User Manual (PDF, April 2006)
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1. Choose a free PCI expansion slot Remove the relevant back cover by means of a screwdriver Insert the camera interface card into the expansion slot Please make sure that the card is properly and fast inserted Fix the card by screwing the relevant screw again Reassemble the PC case Turn the PC on once again The interface card installation has been completed Y 104 igit 1 M Og S Wi o 10 na BS FDLPCI FIFO PN 03061601 DTA 2003 FDL PCI interface card In case of a fiber optic link connection a dedicated FDL PCI is provided with the proper connectors LIBRARY amp FDL PCI INSTALLATION The installation of the library is always linked to the installation of the camera of course For this purpose you just need to install the PCI interface as well Let s analyse the sequence of operations to be carried out It will be shown the example with WINDOWS XP Operating System The operation are similar for the other Operating Systems Once you turn the system on for the first time with the FDL PCI interface on you will be asked to specify where the available drivers are Follow the steps on the basis of your Operative System WINDOWS XP 1 Insert the FDL PCI card into the slot of the motherboard and turn the PC on As soon as the system gets started a window like the one shown below will appear noticing you a new hardware was found You ll be requeste2. Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for FDL PCI Click Finish to close the wizard LINUX System Requirements e Linux 2 0 31 or higher can be embedded Linux or Linux 2 4x e An x86 processor Any 22 bit development environment supporting C such as GCC Preparing the system for installation In Linux kernel modules must be compiled with the same header files that the kernel itself was compiled with Since WinDriver installs the kernel module windrvr6 o it must compile with the header files of the Linux kernel during the installation process Therefore before you install WinDriver for Linux verify that the Linux source code and the file versions h are installed on your machine Install linux kernel source code e Ifyou have yet to install Linux please choose Custom installation when performing the installation and then choose to install the source code e If Linux is already installed on the machine you must check to see if the Linux source code was installed You can do this by looking for linux in the usr sre directory If the source code is not installed you can either reinstall Linux with the source code as described above or you can install the source code by following these steps 1 Login as super user 2 Type rpm i lt source location gt Linux distributor gt RPMS kernel source lt version number For example to install the sour
3. WINDRIVER REGISTRATION 1 After the installation of the drivers for the FDL PCI card we need to record the files to make them work properly Insert the ViSTA 3 CD into the CD ROM reader wait a few seconds so as to allow the PC to load the QUICK INSTALL menu 2 QUICK INSTALL What must do ViSTA 3 View VISTA 3 Help Ghostscript DTA Camera Libraries SDK for C C Active X and Visual Basic example LabView Library Standalone programs for FW Utility Install Acrobat Reader 7 0 Drivers Registration FDL PCI on XP 2000 FDL PCI on 98 Me Explore CD ROM C 2002 2006 DTA srl All Rights Reserved 2 Once the PC has loaded the QUICK INSTALL menu follow the steps below Register the drivers according to your Operating System clicking on the proper Drivers Registration field FDL PCI on XP 2000 for WINDOWS XP 2000 FDL PCI on 98 Me for WINDOWS 98 Me Install ViSTA 3 just clicking on the proper field Once you have installed the drivers and the ViSTA 3 software restart the PC When you restart the PC it is suggested to check the correct installation of the peripheral that is if the installation of the necessary drivers for the FDL PCI card and WINDRIVER has been carried out good According to the different Operating Systems you have to click on System Properties by means of the right key of the mouse The images below refer to the case you use Windows XP as OS A menu with diffe
