CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual
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1. 41 6 83 GustomSensorClIkEnable TUNISIE 42 GSAT CuSTOMSEMS ORC Ke 222222222 0 0 00 0 110011 2 7 42 Pls 1111 1 14 4018 8 25 m tT 43 o Mechnical Datar 020 2 E E 44 2 222 45 e SpectralirespOnsecs RU TERMI IO CES 46 1 1 Spectral response for the MC4080 46 1 2 Spectral response for the MC4081 color with Bayer Pattern 46 8 seduce e RU UM UE 47 3 6 5 ect tee cence rere eet ae 48 8 3 48 8 3 2 0 01 12 22 227270 E 48 8 4 8 2 20 8 2 5 4 12 0010 EE CES 49 3 General CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 1 General 1 1 For customers in the U S A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial envi ronment This equipment generates uses and can2. T 32 E td 33 G2 SSH OTS CL er C UM ater 33 625 MORIA M E X 33 6 5 5ecimationblorizontalee eee E 34 6 E 34 6 53 SensomWidtisess eedem TE 35 5 0 56 50 ee en 35 emeret ec eL e S T E eue uten wm en dm T 35 6S IO 28 2 EU E 35 625 E IE 36 6 51 2 52 222 4220 252 22 220 2222 02008 0020 8 22201222 36 6 5 13 20 01 0010 200 HE 36 6 5 14 2 ee E ee 37 6 0 086 56 2 5 eee 222 22 37 6 9 d UserSetSelector oe 37 6 6 2 UserSetboad UserSetSelector 222222 22 38 6 6 3 User CO 38 6 6 4 95 22052220 38 2 CONTONE 39 Gailz 39 6 72 1 39 6 8 21 20 622222222 39 8 1 cess uae ouster teu 40 6 8 2
3. Length The length of the file in bytes given in hexadecimal without a leading Ox Example Local Mikrotron 4080 Rev1 xml B8000 33A References an GenlCam XML file in the flash memory of the camera The file can be read starting at address OxB8000 and has a length of 0x33a Bytes The returned string could also reference a XML file located on the vendors Homepage This loca tion ist not used by our cameras 6 2 8 lidcPointer Description Access Type In Out Remark The register provide the address of the start of the IIDC register space Read Unsigned integer 0x00000000 Not supported 17 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 9 DeviceVendorName Description This register provides the name of the manufacturer of the Device as a NULL terminated string Access Read Type String 0 32 In Out Vendor name Remark Example Mikrotron GmbH 6 2 10 DeviceModelName Description DeviceModelName Access Read Type String 0 32 In Out Model name Remark Example MC4082 6 2 11 DeviceManufacturerlnfo Description This register provide extended manufacturer specific information about the Device as a NULL terminated string Access Read Type String 0 48 In Out Manufacturer information Remark Example Mikrotron GmbH 18 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 12 DeviceVersion Description This register pro
4. 4 Getting started Before starting to operate the camera make sure that the following equipment is available Camera 408 C Mount F Mount lens Mikrotron Support CD Image processing system e g PC and software Completely installed CoaXPress frame grabber Device Driver Software CoaXPress cable according to the CoaXPress specification Take care that all components of the camera host chain camera grabber software are fully CoaXPress compliant For a detailed cable description read the according section below 4 1 First steps Switch off the image processing system Connect the camera to your CoaXPress frame grabber with an appropriate CoaXPress cable Connect a power supply to the camera Unscrew dust protection cover from the camera and screw in a lens Switch on the image processing system and the external camera power supply 11 Initial setup CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 5 Initial setup MC408x is delivered with initial parameters and therefore does not need to be configured via the host software 5 1 Serial number and firmware revision Serial number and firmware revision is provided in 408 non volatile memory Use the ac cording GenlCam feature to read the serial number and firmware revision from the camera see feature list below The serial number is also marked on the type plate of the camera 5 2 PowerUpProfile A Power Up Profile permanently stored in the no
5. Internal dynamics Up to 80 dB using Dynamic Range Adjustment Spectral bandwidth 350 850 nm Fill factor x quantum efficiency 40 Amplification Digital Gain 1 4 times 8 Bit modes 1 4 steps Video output CoaXPress CXP 5 and CXP 3 5W5 up to 2 4 Gbyte s Communication CoaXPress with Gen lt I gt Cam based technology Trigger Asynchronous shutter over CoaXPress interface Power supply 12 24 V external power supply Power consumption 7 W max Shock amp vibration 700 7grms Dimensions WxHxD 80 x 80 x 53 mm C Mount 80 x 80 x 81 mm F Mount Case temperature 15 450 C Weight 450 g C Mount 490 g F Mount Lens mount C F mount depending on adapter 44 Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 1 Resolution and Speed The table below shows a number of possible camera resolution and their max speed for this resolution for an 8 bpp image and 4 CXP Coax Lines Please note that the max speed that fi nally can be achieved depends on the selected transfer rate CXP 6 CXP 3 and the number of CXP links used Resolution Speed fps Remark H V CXP 3 CXP 6 2 336 1 728 281 563 2 048 1 024 474 949 1 920 1 080 450 900 Full HD 1 280 1 024 474 949 1 280 720 674 1 349 Half HD 2 336 512 974 1 894 45 Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 8 1 Spectral
6. InfosubType Camera sub type InfoHwRevision Camera hardware revision InfoFpgaVersion Camera FPGA program version InfoSwVersion Microcontroller software version InfoPwrSource Returns the source of the camera power supply external Power Supply or PoCXP InfoPwrConsumption The actual power consumption of the camera pA InfoPwrCxpVoltage The actual voltage of the camera power supply in mV Out See above Remark First you have to set the selector to define the data you want to read After setting the selector you can read the data by reading register Devicelnformation see below 40 Configuration CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 6 8 2 Devicelnformation DevicelnfoSelector Description This feature returns a value of the device information list selected by feature DevicelnfoSelector Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In Out Device information values Selector Description Sample InfoSnr Serial number of the camera same as feature 0x00000132 DevicelD InfoType Camera type model 0x00004080 Camera model MC4080 InfosubType Sub type number of the camera model 0x00000001 The subtype number describes models withs special features and custom version of the cam era InfoHwRevision This number describes the revision of the cam era hardware 0x0103000B Bits Description Revision 1 3 Build 11
7. The value 0x00000000 is reserved to indicate an unknown Host ID All writes to Device extension links gets ignored 6 2 19 ControlPacketDataSize Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provides the maximum control packet data size the Host can read from the Device or write to the Device in multiples of 4 bytes Read Unsigned integer Control packet size in multiples of 4 bytes 6 2 20 StreamPacketDataSize Description Access Type In Out Remark This register holds the maximum stream packet data size the Host can accept in multiples of 4 bytes Read Write Unsigned integer Stream packet data size in multiples of 4 bytes Stream packet data size in multiples of 4 bytes The Device can use any packet size it wants to up to this size A link reset sets the value 0x00000000 22 Configuration CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 6 2 21 LinkConfig Description This register holds a valid combination of the Device link speed and number of active links Writ ing to this register sets the link speeds on the specified links Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Link configuration Enumeration Description Model LINK1SPEED1250 OneLink 1 250 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK2SPEED1250 Two Links 1 250 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK3SPEED1250 _ Three Links 1 250 Gbps CX
