Viper-CamLink User`s Manual
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1. 2 4 DR 14 16 1 3 i 13 15 Pin Number Name Type 1 GIO 1 Output Input 2 4 6 8 10 GND 12 14 16 3 GIO 2 Output Input 5 GIO 3 Output input 7 GIO 4 Output Input 9 FRAME RESET Output 11 EXSYNC Output 13 FRAME_RESET Input 15 FORWARD Output REVERSE Description General IO Ground General IO General IO General IO Frame Reset Output Control Frame Rate Control Line Rate Vop 2 4V Vor 0 4V Ilon 4mA lor 12ma Frame Reset TTL level Vin 2 0V Vit 0 8V Im 20UA In 0 6mA TDI Control scan direction 24V Vor 0 4V lou 4mA Toi 2mA l TTL Frame Reset input is mutually exclusive with LVDS Frame Reset input J22 Microcontroller Serial Port 10 pin male header connector 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 Pin Number Description 1 2 4 6 7 8 10 Not connected Receive Transmit Ground RS232 standard 38 Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink User s Manual Brief Description of Standards RS 232 RS 422 amp RS 644 LVDS RS 232 Short for recommended standard 232C a standard interface approved by the Electronic Industries Association EIA connecting serial devices The standards for RS 232 and similar interfaces usually restrict RS 232 to 256kbps or less and line lengths of 15M 50 ft or less Transmitted Data TxD This signal is active when data is transmitted from the DTE device to the DCE device When no data is tr2. ETC 41 Rights and Trademarks 41 DATA PORT SUMMARY ive A IEEE TRUE PERO 42 CAMERA SIGNAL SUMMARY 42 CAMERA LINK CABDBS dE 43 ii Contents Viper CamLink User s Manual APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING 45 PCLCONEIGURATION sak an kodak ia Hie Meds EE EE foi REN Een 45 WINDOWS NT CONTROL PANEL DEVICES nennen eee ener 46 LOG VIEWERS 514 eto fact ph tebe 48 OTHER TOOLS FOR WINDOwWSNT 49 SOLVING INTERRUPT ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS SWITCH 3 OF SW1 49 CORECO IMAGING CONTACT INFORMATION 51 SALES INFORMATION nennen than nene eee t teda ness ense trea sese e nente na 51 Corporate Headquarters ss 51 US Sales Office is eR set p n dos 51 TECHNICAL SUPPORT RE 52 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 53 INDEX 55 Viper CamLink User s Manual Contents iii iv Contents Viper CamLink User s Manual Introduction Overview of the Manual The Viper CamLink User s Manual covers the following topics The Viper CamLink Description of the Viper CamLink package and a brief summary of its capabilities Installing the Viper CamLink Installation procedures for the Viper CamLink board and driver under Windows NT or Windows 2000 as well as information pertaining t
3. Multimedia Bridge Device Device e Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix D Troubleshooting 49 50 e Appendix D Troubleshooting Viper CamLink User s Manual Coreco Imaging Contact Information Sales Information Corporate Headquarters Coreco Imaging Inc 6969 Trans Canada Hwy Suite 142 St Laurent Quebec H4T 1V8 Canada Tel 514 333 1301 Fax 514 333 1388 US Sales Office Coreco Imaging Inc 55 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford Ma 01730 Tel 781 275 2700 Fax 781 275 9590 Visit our web site www imaging com Email info corecoimaging com Viper CamLink User s Manual Coreco Imaging Contact Information e 51 Technical Support Technical support requests for imaging product installations and help with imaging applications can be made at United States 781 275 2700 International 514 333 1301 Technical support requests for all camera related questions can be made at US amp International 514 333 1301 Or all requests can be submitted via our web site www imaging com support For product literature and driver updates www imaging com download 52 Coreco Imaging Contact Information Viper CamLink User s Manual Glossary of Terms Bandwidth Describes the measure of data transfer capacity A computer system s PCI expansion bus is rated for a maximum peak data bandwidth of 132 MB sec PCI devices must share the maximum PCI bus bandwidth when transferring data to and
4. FRAME RESET EXSYNC kI wa ITTI VIDEO Waad Wien Wale Note In this example 10 lines are acquired The Maximum frame rate Max Line Rate nb lines Hz Note that camera file parameters are best modified by using the Sapera CamExpert program CVI File Parameters Used External Frame Trigger Enable X where e If X I External Frame Trigger is enabled e If X 0 External Frame Trigger is disabled External Frame Trigger Detection Y where e If Y 4 External Frame Trigger is active on rising edge e If Y 8 External Frame Trigger is active on falling edge External Frame Trigger Level Z where e If Z 2 External Frame Trigger is a RS 422 LVDS signal For information on Sapera Camera files cam amp cvi see the Sapera Acquisition Modules Reference Manual document number OC SAPM AMR00 Viper CamLink User s Manual Viper CamLink Reference e 27 28 e Viper CamLink Reference Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix A Viper CamLink Servers amp Resources Servers and Resources Servers Resources Viper CamLink 1 Viper CamLink Acquisition 0 Viper CamLink Digital acquisition server Interface device CAB 0 Coreco Auxiliary Bus Coreco Auxiliary Bus Pixel 0 Pixel Processor Pixel Processor device Processor Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix A Viper CamLink Servers amp Resources e 29 Transfer Resource Locations The following table illustrates all possible sourc
5. If you do not feel comfortable performing the installation please consult a qualified computer technician Never remove or install any hardware component with the computer power on Installing Modules on the Viper CamLink Any add on modules such as the Pixel Processor must be installed on the Viper CamLink board before being installed into a computer system Sapera Library Installation Note to install Sapera and the Viper CamLink device driver logon to the workstation as an administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges The Sapera Development Library or runtime library if application development is not being performed must be installed before the Viper CamLink device driver e Insert the Coreco Imaging Sapera CD ROM If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer the Coreco Imaging installation menu is presented e If AUTORUN is not enabled use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of the CD ROM Execute launch exe to start the Coreco Imaging installation menu and install the required Sapera components e installation program will prompt you to reboot the computer Refer to Sapera User s Manual for additional details about Sapera Viper CamLink User s Manual Installing the Viper CamLink e 9 Installing Viper CamLink Hardware and Driver Board Connection Interface The Viper CamLink is sold with one interface bracket providing two Camera Link MDR 26 female connectors See Connector
6. CorMem Memory manager CorPci PCI configuration 46 e Appendix D Troubleshooting Viper CamLink User s Manual The Devices dialog box should resemble the following screenshot other devices except the ones mentioned in the table above may differ on individual systems The example below shows the driver for the Coreco Imaging Viper CamLink is active Status Startup Started Started Boot Started Started Device Disabled Disabled Disabled Startup Disabled HW Profiles Disabled Disabled v Help Coreco Imaging Technical Support may request that you check the status of these Coreco Imaging drivers as part of the troubleshooting process Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix D Troubleshooting e 47 Log Viewer The third step in the verification process is to save in a text file the contents of the Coreco Log Viewer Run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut StartePrograms Coreco ImagingeSapera Coreco Log Viewer 5 Bandit II Device Driver gt LT gt 8 ViperDigital Device Driver gt B Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 i9 Adobe Acrobat 4 0 Le Favorites ex Documents Es Settings Modify Repair Remove N Find Readme Hp The Coreco Log Viewer lists information about Coreco Imaging drivers installed Click on File Save and you will be prompted for a text file name to save the Log Viewer contents Email this text file to
