SensiCam SensiCam QE Operating Instructions
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1. LED color Status red continuous Hardware error Connection of Camera and PCI Board mixed up or inter rupted check whether Tx is on Rx and vice versa 2 Defective cable Computer off Temperature on CCD sensor above 65 C causing automatic camera switch off red green intermittent System ready however CCD has not yet reached its optimum temperature After a few minutes LED should change to con tinuous green If the intermittent state is going on constantly there could be an error with the cooling In this case please contact COOKE System ready Starting CamWare Now start the program CamWare from the directory Digital Camera ToolBox For detailed information to CamWare please see the separate CamWare manual The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 13 2 Functional Principle The images captured by the camera head will be transferred via a high speed data transfer to the PClBoard in the computer Data is then trans ferred by DMA to system memory With CamWare the camera can be controlled within the Windows envi ronment and the images can be displayed on the monitor The Recorder function allows you to record image sequences and display them as movies The maximum memory space for the recorded images depends solely on the RAM size of your compu2. 1 2a ee Readout Frequency Full Frame Binning Horizontal Binning Vertical Blemishes Point Defects o o sd Cluster Defects oo oo O O 1A Pdr fol w o Lo NIL 5 Column Defects Warm Pixels typ pixels gt 100 e io O pixels_ gt 5e 0 2 pixels gt 1e 500 2000 Non Uniformity in darkness yp 0 2 t Non Uniformity in brightness typ 0 2 pixels gt 12 jo pixels 8 12 o Jo pixels 4 8 Doo e e l pixels 2 4 a Optical Input Dimension Head 93 W x 78 H x 210 L mm Weight Operating Temperature Storage Temperature N oO Humidity 10 90 non condensing C Mount Back Focal Length 17 92 mm Maximum lens screw in depth 9 5mm with optional filter glass 6mm x See remarks on page 39 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com 33 SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual High Speed Serial Link High Speed Serial Link standard coax cable 10m with BNC connectors optional fiber optic link 2000m with SC connectors PCl Interface Board PCI Local Bus compatible revision 2 1 Buffer RAM 16 MByte Trigger Input TTL level rising falling edge BNC connector Exposure Delay Time Setting 0 1000s delay SensiCam HIGH PERFORMANCE ims 1000s exposure SensiCam HIGH SPEED 100ns 1ms multiple exposure free programmable Exposure Delay Time Setting S
3. 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 7 1 2 Installation of the Hardware Driver You can operate the camera with Windows9x ME 2000 NT or Linux Installation under Windows 9x ME 2000 XP New Installation of the hardware driver If you have Windows9x ME XP or Windows 2000 installed the computer should automatically recognize the new hardware PCl Board and request you to insert a disk with the manufacturer s drivers These drivers are b cated on the CD that was supplied with your camera See the Quick Install guide supplied with your CD for more details Updating the hardware driver For updating an existing driver please download the newest driver version from the internet under http www cookecorp com For installation please read the actual information in the teadme txt file which will download automatically with the driver If the downloaded drivers are compressed you have to decompress them with a suitable program e g ZIP program Installation under Windows NT Installation of the Hardware Driver If you install the camera under Windows NT you need administrator privi leges Please login as administrator A setup exe file is provided on the CD supplied with the camera for driver installation See the Quick Install guide for more information Installation under Linux Please contact Cooke customer support for more information on Linux sup po
4. be used make sure they have an im pedance of 500 The maximum cable length for proper operation is 10m The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 10 Fiber Optic Link FOL Remove the protection caps from the camera and the PCl Board Also re move gently the small caps from either end of the cable and keep them ina safety place Plug in the cable on both devices Because of the plug shape the cables cannot be mixed up The plugs should slip in easily Avoid forcing Operating LED PCl Interface Board Camera Caution Avoid kinking or bending the cable over a sharp edge This will break the core and destroy the cable The minimum bending radius is 100mm When shipping or storing the camera avoid touching the ends with bare fin gers and replace the caps on the cable camera and board to protect the sensitive optical surfaces from dust Lens Mount SensiCam has a standard C Mount with a back focal length of 17 52mm Distance between front edge of C Mount and CCD sensor Standard C Mount lenses or other lenses with their respective C Mount adapter e g photo camera lenses can be used The maximum screw in depth of a lens or adapter is 9 5mm Any deeper could destroy the pro tecting window of the camera and void the warranty Cameras with a color sensor can be equipped optionally with a BG33