8. 31 24 Major revision number 23 16 Minor revision number 15 00 Build number InfoFpgaVersion Version of the FPGA program of the camera Bits Description 0x02050001 31 24 Major version number Version 2 5 Build 1 23 16 Minor version number 15 00 Build number InfoSwVersion Version of the Microcontroller software version Bits Description 0x020F0011 31 24 Major version number Version 2 15 Build 17 23 16 Minor version number 15 00 15 00 InfoPwrSource Returns the source of the camera power supply Value Description 0 External Power Supply 1 Power Over CXP Line PoCXP InfoPwrConsumption Returns the actual power consumption of the 0x00066580 419200 pA camera uA 0 4192 InfoPwrCxpVoltage Returns the actual voltage of the camera power OX2E4A 11850 mV supply in mV 11 85 Volt InfoTemperature Returns the current camera temperature in 0 5 0 00000040 32 degree Celsius degrees Celsius The value returned is a signed OXFFFFFF2C 2 degree Celsius integer Remark Model number hardware revision FPGA version and firmware version are also included in the string of the DeviceVersion Bootstrap feature 41 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 8 3 CustomSensorClkEnable Description Access Type In Out Remark This feature enables disables the camera clock overwriting by a customer selected value Read Write Boolean Value Description On The camera us
9. 4 camera hardware is based on a number of programmable logical units This allows us to modify and update the firmware of the camera on an easy and fast way The flexibility of this concept guaranties you always to have an to date product Further it allows us to inte grate new and improved function into our cameras so you can profit on it Even customer modifications are possible to provide you with a camera that fits exactly your needs Normally it is not necessary to send your camera to us to do a firmware update To simplify the update procedure we will support you with an easy to handle Firmware Updater program So it should be no problem for you to do an update by your own Please Note Not all CXP frame grabber manufacturer supports our Firmware Updater soft ware So if you should have any problems to update the camera firmware please contact us We are sure we will find a solution to accomplish the firmware update with your frame grabber too 43 Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 8 Technical Data MC 4080 Monochrome MC 4081 Color Bayer Filter Resolution 2336 x 1728 Sensor type CMOS sensor Pixel depth 8 Bit 10 Bit monochrome or RGB Bayer Filter Pixel size 7 x 7 um Active area 16 35 H x 12 10 V mm 20 34 mm diagonal Light sensitivity Monochrome 1 600 ASA 9 V lux s RGB color 1 200 ASA Shutter Shutter time from 1 us to 1 s in 2 us steps
10. 4 IInteger XmlManifestSelector XmlSchemaVersion 0x00000014 R 4 IInteger XmlManifestSelector XmlUrlAddress 0x00000018 R 4 IInteger XmlManifestSelector lidcPointer 0x0000001C R 4 IInteger DeviceVendorName 0x00002000 R 32 IString DeviceModelName 0x00002020 R 32 IString DeviceManufacturerlnfo 0x00002040 R 48 IString DeviceVersion 0x00002070 R 32 IString DeviceFirmwareVersion 0x00002090 R 32 IString DevicelD 0x000020B0 R 16 IString DeviceUserlD 0x000020C0 R W 16 IString LinkReset 0x00004000 W R 4 Integer DeviceLinkID 0x00004004 R 4 IInteger MasterHostLinkID 0x00004008 R W 4 lInteger ControlPacketDataSize 0x0000400C R 4 IInteger StreamPacketDataSize 0x00004010 R W 4 IInteger LinkConfig 0x00004014 R W 4 IEnumerate 14 Configuration CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual Name Address Access Length bytes Interface Chapter LinkConfigDefault 0x00004018 R 4 IInteger TestMode 0x0000401C R W 4 IInteger TestErrorCountSelector 0x00004020 R W 4 IInteger TestErrorCount 0x00004024 R W 4 IInteger TestErrorCountSelector Start of manufacturer specific register space 0x00006000 6 2 1 Standard Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provides a magic number indicating the Device implements the CoaXPress stan dard Read Unsigned integer OxCOA79AE5 6 2 2 Revision Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provides the revisio
11. radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the lim its for a computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules 1 2 For customers in Canada This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in Radio In terference Regulations 1 3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada Cet appareil est conforme aux normes Classe A pour bruits radio lectriques sp cifi es dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique 1 4 Life Support Applications These products are not designed for use in life support appliances devices or systems where malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Mikrotron customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Mikrotron for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale General CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 1 5 Dec
12. response The charts below show the sensitivity of the monochrome and the color sensor with a bayer pattern filter on the sensor glass lid The color camera is by default equipped with a UV IR cut filter with a transmittance of 370 670nm resulting in a sensitivity shown in the second chart By request all types of cameras can be delivered with or without UV IR cut filter 1 4 Spectral response for the MC4080 monochrome QE of AM41V4 mono sensor QE 1 2 Spectral response for the MC4081 color with Bayer Pattern filter QE of AM41V4 color sensor QE 96 GREEN BLUE 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 46 Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 8 2 Bayer pattern filter The EoSens color cameras have a Bayer Pattern filter on their sensor glass lid To get the color information the imaging software must decode the information for one pixel to RGB by using the values of its neighbor pixels There exists a lot of different Bayer Pattern algorithms which differ in speed and quality of the decoded image You will find a lot of information and algorithms on the Internet which handle the Bayer Pattern thematic The Bayern Patter filter of the MC408x consists of a number small red green and blue filter el ements each covering exactly one pixel on the sensor A matrix of 2 x 2 filter elements build a filter element matrix The order and the color of the filter elements building a 2 x 2 filter matrix are always
