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Teledyne DALSA P4 Color 2k and 4k manual

1. UT 0 378 x A0Iwidthl AOlwidth2 AOlwidth3 AOlwidth4 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 63 Deca RGB8 Max 7OKHz 66000000 Msc UT 0 3 x AOlwidth1 AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 AOIwidth4 Set Exposure Time To set the camera s exposure time use the Exposure Time parameter a member of the Sensor Controls set This feature is only available when the Exposure Mode parameter is set to Timed The allowable exposure range is from 7 us to 3 000 us dependent on the value of the internal line rate GenICam parameters Sensor Controls gt Exposure Time Timed Exposure Mode gt 8 us to 3 000 us Control Gain and Black Level The cameras provide gain and black level adjustments in the digital domain for the CMOS sensor The gain and black level controls can make small compensations to the acquisition in situations where lighting varies and the lens iris cannot be easily adjusted The user can evaluate gain and black level by using CamExpert The parameters that control gain and black level are grouped together in the Sensor Controls set Sensor Controls Black Level Apply a digital addition after an FPN correction 1 8 of the available range of 32 to 31 in 8 bit mode 128 to 127 in 10 bit mode and 512 to 511 in 12 bit mode Gain Set the gain as an amplification factor applied to the video signal across all pixels 1x to 10x To set t
2. LARN n NN 650 750 Wavelength nm Figure 4 2k Quadinear QE Vs Wavelengh OO M g ee _ l _ d NL 650 750 Wavelength nm Figure 5 2k Trilinear QE Vs Wavelength Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual P4 4K Trilinear Quantum Efficiency vs Wavelength Quantum Efficiency N Wavelength nm Figure 6 4k Trilinear QE Vs Wavelengh Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 15 gt O gt N 60 gt c 2 an Wavelength nm Figure 7 Calibration Source Relative Intensity vs Wavelength Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 16 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Spatial Correction and Trilinear Sensor Design The P4 CC 04K07T 00 R camera uses a trilinear sensor where three separate 4K lines of pixels are used one for red the center for blue and the last for green gt C1 O gt 21 12u o ES o F gt x 2 3 3 3 Figure 8 4k Trilinear Sensor Line Spacing Diagram The P4 CC 02K07T 00 R camera uses a trilinear sensor where three separate 2K lines of pixels are used one for red the center for blue and the last for green 14 08um 14 08um
3. DeviceManifestXMLMinorVersion genCPStatus refreshGenCPStatus ClConfiguration Base Medium Full Deca clDeviceClockFrequency CL85MHz CL66MHz DeviceTapGeometry Description Used to restart the camera warm reset Together with DeviceManifestXMLMinorVersion specifies the GenICam feature description XML file version RO Together with DeviceManifestXMLMajorVersion specifies the GenICam feature description XML file version RO If a feature read or write fails then Sapera only returns that it fails read this feature to get the actual reason for the failure Returns the last error Reading this feature clears it Press to return the current status of the GenCP Camera Link Output configuration Set the camera link clock rate Device Version amp View 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 03 032 20180 03 94 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Acquisition and Transfer Control Category The P4 Acquisition and Transfer controls as shown by CamExpert groups parameters used to configure the optional acquisition modes of the device Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Features listed in the description table but tagged
4. 4 Camera Operation Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Using Sapera CamExpert with Piranha4 Cameras 46 GAMEDE UT SS 4 hayo W l I 49 50 ron cassis uentus DIM MED nus 50 Check Camera and Sensor Information 50 Verify Temperature and 5 Savino and Restoring Camera S METTE 52 Camerd Bine COn OUA e 54 l D o ym III E 54 54 Moues 1 DEI ee RT O ET TE 56 P4 2k and 4K color Exposure Time Guidelines eene 58 SPEME 58 RN 63 rr OMIM ONG 63 Sel ID nnnnnhuuqiqsiquunulo 63 SEPIUS LR 64 F C eh UT 64 BIN NIN Lt 65 Camere DEON CONIO ERN eee 66 Pixel Readout Direction Mirroring 66 n n u ME 66 CODO nE 67 Appendix A GenlCam Commands 71 hf B HE LITT CN EOI 7 formation Feature Da qipliones U U U U U U U u TU 72 Camera Configuration Selection 0 75
5. Hank Helmond Director of Quality TELEDYNE DALSA Corp d y s Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 132 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Revision history Revision Change Description Due Release of the initial manual revision 17 April 2013 RGB10 and RGB12 pixel formats added 10 May 2013 Trigger source and trigger mode parameters removed from manual RGB10 and RGB12 added to SPF command Full and Deca timing diagrams revised Formatting revisions 2K resolution and Quadlinear models added to the manual 7 February 2014 OE graphs revised Binning sections added 4K cameras only Update to lens mount accessories table June 23 2015 Dead links removed from Appendix D Sensor Window Cleaning instructions A general description of the recommended equipment substituted References to trinity and quad replaced with trilinear and quadlinear 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual Teledyne DALSA baud rate 64 binning 4k only 65 BiST 129 black level control 63 calibration 67 flat field 69 process chain 67 camera control signals 31 camera information 50 camera interfacing tool 46 Camera Link cables 42 input signals 42 outputs 43 Camera Link connector 30 CamExpert 47 certifications 10 cleaning sensor window 120 clock signals 43 compliance 10 connectors 29 Camera Link 30 power 43 data
6. Select the Close operation executed by FileOperationExecute Select the Read operation executed by FileOperationExecute Select the Write operation executed by FileOperationExecute Select the Delete operation executed by FileOperationExecute Executes the operation selected by File Operation Selector on the selected file Selects the access mode used to open a file on the device Select READ only open mode Select WRITE only open mode Defines the intermediate access buffer that 97 View 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Guru 1 00 Guru 1 00 allows the exchange of data between the device Guru file storage and the application File Access Offset FileAccessOffset Controls the mapping offset between the 1 00 device file storage and the file access buffer Guru File Access Length FileAccessLength Teledyne DALSA Controls the mapping length between the device file storage and the file access buffer 1 00 Guru 03 032 20180 03 98 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual File Operation Status FileOperationStatus Displays the file operation execution status RO Success Success The last file operation has completed successfully Failure Failure The last file operation has completed unsuccessfully for an unknown reason File Unavailable FileUnavailable The last file operation has completed unsuccessfully because the file is currently unavailable File Invalid FileInvalid The last file ope
7. set must be the same Camera Power up configuration Save to a different user set than the one selected for reverse direction Save Load Close Set the Flat Field mode to Scan direction Controlled 7 Inthe Flat Field area change the mode to Scan Direction Controlled Parameter Value Board Mode Scan Direction Controlled Basic Timing Scan Direction Reverse Set User Set 2 Advanced Control Calibration Algorithm Basic Calibration Target 150 External Trigger EUER Calibration Sample Size 2048 Image Buffer and ROI ROI Offset X 1 H Camera Cameralink_ 1 ROI Width 4080 Camera Information Calibrate FPN Not Enabled Camera Control Calibrate PRNU Press Digital IO Control Calibrate Status Good Flat Field Balance White Auto Press lt lt Less Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transter Control Serial Port File Access Control Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 92 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual A Note on External Direction Direction Source and User Sets If using external direction control through ensure that the Direction Source is both set to external and saved in the user set Also ensure that the polarity on is set appropriately for the desired direction Transport Layer Control Category Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or pro
8. 128 to 127 512 to 511 e Range changes depending on pixel format SPF Full Name Internal Line Rate Argument s 1 to 70 000 Hz e Line time gt Exposure time 1 500 ns Argument s Selector System Red Green Blue Mono 2k models only e Multiplier must be immediately preceded with a F e g ssg 0 f1 5 Full Name External Trigger Argument s Mode 0 Internal 1 External Description Set trigger mode Notes e Ininternal mode line rate is controlled by SSF command e Inexternal mode readout starts on falling edge of CC1 sig Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 114 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Full Name Test Pattern Argument s Mode 0 sensor video 1 Ramp 2 Color Ramp Select test pattern Notes e When a test pattern is selected all digital processing e g flat field gain is disabled it is re enabled when sensor video is selected Full Name Default User Set Argument s Set selector 0 Factory set 1 8 User sets Select user set to load when camera is reset Notes e settings include all those listed by the GCP command plus the user FPN coefficients user PRNU coefficients and color correction matrix Full Name Load User Set Argument s Set selector 0 Factory set 1 8 User sets Load user set Notes e Loads and makes current all the settings listed by the GCP command plus the user FPN coefficients user PRNU coefficients and color correction matrix
9. 14 08um 14 08um 14 08um Figure 9 2K Trilinear Sensor Line Spacing Diagram The P4 CC 02K07Q 00 R camera uses a trilinear sensor where four separate 2K lines of pixels are used one for red the center for blue and the last for green 03 032 20160 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 17 14 08 14 08um 14 08um 14 08um 14 08um 42 24um 14 08um Mono Figure 10 2K Quadlinear Sensor Line Spacing Diagram In the case of the 4k cameras the three lines of pixels are separated by two lines of spacing and this line spacing is equal to 2x the sensor pixel size In the case of the 2k cameras only a single line of space separates the colored lines with the exception of the monochrome line which has three lines of spacing When the image passes the three lines of pixels the red blue and green components for the same image location are captured at a different time as dictated by the line spacing The camera automatically corrects for the line spacing to ensure that the red blue and green components of the image pixel are all aligned when output However this is only correct when the object pixel size is square i e the distance moved by the object for one EXSYNC period is equal to the width of the object pixel In some applications it may not be possible to achieve a square object pixel as fine adjustment of the lens magnification and or the distance moved for each EXSYNC period i
10. Camera Power up onfigurqation annassa 5 User Set Configuration 1 15 COT RT ME 76 Camera Control Feature 11 Maependent Exposure uuu ttt O ME 79 Digital 1 0 Control Feature Descriptions 2 81 Ir 02 Flat Field a UU Uslu 82 Regiom or Interest 2 04 image Formar Control alegopy ull l il l i i ill l M 04 Image Format Control Feature 05 Aregorinteresp Dd 86 Instructions on using the camera scan direction to control camera 1 lt 09 Transpor Layer Control GTEC OR 92 Transport Layer Feature Descriptions ccscssssssssssessssssesssessessssssessssssessssssesssssscssssssesssessessssssesssessesssesses 93 Acquisition and Transfer Control Category c ccssscscscssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssssesssssssssesssseesses 94 Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions tnnt 94 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DAL
11. Once a device is selected CamExpert will only present acquisition parameters applicable to that device Optionally select a camera file included with the Sapera installation or saved by the user e Parameters pane Allows viewing or changing all acquisition parameters supported by the acquisition device CamExpert displays parameters only if those parameters are supported by the installed device This avoids confusion by eliminating parameter choices when they do not apply to the hardware in use e Display pane Provides a live or single frame acquisition display Frame buffer parameters are shown in an information bar above the image window e Control Buttons The Display pane includes CamExpert control buttons These are 4 Acquisition control button ceo Grab Click once to start live grab click again to stop he Freeze Single frame grab Click to acquire one frame from device 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 49 Software trigger button With the I O control parameters set to Trigger Enabled Software Trigger type click to send a single software trigger command CamExpert display controls these do not modify the frame buffer data Stretch image to fit set image display to original size or zoom the image to virtually any size and ratio Histogram Profile tool Select to view a histogram or line column profile during live acquisition or in a still image e Output
12. Serial Port File Access Control The following table describes the digital I control parameters along with their view attributes and the minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column indicates which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DENC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SFNC not shown The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Device Version amp View Display Name Feature Description Trigger Source TriggerSource Trigger Selector TriggerSelector Trigger Mode TriggerMode Teledyne DALSA Defines the source of external trigger RO Defines what the trigger initiates RO Determines the source of trigger to the camera internal or external CC1 03 032 20180 03 02 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Hat Field Category The P4 Flat Field controls as shown by CamExpert group parameters used to configure camera pixel format and image cropping Additionally a feature control to select and output an internal test image simplifies the process of setting up a camera without a lens Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or
13. as the Camera Link strobe frequency is increased the maximum allowable cable length will decrease We do not guarantee good imaging performance with low quality cables of any length In general we recommend the use of high quality cables for any cable length The following table lists some results achieved using the P4 camera and a selection of cables and frame grabbers Distance Tested Cable Manufacture Frame grabber 10m Component Express PX4 and PX8 15m Component Express Input Signals Camera Link The camera accepts control inputs through the Camera Link SDR26F connector The camera ships in internal sync and internally programmed integration 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 43 EXSYNC Exposure Start Line rate can be set internally using the GenICam features The external control signal EXSYNC is optional and enabled through the user interface This camera uses the falling edge of EXSYNC to start the exposure period The EXSYNC signal tells the camera when to integrate the image followed by the readout It can be either an internally generated signal by the camera or it can be supplied externally via the serial interface Depending upon the mode of operation the high time of the EXSYNC signal can represent the integration period Note The EXSYNC signal is measured at 1 and will give a true measurement i e within the measurement resolution of 25 ns even though th
14. the formula lens focal length x 2 1 magnification magnification to calculate this distance Magnification equals the sensor pixel size 10 56 um your object pixel size in um The approximate location of the sensor position is at the first groove in the side of the case back from the front face 4 Camera Timing amp Control It is easiest and quickest to evaluate the camera using the internal timing setups for line rate and exposure time Since we recommend starting with Camera Link medium mode set a suitable line rate less than 40 KHz using the ssf command If this line rate is too slow for your application you will get a compressed image in the scan direction This should not be a problem for a basic evaluation You can set the exposure time using the set command Ensure that the exposure time period is not greater than the period of the line rate minus 1 5 usec The camera will indicate an error if you select an exposure time that is too long The minimum exposure time is 7 usec Set your camera direction using the scd command Refer to the Camera Direction diagram in this manual for a definition of forward and reverse 5 Acquiring an Image You can now begin imaging Unless you have an application employing lots of light the image is likely to be too dark Use the system gain to adjust the camera output to achieve the desired response The system gain range is from 1x to 10x Once you have
15. the optical magnification for each line is adjusted such that colors can be lined up at the extreme ends of the image without affecting the center Using the feature Image Distortion Correction Mode shm 1 this feature can be turned on Using the feature Image Distortion Correction Line Selector the user can select red and green to correct the distortion Note The red and green lines are adjusted to to align with the center blue line Image Distortion Parallax Correction Pixel Stretch sha Set horizontal alignment in float f lt value 0 3 is used to add the amount of correction needed to the image The value entered here must be between 0 and 3 decimal values are accepted Distortion Correction Mode Off Image Distortion Correction Algorithm ParallaxC orrection Distortion Correction Line Selector Red Image Distortion Parallax Correction Pixel Stretch 0 Figure 12 CamExpert Parallax Correction Controls ide ide ISO ode 4096 pixels gt 13 Figure 14 Corrected Image The figure above is the same image corrected using the parallax correction In this example the value of 3 was used to correct the image 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 2 Selectable camera direction accommodates an object direction change a web and allows you to mount the camera upside down Note The example here assumes the use of a le