5. to neighbouring pixels Measured under Conditions A or B Non uniformity of a single pixel is the deviation in compared to the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array n 48 p typical deviation typ lad d p 1 i 48 with n 307 200 for VGA 640 x 480 pixels d deviation of the tested pixel with n 1 310 720 for SVGA 1280 x 1024 P pixel to test P 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array Conditions for measurement For all conditions the operating temperature is 15 C for VGA and 12 C for SVGA A exposure time 40ms B exposure time 40ms C exposure time 200s Binning H1 V1 Binning H1 V1 Binning H1 V1 256 images averaged 256 images averaged 16 images averaged dark field conditions uniform illumination to yield 75 dark field conditions saturation about 3 000 counts The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com
6. to select a range between 0 4095 grey levels which is then displayed in 256 grey levels on the PC monitor PC Monitor lone Graphic Board amp 24 or 32 Gil depending of the giaphic selp tiver SW or Graphic Keard Command In CamWare EXPORT for formats GMP Gil Bif 12 Bit TIFT 16 Rt TITS 16 Bit ASCII 16 Bit IMPORT SEQUENCE for fur wts BMF amp Bit B16 16 Bit TIFF 18 B1 Computer The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 15 File Formats Display Internal Data Stream of color cameras The PCl Board gets the 12bit data from the camera and transfers it via PCI Bus to a 16bit array of the PC memory The higher 4bits are set to zero The 16 bit data are converted automatically into a 3 x 8 bit array and for dis play We recommend displaying it in 32bits on the monitor The command Export stores 16bit or 8bit data on hard disk in B16 TIFF FITS BMP or ASCII format For further information see the CamWare manual The camera which acquires always 12 bit images resolves with 4096 2 grey levels between black and white however the monitor display of the im age is always limited to 8 bit and therefore to 256 2 grey levels The command Convert Control selects a range between 0 4095 grey levels which is then displ
7. 9 filter This filter will be placed at the CMount ring In this case the maximum screw in depth is only 6mm instead of the 9 5mm The camera has either a 2 or 2 3 sensor We recommend using for all SensiCam Versions a 2 3 or 1 compatible lens Cameras with high resolution sensor should be equipped with a high quality lens to take advan tage of the high resolution The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 11 Back Focal Length Adjustment Insert Filters It may be necessary to adjust the back focal length If the camera cannot be focused to infinity Loosen the two small allen screws at the knurled steel C Mount to insert with the allen key provided and rotate the insert M50x0 5 thread to the de sired position To adjust to infinity the lens must be set to infinity and the steel ring must be moved until you get a focused image Secure the insert again by tightening the allen screws Do not overtighten Filters can be set in front of the CCD e g a BG39 filter For this purpose loose the two small allen screws at the bare steel C Mount insert using the included allen screw key The C Mount insert should be removed At the rear side of the C Mount a milled recess accommodates a filter of 25mm di ameter and maximum thickness of 2mm After mounting the filter screw in the C Mou
8. 91 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 20 3 3 SensiCam DoubleShutter With the SensiCam DoubleShutter you can make two separate images with full resolution 1280 x 1024 with SVGA sensor or 640 x 480 with VGA sen sor The minimum time between the two images is 200ns The integration time for the 1 image is defined by the user by setting the length of the externally given signal TRIG IN The characteristic range is from 1ps to 10ms The integration time of the 2 image is exclusively de termined by the CCD readout time for the 1 picture This means the user has no direct influence on the duration of the second integration time and thus on the second exposure If a shorter exposure time is required within the time window of the second integration time an external control should be used e g by Laser flash mechanical shutter In that case the environment light should be dark ened Along with the programmable delay and exposure times there are also sys tem times phase in intrinsic dead time CCD readout time that have an in fluence to the camera timing Please find the detailed camera timing in the following overview Remark The SensiCam DoubleShutter also has all features of the SensiCam High Speed Dead time Depending of the selected mode In DOUBLE short mode 200 ns In NOURI F lana mada 1e
9. Resendiong of operating mode IRIS N signal WV Phase in Infrinsir Irtagration time Dead Intagralion line ase Image 1 lime Image 2 VGA O 4 n8 COD Readoul CCD Readeout SusgerVGA 0 4urs Image Imaga 2 Depending od cable Intrinsic times Depending ef CC Binning ROI 1 24us at 5m double coaxial s 1 26us at 10m FOL CCD readout time 1 45us at 50m FOL The actual readout time is displayed in the info field of the the delay at FOL Camera Control window see above The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 21 3 4 SensiCam QE With the SensiCam QE and standard software you can program exposure times between 1ms and 1000s For information on programming longer ex posure times contact Cooke technical support The exposure or sequence will be started with an internal or external trigger signal The incoming light will be integrated on the CCD sensor and read out as 12 bit data to the PC In addition to the programmable delay and exposure times there are also system times phase in system time CCD readout time that have an influ ence to the camera timing Please find the detailed camera timing in the following overview Internal external triggerr Phase in maths iia Sanin 0 95 5us 1000s 95 5us ims 1000s a time Depending of CCD Binning ROI CCD