13. the same The image below shows the colors and the order of a filter matrix as used by our cameras The sensor is completely covered by identically 2 x 2 filter matrix elements So the color pat tern of the first line of the matrix is repeated each mod 2 pixel number on each even line num ber The color pattern of the second line is repeated on each mod2 pixel on each odd line number That means that always 2 consecutive lines shows exactly the same order of Bayer Pattern elements From the size and the order of a filter matrix element results e Any sub region of a Bayer Pattern coded image must always start with the same color on the top left 0 0 pixel position of the region A Bayer Pattern image must always have an even number of pixels and ann even num ber of lines Changing the image size can only be done by steps of 2 in the horizontal and in the vertically direction 47 Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 8 3 Connectors 8 3 1 CoaXPress connector 5W5 All signals according to CoaXPress specification 8 3 2 Circular power connector 6 pin Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 4 DGND VCC 5 GND STRB 6 GND DGND digital GND for signal STROBE_OUT Manufacturer Hirose Order no HR10A 7P 6S Before applying power to the camera we strongly recommend to verify the used pins of the power connector the polarity of the l
14. Camera Manual 6 2 22 LinkConfigDefault Description This register provides the value of the LinkConfig register that allows the Device to operate in its default mode This feature is not supported in the current version Access Read Type Unsigned integer In Out 0x00000000 Remark This allows a simple Host e g a basic closed system format converter to automatically set the correct bit rate and obtain images from a Device 6 2 23 TestMode Description Writing the value 0x00000001 to this register enables test packets transmission from Device to Host Access Read Write Type In Value Description 0x00000000 Normal operation mode 0x00000001 Sending test packets to host Out Same as above Remark 6 2 24 TestErrorCountSelector Description Access Type In Out Remark This register selects the required TestErrorCount register It shall hold a valid Device Link ID Read Write Unsigned integer 0x00000000 0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000003 24 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 25 TestErrorCount TestErrorCountSelector Description This register provides the current link error count for the Device Link ID stored in register TestErrorCountSelector Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0x00000000 Out Error count Remark Writing 0x00000000 to this register resets the error count for the Device Link ID stored in register TestError
15. Co yPress MC408x Camera MANUAL CXP 6 CXP 5 3 4 MC408x Camera Manual Rev 1 24 Camera Firmware 0000408 0 23 1 0 28 670 Camera ID 408 Copyright 2013 Mikrotron GmbH Mikrotron GmbH Tel 449 89 726342 00 Landshuter Str 20 22 Fax 49 89 726342 99 D 85716 Unterschleissheim info mikrotron de Germany www mikrotron de MIKROTRON a LL _ CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual Table of contents Generalen Mu M 4 1 1 Eorccustomers WUS ATE 222 22 4 1 2 Forcustomersin Canada m aeea a UENIRE RM 4 1 3 Pour tilisateurs au Canada E ARE EA EEE A E EE EE 4 1 4 ite SUpport Applications SICUTI 4 To Declaration 5 TEW anani 2002 0 01000 EE 6 5 6 2 Introductio m E M 7 2 5 t T E 7 2 2 9 201 8 2 3 25 22 22 2 8 S HarcWalc cec eec fe UN MM t 9 5 2 eo RENTUR 9 sThesxoenlGamistandarde 9 35 8 2889 I EE TS 9 3 2 222 222 222222 2 2 222222 0 10 EC RESQUE ERN 10 156 141 8 S
16. CountSelector to zero A link reset sets all link error counters to zero 25 Configuration CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 6 3 Acquisition Control Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter AcquisitionMode R W 4 IEnumeration AcquisitionStart 4 AcquisitionStop 4 RAW 4 IEnumeration ExposureTime R W 4 IInteger ExposureTimeMax R 4 IInteger AcquisitionFrameRate RAW 4 lInteger AcquisitionFrameRateMax R 4 IInteger TriggerMode R W 4 iEnumeration TriggerSource RAW 4 IEnumeration SoftwareTrigger 4 6 3 1 AcquisitionMode Description This feature controls the acquisition mode of the Device Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Continuous In this mode the camera records a sequence of images Out See above Remark Frame acquisition can be stopped with command AcquisitionStop 6 3 2 AcquisitionStart Description Access Write Type Command In 0x00000001 Out Remark 6 3 3 AcquisitionStop Description Access Write Type Command In x00000001 Out Remark This feature starts acquisition from the Device This feature stops acquisition from the Device The feature AcquisitionMode defines how images gets captured 26 EE M Configuration CoaXPress
17. D TUNER S 22 62 9 controlPacketDatasSizez E E 22 6 220 5treamBPacketDataSizez 22 o2210imkGonfiges EE 23 6 222 inkGontigDefaulti UE EE 24 2 23 24 6 2249fnestErroreounteelector 22172027 TS 24 6 2 25 TestErrorCount TestErrorCountSelector 1 2 2 25 Or 5 26 AcquisitionMode 0 2 2101 0 100 0058 E E S 26 6 32 ACQUISITIONS tants 25 N 26 6 3 9 Acquisitionotoprs 26 2 CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 6 3 4 ExposureMode 2222 27 6 3 5 ExposureTile 22 222 DOUCEUR EE 27 65 6 2 25 222 2 27 6 37 AcquisitionkrameRates eese CENE EUER 28 6 3 8 AcquisitionkrameRtateMax 222222220222 2 02 20 28 0 3 95 28 6 310 TiriggerMode TriggerSelector 22022220222 2 22 29 o 3 29 6 312 nggerActivation Biiniggenselectorn e 0020222222 7 T 30 6 313 ENEMIES 30 Go koowa e Tog 4022 M I 30 6 32 MEStIMAGS oele lO 2 4 4 20 00 54 02 eee 00110000 E E e eU TESTE ETUDES 31 G4 Device 32 EET 32 29521118 53156 01 2 32 Se esl VV ACAI
18. MC408x Camera Manual 6 3 4 ExposureMode Description This feature sets the operation mode of the Exposure It defines how a picture gets exposed if the camera is in triggered mode Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Timed In this mode sets the camera to free running mode The camera sends a continuous se quence of images to the frame grabber The images gets exposed by the time defined by the feature ExposureTime The frame rate is defined with feature AcquisitionFrameRate TriggerWidth In this mode the camera waits for a trigger start message from the host to start to expose the next image The end of the exposure time is defined by an following trigger stop mes sage After receiving the exposure stop message the exposed image gets streamed to the host So the exposure time corresponds to the length of the trigger signal Out Remark The ExposureMode is only relevant if the camera is in triggered mode To set the camera to triggered mode the feature TriggerMode must be set to On 6 3 5 ExposureTime Description This feature defines the exposure time in us if the exposure mode is Timed Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0 ExposureTimeMax Out Exposure time Remark 6 3 6 ExposureTimeMax Description This feature returns the maximal possible exposure time for the current camera settings in us Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out Max e