16. 03 128 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual amp Comtxpert od EET Ele View Pre Processing Tools Help D t Device Selector x Device BY Xcelera CL PX4 1 27 Cameralink Medium Color RGB 1 Configuration c Hg Xcelera CL PX4 1 gt CameraLink Full Mono 1 DAE 3 CameraLink Medium Color RGB 1 F CameraLink 1 Parameters Category Board Basic Timi Advanced Microcode Version 03 081 20282 00 External Trigger en CCI Version 03 110 20277 00 FPGA Version 03 056 20444 01 El Camera Cameralink 1 Power on Status Good Camera Information LED Color Green Camera Control Temperature 32 200 Digital IO Control Refresh Temperature Press Volta i Flat Field Input Voltage 14 Refresh Voltage Press Image Format I License Key 38158502 00000000 acp layka Power up Configuration Setting Acquisition and Transfer Control lt Less Serial Port File Access Control 8 Modify the camera and frame grabber parameter settings as required At present when using GenCP cameras the camera and frame grabber parameters must be adjusted separately Test the image acquisition by clicking the Grab button w Q Resolution E40 Pioels x 460 Lines Monochrome G bit 9 Save the frame grabber configuration to a new ccf file 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 129 BiST Built in Self Test The BiST error flags are binary
17. 4K Color Camera User s Manual File Access Control Feature Descriptions Feature FileSelector Display Name File Selector FPGA Code Firmwarel Micro Code CCI XML User Set Factory FlatField coefficients User FPN ColorCorrectionMatrix CameraData File Operation Selector FileOperationSelector Open Open Close Close Read Read Write Write Delete Delete File Operation Execute FileOperationExecute File Open Mode FileOpenMode Read Write FileAccessBuffer Read Write File Access Buffer Description Selects the file to access The file types which are accessible are device dependent Upload new FPGA to the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle Upload new micro codeto the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle Upload new CCI to the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle Upload new XML to the camera which will execute on the next camera reboot cycle Use UserSetSelector to specify which user set to access Use UserSetSelector to specify which user flatfield to access Use UserSetSelector to specify which user FPN to access Upload new color correction matrix to the camera Download camera information and send for customer support Selects the target operation for the selected file in the device This operation is executed when the File Operation Execute feature is called Select the Open operation executed by FileOperationExecute
18. DALSA camera detection to Automatic Detection and Baudrate to Auto Detect amp Maximize If the camera will be configured using three letter text commands via a terminal program such as HyperTerminal then set COM port mapping optional to an available COM port e g COM2 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 127 Tf Sapera Configuration Server List System Xcelera CL Px4 1 Serial number 54962191 CameraLink_1 Serial port Xcelera CL P4 1 Serial 0 Contiguous Memory Used for allocating buffers r Used for allocating messages Requested Requested 3 MBytes MBytes Allocated Allocated 3 MBytes MBytes Serial Port Configuration Physical port Xcelera CL_PX4_1 Serial 0 port mappina optional COM2 Teledyne DALSA camera detection Automatic Detection Y CamE pert will try to detect Teledyne DALSA cameras on this COM port using both GenCP and text based protocols Baudrate Auto Detect amp Maximize will find the baud rate that the camera is currently set to and then will try to find the highest baud rate supported by the camera and the frame grabber Save Settings Now Current settings are read only when CamE pert is running 7 Start the CamExpert application In the Device tab select CameraLink Medium Color RGB 1 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180
19. Deca RGB8 Max 7OKHz 85000000 Rate 3 x A0Iwidth1 85 MHz 2 Base RGB8 7OKHz 85000000 AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 Rate Medium RGB8 Max 70KHz 85000000 0 5 x AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 Full RGB8 Max 7OKHz Rate 85000000 0 375 AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 Deca RGB8 Max 70KHz Rate 85000000 _ 0 3 x AOIwidth1 AOIwidth2 85 MHz 3 Base RGB8 Max 7OKHz Rate 85000000 2 SE T CA0Iwidthl AOlwidth2 AOIwidth3 Medium RGB8 Max 70KHz 85000000 Rate HO taA nnPMm n V n CP 0 5 x A0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 A01width3 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual Full RGB8 Deca RGB8 Base RGB8 Medium RGB8 Full RGB8 Deca RGB8 CL Number CL Clock of AOI Configuration Rate 66 MHz Base RGB8 Medium RGB8 Full RGB8 Deca RGB8 Teledyne DALSA 61 7OKHz 85000000 i Se 0 375 x A0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 Max 7OKHz 85000000 0 3 x AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 AOfwidth3 Max 70KHz Hate 85000000 AO0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 AOlwidth3 AOIwidth4 Rate Max 7OKHz Rat 85000000 UT 05 x A0Iwidth1 AOlwidth2 AOIwidth3 AOlwidth4 Max 7OKHz 85000000 Rate UE 0 375 x AO0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 AOIwidth4 7OKHz 85000000 Rate UP 03 x A0fw
20. Load User Set oave User Set lemperature Input Voltage 107 Displayed Value and Description No value returned No value returned 0 85MHz or 1 66 MHz 0 Base 1 Med 2 Full 3 Deca Or IESCDOlSVLb 2s seris 3 User2 No value returneq 12 lines floating point values Gain 00 Gain 01 Gain 02 Gain 10 Gain 11 Gain 12 Gain 20 Gain 21 Gain 22 Offset 1 Offset 2 Offset 3 OR QI dos dp 3 94 controlled Set number 0 8 No value returned No value returned No value returned Start pixel and end pixel numbers No value returned Number of AOI s 1 4 1 Offset AOI 1 Width AOI 2 Offset AOI 2 Width Scan direction 0 Disabled 1 Enabled No value returned 0 Internal 1 External CC3 control 0 Forward 1 Reverse 0 Internal 1 External ns 0 Enabled 1 Disabled 0 RGB8 lt RGB10 2 RGB12 0 to 5 512 to 511 12 bit DN Hz 0 System l Red 2 Green 3 Blue floating point numbers 0 Internal 1 External 0 sensor video l mono ramp 22 QOlor Set number 0 8 Last set loaded 0 8 Last set saved 0 8 No value returned No value returned 03 032 20180 03 108 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Argument s Description Display list of three letter commands Notes USER gt h P4 03 081 20294 92 Command Line Interpreter Oct 18 2013 10 49 07 bwa Balance white auto Cer Calibrate User FPN 2048 4096 cls Camera Link Speed lt 0 8
21. Measured Exposure Time 51 Serial Port Refresh Measured Exposure Time Press Production Festi Direction Source Internal Conte Internal Direction Forward Offset 0 Gain Selector SystemGain Gain 1 Color Transformation Matrix Selector NoCorrectionFactorySet Color Transformation Value Selector 00 Color Transformation Value 1 Line Spatial Correction 2 Image Distortion Correction Mode Off Image Distortion Correction Algorithm ParallaxCorrection Image Distortion Correction Line Selector Red Image Distortion Parallax Correction Pixel Stretch 0 lt lt Less Figure 24 CamExpert s Camera Control Window Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 48 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual amp Cam xpert Untitled m x File View Pre Processing Tools Help Ose Device Selector X Display x peg jp Device 1 PX4 1 7 CamereLink Medium Color RGB 1 gt uso Geb S EP ose EM hal T Position 998 y 016 R 00E6 G 004C B 00B2 Frame sec 0 0 f s Resolution 4080 Pixels x 480 Lines RGB 8 8 8 8 Configuration Select a camera file Optional 4 Parameters Category Parameter Value E Board P4 CC 04K07T 00 R Basic Timing Vendor Teledyne DALSA kawaq Serial Number 14014448 Microcode Version 03 081 20282 00 External Trigger Version 03 110 20277 00 i
22. Message pane Displays messages from CamExpert or the device driver Review a Test Image The camera is now ready to retrieve a test pattern Select Image Format Control gt Test Pattern and choose one of the following available test images 0 Off Sensor Video L 7 MY 517 1024 1541 2048 2565 3072 3583 4035 2 Ramp 299 204 2 TAA MAY VAY VAL SUA VAM M 0 0 517 1024 1541 2048 2565 3072 3583 4095 Pixels 11 2 3 4 Red Value 0 1 2 Green Value 102 103 104 Blue Value 204 205 206 Values roll over at 255 At this point you are ready to start operating the camera in order to acquire images set camera functions and save settings Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 50 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 4 Camera Operation Factory Settings The camera ships and powers up for the first time with the following factory settings e Camera Link Medium 8 bit pixels 85 MHz e Internal trigger line rate 10 kHz e Internal exposure control exposure time 30 5 us e Hatfield disabled e User coefficients set to 1x e Offset 0 System Gain 1x e White balanced gains all set to 1x e Color correction not applied e Corrected using an 80 mm lens and a magnification of 0 8 Camera and sensor information can be retrieved via a controlling application for example the CamExpert GUI shown in the following examples Parameters such as camera model firmware version sensor chara
23. a suitable response you can now focus the lens If you are using white LEDs your image will have reasonable color reproduction The image may be darker at the edges due to lens vignetting but this will be improved once the camera is calibrated Calibration is performed using a white reference where your object is normally located o Usea white material that has no texture such as a non glossy plastic Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 118 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual o Ifyou must use white paper make sure it is moving during the calibration process If you do not do this your image will have vertical stripes e Calibration is easily performed using the TLC cpa command e Thecpa command has two parameters o The first is the number of lines you want to average over Use a value of 4096 to achieve the best average o The second is the eight bit target value you want for all three colors after calibration e The cpa command takes several seconds to complete The slower the line rate the longer it will take e Oncompletion of the cpa command you should see an image from the camera that is white balanced with all three colors at the target level you set You are now ready to evaluate the image quality of the P4 color camera under your operating conditions 6 Improving Your Color Image The color response of the P4 color camera is quite good even when using white LED s and even without color correctio
24. bus 43 direction sensor shift 21 web movement 21 direction control 66 error and warning messages 129 exposure control 54 external frame rate programmable exposure time 56 externally controlled 56 internally controlled 56 exposure modes 133 descriptions of 55 exposure time set 63 EXSYNC 43 factory settings 50 filters 12 25 Gain control 63 grounding instructions 29 GUI CamExpert 47 overview 45 heat sinks 25 image acquisition 55 input output 29 interface mechanical 8 LED definitions 44 mechanical camera 22 specifications 8 models 8 performance specifications 8 pixel format 64 power connector 43 connectors 43 guidelines 44 pinout 43 03 032 20180 03 134 03 032 20180 03 precautions 6 quantum efficiency graph 10 rebooting 66 requirements PC 27 responsivity graph 10 revision history 132 safety 6 Sapera 46 sensor controls 76 81 84 94 settings current 53 default 54 factory 50 54 loading 52 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual saving 52 user 53 setup overview 27 shift direction 21 size image 63 software required 8 specifications mechanical 8 performance 8 temperature verify 51 test patterns 49 trigger modes 54 voltage verify 51 Teledyne DALSA
25. by having the Direction Source set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to reverse 2 Setup all the desired parameters including flat field corrections Parameters Category El Board Basic Timing Advanced Control External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI El Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Parameter Sensor ColorType Internal Line Rate Measured Line Rate Refresh Measured Line Rate Exposure Time Source Exposure Time Color Selector Exposure Time Measured Exposure Time Refresh Measured Exposure Time Direction Source Internal Direction Offset Gain Selector Gain Value CFA RGB 10000 10000 Press Timed All Reverse 0 SystemGain 1 Color Transformation Matrix Selector NoCorrectionFactorySet Color Transfarmation Value Selector Color Transformation Value Line Spatial Correction lt lt Less Gaim 1 3 3 Save the camera parameters to a User set other than the default user set Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 90 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Power up Configuration Camera Power up configuration 7 Save to a user set choice UserSeti gt Load Save Configuration Save Load Close 4 The next step is to put the camera in the forward direction This can be done
26. control e 100xantiblooming e RGB or RGB plus mono outputs e Camera Link interface e GenICam ASCII command compliant interfaces Programmability e Save up to eight sets of correction coefficients e Adjustable gain and offset e White balance and color correction e Lens and shading correction with defocusing capability e Test pattern and diagnostics e Multi AOI output allows faster line rates Applications e Printing inspection e High performance document scanning e Electronics e Film inspection e High throughput applications Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 0 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Models The camera is available in the following configurations Table 1 Camera Models Overview Model Number P4 CC 02K07T 00 R 2k resolution 70 kHz line rate 14 08 um x 14 08 pixel size Camera Link interface P4 CC 02K04T 00 R 2k resolution 40 KHz line rate 14 08 um x 14 08 um pixel size Camera Link interface 4 04 07 00 4k resolution 70 KHz line rate 10 56 um x 10 56 um pixel size Camera Link interface P4 CC 04K04T 00 R 4k resolution 40 KHz line rate 10 56 um x 10 56 um pixel size Camera Link interface Table 2 Software m rc Embedded within camera GenICam support XML camera description file Embedded within camera Sapera LT including CamExpert GUI application and GenICam for Camera Link imaging driver Camera Performance Specifications Table 3 Camera Performanc
27. en FPGA Version 03 056 20444 01 Camera Cameralink 1 Power on Status Good Camera Information LED Color Green Camera Control Temperature 55 300 Digital IO Control Refresh Tempera Press Flat Field Input Voltage 14 Refresh Voltage Press Image Format License Key 38158502 00000000 Power up Config Setting Acquisition and Transfer C Less Serial Port File Access Control Feature Display Name Model Description Name of the camera model Feature Name DeviceModelName Type IString SapFeature TypeString wa cc 16 18 13 Xcelera CL PX4 1 amp of Segment per Line TAPS value was changed from 1 to 2 16 18 13 Xcelera CL PX4 1 Cameralink Configuration value was changed from Base to Medium 16 18 13 Xcelera CL PX4 1 TAPS Geometry value was changed from Raster or multiple Taps Separate to 2 Taps Interleaved 16 18 13 Xcelera CL PX4 1 Camera Sensor Geometry Setting value was changed from One Left to Right to Two Taps Interteaved Snap button was clicked E _ Video status Pixel Clock Present Line Valid Present Figure 25 CamExpert GUI showing connected camera The CamExpert application uses panes to simplify choosing and configuring camera files or acquisition parameters for the installed device e Device Selector pane View and select from any installed Sapera acquisition device
28. exposure settings as a non binned image will show an improved signal to noise ratio reduced scanning times due to lower spatial resolution and save as a smaller image file size compared with a non binned image at the expense of lower image resolution For this camera the default horizontal binning value is 1 The Binning Horizontal features in the Image Format Control set represents the number of horizontal pixels that will be combined added together Image Format Control BinningHorizontal This feature represents the number of horizontal photo sensitive cells that must be combined added together More charge Brighter pixel q q q2 2 Charge in 2 Charge binned 1 adjacent pixels pixel output Normal Image Image Figure 30 Horizontal Binning Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 66 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Found in the I O Control gt Direction Control set of features Direction Control Sensor Scan Direction This command lets you select the Internal or external direction control Use this feature to accommodate object direction change on a web and to mount the camera upside down Pixel Readout Direction Mirroring Mode Set the tap readout from left to right or from right to left This feature is especially useful if you want to mount the camera upside down Image Format Control Off All pixels are read out f
29. input voltage Note The voltage measurement feature of the camera provides results typically within 1 This measurement can be used to set the applied voltage to the camera Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 52 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual The parameters used to select load and save user sets are grouped together under the Camera Information set of features There are 8 user sets available and one factory set Camera Information Parameter Choices User Set Default Selector Select the camera parameters to load when the camera is reset or powered up as the Factory set or as User Set 1 to 8 Selecting the set from the list automatically saves it as the default set User Set Selector Select the Factory or User set to Save or Load Factory Set User Set 1 to 8 User Set Load Load the set specified by User Set Selector to the camera and make it the active current set User Set Save Save the current set as selected user set Description of the Camera Settings The camera operates in one of three settings Current session User setting Factory setting read only Default setting The current settings can be saved thereby becoming the user setting using the User Set Save parameter A previously saved user setting User Set 1 to 8 or the factory settings can be restored using the User Set Selector and User Set Load parameters Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be saved as