10. SensiCam SensiCam QE Operating Instructions The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com February 2002 SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 2 Safety Instructions For your own safety and in order to guarantee safe operation of the camera please read carefully the following information prior to using the device Never operate the camera at places where water or dust might pene trate Place the camera on a sufficiently stable base Shocks like e g dropping the camera onto the floor might cause serious damage to the device The tripod attachment on the bottom side should be used for mounting the camera Always unplug the camera before cleaning it Do not use cleaning liquids or sprays Instead use a dry soft duster Never insert any objects through the device s slots The applied voltage inside the camera can cause short circuits or electrical shocks The slots in the camera housing bottom and rear panel are needed for ventilation In order to guarantee a proper operation and to prevent overheating of the camera these slots must always be kept clear Make sure that the connecting cable is in good condition and that the link to the socket is not obstructed Detach the camera and contact customer service in the following cases When cable or plug is damaged or worn out When water or other liquids have
11. act Cooke technical suport for more information For best display of images on the monitor we recommend the use of high performance boards with at least 8MB RAM preferably with AGP Bus archi tecture The camera generates 12 Bit 4096 grey levels images For display on the PC Monitor 8 Bit 256 grey levels respectively 3x8 Bit in true color 16 7 mil lions colors are generated In general several graphic setups are possible We recommend the setting with 24 or 32 Bit with 16 7 million colors In Windows use the settings tab in the Display Properties to set colors to at least 24 bit and size the desktop to 1024 x 768 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 6 Installing the PCl Board Caution Before touching the PCl Board make sure you have not acumulated static charges A discharge may destroy the sensitive electronics and voids any guarantee Insert the PCl Board in a free PCl slot of your computer and screw the bow onto the PC housing Make sure the board does not touch any electrical conducting parts hous ing other boards wires or fans It is essential to use a master PCl slot Some computers require additional enabling of PClslot mastering on BIOS level The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248
12. ayed in 256 grey levels on the PC monitor The R G amp Bchannels can be set separately Camera aoe lll PC Monitor oo Internal or external Trigger in CamWare Graphic Board B 24 or 22 Bil depenzivg pf the giapl iz selup 3x 6 Git Command In CamWars EXPORT fer the rmata GMP Bil Bifi 12 Bit TIFT 16 Mt FITS 16 Bil ASCII 1 Bil IMPORT SEQUENCE for thre oumalts BMF amp Bil B16 16 Bit TIFF 18 BI Computer The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 16 Algorithm 1 Algorithm 2 2 2 Color Definition Algorithm Color sensors with RGB filter for the colors red green and blue are used for the color cameras The CCD sensor records for each pixel the light infor mation as grey level with 12 Bit dynamic range RX GX BX With the help of the camera control software for each pixel the 12 Bit data is converted by interpolating into an 8 Bit triplet Prep Pareen Perue For this interpolation following algorithm is applied This algorithm optimises the color resolution A red green and blue part of the color for virtual pixels will be calculated These virtual pixels are placed between the original pixels In CamWare this algorithm is called Smooth The first pixel on the top left side is always red Between the
13. by replacing immediately the protection cap when removing the objective lens Do not leave the cam era s optical input window open without lens or protecting cap Our warranty does not cover damaged optical surfaces caused by improper cleaning methods The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 30 Cleaning Method for the FOL The core of the Fiber Optic Link is a 64um diameter glass fiber The con nectors and the fiber itself should be cleaned only by dry dust free air Again after disconnecting replace the protective caps on both camera and cables immediately The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 31 8 Appendix Customer Service If you have a problem or a question about matters not handled in these op erating Instructions please contact by Telephone 1 866 66COOKE 1 866 662 6653 by Fax 248 276 8825 by Email service cookecorp com For a quicker reply we need following information Short description of the problem Experiment conditions Settings of delay and exposure time Camera control software and version number Camera serial number PCl Board serial number 520 or 525 Operating System Processor type of yo
