi 115 3000M page 49 T3 User Manual 7 FasMotion Setup 7 1 Install FasMotion Camera Control Software The FasMotion software install program is copied onto the USB thumb drive that shipped with your TS3 camera This software may be used to set up and control TS3 and TS3 cameras With it you may configure all recording parameters including Session Length Resolution Frame Rate Exposure Color Balance Autosave Trigger point and Sync options To install FasMotion on a Windows PC Note At the time of this writing a MAC version of FasMotion is not yet available Its release is anticipated shortly after the initial release of the product lo AEE Foo MN exe cite eon Figure 7 1 FasMotion Installation your PC The file will have the format FasMotion lt version gt lt date gt exe For exampl id uirorson FasMotion Controller 1 0 31D Setup EE FasMotion 1 1 0 2013 0109 exe would be version 1 1 0 dated January 9 2013 It i
99. ge not colorized which would make it about 3x as large so it is about 2 3 the size of the 24 bit color file 8 bits per each of 3 olor channels To choose the recording bit depth 1 Navigate to the Record Menu 2 Select Bit Depth 3 Select 8 low 8 mid 8 high or 10 bit If any of the 8 bit mappings are chosen the live image will immediately reflect th t change If 10 bit is chosen the displayed live image will default to 8 high If Bit Depth is set to 10 in the Record Menu a bit depth selection will appear in the The Display Menu The choices here are 8 low 8 mid and 8 high This selects the 8 bits used for the display and for saving to media Figure 8 3 Trigger Configuration 8 4 Configu ring the Trigger A Use Percent Use Frames The TS3 uses a fixed selectable circular buffer to record into The session length is determined by the user see 7 8 Storage Setup ME x on page 59 This section explains how to set the trigger position Bean TAGJA After Trigger within the buffer For an explanation on how the circular buffer E CENA i Ae works and how to decide on the proper trigger position see ne M Application Note 3 Trigger Position and the Circular Buffer on page 97 External Trigger To Set the Trigger Position in the TS3 1 Openthe Record Settings Tab 2 Select either the Use Percent or Use Frames radio button The slider and edit box represent the session buffer which is the camera memory yo
100. ger Lis d C Per Frame C Per Second device such as another camera or a precision timing generator The Per QUE U Falling Edge O Rising Edge Frame option is used when you wish the Master Framerate m 2000 camera to capture at a rate of one sync pulse per frame or greater Rato DC To set up Sync In Calculated Rate 1000 Max 1602 1 Navigate to the Control Menu 2 Select Sync In There are two buttons Enabled Disabled and another that may say 1 PPF Rising Edge Divisor 1 or something similar 3 Changethe state of the first button to Enabled green then click on the second button to open the Sync In Settings dialog The touchscreen feature is implemented for this dialog If it is enabled you will be able to enter data with your fingertip See 3 2 Using the Touchscreen on page 14 4 Select Rising Edge or falling edge depending on your preference 5 Select Per Frame Per Second Synchronization will be covered in the next section 6 Setthe master frame rate This is the speed in Hertz of the input signal It is important that the input signal does not exceed this because this is the number the camera will use to calculate integration timing 7 Setthe rate divisor In the example shown in Figure 5 1 Sync In Settings Dialog the desired frame rate is 1000 while the Master Frame rate is 2000 so a divisor of 2 is used 8 Click on OK to accept the settings The camera s frame rate will n
101. gger frames When the recording is complete the progress bar will disappear the Video Review Tab will open exposing the Save dialog and the Video Control Playback pane will open Figure 8 7 Video Review tab and Video Controls y File View Panel Camera Configuration Window Help E ma 2 7 LR ls ow Ue amp Control Panel MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 7d m x a es a Live Video 1P 169 254 1135 43 DisplayRate 15 A ll 8 Save To Camera Path amp Path 3 SDCard O ssp USB Use Camera Name n Use Tag Label Tag Label 2013 03 10 Save Type AVI 15 S fps Path C Users thrandt Desktop Test 3 7 black Browse Load Save Video Controls Bm x 1280x720506 fps Time 0 0000 sec irren elas 2475 End Clip 2474 Current Frame O E Playback Rate 15 F Ready 8 7 Autosave The TS3 may be used to capture many consecutive events Using Autosave this can be done unattended that is the camera may be left at a location or automatically Trigger Save captured imagery and then re Arm itself indefinitely constrained only by the mass storage space available Consider that a TS3 with an optional 256GB SSD installed depending on the resolution and download file format could record and save hundreds or even thousands of events in a completely unattended mode Even if using an SDHC many events may be captured Advantages of
102. he Web Application See 6 4 Record Settings on p e 45 11S 3000M page 24 T3 User Manual 4 3 Low Light Mode There is an option labeled Low Light THIS IS NOT A SHUTTER SPEED USED FOR RECORDING This is a special shutter speed that works in Live Mode only for Live view and not while recording In some special circumstances the light available for setting up the TS3 for a high speed event is not the same as what will be used for event itself For example you may be using and extremely bright light or light of a spectrum that would be harmful or uncomfortable for people to work under In Low Light Mode the camera framing and focusing can be done in available light The exposure for Low Light Mode is much longer than would be possible for a high frame rate The default shutter speed for Low Light mode is 33 327ms which is the 1X shutter speed for 30 FPS The shutter speed for Low Light may be adjusted via the Web App or custom camera software but not via the on camera interface To enter Low Light Mode Figure 4 4 Low Light Menu Note Be careful when using the Low Light feature It is very easy to forget that it is System Control Display on Remember to set your exposure for Settings the light that will be present during the Shutter Speed image capture 33 327 ms 5 P Bit Depth 1 Set the Shutter Speed just as you Autosave need it for the high speed event as Black Level described in 4
103. ill be using the TS3 exclusively for close by objects and are satisfied that the back focus is correct you may skip this part If however you will be using the camera for activities where it will be imaging far away objects you will want to confirm that it can focus at infinit Figure 9 5 Navitar 50mm f 95 Lens To do this you will need to find a place where you can set the camera up that has a good view of objects at various distances 17 Check the location of the reference mark made on the lens in 7 above 18 Look at the last witness mark on the lens before infinity Find an object in your field of view that is approximately the distance indicated by that last witness mark For example on the Navitar 50mm f 95 lens the last witness mark before infinity is 10m So you would find an object approximately 10m away and focus on it 19 Isthe lens now set close to the 10m witness mark Continue findin targets farther and farther away to get a feel for how far the lens can focus to If the best focus for very far objects is at or a tiny bit before the infinity stop the lens is OK If you find that the best focus for the farthest objects is not close to the infinity stop or you find that you just cannot focus on far away objects repeat 14 through 16 above 115 3000M page 85 TS3 User Manual Appendix F Camera Status LEDs Figure 9 6 Camera Status LEDs Battery Power LED Solid Green whenever th
104. imensions Power Network Storage Camera Sync Battery LED LED LED LED LED E LED Arm Button DISP Display Button Menu Button MENU 115 3000M page 3 Figure 1 2 TS3 Front View Power L Sync Camera Storage Network L Battery LED ED LED LED LED ED Qon a9 Bo OO 0000000 QO OOOQO E DO s 00000000000000 Ko AOTOiOrororororororoxcrororoio O Jo rororororovolofofofofofo oro Q000000000 9107020 01010 0W9000000000000000 i olololerolorolorolorerorelere 60000000000000 200 E e QDOO iii ROO 5000 BSS DO scere ooo IOLO COAL G SOCO OL 3323333333353335 00000000000000000 oe aa 9000000000000000 A E Lens Mount Holes Figure 1 3 TS3 Top View a BE i dd ur Lock Screw Attachment page 4 115 3000M T3 User Manual Figure 1 4 TS3 Side View Door open USB OTG Connector SDCard Slot GigE Connector Sync I O Connector HDMI Connector Power Connector Figure 1 5 TS3 Bottom View 1 4 20 Battery Clasp AP ry po j a l tes M E e s cun emt A HO tale a ge Ww m migo ALTA 5 MOBIL 4 A 4 4 E Pb AO peg T i CI M a CN a ach a LL E iT pg dE SU mmis qid pi ee as wpe rd E f Battery Door Latch Strap Attachment C Mount Lock Screw Battery Door 115 3000M page 5 T3 User Manual 2 TS3 Getting Started 2 1 Unpacking the Camera
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106. ing 2449 Te ee pu 09 796 09 796 CAP ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 Batt 53 All of the pre trigger frames have been recorded The TS3 is continuing to record new frames as it discards the oldest It can remain in this state indefinitely waiting for a Trigger 2449 09 796 CAP ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 115 3000M page 28 T3 User Manual Trigger Press the Trigger button see TS3 Top View on page 4 or send an electrical trigger signal see Appendix D Power and I O Connections When triggered the TS3 will capture frame 0 and the post trigger frames The progress bar will change color and move from the trigger point to the end as in the three images below When the recording is complete the progress bar will turn solid green Figure 4 10 Recording Progress Triggered TS3 2449 E qa Aid 09 796 09 796 CAP ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 Batt 53 2449 2449 09 796 09 796 CAP ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 Batt 53 09 796 REVIEW ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 The TS3 will now either enter Review Mode or if Autosave has been enabled the camera will save the images to a mass storage device and go back to Armed Mode capturing pre trigger frames and watching for a Trigger 4 8 Autosave The TS3 may be used to capture many consecutive events U
107. ing through every 10th frame It also allows the user to adjust starting and ending points for an image sequence for viewing or sav ing The user may adjust image properties such as brightness contrast gamma color balance when reviewing the images If 10 bit images have been saved the user may also select which 8 bits to display It is important to note that image adjustments made while using Review do not alter the image data in camera memory although they do alter the viewed and saved images Moving image data from a camera s internal memory to some other mass storage device This mass storage may be local such as the SSD drive within the camera or remote such asa PC This is Secure Digital memory such as the SD Card used as a plug in mass storage device for the camera Solid state hard drive that is located inside the camera This is a non volatile mass stor age device retains its data when the camera is powered down In order for one networked device to talk to each other they need to have compatible IP addresses One way to assure this is for the user to assign unchanging static IP ad dresses to each device The Status Bar is a line of text at the bottom of the display that appears when the cam era menus are turned on Within each Menu there may be additional Sub Menus from which to select Tagged Image File Format TIFF is a much more flexible format than the BMP in that it may use one of several compressi
108. ins which when applied to captured imagery should approximate what a human would perceive as accurate color The term White Balance refers to the idea that presented with a white card under a given light source the camera should produce a white image page TS3 User Manual Appendix B TS3 Specifications Table 9 2 Specifications DO Serem benign pornoa pere poweredporablewith munie CO pon DO Sensor ro ICM sensor with 14 um square pes color of monochrome Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels maximum sesenta 2 200150 monochrome rs000 O O Reed tae 2410300 ps at 120011024 up 1 98 000 sardi resolution DO Sm opal electron shutter from 2usect 667m age memory aos Optional operado 9808 Removable storage 50 card SOHC 3268 menu vse tahame session tenatn ase upto tairas mero O o o O Hie formats taco ame ONG PEO TF processed or raw Video AVI CAP taw DO o meea pres O mememe Cmos tendra Eon or PU Mane opone O BuiltinMonitor High resolution 178mm 7 dia onal LCD e communication Pors Us 2 0 deve miro hernet 10 100 300085560 conor sorware remoto Pc apponi web meraca rowser onal storms era Sy reser in out Syne Out em go TE ESV or sem dese DO Vo m w ooeonawn 00 OO Comsmucsen Anodized machinedaluminumnowiing O 7 7 SSS O O OO Rechargeable Li ion battery 4 hours operating or 10 26 VDC external power ee T Size and Weight 228mm 9 07 W x 114mm 4 57 H x 89