4. CU ICAM User Manual April 2006 Copyright 2006 DTA s r l rights reserved The reproduction of any part of this manual is allowed only with the written authorization by DTA s r l The contents of this manual may be subject to changes without any warning DTA are not responsible for errors that may occur in this manual Revision 1 5 dated 05 04 2006 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PERSONAL COMPUTER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PERSONAL COMPUTER RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS SCHEME OF THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE CONNECTING THE FDL INTERFACE CARD TO THE PC LIBRARY amp FDL PCI INSTALLATION WINDOWS XP LINUX WINDRIVER REGISTRATION CONNECTING CABLES AND POWER LEADS 9 PIN USER PORT CONNECTOR POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR 44 PIN PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR OPTICAL WINDOW CLEANING SPECIFICATIONS INDEX e ELLEN 11 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 INTRODUCTION The iCam cooled CCD camera series is specifically designed for industrial and scientific applications This series of cameras aims to making the most of readout speed of Kodak KAF sensors the goal to reach is the best possible performance by exploiting its high sensitivity in the shortest possible image downloading time Every component is integrated in the aluminium head CCD electromechanical shutter Single stage Peltier cooling system electronics An external motorized filter wheel is available as optional The camera is connected to the PC by means of a FDL PCI Interface card alternat
5. 1 DO 2 D3 3 D6 4 D9 5 D12 6 D15 7 ACK 8 R W 9 GND 10 GND 11 D18 12 D21 13 D24 14 D27 15 D30 16 D1 17 D4 18 D7 19 D10 20 D13 21 VCC 22 REQ 23 STB 24 GND 25 D16 26 D19 27 D22 28 D25 29 D28 30 D31 31 D2 32 05 33 D8 34 D11 35 D14 36 VCC 37 A D 38 GND 39 GND 40 D17 41 D20 42 023 43 026 44 029 00 031 data if the camera being controlled the HR IV is a Hurricane all the 32 given bits are significant otherwise in case of a HiRes only the less significant 16 bits are significant REQ by means of this pin the platform starts the transfer request to the PC response signal to the REQ signal from the PC A D by means of this pin it is indicated the presence of addresses or data on the bus R W indicates whether the operation to execute is a reading or a writing STB STROBE signal GND ground VCC 5V NOTE all signals are TTL compatible By means of this port it is possible to carry out a parallel connection between CCD Camera and PC 18 OPTICAL WINDOW CLEANING Both the optical window and the CCD cleaning are carried out in the clean room by means of a 30 magnifying power microscope This procedure removes any dust which can otherwise bring about unmistakable marks on the image you have taken In particular such spots increase as the focal ratio gets wider In other words an image may not show any mark at f 5 6 but it can be clearly noted at f 32 because of an obvious geometric
6. not powered The connectors are fixed by means of screws these however should only be slightly tightened to avoid any damage to them For the series a proper power supply with cable is provided The camera is turned on at the power supply In the figure above you can find the connectors required to connect the camera to the PC and to the power supply Starting from the top left clock wise the following connectors are shown USER PORT 9 pin connector on which you can find synchronization pins and serial communication with the camera Power connector BNC connector for trigger input TTL PARALLEL PORT high density 44 pin connector for parallel communication by means of a given FDL PCI card 16 9 PIN USER PORT CONNECTOR 1 RX 2 TX 3 VSYN 4 HSYN 5 TRG 6 GND 7 SHUT 8 SHTDI 9 SHID2 RX controller serial input TX controller serial output VSYN vertical synchronism input HSYN horizontal synchronism input TRG input signal to start the acquisition GND ground SHUT shutter output signal SHTD1 SHTD2 driver signal of the shutter WARNING 65V signal on SHTD1 and SHTD2 pins Note signals are TTL compatible if not differently reported POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR RS 222 4141 RS 222 4113 BLACK GND o BLUE RS 222 4286 YELLOW RS 222 4258 Frontal View 44 PIN PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR
7. S 17 5 mm MAX TOTAL NOISE 25e MOUNT According to different sensors BINNING From 1 x 1 to 8 x 8 or arbitrary POWER SUPPLY 230V MAX ABSORPTION 50W WEIGHT 1 5 kg DIMENSIONS 95x95x250 mm 20 INDEX 9 9 PIN USER PORT CONNECTOR 44 44 PIN PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR C CONNECTING THE FDL INTERFACE CARD TO THE PC CONNECTING CABLES AND POWER LEADS I INTRODUCTION L LIBRARY amp FDL PCI INSTALLATION LINUX O OPTICAL WINDOW CLEANING P PERSONAL COMPUTER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PERSONAL COMPUTER RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR S SCHEME OF THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS W WINDOWS XP WINDRIVER REGISTRATION 17 18 21 22 CDD s r l Viale Campania 23 56021 Cascina Pisa ITALY web site www dta it e mail sales dta it