14. d The TTL signal can be both low active external falling or high active external rising external falling 1k pull up external rising 1k pull down When not switched on the trigger input is held at 5V using a 1k resis tance Thus an external trigger signal might also produced by a short circuit toggle or switch closure External Trigger gt Time Depending of CCD Binning ROI The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 23 Internal trigger auto sequential and none This trigger mode leads to a continuously repeated exposure of the chosen sequence The defined delay and exposure times always start only after read out a Time Depending of CCD Binning ROI Internal trigger auto simultaneous This trigger mode allows you to expose while reading out If the exposure time is set shorter than the read out time you can obtain the maximum im aging frequency which depends on the given CCD sensor and on the binning Otherwise the picture sequence frequency depends on the du rance of the set exposure time This mode does not allow delay time setting Exposure time lt CCD readout time Depending of CCD Binning ROI fem ew Ee ike Exposure time gt CCD readout time Depending of CCD Binning ROI The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road S
15. e signal TTL beginning 1ms before the start of the exposure time when delay 1ms and ending 5ms before the exposure time stops when exposure time gt 5ms EXPOS can only be used in internal triggering mode auto sequential or auto simultaneous Please contact us for detailed information Function 3 Control of double exposure Only for SensiCam DoubleShutter The double exposure must be controlled via an external TTL trigger signal TRIG IN The timing in the following diagram corresponds to a SensiCam Dou bleShutter with coaxial cable 200ns dead time 1240ns 20ns 920ns 20ns i m gt foe of TRIG IN t t BNC Socket i a CCD readout time of Image 1 CCD readout time of Image 2 ja pia a H r f j i Integration Time Image 2 j fof r t dus about 10ms Time automatically set by _ gt La gt t i i CCD Binning und ROI i Phase In Intrinsic Depending of CCD Binning ROI The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 26 Jack Plug Socket at the PCl Board Va BUSY STORE Pin out LEDs at the PCI Board NOTE Interface board 525 only The 3 5mm stereo jack plug socket at the PCl Board has a double function Function 1 BUSY Signal This control output signals if the camera is ready to accept a new tri
16. ensiCam QE 1ms 1000s exposure Power Supply Power Supply Desktop AC DC 90 260V 36W IEC connector x See remarks on page 39 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com 34 SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual Spectral Response typical values SensiCam High Performance SensiCam High Speed SensiCam DoubleShutter 60 50 40 QE 30 20 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 700 800 900 1000 Wavelenath nm SVGA Sensor VGA Sensor SensiCam QE 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 Wavelength nm Standard Mode Default Low Light Mode Hie VUVYUNo VVUIPUIAauvuil 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 36 Definitions and Measurement Conditions 1 Extinction ratio It is the ratio of electronic shutter off V 4 to electronic shutter on V on It is measured with an exposure time set to 100ns and a pulsed laser diode 20ns illumination During exposure window 100ns light is attenuated by a factor of 1 1000 grey filter while out of the exposure window filter is removed V 1 Thus 2 _ 2 Smear Von 1000 The CCD is set to 40ms exposure time wi
17. gger signal While BUSY is active an external trigger signal will be ignored The BUSY signal edge depends of the selected trigger input edge of the TRIG IN signal When the trigger input is falling edge selected in the Cam eraControl window an output signal low means the camera is busy an output signal high means the cameras is ready to accept a new trigger sig nal Function 2 STORE Signal Control Output high active STORE signals the data transfer from the camera to the PCI Board There are two LEDs at the metal holder of the PClBoard Interface 525 only Green LED Control LED is lit when connection between camera and PClI Board is cor rect When the LED is off there could be the following reasons Cable is not connected properly When using coaxial cables the Tx must be connected to Rx and Rx to Tx Cable defective Red LED This LED signals the DMA data transfer via the PCl Bus from the PCl Board memory to the computer RAM The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 27 Application Software Plug Ins 5 Software Shipment of the camera system includes the CamWare software complete operation software for the camera allowing to display and to save images For detailed information to CamWare please see the separate CamWare manual In case you are already wor
18. h Adjustment 11 Filter Installation naia 11 1 5 Powering UDe a aa ea a cite maranana cdeceicedatteeceechoaceueceacke 12 2 Functional Principle 2 1 Block Diagram and Internal Data Stream ssssseseseseeeeeee 13 2 2 Color Definition Algorithm cccccececcceseeseceseeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeieeeeeees 16 2 3 Operating several Cameras from one Computet 0005 17 3 Timing 3 1 SensiCam High Performance ccceceeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeees 17 3 2 SensiCam High Speed 3 2 1 SensiCam High Speed in Standard Mode 18 3 2 2 SensiCam High Speed in Cycle Mode n 19 3 3 SensiCam DoubleShutter 3 4 SensiCam QE vise cevscessvartedesen doses Tarr ai 4 Trigger Control External Triggering Internal Triggering TRIG IN Socket at the PCl Board Jack Plug Socket at the PCl Board LED on thePCI BOad ccccccsccssscsscsessessesessssesecseseesessesesaesesseeassees The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 5 Software 6 Cooling Options Water Cooling a a rer r a ae aea aaa iaa a 28 Detached Fan Cooling esessesssssssesresresrssresrssresresresresresresrreresnens 28 7 Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions 29 Cleaning Method for the Optical Patt cesses 29 Cleaning Method f