30. new SapBufferWithTrash NUMBUFFERS m_Acq Call Create for acquisition buffer m_Buffers gt Create Declare SapBuffer object which shares buffer components with the acquisition buffer SapBuffer m_ViewBuffers int width height i void pData NUMBUFFERS for 1 0 i lt NUMBUFFERS i width m_Buffers gt GetWidth height m_Buffers gt GetHeight m_ViewBuffers new SapBuffer NUMBUFFERS pData width 3 height SSapFormatRGB888 m_ViewBuffers gt Create If you declare above m_ViewBuffer as the source buffer of SapView object you can display RGB image without any additional processing m_Buffers gt GetAddress i amp pData i The RGB 6 2 Full mode utilizes Camera Link 8 tap 8 bit mode to achieve RGB formatting Below is the Camera Link port assignment of Full mode Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 124 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Line Valid CL Clock x x x oma lt CL Port Cre 0007 5007 0007 CLPotD 0007 0007 00 07 n ct CL Port G CL H S pip Blue 4096 This tap arrangement allows all frame grabbers with 8 tap 8 bit to grab images without requiring additional modifications However in order to correctly format the image for processing and display purposes frame grabbers need to support RGB 6 2 mode natively Un
31. plate temperature 45 C EN 55011 FCC Part 15 CISPR 11 and ICES 003 Class A Radiated Emissions Requirements EN 55024 and EN 61326 1 Immunity to Disturbance RoHS per EU Directive 2002 95 EC and WEEE per EU Directive 2002 96 EC and China Electronic Industry Standard SJ T11364 2006 GenICam XML Description File Superset of the GenICam M Standard Features Naming Convention specification V1 5 Camera Link Serial Communication GenICam Generic Control Protocol GenCP V1 0 Pending test results Supported Industry Standards GenlCam Piranha4 cameras are GenICam compliant They implement a superset of the GenICam M Standard Features Naming Convention specification V1 5 This description takes the form of an XML device description file respecting the syntax defined by the GenApi module of the GenlICam specification The camera uses the GenICam Generic Control Protocol GenCP V1 0 to communicate over the Camera Link serial port For more information see www genicam org Sensor Responsivity and Design Responsivity The responsivity graph illustrates the sensor s response to different wavelengths of light excluding lens and light source characteristics Note The responsivity of a color camera will measure approximately 1 6 that of a similar monochrome camera model as a result of the effect the color filter has on the sensor and also due to the color camera not incorporating TDI Mode 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALS
32. scaled to output this level e Range 8 bit 0 to 255 DN flatfieldCalibrationSampleSize 1 Number of lines to average when calibrating 2 2048 or 4096 flatfieldCalibrationROIOffsetX 1 Together with flatfieldCalibrationROIWidth specifies the range of pixels to be calibrated Pixel coefficients outside this range are not changed It is possible to calibrate different regions sequentially flatfieldCalibrationROIWidth flatfieldCalibrationFPN Save average line of flatfieldCalibrationSampleSize rows This is the first user correction applied it is subtracted from each line This feature may not be of use to many users as the camera already subtracts true dark current but it may be useful for some to provide a per pixel offset correction Range 0 to 31 DN 8 bit Default value is 0 DN for each pixel flatfieldCalibrationPRNU Use flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm to calculate the per pixel gain to achieve the specified target output Max 15 9998x Default 1x 2 Contrast Enhancement The offset and gain features can be used to maximize the use of the output dynamic range Typical use is to subtract the minimum pixel value expected and then gain up to the maximum pixel value to approach full scale This process may be useful for applications that process the RGB colors individually Offset 1 Single value added to each pixel 2 Range 32 to 31 DN 3 Positive values may be used to measure dark noise Cain 1
33. third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters Category Parameter Value El Board Mode n Basic Timing Scan Direction Reverse Set Not Enabled Calibration m Advanced Control Calibration Algorithm Basic Calibration Target 150 External Trigger as me Calibration Sample Size 2048 Image Buffer and ROI ROI Offset X 1 E Camera Cameralink 1 ROI Width 4080 Camera Information Calibrate Press Camera Control Calibrate PENU Press Digital IO Control Calibrate PRMU Status Good Flat Field Balance White Auto Press lt lt Less Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DENC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Display Name Feature Description Device Version amp View Mode flatfieldCorrectionMode 1 00 Off Off FPN and flat field coefficients Beginner disabled 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual On Initialize ScanDirectionControlled Select flatfield Correction Scan Di
34. to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet7 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user 1 00 Beginner 03 032 20180 03 UserSet8 Power on User Set Current User Set Load Configuration Save Configuration Device Built In Self Test Status LED Color Temperature Refresh Temperature Input Voltage Refresh Voltage License Key 03 032 20180 03 UserSet8 UserSetDefaultSelector UserSetSelector UserSetLoad UserSetSave deviceBISTStatus deviceLEDColorControl DeviceTemperature refreshTemperature deviceInputVoltage refreshVoltage securityUpgrade Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet8 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Allows the user to select between the factory set and 1 to 8 usersets to be loaded at power up Points to which user set 1 8 or factory set that is loaded or saved when the UserSetLoad or UserSetSave command is used Loads the camera configuration set specified by the User Set Selector feature to the camera and makes it active W Saves the current camera configuration to the user set specified by the User Set Selector feature The user sets are located on the camera in non volatile memory W Determine the status of the device using the Built In Self Test Possible return
35. values are device specific RO Displays the status of the LED on the back of the camera RO Displays the internal operating temperature of the camera RO Press to display the current internal operating temperature of the camera Displays the input voltage to the camera at the power connector RO Press to display the current input voltage of the camera at the power connector 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner 1 00 DENC Beginner Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 15 CamExpert provides a dialog box which combines the features to select the camera power up state and for the user to save or load a camera state from memory The first drop list selects the camera configuration state to load on power up see feature UserSetDefaultSelector The user chooses from one factory data set or one of two possible user saved states The second drop list allows the user to change the camera configuration anytime after a power up see feature UserSetSelector To reset the camera to the factory configuration select Factory Setting and click Load To save a current camera configuration select User Set 1 to 8 and click Save Select a saved user set and click Load to restore a saved configuration Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 76 Camera Control Category Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual The P4 camera controls as shown by CamExpert groups sensor
36. 0 Blue 4095 CL Port D 011 08 Green 1 Green 3 CL Port E D7 D0 D7 DO Green 1 Green 3 Green 4095 CL Port F ee di lt aes Du D te Green 2 Green 4 CL Port G 07 00 D7 D0 Red 4096 CL Port H Red 4096 CL Port E in 011 08 CL Port K Blue 4096 07 00 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 70 KHz and therefore must use Camera Link Deca mode and two cables The RGB output format is not defined in the Camera Link specification Deca The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOT feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 4 RGB Vs BGR The data output can be presented in two alternative formats RGB or BGR The previously mentioned output modes are still valid in BGR mode except the positions of the red and the blue are exchanged Green is still in its previously stated position z lt RGB BGR Figure 22 RGB Vs BGR Custom AOI Rules 1 N QI 4 W A A ON The sensor has pixels numbered 0 to 4096 Three values red b
37. 03 032 20180 03 110 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Full Name Set AOI Count Argument s Number of AOI s 1 to 4 Set AOI Counter Full Name Set AOI Selector Argument s 1 to 4096 multiple of eight 40 to 4096 Define an AOI e Must not overlap with an already existing AOI Full Name Set AOI Mode Argument s Mode 0 1 Active Set AOI mode O O Full Name Set Baud Rate BR Argument s Baud rate 9600 57600 115200 230400 460800 921600 e Send command and then change speed of HyperTerminal D Argument s Direction 0 Forward 1 Reverse 2 External controlled by sig Description Set sensor scan direction Notes C 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 111 Full Name Select Exposure Time Color Selector Argument s Color Selector 0 1 Red 2 3 Blue 4 Mono 2k model only Select the color to apply an exposure time value to Full Name Exposure Mode Argument s Mode 0 Internal Pee eee Notes In internal mode the exposure time is controlled by the SET command In external mode the sensor is exposed while signal is high External mode is only available when the trigger mode is also external STM 1 SEM 1 overrides internally generated independent exposure times Argument s 8 000 to 3000000 ns Set internal exposure time e Line time gt Exposure time 1 500 ns Full Name Set H
38. 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual System Precautions Precautions Read these precautions and this manual carefully before using the camera Confirm that the camera s packaging is undamaged before opening it If the packaging is damaged please contact the relevant logistics personnel Do not open the housing of the camera The warranty is voided if the housing is opened Keep the camera housing temperature in a range of 0 C to 65 C during operation Do not operate the camera in the vicinity of strong electromagnetic fields In addition avoid electrostatic charging violent vibration and excess moisture To clean the device avoid electrostatic charging by using a dry clean absorbent cotton cloth dampened with a small quantity of pure alcohol Do not use methylated alcohol To clean the surface of the camera housing use a soft dry cloth To remove severe stains use a soft cloth dampened with a small quantity of neutral detergent and then wipe dry Do not use volatile solvents such as benzene and thinners as they can damage the surface finish Further cleaning instructions are below Though this camera supports hot plugging it is recommended that you power down and disconnect power to the camera before you add or replace system components Image sensors and the camera bodies housing are susceptible to damage from electrostatic discharge ESD Electrostatic charge introduced to the sensor window surface can induce charge buildu
39. 4K Color Camera User s Manual 35 RGB 8 bit CL full maximum line rate 55 kHz 4k only no and 85 MHz CL clock Note The inserted dummy pixels at the end Line Valid CL Clock x x x x x CL Port A 4 00 07 60 07 CL CL Port C i 1 s T f Red 4095 Y CLPotD lt C MED CU EL uci cm cLPotE lt EE Lu DEN L CL Port F CL Port G lt _ CL Port H j Re 16 x rei n Blue 4096 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 55 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link Deca mode and two cables The RGB output format is not defined in the Camera Link specification Full The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Full format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Line rates up to 70 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 36 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual RGB 8 bit CL deca maximum line rate 68 5 kHz 4k only AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Note The inserted dummy pixels at the end Line Valid CL Clock CL Port A CL Port B Blue 40
40. 5MHz 1 66MHz gt clm Camera Link Mode 0 Base 1 Med 2 Full 3 Deca 4 Dual Base cms Color matrix selector device O0 Factory 1 0 gt Selector 1 2 Calibrate Flatfield lt 0 1 filter gt lt 2048 4096 gt lt DN target CEV Color transformation value lt 0 Gain00 1 Gain01 2 Gain02 3 GainlO 8 Gain22 9 Offset1 10 Offset2 11 Offset3 gt f value dek disable ESC key lt 0 1 gt fim Flat Field Mode lt 0 Off 1 On 2 Initialiaze 3 Scan direction controlled gt frs Set Flatfield Scan Direction Reverse Set lt set 1 8 gt gcp Display Camera Configuration get Get value lt string gt h Help 1 Load Pixel Coefficients set 0 8 Reset Camera roi Set Flatfield ROI 1st pixel last pixel rpc Reset Flatfield Coefficients Sac Set AOI Count lt value 1 4 gt sad Set AOI Selector Offset and Width selector 1 Count lt lst pixel width gt 40 sam Set AOI Mode lt l enable O disable gt sbr Set Baud Rate lt 9600 119200 38400 157600 1115200 230400 460800 921600 gt scd Direction lt 0 Fwd 1 Rev 2 Ext gt Scl Select Exposure Time Color Selector O AII Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Mono sem Exposure Mode 0 Int 1 Ext gt set Set Exposure Time ns See manual for restrictions on integration time emm Mirroring spf Pixel Format 0 RGB8 2 RGB12 3 BGR8 5 BGR12 6 RGB8 mono8 7 BGR8 mono8 8 RGB12 monol2 9 BGR12 monol2 gt ssa Set Line Delay lt 0 6 gt ssb Offset
41. 7600 Baud 115200 Baud 115200 Baud rate is 115200 Baud 230400 Baud 230400 Baud rate is 230400 Baud 460800 Baud 460800 Baud rate is 460800 Serial Port Parity deviceSerialPortParity Sets the parity checking type on the selected 1 00 serial port RO Beginner None None Parity checking is disabled DFNC Data Size deviceSerialPortDataSize Sets the bits per character bpc to use RO 1 00 Eight Bits bpc8 Use 8 bits per character Beginner DENC Stop Bits deviceSerialPortNumberOf Sets the number of stop bits to use 1 00 StopBits Beginner Stopbits1 Stopbits1 Use 1 stop bit DFNC File Access Control Category The File Access control in CamExpert allows the user to quickly upload various data files to the connected P4 The supported data files are for P4 firmware updates Flat Field coefficients LUT data tables and a custom image for use as an internal test pattern Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters x Category Parameter Value El Board Upload Download File Setting Basic Timing lt lt Less Advanced Control External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI El Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and
42. 8 D9 D8 D9 D8 D9 D8 D9 D8 D9 Port B Bit Assignments Port F Bit Assignments O DO Red D NA This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 20 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link Medium mode and two cables The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Medium RGB Line rates up to 70 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 38 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual RGB 12 bit CL medium maximum line rate 20 kHz 4k and 40 kHz 2k no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Line Valid CL Clock Red 4095 Red 4096 CL Port A DO D7 DO D7 Red 4095 Red 4096 2 D8 D11 D8 D11 CL Port B Blue 4095 Blue 4096 D8 D11 D8 D11 Blue 4095 Blue 4096 CL Port C 1 DO D7 DO D7 CL Port D Green 1 Green 2 Green 3 Green 4 Green 4095WGreen 4096 CL Port E 00 07 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 CL Port F Green 2 Green 3 Green 4 Green 4095WGreen 4096 D8 D11 D8 D11 D8 D11 D8 D11 D8 D11 Port F Bit Assignments Green 8 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 20 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link Medium mode and two cables The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Medium RGB Line rates up to 70 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI fe
43. 91 W Red 4095 CL Port C 00 07 00 07 CL Port D Green 12 CL Port E 50 07 CL Port F CL Port G Green 13 CL Port H DO D7 Green 10 CL Port D0 D7 Blue 4090 Red 4094 CL Port K D0 D7 D0 D7 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 69 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link Deca mode and two cables The RGB output format is not defined in the Camera Link specification Deca The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 37 RGB 10 bit CL medium maximum line rate 20 kHz 4k and 40 kHz 2k no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Line Valid CL Clock Red 4095 Red 4096 CL Port A D0 D7 D0 D7 Red 4095 Red 4096 D8 D9 D8 D9 CL Port B Blue 4095 Blue 4096 D8 D9 D8 D9 Blue 4095 Blue 4096 CL Port C D0 D7 07 CL Port D Green 1 Green 2 Green 3 Green 4 Green 4095W Green 4096 CL Port E DO D7 DO D7 DO D7 DO D7 DO D7 CL Port F Green 1 Green 2 Green 3 Green 4 Green 4095WGreen 4096 D