8. WinDriver NOTE From version 5 x and above this directory gets created by tar but in versions preceding 5 x the WinDriver directory does not get created by the extraction Therefore when working with versions preceding 5 x version 4 33 for example first create a directory e g WinDriver before proceeding with the installation mkdir WinDriver Install WinDriver a WinDriver make b Become super user WinDriver su c Install the driver WinDriver make install Create a symbolic link so that you can easily launch the DriverWizard GUI WinDriver In s WinDriver wizard wdwizard usr bin wdwizard Change the read and execute permissions on the file wdwizard so that ordinary users can access this program Change the user and group ids and give read write permissions to the device file dev windrvr6 depending on how you wish to allow users to access hardware through the device You can now start using WinDriver to access your hardware and generate your driver code Restricting Hardware Access on Linux CAUTION Since dev windrvr6 gives direct hardware access to user programs it may compromise kernel stability on multi user Linux systems Please restrict access to the DriverWizard and the device file dev windrvr6 to trusted users For security reasons the WinDriver installation script does not automatically perform the steps of changing the permissions on dev windrvr6 and the DriverWizard executable wdwizard 12
9. al problem of projection Due to the shutter or elapsed time the external surface of the optical window may gather dirty particles that may be easily removed To perform such task we use a compressed air cylinder specifically designed for optical cleaning Be careful There are similar products that instead of using compressed air use a liquefiable gas at ambient pressure it quickly gassifies thus triggering an air compressed effect You do not absolutely have to use these products they may give rise to heavy marks or rings on the windows itself A product we can recommend is DUST OFF provided by EDMUND OPTICS Thanks to DUST OFF or any other similar product it is very easy to get rid of any microparticles keep the shutter open for a few seconds by the camera control program and spray some air blast We kindly advise you against using cloths optical paper and cleaning liquids because the dirt will be only mixed up or even worse increased The risk is to finally damage the coating of the optical window itself SPECIFICATIONS SHUTTER Electromechanical Exposure time from 0 005 s to 9999 s A D CONVERTER 12 bit SETTABLE GAINS 64 READ OUT SPEED up to 12 5 Mpixel s INTERFACE FDL PCI 8 16 32 bit COOLING Single stage PELTIER 40 C below ambient CCD TEMPERATURE CONTROL 0 1 C OPTICAL WINDOW BK7 with double AR coating FILTER WHEEL External optional BACKFOCU
10. ce code from the Linux installation CD ROM for RedHat 7 1 type rpm i mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS kernel source 2 4 2 2 i386rpm TIP If you do not have an RPM with the source code you may download it from http rpmfind net linux RPM Install version h e The file version h is created when you first compile the Linux kernel source code Some distributions provide compiled kernel without the file version h Look under usr src linux include linux to see if you have this file If you do not please follow these steps 1 Type make xconfig 2 Save the configuration by choosing Save and Exit 3 Type make dep Before proceeding with the installation you must also make sure that you have a linux symbolic link If you do not please create one by typing In s target kernel gt linux For example for Linux 2 4 kernel type usr src In s linux 2 4 linux Installation 1 2 Insert the DTA SDK CD into your Linux machine CD drive or copy the downloaded file to your preferred directory Change directory to your preferred installation directory your home directory for example cd Extract the file WDxxxLN tgz where xxx is the version number tar xvzf file location gt WDxxxLN tgz For example o From a CD tar xvzf mnt cdrom LINUX WDxxxLN tgz o From a downloaded file tar xvzf home username WDxxxLN tgz Change directory to WinDriver this directory gets created by tar cd