7. Keep D Drop or Skip Y v v v v v v v K D D K D DK D DK D D D D Shaft Encoder pulse 1 Shaft Encoder pulse 2 Line acquired Note in this example Number of trigger to drop 2 Note that camera file parameters are best modified by using the Sapera CamExpert program CVI File Parameters Used Shaft Encoder Enable X where I Shaft Encoder is enabled e If X 0 Shaft Encoder is disabled Shaft Encoder Pulse Drop X where e X number of trigger pulses ignored between valid triggers For information on Sapera Camera files cam amp cvi see the Sapera Acquisition Modules Reference Manual document number OC SAPM AMR00 26 e Viper CamLink Reference Viper CamLink User s Manual Virtual Frame Sync Interface The Virtual Frame Sync when enabled defines the start of a line scan acquisition into a frame buffer Virtual Frame Sync is typically used with motion detectors or web object detectors After receiving the frame sync the Viper CamLink starts the line scan acquisition and captures the number of lines specified by the frame buffer height The Virtual Frame Sync can be TTL or RS 422 and be rising or falling edge active The Virtual Frame Sync balanced inputs are on the Viper CamLink connector J14 pin 5 and 6 The figure below depicts the synchronization signals for a virtual frame of 10 lines
8. un 101 u09 uonisinboy vc ALL lt OJI elaus c Viper CamLink Reference e 23 L 1919294 49 043u02 on 1esey awet SIN C yeys kaz 109 J9AI929M 479 AULTIEUUEUT ko eq eg 924AN MIO 19119904 lt FATO xurjeuueu3 7 ea Kz k ioue g pue sieaug san EE W i L gt AXL gzuaw k y2 kr 19 urqeuueun ejeg Kor Viper CamLink User s Manual Acquisition Acquisition Modes The Viper CamLink acquires at rates up to 200 MB sec and features two 32 bit wide input channels providing 8 16 or 32 bit pixel formats Acquiring pixels at SOMHz the Viper CamLink can transfer images directly into host computer system memory or to the Mamba via the CAB The Viper CamLink supports input resolutions from 4 pixels per tap by 32 lines to a maximum of 32K pixels by 256K lines Variable frame rate capability allows data capture from high or slow frame rate cameras where images are later analyzed or viewed The Viper CamLink is programmable interfacing easily to a wide range of pixel clocks vertical refresh rates horizontal line rates and scan type cameras Viper CamLink can reverse the data order acquired from each independent tap or it can also reverse an entire image Data reversal supports multi tap cameras whose data output is reversed Pixel Processor The Pi
9. Coreco Imaging Technical Support when requested or as part of your initial contact email Although the information collected by the Log Viewer seems complicated you can make some initial diagnostics by checking the status of the Coreco Imaging driver In the screen shot below note the line CORVCAMLINK SYS INITDEVICES gt Number of Viper Cam Link boards found 1 1 n Coreco Log Viewer OI Edit Options Help ntering v si sapera winnt corlog c ERENTRY gt Entering v 4 00 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt cormem c 1733 CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Object Pool Size Requested 0 00000 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt corme CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Messaging Pool Size Requested 0x600000 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt co CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Messaging Boundary Kernel 0 800000 D DE sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt cormen CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Messaging Pool at kernel level have been broken in 2 blocks D NDEVWNsaperasDRIVERNCO CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Heap allocation succeeded D DE sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt cormem c 1343 gt gt CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY Object Pool Size Allocated 0 00000 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt corne CORMEM SYS INITMEMORY gt Messaging Pool Size Allocated 0 600000 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt co CORBDII SYS DRIVERENTRY gt Entering v 100 D DE BANDITIINDRIVE
10. Memory tab lets the user specify the total amount of contiguous memory to be reserved for Sapera objects allocation and Sapera messaging The Requested value displays what has been requested while the Current value displays the amount of contiguous memory that has been allocated successfully The current value for Sapera objects determines the total amount of contiguous memory reserved at boot time for the allocation of dynamic resources e g buffers lookup tables kernel Adjust this value according to your application s need for contiguous memory The current value for Sapera messaging determines the total amount of contiguous memory reserved at boot time for the allocation of messages This memory space is used to store arguments when a Sapera function is called Increase this value if you are using functions with large arguments such as arrays Viper CamLink User s Manual The Sapera Demo Application 21 Oh SAPERA Configuration Viper CamLink 1 Ok SAPERA Configuration 22 The Sapera Demo Application Viper CamLink User s Manual Viper CamLink Reference Viper CamLink Block Diagram sng 19d ISOH xd Li Javn 194 0 O9plA anv9 1 Aiowen Jayoed ka F l Jayoed leXid 10SS8901d Ieuor 4 j avo gt SJOSS920Jd UOISIA oL
11. N eg 3 KEE 3 CAB Architecture amp System Topologies sss 4 Shaft Encoder amp Frame Reset JC 5 Event Driven Captures tette re eene ree 5 Software Development 5 System Requirements ss 5 WHAT SIN THE PACKAGE EE 6 DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE OVERVIEW unes 7 Sapera Library ee atte ere err Ee 7 Sapera ActiveX Controls essent 7 INSTALLING THE VIPER CAMLINK 9 WARNING GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS seen 9 SAPERA LIBRARY INSTALLATION cccssscssscescecsssceensecessceensecessceensecessceensecessceensecesees 9 INSTALLING VIPER CAMLINK HARDWARE AND DRIVER eee 10 Board Connection Interface ss 10 In Windows NERT E ted 10 Ti Windows 2000222223244855 10 Viper CamLink Firmware ss 11 CONFIGURING THE VIPER CAMLINK essere nnne eene enne enne 13 DISPLAYING VIPER CAMLINK ONBOARD INFORMATION sense 13 Viper CamLink Viewer Windows eee 13 CONNECTING EMBEDDED PROCESSORS VIA CAR 16 CAMERA TO VIPER CAMLINK CONNECTIONS enne enne ens 16 Viper CamLink User s Manual Contents i THE SAPERA DEMO APPLICATION 17 ACQUISITION DEMO OVERVIEW eee eee een en een en eene eren enne 17 Using the Acquisition Demo ss 17 Acquisition Demo Main Window ss 18 CONFIGURING SAPERA en via ad el 21 Viewing Installed Sapera Servers 21 VIP
12. Specifications e 33 Connector List CamLink Module Connector Description Connector Description JI Camera Link connector 1 J3 RS 232 port Reserved J2 Camera Link connector 2 JA J5 Reserved J6 J9 J10 Digital Camera Data transfer J14 Shaft Encoder Frame Reset J11 J12 connectors to main board connector right angle mount J7 J8 Reserved J17 J18 Reserved Connector List Main Board Connector Description Connector Description J3 Pixel Processor Module J16 J20 J24 Reserved Connector J15 J7 J8 J13 Reserved J19 J21 CAB Interface J14 J6 Camera Control Signals J22 Microcontroller Serial Port J9 J10 J11 Digital Camera Data J500 General I O J12 SWI Configuration amp Test Switch J504 J505 Reserved Connector and Switch Specifications Camera Link Connector View Viper CamLink J1 3M MDR 26 pin female connector 34 Appendix B Technical Specifications J2 3M MDR 26 pin female connector Viper CamLink User s Manual J1 Camera Link Connector 1 Name Pin Type Description BASE 0 25 Input Neg Base Data 0 BASE 0 12 Input Pos Base Data 0 BASE XI 24 Input Neg Base Data 1 BASE X1 11 Input Pos Base Data 1 BASE_X2 23 Input Neg Base Data 2 BASE_X2 10 Input Pos Base Data 2 BASE X3 21 Input Neg Base Data 3 BASE X3 8 Input Pos Base Data 3 BASE XCLK 22 Input Neg Base Clock BASE XCL
13. dialog actions will be indicated in bold text in the order of the instructions to be executed with each instruction separated by bullets For example going to the File menu and choosing Save would be written as FileeSave 2 e Introduction Viper CamLink User s Manual The Viper CamLink About the Viper CamLink The Viper CamLink is a single PCI slot high performance acquisition and pre processing board that captures images from digital cameras utilizing the industry standard Camera Link interface Viper CamLink supports all three Camera Link modes of operation Base Medium and Full allowing it to acquire images from one two four or eight tap area and line scan digital monochrome or RGB cameras For additional Camera Link information see Appendix C Camera Link Interface on page 41 PCI Interface The Viper CamLink utilizes the Intel 1960 RISC embedded processor and PCI interface device PCI 2 1 compliant An intelligent I O controller the 1960 processor supports PCI bus master and scatter gather for maximum PCI performance Additionally onboard memory allows images to be buffered during busy cycles on the PCI bus ensuring no image data is ever lost Area or Line Scan Camera Capable of acquiring at rates up to 200 MB sec the Viper CamLink features two 32 bit wide input channels providing 8 16 or 32 bit pixel formats Acquiring pixels at SOMHz the Viper CamLink can transfer images directly into host computer system memory or