19. P 3 amp CXP 6 LINK4SPEED1250 Four Links 1 250 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK1SPEED2500 Link 2 500 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK2SPEED2500 Links 2 500 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK3SPEED2500 Three Links 2 500 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK4SPEED2500 Four Links 2 500 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK1SPEED3125 OneLink 3 125 Gbps CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK2SPEED3125 Two Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK3SPEED3125 Three Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINKASPEED3125 Four Links 3 125 Gbps per Link CXP 3 amp CXP 6 LINK1SPEED5000 One Link 5 000 Gbps CXP 6 LINK2SPEED5000 Links 5 000 Gbps per Link CXP 6 LINK3SPEED5000 Links 5 000 Gbps per Link CXP 6 LINKASPEED5000 Four Links 5 000 Gbps per Link CXP 6 LINK1SPEED6250 One Link 6 250 Gbps CXP 6 LINK2SPEED6250 Two Links with 6 250 Gbps per Link CXP 6 LINK3SPEED6250 Three Links 6 250 Gbps per Link CXP 6 LINKASPEED6250 Four Links 6 250 Gbps per Linkm CXP 6 Out Link configuration Remark Format of the enumeration values Bits Name Description 31 16 Number of links Number of Device links to use e g 1 for one link 2 for two links etc 15 0 Link speed Bit rate selection code see table below Bit Rate Gbps Bit Rate Code 1 250 0x28 2 500 0x30 3 125 0X38 5 000 0x40 6 250 0x48 Example 4 Links by an connection speed of 3 125 Gbps 0x00040038 23 r ee Configuration CoaXPress MC408x
20. above Remark The available pixel formats depends on the type of the camera monochrome or color 6 5 12 TapGeometry Description This feature describes the geometrical properties characterizing the taps of the camera as seen from the frame grabber Access Read Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Geometry 1X 1Y Single pixel scanning from left to right and single line scanning from top to button Out See above Remark 6 5 13 Image1StreamID Description This gives the Stream ID of the primary image stream from the Device Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out 0x00000001 Remark 36 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 5 14 Image2StreamID Description This gives the Stream ID of the secondary image stream from the Device Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out 0x00000000 Remark Not used 6 6 User Set Control Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter UserSetSelector RAW 4 IEnumeration UserSetLoad UserSetSelector 4 UserSetSave UserSetSelector 4 UserSetDefaultSelector R W 4 IEnumeration 6 6 1 UserSetSelector Description Selects the feature User Set to load save or configure Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Default Selects the factory setting User set UserSet1 Selects the first user set UserSet2 Selects the second user se
21. ach captured image Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Off This options sets the camera to normal operation mode GreyHorizontalRamp If this option is set the camera sends an image with a horizontal moving gray scale ramp The test image includes also a frame counter superimposed in its image see below FrameCounter If this option is set a frame counter is superimposed into each captured frame or ROI The frame counter overlays 4 pixel in the upper left corner of each frame The counter starts with O on each activation and will start with O again if reaching its max value The counter will also be reset to 0 on each acquisition start command In 10 bit modes the bits 1 0 in each pixel gets set to 0 Counter layout Pixel Meaning 0 Frame counter LSB part counter bits 7 0 The values of pixel 0 and 1 are used to build a consecutive running16 Bit frame counter in little endian notation If the 16 bit counter overruns it starts with 0 again 1 Frame counter MSB part counter bits 15 8 2 Frame counter active marker If the frame counter is active this value is always OxAA 3 ROI number For cameras with the Multi ROI feature the frame counter is inserted in each ROI This value reflects the number of the ROI the frame counter is superim posed starting from 1 for ROI 1 Because set of ROI s belongs always to one frame the frame counter is in each ROI the sa
22. all boot registers as described in the CoaXPress specification to be CoaXPress compliant Some of them are defined in the GenlCam and in the CoaXPress standard some of them are CoaXPress specific 13 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual All integer values are interpreted as 32 bit unsigned integers if not other men tioned Strings NULL terminated and consists of 8 bit chars 6 2 Bootstrap registers CoaXPress compliant Devices must support a number of bootstrap registers as defined in this chapter In contrast to other CXP camera features each bootstrap register is assigned to a fixed camera address which is defined in the CoaXPress specification The Bootstrap registers are defined for device information and to allow the frame grabber to establish and maintain the connection between the host and the camera The connection to the camera is handled by the frame grabber in the background and is normally not in the scope of an application developer So namely the registers for establishing and maintaining the grabber camera connection may be not of interest for the normal application programmer Name Address Access Length bytes Interface Chapter Standard 0x00000000 R 4 IInteger AS Revision 0x00000004 R 4 IInteger XmlManifestSize 0x00000008 R 4 IInteger XmlManifestSelector 0x0000000C R W 4 IInteger XmlVersion 0x00000010 R
23. by register XmlManifestSelector Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out Bits Name Description 31 24 Reserved Shall be 0 23 16 SchemaMajorVersion The major version number of the schema used by the XML file 15 8 SchemaMinorVersion The minor version number of the schema used by the XML file 7 0 SchemaSubMinorVersion The sub minor version number of the schema used by the XML file Remark 16 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 7 XmlUrlAddress XmlManifestSelector Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provides the address of the start of the URL string referenced by register XmlManifestSelector Read Unsigned integer Register address Reading from the returned register address returns N chars representing the name the register address and the length of the GenlCam XML file stored the flash memory of the camera The format of the address string is Field Description Local Indicates the XML file is stored in non volatile memory in the Device Filename The name of the XML file The file name has no meaning if the XML file is stored in the camera Extension xml indicates an uncompressed text XML file zip indicates a ZIP format compressed text file Address The start address of the file in the Device memory map given in hexadecimal form without a leading Ox The address string can be read from this address
24. eads and the supply voltage The camera may only be used with a supply voltage according to the camera specification Connecting a lower or higher supply voltage AC voltage reversal polarity or using wrong pins of the power connector may damage the camera If doing so the warranty will expire immediately Technical Data CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 8 4 Mechanical dimensions 4CX camera body F Mount C Mount 4x W 1 4 8x M4 49