109. into the camera 12 Power Cycle the camera turn it completely off then reboot 13 Navigate again to System Information Status to see the new Software Version of your TS3 14 Re format the SD Card before using it for image file storage page 88 Physical Measurements Appendix TS3 User Manual 18 13 6 24 53 2 2 09 re o TER i TH ero GOD Boc rit 1 EA a ij E SE e 5000 E 57 zi es St ii a Eta or Ma i ne DOGCOODDOUOUD P P f al AAA AC ae 00000000000000000 r Eu VL VA LEID MOUNT LOCK je C O r CIL II EI IX pe BBE ISIS ISTO dg Uns Bina HR GUS N ne c U E U Sm gt uo gt 2 A gt E us O 00 o U Sm 20 LL pl em a7 tr Ei bed Ld Lo hi J i m O om TS SPAS ir CLSEICICILIEN T mn 3 LLL E eg E tutor a olen MOUNT 1 4 20 UNC ADAPTER MOUNT 10 32 UNC y 37 3 62 AX page 89 115 3000M TS3 User Manual Appendix J Crop Factor Crop Factor is a term used in digital photography that expresses the size of the sensor image plane as compared to that of 35mm film In Figure 9 9 through Figure 9 11 below the Black border represents the image on 35mm film the Red border represents the image on the sensor using the same focal length lens Diagonal of 35mm film Diagonal of the Sensor area used Crop Factor The diagonal of 35mm film is 43 3 compared to the 22 95mm
110. it 20x as fast If you got acceptable imaging of an auto at 60FPS it may take 1250FPS to get similarly acceptable imaging of a bird at moving the same speed Aliasing and Frame Rate If you are imaging a motion that is cyclical in nature like a wheel spinning or a lever moving up and down it is important to use a high enough frame rate to avoid motion aliasing If you know the speed of the object use a frame rate at least a few times as fast as the repetition rate to get a valid characterization of the motion If you don t know the speed use as high a frame rate as possible to start with and adjust from there Be sure to analyze the movement one frame at a time as the playback speed may cause aliasing as well Generally you will choose to use the largest resolution possible for the frame rate required This will give you the best definition of your object of interest Smaller resolutions may be desired in order to increase the record time page 22 T3 User Manual Note The display resolution of the TS3 LCD is 800 x 480 To set the Frame Rate and Resolut on of the TS3 Figure 4 1 Frame Rate and Resolution Menu 1 Navigate to the Record Menu Settings and select either the Resolution or Frame Rate Frames Sec Select Resolution QFrame Rate QAuto Max Frame Rate button to open Ca 60 125 the Record Settings Menus Either the Basic or Advanced Resolution Width x Height menu will open depending PALA l Pre T
111. it with the mouse or using the keyboard arrow keys Often the best way to do this is by dragging it with the mouse until it is close o the value you want then using the arrow keys to zero in on the exact value To set the Frame Rate of the TS3 Either edit the number in the Frame Rate edit box or move the Frame Rate slider to the desired position using the mouse and arrow keys Offset Control Most of the time to make use of the best resolving properties of your lens you will want to center the image at the optical center which corresponds to the center of the sensor In this case you would make sure that the Center check box is checked Session Information 5 Frames 13 034 sec ROI Settings Width 1280 Height 1024 E Frame Aspect Rato xd E Autoset v Center Offset X C Offset Y Frame amp Time Autoset Frame Rate FPS Time 2000 mSec 500 Record Time Shutter Settings uSec Shutter Speed 1994 Low Light 12377 Advanced Settings Bit Depth Upper 8 Bits FPN Pixel It is also possible that you will wish to shift your ROI Region of Interest without moving the camera Lets say for example that you have captured images at 1024 x 1024 500fps and are now interested at capturing a 512 x 512 portion of the scene lets say the bottom right hand quarter 2000fps In this case you would wish to add 512 to both the X and Y offset For a 1024 x 1024 centered image the offsets will b
112. itches between the camera and the computer is best If you do need to use a Router or Switch confirm that it supports and is configured for Gigabit Ethernet UDP and Jumbo Packets Many Switches Some Routers have built in firewalls these will need to be disabled e Use Cat 5e or Cat 6 cables only Cat 5 cables do not support Gigabit Ethernet and may cause the system to run at 100Mb FasMotion Parameters There are several parameters to be set to optimize performance FasMotion Default Parameters are set conservatively so the application will run on an average un optimized system If your system is excessively slow or busy you may need to change to more conservative settings If you have optimized your system for image transfer performance you will wish to change to more aggressive settings in order to get faster transfers UDP Transfers The camera system while controlled Figure 10 9 Packet Delay Spinner by FasMotion uses UDP protocol for all video streaming Live and ES Find Cameras EE Playback and for all file transfers E y 7 Stream Video Upon Connection Packet Delay in so D If the camera is allowed to send image NUR PUN mnm ER data and metadata as fast as it is able A Found Cameras Camera Information it will easily swamp most systems and MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 a3 1P 169 254 141 156 will cause the UDP connection to fail The system introduces an inter packet delay to slow the camera down to a level where the P
113. ith the green channel as it represents half of the pixels in the image page 72 TS3 User Manual 8 11 Saving Images to Mass Storage Image sequences may be saved as CAP files proprietary raw format see Appendix K Partition Capture CAP File Format on page 91 as AVI videos in which one file contains all the frames of the sequence or TIFF JPEG or BMP stacks which are collections of files one file per frame of imagery The file save options changes depending on whether or 8 bit or 10 bit image data has been written to internal high speed memory Table 8 3 File Save Options 10 bits recorded 8 bits recorded TIFF 8 bit M 24 bit C or RAW TIFF 16 bit TIFF 8 bit M 24 bit C or RAW TIFF 8 bit DNG 16 bit raw format DNG 8 bit Raw format Calculating file sizes for TIFF and BMP images is very simple Resolution x Bit depth 8 approximate BMP or TIFF file size in Bytes to convert Bytes to KB divide by 1024 For example a 1280 x 1024 Mono BMP or TIFF is 1280 x 1024 x 8 8 1 310 720 bytes 1 280K A 1280 x 1024 16 bit RAW TIFF DNG is 1280 x 1024 x 16 8 2 621 440 bytes 2 560K CAP files are always the size of the current buffer session size The actual file size of a 1280 x 1024 mono BMP or TIFF is about 1281K the additional 1K for the file header The actual size of 16 bit RAW TIFF is 2561K again add an additional 1K for the header Note The RAW 16 bit TIFF saved from the camera actually has 10
114. ive attribute Having a second drive on the system for image transfers is helpful avoid using the drive that the OS and any program files are on SATA Il or III SSD or high speed spinning media drives may be added internally or externally to your PC If the PC has an eSATA port consider connecting an SSD to it for image transfers e Disk state fragmented disks and disks that are running out of space will slow transfers PC OS Software e Close all other applications services updaters etc including performance monitors such as WindowsTask Manager Wireshark HD Tune Pro etc while running FasMotion e File System format On a Windows PC use NTFS for the data drive e Do not index the target drive e PC Power Management disable all including sleep modes for PC and NIC e Disable all Firewalls and Anti virus software You will not want the PC a ached to the any outside network including the Internet while connected to the camera e 3rd party filter drivers disable using NIC s properties page page 102 TS3 User Manual NIC Parameters e Set Transmit Receive buffers to maximum these may also be referred to as descriptors e Jumbo Frames Packets set to maximum size usually 9K Experiment with these settings as results to vary from system to system e Enable interrupt moderation throttling set to adaptive if available e Enable Checksum offloads Camera Connection e Point to point connection without any routers or sw
115. l the camera powers down or the images are written over e Images in the internal high speed memory have not yet gone through the image processor This means that the image processing settings have NO effect on the images in high speed memory they only affect the images as they are saved or displayed e Images in high speed memory may be viewed or saved multiple times with different settings page 0 TS3 User Manual e live images seen on the display ALWAYS go through the image processor Figure 8 11 Display Settings Display Settings User Control of Image Processor ies e Bayer Color processing color cameras only is done in order to Light and Color Settings display a color image The user may select to save images that have White Balance Daylight 5600K not gone through Bayer colorization by choosing to download a i Brightness DO m RAW format See 8 11 Saving Images to Mass Storage e T POOR m Contrast o E e Color Correction is controlled via White Balance in the Display tab You may choose from several color temperatures Daylight Gamma LI 2 20 5 5600K Tungsten 3200K and Fluorescent 4100K and Normal Red 1 000 setting 1 1 all channels at nominal gain There is also a Custom FALTAR F ank setting used to white balance using a grey target and an RGB gain dialog for further manual adjustment See 8 10 Custom Color Blue B 1 000 Correction Reset Light and Color Settings e
116. l Loca ON iii add e 50 Figure 7 3 FasMotion Start Folder iii AAA 51 Figure 7 4 FasMotion Install ProgreSS cuina ts 51 Figure 7 5 FasMotion Installation Complete scsccscsscsccscceccccsccscescnccscccceccsccccnccscescnccescececcnsescescas 51 Figure 7 6 FasMotion Find Camera Icon eee eene eee eee nennen enne hehe tenth sees hose spese sesso sees eese eene 52 Figure 7 7 FasMotion Find Cameras Dialog c c eese eene eene nennen eene nennt eese tese esee eese senno 52 Figure 7 8 FasMotion Application Window ccccscscsssscsccsceccscsccccsccccsccccsceccscecescuccscnceccecescsceccecssoecs 53 Figure 7 9 Video Control PANE 54 5 5 HE isa A AAA o EP ERR UE ES EV eee Es 54 Figure 7 11 User Preferences aon eno aaa 54 Figure 7 10 VIEW MENU iiie ceo s sas inc ss casado E Qoo REI e esu eU vos vua MERI vis Uus Vli Ska o uode es da Va ern UR QE 54 Figure 7 12 Gamma COMPAS ON onrar E A 55 Figure 7 14 Time and Date Configuration csccscsscsccsccscsccscceccccsccscescnccsccsceccsceccsccncosceccescsceccnsescesens 56 Figure 7 13 HDMI Setting Sali ios 56 Figure 7 15 Web Application osos eodd Qa Eo Eua iae xl eon AAA AAA 57 Figure 7 16 Open TS3 Media in Windows Explorer 1 eere eene eee eene eene nennen tenere erento 58 Figure 7 17 FasMotion Storage Settings Tab sccscscsccscsccsceccscsccccsccccsccccsceccececcscescscnceccececcscescecsseecs 5
117. lance selection boxes open Display Settings Figure 6 10 Display Settings Tab Settings in this Tab control displayed images both Live and in Review and all saved images except the RAW formats EEN SIMI E ie The Display Bit Depth selection box will only be present when Display Bit Depth Upper 8 Bits 9 the camera has been placed in 10 bit mode in the Record Lower amp Bits Settings Tab See Figure 6 8 Record Settings Tab Middle amp Bits Advanced Settings For more detail on bit selection see 4 4 Upper 8 Bits Setting Bit Depth on page 25 White Balance Halogen o Select White Balance preset according to the available light Daylight The sliders used for Brightness Contrast and Gamma you Tungsten control over the same range as with the presets in the Fluorescent camera but it is a much finer control Halogen The color sliders give you control over the RGB gains It is advisable to use the color sliders with a grey card to get good color balance Brightness Contrast Gamma 1 Frame the camera Image on a neutral gray object A gray card piece of white paper white wall etc Red 2 Turn on the histogram on the camera display Greer 3 Adjust the light or F stop so that the histogram shows most Blue pixel values in mid range You will see a separate peak for Red Green and Blue Green will likely be highest E ip AE 4 Adjust the gains for Blue and Red up so that the peaks match the
118. ll allow you to move to any point in the video that might be of interest page 68 TS3 User Manual Setting the Start Clip and End Clip points 1 Click on the Pause play button All buttons should now be active black 2 Click and drag the Playback Bug to the frame you wish to be the starting point You can use the Current Frame edit box and or spinner or your PC keyboard lt and gt keys to zero in on the correct frame 3 Click on the Start Clip button The Start Clip Bumper will move to that frame 4 Move the Playback Bug to the frame you wish to be the ending point as in 2 above 5 Click on the End Clip button Figure 8 9 Video Controls Playback Video Controls E 1280610240250 fps Time 0 0000 sec Start Clip 1344 n Current Frame O Start Clip Bumper End Clip Bumper Playback Bug When playing the video will start and end between the Start Clip and End Clip bumpers The Start and End Clips also define the range of frames that will be Saved See 8 11 Saving Images to Mass Storage on page 73 Table 8 2 Camera Control Buttons Go to beginning of clip goes to Cut In point Click a second time and it goes to the very beginning of the video LE mmm memet A mmm MA O As La quomm emeret mem LA Move to end of clip goes to Cut Out point Click a second time to go to the end of the video Jump to Trigger frame 115 3000M page 69 TS3 User Manual 8 9 Image Processing Image Proc