19. ht will be integrated on the CCD sensor and read out as 12 bit data to the PC Along with the free programmable delay and exposure times there are also system times phase in system time CCD readout time that have an influ ence to the camera timing Please find the detailed camera timing in the following overview Internal external trigger VGA 0 63 5ys 1000s 63 5ps 1ms 1000s Time SuperVGA 0 117 3ys A 1000s 117 3us 1ms 1000s Depending of CCD Binning ROI CCD readout time The actual readout time is displayed in the info field of the Camera Control window Info field in the Camera Control window Information Del Exp 0 44ms Readout 12 39ms fps 77 93Hz Info CCD readout time Image repetition rate fps The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 18 3 2 SensiCam High Speed The SensiCam High Speed can be operated in the Standard Mode and in the Fast Cycles Mode In the field Options you can select the desired mode For each mode you will get a separate Camera Control window 3 2 1 SensiCam High Speed in Standard Mode In the standard mode you can make single and multiple exposures with times between 100ns and ims The multiple exposure allows you to make maximum 10 pairs of delay and exposure with our standard software For informatio
20. kecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 19 3 2 2 SensiCam High Speed in Cycles Mode In the Fast Cycles Mode up to five blocks can be programmed Every block consists of delay exposure time and cycle counter In the cycle counter you select the number repeating the pair delay and ex posure Each time the camera is triggered externally a delay exposure pair is executed and the cycle counter decremented The exposures of all five blocks will be integrated on the sensor to one single image After the last exposed cycle in block five the sensor will be read out not before Each exposure must be triggered separately also within the blocks Along with the programmable delay and exposure times there are also sys tem times phase in intrinsic CCD readout time that have an influence to the camera timing Please find the detailed camera timing in the following overview External Trigger CCD Readout VGA 0 40ns q aide _ gq CES Time SuperVGA_ 0 40ns Depending of cable Depending of CCD Binning ROI Intrinsic time CCD readout time 1 64ys at 5m double coaxial The actual readout time is displayed in the 1 66us at 10m FOL info field of the Camera Control window 1 85us at 50m FOL the delay at FOL is 4 7ns m Info field in the Camera Control window Information Del Exp 0 44ms Readout 12 39ms fps 77 93Hz Info aj CCD readout time Image repetition rate fps The COOKE Corporation 10
21. king with image processing or image analysis software appropriate Plug Ins may be installed Camera control can be performed directly from the image analysis software SensiCam High Performance and QE cameras are supported by the follow ing software OPTIMAS version 6 1 and higher Media Cybernetics Ilmage Pro Plus version 3 0 and higher Media Cybernetics MetaMorph MetaFluor Software Universal Imaging PMIS GKRCC IPLab Software Scanalytics LabView National Instruments AxioVision Carl Zeiss Axon Workbench Axon Inc indicates that the driver is on the CD provided with the camera Please feel free to ask for information about these programs In case your software is not listed above please contact COOKE Software Development Kit In case you have written your own software or you wish to include the con TWAIN Drivers trol software into already existing programs the camera control may be in tegrated as DLL file by using our Software Development Kit SDK The following SDK s with detailed manual are available SDK for Windows 9x ME 2000 NT SDK for Linux The SDK can be found on the CD or can be downloaded from Internet under http www cookecorp com TWAIN drivers are also provided for Windows 9X ME 2000 IXP NT and Linux The drivers can be found on the CD or can be downloaded from Internet un der http Awww cookecorp com The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hill
22. n on generating more than 10 delay exposure pairs contact Cooke technical support The exposure must be started by an internal or external trigger signal one trigger pulse for the complete multiple exposure The digital 12 bit image will be read out from the CCD immediately after the exposure If you want to write a sequence of exposures into the allocated memory buffer you have to trigger each single exposure and each multiple exposure block separately Along with the programmable delay and exposure times there are also sys tem times phase in intrinsic CCD readout time that have an influence to the camera timing Please find the detailed camera timing in the following overview Internal external tigger Exposure 1 Exp 2 qe p dH Ps ity ese e eorn VGA 0 40ns Ims 100ns 1ms_ Time SuperVGA 0 40ns 1Ims 100ns i1ms_ Depending of cable Depending of CCD Binning ROI Intrinsic time CCD readout time 1 64us at 5m double coaxial The actual readout time is displayed in the 1 66us at 10m FOL info field of the Camera Control window 1 85us at 50m FOL the delay at FOL ta A FeAl Info field in the Camera Control window Information Del Exp 0 44ms Readout 12 39ms fps 77 93Hz Info r j CCD readout time Image repetition rate fps The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www coo