25. emented in 16 pixel increments maximal image width is calculated as SensorWidth OffsetX 32 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 5 2 Height Description This feature provides the image height in lines Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 2 HeightMax Out Image height Remark The image height must be incremented in 2 lines increments maximal image height is calculated as SensorHeight OffsetY 6 5 3 OffsetX Description Horizontal offset from the origin to the area of interest in pixels Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0 OffsetXMax Out Horizontal offset Remark The offset must be incremented in 16 pixel increments 6 5 4 OffsetY Description Vertical offset from the origin to the area of interest in lines Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0 OffsetYMax Out Vertical offset Remark The offset must be incremented in 2 lines increments 33 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 5 5 DecimationHorizontal Description Access Type In Out Remark Horizontal sub sampling of the image Read Write Unsigned Integer 15 2 Current horizontal decimation factor This value defines that each Nth image pixels in horizontal direction must be sampled to build the image So the size of the image gets reduced in horizontal direction by the factor of Decimation Horizontal A decimat
26. es the sensor clock defined with feature CustomSensorCIk Off The camera uses the default sensor clock defined for the current CoaXPress link settings On Off The 4 camera defines a default sensor clock for each CoaXPress link speed to run the cam era in an optimal frame rate image quality relation With the custom sensor clock feature this default value can be overwritten by a customer selected value see feature CustomSensorCIk below Overwriting the default sensor clock by a higher sensor clock may result in substantial higher frame rates depending on the frame size but may also downgrade the image quality It is up to the user to find a setting that fits his needs This feature may be mainly of use for frame grabber boards with a max link speed less than CXP6 6 8 4 CustomSensorCIk Description Access Type In Out Remark Overwrites the default camera sensor clock by a customer defined value Read Write Enumeration Enumeration Description 50MHz Set camera sensor clock to 50 MHz 75MHz Set camera sensor clock to 75 MHz default for CXP1 CXP3 100MHz Set camera sensor clock to 100 MHz 125MHz Set camera sensor clock to 125 MHz default for CXP5 150MHz Set camera sensor clock to 150 MHz default for CXP6 Currently selected sensor clock See above 42 Firmware update CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 7 Firmware update Our
27. ess Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description SoftwareTrigger If software is defined as the source of a trigger signal the user can trigger the camera to take a picture by referencing the feature SoftwareTrigger It is no external hardware trig ger signal needed to request a new image from the camera CXPTrigger If set to CXPTrigger the camera waits for an external trigger signal from the frame grabber before it makes a new image How the image gets exposed depends on the setting of fea ture ExposureMode LineO If set to LineO the camera waits for an external trigger signal on the CXP DIN 1 0 2 3 con nector to take an image This feature is only available on Mikrotron CXP cameras with a DIN 1 0 connector Line1 If set to Line1 the camera waits for an external trigger signal on the CXP DIN 1 0 2 3 con nector to take an image This feature is only available on Mikrotron CXP cameras with a DIN 1 0 connector Out See above Remark There can always be just one trigger source active at one time 29 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 3 12 TriggerActivation TriggerSelector Description This feature defines the activation mode for a selected trigger type Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description RisingEdge The camera will start to capture frames on the arrival of a CXP trigger rising edge trigger packet This activator expects a subsequent t
28. he sensor Clean lenses and sensor from dust before rubbing the lens sensor surface Hardware CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 3 Hardware 3 1 CoaXPress interface CoaXPress is a new high speed interface standard for digital machine vision components in cluding frame grabbers and cameras CoaXPress uses the GenlCam standard for host cam era communication Benefits of the new technology are High transfer rates between camera and host up to 6 25 Gbps Good scalability By using the electronically manual of the specification CoaXPress grants compatibility and interchangeability between different CoaXPress hard and software components Connection between host and camera over cheap 5 Coax cables Max Coax cable length can be influenced by selecting Link Speeds from 1 25 Gbps to 6 25 Gbps 3 1 1 The GenlCam standard The goal of GenlCam is to provide a generic programming interface for all kinds of cameras No matter what interface technology the cameras are using or what features they are implementing the application programming interface API should be always the same Specification 1 0 Although CoaXPress do not support the full GenlCam standard it uses parts of the specifica tion to ease the interchangeability between different CoaXPress compliant components Ev ery camera must be provided with an electronically readable manual This manual can be read and interp
29. ion factor of 1 means no horizontal decimation The Width value must be set to the requested number of horizontal pixels Width DecimationHorizontal may not exceeds the horizontal sensor size or an error gets returned Example To get a sub sampled image which covers the whole horizontal sensor width but uses just the half number of horizontal pixels you have to set the Width parameter to SensorWidth 2 and the DecimatinHorizontal factor to 2 This will result in an image which is clinched in the hori zontal direction by factor 2 but covering the whole horizontal senor width 6 5 6 DecimationVertical Description Access Type In Out Remark Vertical sub sampling of the image Read Write Unsigned Integer 1 255 Current vertical decimation factor This value defines that each Nth image line in vertical direction must be sampled to build the im age So the size of the image gets reduced in vertical direction by the factor of DecimationVertical A decimation factor of 1 means no horizontal decimation The Height value must be set to the re quested number of lines Height DecimationVertical may not exceeds the max vertical sensor Size or an error gets returned Example To get a sub sampled image which covers the whole vertical sensor height but uses just the half number of lines you have to set the Height parameter to SensorHeight 2 and the DecimatinVertical factor to 2 This will result in an image which is clinched i
30. ionBurstFrameCount to define the number of frames to capture if Frame BurstStart is selected 28 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 3 10 TriggerMode TriggerSelector Description This feature activates or deactivates the selected trigger type Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description On This sets the camera to triggered mode In triggered mode the camera waits for a trigger signal to take a picture The trigger signal can be a hardware trigger signal from the frame grabber or a software trigger initiated by a software command If the trigger source is a hardware or a software signal is defined by the feature TriggerSource The frame rate of the camera depends on the frequency of the trigger signals Off If the trigger mode is Off the camera is set to free running mode All trigger signals gets ig nored while the camera is in this mode The camera captures continuously images that can be send to the frame grabber The frame rate is defined by the feature AcquisitionFrameRate the exposure time by feature ExposureTime Out Remark The feature ExposureMode defines how the camera exposes the next image as reaction to a trigger signal The settings of ExposureMode are only relevant if the camera is in triggered mode 6 3 11 TriggerSource TriggerSelector Description This feature defines the source for the selected trigger type Acc