44. A Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 11 _ P4 2K Tri Linear Color Spectral Responsivity No White e Balance 12 k 12 bit it gain 1 1x N lt E o c 2 a gt gt vo c o ac T x 5 o 650 Wavelength nm Figure 1 2k Trilinear Spectral Responsivity Ee P4 2K Quad Linear Color Spectral Responsivity No White Balance 12 bit bit gain 1 1x AW IT MM Ny M Spectral Responsivity DN nJ cm 2 Wavelength nm Figure 2 2k Quadlinear Spectral Responsivity Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 12 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual _ ji P4 4k Trilinear Color Spectral Responsivity Balane Balance 12 bit gan 1x B O O Sy E gt 2 a gt gt D Q Q 0 ns O Wavelength nm Figure 3 4k Trilinear Spectral Responsivity Filters CMOS cameras are responsive to infrared IR wavelengths of light Infrared light can be problematic with halogen light sources but is not an issue with white LED sources When infrared light is present with this camera color fidelity is reduced To prevent infrared from distorting the images you scan use an IR cut off filter such as a BG 38 on the lens 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 13 _
45. ALSA 03 032 20180 03 120 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Recommended Equipment Procedure 03 032 20180 03 Glass cleaning station with microscope within clean room Ionized air gun For example 3M ionized air gun Ionized air flood system foot operated Cotton swab For example Swab Huby340 CA 003 Single drop bottle FD 2 ESD Optic cleaning fluid For example the E2 Eclipse optic cleaning system Use localized ionized air flow directed on to the glass during sensor cleaning Blow off mobile contamination using an ionized air gun Place the sensor under the microscope at a magnification of 5x to determine the presence of any remaining contamination Clean the contamination on the sensor using one drop of cleaning fluid on a swab Wipe the swab from left to right or right to left but only in one direction Do this in an overlapping pattern turning the swab after the first wipe and with each subsequent wipe Avoid swiping back and forth with the same swab in order to ensure that particles are removed and not simply transferred to a new location on the sensor window This procedure requires you to use multiple swabs Discard the swab after both sides of the swab have been used once Repeat until there is no visible contamination present Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 121 This section describes how to acquire images with the Piranha4 color camera under RGB 9 1 Dec
46. Argument s 1to8 Notes e Saves all the current settings listed by the GCP command plus the user FPN coefficients user PRNU coefficients and color correction matrix Arguments Display internal temperature in degrees Celsius Notes 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 115 Argument s Description Display supply voltage Notes C Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 116 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual If you are familiar with the operation of Camera Link cameras and have an understanding of imaging fundamentals the following steps will show you how to quickly set up this camera and begin acquiring images 1 On Power Up The color camera has been calibrated and configured at the factory to be ready for your evaluation when first powered up The default conditions are set as follows e System gain is set to the lowest value of one e Flat field calibration is not active as this feature is dependent on your light source and lens e Line rate and exposure time are set to for internal generation by the camera e White balance is set for white LEDs e Camera Link mode is set to the standard RGB medium mode which allows operation of up to 40 KHz line rate The camera will run at up to a 69 KHz line rate using Camera Link Deca mode but it may be easier to start your evaluation using the medium mode Set your Camera Link frame grabber up to receive the standard RGB medium
47. CamE xpert Target type Application Target location CamE xpert xpert Cam xpert exe Target Figure 33 Setting the camera s timeout value 1 Flat Field This Flat Field set contains a number of features that are used to correct image distortion due to lens vignetting and uneven illumination Note 1 Flat field coefficients consist of an offset and gain for each pixel 2 These are the first user corrections applied to the image 3 The flat field coefficients are saved and loaded with the user set flatfieldCorrectionMode Off Flat field correction coefficients are not applied On Flat field correction coefficients are applied Initialize Sending this value will reset all current coefficients offsets to 0 and gains to 1x flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm Basic Direct calculation of coefficients based on current average line values and target LowPass A low pass filter is first applied to the current average line values before calculating the coefficients Use this algorithm if the calibration target is not uniform white or it s not possible to defocus the image Because of the low pass filter this algorithm is not able to correct pixel to pixel variations and Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 70 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual so it is preferable to use the Basic algorithm if possible flatfieldCalibrationTarget 1 After calibration all pixels will be
48. EXSYNC and exposure timing they desire plus adjust the light level for normal operation The lens should be at the desired magnification aperture and be in focus As the white reference located at the object plane will be in focus any features on its surface e g dust scratches will end up in the calibration profile of the camera To avoid this use a clean white plastic or ceramic material not paper Ideally the white object should move during the calibration process as the averaging process of the camera will diminish the effects on any small variation in the white reference The user may wish to start the calibration process by evaluating the characteristics of their setup with no calibration enabled This can be readily achieved by disabling FPN PRNU amp color correction coefficients setting white balance red green and blue gains to one and the system gain to one Begin by adjusting the system gain until the peak intensity of the three colors is at the desired DN level You may want to use the white balance gains to adjust the peak of each color to be a similar DN value but this is not necessary Before proceeding any further it is desirable to complete an FPN calibration This is best performed using a lens cap to ensure no light gets into the camera Once complete a PRNU calibration can be performed using a target value you want all the pixels to achieve This target value can be higher or lower than the peak values you observed while i
49. Floating point digital multiplier applied to each pixel 2 Range 1x to 10x Note An application note describing a color transformation matrix calibration document 03 032 20181 is available Please contact Teledyne DALSA Support for more information 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 71 This appendix lists the available GenICam camera features Access these features using the CamExpert interface Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are typically reserved for Teledyne DALSA Support or third party software usage and not typically required by end user applications A note on the CamExpert examples shown here The examples shown for illustrative purposes and may not entirely reflect the features and parameters available from the camera model used in your application Camera Information Category Camera information can be retrieved via a controlling application Parameters such as camera model firmware version etc are read to uniquely identify the connected P4 device These features are typically read only The Camera Information Category groups information specific to the individual camera In this category the number of features shown is identical whether the view is Beginner Expert or Guru Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end use
50. Note The line rate must be less than 1 Exposure time 1500ns Entering a value that violates this condition will return an error Invalid Parameter You must adjust these two parameters in the correct sequence to maintain this condition 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 50 If the external line rate exceeds 70 kHz the camera will continue to output data at its maximum line rate of 70 KHz Though no image artefacts associated with over speed will occur you may notice that under over speed conditions the image will appear compressed and the apparent distance travelled will be reduced Camera Control Line Rate in Hz Camera line rate in a range from 0 Hz to 70 KHz This feature is only available when the camera is in Internal Mode line trigger is disabled Trigger Mode off Base 20 kHz 4k models 40 kHz 2k models Medium 41 kHz 2k models only Full 55 kHz 4k models only Deca 68 5 kHz Deca RGB8 Note 70 kHz line rate can be achieved using AOI mode for all Camera Link Mode For more information see Area of Interest AOI Setup Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 60 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Table 8 Line Rates vs AOI CL Clock Number CL Line Rate Formula Hz Rate of AOI Configuration 85 MHz 1 Base RGB8 Max 7OKHz 85000000 aie JOlwidthl Medium RGB8 Max 70KHz 85000000 ate 0 5 x AOIwidthl Full RGB8 Max 7OKHz T 85000000
51. Piranha4 Camera User s Manual Color 2k and 4k sensors cameras frame grabbers processors software vision solutions iW TELEDYNE DALSA Everywhereyoulook 03 032 20180 03 25 www teledynedalsa com 2 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual O 2015 Teledyne DALSA Inc All information provided in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable No responsibility is assumed by Teledyne DALSA for its use Teledyne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this information without notice Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is prohibited without prior permission having been obtained from Teledyne DALSA About Teledyne Technologies and Teledyne DALSA Inc Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronic subsystems instrumentation and communication products engineered systems aerospace engines and energy and power generation systems Teledyne Technologies operations are primarily located in the United States the United Kingdom and Mexico For more information visit Teledyne Technologies website at www teledyne com Teledyne DALSA a Teledyne Technologies company is an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors with approximately 1 000 employees worldwide headquartered in Waterloo Ontario Canada Established in 1980 the company designs develops manufactures and markets digital imaging products and solutions in addi
52. S P4 CC 02K07Q 00 R 03 081 20294 92 03 110 20300 93 03 056 20457 99 19620110 Good 1 10000 10000 19047 Timed 49000 50000 51000 Internal Forward 2 00 Off 00 00 00 00 00 Factory 2 0 000000 0 000000 Off Off 85MHz Dual Base RGB8 1 2048 0 000000 0 0 000000 0 1 000000 0 The get command displays the current value s of the feature specified in the string parameter Note that the parameter is preceded by a sing 03 032 20180 03 le quote Using this Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual command will be easier for control software than parsing the output from the gcp command Notes Teledyne DALSA User get 10000 Sor Short Full Name bwa cls clm cms cpa Ctv ffm res gcp rc roi rpc Sac sad sam sbr Scc sem set smm spf ssa ssb ssf 589 stm svm usd usl uss vt VV Balance white auto Calibrate User FPN Camera Link Speed Camera Link Mode Color matrix Calibrate Flatfield Color Transformation Value Flat Field Mode Flat Field Reverse Set Camera Configuration Help Reset Camera Region of Interest Reset Pixel Coefficients oet AOI Count Last AOI Set Set AOI Mode Set Baud Rate Scan Direction Exposure Mode Exposure Time Mirroring Mode Pixel Format Set Spatial Alignment Offset Internal Line Rate Gain four lines Trigger Mode lest Pattern Default User Set
53. SA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 5 Sena Por ONNO CUTE Oy D D NI I I MUN UN MUS 95 Serial Port Control Feature Descriptions 95 le Access EOD CUTE TOR Uu E 96 File Access Control Feature 1 11 97 ACCESS Vici ING ERE E 98 Download a List of Camera Parameters cs cssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssscsssssessssseesssssessssseesssseesssseessssees 99 Appendix B ASCII Commands 101 102 COOS 103 Appendix Quick Setup and Image Acquisition 116 Appendix D The Sensor Window 119 Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust Oil and Scratches sens 119 OI 120 Appendix E Color Deca and Full Mode Acquisition 121 MVC 12 121 Deca MOOG 121 A simple Workaround accomplis 122 SOD e 123 Programming 123 A simple workaround accomplishes this eneenttnntennnttnnnttnnnnnnnes 124 Sp un M T 125 Appendix F Camera Frame Grabber Communication 126 Setting Up Communication between the Camera and the Frame Grabber 126 Appendix C Error and Warning Messages 129 EMC Declaration of Conformity 131 Revision History 132 Index 133 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 6 Piranha4
54. SapBuffer m_Buffers m_Buffers new SapBufferWithTrash NUMBUFFERS m_Acq Call Create for acquisition buffer m_Buffers gt Create Declare SapBuffer object which shares buffer components with the acquisition buffer SapBuffer m_ViewBuffers int width height i void pData NUMBUFFERS for i 0 i lt NUMBUFFERS i width m_Buffers gt GetWidth height m_Buffers gt GetHeight m_ViewBuffers new SapBuffer NUMBUFFERS pData width 3 height SSapFormatRGB888 m_ViewBuffers gt Create If you declare above m_ViewBuffer as the source buffer of SapView object you can display RGB image without any additional processing m_Buffers gt GetAddress i amp pData i Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 126 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Setting Up Communication between the Camera and the Frame Grabber Teledyne DALSA Camera Link cameras support the GenCP Camera Link standards To configure Teledyne DALSA GenCP Camera Link Cameras 1 ie se Install the Teledyne DALSA frame grabber in the host computer refer to the hardware installation manual Install Sapera LT and the Teledyne DALSA frame grabber driver Connect the camera to the frame grabber refer to the camera installation manual Power up the camera and wait until the status LED is solid green Run the Sapera Configuration utility and select the frame grabber serial port connected to the camera Set Teledyne
55. Timing Note Information on setting up the camera s AOI can be found here Area of Interest AOT Setup RGB 8 bit CL base maximum line rate 20 kHz 4k and 40 kHz 2k no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Line Valid CL Clock Red 4095 W Red 4096 CL Port A 07 D0 D7 Green 1 Green 4 Green 4095WGreen 4096 CL Port B DO D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 Blue 4095 Blue 4096 CL Port C D0 D7 D0 D7 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates only up to 20 KHz and therefore can use Camera Link Base mode with only one cable The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Base RGB Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 32 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Dual base RGB 8 bit plus 8 bit monochrome maximum line rate 40K 2K only no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Connector Data 1 Connector Data 2 Camera Link Dual Base mode with only one cable Line Valid CL Clock CL Port A CL Port B CL Port C CL Port A CL Port B Green 1 00 07 Green 2 00 07 Green 3 00 07 Green 4 00 07 Red 2047 00 07 Green 204 00 07 Blue 2047 00 07 Red 2048 00 07 Green 2048 00 07 Blue 2048 00 07 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates only up to 40 KHz and t
56. a mode to achieve a 69 KHz line rate and under RGB 6 2 Full mode to achieve a 55 KHz line rate Supported Sapera LT Sapera 7 10 or later is required The RGB 9 1 Deca mode utilizes Camera Link 10 tap 8 bit mode to achieve RGB formatting Below is the Camera Link port assignment of Deca mode Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 122 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Line Valid CL Clock Green 4 Blue 4087 CL Port A 00 07 Green 1 Green 11 4088 CL Port B D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 Green 8 Blue 11 Green 4088 Blue 4091 Red 4095 CL Port C D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 00 07 00 07 Blue 4088 4092 WGreen 4095 CL Port D P DO D7 DO D7 DO D7 Green 2 Red 4089 WGreen 4092Y Blue 4095 CL Port E DO D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 Green 9 Blue 12 Green 4089W Blue 4092 Red 4096 CL Port F D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 DO D7 Green 6 Blue 4089 Red 4093 WGreen 4096 CL Port G DO D7 00 07 00 07 D0 D7 Green 3 Green 13 Red 4090 WGreen 4093Y Blue 4096 CL Port H D0 D7 D0 D7 00 07 D0 D7 D0 D7 Green 10 Blue 13 Green 4090W Blue 4093 CL Port D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 D0 D7 CL Port K Green 7 Blue 10 Blue 4090 Red 4094 DO D7 00 07 00 07 00 07 This tap arrangement allows all frame grabbers with 10 tap 8 bit to grab images without requiring additional modifications However in order to correctly format the image for processing and display purposes frame grabbers need to support RGB 9 1 mode natively Until then here are some workaround
57. al IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Parameter Upload Download File lt lt Less File Access Control Select the type of file to upload download from the device File Available Type Miscellaneous ki File selector ata Descriptions Camera Data Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Save in GenlCam i Date modified Type k download 08 04 2013 4 17 PM File folder 03 032 20180 03 Note Depending an the file size and communication speed the transfer could take many minutes but must not be aborted File name P4 CC O4K0 T_ 00 R_CameraData Save Save as type Al Files Cancel Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 101 The following commands can be used to control the Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 cameras Accessing the Three Letter Commands TLC To access the TLC an ASCII based communications interface application such as HyperTerminal Additionally it is possible to use the functions of cl1serxxx dllorclallserial dll as defined in the Camera Link Specification Visual Basic or C Application Claliserial di I I V Clsenooc dil Oseryyy dii Oserzzz dll Figure 34 Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification 1 Cycle power to the camera by either a issuing
