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1. Figure 5 VPC Physical Connections 4 Analog video should appear within a few seconds after connecting the USB cable Verify analog video 1s displayed on the monitor to ensure the camera is properly powered 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 11 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 5 Additional Information Access the Device Manager to verify proper driver installation and identify communications port Connection issues are most often caused by attempting to use the wrong COM Port to connect to the camera a T Right Click on My Computer and select Manage This is typically either on the desktop or available through the start menu Select Device Manager on the left Pane Expand the tree for Ports COM amp LPT Note the COM Port number used for Silicon Labs The following example shows COM3 File Action View Help e AA HE Computer Management Local a s ips179 P ili System Tools gt x Batteries gt Task Scheduler Computer B Event Viewer b EF ControlVault Device EE Shared Folders gt Disk drives gt Local Users and Groups gt Az Display adapters gt a Performance gt ME i DVD CD ROM drives Device Manager gt x Human Interface Devices 4 C Storage ig IDE ATA ATAPI controllers cm Disk Management T IEE 1394 Bus host controllers gt Bi Services and Applications gt M Imaging devices gt m Keyboards
2. Get Temperature Gain Switch Values mislei Thermal Radiometry Shutter Mode Hi Low Thresh 4410 a High Low POP 59 Us 3e Auto CO Static O User Ed n hel Low Hi Thresh oo a Advanced Shutter 2200 Low High POP a Temperature 2200 C da MEME Raar Part 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size emm Connected MSCOMM Ready eo sess 640x512 Figure 34 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Thermal Tab 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 48 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Spot Meter Controls The Spot Meter uses a subset of pixels to calculate SpatMeter temperature of a target in the scene Typically this 1s the center four pixels jja C off _ Fahrenheit Mode Sets the Spot Meter to display temperature in Fahrenheit Celsius Celsius or off When this is enabled the camera will display a spot in the analog video and BT 656 if analog symbols are enabled and will be present in 8 bit buffered digital output if digital symbols are enabled and will show the temperature measurement region Digital Digital Enables a digital temperature display in video outputs that ed ees support symbology and gives a numerical temperature reading Temperature 19 60 C Get Temperature Thermometer Enables the on screen thermometer display in video outputs that support symbology This gives a thermometer style symbol that updates with temperature Temperature Reading of current temperature in Spot Meter This c
3. Connected MSCOMM Ready 640x517 Figure 40 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Gain Calibration Tab With a Tau 2 or Tau 640 it is possible to select lens 2 for the calibration This will preserve the factory calibration in lens 1 allowing to the ability to save a second calibration for lens 2 It is also possible to save separate lens maps for lens 1 and lens 2 for use with a dual FOV optic When starting a new calibration keep the Backup Current Gain Map box checked This will copy the existing gain map from the camera so that it can be recovered at a later time With a Quark or Tau 320 the only option is to overwrite the calibration data for Lens 1 so it is a good idea to keep the Backup Current Gain Map box checked Click Start to begin the process Do not navigate away from Selectlens i I v Badup Current Gain Map this pane once the start button is clicked because it could change camera settings required for calibration sat _Restore Gain from Backup Save Gain to Camera Restore Factory Bad Pixels The camera will monitor its internal temperature and verify stability If the camera has not been running long enough a message will indicate that the temperature difference is too great If it is within tolerance the start button will change to Capturel the camera will disable all correction terms and it will prompt the user to place the hot blackbody in front of the camera The optimal blackbodies wi
4. FLIR scenes With SSO enabled the radiometric aspects of an image are better preserved i e the difference in gray shades between two objects is more representative of the difference in temperature SSO helps to set how linear the HEQ and information based AGC algorithms are allowed to be to provide the highest amount of perceived contrast in every scene SSO is a percent and can range from 0 to 100 5 10 AGC ROI Tab FLIR cameras allow the user to set a Region of Interest ROI or a rectangular area of pixels on the sensor array that the AGC algorithm will use for its calculations The AGC ROI applies to the Automatic and Linear Histogram algorithms The ROI can be set for either the entire frame size 320 256 320 256 or some smaller portion The ROI tab provides both a Window Editor and text entry coordinates to control the size and location of the Region of Interest ROI The Set button must be clicked for any changes to take effect The AGC ROI is one of the largest factors in improving image quality It can be used to ignore the sky or other large objects that would otherwise be used for calculation of AGC The AGC ROI has minimum size limitations that are dependent on the Plateau and Zoom settings When the zoom level is increased and or the Plateau value is decreased a very small AGC ROI may need to be increased in size to maintain proper AGC corrected video F FA Tau 2 7 Camera Controller Is x File View Camera Tools Help S
5. File name Save As dialog is opened to allow Seve astype paa N selection of save location and select 8 bit Bitmap or tiff for 14 bit Browse Folders Image This is selected by default when window is first opened and displays an image in the snapshot window Data This displays an array of pixel values in the Snapshot Viewer This will take some time to load when the button is pressed It 1s possible to select a set of pixels by clicking and dragging or use Ctrl a to select all pixels It is then possible to use Ctrl c to copy and Ctrl v to paste into a spreadsheet program for analysis Erase Snapshot Snapshots will stay in the camera until erased For Tau 1 X and Tau 2 0 the camera can store a maximum of 3 snapshots This button will erase all the snapshots from the camera allowing new snapshots to be taken This function will take some time and the GUI will update the status when complete Do not disconnect power while erasing memory Note When connected to 640 configurations of the Quark camera the Erase Snapshot button will not be present The 640 configurations of Quark do not support saving snapshots to non volatile memory A 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 38 of 65 F L I Im FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide single snapshot can be saved to volatile memory and it is automatically overwritten each time Take Snapshot is clicked such that it is not necessary to first click the Erase Snapshot bu
6. as the average and standard deviation The display can be read in units of raw counts or a more intuitive form of degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit These statistics are updated upon pressing the Get button 5 14 Advanced Tab The Advanced Tab contains many features that can be considered to be for Manufacturing Login advanced users For this reason a special keystroke and password is required to display the Advanced Tab The keystroke is Ctrl Shift a and the password is Password www flir com www flir com After the keystroke is performed the following dialog will appear Note that the text in the following image is added and a password typed will display as asterisks Cancel Login This is only intended for sophisticated users and it is possible to break the camera if the incorrect operation is performed 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 54 of 65 F L I iR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide f Tau 2 7 Camera Controller zs X File View Camera Tools Help FLIR JjAdvanced gt AGC DDE 2 Bad Pixel Tools 2j Gain Calibration Status Camera Updates Digital Detail Enhancement DDE Splash Screen Number l BE eeen sy Load Splash Screen Filter Gain 51625 m E zB Filter Control 130 b Setup EE e D i Dynamic Splash Screen Dwell Time seconds 0 Set Spatial Control 10 Erase Blend Enable Camera Configuration
7. button Right clicking on the desired snapshot and selecting Playback from the drop down list will also result in snapshot playback 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 41 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide The desired snapshot will be displayed on the analog video for an unlimited amount of time To return the analog video to live imaging select the Live Video button from the Image Selector window Comp14 Snapshots For Snapshot Type specified as Comp14 in the drop down menu the Retrieve Snapshot button appears to provide SnapshotType Compi4 viewing and saving capabilities The Snapshot Number will begin with one regardless of the number of 8 bit snapshots stored in memory before it the numbering scheme only refers to the 14 bit snapshots stored in memory After selecting the Retrieve Snapshot button for the desired Snapshot Number a progress bar Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot Number 1 will appear during loading and finally the Snapshot Viewer window will appear as shown in figure 8 A cross hair symbol 1s applied for the user s mouse location in the viewer window the information bar at the bottom of the window displays the coordinates and digital value of the pixel currently pointed at figure 29 1 The minimum maximum and average pixel value with respect to the entire array are also displayed in the information bar The options at the top of the win
8. F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR FLIR Commercial Systems 70 Castilian Drive Goleta CA 93117 Phone 1 805 964 9797 Document Number 102 PS242 02 Version 120 Issue Date May 2014 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 1 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Table of Contents FLIR Camer Controller G0 Ee RE GR EENT E I IE DOCU MMC TU mE 6 1 1 Raon EISEOEU e E E E ee E EA E go 6 1 2 IOE EE AE E T EO N ER EE 6 20 Unpackmo DeC AMEN EN EE Eie ee 7 SOEN ee ok NE EE EE ERE MM RERS 8 3 1 b Ze P EUR EET 8 2 4 Camera Link Module AGcessoOrV siese Rd dek EE Geek ie ed Oe ek Ee AS EE Geek AE ee ke ed de SE Ee 9 3 9 Photos Kepler d ie ee EE Ee ae oe GR f votes ee ea aeuo a apu eN ee 9 EEN IR ICAO el sie ies EE 9 3 5 Oitatk VPC Module ACCESSORY ei osse ss EN EE ee EG AGE SG EE De Ee Di Ge Ge N ed ie 10 40 ConnecUng to the C aerie ORE EE de N SG NG OE ede ge ER Ee ee Ee 10 4 1 FLIR Camera ontoler GUTS EE ee ee temeterr Sere terres eer er re 10 Me Physical OMNI CUI erste sees teas N Ge Soe ee ee ee eN 11 4 3 SOA O O a EAA EA ERN 12 4 4 Digital Data via Camera Link iese sesse sesse ee ee ee ee ee AA RE RE ee ee ee ee ee aa ren ana eriei ee ee ee 14 4 5 Troubleshooting the FLIR Camera Controller GUI ss sesse sees ee ee ee ee RR EE Ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 16 5 0 Operation of the FLIR Camera Controller GUL cccccccccccccccceeeesnsssssss
9. Read purposes Write SSN The Tau2 7 and Quark 2 0 release support Silent Shutterless Non Uniformity Correction SSN There are multiple presets for different use cases The original use case was for shutterless cameras and as the usefulness of the algorithm was observed the use cases were extended to cameras with a shutter SSN is a spatial pattern noise reduction algorithm that uses motion within a scene to determine 1f a pixel is noise or true scene information If a pixel is determined to be noise then a correction map will increment its value towards returning the pixel towards the local average There are four preset for both use cases of shutter and no shutter no sa motion low motion medium motion and high motion The user must 7 Enable SEN determine the use case that their camera will be used in and select a l Iv With Shutter preset accordingly The largest differences between the presets are what constitutes motion and the maximum allowed correction for the algorithm High speed vehicles would find the most benefit from the desert high motion default while a fixed pole security application would be Low Hn considered a no motion scenario Choosing an appropriate default will No Motion help avoid any possible image artifacts 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 24 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR 5 4 Analog Video Tab The Analog Video tab on the FLIR Camera Controller GUI show
10. rectangle drag one of the corner or snapshot side bubbles The Set button must be clicked for changes to take effect Restore the default image Snapshot In cameras configured with the ability to take snapshots this ii Gee DE TANN feature allows snapshots to be taken delete etc usethe Video gt Image and viewed as the background for the GCapture pane Window Editor described above This helps improve cropping for scene specific dimensions 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 53 of 65 FLIR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Image Metric ROI Coordinate Values The default settings for the Image Metric ROI are the center four pixels With this Tab the Image Metric coordinates can be set to the entire array or any arbitrary rectangle or line defined by the user These coordinates are invariant to image orientation Image Metrics This section computes and displays Image Metric These measurements are based off of the Metric ROI coordinates discussed above statistics Image The min and max values and locations are reported as well Image Metrics Min Coords X Y Max Coords X Y 91 Get 1430 40 22 Cartesian Coordinates Image Metric ROI Coordinate Values Left Top X Y 78 12 Right Bottom X Y 148 23 Cartesian Coordinates Set Restore Defaults eT Units Min 14 00 pen k Counts l a c Ave 14 70 SUC StdDey 0 30 Or
11. Controller mE File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR _ Analog Video gt Digital Video D Ethernet Controls 2 Image Capture gt Status 7 Snapshot Type EE a Take Snapshot Snapshots 1 2 aretaken sequentially NOTE Ifthe buffers are full existing snapshots must be Gl j erased before new snapshots can be taken M Display Save orReplay selected bitmap L Snapshots snapshos aI es All camera snapshots are erased CAUTION Erase Snapshots Donotcyclecamera hard orsoftreset until this sd completes Thermal Reset Camera Advanced Part 46336001 X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Read Ser 43815 336x256 Figure 41 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Image Capture If the calibration was successful click Save Gain The camera will take about 30 seconds to copy the calibration to the camera s non volatile memory overwriting the previous calibration A notificaton will popup when the process is complete Do not remove power to the camera during this time Verify that the calibration was saved successfully by resetting the camera and evaluating the image for the applied gain Resetting the camera will also restore previously saved power on default settings If this calibration was performed on Lens 2 remember to make sure to select Lens 2 and then Save Settings on the Setup Tab to ensure that this calibration map is loaded when the camera starts up 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 63 of 65 F L I