31. laration of conformity Manufacturer Mikrotron GmbH Address Landshuter Str 20 22 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany Product Camera 4080 MC4083 The dedicated products conform to the requirements of the Council Directives 2004 108 EG for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic consis tency The following standards were consulted for the conformity testing with regard to electro magnetic consistency EC regulation 1 EN 61000 6 3 Electromagnetic compatibility EN 61000 6 1 Immunity Unterschleissheim February 09 2012 Mikrotron GmbH Dipl Ing Bernhard Mindermann President of Mikrotron General CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 1 6 Warranty Note Do not open the body of the camera The warranty becomes void if the body is opened 1 7 Remarks Warnings This document contains important remarks and warnings See the corresponding symbols Important remark Attention Warning Introduction CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 2 Introduction Cameras of our new EoSens 4CXP family CoaXPress compliant high speed CMOS cameras with a 4 Megapixel sensor of 2336 H x 1728 V pixel The cameras are widely con figurable and scalable to fit your needs They are available in a monochrome and a color ver sion Bayer Filter The new CoaXPress high speed interface technology allows transfer rates up to 6 25 Gbps But our CoaXPress cameras support all CoaXPress Li
32. me For cameras without the Multi ROI feature or if just one ROI is defined this value is always 1 Out Current test image selector Remark ALink Reset sets the camera to normal operation mode e Ifthe Grey Horizontal Ramp test pattern is selected the frame counter gets activated au tomatically too e Acquisition Stop Start sets the frame counter to 0 Activating the FrameCounter also reset the counter to 0 31 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 4 Device Control Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter DeviceReset 4 6 4 1 DeviceReset Description Resets the device to its power up state Access Write Type Unsigned Integer In 0x00000001 Out Remark 6 5 Image Format Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter Width R W 4 IInteger Height R W 4 IInteger OffsetX R W 4 lInteger OffsetY R W 4 IInteger DecimationHorizontal RAW 4 IInteger DecimationVertical RAW 4 Integer SensorWidth R 4 IInteger SensorHeight R 4 IInteger WidthMax R 4 IInteger HeightMax R 4 IInteger PixelFormat RAW 4 IEnumeration TapGeometry RAW 4 IEnumeration Image1StreamID R 4 IInteger Image2StreamID IInteger 6 5 1 Width Description This feature provides the image width in pixels Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 16 WidthMax Out Image width Remark The image width must be incr
33. n of the CoaXPress specification implemented by this Device Read Unsigned integer Bits Description 31 16 Major Revision 15 00 Minor Revision For version 1 5 0x00010005 6 2 3 XmlManifestSize Description Access Type In Out Remark This register returns the number of available XML manifests At least one manifest must be avail able Read Unsigned integer 1 15 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 4 XmlManifestSelector Description This register selects the required XML manifest registers It holds a number between 0 and XmlManifestSize 1 Access Read Write Type Unsigned integer In 0 XmlManfiesSize 1 Out 0 XmlManfiesSize 1 Remark A link reset sets the value to 0x00000000 6 2 5 XmlVersion XmlManifestSelector Description This register provide the version number for the XML file given in the manifest referenced by register XmlManifestSelector Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out Bits Name Description 31 24 Reserved Shall be 0 23 16 XMLMajorVersion The major version number of the XML file 15 8 XMLMinorVersion The minor version number of the XML file 7 0 XMLSubMinorVersion The sub minor version number of the XML file Remark 6 2 6 XmlSchemaVersion XmlManifestSelector Description This register provides the GenlCam schema version for the XML file given in the manifest refer enced
34. n the vertical direction by factor 2 but covering the whole senor in vertical direction 34 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 5 7 SensorWidth Description Effective width of the sensor in pixels Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out Sensor width Remark 6 5 8 SensorHeight Description Effective height of the sensor in lines Access Read Type Unsigned Integer In Out Sensor width Remark 6 5 9 WidthMax Description Maximum width in pixels of the image Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In Out Max image width Remark The max possible image width is calculated in dependency of the currently defined horizontal off Set OffsetX 6 5 10 HeightMax Description Maximum height in lines of the image Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In Out Max image height Remark The max possible image height is calculated in dependency of the currently defined vertical off set OffsetY 35 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 5 11 PixelFormat Description This feature returns the format the camera uses for one pixel Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Available for Camera type Mono8 Monochrome 8 bit pixel monochrome color Mono10 Monochrome 10 bit pixel Monochrome color BayerGR8 Bayer Pattern color image color BayerGR10 Order of the Bayern Pattern Out See
35. n volatile memory of the camera gets loaded automatically if the camera is powered up The profile consists of a number of camera settings that configures the camera to a defined operation state So no configuration from the host may necessary to bring the camera to a good working condition This includes values like the sen sor resolution or the frame rate for example 12 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 Configuration 6 1 Camera configuration The MC408x is based on the CoaXPress specification CoaXPress itself uses elements of the GenlCam standard to configure and control the camera GenlCam assumes that the cam era uses a flat register layout for configuration For example if you want to change the expo sure time of the camera you have to write the according value to the camera register repre senting the exposure time e g 0 1100 All camera registers are described and summarized in an electronically readable manual file A register element in this manual is also called a feature The file itself is coded in ASCII using the Extensible Markup Language XML to describe each register as a XML feature knot Each knot consists at least of the type of the feature command string integer its access mode R W a descriptive name friendly name of the feature the corresponding register ad dress and a short description of the feature in plain ASCII text There are also a number of ad ditional elements