58. alidity DeviceRegistersCheck DeviceRegistersValid Registers Valid 95 Press to check the validity of the current register set States if the current register set is valid and consistent Serial Port Control Category The Serial Port control in CamExpert allows the user to select an available camera serial port and review its settings Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters Category Parameter E Board Baud Rate Basic Timing Data size Parity Advanced Control Stop Bits External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Value Baud 921600 Eight_bits None One lt Less The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Feature Display Name Description Baud Rate DeviceSerialPortBaudRate Sets the baud rate used by the selected 1 00 device s serial port Available baud rates are Beginner device specific DFNC Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 96 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Baud 9600 Baud 9600 Baud rate is 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 19200 Baud rate is 19200 Baud 57600 Baud 57600 Baud rate is 5
59. all a Full configuration Camera Link frame grabber according to the manufacturer s description We recommend the Xcelera CL PX8 frame grabber or equivalent described in detail on the teledynedalsa com site here Install Sapera LT and CamExpert GUI Communicate with the camera using a Camera Link compliant interface We recommend you use CamExpert CamExpert is the camera interfacing tool supported by the Sapera library and comes bundled with SaperaLT Using CamExpert is the simplest and quickest way to send commands to and receive information from the camera Camera Link Environment These cameras implement the Camera link specification which defines the device capabilities The Camera link XML device description file is embedded within the camera firmware allowing Camera link compliant applications to recognize the cameras capabilities immediately after connection 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 29 Step 2 Connect Data Trigger and Power Cables Note the use of cables types and lengths other than those specified may result in increased emission or decreased immunity and performance of the camera Power 4 12V to 24V DC Hirose 6 pin Control amp Data 3 Camera Link 26 pin SDR26 connectors Status 9 Diagnostic LED Figure 20 Input and Output trigger and Power Connectors WARNING Grounding Instructions Static electricity can damage electronic components It s crit
60. amp Off RGBS Color 2 Set up the number of AOI desired to max of 4 None 4096 4096 1 4 Select beginning of Off selected area 5 Set up width of selected area 1 1 1 4096 03 032 20180 03 08 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual In order to initiate operation of the AOI once setup 1 The AOI mode must be changed to Active 2 Besure to set the frame grabber image width to the sum of all AOI widths set up in the camera Parameters x _ Category Pararneter E Board Test Pattern Once all AOI are set up change to active Basic Timing Line Mirroring Pixel Format Advanced Control Pixel Coding External Trigger Pixel Color Filter Image Buffer and ROI Width El Camera Cameralink 1 WidthMax Camera Information Height 1 Camera Ca ntral Multiple Mode Off Digital IO Control AOI Count 1 Flat Field AOI Selector 1 AOI Offset X 1 Image Format AOI Width 4096 Transport Layer mw Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 89 The camera is capable of adjusting camera parameters on the fly based on the scan direction of the camera These parameters include gain flat field coefficients white balance and exposure time 1 The first step is to put the camera in the reverse direction This can be done using a reverse signal through CC3 and the Direction Source set to external or
61. as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters x Category Parameter Value El Board Device Registers Streaming Start Press Basic Timing Device Registers Streaming End Press Aduanced n Check Stream Validity Press Registers Valid Valid External Trigger i lt lt Less Image Buffer and ROI El Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DFNC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown Display Name Feature Description Device Version amp View Device DeviceRegistersStreamingStart Announces the start of registers streaming 1 00 Registers without immediate checking for Beginner Streaming consistency DFNC Device DeviceRegistersStreamingEnd Announces end of registers streaming and Registers performs validation for registers Streaming consistency before activating them 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual Check Stream V
62. at you can customize resave and restore By default the user settings are shipped with the same settings as the factory set The command User Set Save saves the current settings to non volatile memory as a User Set The camera automatically restores the last saved user settings when it powers up To restore the last saved user settings select the User Set parameter you want to restore and then select the User Set Load parameter Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 54 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Factory Settings The factory setting is the camera settings that were shipped with the camera and which loaded during the camera s first power up To load or restore the original factory settings at any time select the Factory Setting parameter and then select the User Set Load parameter Note By default the user settings are set to the factory settings Default Setting Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be used as the Default Setting by selecting the set in the User Set Default Selector The chosen set automatically becomes the default setting and is the set loaded when the camera is reset of powered up Camera Link Configuration oom om po omo qp em _ Bae Dual Base use METUO Set Pixel Format number of bits per pixel Trigger Modes The camera s image exposures are initiated by a trigger event The trigger event is either a programmable internal signal used in free running mo
63. ature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 39 RGB 12 bit CL deca maximum line rate 69 kHz 4K and 70 kHz 2K no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Line Valid CL Clock CL Port A CL Port B Red 4095 CL Port C Blue 4095 CL Port D CL Port E Green 1 Green 3 CL Port F o iei 08 011 08 011 CL Port G CL Port H inue Red 4096 CL Port CL Port K Blue 4096 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 69 kHz and therefore must use Camera Link Deca mode and two cables The RGB output format is not defined in the Camera Link specification Deca The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 40 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate RGB plus monochrome 12 bit CL deca maximum line rate 70 kHz 2K only no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock Line Valid CL Clock Red 4095 CL Port A 07 00 4095 CL Port B 011 08 Blue 4095 CL Port C 07 0
64. chieved by imaging the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker illuminated by the application s light source and processing the image using a color correction demonstration tool provided as part of Teledyne DALSA s Sapera Processing software This tool will generate the desired color correction file that can be downloaded to the camera Note Prior to imaging the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker the camera should have been calibrated with a white reference in place of the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker and color correction must be turned off The calibration process will ensure the camera output is uniform and white balanced 5 The introduction of offsets has limited value in color applications as it will cause color distortion However the camera has the ability to add either a positive or negative offset as required by a specific application This offset can be useful when trying to measure dark noise where black level clipping will cause an error in the result 6 Asingle overall system gain is applied equally to all three colors It will therefore not cause color distortion when changed 7 factory setting for white LED color correction can be applied if needed Calibration The goal of calibration is to produce a uniform white balanced and if required color corrected image at the desired level out of the camera when it is imaging a uniform white object using the optical setup of the user s application The user should configure the camera to use the
65. ct the camera with a 2 amp slow blow fuse between the power supply and the camera e Donotuse the shield on a multi conductor cable for ground e Keep leads as short as possible in order to reduce voltage drop e Use high quality supplies in order to minimize noise Note If your power supply does not meet these requirements then the camera performance specifications are not guaranteed LEDs The camera is equipped with an LED on the back to display the operational status of the camera The table below summarizes the operating states of the camera and the corresponding LED states When more than one condition is active the LED indicates the condition with the highest priority Color of Status LED No power or hardware malfunction Blinking Green Powering up or calibrating Green Ready Red Error Check BiST register for the specific error Turn on the camera s power supply You may have to wait while the camera readies itself for operation The camera must boot fully before it will be recognized by the GUI the LED shines green once the camera is ready Start Sapera CamExpert or equivalent Camera Link compliant interface by double clicking the desktop icon created during the software installation 2 CamExpert will search for installed Sapera devices In the Devices list area on the left side the connected frame grabber will be shown 3 Select the frame grabber device by clicking on the name Note The first time y
66. cteristics etc are read to uniquely identify the connected device The camera information parameters are grouped together as members of the Camera Information set 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 5 Parameters x Category Parameter Value Basic Timing Vendor Teledyne_DALSA Advanced Control Serial Number 14014448 mE Microcode Version 03 081 20282 00 External Trigger A CCI Version 03 110 20277 00 eg m FPGA Version 03 056 20444 01 El Camera Cameralink 1 Power on Status Good Camera Information LED Calor Green Camera Contral Temperature 55 300 Digital IO Control Refresh Temperature Press V 1E i Flat Field Input Voltage 14 Refresh Voltage Press Image Format License Key 38158502 00000000 pela Power up Configuration Setting Acquisition and Transfer Control cx Less Serial Port File Access Control Figure 26 CamExpert s Camera Information Window Verify Temperature and Voltage To determine the voltage and temperature at the camera use the Refresh Voltage and Refresh Temperature features found in the Camera Information set The temperature returned is the internal temperature in degrees Celsius For proper operation this value should not exceed 80 If the camera exceeds the designated temperature it will stop imaging and the LED will turn red Once you have diagnosed and remedied the issue use the reset camera function The voltage displayed is the camera s
67. d Configure Frame Grabber and Software We recommend the Xcelera CL 8 Full frame grabber or equivalent described in detail on the teledynedalsa com site here If your host computer does not have a 8 full Camera Link frame grabber then you will need to install one Follow the manufacturer s installation instructions A GenCP Generic Control Protocol compliant XML device description file is embedded within the camera firmware allowing GenCP compliant applications to know the camera s capabilities immediately after connection Installing SaperaLT gives you access to the CamExpert GUI a tool that supports GenCP compliant devices 2 Connect Camera Link and Power Cables e Connect the Camera Link cables from the camera to the computer e Connect a power cable from the camera to a 12 VDC to 24 VDC power supply 3 Establish communicating with the camera Start the GUI and establish communication with the camera ASCII Commands As an alternative to the CamExpert or equivalent GUI you can communicate with this camera using ASCII based commands A complete list of the commands can be found here Appendix B ASCII Commands 4 Operate the Camera At this point you will be ready to start operating the camera in order to acquire images set camera functions and save settings Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 28 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Step 1 Install and configure the frame grabber and software Inst
68. de an external input used for synchronizing exposures to external triggers or a programmed function call message by the controlling computer These triggering modes are described below e Internal trigger trigger disabled The camera free running mode has a programmable internal timer for line rate and a programmable exposure period e External trigger trigger enabled Exposures are controlled by an external trigger signal The external trigger signal is the Camera Link control line CC1 Exposure Control modes define the method and timing of how to control the sensor integration period The integration period is the amount of time the sensor is exposed to incoming light before the video frame data is transmitted to the controlling computer e Exposure control is defined as the start of exposure and exposure duration e The start of exposure can be an internal timer signal free running mode or an external trigger signal e The exposure duration can be programmable such as the case of an internal timer or controlled by the external trigger pulse width 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 55 The camera can grab images in one of three ways You determine the three imaging modes using a combination of the Exposure Mode parameters including I O parameters Exposure Time and Line Rate parameters Description Line Rate Exposure Time Trigger Source Sync Internal line rate and exposure tim
69. dium or full camera link modes For example if the total number of pixels for the specified is less than 1 when using base Camera Link mode at 85 MHz the maximum EXSYNC rate can be 70 KHz versus 20 KHz if all 4 pixels were output Note The setup of AOI is always with respect to the sensor Therefore if you are using the mirroring mode with AOI be aware that pixel one will be on the right side of the displayed image In order to set up an for the camera 1 The AOI mode must first be in the off position Use the AOI Count to select the total number of AOIs desired to a max of 4 To set up each AOI individual use the AOI Selector to point to the AOI to be set up AOI Offset X is used indicate the starting pixel of the AOI AOI Width is used to indicate the width of the that AOI SE aee SS 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual Parameters Category Parameter El Board Test Pattern Basic Timing Line Mirroring Advanced Control Format 1 Must be off to External Trigger set up the AOI Image Buffer ang bo Width 3 Select area to Hi Camera Came setup WidthMax Camera Informar Height Camera Control Multiple AOI Mode Digital IO Contral AUrSpunt Flat Field AOI Selector AO Offset X Image Format AOI Width Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Teledyne DALSA lt lt Less 87 Value Color R
70. e Internal programmable Internal programmable External line rate and exposure time Controlled by EXSYNC External EXSYNC External pulse EXSYNC pulse controlling the line Controlled by EXSYNC Internal programmable External rate Programmed exposure time pulse Figure 28 Exposure controls The parameters used to select the imaging modes trigger sources sync exposure time and line rate are grouped together as the Camera Controls Camera Controls Camera line rate in Hz Only available when the start line trigger parameter is disabled Trigger Mode off Exposure Mode Set the operation mode for the camera s exposure Trigger Width or Timed Trigger Width is only available when Trigger Mode is enabled Trigger Width Uses the width of the current line trigger signal pulse to control the exposure duration Exposure Time Selector Internally generated Allows for an independent exposure time to be applied to each individual color Sets the exposure time in microseconds Exposure Mode feature must be set to Timed Timed The exposure duration time is set using the Exposure Time feature and the exposure starts with the Line Start event Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 56 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 1 Internally Programmable Line rate and Internally Programmable Exposure Time Default Line rate is the dominant factor when adjusting the line rate or exposure time When setting the line rate
71. e Specifications Specifications Imager Format Pixel Size 20ke Gminimumgaimoflk S O Full Well Capacit 20 ke minimum gain of 1x P4 CC 02K07Q 00 R 2k resolution 70 kHz line rate 14 08 um x 14 08 um pixel size Camera Link interface plus monochrome pixel line Line Rate 0 kHz minimum to 70 kHz maximum 7 us minimum to 3 000 us maximum Bit Depth 8 10 and 12 bits CommedorsandMechenkols 5 Control amp Data Interface 2 SDR26 Camera Link connectors used to transmit Base Medium Full or Deca configurations 0 C to 65 C front plate temperature Opticalinteface 15 Lens Mount M58 x 0 75 F mount adapter available Sensor to Camera Front Distance Sensor Alignment aligned to sides of camera 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 9 Flatness 50 um O y parallelism 0 08 or 81 um 100 um 100 um 250 um 0 2 Oz Compliance P Regulatory Compliance CE and RoHS GenICam Table 4 P4 CC 02K Operating Ranges Ranges 1 Red Gen Be j Moo lt 11 DN lt 2 50 Sat 2 50 Sat gt 100 x Saturation Integral non 2 DN linearity Table 5 P4 CC 04K Operating Ranges Red Be DN digital number Test Conditions e Values measured using 12 bit 1x gain e 10 kHz line rate e Light source white LED e No white balancing Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 10 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual e Front