119. log If you would like to change the path click on the Browse button and navigate to and or create the folder you wish to save to a Avvidedve Set hdl Display Settings 2 Selecta file type from the Save Type pull down list File type choices may change depending on the target drive If you wish to save CAP files you must save to the SSD If you wish to save AVI files you must save to a location other than SSD See Application D he Note 6 Choosing an Image File Format on page 109 Save To Camera Path Path gt SDCard Use Camera Name 3 Set start and end points for your saved clips only if you wish to save Use Tag Label less than the full session Tag Label 2013 03 10 4 Click on Enable to enable Autosave If there are images presently Save Type AVI 15 ij fps in the buffer you will get a message asking if you would like to save start 24734 End 2476 that image data and re arm the camera If there are no images in the Lim ooo sc uses 7 Had buffer you will just go back to Live mode until the amera is Armed Browse Load Enable 5 Armand trigger the camera Autosave will continue re arming itself capturing images and downloading them until the target drive runs out of space At this time it will progress to Review mode so the user download manually to a different drive or clear space Note There is a Load button on the Autosave
120. m In BNCE Arm Out oo This drawing depicts a 6 signal cable that exposes all available I O channels Cameras are shipped with the standard 3 signal cable that exposes Sync Out Trigger In and Sync In Figure 9 2 Sync I O Camera Interface Schematic 1 BV 3 3V SYNC OUT TRIG IN to Control Logic Transciever Translator LEMO 1B 8P REC 8 SYNC IN uClamp3306p 1 2 74AVC2T245 The TS3 I O circuits are designed to operate at LVTTL levels 3 3v The inputs will respond to simple switch closures NOTE THESE I O PORTS ARE FOR LVTTL LEVELS ONLY VOLTAGES ABOVE 3 3V WILL HARM THE TS3 There is an I O conditioning accessory available from MIKROTRON that accepts signals up to 24v The conditioner uses opto isolators to protect the camera from over voltage 11S 3000M page 83 TS3 User Manual Appendix E Adjusting Back Focus Symptoms of incorrect Back Focus Adjustment e Zoom lenses loose focus when zooming in or out Not all zoom lenses are designed to remain focused so be careful not to prematurely jump to the conclusion that the back focus needs adjustment e Lenses will not focus at infinit e The witness marks distance marks on lenses are always off in the same di ection Figure 9 3 Focus Chart Tools required for Back Focus Adjustment 1 li T ru LIS TN e High quality lens or lens that you need to use for a particular test Best if it is very fast f 1 4 or faster
121. mage It is best to avoid using any more gain than you need to and to take special care with the green channel as it represents half of the pixels in the image page 34 T3 User Manual 4 12 Saving Images to Mass Storage Image sequences are saved either as Patition Captures CAP files or AVI videos in which one file contains all the frames of the sequence or as TIFF DNG JPEG or BMP stacks which are collections of files one file per frame of imagery Partition Capture files CAP include all the aw image data in a proprietary uncompressed format The file save options change depending on whether or 8 bit or 10 bit image data has been written to internal high speed memory Table 4 5 Image File Save Options 10 bits recorded 8 bits recorded TIFF 8 bit M 24 bit C or RAW TIFF 16 bit TIFF 8 bit M 24 bit C or RAW TIFF 8 bit DNG 16 bit Raw format DNG 8 bit Raw format Note CAP files are only availble on cameras with SSDs SN AO and higher Calculating file sizes for TIFF and BMP images is very simple Resolution x Bit de th 8 approximate BMP or TIFF file si e in Bytes to convert Bytes to KB divide by 1024 For example a 1280 x 1024 Mono BMP or TIFF is 1280 x 1024 x 8 8 1 310 720 bytes 1 280K A 1280 x 1024 16 bit RAW TIFF DNG is 1280 x 1024 x 16 8 2 621 440 bytes 2 560K CAP files a e always the size of the current buffer session size The actual file size of a 1280 x 1024 mono BMP or TIFF is abo
122. mages are centered no custom offset applied See Table 9 3 Resolutions Rates and Times on page 79 Note All F mount lenses will easily cover the full 22 9m full resolution image plane 2 3 Powering Up Charging and Power Down The camera can be powered by its rechargeable 3 7V Li lon battery or the external 12V power supply Both are included with the camera The battery is fully charged at the factory and is shipped outside the camera to avoid accidental discharge The battery door is located on the underside of the camera Figure 2 1 Battery Access Door Pr a e we S Battery Clasp Door Latch The Li lon battery will power the TS3 for up to several hours depending on configuration and mode of operation NOTE When a new battery is installed it must go through one complete discharge recharge cycle to page 8 T3 User Manual calibrate its internal gas gauge Until that time you will find that the of charge shown on the lower right of the camera display as well as on any camera control software will not be correct See Figure 2 2 Battery Charge Indicator on Status Bar on page 9 Removing the Battery 1 Turnthe TS3 upside down to access the battery compartment 2 Slide the battery door latch to the open position The spring loaded door will open 3 Move the battery clasp away from the edge of the battery See Figure 2 1 Battery Access Door Installing the Battery
123. mine the actual firing times of blast holes and the nature of the rock movement Delay detonators provide the timing blasts needed under specific blasting onditions Blast holes firing the incorrect times reduce rock fragmentation effect blast movement and can increase blast vibrations Military customers worldwide use high speed video to design and test weapons counter measure and defensive systems and components High speed cameras are key for testing projectiles for determining ballistics detonics and fragmentation characteristics in airborne stores separation and in vehicle armor design testing materials and survivability 115 3000M page 1 T3 User Manual 1 2 TS3 Product Differentiation MIKROTRON sells a number of different TS3 high speed digital camera models These cameras are offered in either monochrome or color with various high speed digital image recording capability using a wide range of recording rates sensor resolutions and on board memory options The cameras comprise an 8 bit mono or 24 bit color pixel resolution for HiSpec models while the TS3 models boast 10 bit mono or 24 bit color resolutions All cameras are equipped with a standard C mount lens mount and 1 4 20 tripod mount Additional lens mount options are available TS3 cameras support the following modes of operation e Standalone operation The TS3 s built in 7 LCD display SSD SD Card or USB download and battery power allow it to be f
124. mm 3 57 D 1 8 Kg 3 9 Ibs Optional Features DO mm esaeen w OOO as mamona oeoa DO satestoage ot State Orv 990 6868 126080r25668 meant emos Pont DO rimestamprana sy Rrhtmosamedsdunmodutedy page 78 TS3 User Manual Appendix C TS3 Record Resolution Tables NOTE These include only the preset resolution values Many more resolutions are available in the Advanced Settings the web App or FasMotion software 4 3 Resolutions Table 9 3 Resolutions Rates and Times 4GB Capacity 8GB Capacity IERI EEE 443 2 55405 890 4 111306 EEE 320 240 1250 44 3 55405 89 0 111306 5600 9 9 55405 19 9 111306 DEAL CELLA 600 125 70 9 8868 142 5 17815 800 600 500 177 8868 35 6 17815 800 600 1250 7 1 8868 14 3 17815 omi s emm om 1280 1024 26 0 3247 52 2 6524 1280 1024 506 TT 3247 6524 11S 3000M page 79 TS3 User Manual 16 9 Resolutions Frame Rate y 320 200 eo 11080 66481 22259 133556 ISO OOO ISO O OS IO E 800 480 60 1847 11084 3711 22268 800 480 150 89 1104 178 22268 800 480 1602 Mo 69 11084 139 22268 ss o O 1004 600 60 1155 6928 2320 13918 1004 600 QS 554 692 1113 13918 1024 600 250 277 6928 557 13918 1004 600 5o 139 698 278 13918 1024 600 1000 69 692 139 13918 1024 600 1052 Mo 6
125. mp to the beginning of the clip lt to the end gt or to the Trigger frame T You may also move to any frame by editing the Current Frame box or by moving the slider beneath it The Playback Frame Rate may box may be edited directly or controlled via slider The Playback Rate governs the speed at which the clip is played back both forward and reverse The skip forward gt gt and reverse lt lt buttons skip at 1 10th the Figure 6 13 V deo Review Tab Playback Frame Rate If you set the Playback Rate at 30 the gt gt E i and buttons will skip forward or back 3 frames if you set it to 300 they will skip 30 etc Partition Control Video clips may be saved to mass storage devices attached to E or installed in the camera SD Card SSD or USB Drive dd id 1 Adjust the Clipping Range edit the boxes or move the sliders to include the portion of the clip you wish to save Lock 2 Usethe Use Camera Name and or Use Tag Label check boxes and the Tag Label edit box to set up the file nam prefix you wish to use 3 Click on the File Type bar labeled AVI in Figure 6 13 Video Review Tab to select the file type Save Partition d Use Camera Name Use Tag Label 4 Select or deselect Use Raw Format This check box will be active or grayed depending on the bit depth recorded and the file type selec ed ANI Please refer to 4 12 Saving Images to Mass Storage on page Use Raw Format 35
126. mple a 5096 Trigger Point has been selected The yellow green bar represents the record buffer The yellow half represents the pre trigger portion the green represents the post trigger portion The T in the center of the bar represents the Trigger Point frame O The numbers above and below the bar on each side indicate the number of frames and seconds for the pre trigger portion to the left and the post trigger portion to the right In this instance because the Trigger Point is set at 5096 both the number of frames and amount of time is the same on both ends Note If the TS3 is triggered before the pre trigger portion of the buffer is full it will immediately cease taking pre trigger frames record frame 0 and progress to the post trigger portion of th recording When complete the recording will have contiguous frames with the full complement of post trigger frames but fewer pre trigger frames See 4 5 Configuring the Trigger on page 26 Figure 4 9 Progress Armed TS3 The recording has just been started the Arm Button has just been pushed The green progress line spans the whole distance between the left edge and the trigger point 2449 E bic 09 796 309 796 CAP ROI 1280x 1024 FPS 250 EXP 8X 0 500 ms TrigPos 50 Batt 5396 The recording has progressed through a little more than half of the pre trigger portion The marker has moved and the yellow line has proceeded with the progress of the record
127. ndows Explorer r g Je 1192 168 1 106 Organize v Network and Sharing Center View remote printers s q e W Favorites b nia 8 Downloads sm n u ___ T NN E Recent Places QU s p Network gt 1921681106 p media gt r Organize v New folder w Libraries Documents T Desktop Name Date modified Type Size a Music AMA 4 sdcard File folder E Pictures Recent Places li ssa TYPEN B Videos 1 12 2011 9 03PM F de usb 10 12 2011 9 03 PM File folder Libraries Mi Computer Documents amp Local Disk C d Music y LENOVO D Pictures CD Drive E U3 BE Videos Removable Disk Mi Computer i Network EL Local Disk C Mi 192 168 1 106 cx LENOVO D L media 192 168 1 106 GOV GEM Share a Removable Disk Camera Name Figure 3 11 Camera Name Menu When the TS3 leaves the factory its default E Record Contro Display name is TS3 xxx For example looking at Figure 3 11 Camera Name Menu the camera used for the screen shot was TS3 17 The camera name can be used both for identification on a network and as part of storage the filename when saving images Touchscreen Information It may be beneficial to rename the camera according to its function loyality field of view etc depending on how the camera is to be deployed Configuration To change the camera name 1 Navigate to the System Menu 2 Select Name
128. necting to power connect the TS3 to your network via a switch or router LEDs on RJ 45 Connector Camera or directly to your PC using CAT 5E or CAT 6 Networking LED KE Ethernet cable 2 Power up the TS3 See 2 3 Powering Up Charging and Power Down on page 8 3 Watch the LEDs on the camera s RG 45 G C t encia Amber activit connector When the camera connects to the E e ee PC or local network the green LED will begin 1 Blink 10Mb Blinks for all Blinks for camera to blink in a pattern depending on connection 2 Blinks 100Mb network activit network activity onl speed See Table 3 2 Network LEDs on 3 Blinks 1Gb page 16 Figure 7 6 FasMotion Find Camera Icon 4 Start the FasMotion software application ES FasMotion Controller 5 Click on the Find Camera icon circled in red on the figure shown here to open the Find Cameras dialog 6 Click on the Local Area Connection drop down to get a list of available network interfaces Select the one you wish to use Note It is possible to use a wireless adapter on your PC but it is not recommended because of performance issues 7 Click on the Scan button FasMotion will list Figure 7 7 asiMoton ring Cameras Dialog the cameras found available on the selected bad Cameras inte rfa ce 4 Stream Video Upon Connection Packet Delay in uSec 150 so A 8 Select the camera you wish to connect to M TES Found Cameras Camera I