14. least 9600 baud SerTFG Differential pair with serial communications to the frame grabber e SerIC Differential pair with serial communications to the camera The serial interface protocol is one start bit one stop bit no parity and no handshaking Camera Link Cables For additional information on Camera Link cables and their specifications visit the following web sites 3M http www 3m com us electronics_mfg interconnects enter Camera Link as the search keyword Nortech Systems http www nortechsys com intercon CameraLinkMain htm Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix C Camera Link Interface e 43 44 e Appendix C Camera Link Interface Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix D Troubleshooting PCI Configuration The first item to verify when there is a problem with any PCI board is to examine the system PCI configuration and ensure that there are no conflicts with other PCI or system devices The Coreco Imaging PCI Diagnostic program cpcidiag exe allows examination of the PCI configuration registers and can save this information to a text file Run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut StartePrograms Coreco ImagingsSapera Tools Coreco PCi Diagnostics BY Microsott Word L Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 la Adobe Acrobat 4 0 Le D Coreco Log Viewer Modify Repair Remove ics 2 Readme Sapera Analyzer N Sapera Configuration Sapera Font Generator d CamExpert U Coreco Direct Draw
15. to the Mamba via the CAB The Viper CamLink supports input resolutions from 32x32 to 64K pixels x 256K lines Pixel Processor The Pixel Processor optional daughter card provides optimized hardware based image processing functions The board features up to 64 MB of memory and a firmware programmable processor core Acquired image data is pre processed filter average compress before transfer to the host computer or a Mamba 100 via the CAB TAP Reversal Viper CamLink supports a variety of multi tap tap reversal and 4 quadrant cameras Two variations on such data output formats are illustrated in the figure below Viper CamLink User s Manual The Viper CamLink e 3 Data out of Camera Rasterized Data Grabbed gt Rasterization of 2 output center tap format cameras Data out of Camera Rasterized Data Grabbed Rasterization of 4 quadrant output format cameras CAB Architecture amp System Topologies The Coreco Auxiliary Bus CAB is an independent high speed 32 bit wide data transfer bus that facilitates connections to the Mamba 100 Coreco Imaging s embedded vision processor or to our dedicated hardware accelerator the Pixel Processor The CAB system on the Viper CamLink is designed to operate in two different configurations These topologies allow developers to adapt their image processing algorithms to leverage multiple parallel processors or pipeline processing techniques to gain a significant increas
16. using the MFC library It is based on the Sapera standard API and Sapera C classes See the Sapera User s and Reference manuals for more information Using the Acquisition Demo Server Selection Run the acquisition demo program from StartePrograms Coreco ImagingsSaperaeDemos Acquisition Demo 5 Coreco Imaging Banditll Device Driver l Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 CEE Ka Programs Adobe Acrobat 4 0 Lei Viper CamLink Device Driver gt Lei Manuals CAB Mamba Demo G Favorites B B Tools D Sequential Grab Demo e Documents gt Coreco Log Viewer Visual Basic ActiveX Demo E Settings Modify Repai Remove ah Visual C ActiveX Demo AJ Find 49 Readme Help Sapera Confiquration The Acquisition Demo program starts by displaying the acquisition parameters menu The first drop menu displayed permits selecting from any installed Sapera acquisition servers installed Coreco Imaging acquisition hardware using Sapera drivers The second drop menu permits selecting from the available input devices present on the selected server In the following figure the Viper CamLink is the selected server along with itsand selected input device Viper CamLink User s Manual The Sapera Demo Application e 17 Acquisition Parameters EN Location Acquisition Server Acquisition Device Viper CamLink 1 Viper CamLink Interface Cancel CAM File Path C Coreco Wiper
17. CORECO IMAGING Coreco Inc e 6969 Trans Canada Hwy Suite 142 e St Laurent Quebec 1V8 e Canada http www imaging com Viper CamLink User s Manual Part number OC VIPM CLUOO Edition 1 00 NOTICE O 2001 Coreco Inc All rights reserved This document may not be reproduced nor transmitted in any form or by any means either electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of Coreco Inc Every effort is made to ensure the information in this manual is accurate and reliable Use of the products described herein is understood to be at the user s risk Coreco Inc assumes no liability whatsoever for the use of the products detailed in this document and reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time and without notice Microsoft and MS DOS are registered trademarks Windows Windows NT and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks or intellectual property mentioned herein belong to their respective owners Printed on October 15 2001 Document Number OC VIPM CLUOO Printed in Canada Contents INTRODUCTION 1 OVERVIEW OF THE MANUAL suit en cabs dee ER Eege E 1 ABOUT THE MANUAL OT 2 USING THEMANUME eege soi due done Eet 2 THE VIPER CAMLINK 3 ABOUT THE VIPER CAMDLINK ee ue 3 ee 3 Area or Line Scan Camera issu 3 Pixel PFOGeSSOE tee et tete ie esee pe
18. CamLink CamFiles Browse Desc Pulnix TMC 6700 CL RGB RGB Camera Link zl VIC File Path C Coreco WiperCamLink CamFiles Browse Desc TMC 6700 CL RGB S Generate Default CAM and VIC file Selection The acquisition parameters menu is also used to select the required camera file pair for the connected camera Sapera camera files are composed of cam files for timing parameters and cvi files for video conditioning parameters Use the Browse button to select a cam file that is either provided by Coreco Imaging or one generated by the Sapera CamExpert Utility program Additionally select a vic file for the required operating mode of your camera If no vic file is available click on the Generate Default button A vic file with corresponding default parameters for the selected camera and acquisition hardware is generated Note that the Sapera CamExpert Utility can later be used to adjust cvi parameters for the required camera mode Acquisition Demo Main Window The Acquisition Demo main window provides control buttons and a central area for displaying the grabbed image Developers can use the demo source code as a foundation to quickly create and test the desired imaging application 18 The Sapera Demo Application Viper CamLink User s Manual 4 Sapera Acquisition Demo Acquisition Options General Area Scan Line Scan Compost Load CAM a
19. Capabilities Detection Ic ocuments D D H gt 5 Dias FETE a As shown in the image below a PCI device is selected in the first drop menu Select the device Viper CamLink PPB and Viper CamLink ATU PCI Diagnostic BE PCI device Viper CamLink PPB from Coreco bus 1 slot 1 function 0 7 Device enabled 1997 1999 Coreco inc Hex du Vendor ID 0411EC Rev ID 0405 Latency osF8 23 a 5 e C Device ID 040838 IntLine Min Grant E EE Gd ech F 2 5 C 16 bit SubVendlD IntPin Max Lat Ge ere add 0 SubsystiD Line size 0 08 Class Code 04060400 On m r Command Header type oig FBB SERA wait VGA Mw Spc BM Mem n ba Mulifunc r Status BIST 090280 SEJ SA med DPE B2 use _66 Mhz ba BIST capable Base address registers e GE ROM 1 0 _ Fe Enabled 1 gt pel iagnostic 2 voj Pef ime Primary Bus pn 3 0 00000000 0 00000000 pel Second Bus 002 __swe 4 Mem 0 00000000 0 00000000 pel Subord Bus gg 5 Pref Ox00000000 0400000000 Pre _ Bridge Cl 030006 Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix D Troubleshooting e 45 Click on the Diagnostic button to view an analysis of your PCI configuration The Information message bo