72. e camera will only trigger at a maximum of 70 KHz Output Signals Camera Link Clocking Signals These signals indicate when data is valid allowing you to clock the data from the camera to your acquisition system These signals are part of the Camera Link configuration and you should refer to the Camera Link Implementation Road Map available at our Knowledge Center for the standard location of these signals Clocking Signal LVAL high Outputting valid line DVAL STROBE rising edge Valid data FVAT WARNING It is extremely important that you apply the appropriate voltages to your camera Incorrect voltages may damage the camera Input voltage requirement 12 VDC to 24 VDC 2 Amps Before connecting power to the camera test all power supplies Hirose 6 pin Circular Male Mating Part HIROSE HR10A 7P 6S Figure 23 6 pin Hirose Circular Male Power Plug Power Connector Table 7 Power Plug Pinout Pin Description Pin Description 12 V to 24 V DC 3 H2Vto MVDC 6 GND The camera requires a single voltage input 12 VDC to 24 VDC The camera meets all performance specifications using standard switching power supplies although well regulated linear supplies provide optimum performance Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 44 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual WARNING When setting up the camera s power supplies follow these guidelines e Apply the appropriate voltages e Prote
73. ection Set the number of rows between imaging lines 1 00 Correction Beginner Image imageDistortionCorrectionMode Used enable parallax correction 1 00 Distortion Beginner Correction Mode Image imageDistortionCorrectionAlgori Read only Parallax Correction 1 00 Distortion thm Beginner Correction Algorithm Image imageDistortionCorrectionLineS Used to select between the green or red linesto 1 00 Distortion elector be corrected Beginner Correction Line Selector Image imageDistortionParallaxCorrecti Value entered indicates the number pixels tobe 1 00 Distorition onPixelStretch shifted to correct the color alignment Beginner Parallax Correction Pixel Stretch Parameters Visibility Expert Category Parameter Value Camera Information Sensor ColorType CFA RGB Camera Control Internal Line Rate 10000 wam Measured Line Rate 10000 Digital IO Control Refresh Measured Line Rate Press Flat Field Exposure Time Source Timed Image Format Exposure Time Color Selector Transport Layer Exposure Time 51 Acquisition and Transfer Cont Measured Exposure Time 50 993 Serial Part Refresh Measured Exposure Time Press pio kapa ct aa Direction Source Internal Internal Direction Forward Offset 0 Gain Selector SystemGain Gain Color Transformation Matrix Selector NoCorrectionFactorySet Color Transformation Value Selector Gain Color Transformation Value 1 Line Spatial Correction 3 lt lt Less More gt gt The tr
74. entent 25 25 2 Quick Simple Steps to Acquire an Image 26 3 Software and Hardware Setup 27 Teledyne DALSA Recommended System Requirements 27 eD OVE VOW aaa 27 1 Install and Configure Frame Grabber and Software eee 27 2 Connect Camera Link and Power ables nanan 2 3 Establish communicating with the camera seen 2 A Opere me 27 Step 1 Install and configure the frame grabber and software nnns 28 Histo e ROO De 28 Install Sapera LT and CamExpert LLL a 28 Step 2 Connect Data Trigger and Power 29 Data Connector Camera ipe LLL UU UU Y lll lla 30 Camera Link B 2222222222 5 30 Rem 31 IE 16 DR 42 Apul Signals CONG rq EINK u uuu E MM 42 Output Signals Camera Link Clocking Signals eee 43 wd AUDIT a 43 44 Step 3 Establish Communication with the qmera ana 44 Poweron ANG OTT NR 44 Me name 44 Connect fo Ia COMET Oh A 44 45 SOWO 45 03 032 20180 03
75. ents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Display Name Feature Description Device Test Pattern Ramp Color Ramp Line Mirroring On Pixel Format RGBS8 RGB10 RGB12 BGR8 BGR10 BGR12 RGB8 mono8s BGR8 mono8 RGB12 mono12 BGR12 mono12 Pixel Color Filter Pixel Coding Max Width Height Teledyne DALSA TestImageSelector Ramp Color Ramp ReverseX On PixelFormat RGB8 RGB10 RGB12 BGR8 BGR10 BGR12 RGB8 mono8s BGR8 mono8s RGB12 mono12 BGR12 mono12 PixelColorFilter PixelCoding WidthMax Height Selects the type of test image that is sent by the camera Choices are either as defined by SNFC and or as provided by the device manufacturer Selects sensor video to be output from sensor Selects a grey scale Selects a color ramp Video output in normal order Video output in a reverse order Output image pixel coding format of the sensor RGB 8bit RGB 10bit RGB 12bit BGR 8bit BGR 10bit BGR 12bit RGB 8bit plus mono 8 bit BGR 8bit plus mono 8 bit RGB 12bit plus mono 12 bit BGR 12bit plus mono 12 bit Indicates the type of color filter applied to the image RO Width of the Image provided by the device in pixels RO The maximum image horizontal dimension of the image RO Height of the Image provided by the device in lines RO Version amp View 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginn
76. er DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner DENC 1 00 Beginner 03 032 20180 03 86 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Multiple AOI Mode multipleAOIMode Turns on an output Area of Interest 1 00 Off Off Area of interest is off Beginner Active Active Area of interest is on Multiple AOI Count multipleAOICount Set the number of output area of interest 1 00 1 4 Beginner DFNC Multiple AOI Selector multipleAOlISelector Selects the area of interest to be setup 1 00 Beginner DFNC AOI Offset X multipleAOIOffsetX Set the start of area of interest pixels 1 00 Beginner DFNC AOI Width multipleAOIWidth Set the width of area of interest pixels 1 00 Beginner Horizontal Binning BinningHorizontal Selects between 1x or 2x horizontally 1 00 binned image Beginner 1 2 The Area of Interest AOI feature can be used to reduce the amount of image data output from the camera Use this feature when there are areas in the image that contain unneeded information An example where you would use this feature is in an application that is inspecting several separated lanes of objects with one camera and the image between the lanes can be ignored The AOI feature allows from one to four specific areas of the pixel line to be specified where image data will be output Since the AOI feature reduces the amount of data output this has the additional benefit of allowing the cameras to operate at higher EXSYNC rates when using base me
77. exposure time will decrease if necessary to accommodate the new line rate When adjusting the exposure time the range is limited by the line rate Note The camera will not set line periods shorter than the readout period GenICam parameters to set I O Controls gt Trigger Mode gt Off 2 External Line Rate and External Exposure Time Trigger Width In this mode EXSYNC sets both the line period and the exposure time The rising edge of EXSYNC marks the beginning of the exposure and the falling edge initiates readout Note maximum line rate exposure time low time Exposure time must be greater than 8 us and low time greater than 1 500 ns GenICam parameters to set e I O Controls gt Trigger Mode gt On e Sensor Control gt Exposure Mode gt Trigger Width Warning When running external line rate and external exposure time the line rate must not exceed 1 exposure time 1 000 ns Under these conditions the exposure time will become indeterminate and result in image artefacts This is not the case when running internal exposure control 3 External Line Rate Programmable Exposure Time In this mode the line rate is set externally with the falling edge of EXSYNC generating the rising edge of a programmable exposure time GenICam parameters to set e I O Controls gt Trigger Mode gt On e Sensor Control gt Exposure Mode gt Timed 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Ca
78. f color interpolation is user programmable Digital Processing color Output Video Calibrate FPN Calibrate White Color flatfieldCalibrationFPN PRNU Balancing Correction Offset E ccf flatfieldCorrectionMode BalanceWhiteAuto colorCorrectionMode BlackLevel flatfieldCalibrationPRNU bwa ctv ssb ssg 3 flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm ssg 0 1 2 cpa ffm Figure 32 Camera Calibration Process Digital Processing 1 Fixed pattern noise FPN calibration is used to subtract any residual dark level that may occur in the application 2 Photo response non uniformity PRNU calibration is used to correct for variations in the illumination intensity and or lens vignetting When performed this calibration will cause the Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 68 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual camera to have a flat response to a white target in the field of view The output target value for PRNU calibration can be set by the user 3 The white balancing gains are used set the red green and blue response to equal values with a white target in the field of view The white balance gains can be individually set by the user but will be overridden by the camera when the camera performs PRNU calibration or white balancing commands 4 Color correction is available for those users that need to compensate for the spectral transmission characteristics of the sensors color filters and the customers light source This can be a
79. flags with each bit being independent from each other The message from the BiST should be Good meaning everything is functioning correctly but if a hardware failure does occur in the camera one or more these flags could be set Any of these errors will result in the status light turning red NO FPN Correction 100 0000 0000 0000 OVER TEMPERATURE 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Incompatible FPGA code 10 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 130 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Operational Error Codes 0X8002 Invalid Parameter 0xCOT1C CPA TOO MANY OUTLIERS 401 USER FPN CLIPPING 0x401F FLAT FIELD CLIPPING 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 131 EMC Declaration of Conformity We TELEDYNE DALSA 605 McMurray Road Waterloo Ontario CANADA N2V 2E9 Declare under sole responsibility that the cameras Brand Name Piranha4 Models P4 CC 02K07T 00 R P4 CC 02K04T 00 R P4 CC 02K07Q 00 R P4 CC 04K07T 00 R and P4 CC 04K04T 00 R Which are components to be integrated into larger systems were evaluated according to the CE Mark FCC Part 15 VCCI Israel Korea and Industry Canada ICES 003 Evaluation and satisfy the requirements of the following standards EN 55022 2010 EN 55011 2009 EN 61326 1 2006 EN 55024 2010 CISPR 22 ICES 003 CISPR 11 FCC Part 15 Place of issue Waterloo Ontario Canada Date of Issue February 4 2013
80. from the Camera Information Controls and additionally CamExpert should be shutdown and restarted following a reset Download a List of Camera Parameters For diagnostic purposes you may want to download a list of all the parameters and values associated with the camera 1 Goto File Access Control 2 ClickonSettings 3 Inthe Type drop down box select Miscellaneous 4 Inthe File selector drop down box select CameraData Parameters Category El Board Basic Timing Advanced Contral External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI El Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control 5 Hit Download Parameter Value Upload Download File Setting lt lt Less File Access Control Select the type of file to upload or download from the device File Type Available Type Miscellaneous File selector CameraL ata Description Camera Data Note Depending on the file size and communication speed the transfer could take many minutes but must nat be aborted File pathr 9 Download Cloze 6 Save the text file and send the file to Teledyne DALSA customer support Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 100 Basic Timing Advanced Control External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digit
81. grammable via an imaging application Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters Category Parameter Value El Board Restart Camera Press asic Timing XML Major Version 0 Mc EE XML Minar Version 0 Refresh GenCP Status Press External Trigger mm Last Gen P Status 0 CameraLink Clock Frequency CL85MHz Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Link Confiquration Medium 9 Camera Information Tap Geometry Geometry 1X6 Camera Control lt lt Less Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual Transport Layer Feature Descriptions 93 The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DENC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown Display Name Restart Camera XML Major Version XML Minor Version Last GenCP Status Refresh GenCP Status Camera Link Configuration Camera Link Configuration lap Geometry Teledyne DALSA Feature DeviceReset DeviceManifestXMLMajorVersion
82. he flat field algorithm will taget the image to Sets the number of lines to be averaged during a flat field calibration Set the starting point of a region of interest where a flat field calibration will be performed Sets the width of the region on interest where a flat field calibration will be performed Initiates the FPN calibration process 83 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 1 00 Beginner DFNC 03 032 20180 03 04 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Calibrate PRNU flatfieldCalibrationPRNU Initiates the PRNU or Flatfield 1 00 process Beginner DFNC Balance White Auto BalanceWhiteAuto Initiates the process of balancing 1 00 the colors to produce a white Beginner balance DFNC The ROI feature is related to flat field calibration It is important to specify an ROI when the object being imaged has areas that have black non illuminated areas such as beyond the edge of a film that is front illuminated or is saturated again beyond the edge of a film but in this case bright field back illuminated The ROI feature allows from one to four specific regions of the pixel line to be specified where flat field calibration will take place Pixel data outside the ROI will not be used when performing flat field calibration Image Format Control Category The P4 Image Format controls as shown by CamExpert grou
83. he height of the image and therefore the number of lines to scan use the parameters grouped under the Image Format Control set 8 bit depth to Camera Link Test Image Selector Select an internal test image Off Color Ramp Grey Ramp Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 64 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual The baud rate sets the speed in bits per second bps of the serial communication port and is available as part of the Serial Port Control parameters Serial Port Control _ Control the baud rate used by the Baud Rate 9600 factory default camera s serial port 19200 57600 115200 230400 460800 921600 Note During connection CamExpert automatically sets the camera to maximum allowable baud Your system requires a Px8 frame erabber to achieve these baud rates Number of bits per character used in the Data Size serial port Number of stop bits per character used Number of Stop 1 in the serial port Bits Use the Pixel Format feature found in the Image Format Control set to select the format of the pixel to use during image acquisition Image Format Control 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 65 Note the binning feature is used by the 4K model of camera only This feature does not apply to the 2K models Binning is the combining of two image sensor pixels to form a new combined pixel A binned image using the same
84. herefore can use The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Base RGB Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate RGB 8 bit CL medium maximum line rate 40 kHz 4k and 70 kHz 2k no AOI and 85 MHz CL Line Valid CL Clock clock CL Port A CL Port B CL Port C CL Port D CL Port E CL Port F 03 032 20180 03 Green 3 DO D7 Green 4 DO D7 Green 5 DO D7 Green 6 DO D7 Blue 4093 00 07 Green 8 00 07 Blue 4094 Blue 4096 00 07 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 33 This timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 40 KHz and therefore must use Camera Link Medium mode and two cables The RGB output format is compatible with the Camera Link specification for Medium RGB Line rates up to 70 kHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate RGB plus monochrome 8 bit CL medium maximum line rate 62K 2K only no AOI and 85 MHz CL clock DR oQP n x X gt s Line Valid CL Clock CL Port A Green 1 Green 3 CL Port B D0 D7 D0 D7 Blue 2045 W Blue 2047 CL Port C D0 D7 DO D7 CL Port D Green 4 CL Port E DO D7 Blue 2046 W Blue 2048 CL Port F 00 07 D0 D7 Thi
85. ical that you discharge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface such as the metal computer chassis before handling the camera hardware Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 30 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Data Connector Camera Link The camera uses two Camera Link SDR26 cables transmitting the Camera Link Base Medium Full or Deca configuration The figure below shows the SDR26 Camera Link Connector and the tables that follow list the Camera Link configurations For detailed information on Camera Link please refer to the Camera Link Road Map available from the Knowledge Center on the Teledyne DALSA Web site 3 26 Right Angle Channel Link Camera Right Angle Channel Link Connector Frame Grabber Connector Frame Grabber Connector Connector 6 inner shield inner shield Note Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at both ends of the cable Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera Camera Link Bit Definitions CCI EXSYNC 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 3l CC Spare 0 0 0 O Spare Table 6 Camera Control Configuration For additional Camera Link documentation refer to the Teledyne DALSA Web site s Knowledge Center application notes Camera
86. idthl AOlwidth2 AOlwidth3 AOIwidth4 Line Rate Formula Hz Max 7OKHz 66000000 7OKHz 66000000 Rate Max 70KHz 66000000 Rate 0 375 x AOlwidthl Max 7OKHz 66000000 Rate 3 x AU width 03 032 20180 03 66 MHz 66 MHz 66 MHz 03 032 20180 03 2 3 4 Base RGB8 Medium RGB8 Full RGB8 Deca 8 Base RGB8 Medium RGB8 Full RGB8 Deca RGB8 Base RGB8 Medium RGB8 Full RGB8 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Max 7OKHz 66000000 AOIwidth1 AOIwidth2 Max 7OKHz Rute 66000000 _ 0 5 x AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 Max 70KHz Rate 66000000 _ 0 375 x AO0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 Max 7OKHz Rate 66000000 Rate T v svN S gt x v Q c S sQ yl UE 0 3 x AO0Twidthl A01width2 7OKHz 66000000 AOfwidthl AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 Rate Max 7OKHz 66000000 Mau UE C 0 5 x AOlwidth1 AOIwidth2 AOlwidth3 7OKHz 66000000 UT 0 375 x A0Iwidthl AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 Max 7OKHz 66000000 0 3 x ADIwidthl AOfwidthZ AODwidth3 Max 70KHz Hate 66000000 Rate are AOIwidthl AOIwidth2 AOIwidth3 AOIwidth Max 7OKHz 66000000 ie UT 0 5 x A01width1 AOIwidth2 AOlwidth3 AOIwidth4 Max 7OKHz 66000000 Rate