12. Pl Mice and other pointing devices gt Ai Monitors gt EF Network adapters a Ports COM amp LPT y Keyspan USB Serial Port COMI f Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge COM Figure 6 Device Manager showing proper driver installation 4 3 Software Connection This section describes simple communication with the camera using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI and assumes that the camera is connected to the PC using a USB cable and either the VPC or Camera Link Accessory Module 1 Run the FLIR Camera Controller GUI by clicking on the start menu and accessing Start All Programs FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI The software may take up to 30 seconds to load the first time 2 When the GUI first opens it will display Not Connected on the bottom left The first step is to connect to the camera 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 12 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide T FN FLIR Camera Controller E EJ File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Status D System Status Setup Framework is currently not connected to camera To connect with camera select menu item Camera Connect Ifyou wantthe camera to automatically connect on startup select menuitem Tools Settings and select the Gl automatically connect on startup check box inthe settings dialog window Advanced Part Serial Number FRA Temp ae Figure 7 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Status Tab Not Connected 3 Conne
13. R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide If it is necessary to restore a previous gain calibration then click the Restore Gain button It will prompt the user to select the gain map The GUI saves the gain map with the SN of the camera and the date that the map was copied from the camera Select the Select lens 1 Backup Current Gain Map correct file and click Open rl amp Start Restore Gain from Backup Restore Factory Bad Pixels This will restore the bad pixel II EE Save Gain to Camera Restore Factory Bad Pixels map to the settings from the factory This will erase the saved bad pixels that were marked as bad on the Bad Pixel Elimination Tab in section 5 16 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 64 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR Commercial Systems 2011 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of this manual in whole or in part may be copied photocopied translated or transmitted to any electronic medium or machine readable form without the prior written permission of FLIR Commercial Systems Names and marks appearing on the products herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FLIR Commercial Systems and or its subsidiaries All other trademarks trade names or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners Liberation fonts are copyright 2009 by RedHat and are used under aut
14. Symbol prior to performing an automatic FFC operation It can be seen in the image to the right as the blue square in the upper right of the video output By default it 1s displayed 60 frames 2 seconds in LVDS prior to the FFC operation The duration of the FFC Imminent Symbol can be set using the FFC Warn Time setting in the Analog Video Tab Setting the Warn Time to less than 15 frames turns off the warning see Section 5 4 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 22 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide External Sync Mode FLIR cameras provide the ability to either accept or Extemalsync output a frame synchronization pulse Refer to the appropriate Electrical IDD for Disable _ Slave more information on pin definition and pulse timing Master Disabled The camera runs at its native frame rate and it will not output a frame synchronization pulse Slave The camera will accept a frame synchronization signal on the interface connector The camera output will be frozen if the camera is in slave mode and no external synchronization signal is received Note External sync should only be used for digital output Performance is greatly reduced when using external sync for analog video Master The camera will output a frame synchronization signal on the interface connector when configured as a master Gain Mode Some FLIR cameras support low gain mode This mode will provide a EE EE higher intrascene ran
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16. enough to be considered noise Bypassing the average will allow for 60Hz digital data to be captured Video Color Choose color mode or monochrome mode for the Video Color analog video In monochrome mode color encoding is not used and Color onhe video low pass filtering is disabled in the analog output signal which results in slightly higher bandwidth data to the display system This mode can be used to improve image sharpness when color palettes and color symbols are not required Note For transmission of the analog video channel a coaxial cable with 75 ohm characteristic impedance is required The analog output is current mode and a 75 Ohm termination is required This termination is present in most display devices Analog Symbology Tau 2 7 and Quark 2 0 and later releases support the option to disable symbology in the analog output This would remove all symbology from being overlaid in the analog output including FFC imminent zoom symbology and radiometric symbols if the camera is being used in a radiometric mode Polarity LUT The camera detects and images the temperatures in a Polarity Palette given scene Within the camera these temperatures are mapped as determined by the AGC algorithm selected to a range of 0 to 255 aj values In a black and white display mode this range is converted to WhiteHot c i BlackHot Fusion FRA Rainbow shades of gray with O being totally black and 255 being totally white The 0 to
17. is a subassembly designed for incorporation into other products in order to provide an infrared camera function Itis not an end product fit for consumer use When incorporated into a host device the end product will generate use and radiate radio frequency energy that may cause radio interference As such the end product incorporating this subassembly must be tested for compliance with the Interference Causing Equipment Standard Digital Apparatus ICES 003 of Industry Canada before the product incorporating this device may be manufactured or offered for sale or lease imported distributed sold or leased in Canada Avis d Industrie Canada Cet appareil est un sous ensemble concu pour tre int gr un autre produit afin de fournir une fonction de cam ra infrarouge Ce n est pas un produit final destin aux consommateurs Une fois int gr un dispositif h te le produit final va g n rer utiliser et mettre de l nergie radiofr quence qui pourrait provoquer de l interf rence radio En tant que tel le produit final int grant ce sous ensemble doit tre test pour en v rifier la conformit avec la Norme sur le mat riel brouilleur pour les appareils num riques NMB 003 d Industrie Canada avant que le produit int grant ce dispositif puisse tre fabriqu mis en vente ou en location import distribu vendu ou lou au Canada EU Notice This device is a subassembly or component intended only for product evaluation de
18. kJ Low id Slave AGC DoFFC O High Q Master 55N Scratch Pad W Enable SSN nme With Shutter Read I Write Advanced Save Settings Factory Defaults Reset Camera uu Parti 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Ready EE BADX512 Figure 16 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Setup Tab Flat Field Correction Mode Flat field correction FFC is a process Flat Field Correction whereby off set terms are updated to improve image quality This IS Q mawa s Auto External done by presenting a uniform temperature a flat field to every detector element While imaging the flat field the camera updates Tov EE st 1350 frames A ox i FFC Interval correction coefficients resulting in a more uniform array output ee is Tempchange 410 0 1 C During an FFC the analog and digital video is frozen for less than 500 mm LOW tsalrn ms and resumes automatically thereafter For cameras that include Tempchange eu internal shutter the shutter is closed and then reopened during this DoFFC time Repeating the FFC operation often prevents the imagery from appearing grainy This is especially important when the camera temperature is fluctuating such as immediately after turn on or when ambient temperature is drifting FFC can be controlled manually at any time using the Do FFC command button After any FFC event it is possible to store the currently applied map to non volatile memor
19. on this tab have the greatest ae EM MERE NIME oa influence over a wide range of scenes dS Eie CE ee Digital Detail Enhancement DDE DDE is typically used s 100 NOTE Higher values increase linearity in the dynamic or automatic mode where only one threshold is used to determine the enhacenment on a per scene basis Dynamic DDE ranges from 20 to 100 20 to 1 soften the image zero is off and 1 to 100 sharpens the image and helps accent edges and other high frequency spatial details Active Contrast Enhancement ACE The Active Contrast Enhancement ACE feature provides a contrast adjustment dependent on the relative scene temperature ACE thresholds greater than 0 impart more contrast to hotter scene content and decrease contrast for colder scene content e g sky or ocean ACE threshold less than O do the opposite by decreasing contrast for hotter scene content and leaving more of the gray scale shades to represent the colder scene content ACE can range from 8 to 8 where 8 decreases contrast in darker regions while 8 increases contrast in darker regions Smart Scene Optimization SSO The Smart Scene Optimization SSO value defines the percentage of the histogram that will be allotted a linear mapping Enabling this feature facilitates the avoidance of irradiance level compression which is specifically important for bi modal 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 45 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide
20. the Tau Tau 2 Quark Photon and others This User s Guide includes Quick Start information for the Tau and Quark as well as detailed descriptions of functions and adjustments for the camera that can be performed using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 6 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide The FLIR website will have the newest version of this document as well as offer access to many other supplemental resources http www flir com cvs cores resources Here is a sample of some of the resources that can be found Document Title Document Description Number Tau Quick Start Guide 102 PS242 01 Quick Start Guide for first time use Quark Quick Start Guide 102 PS241 01 Quick Start Guide for first time use FLIR Camera Controller GUI 102 PS242 02 Detailed Descriptions for functions and adjustments for User s Guide FLIR cameras using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI Tau 2 Product Specification 102 PS242 40 Product specification and feature description information to interface to a Tau 2 camera information to interface to a Tau 2 camera information for serial control of Tau 2 and Quark Drawings and Models configurations for mechanical integration Application Notes Various Written for Systems Engineers and general users of advanced features such as Gain Calibration Supplemental FFC Calibration NVFFC Calibration Camera Link On Screen Symbology AGC DDE explanation Camera Mou
21. threshold that the algorithm uses to determine what detail is for a given scene and ranges from 0 to 255 When in manual mode this setting needs to be set by the user in dynamic DDE mode this is automatically updated based on scene content Spatial Control The spatial control is the parameter that controls the dynamic DDE mode The valid range of Dynamic DDE setting is from 20 to 100 with 0 being the neutral setting where the filter has no effect Settings below O will soften the image reducing the appearance of sharp edges Typical factory settings are between 10 and 30 Use the slider to adjust the setting or select the text field and type in the desired setting 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 55 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Note In 14 bit Raw mode selecting the DDE mode will not affect the digital data output Dynamic DDE Control The dynamic DDE setting is only affect by the spatial control and will automatically update the filter gain and control Dynamic DDE is recommended for all users FFC Utilities There are many applications that have different needs pfe utiities for their FFCs The FFC utilities help lengthen the time between FFCs or help the duration of a FFC by shortening the frames integrated or help facilitate functionality that typically required a Shutter ess Gain Switch Calibration shutter but instead achieved using a non volatile FFC NVFFC This tab allows you to perform an FFC and sav
22. using the upper and lower tail rejection percent in the AGC algorithm This allows for the removal of anomalous pixels from skewing the AGC away from actual information Linear Parameters Used for Manual AGC Once Bright and Auto Bright AGC modes Manual mode uses the contrast and brightness settings while Once Bright uses contrast brightness and brightness bias Auto Bright uses the same controls as Once Bright except the brightness parameter which is updated continuously based on the scene Enhancements DDE and ACE are discussed further in section 5 9 Information Threshold Information based AGC modes determines where information in the scene is and favors contrast towards the information in the scene The threshold defines the portions of the image that constitute as information 5 16 Bad Pixel Elimination Tab This tab requires access to the Advanced Tab Refer to section 5 14 for instructions All defective pixels are identified by FLIR as part of the standard factory assembly process However it is possible that a camera in the field may have a pixel that needs replacing This can particularly be the case if a Gain Calibration was performed on a lens that requires very high gain terms to correct for poor lens performance Refer to the Application Note for Bad Pixel Killing for detailed instructions on killing pixels When eliminating pixels it is important that the camera is not inverted and not reverted See section 5 4 It is also
23. video and will have AGC DDE symbols and color included This data is only available in 8 bits CMOS The CMOS interface is a parallel output that allows the user to access 14 bit pre AGC data or post AGC 8 bit data including colored digital outputs None This will also change the CMOS Control to off and the XP Bus will not output any digital data This results in a power savings of 10mW Note Enabling digital data on the XP Bus will disable the use of many of the Discrete I O functions LVDS Control Select the desired digital data format for the LVDS di gital data LVDS Control Q or 14 bit Filtered CO sit Off The camera will not output any LVDS digital data This results in a power savings of 1OmW 8 bit Data is provided after application of the current Automatic Gain Control AGC and Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE The 8 bit data is essentially a digital version of the same data provided on the analog video channel but LVDS data does not include symbology LUT or zoom 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 34 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 14 bit Filtered Data is provided prior to video processing modes in the 8 bit data described above The 14 bit data is the filtered data to include the Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE and bad pixel replacement This data may appear to have very low contrast when saving 16 bit TIFF files use post processing to reduce the dynamic range 8 bit Bayer Co
24. will result in a power savings of approximately 20mW 8 bit Data is provided after application of the current Automatic Gain Control AGC and Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE The 8 bit data is essentially a digital version of the same data provided on the analog video channel but LVDS and CMOS data does not include symbology LUT or zoom 14 bit Filtered Data is provided prior to video processing modes in the 8 bit data described above The 14 bit data is the filtered data to include the Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE and bad pixel replacement This data may appear to have very low contrast when saving 16 bit TIFF files use post processing to reduce the dynamic range 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 31 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 14 bit Raw Data is provided prior to all video processing and does not include the Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE or bad pixel replacement This data may appear to have very low contrast when saving 16 bit TIFF files use post processing to reduce the dynamic range Note AGC will only affect the digital data output if Camera Digital Output Mode is set to 8 bit data XP Bus Output The camera has a set of pins defined as eXPansion XP pins xp gus Output that are configurable by the user These pins can be used for BT 656 data CMOS C None data or discrete I O pins This control allows for configuration of these pins for C Br 656 digital data Refer to