129. nformation from the list and click on Connect Cameras MAC 34 1b c9 00 00 a3 1P 169 254 141 156 User Defined Name TS3 A3 are listed by MAC address The camera serial PRE EDEA number is the last two digits of the MAC G 169 254 141 156 address Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 9 Mak the St Video U Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 ake sure e tream eo pon Vendor ea Connection box is checked if you wish to Model TS31005C8256 view live video when the camera connects Manufacture Info MIKROTROM software Version 154 Note If the camera you are looking for does not appear on the list you can click on the es Find Manually button and enter its IP address 4 mM Cancel Register Connect TS3 User Manual 7 3 FasMotion Application Window Figure 7 6 on page 52 shows the application window with no cameras connected As soon as a camera is connected via FasMotion two additional docable windows appear To the left you see the Control Panel which has fivee tabs Storage Settings record Settings record Controls Display Settings and Autosave Setup To the Right you see the image window The Control Panel may remain docked to the left side of the FasMotion application window or be moved outside of the application window to any location on your desktop If you use two displays you may wish to move the Control panel to your extended desktop in order to give yourself a larger image window
130. nt black 0 saturation new comes at the midrange of the original 10 bit data Compared with the High 8 bit mapping this image has twice as steep a response slope it is much brighter This brightness will come at the cost of seeing more noise however 3 Low 8 bit order bits dropping the two most significant bits and saving the lower 8 1111111111 10 bit 1024 values 0123456789 10 11 PA O NER sup 1023 8 bit 255 values 01234567891011 255 As with the other mappings black is black O but with the Low 8 bit mapping saturation comes twice as fast as with the Mid 8 bit and 4x as fast as with the High 8 bit 115 3000M page 95 TS3 User Manual Figure 10 4 High Mid and Low 8 Bits of the same Image m E dt he res Y E m A AA E a aah _ i E Em a WM B NN m ada 00 RR RE B B Es zma ee oe gt he ae i P na a a iem AA o fo ae CU A LEE T T oo se ld ci ES ER O RE RD A EG a coco n page 96 TS3 User Manual Application Note 3 Trigger Position and the Circular Buffer Capturing a high speed event can be a tricky proposition Often high speed events that we are interested in happen without warning Other times high speed events are tightly controlled The TS3 is designed to handle myriad scenarios Here are several
131. nufacture Info location rd Ari a E aes MAC ad lb cO 00 00 a3 e Software Version IP 169 254 141 156 e GigE Protocol Version eee eee Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 FPGA Version Model T53100508256 Manufacture Info MIKROTRON T53 San E Sensor Version Software Version A n Find Manually Cancel Register Connect 115 3000M page 61 TS3 User Manual 8 Recording with FasMotion 8 1 Setting Frame Rate and Resolution Record Settings are interactive The Resolution you choose will define the maximum Figure 8 1 Record Settings Tab Frame Rate and number of frames that can be captured _ ad Record Settings e The Frame Rate will define maximum Shutter Speed exposure time in usec e The Frame Rate and number of Frames captured defines the duration of the recording time in seconds e f you select Autoset in either Frame Rate or Resolution that parameter will be selected automatically to its maximum allowable value dependant on the other current settin To set the Resolution of the TS3 1 Selectthe Aspect Ratio you wish to use choices are Custom 5 4 4 3 and 16 9 2 Adjust the image Width in pixels you wish to use This can be done either by editing the number in the Width edit box or by moving the slider Resolutions can be refined to any even numbered pair from 24 x 12 to 1280 x 1024 Whenever any slider has focus it turns blue It may be then controlled by dragging
132. of 2 2 Note that changing the Default Gamma setting does not change the current Gamma of the camera it sets it reset value To set the Gamma of the camera to a new default navigate to the Display Settings tab and select Reset Light and Color Setting Figure 7 12 on page 55 uses two screen shots of a high contrast image to demonstrate the difference in appearance between Gamma 1 0 and 2 2 These images were displayed on a monitor with a 2 2 Gamma page 54 TS3 User Manual The first image with Gamma set to 1 0 appears very dark on this display If the lens is opened or the exposure increased the dark areas will gain detail but the brighter areas will saturate In the second image with Gamma set to 2 2 to match the display the detail in the shadows is evident Note The opposite would happen if the display had a Gamma of 1 0 the first image would have looked good while the second would have appeared washed out Figure 7 12 Gamma Comparison FasMotion Controller MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 a3 local x A amo E File View Camera Window Help 20 O Control Panel MAC a4 1b c0 00 00 a3 Live Feed P 192 168 33 118 T53 A3 Display Rate 15 5 B ll a hdl Storage Settings hd Record Settings i Record Controls i Pq Display Settings Light and Color Settings 4 White Balance Daylight 5600K I Brightness o E Contrast o E Gamma 1 0015 Red 1 000 l Green
133. of the Web App is shown in Figure 6 9 with the External Trigger Sync In and Sync Out pull down menus open Trigger Frame T d Use Percent Use Frames 50 Setting the Trigger Position 2443 Frames Before 2444 Frames After The trigger position is set via slider There is much finer control of the trigger position using the web App than can be had on the camera GUI 00 00 09 774 Before 00 00 09 774 After External Trigger External Trigger Please refer to Appendix D Power and I O Connections on page 82 for specification for all electrical connections Rising Edge including External Trigger Sync In and Sync Out Eid Ege Disabled Select Rising Edge or Falling Edge to enable the External Trigger Use Falling Edge for a simple switch closure Sync In Sync In and Sync Out Sync In Internal NOTE If Sync in is enabled you will not see any Live or sync In Internal captured imagery unless there is a valid Sync In signal Sync In External All of the options for camera synchronization are selectable on this menu RAE cat Please refer to 5 Synchronizing Cameras on page 37 Sync Out Disabled for detailed descriptions of the options sync Out Enabled Sync Out Disabled e Per Frame a Per Second O pas Thru Invert Sync In Shutter Duty Cycle TES Fa TA 115 3000M page 46 T3 User Manual 6 6 Display Settings Tab Figure 6 10 Display Settings Tab is shown with the Bit Depth and White Ba
134. of the image will occur when the image on the sensor the size and location of which is dependent on resolution and image to set is not covered by the image circle of the lens See Table 2 2 Lens Selection 2 Remove the lens receptacle cover from the camera s C mount This is a cover that is installed at the factory to protect the camera optics and sensor from dust contamination NOTE Whenever threading lenses on or off the camera face the camera lens down so that any contamination on the threads will tend to fall away from the camera rather than into it 3 Thread the C mount lens into the lens mount located in the front of the camera DO NOT overtighten the lens The lens should be finger tight only just tight enough that you can adjust focus and aperture without unscrewing the lens NOTE Limit the time between removal of the receptacle cover and installation of the lens Dust could settle on the face of the sensor cover glass and degrade the image quality 11S 3000M page T3 User Manual Table 2 2 Lens Selection Resolution Sensor Diagonal Required Lens Format Field of View From 10M with to avoid noticeable 50mm Lens Vignetting 1280 x 1024 3 6 x 29M 800 x 600 22x 17M 1024 x 1024 2 9 x 2 9M 18x 1 3M The 17 5mm diagonal 1024 x 1024 is slightly larger than the 16mm specification or 1 C mount lenses Many but not all 1 format lenses will satisfactorily cover this resolution This table assumes that the i
135. on schemes may be used to store multiple images multi page TIFF and may include metadata in the form of Tags Developers may apply for their own block of private Tags The TIFF is the only file format used in the TS3 that is compatible with 10 bit images The TIFF Stack produced by the TS3 is a collection of frames written as BMP files representing a captured video sequence The trigger is a signal sent to the camera either via the trigger switch on the camera or from an external source applied to the camera s trigger input connector When an armed camera receives a trigger it will capture and write a prescribed number of frames into camera memory then stop capturing images If the TS3 receives a Trigger while in Live Mode it will take a still image The rate at which the TS3 or a PC can process a new frame of video and send it to the display A thumb drive or some other mass memory device may be attached via the USB port of the camera When a PC is connected to the USB OTG USB On The Go port of the camera the cam era appears as a mass storage device to the PC much like plugging a thumb drive into a PC s USB port The camera is automatically a slave to the PC Camera control software that runs via web browser such as Windows Internet Explorer Safari Firefox etc Many different kinds of illumination may be used with high speed cameras Typical color temperatures for common types of illumination are used to compute RGB ga
136. our Setting the Time via NTP 30 2012 1 Connect the camera to a network with internet 24 hour access There is no need to attach the camera to a PC although that is often the most obvious way to Cancel do it 2 Navigate to the System Menu and select NTP 3 Select an NTP server from the list If there is a server that you would like to use that is not on the list you may add it in the dialog box 4 Toexitthe list press the right arrow of the D Pad and select OK The TS3 will now connect to the NTP server and sync its clock If the camera cannot connect with the server it will pause operation for a couple of minutes while it re tries The camera will always poll the NTP server when it powers up if it has an Internet connection Note The TS3 will not poll the NTP server if the Internet connection is not made either when the camera boots or when exiting the NTP dialog Between times when the camera polls the NTP server it will maintain time with its internal clock 5 Select Zone to set the camera to the local time zone 11S 3000M page 19 T3 User Manual 3 8 Storage Setup The Storage Menu gives the user some amount of access and control of the Camera memory and any external memory installed i e USB thumb drive or SD Card The TS3 has 2GB 4GB or 8GB depending on model and option of internal high speed memory used for capturing high speed imagery All of this memory may be used to capture one high speed even
137. ource then use the Per Second option This gives you complete flexibility with respect to frame rate you can select any frame rate you wish to use Note full IRIG and GPS implementation is planned for a future release Triggering in a distributed grouping may either be implemented locally via switch camera button or software or it may be available along with the sync as a distributed signal Figure 5 7 External Sync Distributed Grouping Sync In Tri igi etae seus sara se gt TET gt Sync Out lt Sync In Trigger Trigger gt gt Sync Out Sync In Trigge Sync Qut 115 3000M page 41 T3 User Manual 6 Using the Web App 6 1 Web App Overview The Web Application is a utility built to the TS3 which makes control of the camera possible by any networked computer running an Internet Browser No software needs to be loaded on the computer It provides the user all the utility vailable through the buttons and touch screen of the TS3 Enter the Web App by typing either the network connected TS3 s camera name or IP address into the address bar of an internet browser See 3 5 Using the TS3 with a PC on page 17 Figure 6 1 Address bar Chrome C MIKROTRON Web Applicatio C 1921681115 4a The Application Window is comprised of e AControl Bar at the top which includes Arm and Trigger buttons as well as the Battery Icon e 6 Application Tabs incl
138. ow be set at 1000 and all of the shutter settings are adjusted accordingly In this example the Max frame rate is 1602 The camera s resolution was set at 800 x480 1602 is the maximum frame rate for that resolution If you wish to change your maximum frame rate you must change the resolution in the record Settings men Note With Sync In enabled you will not get a live image unless a valid sync signal is present 115 3000M page 37 T3 User Manual Per Second Many commonly available sync sources have a precision 1 Hz output IRIG and GPS are two that are very often used with high speed data capture The TS3 is able to utilize these signals a Figure 5 2 Sync In Per Second for synchronization of cameras at any System Record Displa frame rate u play To use Per Second Synchronization Trigger Position f Ext Trigger EA Per Frame E Per Second 1 Navigate to the Control Menu and open Enabled _ the Sync In Settings dialog as in the Sync Out O Falimgrdge Rising Edge previous section Master Framerate 2000 2 Select Per Second in the dialog box M Rate Divisor A The Master Frame rate and Rate Divisor fields will gray out Calculated Rate 1000 Max 1602 3 The Calculated Rate will reflect the frame rate set in Record Settings If you wish to change those settings you will do those as for any normal recording See 4 1 Setting Frame Rate and Resolution on page 22 5 2 S