36. nk Speeds from 1 25 Gbps to 6 25 Gbps depending on the camera model Although the camera already offers a very high frame rate with more than 560 fps at full reso lution you can get even 1000ths of frames by reducing the camera resolution For this you can define a Region of Interest on the camera sensor that gives you an optimal relation be tween resolution and frame rate which you may need for your task In this context the very high photo sensitivity of 1600 ASA monochrome or 1200 ASA RGB is also a very important feature of the 4CXP cameras Configuring the camera to Full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080 and a frame rate of nearly 1000 fps offers a wide field for new and exciting applications Full HD recordings make it possible to use the camera not only for industrial applications but also for applications like high speed high resolution documentary films or for commercial clips The camera electronic is enclosed in a very compact and solid full metal cage that is prepared for using the camera in heavy industrial surroundings This is also encouraged by the use of shielded coaxial cables as used by the CoaXPress standard The camera uses industry standard C Mount or F Mount lenses 2 1 Top level specifications 4 Megapixel high speed CMOS sensor 4 3 optical format High resolution 2336 x 1728 pixel 7 um square pixels monochrome or color Bayer Filter 10 8 bit pixel Up to 563 frames s at full resolution CXP Link Speed fr
37. om 1 25 Gbps to 6 25 Gbps Up to 1600 ASA monochrome or 1200 ASA RGB Extended dynamic range up to 80 db Arbitrary region of interest Freeze Frame full frame shutter More than 100000 frames s with reduced resolution Communication and image transfer via CoaXPress interface Small compact housing Wide power supply range Introduction CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 2 2 Differences between the camera types The 4CXP camera is available as the monochrome MC 4080 MC 4082 version or as a MC 4081 MC 4083 color Bayer Filter version All versions have the same sensor with a reso lution of 2336 x 1728 pixel The color version uses a Bayer Filter at the top of the sensor to code the color information in the image pixels The camera models also differ in the maximal CoaXPress Link Speed they support The table below shows the different camera models and their max frame rate Type Data width 1 C F Mount lens Link speed max frame rate bits Mono adaption 2336 x 1728 CXP 3 281 fps 4081 8 10 3 281 fps MC4082 8 10 C F CXP 5 563 fps MC4083 8 10 C F CXP 5 563 fps 2 3 Using the camera There are no serviceable parts inside the camera The camera may not be opened otherwise guarantee is lost Use dry soft lens cleaning tissue for cleaning lenses and if necessary the sensors window Don t use tools that may harm t
38. reted automatically by software components to control the features of a camera in a generic way 3 1 2 GenTL GenTL is one part of the GenlCam standard It defines a hard and software independent in terface that each CoaXPress compliant frame grabber must support One of the benefits that GenTL offers to the user is a general and well defined interface to communicate with the cam era over the frame grabber hardware So the user is not chained to a software offered by the frame grabber manufacturer He can use the software of its choice select from all components that supports the CoaXPress and GenTL compliant interface Hardware CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 3 2 Power supply The camera needs a DC supply voltage between 12 24V at a power consumption of 7 Watt max The power supply unit is connected to a dedicated connector at the back side of the camera Please take attention to the pin wiring of the connector as described below Before applying power to the camera we strongly recommend to verify the used pins of the power connector the polarity of the leads and the supply voltage The camera may only be used with a supply voltage according to the camera specification Connecting a lower or higher supply voltage AC voltage reversal polarity or using wrong pins of the power connector may damage the camera If doing so the warranty will expire immediately 10 Getting started CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual
39. rigger falling edge trigger packet to finish the trigger sequence FallingEdge The camera will start to capture frames on the arrival of a CXP trigger falling edge trigger packet This activator expects a subsequent trigger raising edge trigger packet to finish the trigger sequence AnyEdge To increase the trigger frequency by 2 the activator AnyEdge initiate a frame on arrival of a trigger rising edge trigger packet as well as on arrival of a trigger falling edge trigger packet There is no subsequent trigger packet needed to finish the trigger sequence Out Remark Using the activator AnyEdge doubles the max trigger frequency 6 3 13 AcquisitionBurstFrameCount Description Tthis feature defines the number of frames to capture if trigger FrameBurstStart is selected Access Read Write Type Unsigned Integer In 1 4294967295 Out Remark 6 3 1 SoftwareTrigger Description This command triggers the camera to make a new picture Access Write Type Command In 0x00000001 Out Remark To generate a software trigger signal TriggerSource must be set to SoftwareTrigger exposure time for the new image is the time defined by the feature ExposureTime 30 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 3 2 TestlmageSelector Description This feature selects the type of test image that is sent by the camera It also activates deactivates a frame counter who gets superimposed into e
40. rovides the serial number of the camera as a NULL terminated string Access Read Type String O 16 In Out Serial number of the camera Remark Example 000000000000157 20 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 15 DeviceUserlD Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provides a user programmable identifier for the camera as a NULL terminated string Read Write String 0 16 User ID User ID The User ID can free defined by the user It gets saved in the flash memory of the camera so that it is preserved even if the camera power is switched off 6 2 16 LinkReset Description Access Type In Out Remark Initiates a Device link reset Read Write Unsigned integer 0x00000001 0x00000000 A Link Reset sets the bit rate of the camera to the discovery bit rate and resets all relevant values to allow a new connection recovery by the host A link reset stops a running image acquisition 6 2 17 DeviceLinkID Description Access Type In Out Remark This register provide the ID of the Device link via which this register is read Read Unsigned Integer Link ID 21 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 18 MasterHostLinklD Description Access Type In Out Remark This register holds the Host Link ID of the Host link connected to the Device Master link Read Write Unsigned integer Host Link ID Host Link ID