25. 18 Figure 15 FLIR Camera Controller Status Tab sesse sesse ee ee 20 Figure 16 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Setup Tab cee ee 21 Figure 17 Ramp test pattern example for Top Portion of Ramp Image ss sesse esse ee ee ee ee 24 Figure 18 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Analog Video Tab sesse sesse ee ee 25 Figure 19 Look Up Table Options Without Isotherms ss ee 28 Figure 20 Isotherm LU T Scale Example esse esse Ne see ke sd oe N epa ee AG De GE 29 Figure 21 Look Up Table Options with Isotherms ss ee ee 30 Figure 22 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Video Tab 1 sesse ee 3l Figure 23 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Video Tab 2 eese 33 Figure 24 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Video Capture Tab eee 37 Figure 25 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Snapshot Viewer cccssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseeees 38 Figure 26 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Video Capture Tab Tau 2 1 and later 39 Figure 27 8 bit Snapshot Manageme ntl c csssssssssseeeeecccccccesscececeesssseseceeeeeeececesesseaeeceesssseseeeeeeeess 40 Figure 28 Multiple Bitmap Viewer windows ccccceeeseseeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 Figure 290 SA SIRO do ia ER OE 42 Figure 30 Snapshot Viewer with digital data sesse ee ee ee 43 Figure 31 FLIR Camera Controller GUI AGC Tab
26. 255 gray shades range can also be referenced to a Look Up Table LUT permanently stored in the camera to convert the scene to a color video image Different LUTs are available to change the appearance of the displayed image The most common selection is either White Hot hotter objects appear brighter than cooler objects in the video display or Black Hot hotter objects appear darker than cooler objects Since the difference between these two modes simply reverses the choice of darker or lighter for temperature extremes this is sometimes referred to as Polarity Other color LUTs are available as shown below 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 27 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Options shows each of the LUTs as displayed in Test Pattern Ramp Mode starting with the upper left White Hot Black Hot Fusion Rainbow Glowbow Ironbow1 Ironbow2 Sepia Color1 Color2 Ice Fire and Rain Select one of these LUTs from the pull down menu to view the image displayed using the chosen LUT Setting the Polarity LUT mode will not affect the CMOS or LVDS digital data output for releases prior to Tau 2 4 Beginning with the Tau 2 4 release color for 8 bit CMOS and LVDS can be enabled on the Digital Video Tab see section 5 6 Cold Hot Hot Hot White Hot Black Hot Rainbow Hot Hot Glowbow Ironbowl Ice Fire Figure 19 Look Up Table Options Without Isotherms Simple experimentation with this feature whi
27. 8 mm SHC MCX coaxial analog video Mini Camera Link digital video Spacer Mini USB 3 mm x 3 1 mm pE TNS Mounting Screws M 1 6 x 0 35 x 16 mm Figure 2 Tau Camera Link Module installed on a Tau 640 camera 3 3 Photon Replicator Board Photon Replicator Board adapts the Tau camera s native 50 pin Hirose connector to the 30 pin SAMTEC connector used on FLIR s Photon cameras The replicator board makes the Tau camera electrically pin compatible to a Photon camera including the provision for operating the Tau camera over the same input voltage range as the Photon camera 5 24VDC Refer to the Photon 640 User s Manual for more details including pin definition A cast magnesium spacer and 4 socket head machine screws are included 3 4 Tau Replicator Board Tau Replicator Board FLIR PN 250 0462 09 adapts the Quark camera s native high density 60 pin SAMTEC connector to the 50 pin Hirose connector used on FLIR s Tau cameras The replicator board makes the Quark camera electrically pin compatible to a Tau camera Refer to the Quark Product Specification for more details A cast magnesium spacer and 4 socket head machine screws are included 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 9 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 3 5 Quark VPC Module Accessory The Quark VPC module accessory includes USB A to USB mini B cable for power and communications USB power supply European power adapter MCX to BNC cable for a
28. 90909 40 9908 0002 N 908 099099905 58 AUtOmatic Paramelefts oue eii resa i eo senos RE NG Se EG EN SERE Tao opo dE ARA RARE REND SS GROS e RU RE NG ea EE EUER 59 Suo Bad Pixel Ebi OO TaD oseane DER eran vo ERG Ee OR DE seca vote OGE GEE Ge RED GEE vetoes 59 GAR Oa E E t 61 Figure 1 Tau Camera and VPC Module Accessory KIE sesse ee 8 Figure 2 Tau Camera Link Module installed on a Tau 640 camera ee 9 Figure 3 Quark Camera and VPC Module Accessory KI ss ss ee 10 Figure 4 BNC to RCA AdaDIE sesse eo se de N ode eo N ge nieee 11 Figure 3 VPC Physical Connections cc oes de Se GO AG NE 0 4 5900000 2002 000 8900 029098 11 Figure 6 Device Manager showing proper driver installation esses 12 Figure 7 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Status Tab Not Connected sse 13 Figure 8 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Connection Window Part 1 sese 13 Figure 9 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Connection Window Part 2 essen 14 Figure 10 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Status Tab Connected 0 0 0 0 ss ee 14 Figure 11 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Tab sesse ecce 15 Figure 12 Imperx FrameLink Express Software Camera Parameters Window sess 16 Figure 13 FLIR Camera Controller Error Message ccccceseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 16 Figure 14 FLIR Camera Controller Menu Bar sesse sesse ee
29. ER FFC Utilities m MEE Ta Erin ET AGC Reset Camera Shutterdess Gain Switch Calibration a Start GSLM Enable 1 Calculate and store supplemental offset Thermal uu E Status Start Selectlens 1 v _ SFFC Enable gt Uh Status Advanced FFC Frame Count 16 Partt 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Ready E 640x512 Figure 37 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Advanced Tab Digital Detail Enhancement DDE DDE is an advanced nonlinear image __ sista peta enhancement 008 processing algorithm that preserves detail in high dynamic range imagery FilterGain 51625 The detail is enhanced so that it matches the total dynamic range of the eee P TEN original image making the details more visible Use Factory Defaults to recover from inappropriate settings Q Manual __ Blend Enable In a high contrast scene the gain will be higher than in a low contrast scene This allows faint details to be visible in high contrast scenes without increasing temporal and fixed pattern noise in low contrast scenes The DDE filter operates independently from the AGC and will enhance edges without affecting brightness or contrast Filter Gain When the algorithm determines detail it gain that detail up by the filter gain and ranges from 0 to 65535 When in manual mode this setting needs to be set by the user in dynamic DDE mode this is automatically updated based on scene content Filter Control The filter control is the
30. FLIR View mast recent snapshot ME Take a bitmap snapshot Restore the default Video image N NOTE For complete FA j snapshotcontrol view l delete etc usethe AGC Video Image Capture pane Thermal r AGC ROI Coordinate Values left top 288 230 3 Set i mes zi right bottom 288 230 Cartesian Coordinates Connected MSCOMM Ready Part 66640001 FPNLX FPA Si Ix Sent 55556666 Figure 32 FLIR Camera Controller GUI ROI Tab 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 46 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR Window Editor Use the mouse to drag the green ROI rectangle to any location on the FPA The size of the ROI rectangle in pixels is displayed To change the size of the ROI rectangle drag one of the corner or side bubbles The Set button must be clicked for changes to take effect Snapshot In cameras configured with the ability to take snapshots this feature allows snapshots to be taken and viewed as the background to aid in setting the ROI for a particular scene Below is the ROI encompassing the entire FOV and the second has the ROI cropped to improve contrast on the portion of the scene most important to the user ROI Entire ROI ROI Excluding ROI Figure 33 AGC ROI Example 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 47 of 65 F L I Im FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide AGC ROI Coordinate Values AGC ROI Coor
31. IR Camera Controller Status Tab Camera Part This indicates the specific camera configuration connected Please refer to the appropriate Product Specification for details understanding the part number If the first two digits of the Part Number are 41 42 or 43 the camera connected is a FLIR Tau 1 X previous releases of Tau 320 and Tau 640 If the first two digits are 46 47 48 66 67 68 the camera connected is a FLIR Tau 2 If the first two digits are 50 the camera connected is a FLIR Quark Camera Serial This is the serial number of the camera currently connected to the FLIR Camera Controller GUI FPA Temperature The camera s Focal Plane Array FPA temperature Note The connection status Camera status Camera Part and FPA Size are displayed at the bottom of all tabs 5 3 Setup Tab The Setup tab shown below provides the ability to set and save basic settings in the camera 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 20 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FJ Tau 2 7 Camera Controller m x File View Camera Tools Help FLIR 1 GOT Status Flat Field Correction Operating Mode Test Pattern gt j Q Manual e Auto Q External 8 Real Time e Off ipm F7 7 Setul r Vd Frozen _ Ri nd FFC Interval 3000 frames nd DES Li ai qr Gl FFG interval 20000 frames eges icona o 01 C Gain Mode External Sync Low Gain t p4 Cc 8 Auto e Disable EI Temp change SD uS EE
32. S242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 32 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR F Tau 2 7 Camera Controller B x File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR _ Janalog video gt Digital Video gt Ethernet Controls Xj Image Capture 7 Status mw 2 Camera Type Tau 2 7 640x512 Be XP Bus Output XP Bus Control 8 bit Digital Channel Colorization Controls Sa None off Bayer Order BT 656 C sit z a pe GR Filter BG Filter 1 dy cmos 14 bit Filtered E p _ GB Filter D RG Filter Video J 8 bit Bayer Color 8 bit Digital Channel Options ed E J 16 bit YCbCr Color p YCbCr Sub sampling iv Digital EZoom Enable gt gt 8 bit YCbCr Color ik __ Symbols Enable n 422 Center 422 Cosited LVDS Control EE N YCbCr Order m cbycry YCbyCr 2 LJ Enable C sit Z JJ e 1 AN ES v Low Resolution C 14bit Filtered Advanced High Resolution 8 bit Bayer Color Connected MSCOMM Ready des bts 55666 SEE diy ee Figure 23 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Video Tab 2 Camera Type This field displays the camera type that is currently connected to the GUI The active array output displayed is the necessary Camera Type Tau 640x512 setting for a frame grabber XP Bus Control Select the desired digital data format for the CMOS is XP Bus Control digital data i Off The XP Bus Output will also be changed to None and the OT 14bit Fitered _ 8 hit XP Bu
33. a is mounted upside down Invert applies to all output channels Revert The normal image is flipped horizontally The pixel on the upper right corner of the detector array is displayed on the upper left corner of the video display This is the recommended mode when the core images the scene via a horizontal fold mirror when used in a rear facing application intended to simulate the view through a rear view mirror and when the camera is mounted upside down Revert applies to analog and BT 656 for Tau 1 X older configurations of Tau 320 and Tau 640 and to all output channels 1 e also CMOS and LVDS for Tau 2 Quark Note If the camera is in Automatic or Manual FFC mode an FFC will be performed automatically when the image orientation mode is inverted Adjusting image orientation should always be followed by a flat field correction in all modes 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 25 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Zoom Taul and Quark 1 cameras have built in discrete steps of zoom capability with on screen symbology For cameras with 160 x 128 resolution the maximum zoom ES level is 2x For cameras with 324 x 256 resolution or 336 x 256 the maximum zoom e Dm level is 4x For cameras with 640 x 512 resolution it is possible to zoom to 8x The C Zoom 2x zoom level is a function of the current analog output resolution For example a Tau Zoom 4x 320 in NTSC has an output of 320 x 240 2x zoom mode will us
34. a the sliders The scene is mapped using a linear transfer function Upon entry into the manual mode currently stored values of brightness and contrast are applied i e the power on defaults or the last saved values The brightness adjustment is ranges from O to 16383 and spans the 14 bit data Linear Histogram Image contrast and brightness gain and level optimized automatically based on scene statistics using a linear transfer function The Linear Histogram algorithm uses scene statistics to set a global gain and offset contrast and brightness for the image Upon entry into the linear histogram mode the currently stored values are applied 1 e The power on defaults or the last saved values Note In Manual mode the brightness setting must be updated as the camera temperature changes To avoid this issue it is recommended to use Automatic or Linear Histogram modes when possible Also AGC mode will only affect the digital data output if the Digital Video output mode is set to 8 bit data The 14 bit digital data bypasses the AGC sections of digital processing 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 44 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide AGC Presets These presets apply only to the Automatic AGC algorithm tomatic AGC presets and set predefined values that are stored in the GUI These presets have l0 been empirically determined for different scenarios These settings are intended to be used as guidelines and are not
35. amera outputs digital data linear in scene temperature The T Linear feature applies to the 14 bit CMOS and LVDS channels and is software 14 bit T Linear selectable Two resolution modes are selectable high resolution 04 Kelvin count and low resolution 4 Kelvin count It is T Linear Enable suggested to use Low resolution T Linear when the camera is in Low e Low Resolution Gain Mode and High resolution in High Gain Mode see section 5 3 High Resolution for more information on Gain Mode 5 7 Ethernet Controls This tab is used with cameras that have an Ethernet interface The Tau and Quark families don t have an Ethernet interface 1s not discussed in this document 5 8 Image Capture Tab The Image Capture tab on the FLIR Camera Controller GUI allows the capture of images to camera memory for retrieval to a host computer 5 8 1 Tau 1 X Tau 2 0 Quark Note If using Tau 2 1 or later skip to the next section The images stored in the camera as 14 bit and the FLIR Camera Controller GUI will apply an AGC to display in 8 bits Note the AGC applied in the GUI does not necessarily match the camera s AGC algorithm The GUI allows the user to save either 8 bit bmp images with AGC applied or 14 bit tiff images Snapshots are taken sequentially and it is best to first erase snapshots to be certain that the next snapshot taken will occupy memory location 1 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 36 of 65 FLIR Camera Controlle