87. ied with CMS command Enter FCS lt gt command from HyperTerminal Click on Transfer Browse and find file Select Xmodem protocol Click Send When it indicates that it is done click Close Upload all files and then reset camera Flatfield Mode 1 pa 3 4 D 6 7 Mnemonic Argument s Mode Disable use of user FPN and PRNU flat field correction coefficients Enable use of user FPN and PRNU flat field correction coefficients Reset user FPN coefficients to zero and user PRNU coefficients to one Scan direction controlled user set loading Set flat field mode BEA ee Full Name Set Flatfield Scan Direction Reverse Set Argument s User Set Number Set scan direction controlled reverse set Notes _ Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 106 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Full Name Display Camera Configuration Argument s Description Display current value of camera configuration parameters Notes USER gt gcp Model Microcode CCI FPGA Serial User ID Bist DefaultSet Ext Trig Line Rate Hz Meas L R Hz Max L R z Exp Mode Exp Red Time Exp Gr Time Exp Bl Time Exp Mono Time Meas E T Max E T Test Pat Direction Line Delay Flat Field Color Plane Selector Offset System Gain Red Gain Green Gain Blue Gain Mono Gain i Color Matrix Selector Color Correction Matrix 1 000000 Mirror AOI Mode CL Speed CI Cont rg Pixel Fmt CPA ROT USER
88. ilinear cameras feature independent exposure control This feature allows the user to set a different exposure times for each color The screenshot above shows the blue color selected Green and red are selected from the same drop down box Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 80 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Adjust the independent exposure control using either the GUI or the 3 letter commands CamExpert GUI In the Camera Control Set Exposure Time Color Selector Red Green Blue Mono 2k p MS Three Letter Commands In the Camera Control Set scl Select Exposure Time Color Selector Select 0 ALL 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Mono 2k set Set Exposure Time Executes the command Note that the red and green exposure times must be set at least 1 usec shorter than the blue exposure time The above restriction should not to be an issue for most applications as commercial light sources generally output less power at the blue end of the spectrum If the Exposure Time Color Selector is set to AII this criteria is automatically met Further note that the order in which the exposure time color selector values are entered is important When entering the exposure times using either the Genlcam interface or the three letter command interface checks are performed on the entered exposure times If a blue integration time is entered that is shorter than the green or red integration time then an error condition will be
89. inations of the exposure times available for each color except the maximum of 3ms and the minimum of 71s exposure times Operating the camera with the conditions stated below will give optimum image performance Operating the camera beyond the stated limits may be possible but could compromise image quality P4 CC 04K Ideal Operating Conditions For optimum image performance the exposure time for Blue should be great than green or red by more than P4 CC 02K TriLinear Ideal Operating Conditions For optimum image performance all of tthe following must be true 1 Blue gt Red by 13 2 Blue gt Green by lus or Green gt Blue by 1ys 3 gt Green by lus or Green gt Red by P4 CC 02K QuadLinear Ideal Operating Conditions For optimum image performance all of the following must be true 1 Blue gt Red by 13 2 Green gt Mono by 1ys 3 Blue gt Green by lus or Green gt Blue by 1ys 4 Blue gt Mono by lus or Mono gt Blue by 5 Red gt Green by 1 or Green gt Red by 1us 6 gt Mono by lus or Mono gt Red by 1yus Set Line Rate To set the camera s line rate use the line rate parameter part of the Sensor Controls set This feature can only be used when the camera is in Internal mode that is when the start line trigger is disabled Trigger Mode Off 1 maximum line rate exposure time low time Exposure time must be greater than 8 us and low time greater than 1 500 ns
90. indicated and the value will not be accepted by the camera The same is true if a red or green integration time is entered that is not smaller by 1 usec than the blue integration time Be aware that the above checking is performed on the value being entered against the values the camera currently has set and therefore that the order that the values are entered is important For example if the revised blue value is less than the current blue value enter the green and red values first If the new blue value is greater than the current blue value enter the blue value first 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 81 Digital 1 0 Control Feature Descriptions The P4 Digital I O control category as organized by CamExpert groups together the sensor specific parameters This group includes the controls for line rate exposure time scan direction and gain Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being enabled or disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Parameters x Category Parameter Value El Board Trigger Source Basic Timing Trigger Selector LineStart Trigger Mode Off Advanced Control lt lt Less External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI H Camera Cameralink 1 Camera Information Camera Control Digital IO Control Flat Field Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transter Control
91. k Mode Full Name Color Matrix Selector Mnemonic 00 Device 0 Factory 1 User of lines to average 0 or 1 when factory selected above then 2 White LED 3 Nocorrection unity matrix Color matrix selector Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 104 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Full Name Calibrate Flatfield n 1 Low pass filter e 4096 0 to 255 Calibrate user PRNU flat field coefficients Notes e Coefficients are saved and loaded with user set e g USS USL e Basic algorithm flattens each color and then uses color gains to achieve target e Whereas low pass filter algorithm does not adjust color gains Full Name Color Transformation Value Argument s Selector 0 Cr gain 1 Gg gain 2 gain 3 Cg gain 4 Coe gain 9 gain 6 gain 7 Cbg gain 8 gain 9 k offset 10 k offset 11 offset Floating Point Value e Gains 16 to 16 e Offsets 0 to 255 Color Transformation Matrix e Value must be immediately preceded with a F e g ctv 0 1 5 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 105 LN MEN Argument s File selector User Set User PRNU FPGA Microcode CCI XML 15 User FPN 16 Color correction matrix Description Upload file to camera using Xmodem protocol HyperTerminal User set PRNU FPN and color correction matrix are saved in the currently active set Location to save color correction matrix is specif
92. lt DN gt ssf Internal Line Rate lt Hz gt sha Set horizontal alignment in float lt 0 Red 1 Green gt f value 0 3 gt shm Set horizontal alignment mode lt 0 Off 1 Active gt 559 Gain lt 0 System 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Mono gt f lt gain gt stm External Trigger 0 Off 1 0 gt sui oet User 1D Testrimg svm Test Pattern 0 25 usd Default User Set lt 0 8 gt usl Load User Set lt 0 8 gt Save User Set lt 1 8 gt vt Temperature VV Input Voltage 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 109 Full Name Load Pixel Coefficients Argument s Set selector 0 Factory set 1 8 User sets Notes e Loads FPN coefficients and PRNU coefficients from a user set only coefficeints no other camera parameters Arguments Description Resets the camera to the saved user default settings These settings are saved using the usd command Notes S O Full Name Set Binning Horizontal 2 Binning of 2 pixels Notes Full Name Set Flatfield ROI Argument s 1 to 4096 2048 2k 1 to 4096 2048 2k Flat field region of interest Notes e Specifies the pixels that CCF and CPA will calibrate o Pixel coefficients outside this region are not changed e Last pixel must be greater than or equal to first pixel Full Name Reset Flatfield Coefficients Argument Reset all user FPN values to zero and all user PRNU coefficients to one Notes S O Teledyne DALSA
93. lue green are output per pixel in RGB mode Whether mirroring is on or off 0 is the leftmost pixel Whether mirroring is on or off AOI 1 is readout first In normal mode AOI 1 is closest to the sensor s left edge In mirror mode AOI 1 is closest to the sensor s right edge Base and Medium Modes The total number of pixels within each AOI must be a multiple of 8 and must be greater than or equal to 40 In normal mode the first pixel of each AOI AOI left edge must have the location 81 where 1 0 1 2 511 i e 8 960 are allowed 12 is not allowed In mirror mode the first pixel of each AOI AOI right edge must have the location 81 7 where 0 1 2 511 i e 7 15 4095 are allowed 8 is not allowed Deca RGB Mode The total number of pixels within each AOI must be a multiple of 40 In normal mode the first pixel of each AOI AOI left edge must have the location 81 where 1 0 1 2 511 i e 8 960 are allowed 12 is not allowed In mirror mode the first pixel of each AOI AOI right edge must have the location 81 7 where i 0 1 2 511 i e 7 15 4095 are allowed 8 is not allowed Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 42 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Camera Link cable quality and length The maximum allowable Camera Link cable length depends on the quality of the cable used and the Camera Link strobe frequency Cable quality degrades over time as the cable is flexed In addition
94. mera User s Manual 57 1 External Trigger Internal Exposure Control Free running not synchronized to an external signal Programmable Line Time PEU DR E EN RO TEENAGE Programmable Exposure 4 219 4 Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Sensor Sensor Sensor Readout Readout Readout LVAL 2 External Trigger On Internal Exposure Control CC1 Falling edge triggers start of internal exposure d oct Line Time Programmable Exposure 1 243 gt Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Sensor Readout Sensor Readout Sensor Readout 3 External Trigger On External Exposure Control CC1 Falling edge triggers start of exposure CC1 high duration sets the exposure time X4 Xo Xa 4M w gt Line Time Exposure X 21 548 Exposure X Exposure Xs Sensor Sensor Sensor Readout Readout Readout LVAL Notes 1 Exposure time gt 7 micro seconds 2 Sensor Readout time 14 micro seconds 3 One additional falling edge during exposure is latched Figure 29 Exposure Modes Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 50 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual P4 2k and 4K color Exposure Time Guidelines In the P4 CC 02K and P4 CC 04K camera have no limitations on the comb
95. mode 2 Communicating with the Camera e The color camera is designed to power up with a GenICam compliant interface e CamExpert provides an easy to use GUI that can be used to set up and evaluate the camera e The camera also comes with Teledyne DALSA s three letter command TLC interface option which can be accessed using a suitable terminal program such as HyperTerminal e If you want to use the TLC interface press the Esc key while using a terminal program and after the LED indicator on the camera turns green Note that the camera defaults to 9 6 KBaud when first powered up e On receiving the Esc character the camera will output a list of the available TLC commands You can then proceed to enter TLC commands as required e Enter h at any time to get the list of commands from the camera e Enter the gcp command at any time to get the current setup conditions of the camera 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 117 3 Setting Up Your Optical Configuration Typically the first thing you want to do is to evaluate the camera s image quality under operating conditions similar to those that you are likely to use in your application In order to do this take the following steps The illumination lens magnification and focus should be set up as per you application Getting the magnification right is best accomplished by setting the object to sensor distance Use
96. mperature reaches 80 Filters CMOS cameras are responsive to infrared IR wavelengths of light Infrared light can be problematic with halogen light sources but is not an issue with white LED sources When infrared light is present with this camera color fidelity is reduced To prevent infrared from distorting the images you scan use an IR cut off filter such as a BG 38 on the lens Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 26 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 2 Quick Simple Steps to Acquire an Image For users who are familiar with Camera Link cameras have a basic understanding of their imaging requirements and who are primarily interested in evaluating the Piranha4 camera an overview of the steps required to get this camera operational and acquiring images quickly can be found in Appendix C Quick Setup and Image Acquisition 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 27 Recommended System Requirements To achieve best system performance the following minimum requirements are recommended e High bandwidth frame grabber e g Xcelera CL PX8 Full Camera Link frame grabber Part OR X8CO XPFO00 www teledynedalsa com imaging products fg OR X8CO0 XPF00 e Operating systems Windows XP Vista 7 32 64 bit Take the following steps in order to setup and run your camera system They are described briefly below and in more detail in the sections that follow 1 Install an
97. n The camera has a factory set white LED color correction matrix that can be selected to improve color response for those using white LED s If you are using a different light source a suitable color correction matrix can be downloaded to the camera A software tool to generate this is available with the Sapera Essentials processing applications which can be downloaded from the Teledyne DALSA web site 60 day free trial You will require a Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker with 4 x 6 color elements that you can scan past the camera to complete the generation of the matrix Contact Teledyne DALSA s technical support for further details here Support 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 119 Appendix D The Sensor Window Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust 011 and Scratches The sensor window is part of the optical path and should be handled like other optical components with extreme care Dust can obscure pixels producing dark patches on the sensor response Dust is most visible when the illumination is collimated The dark patches shift position as the angle of illumination changes Dust is normally not visible when the sensor is positioned at the exit port of an integrating sphere where the illumination is diffuse Dust can normally be removed by blowing the window surface using an ionized air gun Oil is usually introduced during handling Touching the surface of the window barehanded will leave oily re
98. n00 Gain01 Gain02 Gain10 Gain11 Gain12 Gain20 Gain21 Gain22 Offset1 Offset2 Offset3 ColorTransformationValue Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 1 00 Beginner When ScanDirectionSource set to Internal determines the direction of the scan 1 00 Beginner Selects which gain is controlled when adjusting gain features Apply a digital gain adjustment to the entire image Apply a digital gain adjustment to the red channel only Apply a digital gain adjustment to the green channel only Apply a digital gain adjustment to the blue channel only Apply a digital gain adjustment to the mono channel onl Sets the selected gain as an amplification factor applied to the image Controls the black level as an absolute physical value This represents a DC offset applied to the video signal in DN digital number units Allows the user to select between two factory programmed matrixes or two user loaded sets 1 00 Beginner 1 00 Beginner Color Correction Matrix for a white LED No correction User programmable loaded correction matrix User programmable loaded correction matrix 1 00 Beginner Allows the user to manually adjust correction value in the matrix Gren Blue Offset Red 1 00 Beginner Value entered as pointed to by ColorTransformationValueSelector 16 value 16 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 79 Line Spatial sensorLineSpatialCorr
99. nitially setting up the camera Once PRNU calibration is complete it will take several seconds all three colors should be at the target value white balance gains will have been adjusted to suit the cameras optimum setup for a balanced white output and the correction coefficient will be enabled The system gain will remain as originally set The 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 69 coefficient and gain parameters timing and control configuration etc can be stored in any one of eight user sets and automatically retrieved at power up or by user selection If a color correction matrix is desired the user can download and save a color correction file derived from the process described above Note For the color correction to be effective the camera should have a white balanced output when color correction is off CamExpert has a default timeout of 20 seconds per command which is too short for the FFC calibration to run fully You can change the default timeout by setting a command line argument in the short cut e Right click on the short cut in the start menu and select properties e Add timeout 60 to increase the command timeout to 60 seconds See below Note that you must include a character space between the closing quotation mark in the target and the hyphen before the timeout value e Repeat for desktop short cut CamExpert Properties x General Shortcut Compatibility Security s