20. Components Revision CMI Additional Information Sub Template Version i960 DRAN MB CAD Revision CAB ID CAB Arbitrator CAB Clk MHz User Defined ID v Save Settings on Exit Save Settings Now Save Board Info Reset For each board the Main Info tab displays information relating to the Viper CamLink board Issue revision and ECO engineering change order level along with the board serial number and optional ECO or CMI customer modification instruction applied The Additional Information window displays supplemental design data about the Viper CamLink 14 Installing the Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual Main Board Coreco Viper CamLink Viewer 1 00 Coreco Viper CamLink Viewer 1 00 Ci gt ViperCamLink 1 Main Info Main Board ViperCamLink 1 Main Info Main Board Info ig60 xiLinx z XilinxCamLink Info 1880 xiLinx XiinsCamtink Type Parameters Offset Filename ntel 28F80 C Coreco ViperCamLink IS60 Vcl960 cbn Base Address Offset xFEFODODO n Program Content 1960 Verify Viper CamLink i960 Firmware Version 1 00 Viper CamLink i960 Firmware Version 1 00 Option 0 0 02 10 2001 11 45 vi Save Settings on Exit Save Settings on Exit Save Settings Now Save Board Info Reset Close Save Settings Now Save Board Info Reset 1 The Main Board Info tab displa
21. ER CAMLINK REFERENCE 23 VIPER CAMLINK BLOCK DIAGRAM sise 23 f 0413341 LEE 24 Acquisition Modes icono iore arca meo 24 Pixel Processors is shed e tecti tee d 24 Viper CamLink Acquisition Constraints esee 25 Shaft Encoder Interface ss 26 Virtual Frame Sync Interface 27 APPENDIX A VIPER CAMLINK SERVERS amp RESOURCES 29 SERVERS AND RESOURCES eese eene ooo enne es nete en 29 TRANSFER RESOURCE LOCATIONS nnne enne tnn nnne 30 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 31 VIPER CAMLINK SPECIFICATIONS nennen enne entrent 31 CONNECTOR AND SWITCH LOCATIONS neue 33 Connector List CamLink Module 34 Connector List Main Board 34 CONNECTOR AND SWITCH SPECIFICATIONS enne 34 Camera Link Connector View 34 JI Camera Link Connector 1 35 J2 Camera Link Connector 3 35 J3 CamLink Module RS 232 Port Reserved 36 J14 CamLink Module 1 0 HDAl es 36 SWI Configuration amp Test Switch 36 J7 JS J13 J14 Not Applicable seen 37 J3 Pixel Processor Connector 37 719 JOT Cab interface si tv ite etti teli 37 0 Genera FVO miii da a i e 38 J22 Microcontroller Serial Port 38 Brief Description of Standards RS 232 5 422 amp RS 644 LVDS 39 APPENDIX C CAMERA LINK INTERFACE 41 CAMERA EINK OVERVIEW bean 666
22. K 9 Input Pos Base Clock SERTC 20 Output Neg Serial Data to Camera SERTC 7 Output Pos Serial Data to Camera SERTFG 19 Input Neg Serial Data to Frame Grabber SERTFG 6 Input Pos Serial Data to Frame Grabber 18 Output Neg Camera Control 1 CCI 5 Output Pos Camera Control 1 CC2 17 Output Neg Camera Control 2 CC2 4 Output Pos Camera Control 2 CC3 16 Output Neg Camera Control 3 CC3 3 Output Pos Camera Control 3 CC4 15 Output Neg Camera Control 4 CC4 2 Output Pos Camera Control 4 GND 1 13 14 26 Ground J2 Camera Link Connector 2 Name Pin Type Description MEDIUM _ 0 25 Input Neg Medium Data 0 MEDIUM _X0 12 Input Pos Medium Data 0 MEDIUM _ 1 24 Input Neg Medium Data 1 MEDIUM _X1 11 Input Pos Medium Data 1 MEDIUM X2 23 Input Neg Medium Data 2 MEDIUM _X2 10 Input Pos Medium Data 2 MEDIUM _X3 21 Input Neg Medium Data 3 MEDIUM _X3 8 Input Pos Medium Data 3 MEDIUM _XCLK 22 Input Neg Medium Clock Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical Specifications e 35 MEDIUM XCLK 9 Input Pos Medium Clock TERM 20 Term Resistor TERM 7 Term Resistor FULL 0 19 Input Neg Full Data 0 FULL 0 6 Input Pos Full Data 0 FULL 18 Input Neg Full Data 1 FULL Xi 5 Input Pos Full Data 1 FULL X2 17 Input Neg Full Data 2 FULL X2 4 Input Pos Full Data 2 FULL X3 15 Input Neg Full Data 3 FULL X3 2 Input Pos Full Data 3 FULL XCLK 16 Input Neg Full Clock FULL
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24. Link Viper CamLink User s Manual Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu If required the Viper CamLink Firmware Loader program is executed via the Windows Start Menu shortcut StartePrograms Coreco Imaging Viper CamL ink Device DrivereFirmware Update Run the Firmware Loader when adding or changing Viper CamLink boards that do not have the current firmware f Imaging D Le Bandit II Device Driver 5 Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 gt Lei Sapera LT km Programs a Adobe Acrobat 4 0 A fE Vipe CamLink Device Driver gt m Firmware Update Report 3 Favorites S Documents Modify Repair Hemove EI Settings F Readme Find User s Manual amp Help D Viewer Configuring the Viper CamLink The Viper CamLink has no configuration program per se Refer to the Sapera User s Manual OC SAPM USERO for more information on configuring and developing applications with the Sapera library Displaying Viper CamLink onboard information The Viper CamLink viewer program V CamLinkView exe displays information about the firmware and hardware components of the Viper CamLink board detected in your system Run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut StartePrograms Coreco Imaging Viper CamLink Device Drivere Viewer Imaging d Lei Bandit Il Device Driver jen Lei Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 Lei SaperaLT ka Programs a Adobe Acrobat 4 0 Viper C
25. R KERNEL WINNT ms board c 473 CORBDII SYS BOARDFINDDEVICE gt Looking for BanditII D DE BANDITIINDRIVER KERNEL WINNTNms board c 319 CORBDII SYS INITDEVICES gt BanditII no device found D DEV BANDITIINDRIVER KERNEL WINNT ms board c 386 CORBDII SYS DRIVERENTRY Unable to start 0xc000009a D DE Y BANDITII NDRIVER KERNEL WINNT ms board c 525 CORMEM SYS CORMEMDISPATCH gt GETFUNCTIONS Output buffer length 28 bytes D NDEVNsaperaNDRIVERNCORMENNKERNELN CORVCAMLINK SYS DRIVERENTRY gt Entering v 1 00 D DE sapera DRIVER ViperCamLink kernel winnt inicobra c CORVCAMLINK SYS FINDBOARDS gt Looking for Viper CamLink boards 1960 MEMBASE 0 0000000 D DE sapera DRIV CORVCAMLINK SYS BOARDPARSERESOURCES gt Interrupt line 1 Vector 0x0000000b Level 0x0000000b D DEV sape CORVCAMLINK SYS BOARDPARSERESOURCES gt Memory bank 1 Address Oxd4000000 Size 0 00800000 D NDEVNsaperaN CORVCAMLINK SYS BOARDPARSERESOURCES gt Memory mapped successfully D DEV sapera DRIVER ViperCamLink kernel w CORVCAMLINK SYS INITDEVICES gt Number of Viper Cam Link boards found 1 D DEV sapera DRIVER ViperCamLink ke CORVCAMLINK SYS OPENCONNECTIONS gt Board 0 online D DE sapera DRIVER ViperCamLink kernel winnt inicobra CORVCAMLINK SYS PRINTBOARDSINFO gt Board 0 Bus 1 Slot 1 Func 1 D DEV sapera DRIVER ViperCamLink kern CORVCAMLINK SYS PRINTBOARDSINFO gt Board 0 Mem Oxd4000000 Linear O
26. XCLK 3 Input Pos Full Clock GND 1 13 14 26 Ground J3 CamLink Module RS 232 Port Reserved Pin Number Description 5 Serial IN 3 Serial OUT 9 Ground 1 2 4 6 7 8 10 not connected J14 CamLink Module I O LVDS Name Pin Number Type Description Shaft Encoder 0 1 Input 8 0 Shaft Encoder 0 2 Input SEO Shaft Encoder 1 3 Input 8 1 Shaft Encoder 1 4 Input SEI Frame Reset 5 Input Frame Reset Frame Reset 6 Input Frame Reset Reserved 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 13 14 24 26 Ground GND LVDS Frame Reset input is mutually exclusive with TTL Frame Reset input SW1 Configuration amp Test Switch 36 Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink User s Manual on e e NO Note switch settings shown in factory default position Switch Name Position Description Function Number 4 ON Boot mode 1960 boots from boot block OFF 1960 boots from application default 3 CFGI ON PCI class Bridge device default OFF Multimedia device 2 CFG2 OFF Reserved TEST ON Reserved OFF Normal operation J7 J8 J13 J14 Not Applicable J3 Pixel Processor Connector See Pixel Processor page 24 J19 J21 Cab Interface See The CAB User s Manual OC SAPM CABUO Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical Specifications 37 J500 General I O
27. amLink driver gt P Firmware Update Report G Favorites Fimware Update e Documents Modify Repair Remove EI Settings P Readme OR Find EX User s Manual Help Viper CamLink Viewer Windows If multiple Viper CamLink boards are installed each one is represented by a different 1st level tab The figure below shows one detected Viper CamLink board identified as Viper CamLink 1 Viper CamLink User s Manual Installing the Viper CamLink e 13 Buttons located at the bottom of the window are common for all sub tabs The Save Settings Now button stores the file path of custom firmware components manually installed as described in following sections on the accompanying sub tabs The Save Settings on Exit check box performs similarly when the Viewer program is closed The Save Board Info button saves all board information into a text file Finally the Reset button allows you to reset the board currently selected Close all Sapera applications using resources from the board before resetting it Note the Viper CamLink Viewer report generated by the Save Board Info button may be requested by Coreco Imaging Technical Support to aid in troubleshooting installation or operational problems Main Info Coreco Viper CamLink Viewer 1 00 DE Viper CamLink 1 Main Info Main Board Template Version Issue Revision Last ECO fa 4 764 Drawing Number Extension VendorlD Optional ECO 830 0 Ox11EC Don Serial Number