139. per second and smaller resolution images at much higher frame rates Recording image data at high frame rates makes it possible to play back high quality video sequences in slow motion enabling the user a greatly enhanced ability to analyze events that occur much too quickly for human vision to perceive The TS3 with its many modes of operation including its unique stand alone capabilities and its high speed imaging performance resolution and sensitivity make it an excellent choice for many different applications For ad hoc testing and troubleshooting when setup time is precious the TS3 comes through as a point and shoot camera For multi camera use or where the camera might be set up and left in mo e remote applications its networking and master slave capabilities come into play MIKROTRON high speed cameras are used in hundreds of different industrial manufacturing sites to analyze motion in machinery and production line processes Reduce jams speed up line setup and changeovers lower scrap and rejected material costs and reduce E downtime and maintenance expenses Hundreds of universities worldwide use MIKROTRON cameras for a variety of research studies Animal locomotion mechanical engineering flow visualization combustion studies biomechanics amp kinesiology physics chemistry tensile testing and more High speed cameras are used to determine the effects of blasts on structures or vehicles or deter
140. position the trigger in 1 or even 1 frame pq __ __ _ 22 EE METI MESITA start 10 90 End a a Sync In Enabling the External Trigger P x There are times when manually pressing the trigger button is not practical The camera may be mounted in a location that is difficult or dangerous to reach or it may be that the precision required to activate the trigger is much easier to maintain through electrical means 1 Navigate to the Control Menu 2 Select Ext Trigger Figure 4 6 External Trigger 3 f Disabled click on the Disabled button Record It will turn green and the text will change to Enabled Trigger Position 4 The next button to the right will either say Sync In Rising or Falling Edge If you need to change cut the setting click on this button to open the dialog box pictured in Figure 4 6 External Trigger Please refer to Appendix D Power and I O Connections on page 82 for connection information and warnings 115 3000M page 26 T3 User Manual 4 6 Black Level Calibration Black level calibration does two things 1 Itsets the black level of the camera to ensure that in the absence of all light there is no offset or clipping the blackest pixel will have a value of O Figure 4 7 Black Level Calibration and Settings 2 Darkframe data is saved for correcting Fixed Pattern Noise FPN NOTE Fixed Pattern Noise exists on every image sensor Settings Calibrate Black
141. positive numbers When played the video on the below left begins with frame 9 and ends with frame 10 If the camera is triggered before it has captured its full allotment of pre trigger frames it will still record 1 2 the buffer in post trigger frames and stop The video on the right begins with frame H 5 and ends with frame 10 Figure 10 8 Circular Buffer End Trigger Trigger Frame Trigger Frame 115 3000M page 99 TS3 User Manual Referring back to the 3rd example at the beginning of the section e The TS3 is framed and focused on a missile about to launch e t begins recording well before launch time But it is only required to capture the launch e There is a countdown The TS3 receives its trigger electronically from launch control or manually In this case no video is required before time O of the launch The trigger acts like a start button for the camera to begin saving captured video For this type of recording the TS3 has a Start Trigger Using the Start Trigger when the TS3 gets a trigger it will record Frame O then fill the buffer with post trigger frames When played back the video will begin with Frame 0 then proceed with all positive frame numbers Selecting Other Trigger Values More likely than using the Start Trigger for example 3 however is to use a 596 or 1096 Trigger This affords you a cushion of safety in case there is a problem with the launch signal giving you time to trigger manually Also in
142. r Buffer Overflowing usina 98 Figure 10 8 Circular Buffer End Trigger uiuis ica 99 Figure 10 9 Packet Delay Spinner isis 103 Figure 10 10 FasMotion SBOFTCUE uero io Eo ERES Ya a TER Va RE RENS EHRE RR v ERE ad Va s ee Rua atacada asd 104 Figure 10 11 FasMotion Shortcut Properties scsccsccsccscsccscceccccsccscescnccsccsceccsccscescncescescnccscsccens 104 Figure 10 12 Memory Usage in Task Manager eere esee eene eee eene enne nete hh nent eese shes eese stes eese nne 107 page vili T3 User Manual Table 1 1 Table 1 2 Table 1 3 Table 2 1 Table 2 2 Table 2 3 Table 2 4 Table 2 5 Table 3 1 Table 3 2 Table 4 1 Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Table 4 4 Table 4 5 Table 7 1 Table 8 1 Table 8 2 Table 8 3 Table 9 1 Table 9 2 Table 9 3 Table 9 4 Table 9 5 Table 9 6 Table 9 7 Table 9 8 Table 10 1 Table 10 2 Table 10 3 Table 10 4 Table 10 5 Table 10 6 Table 10 7 115 3000M Table of Tables TS3100 L 3Nd TS3100 S Models datado CN Deme Ds ure dug uva aud eu bove pde o Seu ed Ux S HE 2 Part Number LE CONG ATI Tm 2 Camera Part LOCATIONS a As 3 Package Contents 7 Lens Selecione 8 ON OFF BUON iii iii 10 Battery LED STO id AA A deiude QUU dua ea vea dessa PD UN RUE 10 TS3 Mass Storage Funcionales 12 Menu IermihoOlOBV aiii 13 NetWork LEDS ua iia 16 Frame Rates and Resol DON 22 Frame Rates and Shutter Speeds e voe eo E DEED Ea veo Paso ew eon duda doada AA eve Sds DM
143. ra Autoconfiguration Networking LED If the TS3 is configured for DHCP and it does not find a server it will autoconfigure itself with an IP address 169 254 xx xx Most PCs will do the same So most of the time if the Green Connection Amber activity Amber activity TS3 is configured for DHCP and you connect it to a PC 1 Blink 10Mb Blinks for all Blinks for camera that is also configured for DHCP they will automatically 2 Blinks 100Mb network activit network activity onl connect without any further configuration 3 Blinks 1Gb 115 3000M page 16 T3 User Manual If you choose to manually configure the network settings there is a dialog box that opens to allow typing in the IP Figure 3 8 Static IP Dialog Box Address Subnet Mask and Gateway If Touchscreen is enabled you will be able to use it with the alphanumeric keyboard for input of these values If you are unsure of these settings please consult your network administrator If you need the MAC address of the camera it is listed in System Information Status Note the camera must be connected to an active network when configuring the IP address 3 5 Using the TS3 with a PC To open the Networked TS3 in a Web browser to use the TS3 Web App 1 Opena web browser on the PC Of the available web browsers Google Chrome has the best performance when using the Web App 2 Type the camera s IP address or camera name into the browser s Location bar For ex
144. ra t Black Level Calibration See Figure 1 1 TS3 Back View on page 3 If you Reboot the camera it will do a warm boot That is it will disconnect from FasMotion clear its memory and restart its Operating system Some of the electronics and logic will not be reset during a warm boot Note Both Power Down and Reboot will erase any imagery in the cameras High Speed internal memory but it will not disturb any image data already saved to SSD SD Card or USB drives After a Reboot or Power Down you will need to re connect the camera to FasMotion by returning to the Find Cameras dialog and scanning for the camera after it boots up See 7 2 Connect the Camera to a Network on page 52 page 60 TS3 User Manual 7 11 Camera Information Camera information is located in the Find Cameras window To open the Find Cameras window click on the Find Cameras icon in FasMotion See 7 2 Connect the Camera to a Network on page 52 The information fields will populate as soon as you select a camera from the Found Cameras list Information Included e MAC address e IP address e Subnet Mask Figure 7 20 Camera Information E Find Elo S20 e Default Gateway E Find Cameras J Stream Video Upon Connection Packet Delay inuSec 150 e Vendor e E Network Interface Local Area Connection M od e H Found Cameras Camera Information MAC a4 1b 00 00 00 33 1P 169 254 141 156 leer Deti TEIAS e Ma
145. raw format with as shot parameters saved within images 8 bit or 10 bit data preserved for producing 24 bit or 30 bit color images Available on color cameras only All image processing excluding FPN correction but including color interpolation brightness contrast gamma color gains etc to be done off camera in 3rd party software Compatible with Adobe an Black Magic imaging software 8 bit images saved 8 bits pixel 10 bit images saved 16 bits pixel e BMP Not compressed Saved as video stacks Bitmap All image and color processing done on camera 8 bit data only is preserved so output is 8 bits pixel mono or 24 bits pixel color e TIF Not compressed Saved as video stacks Almost identical in size and specification to BMP but has added TIFF tags All image and color processing done on camera 8 bit data only is preserved so output is 8 bits pixel mono or 24 bits pixel color e TIF raw Not compressed Saved as video stacks 8 bit or 10 bit data preserved for producing 24 bit or 30 bit color images and 8 bit or 10 bit mono images 8 bit data is saved as uninterpolated 8 bit images 10 bit data is saved as uninterpolated 16 bit images Similar to DNG format except that the as shot values must be parsed from the metadata files not written into the image files e CAP Proprietary MIKROTRON partition capture image format Raw image data from sensor is saved in a file along with FPN correction black frame as well as a
146. rig Trig Post Trig Total on the last one you used 640x480 3260 1 3264 6529Frames 1000 1250 2000 4000 9600 13 056 0 004 13 056 26 116 Seconds 2 n the Basic Record Setting 800x600 Menu Select Resolution or Frame Rate or Auto Max 1024 x 1024 Apply Advanced e Ifyou select Resolution you may pick from any resolution only the valid frame rates for that choice will be available 1280 x 720 e Ifyou select Frame Rate you may pick from any frame rate only valid resolutions for that choice will be available e f you select Auto Max you may pick any frame rate or resolution The system will then select the maximum corresponding resolution or frame rate for your choice 3 Click on the Apply button when you are satisfied with our choices The camera will automatically adjust the shutter speed to match the frame rate selected The live display will now reflect the changes made and give you and opportunity to Figure 4 2 Advanced Record Settings Select C Resolution An Frame Rate Es Auto Max Select Frame Rate Select Resolution X Centered Custom C 4 3 amp 5 4 C 16 9 ox IE ome TE was e E E Most of the time you make use of the best resolving properties of your lens you will want to center the image at the optical center which corresponds to the center of the sensor In this case you would make sure that the Center check box is checked accept or cancel th
147. rk test of an optimized system The performance which included saves of full BGB camera buffers of all file types in 1280 x 1024 1280 x 720 and 512 x 512 resolutions is representative of a very fast purpose built system A raid array used for storage is capable of unusually high sustained transfer rates Table 10 2 on page 105 is from a benchmark test of a moderate performance system page 104 TS3 User Manual Table 10 1 Image Transfer Performace E Ea A lad Ga Gal ik h m s dec MB s Frames Frames Size 0 1 52 856 913889066 78172 o 1280x024 6517 9000 o zo 250 125 244 E favi 0 2 24 731 8545872440 56 5971 0 1280x1024 6517 9000 o 20 z50 125 227 JE dng 0 4 44 3 25626251672 860532 0 1280x1024 6517 9000 o 20 250 125 124 E bmp o 1 52 838 913889066 7 781720 1280x1024 6517 9000 o zo 250 125 25 E ing 0 4 45 15 25627789684 85 7564 0 1280x1024 6517 9000 o 20 250 125 im E Ju 0 2 24 712 8543813068 56 5834 0 1280x1024 6517 9000 o 20 250 125 29 E Ju LI ES MANE E EA EA 0 5 6 405 25627450264 79 8701 0 1280x720 o269 9000 o io 250 125 ss e bmp 0 1 53 630 996320922 s40855 o0 1280x720 9269 9000 o io 250 125 23 JE ing 0 5 7 622_ 25629637748 79 6167 0 1280x720 o269 9000 o io 250 125 89 E fu 0 2 21 446 8544942796 57 795 o 1280x720 9269 9000 o io 250 125 zm e th lr ppp pijo 9404
148. rsor may be any graphic indication of where the current focus is within the user interface This may be anything from a blinking vertical line as used within a dialog box when the user is entering text or it may be a change in the color of a button as when navigating through menus 115 3000M page 75 TS3 User Manual Custom Camera Control Camera control software compatible with the TS3 Application DHCP DHCP is a utility by which a server dynamically assigns IP addresses to clients on a net work When DHCP is selected in the Network Menu the camera will allow a server on a connected network to assign it an IP address Dialog A Dialog is a box that requires user input such as the selection of an option or the enter ing of a number or text Download Electronically moving image data from a camera to a remote device i e a PC or other mass storage Enable Raw A raw image is one where all image processing including colorization white balance brightness contrast and gamma are all bypassed File Type Digital files are commonly identified by their extensions Familiar types include PDF TXT JPEG TIFF DOC MP3 etc Each of these files has a specified format that usually includes information in the file header and specially formatted data that applications on PCs Cameras Printers Smartphones and other electronic devices can read write and deci pher for human viewing editing listening etc Gain sis In imaging the t