23. nt insert adjust it to the neces sary back focal length to get a sharp image and tighten the allen screws again The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 12 1 5 Powering Up Check the following points PCl Board properly mounted and secured to the back panel Camera Board connection via double coaxial cable or FOL properly made Power supply connected to camera to main Objective lens mounted Switch on the computer Switch the computer on but do not start yet the program CamWare Switch on the camera Switch the camera on by pressing the POWER button on the rear panel of the device Observe the operation display LED If the camera is properly attached the LED will flash red green for approx 3 minutes During this time the system is cooled down to a temperature of between 11 and 15 degrees Centigrade 5 degrees Fahrenheit Subsequently the diode will change to permanently green indicating that the correct operation temperature has been reached and that you can now start measuring If the dode shows a permanent red a hardware error has occurred and you should check that the camera cable is properly at tached If the LED stays red contact Cooke customer service Operating LED The following table lists possible reasons for hardware errors Possible states of the LED
24. or the FOL uu ceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees 30 6 Appendix Customer Services saiaenieudeusouddaianhabheiheghiuas Warranty CE Certification Dimensions and Weight System Datta eeecccccceceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees Spectral RESPONSC tc cicscissasddeeeteas cnet The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 5 System Requirements Note Display Adaptor Graphic Setup 1 Installation and Powering Up The SensiCam imaging system consists of camera and PCl Board To get the system working properly follow the instructions 1 1 Computer The PCl Board should be installed in a computer with following characteris tics PCl Bus with PCI Chip Version 2 1 or higher Intel Processor Pentium or AMD 128 MB RAM Possible Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 95 Version 4 00 950b or higher Microsoft Windows 98 or 98SE Windows ME Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Workstation Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation Windows XP Professional Linux Kernel 2 2 preferable SUSE 6 3 or newer Please contact COOKE for more information on Linux support for our cam eras Drivers for our cameras are optimized for best performance This may have implications for some dual processor systems If you are planning to use a dual processor computer in your imaging application please cont
25. physical pixels there are virtual pixels Px which are com puted with the algorithm described below Physical Pixel Virtual Pixel Conversion algorithm for the new pixel Px Prep 9 R11 3 Rg 3 Rg R4 16 PGREEN G7 Gio 2 PBLue 9 Be 3 Ba 3 B44 Big 16 This algorithm optimises the spatial resolution For each physical pixel a color value red green and blue is calculated related to the corresponding neighbour pixel Example for Pixeles Prep Ry R3 Rg R41 4 PGREEN G2 G5 G7 Gio 4 Peiue Be Example for Pixel Pred R3 R41 2 PGREEN Ge Peiue Be Bg 2 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 17 2 3 Operating several Cameras from one Computer You can operate up to four cameras from one computer The correspond ing PCI boards have to be installed in the computer For detailed information about operating the cameras please see the sepa rate CamWare manual 3 Timing 3 1 SensiCam High Performance With the SensiCam High Performance and our standard software you can realize exposure times between ims and 1000s For more information on how to obtain longer exposure times contact Cooke technical support The exposure Sequence will be started with an internal or external trigger sig nal The incoming lig
26. readout time The actual readout time is displayed in the info field of the Camera Control window Info field in the Camera Control window Information Del Exp 0 44ms Readout 12 39ms fps 77 93H2 Info CCD readout time Image repetition rate fps The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 22 4 Trigger Control The SensiCam can be triggered internally or externally Depending on the camera version you have the following trigger mode A detailed timing of each camera version you will find in chapter 3 SensiCam High Performance and SensiCam QE external triggering external falling edge external triggering external rising edge internal triggering auto sequential internal triggering auto simultaneous SensiCam High Speed Standard Mode external triggering external falling edge external triggering external rising edge internal triggering auto sequential SensiCam High Speed Fast Cycles Mode external triggering external falling edge external triggering external rising edge SensiCam Double Shutter external triggering external falling edge external triggering external rising edge External trigger external falling and external rising External triggering is handled via a TTL signal low OV high 5V that is fed in through the BNC plug on the PCI Boar