28. and Switch Specifications on page 34 In Windows NT l Turn the computer off and open the computer chassis to allow access to the expansion slot area Install the Viper CamLink into a free full length PCI expansion slot Viper CamLink supports the plug and play automatic configuration of the PCI specification Close the computer chassis and turn the computer on Driver installation requires administrator rights for the current user of the computer Insert the Coreco Imaging Sapera CD ROM If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer the Coreco Imaging installation menu is presented Install the Viper CamLink driver If AUTORUN is not enabled use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of the CD ROM Execute launch exe to start the Coreco Imaging installation menu and install the Viper CamLink driver The driver installation program prompts you to select a Full Installation needed for application development or a Run Time installation minimal installation required for target systems Reboot the computer when prompted Continue the installation as described in Viper CamLink Firmware Loader on page 11 In Windows 2000 1 Turn the computer off and open the computer chassis to allow access to the expansion slot area Install the Viper CamLink into a free full length PCI expansion slot The Viper CamLink supports the plug and play automatic configuration of the PCI specification Close the computer chassis and turn t
29. ansmitted the signal is held in the mark condition logic 1 negative voltage Received Data RxD This signal is active when the DTE device receives data from the DCE device When no data is transmitted the signal is held in the mark condition logic 1 negative voltage DTE Data Terminal Equipment DCE Data Communication Equipment RS 422 RS 422 uses a twisted pair wire 1 e 2 wires for each signal The differential drive voltage swing is 0 to 5V RS 422 does not have tri state capability its driver is always enabled and it Is therefore usable only in point to point communications Although RS 422 is noise resistant due to being differential data can still be damaged by EMI RFI A shielded cable can protect the transmitters receivers from EMI RFI RS 664 LVDS LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling method to communicate data using a very low voltage swing about 350mV over two differential PCB traces or a balanced cable LVDS allows single channel data transmission at hundreds of Megabits per second Mbps Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical Specifications e 39 40 Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix C Camera Link Interface Camera Link Overview Camera Link is a communication interface for vision applications developed as an extension of National Semiconductor s Channel Link technology The advantages of the Camera Link interface are that it provide
30. automatically update the Viper CamLink firmware Note if you are certain that the Viper CamLink firmware is of the same version as the driver being installed click on Cancel to bypass the update procedure Choose a manual firmware upgrade when you have multiple Viper CamLink boards installed and you want to select which board from all installed in the computer gets the firmware update Viper CamLink Select the way you want to upgrade coreco your Viper CamLink board Coreco Firmware Automatically Loader 4 01 Manually Select configuration Standard default X Cancel Viper CamLink User s Manual Installing the Viper CamLink e 11 Firmware Loader Status Window The figure below shows the Firmware Loader program s status screen with one Viper CamLink installed Information on all installed Viper CamLink boards their serial numbers and their firmware components are represented Additionally a progress bar shows firmware programming status and a report tab lets the user view or print the firmware loader status report When selecting a manual firmware update the status windows permit selections via check boxes shown below each board allowing the installed Viper CamLink to be reprogrammed Note the Firmware Loader status report may be requested by Coreco Imaging Technical Support to aid in troubleshooting installation or operational problems Viper CamLink Loader 12 Installing the Viper Cam
31. d hardware drivers amp documentation Option Modules Pixel Processor 000 multi function processing engine capable of processing pixel data at rates up to 200MB sec for realtime point to point neighborhood statistical and morphological operations Cables Camera Link Video Input Cable 1 meter OC COMC CLNKO 2 meter OC COMC CLNK6 LVDS I O cable assembly 26 pin header to bracket assembly OC VIPC CLGIO CAB interconnect cable for interfacing a Viper series board to a Mamba 100 OC COMC CAB52 or a Python CAB interconnect cable for interfacing a Viper series board to two OC COMC CAB03 Mamba 100s Contact Coreco Imaging for more supported CAB device combinations 6 The Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual Development Software Overview Sapera Library Sapera is a high level library of functions dedicated to image processing and machine vision The library API Application Programming Interface is composed of a set of C callable functions classified into different modules that belong to one of three categories e Basic Modules e Processing Modules e Board Specific Modules The Basic Modules constitute the core Sapera API and are board device independent The modules provide everything needed to acquire display and access images The optional Processing Modules also board device independent provide the image processing functionality of Sapera The Sapera hardware independe
32. e buffers or large buffer count 20 e The Sapera Demo Application Viper CamLink User s Manual Type Off screen Video The buffer is allocated in off screen video memory and uses the display adapter hardware to perform a fast copy from video memory to video memory Type Overlay The frame buffer is allocated in video memory where the display adapter overlay hardware uses color keying to view the overlay buffer Format Allows selection of the frame buffer pixel type as supported by the hardware and driver Configuring Sapera Viewing Installed Sapera Servers f Coreco Imaging la Bandit ll Device Driver 5 Microsoft Visual Studio 6 0 SaperaLT gt kay Programs la Adobe Acrobat 4 0 4 la Viper CamLink Device Driver gt la Manuals 2 Favorites H la Tools S Documents JH Coreco Log Viewer 8 Settings 4 Modify Repair Remove N End 4 Readme 3 Help OK Sapera Configuration L3 The Sapera configuration program Start Programs Coreco Imaging Sapera Sapera Configuration allows the user to see all available Sapera servers for the installed Sapera compatible boards The System entry represents the system server It corresponds to the host machine your computer and is the only server that should always be present As shown in the following screen image server index 1 is the Viper CamLink board installed To update the server list the Refresh button can be utilized at any time The Contiguous
33. e destination pairs in a transfer The sources and destinations are presented vertically and horizontally respectively Note The transfer resource must always be located on the Viper CamLink 1 server Source Destination Acquisition CAB Buffer Pixel Processor Viper CamLink 1 Viper CamLink 1 System Viper CamLink 1 Acquisition no yes yes yes Viper CamLink 1 CAB Viper CamLink 1 no no no no Buffer System no no no no Pixel Processor no yes yes no Viper Digital 1 30 e Appendix A Viper CamLink Servers amp Resources Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink Specifications General System Requirements for the Viper CamLink e Pentium or compatible computer systems with one free full length PCI local bus slot supporting bus master devices 5 volt e 33 MHz PCI bus clock for best performance Support of PCI burst mode for realtime acquisition into system memory Support of the PCI plug and play specification Operating System Support Windows NT 4 0 SP6 and Windows 2000 SP1 Digital Video Input Number e 1 digital input Camera Link up to Full Mode Pixel Format Monochrome Up to 8 x 8 bit pixel Up to 4 x 10 bit pixel Up to 4 x 12 bit pixel Up to 4 x 14 bit pixel 1 x 16 bit pixel e RGB 24 bit pixel 30 bit pixel Scanning e Progressive Multi Tap Multi Channel Four quadrant Tap reversal Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical S