41. t UserSet3 Selects the third user set Out See above Remark Set the UserSetSelector first to select a user set for further operations see below 37 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 6 2 UserSetLoad UserSetSelector Description Loads the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the device and makes it active Access Write Type Command In Out Remark Loads the User Set selected by selector UserSetSelector from the camera flash memory to the camera registers as the current configuration If the selected User Set is not defined by previously saving a camera configuration to this set an error message gets returned The Default User Set is a set of factory settings that are predefined by the manufacturer 6 6 3 UserSetSave UserSetSelector Description Save the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the non volatile memory of the device Access Write Type Command In Out Remark A previously saved user set gets overwritten by the new settings The Default User Set is a set of factory settings and can not be overwritten 6 6 4 UserSetDefaultSelector Description Selects the feature User Set to load and make active when the device is reset Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description Default Selects the factory setting User set UserSet1 Selects the first user set UserSet2 Selects the second user set UserSet3 Selects the third user set Ou
42. t Currently selected default User Set selector Remark 38 Configuration CoaXPress 408 Camera Manual 6 7 Analog Controller Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter Gain R W 4 IInteger BlackLevel RAW 4 Integer 6 7 1 Gain Description Access Type In Out Remark The Gain defines an amplification of the video signal in 96 Read Write Integer 50 1000 Current Gain A gain of 100 corresponds to an amplification of 1 Gain is set to 100 by default 6 7 2 BlackLevel Description Access Type In Out Remark BlackLevel defines a DC offset added to the video signal Read Write Integer 0 500 Current BlackLevel BlackLevel is defined in 96 from a camera internal reference value Blacklevel is set to 100 by default 6 8 Custom features Name Access Length bytes Interface Chapter DevicelnformationSelector R W 4 IEnumeration Devicelnformation DevicelnfoSelector R 4 IInteger PrstEnable RAW 4 IEnumeration PulseDrainEnable R W 4 IEnumeration 39 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 8 1 DevicelnformationSelector Description This feature selects one of the elements from the device information list Access Read Write Type Enumeration In Enumeration Description InfoSnr Serial number of the camera same as feature DevicelD InfoType Camera type model
43. taMme d 11 AB INSUSLS DSi 2222222 222 404 4 9 11 Sunitial 12 5 ESernalnumbernrarndfimmnwareevisionm 12 5 2 AONE N AI EE nae Mr ME 12 D T A 13 61 22222225 2 01 1 5 00 101 22 13 6 2 5 516 5 5 22 20215 0 01 70 00 02015 0 00010105 00 0 60001100 00011011 01 ERES 14 6 2515 5 E 15 6 2 2 RGevISIOQs 15 6 2 3 1 26 22 22222 15 6 24 515 20002000 50001010 08011600 UCET 16 6 2 5 XmlVersion XmlManifestSelector 16 6 2 6 XmlSchemaVersion XmlManifestSelector 16 6 2 7 XmlUrlAddress XmlManifestSelector 2 12214040411000660000000 17 2 8 EUER TT 17 REUNIR 18 6210 DeviceModelNamec ee EMEN ES 18 62 119 s ERN 18 6212 DeVICe Version UL UE EM EE MESE TTE E 19 6 2 3 eviceEinmwareVersion eee UTE EE 20 624 Devicellg etos eM HIR MIS 20 62 15DeviceUserz eem e M Re E 21 6216 LinkReset se ue HI Me Meme ULT TE 21 6 21r RET EIE 21 6 218 Mastentiostltinkl
44. that make out a complete feature description For example the min and max values for a feature or its default value Please refer to the GenlCam documentation for further details The features itself in the XML file are grouped according to their meaning e g Bottstrap regis ters Image format The XML file itself can be saved compressed or uncompressed in the camera or can be an external file on the local computer or an remote host The path URL to the file can be read from the camera feature XmlUrlAddress see feature list below The features exposed by the camera and described in the XML file can be roughly subdivided in four groups In a set of 9 mandatory features for a basic camera control as described in the CoaXPress specification In a set of mandatory boot registers used by the host software to connect itself to the camera to do some connection related settings and to get the path to the XML file and read out the camera feature list This features are also a part of the CoaXPress specification The boot reg isters are the only camera registers that have the same address for a specific register on ev ery CXP compliant camera no matter who manufactured it Not mandatory camera features which names and meanings are defined in the GenlCam Standard Features Naming Convention SFNC Custom features which names and meaning are special to a manufacturer camera A camera must implement all mandatory features and
45. vides the version of the camera hardware as a NULL terminated string Access Read Type String 0 32 In Out Device version string Remark Format of the version string Byte numbers from left to right Byte Description Sample 0 Hardware tag H 1 3 Hardware version major number 000 4 5 7 Hardware version minor number 001 8 9 13 Hardware version sub minor number 00000 So the sample row would result in the device version string H000 100 00000 19 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 2 13 DeviceFirmwareVersion Description This register provides the version of the firmware in the Device as a NULL terminated string Access Read Type String 0 32 In Out Firmware version string Remark Format of the version string Byte numbers from left to right Byte Description Sample 0 Controller software version tag 1 3 Software version major number 000 4 5 7 Software version minor number 013 8 9 13 Software version sub minor number 00007 14 Delimiter zi 15 FPGA program version tag 16 18 FPGA version major number 000 19 20 22 FPGA version minor number 015 23 24 28 FPGA version sub minor number 00304 So the sample row would result in the device version string V000 013 00007 F000 015 00304 6 2 14 DevicelD Description This register p
46. xposure time Remark The max exposure time depends on the current frame rate 27 Configuration CoaXPress MC408x Camera Manual 6 3 7 AcquisitionFrameRate Description Access Type In Out Remark Controls the acquisition rate in Hertz at which the frames are captured Read Write Unsigned Integer 1 AcquisitionFrameRateMax AcquisitionFrameRate To capture continuously frames with the selected frame rate the camera must be in continuous mode 6 3 8 AcquisitionFrameRateMax Description Access Type In Out Remark This feature returns the max possible frame rate in dependency of the current camera settings Read Unsigned Integer Max frame rate The max frame rate depends on the currently defined frame size on the used link speed and on the number of CoaXPress lines used for image streaming 6 3 9 TriggerSelector Description Access Type In Out Remark This feature selects the trigger type to configure Read Write Enumeration Enumeration Description FrameStart If FrameStart is selected the camera will take one picture per trigger signal FrameBurstStart Selects a trigger that starts the camera to capture a sequence of frames on the occurrence of a trigger signals The number of frames captured is defined by the feature Acquisition BurstFrameCount controls the length of each burst unless a FrameBurstEnd trigger is active Set feature Acquisit
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