36. an be refreshed with View Refresh or the F5 function key or the Get Temperature button Isotherms Isotherms are false color that is added when a pixel is in a certain mem region For older Tau cameras there are only two Isotherm regions available Fourth 100 and the Middle section will not be applicable In the Tau 2 there are three Upper 90 Isotherm regions available Upper Middle and Lower In Tau2 7 Quark 2 0 c x and later releases there is a fourth isotherm that will limit the top range of the ome E isotherms reducing saturation artifacts Pere no ns Percentage Set the thresholds of each isotherm color region using percentage of the full dynamic range of the camera The dynamic ranges differ between Celsius and Fahrenheit as well as between High Gain and Low Gain Celsius Set the temperature threshold of each isotherm color region Example In the example on the right with the White Hot Isotherm LUT any object in the scene with a temperature below 70C will be grayscale anything between 70C and 80C will be colorized with a yellow scale anything between 80C and 90C will be colorized with an orange to red scale and anything above 100C will be colorized solid red 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 49 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Gain Switch Values For cameras with low gain mode there is an auto gain Gain Switch Values feature that will sense when it is saturating in high
37. and is useful for fields like FPA temperature that will be changing with time Camera Select Connect to connect to a camera using the same Emea Tools Help communications parameters that were used previously If connection Connect cannot be established it will ask to retry or open the connection DXELCLIT Select b wizard Select Disconnect to open the COM port that the GUI is occupying and disconnect from the camera This can be useful if using other software to communicate with the camera The Select submenu allows selection of different camera types The type FLIR can be used for Quark Tau 2 Tau and Photon Tools Select Clear Log to clear the log that can be displayed using the mess Help View menu Clear Log Connection Select Connection to open the connection wizard This allows the Settings ability to configure communication settings such as COM Port and baud rate Select Settings to configure the GUI It is possible to configure the GUI to automatically connect at startup using the previous settings allow multiple instances to be open at once or change communication timing parameters 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 18 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Help Open the Camera Controller User Guide in the default pdf viewer The latest version of this document installs in the Program Files directory Select SDK Documentation to view help information for
38. ct to the camera by selecting Tools Connection FLIR Select Control Interface and Device C Ethernet D IPIDevld ma Baud eso vr Connect to the camera using the selected device after dosing the wizard 3 Eau Figure 8 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Connection Window Part 1 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 13 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 4 Select Serial RS 232 select 921600 as the Baud Rate for fastest communication and click Next If there is only one serial communication port on the computer the button will say Finish i FLIR Select Control Interface and Device Select a Control Device on the MSCOMM interface The selected interface has multiple devices available Please select a device Devices COM COMS v Connect to the camera using the selected device after dosing the wizard Cancel Finish Figure 9 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Connection Window Part 2 5 Select the Com port seen in the Device Manager and click Finish The GUI will now automatically connect to the camera and refresh information in the software The status LED will turn green and it will display Connected on the bottom left It is also possible to retrieve the part number and serial number of the camera from this screen Part 468540019H FPN 1 Serial Number 15718 FPA Temp m Par amp 46640019H FPNIX FPA onnerte MSCOMM Ready Size 640x512 k al F
39. cting the Manage Snapshots button the Image Selector window will appear displaying the snapshots sequentially Note that a snapshot must be selected highlighted to enable the buttons at the bottom of the pop up window which allow saving viewing and playing back the stored snapshots For convenience once in the Image Selector window the snapshots can be selected with either a mouse click or the user s arrow keys eS m fi TI Playback View Snap3bmp Snap4 bmp Destinabon Folder OO yi e gt o Z Save Selected View Selected Playback Selected Live Video Close Figure 27 8 bit Snapshot Management The snapshots can be uploaded and saved from the camera to the user s PC or network from the Image Selector window in multiple user convenient manners From the Image Selector window select the 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 40 of 65 F L I IR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide desired snapshot Type in the destination folder or browse to the desired location using the following button Folder Once the destination has been selected and the desired snapshot has been highlighted the snapshot can be saved using the following methods e Select the snapshot and use the Save Selected button from the Image Selector window figure 27 1 e Right click on the snapshot in the Image Selector window and a select Save from the drop down list figure 27 5 e Drag an
40. d drop the selected snapshot from the Image Selector window into the desired location A pop up window with a progress bar will indicate the download status and the window will disappear when the download is complete Similar to saving snapshots there are multiple ways to view a snapshot from the Image Selector window To view a snapshot select the desired snapshot and use one of the following intuitive methods e Select the View Selected button figure 27 2 in the Image Selector window e Right click on the snapshot and select View from the drop down list figure 27 5 e Simply double click on the snapshot A progress bar will appear briefly while the image is being retrieved and then a separate Bitmap Viewer window will open displaying the selected snapshot similar to figure 23 in previous section Note that the snapshot can be saved from the Bitmap Viewer window also in addition to the ways previously mentioned Note that multiple snapshots can be viewed simulataneoulsy each snapshot will appear in its own separate viewer window as shown below Bima p Viewer DX yiBinap Viewer DX Bitmap Viewer a ION Bitmap Viewer EEE Snap1 bmp Snap2 bmp Snap3 bmp Snap4 bmp Figure 28 Multiple Bitmap Viewer windows Playback It is also possible to playback a specific snapshot on the analog video output of the camera From the Image Selector window select the desired snapshot and select the Playback Selected
41. dinate Values The settings use an X Y left tap 320 256 coordinate system with 0 0 Get being at the center of the sensor EE right bottom 320 256 array The upper two numbers marked left top are the pixel coordinates of the upper left corner of the ROI rectangle The lower two numbers marked right bottom define the lower right corner of the ROI rectangle The example to the right shows a full screen ROI for a 640x512 camera The Set button must be clicked for changes to take effect Note The AGC ROI coordinates are static relative to the image orientation If the image in b was inverted then the AGC ROI would still be cropped to exclude the sky in the inverted image and the increased contrast would still be visible on the land portion of the image 5 11 Thermal Tab For cameras that support Spot Meter temperature reading and Isotherm settings the Thermal Tab will appear on the left pane of the GUI This is dynamically determined by the GUI and will not be present for cameras that do not support this functionality FA Tau 2 7 Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Hi Thermal gt Radiometry jj Image Metric Y ad j Status NS 2 Spot Meter Isotherm 3 Mode Setup off Fourth 100 _ Fahrenheit Upper s0 A Celsius Midde 0 Vider Lower 7o sd Digital Thermometer UPS JEnable _ C Temperature 1960 C
42. dow will allow the user to save the images via the Save As button figure 29 2 and view the per pixel 14 bit data via the Data button figure 29 3 Figure 24 b shows per pixel data versus x and y coordinates displayed in the Snapshot Viewer the data may be copied and exported for external use 2 Save As Image Dats Row Col 251 323 s 84559 Value 6548 Min 6485 Max 6865 Ave 6642 Figure 29 Snapshot Viewer 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 42 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Save As Image Data 10 11 12 13 1 ZEN se esos e513 AE IE sso IE IE esie eris es MEI AE IE IE IE es Fes es e510 esos e506 6507 ss EIE IE IE IE IE Er IE IE IE IE IE esu esos e511 EIE IE eos eso IE IE IE MEE ess s509 osve osoz es en es e510 eso es se esi Woo S Value 6533 Min 6485 Figure 30 Snapshot Viewer with digital data 5 9 AGC DDE Tab The AGC tab controls the Automatic Gain Control AGC mode or algorithm along with selectable parameters Parameters for a given mode are contextually made available depending on which mode 1s selected The Region of Interest ROI for the AGC mode is adjustable as well see section 5 10 P FJ Tau 2 7 Camera Controller xX y File View Camera Tools Help 2 FLIR Status AGC Hs NN Enhancements 2 DDE 3 Ors Setup z pid 20 po 100 Auto Auto Presets NOTE A DDE value of 0 is neutral a
43. e or delete that correction Do FFC Erase NVFFC save NVFFC Start GSLM Enable status Shutter less Gain Switch Calibration Tau2 1 was the first release to have radiometry for 640x512 and 336x256 resolution cameras The Tau 2 4 release added low gain to FFC Frame Count 16 fe the 336 and 640 resolution cameras The Tau2 line was able to use auto gain to switch between high and low gain automatically by performing a FFC when switching between gain modes The Tau 2 7 and Quark 2 0 were the first to bring low gain to a 336x256 Quark and shutterless cameras All Tau 2 and Quark 336 cameras have enough storage for two NVFFC maps The Quark 2 0 and Tau 2 7 release have a new feature called Gain Switch Lens Mode and when GSLM is enabled the cameras can now use auto gain to switch into low gain mode without a shutter by having a NVFFC stored for each gain mode and applying the respective NVFFC depending on the gain mode To begin calibration place a black body subtending the entire FoV in front of the camera and press Start to begin the calibration The camera will calculate and store new NVFFCS for each gain mode and after the calibration the GUI will enable the GSLM mode FFC Frame Count The Tau 2 7 Quark 2 0 and later releases support variable FFC frame count integration for FFC calculations The cameras can be set for 4 8 or 16 frame FFC integration durations Certain applications require very short FFC durations of four fram
44. e the center 160 x 120 C Zoom 8x and interpolate to achieve an NTSC output resolution of 640 x 480 E Zoom The Tau 2 1 and Quark 2 0 later releases provide the capability for continuous zoom The user can adjust the zoom with the arrows or enter the desired zoom multiplier in the box provided The maximum zoom is based on the resolution of the camera as described above Pan and Tilt The user may pan left or right and tilt up or down while zoomed The zoom level is a function of the current analog output resolution and defaults to interpolating the center pixels described in the Zoom section above The Pan and Tilt shifts this interpolated window by up to 40 pixels in any of the four directions up down left or right Fine Enabling Fine will limit the Pan and Tilt to 20 pixels in all directions to provide a smaller step in pan tilt on the order of a single pixel Center Pressing the Center button will return the Pan and Tilt coordinates back to the center of the image FFC Warn Time The camera displays an on screen symbol called the Flat Field Imminent Symbol prior to performing an automatic FFC operation See Section 5 3 Use this function to set the number of analog video frames 33ms NTSC 40ms PAL during which the warning will be displayed The time period specified in frames can range from O to 30 000 frames The factory Setting of 60 frames equates to a two second warning in NTSC Setting the FFC Warning to less than 15 tur
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46. effect on the analog NTSC or PAL signal Refer to the appropriate Electrical IDD for information on how to access digital video for LVDS BT 656 and CMOS Note If using a Tau 2 or Quark camera skip ahead to Section 5 6 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 30 of 65 FLIR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FY Tau Camera Controller X File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR JjAnalog Video j Digital Video gt Ethernet Controls gt Image Capture gt Status NYS Camera Type Tau 640x512 2 d P XP Bus Control Setup off _ 14bit Filtered 1 E Ostt 14bitRaw Video XP Bus Output o None 1 656 cmos AGC Advanced Part 43640025H FPNLX FPA Size e Connected MSCOMM Read d Sers 5073 640x512 Figure 22 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Video Tab 1 Camera Type This field displays the camera type that is currently connected to the GUI The active array output displayed is the necessary setting for a frame grabber Camera Digital Output Select the desired digital data format These settings will affect both the LVDS data and the XP Bus data The XP Bus hosts the CMOS or BT 656 data Camera Type Tau 640x512 Camera Digital Qutput O Off e 14 bit Filtered abit 145bitRaw Off The digital data stream coming from the camera is turned off Setting the Digital Output Mode to Off will disable both the LVDS data and digital data available on the XP Bus This
47. era s bad pixel map This will immediately affect the video output Verify that the pixel is being replaced and click Save Bad Pixels to save this change in the camera If the pixels are not being Set Bad Pixels l i save Bad Pixels replaced reset the camera using the Setup Tab to revert back to previous state EE 5 17 Gain Calibration If the lens on a camera is changed it is possible to perform a gain calibration that will compensate for non uniformities in the lens This tab requires access to the Advanced Tab Refer to section 5 14 for instructions Note The Gain Calibration utility only supports Tau and Quark cameras and it does not support Photon cameras 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 61 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FA Tau 2 7 Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Advanced gt AGC DDE gt Bad Pixel Tools gt Gain Calibration Status 2 3 Gain Calibration Setup Select a lens below to load gain and offset terms for the selected lens number Do not toggle quickly between lens number selections 5 Select lens 1 I Video EE GEE EE lt lt S EE Start Restore Gain from Backup save Gain to Camera AGC Status Press start button to begin calibration Instructions for placing the camera in front of hot and cold sources will be given once the Thermal calibration process is started Advanced DC as E Part 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size
48. es to keep objects of interest in the FoV longer and don t mind performing FFCs more frequently while other applications require much less frequent FFCs but don t mind a long FFC duration of 16 frames Supplemental Offset Supplemental Offset Supplemental FFC Calculate and store supplemental offset is a correction term intended to compensate for non uniformity Corrections sart Supplemental Offset Enable that occurs in thermally dynamic scenarios for example at start up or when the camera is rapidly heated cooled The correction is associated with the installed lens and some cameras support terms for up to 2 lenses 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 56 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide For cameras equipped with an internal shutter the correction factor is determined by analyzing the difference between an internal FFC with the shutter and an external FFC through the lens For Tau 2 Quark cameras that do not have a shutter the correction map will be calculated by analyzing the difference between imagery right after start up and that at steady state This capability is not typically required unless the lens is changed after delivery from FLIR To calibrate click the Start button and the Caleulate and store supplemental offset Corrections GUI wil monitor the camera for eee temperature stability Once the test is Next j Place the black body in frontafthe camera and c