149. s mixrorron FasMotion Installer recommended that you copy the install fil to the hard drive of your PC for safekeeping Release 1 0 31D 2 The Windows Account Control will display a a a message asking if you want to allow the e installer to make changes to your computer ais I Answer Yes Controller 3 The Installer Setup window will appear as shown informing you that the install process has begun Click on Next Next gt Cancel Figure 7 2 FasMotion Install Location MIKROTRON FasMation Controller 1 0 31D Setup x Choose Install Location Choose the folder in which to install Fusoro FasMotion Controller 1 0 31D 4 The next window allows you to choose a Setup will install moron asMotion Controller 1 0 31D in the following folder To install in a location for the program Select a locatio different folder click Browse and select another folder Click Next to continue and click on Next Destination Folder Program Files 86 makrotro Space required 27 6MB Space available 133 0GB TS3 User Manual Figure 7 3 FasMotion Start Folder Lio Motion Controller 1 0 31D Setup Choose Start Menu Folder Choose a Start Menu folder for the moron FasMotion Controller 1 0 31D shortcuts Select the 5tart Menu folder in which you would like to create the program s shortcuts You can also enter a name to create a new folder 5 The next window gives you the option to Acce
150. s shot parameters 8 bit or 10 bit data is preserved CAP files may be loaded back into camera image memory then saved again to any media in any of the other formats Note When 10 bit data is recorded all 10 bits are used in the 16 bit image processer For formats that only save 8 bit data this means that all of the image processing done still uses all of the 10 bit data and there still may be a discernible certainly a measurable difference in the 8 bit processed images produced If you capture both 10 bit and 8 bit images of the same scene then save them as 8 bit color images the ones captured in 10 bits will have a higher number of discrete colors than those captured in 8 bits 115 3000M page 109 TS3 User Manual Table 10 6 File Format Features JPG JPEG Compression 241K Color Interpolation color Brightness Contrast Gamma Gains FPN AVI JPEG Compression Color Interpolation Brightness Contrast Gamma Gain FPN ro O 5 Small Degrades with re processing Popular still format Huge folders full of file Easy analysis 241K color Small Degrades with re processing Popular video format Nice 1 file archive format DNG FPN As shot parameters saved not processed 1281K raw 2561K raw Maintains highest image Huge folders full of file fidelity All bits saved in 10 bit mode Compatible with high quality image and video production tools Compact vs BMP TIF 3841K color BMP
151. s well Multiple switches may be used separated only by a space the order does not matter ANFasMotionNV FasMotion exe n 300 s In Figure 10 10 FasMotion Short cut notice there are three memory arguments ANFasMotionNV FasMotion exe s n 250 b 200 The last argument is the backoff parameter Changing the Backoff Parameter The n x buffers are used to store incoming image data before being written to the target drive This is done because the target drive will not read at a consistent rate especially as it deals with file system overheads and other housekeeping tasks The drive will tend to get a little behind then catching up If the drive gets too far behind the system may run out of buffers before it gets caught up FasMotion can tell the camera to stop temporarily while the system catches up but it takes a while for that message to get to the camera and there may be quite a few images already in the pipeline when the message is sent FasMotion needs to send the message well before it runs out of buffers or it will start missing packets The default backoff is 1 2 the buffer value If you have designated 200 buffers the default backoff will be 100 meaning that when there are fewer than 100 buffers remaining the system tells the camera to stop sending data for a while On a very fast system that has the packet delay set very low the system will use its buffers very quickly so it may be good to set the backoff
152. sing Autosave this can be done unattended that is the camera may be left at a location to automatically Trigger Save captured imagery and then re Arm itself indefinitely constrained only by the mass storage space available Consider that a TS3 with an optional 256GB SSD installed depending on the resolution and download file format could record and save hundreds or even thousands of events in a completely unattended mode Even if using an SDHC many events may be captured Advantages of using Autosave e Autosave is the only choice for multiple unattended events For remote locations or location where networking is not possible or for long shifts where there may be multiple events of interest that need to be captured without human intervention e Autosave is also useful for production environments or in any scenario where it is used for multiple consecutive tests without any setup changes Here it is preferred because it limits human intervention thereby limiting both human effort and the possibility of human error e nan unattended event especially in a remote location or when there is no easy access to the camera Autosave is recommended because it is the quickest way to secure the image data Saving the data to nonvolatile memory can be important if there is a possibility of power loss 11S 3000M page 29 T3 User Manual e Use Autosave for any unattended event where there is a possibility of a spurious trigger If this happens to
153. ssories z creating a short cut for FasMotion in the yeer ina directory of your choice Select a directory lioc EA for a shortcut or click the Do not create paride vip or shortcuts check box Click on Install to psc n continue Essa Games c Fl Do not create shortcuts Installation Complete Setup was completed successfully Completed Show details 6 FasMotion will now be installed on the PC A window with a progress bar will appear and inform you when the install is complete SS FasMotion Controller 1 0 31D Setup pe ty Mikrotron FasMotion Installer 7 The final install window gives you the option to run FasMotion software and a link to the inistaliation complelet MIKROTRON web page Click on Finish when done to exit the install program 4 e Tatia MB 4 Run the meonro FasMotion Controller now En ot iiroler visit FraxroTroN on the Web 115 3000M page 51 7 2 Connect the Camera to a Network TS3 setup may be done via the built in camera GUI FasMotion software or the built in Web App This section addresses the use of FasMotion For details on the Web App see 6 Using the Web App on page 42 The defualt network configuration for the TS3 is DHCP If a DHCP host is not found on the network the TS3 will automatically configure itself with a 169 254 xxx xxx IP address according to Gig E protocol To attach the TS3 to a network Table 7 1 TS3 Network LEDs 1 Before con
154. t or it may be partitioned to capture multiple events Total record time will depend on resolution frame rate and bit depth Figure 3 14 Storage Menu Configure Session Session selects the amount of memory to be used for capturing imagery which dictates the number of frames captured as well as the capture time 1 Navigate to the System Menu 2 Select Session an coc net Format 3 Usethe touch enabled slider to select the amount of memory for the session in incrments of 256MB Note that the number of frames and session time will change 4 Whenthe slider is selected the D Pad may also be used This is a good way to get the Figure 3 15 Session exact value you wish to use Explore allows you to access the SSD Solid State Drive installed internally to the TS3 the SD Card inserted into the slot on the side of the camera or a USB thumb drive connected via the USB port for file t ansfer m Frames 6524 Time 26 096 s Touchscreen Cancel 1 Navigate to the System Menu SA Configuration Select Storage Information 2 3 Select Explore 4 A selection menu will open allowing you to pick the storage device you wish to access SSD SDCard or USB Once you select the storage device you will see the directory choices Stills containing stills taken by the camera Stacks stacks of high speed video saved as TIFF BMP JPEG files and Video AVI files repre 5 Open the Stills Stacks
155. t side of the box but not saturated It is important that the high pixel value is less than 255 Notic on the example here that the RGB peaks are not well aligned and that the Blue peak is farthest to the left This means that the color is skewed slightly towards the yellow the complement to blue Note The histogram used with Custom White Balance represents only the area of the reticle not the whole image Note For more information regarding TS3 Histograms please refer to Application No e 1 Histograms on page 93 4 Press the Trigger button You will immediately notice an difference in the color Using RGB Gain Controls Figure 4 17 RGB Control Dialog Red 1 000 gt subtle changes to the color The best use of this is to get the color as close as Green 1 000 AAA possible using the White Balance presets or Custom options before adjusting the Blue 1 000 RGB gains 2 2 Forany color gain you wish to increase move the slider to the desired position Remember to use the D Pad for fine adjustment Another option for addressing color correction is via RGB Gains It is recommended that you use the RGB gains sparingly and as a final tweak to make To use RGB Gain 1 Navigate to the Display RGB Gain menu and open the dialog box Note Remember that in the Bayer pattern 1 2 of the pixels are green 1 4 are blue and 1 4 are red Whenever you change gain values you will be adding some noise to the i
156. t Pass Thru the signal received on Sync In is sent to Sync Out The only setting that affects this signal is the Invert Sync In option which C Per Frame C Per Second C Pass Thru simply inverts the signal O AE po O eave Hit Dx Invert Syncln 5 3 Master Slave Setup O us Gio ive MENO There are many possible configurations used to synchronize groups of cameras The Master Slave configuration is often used when a group cameras is used to capture multipl synchronous views of an event that is not driven by a clock or PLC For example when studying animal or human kinetics the subject animal or human is not supplying a sync signal for the camera system so the camera system uses its own Sync Out from a Master camera In this configuration any camera may be used as the Master Commonly all cameras are set to the same Frame Rate and Resolution are triggered together and integrate frames together synchronize frame start times For this setup e Enable External Trigger for all cameras and use the same polarity for all e Sync Out from the Master camera is set to Per Frame e Sync Out for the Slave cameras are set to Pass Thru Invert Sync In is not selected e Sync In for the Slave cameras Master Frame rate is set the same as the Frame rate of the Master camera e Choice of Shutter or Duty Cycle does not matter Figure 5 5 Master and Slave Cameras Sync In ri Luo any mpm ma palus al A ca cm c wey eG x um suy
157. t frame Frame number of the first frame in the capture buffer Trigger frame Frame number of the trigger frame in the capture buffer Trigger time seconds Linux time of the trigger event Trigger time nanoseconds Nanoseconds of trigger event from last second Start of capture buffer in quadwords The AsShotNeutral value Start of video 2 6 2 As shot neutral Matrix coefficients IPM matrix coefficients IPM white balance gain setting LUPA 1300 2 multislope setting White balance gains Multislope settign Trigger setting Syncin setting SyncOut setting 0 255 centered around 128 0 255 centered around 128 0 250 centered around 100 Red green blue gain setting Brightness Contrast Gamma RGB gain setting FPN setting Off sensor or pixel correction Correction table offset Offset to the correction table Correction cable length Size of the correction table in quadwords page 92 TS3 User Manual Application Notes Application Note 1 Histograms Histograms are available on the TS3 to help the user assess the lighting and color balance of the scene framed by the camera This App Note is provided to help the TS3 user understand the information provided by histograms and to offer some basic guidance on their use Histograms are available on cameras with Mono and Color sensors Histograms for Color cameras use Red Green and Blue lines to represent the RGB pixel values while histograms for Mono cameras use a single bl
158. the Free memory has gone to O This means igure 10 12 Memory Usage in Task Manager Physical Memory Usage History Memory that having no more physical memory the system is Physical Memory MB System going to slow down It will not be able to service the 237 EM pe pe i Cached 853 Threads 1462 application properly Available 779 Processes 89 Free o Up Time 0 16 14 24 i i i i Commit MB 7295 8338 What is happening here is that the system is very busy paces B MB To create this example the computer used had about a Paged 381 Nonpaged 118 dozen applications open It is common to have a lot of applications and services running in the background on a computer In order to get consistent high speed file transfers from FasMotion itis very important to have as little else running on the PC as possible Processes 98 CPU Usage 33 Physical Memory 80 Note In each instance on the table all of the frames were successfully saved as the system automatically retrieves any missed frames at the end of the download Table 10 3 Missing Frames on a Busy System LN EE MB s Frames Use Jumbo Packets Duration h m s dec am qus ae us ase us ae us so us 25 250 250 250 250 250 250 Referring to Table 10 4 using Jumbo Packets sometimes called Jumbo Frames can make a big difference You may find that a larger packet delay is required with Jumbo Frames