34. e in processing performance For information concerning configuring and programming CAB transfers see the Sapera CAB User s Manual OC SAPM CABUO Multicast Mode The CAB multicast mode sends images for concurrent processing from the Viper CamLink to several Mamba 100 boards simultaneously Multicast mode is also used for pipeline processing Round Robin Mode The CAB Round Robin mode sends successive images from a Viper CamLink to different Mamba 100 boards in the system for concurrent processing For example the Viper CamLink while grabbing continuously transfers the first image to the first Mamba the second image to the second Mamba and so on so that each Mamba has more then one frame time to complete the required processing For information concerning configuring and programming CAB transfers see the Sapera CAB User s Manual 5 0 4 e The Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual Shaft Encoder amp Frame Reset I O Viper CamLink features LVDS quadrature shaft encoder inputs that facilitate accurate imaging using linescan cameras Applications such as web inspection often require use of synchronization signals that match acquisitions to web speed LVDS or TTL Frame Reset input is available for camera control of event driven imaging Viper CamLink additionally provides TTL signal general purpose 1 for external process control and synchronization Event Driven Captures Machine vision systems do n
35. en the Sapera Acquisition demo is started Acquisition Control Click Grab you will now see live digitized video from your video source If your source is a camera focus and adjust the lens aperture for the best exposure Use a video generator as a video source to acquire reference images Click Freeze the Viper CamLink will stop live grab mode The grabbed image can be saved to disk via the File ControleSave control Click Snap a single video frame is grabbed Abort exits the current grab process immediately If any video signal problem prevents the freeze function from ending the grab click on the Abort button General Options Buffer Select from supported frame buffer counts size and types Note functions grayed out are not currently supported by the acquisition hardware Buffer E m Count and Size Type Count mm C Contiguous Scatter Gather Offscreen Video Height 480 Overlay Format Width 640 RGB 8 Cancel Count and Size Provides selection of the number of frame buffers and the image size Type Contiguous Frame buffers are allocated in contiguous system memory single memory block no segmentation Type Scatter Gather Frame buffers are allocated throughout system memory in noncontiguous memory paged pool Pages are locked in physical memory so a scatter gather list can be constructed This type allows the allocation of very large siz
36. ficant Bit in a binary data word MSB Most Significant Bit in a binary data word PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect The PCI local bus is a 32 bit high performance expansion bus intended for interconnecting add in boards controllers and processor memory systems Pixel Picture Element The number of pixels describes the number of digital samples taken of the analog video signal The number of pixels per video line by the number of active video lines describes the acquisition image resolution The binary size of each pixel 1 e 8 bits 15 bits 24 bits defines the number of gray levels or colors possible for each pixel RAW A Sapera data file format where there is no header information and that supports any Sapera buffer type Refer to the Sapera Basic Modules Reference Manual Buffer File Formats section RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer A computer architecture that reduces chip complexity by using simpler instructions Scatter Gather Host system memory allocated for frame buffers that is virtually contiguous but physically scattered throughout all available memory Tap Data path from a camera that includes a part of or whole video line When a camera tap outputs a partial video line the multiple camera tap data must be constructed by combining the data in the correct order VIC Sapera camera parameter definition file that uses the file extension CVI by default 54 e Glossary of Terms Viper CamLink Use
37. from system memory or other devices CAM Sapera camera file that uses the file extension CCA by default Channel Camera data path that includes all parts of a video line checksum A value used to ensure data is stored without error It is created by calculating the binary values in a block of data using some algorithm and storing the results with the data CMI Client Modification Instruction A client requested engineering change applied to a Coreco Imaging board product to support either a non standard function or custom camera Contiguous memory A block of physical memory occupying consecutive addresses CRC Proprietary Sapera raw image data file format that supports any Sapera buffer type and utilizes an informative file header Refer to the Sapera Basic Modules Reference Manual Buffer File Formats section Firmware Software such as a board driver that is stored in nonvolatile memory mounted on that board Frame buffer An area of memory used to hold a frame of image data A frame buffer may exist on the acquisition hardware or be allocated by the acquisition hardware device driver in host system memory Grab Acquiring an image frame by means of a frame grabber Viper CamLink User s Manual Glossary of Terms e 53 Host Refers to the computer system that supports the installed frame grabber Host buffer Refers to a frame buffer allocated in the physical memory of the host computer system LSB Least Signi
38. he computer on Driver installation requires administrator rights for the current user of the computer Windows 2000 will find the Viper CamLink and start its Found New Hardware Wizard Click on the Cancel button to close the Wizard Application Insert the Coreco Imaging Sapera CD ROM If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer the Coreco Imaging installation menu is presented Install the Viper CamLink driver If AUTORUN is not enabled use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of the CD ROM Execute launch exe to start the Coreco Imaging installation menu and install the Viper CamLink driver 10 e Installing the Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual 7 driver installation program prompts you to select a Full Installation needed for application development or a Run Time installation minimal installation required for target systems 8 Reboot the computer when prompted During the early stages of the Windows 2000 reboot the Viper CamLink firmware loader application starts This is described in detail in the following section Allow Windows to complete its reboot before proceeding 9 Windows will display its Digital Signature Not Found message Click on Yes to continue the Viper CamLink driver installation 10 Continue the installation as described in Viper CamLink Firmware Loader on page 11 Viper CamLink Firmware Loader After Windows boots the Firmware Loader program automatically executes Click OK to
39. nt modules allow for one application to control different Coreco Imaging boards through the same API It also guarantees seamless migration to any future Coreco Imaging hardware product supported by Sapera The modular architecture provides the user with programming flexibility and readability The Board Specific Modules provide support functions that are board hardware specific Refer to the Sapera User s Manual OC SAPM USERO for detailed information Sapera ActiveX Controls ActiveX controls originally called OLE controls are software components with a binary standard interface They can be compared to dynamic link libraries DLL with a standardized method of accessing their implementation An ActiveX control must be contained within an application called an ActiveX Container Typically ActiveX controls are inserted into a form or a dialog window and used as a standard control such as a button or an edit box They are represented by icons depicting their respective functions Refer to the Sapera ActiveX Controls Manual OC SAPM A XCPO for detailed information Viper CamLink User s Manual The Viper CamLink e 7 8 The Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual Installing the Viper CamLink Warning Grounding Instructions Static electricity can damage electronic components Please discharge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface such as the metal computer chassis before performing any hardware installation