49. figurations one option is for the user to provide an external shutter of a known temperature and operate in External FFC mode such that the FFC only occurs on user command For radiometric accuracy the user must change the shutter temperature mode from the automatic mode default to the user mode and specify the temperature of the external shutter Static Without the capability to provide a FFC in run time operation of the camera the static shutter temperature mode for radiometry should be selected The static radiometry mode requires one initial calibration with a black body of a known temperature that stores the associated parameters for radiometric measurements even if no FFC is performed again The static radiometry mode is intended for a shutter less camera operating in external FFC mode although the user is never expected to command FFC in run time with a non volatile FFC NVFFC stored For manually calibrating the static shutter temperature mode the procedure below should be followed All software commands described in the procedure are available in the Camera Controller GUI Shutter less Radiometric Calibration 1 Allow the camera and black body source to reach thermal equilibrium 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 50 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide IR Set the FFC mode to External Set the shutter temperature mode to user mode Set the shutte
50. g Video Tab discussed in section 5 4 of this document Enabling digital zoom for 8 bit LVDS and CMOS outputs requires the camera to use a buffered digital output Note Both LVDS and CMOS buffered 8 bit digital outputs are interpolated up to a 640x512 digital output regardless of the native resolution and use either an output of 30Hz NTSC or 25Hz PAL For 9Hz cameras frames are replicated to reach this frame rate Example A 9Hz 336x256 camera in NTSC using 14 bit output would have a 336x256 digital output at 7 5Hz but switching into the buffered 8 bit digital output would cause the digital output to be 640x512 at 30Hz 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 35 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Note This 8 bit digital E Zoom function is not available in the 14 bit digital output therefore the digital output bus must be configured to 8 bit to access the feature Symbols Enable Tau 2 7 Quark 2 releases and later provide the ability to enable symbol overlay in the digital output that acts identically to the analog symbol overlay Digital symbols require the camera to use a digital colorization as well as a buffered digital output which the GUI enables by first selecting digital Ezoom enabled 14 bit T Linear T Linear is only available with cameras configured with Advanced Radiometry In normal mode with T Linear disabled the Tau camera outputs digital data linear in radiometric flux In T Linear mode the Tau c
51. g allows colors to be produced with 8 bit resolution instead of the traditional 24 bit RGB representation By assigning each pixel a red green or blue value and averaging the neighboring pixel values the color components of the specified pixel can be decoded Multiple filter arrays can be applied to create the encoding 16 bit YCbCr Color The Tau 2 7 Quark 2 0 and later releases also support YCbCr encoding through the XP bus CMOS interface The 16 bit YCbCr output contains both the chrominance upper bits and luminance lower bits for the 8 bit digital color data in a single pixel For more information on YCbCr color encoding view the Tau2 product spec rev 140 8 bit YCbCr Color Double clocked The other YCbCr CMOS option supported in Tau 2 7 Quark 2 0 and later releases is an 8 bit output that is double clocked The order and type of subsampling is selectable and discussed further below XP Bus Output The camera has a set of pins defined as XP that XF Bus Output are configurable by the user These pins can be used for BT 656 data A None CMOS data or discrete I O pins This control allows for configuration Teese of these pins for digital data Refer to the appropriate Electrical IDD B _ CMOS for more information on using these pins and to find timing diagrams for data formats BT 656 The BT 656 parallel output is a common interface which will drive many LCD displays The data is digitally encoded to match the NTSC PAL
52. gain and automatically ri Low Thresh 140 switch into low gain to give more dynamic range When the camera senses EI Low Hi Thresh 420 Sod d that the scene is below a threshold it automatically switches back into high gain always trying to optimize scene dynamic range These thresholds for ure GE os switching between high and low gain can be configured In the example to the right the camera will switch from its normal operating high gain mode to low gain mode when 15 of the AGC ROI is greater than 140C It will not switch back to high gain mode until 95 of the AGC ROI has dropped below 120C It is important to keep separation between threshold values and hysteresis on percent of population to prevent rapid switching between gain modes Note This function uses the active AGC ROI for this calculation Refer to Section 5 10 for information on changing the AGC ROI Radiometry Shutter Mode When the camera performs a flat Radiometry Shutter Mode field correction FFC using the shutter it also adjusts the radiometric offset to match the temperature of the shutter The Auto Static User Tau 2 7 Quark 2 0 and later releases support three different Shutter modes of setting the shutter temperature used to calculate the eae oa e radiometric parameters Auto The camera will use the estimated temperature of the shutter This is the default setting for all Tau and Quark cameras User For shutter less Tau or Quark con
53. ge but will lower the sensitivity When the camera is in Auto Auto Mode it will switch between high and low gain modes based on the gain switch values O Low configured on the Thermal Tab see section Error Reference source not found High Operating Mode The camera will freeze the analog frame imaged when Frozen Opsaing Made is selected Live video will cease and the frozen frame will persist To return the Real Time camera to live video select Real Time video mode Frozen cannot be saved as O Frozen the power on default state Save Settings After using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI to change Camera modes and settings to desired values use the Save Settings button to store the current selections as new power up defaults The next time the camera is powered the camera will remember these saved Settings If the Save Settings button is not clicked any changes made via the FLIR Camera Controller GUI will be valid only for the current session Cycling power to the camera will revert to the previously saved settings Note The Save Settings button applies to changes made anywhere in the GUI not only the Setup Tab Factory Defaults The Factory Defaults button restores the camera s settings to the initial values specified in the FLIR factory To save the factory default settings as the power up defaults first click the Factory Defaults button then click the Save Settings button Reset Camera The Reset Camera button perfor
54. ground Temperature 22 00 AT Thermal Window Temperature 22 00 ir Atmosph Transmission 100 00 Atmosph Temperature 22 00 x Advanced Window Reflection 0 00 Temperature Reflected 22 00 ac in Window Save Settings m Partt 46336001 X FPMNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Read E Seri 43815 338x258 Figure 35 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Radiometry Tab 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 51 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide External Parameters These parameters can be set by the user if the ambient conditions at the time of the Radiometry External Parameters Calibration are different than the presets from the factory i d EE T These are only recommended for advanced users who have Mam based 100 00 Ss knowledge of the parameters in their system In the Tau 2 4 PecereundTemperature 22 00 is Quark 2 0 and later releases there are five new external Window Temperature 22 00 c parameters present on the Radiometry and Image Metric tabs Atmosph Transmission 100 00 n including Window Temperature Atmospheric Transmission Atmosph Temperature 22 00 C Atmospheric Temperature window Reflection and the Window Refection 0 00 Temperature Reflected in Window The defaults values are eee 22 00 if shown to the right Calibration Parameters These are lens specific parameters Calibration Parameters Once these parameters are set for the specific lens gain mode and Select
55. guaranteed to be the optimum values for any particular scenario It is recommended to fine tune settings for preference and scene conditions see section 5 15 Face Definition Manual Parameters Parameters affecting manual AGC mode Manual Parameters Contrast Contrast The contrast gain has a range from 0 to 255 0 co 255 Brightness The brightness offset ranges from 0 to 16383 200 Eee One shot The One shot brightness adjustment button can be used to i cs set the brightness in Manual mode This finds the mean of the 14 bit histogram and sets it as the value for the brightness Fine Fine The fine adjustment narrows the range of the slider to allow the slider to move in finer step sizes allowing for more accurate adjustments in the GUI Enhancements The Tau2 7 and Quark 2 0 releases brought new amp amp s e AGC and image processing algorithms to the FLIR compact core ils lines The new algorithms provide more autonomy of the algorithms 20 b 100 and new empirically found presets have proven to work for typical JVWauseuconente mage wie posiivevaloec wil emarpevhe image use cases More controls are available in the advanced AGC DDE EE oe tab discussed in section 5 15 The presets work for most use cases NEN but not all users have the same definition of good image quality N TN j Avalue of0is ne ral ega ive values will e ively and the three enhancements provided
56. hority of the GNU public license Information about these fonts andthe GNU public license can be found at https www redhat com promo fonts This product is protected by patents design patents patents pending or design patents pending If you have questions that are not covered in this manual or need service contact FLIR Commercial Systems Customer Support at 805 964 9797 for additional information prior to returning a camera This documentation is subject to change without notice Contact your nearest FLIRCommercial Systems Inc representative for instructions on how to This equipment must be disposed of as electronic waste K return the product to FLIR for proper disposal FCC Notice This device is a subassembly designed for incorporation into other products in order to provide an infrared camera function Itis not an end product fit for consumer use When incorporated into a host device the end product will generate use and radiate radio frequency energy that may cause radio interference As such the end product incorporating this subassembly must be tested and approved under the rules of the Federal Communications Commission FCC before the end product may be offered for sale or lease advertised imported sold or leased in the United States The FCC regulations are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference to radio communications See 47 C F R 2 803 and 15 1 et seq Industry Canada Notice This device
57. igure 10 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Status Tab Connected 4 4 Digital Data via Camera Link This section describes digital data acquisition with the Camera Link accessory and assumes that all prior sections have been successfully completed 1 Connect one end of the Camera Link cable to the camera The camera connection is a Mini Camera Link connector and frame grabbers may use either standard or Mini Camera Link It is possible to purchase cables that have mini connectors on both ends or standard on one end with mini on the other The camera must be configured to output CMOS digital data in order for the Camera Link accessory to work This can be done by clicking Video on the left pane of the GUI Digital Video tab on the top and selecting CMOS for the XP Bus Output Select either 14 bit or 8 bit 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 14 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR depending upon preference 8 bit data has the AGC applied and looks similar to the analog video image 14 bit data does not have AGC applied F Tau 2 7 Camera Controller zd Fa File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR r jjAnalog Video gt digital DJ Ethernet Controls gt gt Image Capture Status 2 Camera Type Tau 2 7 640x512 XP Bus Output XP Bus Cantrol 8 hit Digital Channel Colorization Controls ad n pta Setup t None _ Off Bayer Order tms Fm v BT 656 J amp bit uH Ce GR Filter _ BG Fil
58. important to note that the bad pixel kill routine in the GUI only supports Tau and Quark cameras and it does not support Photon cameras 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 59 of 65 FLIR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide The bad pixel kill procedure involves taking a snapshot of a scene that clearly shows the bad pixel A recommended procedure is to set the FFC mode to manual wait for the temperature to drift and then image a uniform scene Refer to section 5 8 for information on Image Capture procedure Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help FLIR g Status Take Snapshot Snapshots aretaken sequentially 2 des Setup Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot I EE Alcamerasnapshotsare erased Do not Erase Snapshots cycle camera poweruntil this operation Video completes E j EET Kill Pixel List AGC Remove Sele Row Column Esos Pixel s r Set Bad Pixels Remove All Pixels TS 1 Thermal fom the list Save Bad Pixels c 1i Manual Entry CAR Populate the List Row Column From a File po TC Advanced Add Parti 48336001 X FPHLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Read Sent 43815 338x258 Figure 39 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Bad Pixel Elimination Once a snapshot is captured it will open a window similar to the Snapshot Viewer in Image Capture but there is an additional pane on the right that shows a reticle with a zoomed subframe Use the arrow keys to fine
59. ith simple hardware modifications it is possible to route communications through the Camera Link interface rather than through USB It is also possible to access the Tau camera s external sync channel on the Camera Link accessory through appropriate modification Please consult a FLIR representative for details on these modifications 5 The FLIR Camera Controller GUI allows for control of the Tau camera but does not support Camera Link frame capture and so third party software must be used The ImperX frame grabber 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 15 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide includes FrameLink Express software that allows for recording single or multiple images BMP JPG TIF and RAW as well as standard AVI clips Configuration requires selecting 1 TAP L gt R for the tap reconstruction selecting the same bit depth that was chosen in the FLIR Camera Controller GUI in step 2 and clicking Learn to discover the number of digital pixels available 6 Click Apply and Start Grab Manufacturer Model 2 Description Alias Camera resolution Tap reconstruction Pre valid valid Post valid 1 F Swap tan Width pixels 0 640 Hm 0 TL Height ines 0 512 Ha Strobes Video Type Camera bit depth ore D 8 Mono O8 O1i Omne Ignore DVAL amp Monochrome Packed IMS E invert DVAL Bayer Ee Bayer start linvertLVAL RGB iG R E Invert FVAL CMYG Figure 12 Im