11. d to connect for Windows update let select not at this time Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows wall search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device No not this time Click Next to continue 2 Insert the ViSTA CD into the CD ROM reader close the Quick Install it may open due to the CD autorun Select the option Install from a list or specific location Advanced recommended choice Then click on Next to continue the installation Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for FDL PCI If your hardware came with an installation 9 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a fist or specific location Advanced Click Next to contmue 3 Check the function selected in the window recommended choice below in this case indicates the CD ROM drive and click on next to continue The PC will start to search for the most suitable driver to the peripheral Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options ae Search for the bes
12. ively a fiber optic connection can be made Thanks to its cooling method 12 bit multirange A D Converter and remarkable speed during image acquisition it can reach up to 12 5 Mpixel s of readout speed iCAM is the ideal solution to shoot extremely weaks events subject to quick changes Among the main application fields Biology Astronomy Plasma Physics Semiconductor Physics PERSONAL COMPUTER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS CPU Pentium III 500 Mhz 256 Mb RAM Microsoft Windows 98 Hard Disk with at least 200 Mb available PERSONAL COMPUTER RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS CPU Pentium IV 2 GHz or higher e 512 Mb RAM Colour monitor 19 4 SCHEME OF THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE When you use the camera for the first time you must install the library and the FDL PCI interface For this purpose please follow the procedure described in the next pages and schematized in the diagram below Turn the PC off Insert the FDL PCI interface in the proper SLOT Turn the PC on LINUX WINDOWS WINDOWS OS ask to you the DRIVER specify the directory within the provided CD Let install the DRIVER Let install VISTA software Verify the configuration of the camera with CAMERA SELECT option CONNECTING THE FDL INTERFACE CARD TO THE PC To install your FDL interface card do as follow Turn your PC off including any peripheral Remove the external case of the PC please see the relevant instructions in the PC Handbook
13. rent options will open click on Hardware by means of the left key of the mouse and on Device Manager Then check if the FDL PCI peripheral has been installed correctly see the images below System Properties System Restore Automatic Updates Remote General Computer Name Hardware Advanced System Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Registered to Manuele sil MSIE File Action View Help amp 4 s Disk drives W Display adapters Dot HPZ12 Dot4Print HPZ12 Dot4Usb HPZ12 Ml 4 FDL PCI 3 DVD CD ROM drives c3 Floppy disk controllers H Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices ATAJATAPI controllers 38 Imaging devices C Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices 8 Monitors 88 Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT Processors SCSI and RAID controllers Sound video and game controllers v WUT The tests have been carried out with the following OS WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION WINDOWS 2000 WITHOUT SERVICE PACK WINDOWS 2000 WITH SERVICE PACK 3 4 5 WINDOWS ME WINDOWS XP WITHOUT SERVICE PACK WINDOWS XP WITH SERVICE PACK 1 2 CONNECTING CABLES AND POWER LEADS Now it is possible to connect the cables betweeen the interface and the camera We advise you to carry out this operation with all your instruments
14. t driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to imt or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy CD ROM Include this location in the search E Dont search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device drives from a ist Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware lt Back Next gt Cancel 4 Select the folder that contains drivers for FDL PCI hardware and click on OK Then wait while the wizard installs the software just few seconds Browse For Folder IE Select the folder that contains drivers for your hardware Sw Local Disk C 4 VISTA SDK DRIVER D Catalog Drivers x uss Cj Images Help Labview C3 LINUX Library Maxim DL Plugin Papers Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software Shared Do amp Monica Saf My Network P BACKUP 02 12 B doc manuali nuovi Monica nuovo ree Bj FDL PCI windrvrb sys To CNWINDOWSSystem32 Drivers 10 5 When the installation has been completed a window like the one below will appear Click on finish to close the wizard and restart the PC recommended choice Found New Hardware Wizard
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