40. o camera connectivity The Sapera Demo Application Using the Sapera Acquisition demo program to test the Viper CamLink installation Viper CamLink Reference Descriptions of Viper CamLink hardware block diagram capabilities optional components available and configuration details Appendix A Viper CamLink Servers amp Resources Specifications specific to the Sapera Imaging Library Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink and connector specifications Appendix C Camera Link Interface Overview of the Camera Link specification Appendix D Troubleshooting Tips for solving potential problems with the Viper CamLink or software Coreco Imaging Contact Information Phone numbers web site and important email addresses Viper CamLink User s Manual Introduction e 1 About the Manual This manual exists in printed compiled HTML help and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats The help and PDF formats make full use of hypertext cross references and include links to the Coreco Imaging home page on the Internet located at http www imaging com accessed using any web browser For information specific to the Viper CamLink visit the Coreco Imaging web site at www imaging com Viper CamLink Using the Manual File names directories and Internet sites will be in bold text e g image2 bmp c sapera http www imaging com Text that must be entered using the keyboard will be in typewriter style text e g c temp Menu and
41. ot tolerate delayed operating system responses to real world trigger events The Viper CamLink 1960 system controller initiates command sequences providing an immediate response to external events For example on a trigger the Viper CamLink can reset the camera grab the image data and notify the host of the image in memory Software Development Viper CamLink applications are developed under Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows NT Embedded using the Coreco Imaging Sapera software development libraries Coreco Imaging software development tools allow users to develop applications with C language DLLs C classes or ActiveX controls on Microsoft Visual C C 6 0 or higher or Visual Basic 6 0 or higher development platforms System Requirements The Viper CamLink requires an Intel Pentium II II or compatible computer system with 128MB of system memory and one free full length PCI local bus slot 5 volt The PCI bus must comply with the PCI 2 1 specification supporting bus master devices and PCI burst mode data transfers Viper CamLink User s Manual The Viper CamLink e 5 What s in the Package Viper CamLink Package Item Product Number Viper CamLink Frame Grabber 8MB 0 00300 Sapera version 4 00 Sapera Imaging Development Library includes 1 Sapera LT Provides everything you will need to build your imaging application 2 Sapera Over 600 optimized image processing routines 3 Current Sapera compliant boar
42. pecifications e 31 Resolution e Horizontal Minimum 4 Pixels per tap e Horizontal Maximum 8 bits pixel x 32K Pixels line 16 bits pixel x 16K Pixels line 32 bits pixel x 8K Pixels line 64 bits pixel x 4K Pixels line e Vertical Minimum 32 lines e Vertical Maximum up to 256K lines 262 144 lines Sync and Control Pixel clock range e 20 MHz to 50 MHz for 32 bits total input 20 MHz to 25 MHz for 64 bits total input Viper CamLink Physical Dimensions Approximately 12 25 Wx4 125 H 31 cem Wx10 5 cm H requires a full length PCI slot Power Requirements 5 volts 2 5 A Environment Ambient Temperature 10 to 50 C operation 0 to 70 C storage Relative Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing operating 0 to 95 storage 32 Appendix B Technical Specifications Viper CamLink User s Manual Connector and Switch Locations Viper CamLink Connectors O Note that CamLink is shown attached to the main board with the connector side down Viper CamLink Main Board Connectors J500 z B x J10 J42 J6 J19 421 J22 SW J24 F J15 J14 13 J504 L J505 J3 J8 SCH J20 U37 J9 J11 H J16 4 Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix B Technical
43. r channels The naming conventions for the three configurations are e Base Single Channel Link interface single cable connector Medium Two Channel Link interface two cable connectors Full Three Channel Link interface two cable connectors A Camera Link port is defined as an 8 bit word The Full specification supports 8 ports labeled as A to H Camera Signal Summary Video Data Four enable signals are defined as e FVAL Frame Valid FVAL is defined HIGH for valid lines e LVAL Line Valid LVAL 1s defined HIGH for valid pixels e DVAL Data Valid DVAL is defined HIGH when data is valid Spare A spare has been defined for future use All four enables must be provided by the camera on each Channel Link All unused data bits must be tied to a known value by the camera Camera Controls Four LVDS pairs are reserved for general purpose camera control defined as camera inputs and frame grabber outputs e Camera Control 1 CCI e Camera Control 2 CC2 e Camera Control 3 CC3 e Camera Control 4 CC4 Note the Viper CamLink by default implements the control lines as follows using DALSA Corporation terminology EXYNC CC2 PRIN CC3 FORWARD CC4 HIGH 42 Appendix C Camera Link Interface Viper CamLink User s Manual Communication Two LVDS pairs have been allocated for asynchronous serial communication to and from the camera and frame grabber Cameras and frame grabbers should support at
44. r s Manual Index A Abort 20 acquisition parameters 17 18 17 18 20 ActiveX 5 add on modules 9 administrator 9 10 9 10 Area Scan 19 AUTORUN 9 10 9 10 B BIOS 49 buffer 19 20 19 20 24 27 buffer count 20 bus master 3 5 31 C CAB 3 4 24 Camera file 18 26 27 26 27 Camera Link 3 10 16 31 41 42 Camera Link modes 3 CamExpert 18 26 27 connectors 16 27 Contiguous 20 21 Coreco Imaging web site 2 D development libraries 5 Digital Signature 11 F file transfers 19 Found New Hardware Wizard 10 frame buffer 19 20 24 27 freeze 20 Full Installation 10 11 Viper CamLink User s Manual HTML help 2 image format 19 interface bracket 10 Internet 2 L Line Scan 19 26 27 LVDS 5 27 42 43 M MAMBA 100 3 4 16 MDR 26 10 16 memory 3 5 20 21 24 31 N National Semiconductor 41 O overlay 21 P PDF 2 Pixel Processor 4 9 15 Q quadrature shaft encoder 5 R Run Time installation 10 11 S Sapera ActiveX Controls manual 7 Sapera CAB User s manual 4 16 Sapera CD ROM 9 10 Sapera messaging 21 Sapera objects 21 Sapera User s manual 7 9 13 Index 55 Scatter Gather 3 20 serial numbers 12 server list 21 shaft encoder 5 19 26 Static electricity 9 T technical support 12 14 46 49 trigger 5 19 26 V Variable frame rate 24 viewer program 13 14 Viper CamLink viewer 13 W Web inspection 5 26 workstation 9 56 e Index Viper Cam
45. s a standard digital camera connection specification a standard data communication protocol and simpler cabling between camera and frame grabber The Camera Link interface simplifies the usage of increasingly diverse cameras and high signal speeds without complex custom cabling For additional information concerning Camera Link see http www pulnix com CameraLink html Rights and Trademarks Note The following text is extracted from the Camera Link Specification October 2000 PULNIX America Inc as chair of this ad hoc Camera Link committee has applied for U S trademark protection for the term Camera Link to secure it for the mutual benefit of industry members PULNiX will issue a perpetual royalty free license to any industry member including competitors for the use of the Camera Link trademark on the condition that it is used only in conjunction with products that are fully compliant to this standard PULNIX will not require licensed users of the trademark to credit PULNiX with ownership 3M is a trademark of the 3M Company Channel Link is a trademark of National Semiconductor Flatlink M is a trademark of Texas Instruments Panel Link is a trademark of Silicon Image Viper CamLink User s Manual Appendix C Camera Link Interface e 41 Data Port Summary The Camera Link interface has three configurations A single Camera Link connection is limited to 28 bits requiring some cameras to have multiple connections o
46. tion concerning configuring and programming CAB transfers see the Sapera CAB User s Manual OC SAPM CABUO Camera to Viper CamLink Connections Viper CamLink 3M MDR 26 pin 3M MDR 26 pin female connector female connector The hardware installation process is completed with the connection of a supported camera to the Viper CamLink board The camera will have one or two Camera Link MDR 26 connectors plus a connector for an external power supply Connect the camera to the Viper CamLink J1 connector with a Camera Link cable If required connect the second camera connector to Viper CamLink J2 Refer to section Connector and Switch Locations on page 33 Contact Coreco Imaging or browse our web site www imaging com for the latest information on Viper CamLink supported cameras 16 e Installing the Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual The Sapera Demo Application Acquisition Demo Overview Program StartePrograms Coreco Sapera LibraryeDemos Acquisition Demo Program file sapera demos standard vc sacqdemo release sacqdemo exe Project file sapera demos standard vc sacqdemo sacqdemo dsp Description This program demonstrates the basic acquisition functions included in the Sapera library The program allows you to acquire images either in continuous or in one shot mode while adjusting the acquisition parameters The program code may be extracted for use within your own application Remarks This demo is built using Visual C 6 0