60. launched before the cable was connected close the GUI connect the cable and then re launch the GUI e The Baud rate must be set in the Tools Connection dialog box The Tau camera supports Baud rates of 57600 and 921600 The Tau camera automatically detects if the Baud Rate of the first incoming message is either 57600 or 921600 and will communicate at that Baud Rate until reset e The Port may be occupied by another application Shut down any other applications that may be using the port Also multiple instances of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI Program can be instantiated using different ports so be sure the camera that is interested in being controlling is actually connected to the physical port that was verified in the Device Manager in Section 3 2 step 5 e Verify that the camera is powered by checking that the camera is producing an image on an analog monitor On cameras with a shutter installed listen for the sound of the FFC at startup There will be a clicking sound as the shutter is moved in and out of the field of view in the first 5 seconds after power is applied e Ifthe GUI says SWIR Camera Controller on the top try to use Camera Select to select LWIR MWIR rather than SWIR If this option is not present the GUI will need to uninstall using the Windows Uninstall utility via the Windows Control Panel and delete the Program Files directory C Program Files x86 Flir Systems Camera Controller GUI The latest NET Framework will a
61. le viewing the video image will provide familiarity Remember to click the Save Settings button on the Setup Tab to save the LUT settings as the default at power up oa Isotherm LUTs Updated Isotherm LUTs were introduced with the v Enable Q c Tau 2 4 release The applied LUT is changed when Isotherms are enabled on the Thermal Tab see section 5 11 for more details Polarity Palette Polarity Palette In Tau 2 4 and later the Isotherms have an updated EN Mw 7 drop down menu that has the associated names in it with an attached Iso to help distinguish between which state the Isotherms are in Ironbow WhiteHotlso Isotherm LUT Scale The camera detects and images the temperatures FF ironbowBlackHotlso in a given scene Within the camera these temperatures are mapped sepialso as determined by the AGC algorithm selected to a range of 0 to 255 values In WhiteHotIso mode this range is converted to shades of gray with O being totally black and 127 being totally white The first 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 28 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR Isotherm temperatures are mapped to 128 to 175 the second Isotherm temperatures are mapped to 176 to 223 and the third Isotherm temperatures are mapped to 224 to 255 The two MidRangelso LUTs scale 0 to 127 for the first half of the gray scale then the first two Isotherm values use 128 to 175 to map yellow and then the scale continues on in g
62. lens 1 the number of blackbodies the camera is ready for a Radiometry SelectGainMode Hich Calibration Number of Blackbodies 1 Lens F Number 1 40 Lens Transmission 83 00 A Blackbody Calibration These are the two forms of Radiometry Calibrations used in the field after cameras Start Abort leave the factory y Blackbody 1 Temperature E Single Blackbody This requires one blackbody with a known temperature Two Blackbody Calibration This requires two blackbodies with known temperatures with a st j oAbot minimum temperature difference of 20 degrees Blackbody 1Temperature 20 C Celsius Blackbody 2 Temperature ag le Save Settings This allows the settings for the External and Calibration Parameters as well as the Radiometry Calibration for an individual lens to persist through a power cycle Note Using the Save Settings button on this tab will also save any other settings on any other tab that have been changed Be sure that the settings that have been chosen are the final settings desired 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 52 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR 5 13 Image Metric Tab For cameras that support Advanced Radiometry the Image Metric Tab will appear on the Thermal Tab of the GUI This is dynamically determined by the GUI and will not be present for cameras that do not support this functionality f Tau 2 Camera Cont
63. lick Next passed it will prompt for a uniform target to be placed in front of the camera Click Next Wait for the calibration to complete Check the enable box and save settings on the Setup Tab to make this power cycle persistent For more information on Supplemental FFC refer to the Application Note on Supplemental FFC Splash Screen It is possible to Camera Updates load a custom 256 color bitmap splash Soeen Number 1 for display in the analog video Load Splash Screen N BT 656 output at start up Refer e to the Application Note on Splash Splash Sereen Dwell Time seconds 3 Set Screens for more information E Tau 2 Quark cameras support dynamically changing the dwell time with the Set button This will apply the dwell time to the splash screen number specified Erasing the Splash Screen on a Tau 2 Quark camera will result in a black Splash Screen with a 2 second dwell time Camera Configuration This is Camera Configuration used to load pcf files into the camera that can perform a wide SSS variety of functions such as vee updating firmware and or software loading splash screens loading Discrete I O Reset Camera files or loading different symbology files Refer to the Application Note written to address the individual topic of interest for more information 5 15 AGC DDE advanced Tab The Tau2 7 and Quark 2 0 releases brought new AGC and image
64. ll have a temperature difference of 20 C and will be in the approximate temperature range that the camera will typically be imaging It is best to flood the aperture of the lens so that the blackbody is all the camera can see Click Capturel and keep the hot source in front of the camera until prompted to remove it 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 62 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide It will now prompt for a cold blackbody to be placed in front of the camera Flood the aperture with a cold blackbody and click Capture2 It will take some time to capture and then it will calculate the new gain and perform an FFC The correction terms will then be enabled and the quality of the image must be assessed Keep the camera pointed at the blackbody until this step is complete so that it can use the blackbody for an External FFC 1f the camera is not equipped with an internal shutter At this point the gain is stored in the camera s DRAM and has not been saved to non volatile memory Assess the image using an analog monitor to ensure that the calibration was performed correctly If an analog monitor is unavailable go to the Video gt Image Capture tab to take and retrieve a snapshot see section 5 7 It is a good idea to first Erase Snapshots to ensure that the new capture is saved in buffer 1 If the calibration is not satisfactory reset the camera to return to the previous gain map and start again FJ Tau 2 Camera
65. lor This enables Bayer encoding mentioned above in the XP Bus digital output section 8 bit Digital Channel Colorization Controls The order of bitDiaital Channel Colorization subsampling and encoding in the 8 bit digital color outputs are user eee Colorization Enable selectable i 7 GR Filter BG Filter Bayer Order The Bayer order is software selectable with the following options GR GB BG and RG The order is defined by the top two pixels from left to right in the O cp Filter RG Filter pattern Below is an example of a GR pixel ce Le EIN YCbCr Sub sampling The type of sub sampling is user selectable through the software and can be 422 centered or 422 cosited YCbCr Order The order of luminance and chrominance is user selectable through software with either chrominance first CbYCrY or luminance first YCbY Cr 8 bit Digital Channel Options Tau 2 4 Quark 2 releases and later provide more options in the 8 bit digital color than just colorization Digital E Zoom Tau 2 1 later Tau2 releases provide the continuous 8 bit Digital Channel Options electronic zoom capability in analog video The Tau 2 4 Quark 2 and later releases includes the selectable option to apply the E Zoom Digital EZoom Enable feature to the 8 bit digital output The user can adjust the zoom with Symbols Enable the arrows or enter the desired zoom multiplier in the box provided on the Analo
66. lso need to downloaded and installed from Microsoft http www microsoft com net download It is best to use the client profile from the web Once this is updated install the Camera Controller GUI and use Camera Select to select FLIR rather than SWIR If serial communication cannot be initiated with the camera after verifying these items refer to the frequently asked questions FAQ at http www flir com cvs cores faqs tau all Additionally a FLIR Applications Engineer can be contacted at 888 747 FLIR 888 747 3547 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 17 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 5 0 Operation of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI This section describes operation of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI and explains adjustments that can be made to the camera 5 1 Menu Bar The FLIR Camera Controller GUI has a classic menu bar where drop down menus are displayed FA Tau Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Figure 14 FLIR Camera Controller Menu Bar File The file menu has the option to Exit This will close the GUI and File view Camera To can also be performed by clicking the x on the top right corner Exit View Select Log to display a log at the bottom of the GUI This does MEM camera Tools Help not display all commands sent to the camera but rather displays connection information Click Refresh to refresh the GUI This can also be done with the F5 function key on a keyboard
67. ms a soft reset that restarts the camera software Test Pattern A Test Pattern mode is provided to adjust display properties and or for diagnostic purposes for example to verify the core is providing a valid output The Test Pattern mode will not persist over a power cycle Off No test pattern is provided in this mode This is the normal operation mode 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 23 of 65 F L J R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Ramp In this mode the test pattern shown below and in the Color LUT section that follows is provided at the analog and digital data channels Pix 0 0 0 gt lt Pix 639 0 639 P1x 383 25 216383 Pix 384 25 0 Figure 17 Ramp test pattern example for Top Portion of Ramp Image Digital values shown apply to the optional 14 bit digital data stream The above ramp pattern repeats 19 times in the complete 640 x 512 image For a 320 x 256 resolution camera the pattern will repeat 4 times Note The ramp test pattern is intended primarily for verifying the output of the digital data channel The pattern will not necessarily look as shown above when displayed on an analog video monitor particularly if an Automatic Gain Control AGC mode other than Automatic is selected The above image is a horizontal slice of the full displayed image l Scratch Pad Scratch Pad Tau2 cameras support an internal scratch pad that can be used to save notes in the field for testing
68. n 0 255 will effectively increasecontrast by making dark regions darker AGC Filter ea 0 255 P MA Tail Rejection h 0 10 Information Threshold Automatic AGC presets E 0 x 255 pE east ET Part 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected Ready dame 640x512 Figure 38 FLIR Camera Controller GUI AGC DDE Advanced AGC Modes There are four legacy AGC modes including Manual and Linear AGC discussed in section 5 9 The controls for linear AGC mode are adjustable by entering the value in the Automatic Parameters section ITT Mean sets gray scale midpoint and Max Gain AGC gain Once Bright In this mode the brightness will be set once when the mode is selected The brightness level is calculated as the mean of the current scene when the Once Bright button is selected The scene is mapped to the analog video using a linear transfer function Image contrast can be adjusted by the Contrast slider This is the only user adjustable parameter Upon entry into the once bright mode the currently stored value of contrast is applied i e the power on defaults or the last saved values Auto Bright In this mode the brightness level is calculated as the mean of the current scene just as in Once Bright mode The difference with Auto Bright is that the values selected for the start and end of the linear transfer function are automatically updated in real time not only at the start of AGC mode selection The Brightness Bias offsets the di
69. n below provides the ability to configure the camera s analog output F Tau 2 7 Camera Controller m File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR amt ag aa veo gt ret Consol ine Gir Status 2 Orientation Polarity Palette FFC sy E Invert Flip the image vertically i 1 __ Revert Flip the image horizontally WhiteHot eo EE Setup N Pan amp Zoom E J e Unzoom Q Zoom 4x Video On Off kac Video Zoom2x C Zoom 8x 9on Oof Color L Monochrome E Video Standard 1x E Zoom 8x a 7 Frame Rate jx EZoom Value 1x 8x 1 00 am m RS NOTE Perform an FFC after v 30 Hz making a changetothe Video Frame Averaged Video Pan o0 EE Save ee n Er tton on the Setup pane for e 60H EE power on defaults to take effect Le Averager Bypass ed Advanced mm Analog Symbology 40 40 Symbols Enable Connected MSCOMM Ready ess 66640001X FPNLX E Ser 55556666 sal Figure 18 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Analog Video Tab Image Orientation Mode Two Image Orientation mode cence selections are provided Select one or both to change the _ Invert Flip the image vertically orientation of the video image __ Revert Flip the image horizontally Invert The normal image 1s flipped vertically The pixel on the upper left corner of the detector array is displayed on the lower left corner of the video display in Invert mode This is the recommended mode when the core images the scene via a vertical fold mirror or when the camer
70. nalog video and mounting screws USB Cable VPC Module Video Cable r Socket head cap screws M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm Figure 3 Quark Camera and VPC Module Accessory Kit 4 0 Connecting to the Camera This section describes installation of necessary software physical camera connections and software connection to the camera 4 1 FLIR Camera Controller GUI The FLIR Camera Controller GUI provides communication between a PC and a Tau camera using either the USB interface or some other means of serial communication 1 Computers with an older version of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI should first uninstall it using the Windows Uninstall utility via the Windows Control Panel before proceeding with this installation 2 The newest version of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI can be found at the following URL http www flir com cvs cores resources software tau 3 Click on the link to download the GUI and save it to the desired computer Extract the file using WinZip or other software This can typically be done by right clicking on the zip file and selecting Extract 5 Open the directory where the saved file is and double click setup exe 6 Walk through the installation steps 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 10 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 7 When the primary installation is completed a message will prompt to install Silicon Laboratories drivers This portion of the installation is necessary fo
71. nd will have no effect Negative Li Values will softenthe image while positivevalues will sharpen the am image Video ACE Active Contrast Enhancement 3 Manual Parameters amp Contrast iss _ i E NOTE Avalue of Ois neutral Negative values will effectively 0 1 255 decrease contrast by making dark regions lighter and positive values 1a will effectively increasecontrast by making darkregions darker Brightness Thermal SSO Smart Scene Optimization ES 0 BET 16383 pum FEE Advanced 0 15 100 NOTE Higher values increase linearity Fine Part 66640001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Ready Sent 640x512 A d Figure 31 FLIR Camera Controller GUI AGC Tab 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 43 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide AGC algorithms take 14 bit data and create a transfer function to create 8 bit data that can be displayed on a monitor allowing up to 256 shades of grey on a monochrome image Note The default mode Automatic along with the default parameter settings for the Automatic AGC mode have been proven to offer the best image quality for generalized scene imaging It may be possible to tune the AGC to achieve a better image for a given scenario Also be aware that it is possible to make AGC adjustments that will configure the camera to produce no 8 bit image all black or all white Restoring the Factory Defaults on the Setup Tab will return the camera to it