159. the D Pad A special icon in the upper left hand corner Figure 3 2 Touchscreen Menu of the screen is present whenever Touch is E Record Control Display enabled Pressing this icon acts the same as pressing the MENU button it toggles the menus on and off and allows you to navigate backwards a through menus and dialogs Storage Name Network Note the TS3 touchscreen uses resistive ATAR technology that is sensitive to a light touch of a configuration fingernail or stylus Unlike capacitive technologies used in many smartphones and tablet PCs it is not very sensitive to the flesh of a fingertip To enable the Touchscreen 1 Navigate to the System Menu then to Touchscreen using the D Pad 2 Ifthe touchscreen is currently disabled there will be a Disabled button in the Touchscreen menu If you click on that it will turn green and the text will change to Enabled Whenever the Touchscreen is enabled there will be an icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen Pressing on this acts the same as the MENU button Calibration The touchscreen is calibrated at the factory Routine calibration of the touchscreen in not necessary Calibration of the touch screen may be done if you feel that the screen is sensing your touches inaccurately For example if you use the alpha numeric keyboard and you are not always getting the intended character where you are touching it you should re calibrate the
160. tings TE Configuration dialog from the camera menu in FasMotion MM DDAYYY O DD MMAYYY YrrY MM DD Once this is set a rechargeable La all battery inside the TS3 will maintain the correct time If your TS3 is not powered up for a few weeks the time and date may need to be reset page 56 TS3 User Manual 7 7 Connect to a TS3 Outside FasMotion FasMotion software is the primary user interface for the TS3 It is the most flexible and efficiet way to use the camera There may be times however when you may wish to access the TS3 using its built in Web Application or through its USB OTG port To open the Networked TS3 in a Web browser in the Web Application The Web application works with many web browsers including Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer It works on most PCs Smartphones and tablets 1 Type the camera s IP address or camera name into the browser s Location bar For example using the information from Figure 7 15 Web Application you would type 192 168 33 114 IP address or L3 A3 the camera name into the browser s Location bar 2 Acamera control application within the camera does the rest A control menu will appear in your browser that will give a live camera view and complete control over the camera operation Details on use of the camera s web browser appear in Chapter 6 of this manual Note The Web Application is useful for setting up and controlling the cam
161. tinguishing benefits of CAP file 1 CAP file transfer time from DRAM to SSD is the shortest of all of the uncompressed file types 2 CAP files are the only files that may be copied back into DRAM from the SSD and played back from the camera or on a PC via the camera 3 CAP files a e the only uncompressed single file format available from the camera Figure 9 12 CAP File Diagram First Frame Frame Data Frame Metadata Frame Data Frame Metadata 11S 3000M page 91 TS3 User Manual Table 9 8 CAP File Format Description MIKROTRON TS3100SC8064 for example 0 0 122 A3 for example 1 5 8 for example Manufacturer s name OU N UJ N Model name Serial number Application version MikrotronA4 7A for example The MAC address of the camera Camera name Ethernet MAC address Bit selection pa o O Low8 1 Mid8 2 High8 3 10Bits Sensor gain The gain used by the sensor analog gain FPGA version ROI x offset ROI y offset ROI width ROI height Frames per second FPGA version information Left side of the ROI window Top side of the ROI window Width of the ROI window Height of the ROI window Number of frames per second Shutter speed Exposure time in microseconds Sensor type Type of sensor used L13C for example GPS location 4 GPS location information Frame count Total number of frames captured Frame size Size of the frames in quadwords Firs
162. to 1111111111 in binary Each binary digit is a bit So a 3 bit number 000 to 111 is the equivalent to decimal O to 7 An 8 bit number 00000000 to 11111111 is the equivalent to decimal O to 255 A 10 bit number is equivalent to decimal O to 1023 Because we will be accessing the imagery on devices such as computers and LCD screens like the one on the TS3 that can only display 256 shades of gray or 256 colors one valid option is o save only 8 of the 10 bits produced for each pixel of the sensor If we choose this option we will need to decide which 8 of the 10 bits to save There are three choices 1 High 8 bit dropping the two least significant bits and saving the high order bits 1111111144 In this case we have a mapping that looks like this 10 bit 1024 values in decimal 0123456789 10 11 A 1023 8 bit 256 values in decimal 0000111122 2 2 Wie SN 255 Note that for the 10 bit image O is black 511 is midway to saturation white and 1023 is at saturation For the 8 bit image O is black 127 is midrange and 255 is white the two images would appear the same to us 2 Mid 8 bit dropping the least significant bit and the most significant bit saving the Mid order bits 4111111114 In this case the mapping looks like this 10 bit 1024 values 0123456789 10 11 PASO T cu EEE 1023 8 bit 255 values 0011223344 5 5 1P RENE 255 Note that while we have the same starting poi
163. to Factory Default button Cancel Change Network Configuration The Network Con iguration of the camera may be viewed by clicking on the Network Information button 115 3000M page 43 T3 User Manual 6 3 Storage Settings Tab The Storage Tab is used to Explore the memory storage devices connected to or installed in the camera as well as the Internal high speed memory used for capturing video Figure 6 5 Storage Settings Tab Camera 153 Camera Live View Storage Settings The ability to create multiple partitions in internal memory is not enabled at the time of this writing When this feature is enabled you will be able to choose the number of partition and select the active partition using this dialog SD Card Osso O USB Drive External Media Storage The upper portion of this Tab is for Exploring the Storage Media Explore When exploring 1 Usethe radio buttons to choose the storage device to Internal Media Storage manage SD Card SDHC SSD internal drive or USB Drive EE 2 Click on Explore to open an Explore window for the device Partition Recording Capacity 3 f you wish to explore another device from the explore window click on Parent Directory to see the list of other 8161 MB Space devices 5529 F 00 00 52 236 Ti The Explore window will look slightly different depending on E SER E 6 Time the web browser and operating system you are using but Partition Map the content will b
164. to a value higher than the default An example of the is the system used for Table 10 2 Table Stats txt Moderate Performance System on page 105 This system has 8GB of memory is a dedicated system for camera downloads and is operating with a very small packet delay Notice that for some of the saves at 512 x 512 the Min minimum buffers goes quite low one goes all the way down to 18 Had the all of the buffers been exhausted the system would have missed frames and lost a lot of time with retries One way to avoid this would be to change the packet delay to a higher number Another way to avoid this would be to set the buffers up higher there is plenty of RAM available and set the backoff higher as well so the system has a little more time to recover when it gets a little behind ANFasMotionNV FasMotion exe s n 300 b 200 page 106 TS3 User Manual When the PC is Too Busy Referring to Table 10 3 you will notice that for several of the transfers there are missing frames and packets These were downloads of only 188 frames which should be very easy considering that FasMotion reserved 250 buffers more than enough to buffer the entire transfer The Min minimum buffers never got close to the Backoff number so the FasMotion never got a chance to slow the camera down before it started missing frames To understand what happened here it is helpful to look at the performance tab in Task Manager Notice in Figure 10 12 that
165. to save to 2 Select Format to select the file type Once you select a file type from the list the OK button will turn blue Press the left far arrow to enable a RAW format if available depending on the bit depth recorded See Table 4 5 Image File Save Options 3 The default file name format for the image stacks is Frame 000000 TYPE If you would like Figure 4 18 Save Dialog Boxes the name to include the camera name Select Use Name in the dialog The resulting file name format for the example would become TS3 11 000000 TYPE 4 If you would like to add a tag to the Start name select Tag The Tag may be edited Using the Tag in the example the file nam Stop becomes 2011 10 11 000000 lt TYPE gt 5 Both the Name and the Tag may be Destination used in which case the file name becomesTS3 11 2011 10 11 000000 lt TYPE gt in Format AVI the example 6 If AVI files a e saved the default file Use Name fastec ts3 name is ts3 000000 AVI The Use Name and Use Tag options are also valid for AVI files in which Use Tag 2012 01 29 case the resulting file names are TS3 11 000000 AVI or 2011 10 11 000000 AVI etc If the file size exceeds the 4GB limit for 32 bit file systems the TS3 will make a second file or the remainder of the imagery MiDAS and other players will play the video as one Save When the TS3 saves imagery to mass DNG Stack storage it creates the following o DCIM This is an industry standard
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167. u appears below Menu Bar The Menu Bar is the bar across the top of the camera display that lists the Menu Items The camera may be connected to one or more computers via its RJ45 GigE Gigabit Ether net connection NTP Time Network Time Protocol Network Protocol for synchronizing time clocks of devices at tached to a given network or internet within a few hundredths of a second Play Review Bug In Review there is a progress bar that graphically indicates the position of the currently viewed frame within the image sequence The small vertical line that is used as the indi cator is referred to as the Review Bug Record The camera is acquiring images and storing them in internal memory This begins when the camera is armed and ends after a trigger is received Record Bar When the camera is Armed and it commences capturing images the Record Bar presents a graphic indication of the progress of filling the buffer Refresh Rate Rate at which image data is re painted on the display For CRTs this is analogous to the vertical frequency page 76 Status Menu Bar Un W C UN D Y 2 C TIFF Stack Trigger Update Rate USB OTG Web Application White Balance pa Ha pP WW O O O lt Review is a camera utility for viewing image data while it resides in camera memory It includes options for playing the imagery as a movie forward or backward or stepping through the frames one at a time or stepp
168. u will be recording into The trigger position expressed either in 96 or frames 3 Setthe position by moving the slider or typing into the edit box or using the spinner buttons Enabling the External Trigger There are times when you wish to activate the trigger electrically either to sync the trigger with other cameras or signals or to maintain greater precision than can be expected through the software trigger in Fas Motion 1 Openthe Record Settings Tab 2 Click on the pull down in the External Trigger box to expose the choices which are Rising Falling or Disabled 3 Choose Rising for rising signals or a switch opening and Falling for a falling signal or switch closure Please refer to Appendix D Power and I O Connections on page 82 for connection information and warnings page 64 TS3 User Manual 8 5 Black Level Calibration Black level calibration does two things 1 Itsets the black level of the camera to ensure that in the absence of all light there is no offset or clipping the blackest pixel will have a value of O 2 Darkframe data is saved for correcting Fixed Pattern Noise FPN NOTE Fixed Pattern Noise exists on every image sensor Calibrate Black Level The general rule is to do a Black Level Calibration if ever you believe the image looks noisy with Pixel FPN turned on To be assured that you are getting the best possible images perform a calibration e When you first boot the camera