27. rt for our cameras The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 8 Installation from CD Installation from Internet Note Note Hotline 1 3 Installation of CamWare CamWare is a 32 Bit Windows application With CamWare all camera pa rameters can be set The images can be displayed on the monitor and saved on hard disk For detailed information please see the separate man ual CamWare You will find the software CamWare on the CD supplied with your Sensi Cam The newest version can also be downloaded from the internet under http Awww cookecorp com Refer to the Quick Install guide supplied with your SensiCam for details on software installation Download CamWare from the Internet to a free selected drectory The downloaded file must be decompressed with a suitable program e g ZIP program Start the installation with setup exe The latest information how to install CamWare can be found in the re adme txt file To install CamWare under Windows 2000 and Windows NT you need ad ministrator privileges After successful installation the computer has to be restarted The installation program transfers all necessary DLL and OLE files to the system folders checking automatically for existing older versions and re placing them by new ones In Windo
28. s Also camera must be protected from high humidity and temperature shocks Avoid exposing to sunlight since it heats up the camera housing unnecessarily and prevents the cooling from reaching its optimum operating temperature Keep apertures and slots free to allow air to circulate Objective lens or lens adapter should be screwed in gently Avoid forcing as it will damage the tread Use a soft and dry cloth to clean the housing Cleaning Method for the Optical Part In principle every cleaning method bears the danger of damaging an optical surface Therefore clean only if it is strictly necessary As a first step use dry air to blow out dust particles Avoid strictly wiping on a dry glass surface If dirt cannot be removed by blowing use special optical cleaning fluids Adequate fluids for optical surfaces are pure dehydrogenated alcohol pure acetone or cleaning fluids available in photo shops Use a soaked cotton tip and take care to wipe only on glass surfaces avoiding contact to metal sur faces e g GMount thread otherwise microscopic dirt and metallic chips are released causing irreparable scratches on the glass surface Cleaning solvents can damage the finish on the housing Never use aggressive cleaning substances e g benzine spirit nitro sol vents etc commonly found in labs Such substances may destroy or dam age the surface on which they are applied Hint The best is to avoid any dirt on optical parts e g
29. s MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 28 6 Cooling Options Cooling options prove to be very helpful in extremely critical optical settings like e g special microscopes preventing possible vibrations caused by the camera fan The SensiCam system can be delivered with one of the follow ing two cooling options Remote fan cooling For this cooling option the camera fan is placed at the end of a flexible hose with a length of 4 m 13 feet and a diameter of 25 mm 1 10 inch The ex ternal fan can be positioned on the floor The camera s power switch also switches the fan on or off Water Cooling The generated heat is removed by a water circulation instead of a ventilator On the bottom side of the camera there are two connections for water inflow and outflow Shipment of this version includes two 5meter tubes with quick plugs Contact Cooke for more information on water requirements The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 29 7 Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions Servicing Maintenance and Cleaning Instructions The camera is maintenance free Factory settings make any inspection and servicing superfluous During use the camera should be protected from hard shocks or strong vi bration
30. soaked into the device When the device is not properly working although you followed all instructions of the user s manual When the camera fell to the floor or the housing has been dam aged When the device shows apparent deviations of normal opera tion The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual Contents 1 Installation and Powering Up 1 1 Computer sain ccnceiectcecenneiceneseesnsetennceeenecessencenceictsecesneactsenedeseteczenceeere 5 System Requirements cesesececeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeees 5 Graphic Setup ae Installing the PCI BOard eseeeeesesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeesees 6 1 2 Installation of the Hardware Drivet s sssessseeeeeeeee 7 Installation under Windows 9xX ME 2000 ecececeeeseteeeeeeees 7 Installation under Windows NT ccceceseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseseeeeeeeeeaes 7 Installation under LINUX ceccceeseeceeeeceeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaeeeeats 7 1 3 Installation of the Software CamWare ssssssseseeeeeseees 8 1 4 Camera and PCI Boatrd sssssscssssscsceessssesseseseseeeesseneeaeeneesneaeess 9 Serial Data Transfer via Coaxial Cable ccccccesetseeeeeeees 9 Serial Data Transfer via FOL Lens Mount nase ee iaidh dee See eee ae Back Focal Lengt
31. ter When starting the program the software automatically recognizes the cam era type For detailed information please see the separate CamWare manual 2 1 Block Diagram and Data Stream Block Diagram In the following block diagram the structure of the complete camera system is shown senal data transfer paral el serial Converle power supply CCD head with cooling PCl Intarfface Board extemal trigger input The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 14 File Formats Display Internal Data Stream of black white cameras The PCl Board gets the 12bit data from the camera and transfers it via PCI Bus to a 16bit array in the PC Memory The higher 4bits are set to zero The 16bit data are converted to an 8bit array for display Depending on graphic board set up display on the monitor is 24 or 32 bit RGB data For monochrome cameras the R G and B values are made equal The command Export stores 16bit or 8bit data on hard disk in B16 TIFF FITS BMP or ASCII format For further information see the CamWare manual The camera acquires 12 bit images resolves with 4096 2 grey levels between black and white however the monitor display of the image is a ways limited to 8 bit and therefore to 256 2 grey levels The command Convert Control allows