72. ns off the warning Video On Off This feature allows the ability to turn off the analog video output which will result in power savings approximately 75mW Video Standard Choose the video standard for the system the camera will be used in It is necessary to perform an FFC after changing the video standard This can be done using the Do FFC button on the Setup Tab Changing the video standard affects the operating frame 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Pan amp Zoom JUnzoom amp J Zoom 4x i _ Zoom 2x i Zoom 8x 1x EzZoom 8x EZoom Value 1x 8x 1 7 40 Pan 0 0 Fine Center Bi AO 40 JU FFC FFC Warning 69 Frames Video On Off a Pa E ie On Lal Off Video Standard NTSC CO PAL Page 26 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide rate of the camera in both the analog and digital output Averager Some FLIR cameras are equipped with a 60Hz sensor This Frame Rate control will not be present for cameras that do not support this Te eae l feature In averager enabled mode the core performs automatic EE smart averaging of pairs of frames from the detector array to 60 Hz achieve a 30Hz NTSC or runs the sensor at 50Hz and averages to ME ONE Averager Bypass ed achieve 25Hz PAL The averager operation is designed to reduce blur by only averaging a given pixel s output if the difference from one frame to the next is small
73. nting Spectral Response Optical Interface for lens design and others Quark Product Specification 102 PS241 40 Product specification and feature description There is also a large amount of information in the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ section on the FLIR website http www flir com cvs cores knowledgebase Additionally a FLIR Applications Engineer can be contacted at 888 747 FLIR 888 747 3547 2 0 Unpacking the Camera When unpacking the camera please heed customary electrostatic discharge ESD sensitive device precautions including static safe work station and proper grounding The camera is placed in a conductive anti static bag to protect from electrostatic discharge damage and safely packaged to prevent damage during shipping Disassembling the camera can cause permanent damage and will void the warranty Operating the camera outside of the specified input voltage range or the specified operating temperature range can cause permanent damage The camera back is not sealed Avoid exposure to dust and moisture The camera contains electrostatic discharge sensitive electronics and should be handled appropriately 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 7 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 3 0 Basic Accessories The Tau Camera can be simply used with either the VPC Module Accessory FLIR PN 421 0039 00 or the Camera Link Module Accessory FLIR PN 421 0046 00 The Quark camera can be used with the Q
74. perx FrameLink Express Software Camera Parameters Window 7 Note If the image appears to have very little contrast the output is likely in 14 bit mode If that is the intended setting use the histogram feature in the frame grabber software to change the display range Otherwise set the Tau camera to 8 bit Digital Output Mode and the frame grabber to 8 bit capture mode Click Apply in the frame grabber software The camera will now use its built in AGC functionality that is accessible from the AGC tab in the FLIR Camera Controller GUI 4 5 Troubleshooting the FLIR Camera Controller GUI If the FLIR Camera Controller GUI does not link with the camera there might be a popup shown below which indicates that the GUI has not been able to communicate with the camera Connect Failed x Could not connect to the camera Do you want to display the connection wizard Yes Na Retry Figure 13 FLIR Camera Controller Error Message If this 1s the case verify the following e The USB Cable is properly connected to both the computer and the Accessory Module so that there is a green LED illuminated on the accessory 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 16 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide e Verify the proper port was selected if it was not detected automatically Select Advanced then Next in the Tools Connection dialog box Also try disconnecting and then re connecting the cable to the PC If the GUI was
75. processing algorithms to the FLIR compact core lines With the arrival of the new AGC the automation of the algorithm has been increased and presets defined on the standard AGC DDE tab cover more user situations than ever before Nearly 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 57 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR every use case will be optimized through the auto presets and adjusting the enhancements of DDE ACE and SSO The advanced AGC DDE tab is for users who prefer alternative AGC methods such as Auto Bright or Once Bright or have an atypical use case and would like to further dial in their AGC FA Tau 2 7 Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help 2 FLIR ad q Status AGC Modes Linear Parameters Enhancements Dynamic DDE 3 O once Bright Manual Contrast EE EE Setup auto Bright C Linear Histogram m y c 10 100 0 255 E T 1 NOTE A DDE value of 0 is neutral and will haveno effect Negative EA pad Values will softenthe image while f Auto Auto w Info Based Brightness positive values will sharpen the Video pa image O Information Based S 0 EE 16383 ACE Threshold Automatic Parameters LEE EE AGC i E 8 880 fis 0 100 Brightness Bias 3 4 Plateau Value 240 0 4095 R NOTE A value of 0 is neutral Negative values will effectively ITT Mean 127 0 255 255 BI 255 decrease contrast by making dark Thermal regions lighter and positive values Max Gain i
76. r GUI User s Guide FLIR F Tau Camera Controller FI x Fie View Camera Tools Help SFLIR F i Status 1 3 i Setup ee Take Snapshot Snapshots 1 2 aretaken sequentially NOTE m h ifthe buffers are full existing snapshots must be K EA erased before new snapshots can be taken Video Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot Number 1 EI AGC SE LITIAKJI Erase S nis All camera snapshots are erased CAUTION ase Snapsh Do notcyclecamera hard orsoftreset until this 3 completes Advanced eee Reset Camera Parts 43840025H FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM i m Ser 5073 et Figure 24 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Video Capture Tab Take Snapshot Takes snapshots sequentially It is possible to take multiple snapshots to be retrieved at a later time Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot is retrieved and a new window is opened to display the captured snapshot 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 37 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide FLIR Save As Image Data Row Col 114 353 73313 Value6089 Min 32739 Max 32762 Ave 7115 Sigma 2839 329 Figure 25 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Snapshot Viewer Snapshot Viewer Image information such as minimum and maximum value is given in 14 bit values but the image displayed has a plateau histogram equalization applied and is displayed as 8 bit Save As Used to save the image to the computer being used A new
77. r temperature to the temperature of the black body source Perform an FFC with the black body covering the entire field of view and verify the spot meter reading now matches the temperature of the black body Save the NVFFC Set the shutter temperature mode to static mode Save the settings Reset the camera and verify the spot meter reading continues to match the temperature of the black body p ue ee E EL 5 12 In Tau 2 1 Quark 2 releases and later cameras that support Spot Meter temperature reading and Isotherm settings the Radiometry Tab will appear on the Thermal Tab in the GUI This is dynamically determined by the GUI and will not be present for cameras that do not support this functionality The Radiometry Tab is used for radiometry calibrations in the field Radiometry Tab FI Tau 2 Camera Controller 7 7 Status Radiometric Calibration Calibration Parameters To conduct a radiometric calibration firstselect the a E 1 number of blackbodies that will be used during the Select Lens calibration Next press the Start button and follow the bom instructions displayed inthe status field below Setup Select Gain Mode High dad Number of Blackbodies 1 Lens F Number 1 40 Start Abort rie Lens Transmission 83 00 ens irarnsrmissi 3 1 ME n b Blackbody 1 Temperature C External Parameters Target Emissivity 100 00 Yo Window Transmission 100 00 Uo Calibration Status Read Back
78. r using a USB connection to the camera 8 The program will install to Start All Programs FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI 4 2 Physical Connection This section describes physical connections to the camera and assumes that either the VPC or Camera Link Accessory Module is being used with the camera 1 Plug the accessory directly into the rear of the camera There is a white 50 pin connector that will mate Use the included socket head cap screws to secure the expansion board to the camera These will insert on either side of the 50 pin connector The VPC module uses M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm screws and the Camera Link module uses M1 6 x 0 35 x 8 mm screws Using longer screws could damage the camera 2 Connect the analog video cable to the VPC or Camera Link Module on the back of the Tau Camera There is an MCX mini coaxial connector on the back of the accessories The opposite end of the cable has a standard coaxial connector Connect this to the video input of an analog monitor It may be necessary to use a BNC Female to Phono Plug RCA Adapter These are readily available at electronics stores and allow the camera to be connected to the standard yellow video input on a monitor Figure 4 BNC to RCA Adapter 3 Connect the USB mini B cable to the VPC Module or the Camera Link Module and the USB A end to the computer If sound is enabled on the computer a chime will sound and a notification that the device has been connected will pop up
79. ray scale until reaching the max value of 255 WhiteHotlso 128 Gray Scales 48 Isotherm 1 Scales 48 sotherm 2 Scales EC N 32 Isotherm 3 Scales T Figure 20 Isotherm LUT Scale Example Options show each of the LUTSs that map to the 256 bits available to represent a pixel starting with the upper left WhiteHotlso BlackHotlso Fusionlso Rainbowlso Glowbolso IronbowWhiteHotlIso IronbowBlackHotlso Sepialso MidRangeWhiteHotlIso MidRangeBlackHotlso IceFirelso RainbowHighContrastIso GreenHotIso and RedHotlso With Isotherms enabled and appropriate thresholds set select one of these LUTs from the pull down menu to view the image displayed using the LUT desired The setting of the Polarity LUT mode will not affect the CMOS or LVDS digital data output for releases prior to Tau 2 4 With the Tau 2 4 release 8 bit digital color can be enabled on the Digital Video Tab see section 5 6 Cold WhiteHotIso Cold BlackHotlso Fusionlso Cold Rainbowlso 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 29 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Cold Glowbolso Cold IronbowWhiteHotIso Cold IronbowBlackHotlIso Sepialso Hot Cold MidRangeWHIso MidRangeBHIso IceFirelso Cold RainbowHClso RedHotIso Cold GreenHotIso Figure 21 Look Up Table Options with Isotherms 5 5 Digital Video Tab for Tau 1 X The camera offers digital output that can be configured in four modes Changing these modes will have no
80. roller IX File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Thermal Radiometry Status 2 External Parameters View most recent NE Target Emissivi 100 00 3 snapshot ge ty Window Transmission 100 00 Setup Take a bitmap snapshot Background Temperature 22 00 AT Gl Window Temperature 22 00 C Restore the default o Video image Atmosph Transmission 100 00 NOTE For complete Atmosph Temperature 22 00 c 1 LE snapshot control view delete etc usethe Window Reflection 0 00 96 AGC Video gt Image Capture pane Temperature Reflected 22 90 C in Window ata Image Metric ROI Coordinate Values Image Metrics Thermal gt Units Left Top X Y 1 1 Min Coords X Y 1 1 Min 114 70 O d Right Bottom X Y 1 Max Coords X Y 1 Max 14 80 E fo C cz Cartesian Coordinates Cartesian Coordinates Ave 14 70 x StdDev 0 10 QF Set Restore Defaults Get P Part 46336001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Bitmap read complete E E Ser 43815 336x256 Figure 36 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Image Metric Tab External Parameters These are the same parameters on the Radiometry Tab See section 5 12 for more information Window Editor Use the mouse to drag the green ROI rectangle to any location on the FPA The size of the View most recent ROI rectangle in pixels is displayed opens To change the size of the ROI Se
81. s factory default state AGC Modes There are three standard AGC algorithms for Image ACModes Optimization There is an Application Note available on the web that Manual describes in more detail how to tune the AGC EE Auto Auto Presets Automatic This is the most sophisticated algorithm and for most imaging situations the best all around choice This factory default along with the default parameter settings should be used in general imaging situations In Automatic image contrast and brightness are optimized automatically as the scene varies This mode provides an AGC which is based on a histogram equalization algorithm This algorithm analyzes the scene content in real time and redistributes the dynamic range of the scene The goal of this redistribution is that every one of the 255 bins of display dynamic range has an equal number of pixels in it This method tends to give better scene contrast under conditions where the scene statistics are bimodal for example a hot object imaged in a cold background It should be noted that the heat range in a given scene is not divided evenly across the grey levels sent to be displayed Instead the AGC algorithm analyzes the scene and distributes the dynamic range to best preserve statistical scene content populated regions of the histogram and display a redistributed scene representation Manual In this mode image Contrast gain and Brightness level are entered completely manually vi
82. s will not output any digital data This results in a power savings of 1OmW 8 bit Data is provided after application of the current Automatic Gain Control AGC and Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE The 8 bit data is essentially a digital version of the same data provided on the analog video channel but CMOS data does not include symbology With the Tau 2 4 release LUTs and digital E Zoom are user selectable 14 bit Filtered Data is provided prior to video processing modes in XP Bus Control the 8 bit data described above The 14 bit data is the filtered data to ng include bad pixel replacement This data may appear to have very low p contrast when saving 16 bit TIFF files use post processing to reduce C amp bit the dynamic range 14 bit Filtered FO is r 8 bit Bayer Color The Tau 2 core provides up to 15 user selectable 8 bit Bayer Color palettes also referred to as look up tables or LUTs For the Tau 2 0 16 bit YCbCr Color and 2 1 releases the palette selection applies to the analog and BT 656 8 bit YCbCr Color output data For the Tau 2 4 release and later the palette selection double clocked 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 33 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide applies to the analog BT 656 output data and is software selectable for the 8 bit CMOS and LVDS output data With the digital colorization mode enabled the 8 bit digital data is colorized via Bayer encoding Bayer encodin