169. uding the Camera Tab Storage Settings Tab Record Settings Tab Record Control Tab Display Settings Tab and the Video Review Tab which is present only when there is captured video available for Review e The Tabs Pane When you click on a Tab it will open vertically along this pane Tabs beneath the opened one will slide down the pane e The image area This is where Live or Captured imagery appears In the figure below TS3 12 is connected in Live Mode Notice that the Camera Name is displayed in brackets on the Camera Tab and that the camera s mode of operation in this ase Live View is listed there as well The Trigger Button is absent because the camera has not yet been armed The Review Tab is also absent as there is no video to review Figure 6 2 Application Window Camera Tab Tabs Pane Image Area page 42 T3 User Manual 6 2 Camera Tab Figure 6 3 Camera Tab Clicking on the Camera Tab exposes its MIKROTRON contents and shifts the other Tabs down the Tabs Pane below it Camera Live View All tabs are always accessible with the Camera Mode exception of the review tab which is only E Camera Name edit box available in Review Mode after video has MED been captured Clicking on the Camera Tab MAC Address A4 1B C0 00 00 06 a second time closes it Opening another A Ey A FPGA Version 01 128 tab will also close the current one Sensor Version 11300C A2 0031 The Camera Tab always displays
170. ully functional without th connection o a host PC e Remote operation using MIKROTRON Web Application With the Web Application any host device with a common Web browser may be used to control the camera The TS3 camera housing is made of 100 machined aluminum with a hard black anodized finish It is both attractive and extremely durable LEMO connectors are used for critical power and Sync Trigger connections An aluminum side panel door protects USB OTG HDMI Gig E Sync Trigger and Power connectors as well as the SD Card slot when the camera is operating in stand alone mode Power is supplied by an AC power adapter or a high capacity Li lon battery Table 1 1 TS3100 L and TS3100 S Models Camera Max Resolution Frame Rate Standard Sensor Optional Optional Solid State Drive Memory Size Memory TS3 100 L Std 800 x 600 91250 fps 64GB 128GB 256GB TS3 100 S Full 1280 x 1024 9 500 fps 64GB 128GB 256GB Table 1 2 Part Number Legend 753100000009 Component Options Examples Drive GB SSD None 064 128 256 Memory GB TS3100LC4 Std Resolution Color 4GB no SSD Sensor Mono Color TS3100SMA Full Resolution Mono 4GB no SSD T531005M064 Full Resolution Mono 8GB with 64GB SSD page 2 T3 User Manual 1 3 TS3 Controls Indicators and Connectors Table 1 3 Camera Part Locations Figure 1 1 TS3 Back View _ Note See Appendix I Physical Measurements on page 89 for d
171. until it receives a trigger The Arm Record Bug is the small vertical line used in conjunction with the Record Bar to indicate the progress of the camera while acquiring pre and post trigger images Arm Record Bug AVI Audio Video Interleave AVI is a popular file type for electronic video AVI files may include certain types of image video data compressed or un compressed audio data and metadata Backlight The Backlight is the illumination used to light the LCD display on the camera Battery Status LED Battery Status LED States Bit Depth Images captured by the TS3 sensor are read in binary form Each pixel is given a binary 10 bit value from 0000000000 to 1111111111 or in decimal form from O to 1023 0 is black 1023 is white all numbers in between are shades of gray from very dark to very bright The camera operator has the option of recording all ten bits 1024 shades or 8 bits 256 shades If the operator chooses to record 8 bit data they must choose which 8 bits of the ten to record They may wish to record the Lower 8 bits which will greatly enhance the dark areas of the image tend to saturate the bright areas and will expose more noise or the Middle 8 bits which will somewhat enhance the dark areas wash out the brighter areas and expose some noise or the High 8 bits which will be the cleanest image but with the least definition in the darker areas BMP Stack BitMaP BMP files contain un compressed image data
172. up Figure 8 4 Configuration menu Black Level Calibration e f you change Shutter Speed Frame Rate FasMotion Controller M CaAdbx00000 3 EN Resolution or Offset To Calibrate the Camera ma o E Network Config 1 Set the camera to Live Control HEUER E Pree 2 Shut out all light to the sensor close the f stop gt a XU zz E Tm ld ier de down all the way and put a lens cap on it or cover User Preferences it securely v Record Settings E Land Config 3 From the Configuration menu choose Black Level iv E ee a Ij Save Config Calibration mms E Factory Config 4 n the Advanced Settings section of the record E Display Settings E Black Level Calibration Settings Tab see Figure 8 1 on page 62 you will see an FPN selection dropdown menu The items include Disabled Column or Pixel Click on that button and select the FPN setting ou wish to use based on the following e Pixel FPN is a per pixel image correction that is done in the TS3 s image processor engine It provides the cleanest images available This is the setting that is most highly recommended e Column FPN is an image correction done on the TS3 s sensor It does not do as good a job cleaning up the images as Pixel FPN e FPN Off means that there is no noise correction being used 8 6 Record Arm and Trigger Table 8 1 Sample Frame Rates and Resolutions Live Mode A Arm and T Trigger
173. ut 1281K the additional 1K or the file header The actual size of 16 bit RAW TIFF is 2561K again add an additional 1K or the header Note The RAW 16 bit TIFF saved from the camera actually has 10 bits of image data The 16 bit format is used for compatibility reasons Calculating file sizes for AVI and JPEG images is much more difficult The compression is often approximately 10x to 20x but it can be much greater for images with little content and it can be much less for very complex images RAW images are not colorized so Mono and Color images are the same size Colorization increases file size 3x because 8 bits are saved for each of red green and blue channels To Save a recording to a connected mass storage device on the TS3 1 Navigate to the Review Menu 2 Select Save The Save dialog box will appear as in Figure 4 15 White Balance Dialog The Start and Stop frames for the Save may be edited Note that the frame numbers initially shown in the dialog box will be the actual start and stop frames for the entire capture unless the Cut In and Cut Out buttons were used during Review If you are not sure what the actual beginning and end frame numbers for the video are you can find them on the far left far right sides of the record bar See Figure 4 10 Recording Progress Triggered TS3 115 3000M page 35 T3 User Manual 1 Selecting Destination will open a dialog box for selecting the mass storage device
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175. view and entering Live mode but that captured video will remain in the camera until it is e armed When in Review Mode the Live and Review buttons act as a toggle between Live and Review The current recording is not deleted until the amera is Armed or powered down 6 8 Review Tab When in Review Mode the Review Tab will open and the Playback controls will appear beneath the Image window Note While in Review the image may be adjusted using the controls in the Display Settings Tab See 6 6 Display Settings Tab on page 47 The Play buttons which only appear when the mouse cursor is brought over them have the same functions as on the camera GUI see Table 4 3 Playback Control on page 31 except that the Cut In and Cut Out points are entered by editing the Clipping Range boxes or by adjusting the slider between them The clipping range is then used as it is on the camera GUI for both playback and while saving to mass storage Figure 6 12 Web App Review and Save Camera A1 Camera Video Review Storage Settings gt Record Settings gt Record Controls Display Settings Neo Revem o a Partition Control Partition Map Save Partition e Use Camera Name Use Tag Label Tag AVI Use Raw Format L 5D Card ssp O USB Drive Save Partition AME EE EN 1280 x 1024 amp 250FPS Recorded 10 Bits Time 00 00 00 000 Clipping Range Current Frame Playback Frame Rate page 48 T3 User Manual You may ju
176. y Chapter 1 TS3 Product Overview The first chapter contains general information regarding the TS3 product family common applications for which the camera is used and the basic guide to the component parts of the camera Look here for the names and locations of all camera controls and indicators Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter guides the user through the camera setup process from unpacking the camera to attaching connecting or installing the pieces necessary to begin using the camera i e the power supply and or battery lenses mass memory devices etc as well as optional devices such as triggers monitors PCs etc Chapter 3 Camera Setup This chapter is about learning to use the TS3 user interface and setting the camera up for use including naming the camera and setting up the time It also covers controls for the built in LCD display connecting with an external display and connecting the TS3 to a computer network Chapter 4 Recording with the TS3 Chapter 4 covers the recording process from setting up the recording parameters to Arming and Triggering the camera It also covers bit selection image processing and saving the imagery in its different formats Chapter 5 Synchronizing Cameras Cameras may be synchronized to external timing devices as well as to other cameras This chapter tells you how to do it on the TS3 Chapter 6 TS3 Web Application TS3 camera s Web Application makes it easy to control the
177. y you wish to use to capture a Storage Settings video This slider has a granularity of 250MB Use the Format utility in the Storage Setting Tab External Storage to format any of the camera media The SSD SD Card and USB drives are all accessible for formatting Format Explore Formatting the SSD S SD Card 55D USB Flash Drive Internal Media Storage It is recommended that you format the SSD to 3 delete all recordings and completely clean it off This should be done often to keep Session Recording Capacity performance as high as possible 1 250 GB Space lal To format the SSD simply select the SSD radio A button in the Storage Settings dialog and click on d Frames 0 406 sec Format Formatting SD Cards and USB drives Formatting SD Cards and USB drives is the easiest and most effective way of deleting all recordings When formatting SD Cards and USB drives FasMotion will give the option of performance or Compatibility The Compatibility format is FAT32 which is recognized by most computers The Performance format is EXT2 which is a Linux format and may require a 3rd party driver for application such as Disklternals Linux Reader on your MAC or PC EXT2 will improve file Save times to the SD Card and USB The improvement is only about Figure 7 18 FasMotion Camera Explorer 10 very large images such E amera Orer 7 as fulbresolution TIFE and E eee CT BMP images The greatest
178. ync Out Per Frame External devices such as additional cameras strobe lights and test instruments may be synchronized via Sync Out pulses from the TS3 The Per Frame option output is one pulse per frame the sync pulse rate is equal to the recording frame rate Figure 5 3 Sync Out Per Frame Display To set up Sync Out 1 Navigate to the Control Menu Trigger Position 2 Select Sync Out There are two buttons Ext Trigger Enabled Disabled and another that may say 1 PPF Shutter Active High or something similar e Per Frame C Per Second C Pass Thru C Active Low O Active High C Shutter O Duty Cycle BEJG 3 Change the state of the first button to Enabled green then click on the second button to open the Sync Out Settings Dialog 4 The signal can either be Ac ive High meaning the signal goes high when the shutter opens or Active Low meaning the signal goes low with when the shutter opens Select Active High or Low from the dialog box 5 The signal can either follow the Shutter integration time or you can select Duty Cycle and control the of frame time 1 f ame rate for the active portion of the signal using the number box provided Per Second If you choose the Per Second the camera will output a 1Hz signal The only active options in this mode are Active High and Active Low page 38 T3 User Manual Pass Thru Figure 5 4 Sync Pass Thru When you select Sync Ou
179. you to set the color correction via a gray card or neutral gray object To use Custom White Balance 1 Click on the Custom button in the White Balance menu A rectangular reticle will appear in the middle of the image window and a special histogram will appear See Figure 8 12 Custom White Balance on page 72 2 Centerthe reticle the white box in the center of the image on a neutral gray object in the field of view In this instance we are using an 1896 gray card which is the recommended target Most often the card will only fill a portion of the field of view it only needs to fill the reticle It is important that the card or other neutral gray object is located close to the objects of interest and is exposed to the same light as the objects you are going to image 3 Adjustthe lens aperture so that the histogram shows the pixel values grouped high to the right 11S 3000M page 1 TS3 User Manual side of the box but not saturated It is important that the high pixel value is less than 255 Notice on the example here that the RGB peaks are not well aligned and that the Blue peak is farthest to the left This means that the color is skewed slightly towards the yellow the complement to blue Note The histogram used with Custom White Balance represents only the area of the reticle not the whole image For more information regarding TS3 Histograms please refer to Application Note 1 Histograms on page 93 4 Press the

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