32. th an uniform illumination to achieve 50 of saturation V50 Then the electronic shutter is closed readout clock is stopped charge drain is performed by the electronic shutter and the illumination is set to 500 times over exposure After 40ms the CCD is read out V 1 The measured output signal Vsm is substituted in the following formula Sm ATTA 00 3 Anti Blooming The factor of over exposure allowed to avoid blooming in the neighbouring pixels 4 Point Defect Measured under Conditions A A point defect is a pixel whose signal deviates by more than 3 counts from the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array Measured under Conditions B A point defect is a pixel whose signal deviates by more than 12 from the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array 5 Cluster Defect Measured under Conditions A Is a group of 2 6 contiguous defective pixels 6 Column Defect Row Defect Measured under Conditions A Is a group of more than 6 contiguous defective pixels along a single column or row 7 Warm Pixel Dark Charge Measured under Conditions C A pixel is considered a warm pixel if it has an increased dark charge generation No test for High Speed version 8 Non Uniformity in darkness compared to neighbouring pixels Measured under Conditions A Non uniformity of a single pixel is the deviation in counts compared to the mean value of 48 neighbouring pixels 7x7 array 9 Non Uniformity in brightness compared
33. uite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 24 TRIG IN plug on the PCI Board PCl Interface Board The BNC plug TRIG IN on the PCl Board serves a triple purpose PCI Interface Board Function 1 Trigger Input The camera system can be triggered via external edge active TTL signal Function 2 Control Output The BUSY signal and the EXPOS signal can be captured at this output The same BUSY signal is available at the jack plug socket see below BUSY is active from the start of the trigger signal until writing into the PCI Board buffer is complete No exposure is started during this period rising edge TRIG IN TRIGGER i falling edge TRIGGER i i f i H BUSY 74HC14 BUSY falling edge TRIG IN TRIGGER rising edge i i TRIGGER f H i BUSY 74HC14 BUSY The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 25 TRIG IN 74HC14 TRIGGER falling or rising edge no BUSY Decoupling the trigger signal from BUSY or EXPOS TRIG IN O C 7407 TRIGGER falling edge iH BUSY When using SensiCam High Performance or SensiCam QE an additional signal called EXPOS is available EXPOS is active while exposing Itis a high activ
34. ur computer Size of RAM Type of graphic board Graphic setup Attention Opening of the camera or improper handling e g damage by electrostatic charge wrong cleaning method voids the warranty CE Certification SensiCam complies with the requirements of the EMC Directions of the European Communities 089 336 EWG and therefore bears the CE Marking The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 32 Dimensions and Weight Side view of the SensiCam Front view of the SensiCam Tripod mount at the bottom 3 8 16 UNC thread 1 4 20 UNC thread Weight 1 6 kg R 6 0 The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual System Data SensiCam VGA SVGA SensiCam QE CCD Temperature 12 C Readout Noise 12 5 MHz 4 5 Gain High 5 6e Gain Low A D Conversion Factor 2 e count Gain High 4 e count Gain Low Max Quantum Efficiency 40 60 Spectral Response monochrome Spectral Response color not available Average Dark Charge lt 0 1 e pixel sec lt 0 1 e pixel sec Extinction Ratio 1 2000 1 2000 Smear lt 0 005 lt 0 005 Anti Blooming gt 1000 max 100 CCD Quality grade 0 grade 0 Non Linearity lt
35. ws all registry entries are made automatically If the program is to be deleted from the computer remove it using Add remove software from the Windows control panel After successful installation you will have the new directory Digital Camera Toolbox CamWare and some additional useful tools will be installed to this directory If you have problems during installation contact customer service The COOKE Corporation 1091 Centre Road Suite 100 Auburn Hills MI 48326 2670 Tel 248 276 8820 Fax 248 276 8825 info cookecorp com www cookecorp com SensiCam SensiCam QE Manual 9 1 4 Camera and PCI Board Before Powering Up make following connections Power from Power Supply to Camera Serial Interface between camera and PCl Board with enclosed cables There is a serial data transfer between camera and PCl Board Depending on version either a double coaxial cable or a fiber optic FOL cable is used If you have a camera version with FOL go to the next page Double Coaxial Cable Connect the one end of the double coaxial cable that comes with the cam era to the two BNC sockets at the rear of the camera and the other to the PClI Board The cables must be crossed i e Tx on the camera connected to Rx on the board and Rx to Tx Improper connections cause the LED Display of Power Status to stay on red see also chapter 1 5 Operating LED PCl Interface Board Camera If other than delivered cables are to
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