83. sesse ss ee ee 43 Figure 32 FLIR Camera Controller GUL ROU Tab irit sd se e se de o abd ce doo De e 46 lard i vote ke AGC ROLE di ER EE 47 Figure 34 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Thermal Tab cee ee 48 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 4 of 65 FLIR FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Figure 35 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Radiometry Tab sesse sesse ee 51 Figure 36 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Image Metric Tab sesse sesse ee ee 53 Figure 37 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Advanced Tab esses eene 55 Figure 38 FLIR Camera Controller GUI AGC DDE Advanced cesses 58 Figure 39 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Bad Pixel Elimination eese 60 Figure 40 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Gain Calibration Tab eee 62 Figure 41 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Image Capture sese 63 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 5 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 1 0 Document 1 1 Revision History Version Date Comments 11 2 2011 Initial Release corresponding with GUI version 1 0 0 92 6 4 2013 Update for Tau 2 4 Release with GUI version 1 0 0 106 5 9 2013 Update for Tau 2 7 Release with GUI version 1 0 0 111 1 2 Scope The FLIR Camera Controller GUI is freely distributed software that is used to configure and control FLIR camera cores such as
84. splayed image in intensity Upon entry into the auto bright mode the currently stored values of Contrast and Brightness Bias are applied i e The power on defaults or the last saved values 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 58 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Automatic Parameters Used for fine tuning the Automatic and Automatic Parameters Linear Histogram Information Based and Auto AGC modes sso 15 05 100 SSO Smart Scene Optimization described in section 5 9 can Plateau Value 240 0 4095 range HOM 0 to 100 percent ane has an effect on auto and Te 127 0 255 information based AGC algorithms Max Gain 8 0 255 Plateau Value The plateau ranges from 0 to 4095 and AGC Filter 64 0 255 effects automatic and information based AGC modes TailRejection 1 09 109 ITT Mean The ITT mean ranges from O to 255 and effects M Automatic AGC presets automatic information based and linear AGC modes 0 B Max Gain The Max Gain ranges from 0 to 255 and effects automatic linear and information based AGC modes AGC Filter The AGC filter ranges from 0 to 255 and effects all dynamic AGC modes and determines how fast the AGC is allowed to change when the scene changes A value of being the slowest update rate a value of 255 being the quickest update rate and zero causing no updates Tail Rejection Tail Rejection ranges from 0 to 10 percent and affects all dynamic AGC modes by not
85. ter wj cmos 14bit Filtered ed de e GB Filter RG Filter Video 3 k 8 bit Bayer Color iz 8 bit Digital Channel Options P _ 16 bit YCbCr Color Ex H YCbCr Sub sampling Digital EZoom Enable O 8 hit YCbCr Color AGE Hi 4 J Ja m Faas E C Symbols Enable ed e 422 Center Q 422 Cosited LVDS Control spo YCbCr Order Tema 14 bit T Linear of __ T Linear Enable O esit es cbycry vcbycr A EX ix A n rar FO a pd add High Resolution Le 8 bit Bayer Color EEEE Part 66640001 FPNLX FPA Size Connected MS5COMM Ready T exe 640x512 Figure 11 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Tab 3 Once these changes are made it is a good idea to save settings to make them power cycle persistent This can be done on the Setup Tab by clicking the Save Settings button 4 The digital data complies with Base Camera Link standards and will be compatible with most off the shelf Camera Link frame grabbers FLIR has tested the ImperX FrameLink Express frame grabber http imperx com frame grabbers framelink express and the Matrox Solios Camera Link frame grabber http www matrox com imaging en products frame_grabbers solios solios_ecl_xcl_b It is important to note that this module provides access to digital data only and the other portions of the Base Camera Link specifications are not met Camera control external frame sync and power through the Camera Link connector are not supported W
86. the Electrical IDD for more information on using these pins TN and to find timing diagrams for data formats ad BT 656 The BT 656 parallel output is a common interface which will drive many LCD displays The data is digitally encoded to match the NTSC PAL video and will have AGC DDE symbols and color included This data is only available in 8 bits CMOS The CMOS interface is a parallel output that allows the user to access 8 bit AGC corrected data or 14 bit data Changing the data format in the Camera Digital Output section will affect the CMOS data None The XP Bus will not output any digital data This results in a power savings of 1OmW Note Enabling digital data on the XP Bus will disable the use of many of the Discrete I O functions 5 6 Digital Video Tab for Tau 2 Quark The camera offers digital output that can be configured Changing these modes will have no effect on the analog NTSC or PAL signal Refer to the appropriate Electrical IDD for information on how to access digital video for LVDS BT 656 and CMOS Tau 2 and Quark cameras support setting bit depth of the CMOS and LVDS data channels separately previous FLIR cameras set the bit depth simultaneously The FLIR Camera Controller GUI will automatically detect the camera type that is connected and display the proper settings When the FLIR Camera Controller GUI is connected to a Tau 2 7 or Quark 2 0 camera the Digital Video Tab will be displayed as follows 102 P
87. the Photon SDK that can be used with Tau Tau 2 Quark Quark 2 and Photon The SDK does not install with the GUI but must be purchased separately Select About Camera Controller to open a separate window with version information for the GUI and the camera About The GUI Framework is the version of the GUI The Main App is the software version of the camera The version in the example is v15 20 15 9 The firmware is v15 22 14 12 Click Details to view versions for each individual dll in the GUI 5 2 Status Tab Camera Controller User Guide SDE Documentation About Camera Controller FX About Camera Controller Copyright 2012 FLIR System all rights reserved Camera type Tau 2 7 GUI Framework v1 0 0 111 GUI Tau 2 7 v2 0 1 7 Photon SDK v7 2 2 0 FLIR Proprietary IMAIN APP 15 20 15 Build 9 IFIRMWARE 15 22 14 Build 12 Details When the FLIR Camera Controller GUI successfully links to the camera the window shown below will be visible At the bottom of the application window there is the Camera and FPA status The GUI provides six tabs allowing for camera control as described below 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 19 of 65 FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Status Status a System Status Setup Ready Thermal Advanced Part Number 85540001X FPNLX Serial Number FPA Temp C Partt 65640001X FPNLX FPA Size Connected MSCOMM Ready es 640x512 Figure 15 FL
88. the camera will load this correction at startup and will resume normal operation after five seconds Note FLIR recommends using the factory default values for the two automatic FFC parameters if possible These values were selected to maintain a high degree of image quality over all camera operating conditions Automatic mode is not recommended for shutterless configurations because there is no assurance that the core will be imaging a uniform source when it initiates an automatic FFC Manual In Manual FFC mode the camera does not perform FFC automatically based on specified values of temperature change or expired time The FFC will be performed once upon startup if there is no saved NVFFC then again using the internal shutter whenever they do FFC button is clicked If there is an NVFFC saved this will be loaded at startup When transitioning across camera temperatures of 0 C 40 C and 65 C a Do FFC command is recommended in order to maintain image quality External In External FFC mode a uniform source must be placed in front of the camera This feature is useful if there are lens or lens mount non uniformities that are not corrected by an internal FFC The camera will not perform an FFC process on startup but it will load a saved NVFFC if present Many customers have found that the palm of their hand or a table is an adequate uniform source to perform an External FCC The camera displays an on screen symbol called the Flat Field Imminent
89. tton 5 8 2 Tau 2 1 and Later Releases The Tau 2 1 release introduced the option to capture download playback and manage 8 bit snapshots FI Tau 2 Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR ad E T Status 3 Snapshot Type Bmp A Setup EEEE Take Snapshot Snapshots 1 2 aretaken sequentially NOTE Ifthe buffers are full existing snapshots must be x erased before new snapshots can be taken Video Manage Snapshots EE ag aca bitmap Fi EE er AGC ____ _ ___ T Erase Snapshot All camera snapshots are erased CAUTION TER Do not cyclecamera hard orsoftreset until this completes Thermal Reset Camera Advanced 48 T TEN Part 463385001X FPNLX FRA Size Connected MSCOMM algo Ser 43815 640x512 Figure 26 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Video Capture Tab Tau 2 1 and later Capturing Snapshots Select the Bmp8 or the Compl4 option from the Snapshot Type dropdown menu to specify whether an 8 bit snapshot of 14 bit snapshot is desired To capture a snapshot select the Take Snapshot button Take Snapchot _ This button captures a snapshot of the specified type and saves it in the next available slot in memory When memory is full and the Take Snapshot button 1s selected an error will be reported to indicate that the memory must be erased before it is possible to continue capturing snapshots Max Number of Snapshots In the Ta
90. tune the cursor location until the offensive pixel is between the crosshairs The zoom value of the subframe can be adjusted using the slider bar Click Help on this window for more information on the Pixel Kill Utility 102 PS242 02 Rev120 F Pixel Kill Utility Save As Image Data Help Pixel Value 9303 x6 Crosshair Color C Black C White Red C Blue Row Col 116 170 74410 Value9303 Min 8094 Max9891 Ave 8359 Sigma 125 1949 May 2014 Page 60 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Use the Enter key to select the pixel and add it to the pixel kill list Do you want to add pixel Row Col 116 170 to the Bad Pixel List Yes Mo al Bad pixels can also be manually added to the list by entering the row Kill Pixel List Row Column Cat Bar Dival and column as shown to the right and clicking Add Ee MN Hale 110 115 4 Save Bad Pixels Manual Entry Row Column add 110 115 Bad pixels can be removed from the Kill Pixel List by selecting them one by one and clicking Remove Selected Pixels Use Ctrl to select multiple pixels or Shift to select a group of pixels to be removed There is also a Remove All Pixels from the List button that will clear the list The list can be populated from a txt file The format should be as follows Once the list 1s populated click Set Bad Pixels to add these pixels to the cam
91. u 2 1 release and later there is more memory allocated to snapshots For Tau 2 320 and 336 approximately 100 8 bit snapshots can be stored approximately 20 8 bit snapshots for Tau 2 640 and a maximum of 255 8 bit snapshots can be stored for Tau 2 160 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 39 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Note The 14 bit and 8 bit snapshots occupy the same memory location and the above values for approximate number of 8 bit snapshots assume there are no 14 bit snapshots also stored If the user commands a snapshot while simultaneously recording the first the second capture command will be ignored and only the initial snapshot will be saved Erase Snapshots Snapshots will stay in the camera until erased This button will erase all the snapshots from the camera allowing new snapshots to be taken This function will take some time and the GUI will update the status when complete Do not disconnect power while erasing memory Note Erase Snapshots will erase both 8 bit and 14 bit snapshots simultaneously Ensure that any desired snapshots are saved before erasing all snapshots with this button Bmp Snapshots On the Image Capture tab specify the snapshot Type Bmp8 Snapshot Type specified as Bmp8 in the drop down menu The Manage Snapshots Snapshots J button appears to display the snapshots previously captured in memory and offer options for playback viewing and saving Once sele
92. uark VPC Module FLIR PN TBD These accessories provide an easy way to evaluate the camera core and access analog and in the case of the Camera Link Module digital video during development These and other accessories can be found at http www flirshop com 3 1 VPC Module Accessory The VPC module accessory includes USB A to USB mini B cable for power and communications USB power supply European power adapter MCX to BNC cable for analog video and mounting screws USB Cable VPC Module Video Cable Socket head cap screws M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm Figure 1 Tau Camera and VPC Module Accessory Kit USB Power Supply and European Power adapter not pictured 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 8 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide 3 2 Camera Link Module Accessory The Camera Link module is an expansion board for the Tau camera that matches the functionality of the VPC Module and adds the ability to access digital data via Camera Link connection It is possible to use the Camera Link Module with a Quark camera using a Tau Replicator Board The Camera Link module takes CMOS type digital data from the Tau camera and converts it to Camera Link In order to use a Camera Link module for acquisition of data first enable the CMOS XP Bus Output using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI This module does not include a Camera Link cable frame grabber or capture software Mounting Screws Power Status Light M1 6 x 0 35
93. velopment or incorporation into other products in order to provide an infrared camera function It is not a finished end product fit for general consumer use Persons handling this device must have appropriate electronics training and observe good engineering practice standards As such this product does not fall within the scope of the European Union EU directives regarding electromagnetic compatibility EMC Any end product intended for general consumer use that incorporates this device must be tested in accordance and comply with all applicable EU EMC and other relevant directives 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 65 of 65
94. y via software command in which case that map will be applied automatically at the next power up This feature commonly referred to as Non Volatile Flat Field Correction NVFFC is particularly useful for shutterless configurations If the camera is in automatic FFC mode it will resume the FFC schedule five seconds after startup Use of this feature requires access to the Advanced Tab Refer to Section 4 or the NVFFC Application Note for more details The camera provides three FFC modes 102 PS242 02 Rev120 May 2014 Page 21 of 65 F L I R FLIR Camera Controller GUI User s Guide Auto In the Automatic FFC mode the camera performs FFC whenever its temperature changes by a specified amount or at the end of a specified period of time whichever comes first When this mode is selected input windows are available in the FLIR Camera Controller GUI for specifying the temperature change and the number of frames that trigger automatic FFC The temperature change is specified in degrees C with valid values in the range 0 to 100 in 0 1 degree increments The time period is specified by counting analog video frames between FFC events Start counting after the last FFC is complete with valid values in the range 0 to 30 000 frames Setting the FFC Interval to 0 frames means that elapsed time will not be used to trigger an FFC The second set of Auto FCC parameters labeled Low Gain apply to cameras that support Low Gain Mode If there is an NVFFC saved

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