47. ve r Acquisition Control 1076783 21525 Snap Grab TE CE MU VA Keen REIS Efeeze Abort General Options Buffer View CAB DSP Evel Processor 20x Destination zs ee L 6 Buffer Both C GAB r Processing None Through DSP Through Pizel Processor The following sections describe the various functions File Control Three controls are provided for image file transfers 1 New Clear the current image frame buffer 2 Load Retrieves images in BMP TIF CRC JPG and RAW formats 3 Save Prompts for a file name file save location and image format Acquisition Options Note that unsupported functions are grayed out and not selectable Function support is dependent on the frame grabber hardware in use General Acquisition Settings Allows enabling Viper CamLink external trigger mode Area Scan Camera Control Provides trigger reset and integrate control when supported by the current hardware and driver Line Scan Camera Control Provides Line Scan camera controls such as external line frame trigger selection shaft encoder input selection etc when supported by the current hardware and driver Composite Conditioning This dialog is not applicable to the Viper CamLink Viper CamLink User s Manual The Sapera Demo Application 19 Load CAM VIC Opens the dialog window Acquisition Parameters allowing the user to load a new set of camera files This is the same window as wh
48. ve Pixel defined in the CCA file under Horizontal active y where is the total number of active pixels per tap Note y must be a multiple of 4 Maximum Valid Data 8 bits pixel x 32K Pixels line LVAL 6 bits pixel x 16K Pixels line LVAL 32 bits pixel x 8K Pixels line LVAL 64 bits pixel x 4K Pixels line LVAL 262 144 lines FVAL Viper CamLink User s Manual Viper CamLink Reference e 25 Shaft Encoder Interface Connector J14 dual balanced shaft encoder inputs e Input 1 Pin 1 PHO amp Pin 2 PHO e Input 2 Pin 3 PH1 amp Pin 4 PHI Web inspection systems with variable web speeds typically provide one or two synchronization signals from a web mounted encoder to coordinate trigger signals These trigger signals are used by the acquisition line scan camera The Viper CamLink supports single or dual shaft encoder signals Dual encoder signals are typically 90 degrees out of phase relative to each other and provide greater web motion resolution When enabled the camera is triggered and acquires one scan line for each shaft encoder pulse edge To optimize the web application a second Sapera parameter defines the number of triggers to skip between valid acquisition triggers The figure below depicts a system where a valid camera trigger is any pulse edge from either shaft encoder signal After a trigger the two following triggers are ignored as defined by a Sapera parameter K
49. x contains the diagnostic report If there is a problem click on the Save button A file named pcidiag txt is created with a full dump of the PCI configuration registers Email this file to the Coreco Imaging Technical Support group with a full description of your computer For contact information see Technical Support on page 52 r PCI bus 1 0 range ODOOCOOO OODOCFFF Intel 0 30 0 Number 00000000 00000 Intel 0 31 2 Bso 71 00000400 0000041 Intel 0 31 4 00000 800 000008 Intel 0 31 5 Range 1 0 Ox00000000 00000FFFF Mem 0x00000000 0 FFFFFFFF Pref 0 00000000 0 00000000 Memory range DODODOOO D 3FFFFFF Intel 0 2 0 D4000000 D47FFFFF Intel 0 30 0 D4800000 D 48FFFFF Intel 0 30 0 D4900000 D 497FFFF Intel 0 2 0 Information No conflict in PCI configuration for bus 0 The most common problem is an invalid interrupt assigned to the Viper CamLink See Solving Interrupt Assignment Problem page 49 for a possible solution Windows NT Control Panel Devices The next step is to inspect Windows NT Control Panel Devices to make certain the appropriate Coreco Imaging drivers have started successfully during the boot sequence Click on the Start SettingseControl Panel then double click on the Devices item Make certain the following drivers have started for the Viper CamLink driver Device Description CorVCamLink Viper CamLink messaging CorLog Log viewer
50. xel Processor is an optional processing module designed for the Viper line of products as well as the Cobra C6 It performs point to point and neighborhood operations on live images Reference images can be acquired and stored in the pixel processor s onboard frame buffer for further operations It also features a re programmable processor unit with frame buffer memory that is used to buffer reference images incoming images and intermediate results The Pixel Processor operates on pixels at rates up to 200 MB sec 24 e Viper CamLink Reference Viper CamLink User s Manual Viper CamLink Acquisition Constraints DATA first L last A PCLK i Pixel Clock Range 20MHz up to 50MHz for 32 bits input x l LVAL FVAL setup time Minimum 15ns in ME L Hsync FVAL 2 Vsync 20 ERE gt gt gt setup times for LVAL and FVAL are the same Both must be high and stable before the rising edge of the Pixel Clock Pixel Clock must always be present LVAL must be active high to acquire camera data line scan cameras the number of image lines must be a multiple of 32 Horizontal Blanking VB Vertical Blanking Minimum 4 clocks cycle Minimum 1 line Maximum no limits Maximum no limits First Active Pixel unless otherwise specified in the CCA file Horizontal Back invalid x where x defines the number of pixels to be skipped Last Acti
51. xf5547000 1 0x00000010 D DEV sa CORMEM SYS CORMEMMAPPOOL gt CMemLinear Oxfebdf000 D DEV sapera DRIVER CORMEM KERNEL winnt cormem c 416 nz 48 Appendix D Troubleshooting Viper CamLink User s Manual Other Tools for Windows NT Windows NT Event Viewer under StartePrograms Administrative Tools Event Viewer lists various events that have taken place during the Operating System OS boot sequence If a driver generates an error it will normally log an entry in the event list Windows NT Diagnostics is an additional source for accessing system information It 1s located under StartePrograms Administrative Tools Windows NT Diagnostics This tool lists information related to a specific system Coreco Imaging Technical Support may request this information Solving Interrupt Assignment Problems Switch 3 of SW1 With the switch set to ON default PCI function 0 of the 1960 controller is set to PCI PCI bridge device In general there is no reason to change this setting With some older computers this configuration will cause the computer s BIOS to assign an invalid interrupt to PCI function 1 of the 1960 By setting the switch to OFF PCI function 0 of the 1960 is set to Multimedia Device and the computer BIOS should assign a valid interrupt Possible side effects may be that the PCI diagnostic program may falsely detect a conflict PCI PCI
52. ys information relating to the Viper CamLink onboard firmware The scroll window named Content provides firmware details such as version release date etc Other tabs such as Main Board i960 provide the mechanism to manually upload custom firmware prepared by Coreco Imaging engineering for particular client solutions The Browse button allows selecting custom firmware path saved by the Save Settings button while the Program button uploads the firmware to the Viper CamLink The Verify button checks the firmware checksum relative to its stored value PixPro Info 43 Coreco Viper CamLink Viewer 1 00 Viper CamLink 1 Main Info Main Board PisPro Info Template Version Issue Revision Last ECO Drawing Number Extension Vendor ID Serial Number Components Revision Additional Information Sub Template Version 2 n Ctrl ID 4028 Core ID 300 Frame Buffer Bank 0 KB 16384 zi Save Settings on Exit Save Settings Now Save Board Info Beset For Viper CamLink boards with the optional Pixel Processor module installed the PixPro Info tab displays information such as serial number and board revision of the Pixel Processor Viper CamLink User s Manual Installing the Viper CamLink e 15 Connecting Embedded Processors via CAB For information concerning the installation and connection between a Mamba 100 and a Viper CamLink via the CAB see the Mamba 100 User s Manual OC MAMM USERO For informa
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