100. ns which inverts the image 88808860698 855835855598 E e S Arrows denote direction of object movement vU Q sus Camera should operate in Camera should operate in reverse direction forward direction Figure 15 Object Movement and Camera Direction Example with a Lens Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 22 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 62 0 05 FP 54 V 0 CENTER OF 2X THIS SIDE IMAGE AREA 2X FAR SIDE M4x0 7 6H Y 6 4X 62 0 05 E 10 2 3140 10 FIRST PIXEL M42x1 6H REFERENCE HOLES M4x0 7 6H Y 6 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE 42 po a 1 UNITS MILLIMETERS 2 IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS amp C Figure 16 2k Camera Mechanical 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 23 M4x0 7 6H Y 6 4X 62 0 05 54 62 0 05 31 0 10 M4x0 7 6H Y 6 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE CENTER OF IMAGE AREA FIRST PIXEL 58 0 75 6H REFERENCE HOLE M4x0 7 6H Y 6 2X THIS SIDE 2X FAR SIDE 1 UNITS MILLIMETERS 2 IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS A B amp C SCREW 4 0 7 8 TORQUE 25 IN LB OPTIONAL EXTERNAL HEAT SINK ACCESSORY 2X AC MS 00108 00 R NOTES 1 UNITS MILLIMETERS 2 IMAGE AREA IS ALIGNED TO DATUMS B C Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 24 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Man
101. orizontal Alignment Argument s Selector 0 Red 1 Green The value entered will stretch the chosen color to align the colors Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 112 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Full Name Set Horizontal Alignment Mode SH Argument s Selector 0 Off 1 On Enable the horizontal correction Notes _ Mnemonic ed Mode gt Off Image is flipped on the vertical axis Description Description Set mirroring mode Full Name Pixel Format Mnemonic RGB8 Trilinear amp Quadlinear RGB10 Trilinear amp Quadlinear RGB12 Trilinear amp Quadlinear BGR8 Trilinear amp Quadlinear BGR12 Trilinear amp Quadlinear RGB8 mono8 Quadlinear only BGR8 mono8 Quadlinear only RGB12 monol2 Quadlinear only 12 12 Quadlinear only SO oo DL DIL Se Set pixel format OOO ui Full Name Set Line Delay Argument s Sets the number of lines of delay between colors that are read out from the sensor default 3 Notes If your line rate matches the speed of the object then the value of the line delay will be 3 Adjust the ssa value until you remove the red and blue halos above and below a black on white horizontal line in order to set the line delay Values entered must be between 0 and 5 Decimal places are valid for sub pixel correction 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 113 Argument s Offset 32 to 31
102. ot have Xmodem capability while TeraTerm does Xmoden is required to update code in the camera The camera responds to a simple ASCII based protocol A carriage return CR ends each command Example to return the current detector settings gcp CR A complete list of the available detector commands their format and parameters can be displayed by sending the help h command Baud 9 600 Bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow Control None Echo typed characters locally Rules e The interface is not case sensitive One command and argument s per line e To enter a floating point number prefix it with a F for example ssg 0 f1 5 e Error codes returned are the same as the GenICam interface see Diagnostics Error Codes e Follow each command with the carriage return character 0x0D 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 103 Full Name Balance White Auto 5 Perform automatic white balance Notes e Gain each color such that the average of each is at the same level as the average of the most responsive Full Name Calibrate User FPN Mnemonic d of lines to average 2048 4096 Calibrate user FPN dark flat field Full Name Camera Link Speed Mnemonic 85 MHz 66 MHz Camera Link clock frequenc Full Name Camera Link Mode Mnemonic CM 0000 O O Argument s Mode Base Medium Full Deca Dual Base Camera Lin
103. ou set up the camera you will need to establish a communication link between the camera and frame grabber Instructions are available here in Appendix F Camera Frame Grabber Communication 1 Start a new CamExpert application or equivalent Camera Link compliant interface by double clicking the desktop icon created during the software installation 2 Inthe Devices list area on the left side select the COM port below the Camera Link label 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 45 Check LED Status If the camera is operating correctly at this point the diagnostic LED will shine green software Interface the camera features can be controlled through the CamExpert interface For example under the Sensor Control menu in the camera window you can control the line rate and exposure times Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 46 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual At this point your host and camera system should be setup and you can verify the camera s operation by retrieving a test pattern and setting the camera s trigger and exposure time Using Sapera CamExpert with Piranha4 Cameras CamExpert is the camera interfacing tool supported by the Sapera library When used with a Piranha4 camera CamExpert allows a user to test all camera operating modes Additionally CamExpert saves the camera user settings configuration to the camera or saves multiple configurations as individ
104. p on the underside of the window that cannot be readily dissipated by the dry nitrogen gas in the sensor package cavity The charge normally dissipates within 24 hours and the sensor returns to normal operation Additional information on cleaning the sensor window and protecting it against dust oil blemishes and scratches can be found here Appendix D The Sensor Window 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 7 1 The Piranha4 Color Camera Based on Teledyne DALSA s unique CMOS color line scan sensor architecture the new Piranha4 2k and Ak Trilinear and Quadlinear color camera provides outstanding signal to noise performance for high speed imaging The Piranha4 4k models has 4k resolution with a 10 um x 10 jum pixel size for optimized optical design while the Piranha4 2k model has 2k resolution with a 14 um x 14 um pixel size The camera delivers a maximum line rate of 70 KHz Precise sensor alignment simplifies multiple camera calibration at the system level GenICam or ASCII command compliant interfaces make the camera easier to setup control and integrate Programmable features include exposure control flat field correction and gain settings The Piranha4 4k camera is ideal for printing inspection printed circuit board solar cell film and large format web inspection Key Features e CMOS color trilinear line scan e 2k or 4k pixel resolution e Line rates up to 70 kHz e Exposure
105. plays the device version This tag will 1 00 also highlight if the firmware is a beta or Beginner custom design RO Manufacturer Info DeviceManufacturerInfo This feature provides extended 1 00 manufacturer information about the device Beginner RO Firmware Version DeviceFirmwareVersion Displays the currently loaded firmware 1 00 version number Firmware files have a Beginner unique number and have the cbf file extension RO 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 73 Serial Number DevicelD Displays the device s factory set camera 1 00 serial number RO Beginner Power up UserSetDefaultSelector Selects the camera configuration set to load 1 00 Configuration and make active on camera power up or Beginner Selector Factory Setting UserSet1 UserSet2 UserSet3 UserSet4 UserSet5 UserSet6 UserSet7 UserSet8 User Set Selector Factory Setting UserSet 1 UserSet 2 UserSet3 UserSet4 UserSet5 UserSet6 UserSet7 Teledyne DALSA Default UserSet1 UserSet2 UserSet3 UserSet4 UserSet5 UserSet6 UserSet7 UserSet8 UserSetSelector Default UserSet1l UserSet2 UserSet3 UserSet4 UserSet5 UserSet6 UserSet7 reset The camera configuration sets are stored in camera non volatile memory RW Load factory default feature settings Select the user defined configuration UserSet 1 as the Power up Configuration Select the u
106. ps parameters used to configure camera pixel format image cropping and the test pattern Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Features listed in the description table but tagged as Invisible are usually for Teledyne DALSA or third party software usage not typically needed by end user applications Parameters x Category Parameter Value E Test Pattern Color_Ramp Basic Timing Line Mirroring Off Advanced Control ee Pixel Coding Color External Trigger Pixel Calor Filter None Image Buffer and ROI Width 4096 Camera Cameralink 1 WidthMax 4096 Camera Information Height 1 Camera Control Multiple AOI Mode Off Digital IO Control AUI Count 1 Flat Field l AOI Offset X 1 Image Format AOI Width 4096 Transport Layer ae Vee Acquisition and Transter Control Serial Port File Access Control 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 05 Image Format Control Feature Description The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DENC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown The Device Version number repres
107. r applications Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 72 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Parameters x Category Parameter Value E Board Model P4 CC O4K 7T Basic Timing Vendor Teledyne DALSA Advanced Serial Number 14014448 Microcode Version 03 081 20282 00 External Trigger CCI Version 03 110 20277 00 ee FPGA Version 03 056 20444 01 Camera Cameralink 1 Power on Status Good Camera Information LED Color Green Camera Control Temperature 32 200 Digital IO Control Refresh Temperature Press T V Jg F Flat Field Input Voltage 14 Refresh Voltage Press Image Format License Key 38158502 00000000 ayes Power up Configuration Setting Acquisition and Transfer Control Less Serial Port File Access Control The following table describes these parameters along with their view attributes and in which version of the device the feature was introduced Additionally the Device Version column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention using the tag DFNC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Display Name Feature Description Device Version amp View Vendor Name DeviceVendorName Displays the device vendor name RO Model Name DeviceModelName Displays the device model name RO Device Version DeviceVersion Dis
108. ration has completed unsuccessfully because the selected file in not present in this camera model File Operation Result FileOperationResult Displays the file operation result For Read 1 00 Write operations the number of successfully Guru read written bytes is returned RO File Size FileSize Represents the size of the selected file in bytes 1 00 Guru File Access via the CamExpert Tool 1 Click on the Setting button to show the file selection menu File Access Control x Select the type of file to upload or download from the device File Type Available Type Miscellaneous v File selector Can ata Description Camera Data Note Depending on the file size and communication speed the transfer could take many minutes but must not be aborted File path M Download 2 From the Type drop menu select the file type that will be uploaded to the camera 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 99 3 Fromthe File Selector drop menu select the camera memory location for the uploaded data This menu presents only the applicable data locations for the selected file type Click the Browse button to open a typical Windows Explorer window Select the specific file from the system drive or from a network location Click the Upload button to execute the file transfer to the camera Note that firmware changes require a device reset command
109. rection Reverse Set Calibration Algorithm Basic LowPass Calibration Target Calibration Sample Size Lines 2048 Lines 4096 ROI Offset X ROI Width Calibrate FPN Teledyne DALSA On Initialize ScanDirectionControlled flatfieldScanDirectionReverseSet flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm Basic LowPass flatfieldCalibrationTarget flatfieldCalibrationSampleSize Lines_ 2048 Lines 4096 flatfieldCalibrationROIOffsetX flatfieldCalibrationROIWidth flatfieldCalibrationFPN FPN and flat field coefficients enabled Reset all FPN to 0 and all flat field coefficients to 1 Different user set loaded depending on direction When flatfieldCorrectionMode is set to ScanDirectionControlled this feature selects the UserSEt 1 to 8 which will be used for the reverse scan direction Selection between two different flat field algorithms Direct calculation of coefficients based on average line values and target First each color is flat fielded to its peak value and then the color gains are used to achieve the target A low pass filter is first applied to the average line values before calculating the coefficients Use this algorithm if the calibration target is not uniformly white or it is not possible to defocus the image Because of the low pass filter this algorithm is not able to correct pixel to pixel variations and so it is preferable to use the Basic algorithm Set a value between 0 and 255 to which t
110. rom left to right On All pixels are read out from right to left Resetting the Camera The feature Camera Reset part of the Transport Layer set resets the camera The camera resets with the default settings including a baud rate of 9600 Camera Information Parameter Description Resets the camera and puts in the default settings including a 9600 baud rate 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 67 Important Note to ensure best results the conditions under which you calibrate the camera e g temperature and illumination should be as close to the actual operating conditions as possible Parameters x Category Parameter Value E Board Mode n Basic Timing Scan Direction Reverse Set Not Enabled Advanced Control Calibration Algorithm Basic I Calibration Target 150 External Trigger ESO Calibration Sample Size 2048 Image Buffer and ROI ROI Offset X 1 E Camera Cameralink 1 ROI Width 4080 Camera Information Calibrate FPN Press Camera Control Calibrate Press Digital IO Control Calibrate Status Good Flat Field Balance White Auto Press lt lt Less Image Format Transport Layer Acquisition and Transfer Control Serial Port File Access Control Figure 31 Flat Field Calibration in CamExpert Overview The following diagram and accompanying description explain the cameras signal processing chain Each element shown with the exception o
111. s not possible This scenario may be especially apparent when trying to integrate the camera into an existing system When it is not possible to generate a square object pixel color artefacts will occur in the scan direction and is particularly noticeable at sharp edge transitions The size of the edge artefact is proportional to how far the pixel is from square To correct for this the camera has a feature Line Spatial Correction or three letter command ssa which allows fine adjustment of the compensation mechanism the camera uses to correct for the line spacing The default setting for this feature is 3 4k model or 2 Zk model which is set for square object pixels The setting can be adjusted from 0 to 5 to compensate for rectangular pixels whether they are too long or to short The following examples of image artefacts show black to white image transitions and the associated corrected image after applying a specific ssa setting Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 18 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Example 1 Target speed adjusted for square pixels Line Spatial Correction 3 ssa 3 This is the default condition Example 2 Target running slower than example 1 same EXSYNC trigger frequency Line Spatial Correction 3 ssa 3 Line Spatial Correction 4 3 ssa 4 3 Example 3 Target running faster than example 1 same EXSYNC trigger frequency Line Spatial Correction ssa 3 Line Spa
112. s timing can be used for applications that require line rates up to 60 KHz and therefore must use Camera Link Medium mode and two cables The RGB output format is not defined in the Camera Link specification Deca The RGB format is such that when using a Camera Link frame grabber compatible with the Deca format configured for the mono standard the R G and then B pixels will be written sequentially into the frame grabber buffer This process simplifies the extraction of the RGB data from the frame grabber buffer by the host application Line rates up to 70 KHz can be achieved by using the Area of Interest AOI feature where the smaller the AOI the greater the potential line rate Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual 3 RGB 8 bit CL Full plus monochrome 8 bit CL full Line Valid CL Clock 2 Z F CL Port A P 04 Mono 0 0 2 N Ke A o m CL Port B _ 2 o Y D SS li 7 N 03 i MAN 5 W 2 2 Mc D i Red 2047 CL Port C 2 CL Port D NS TO D SS imis lor di P NB gt Blue 2047 Green 10 CL Port E a ps 2 0 NS Red 2048 CL Port F st D G gt E EB CL Port G Blue 2048 Green 11 CL Port H Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 Piranha4 2K and
113. s using Sapera LT Notice to support this pixel format in memory the buffer must be set to RGB 24 bit packed Sapera demo and example programs extract the create acquisition buffer type from the associated camera configuration files Until there is native support for RGB 9 1 mode frame grabbers must be configured as monochrome the CCF files pixel format can t be used by the programs to process the image correctly 1 Acquire as if the P4 camera was a 8 bit mono 24 576 4096 x 3 pixels linescan camera 2 Treat acquired buffer as SapFormatRGBRS688 24bit pixel Sapera LT provides a feature to share buffer components between two SapBuffer objects Buffer type may be different between the two SapBuffer objects This can be a trick to convert buffer format without buffer copy 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 123 Acquiring the above data as you would an 8 bit mono camera in 10 tap mode creates the acquisition buffer shown below AdrHll 4 First CLK Second CLK On the other hand the SapFormatRGBR888 format is shown below Pixel 3byte Pixel4 As you demonstrated above the two buffers content and their order are exactly same Thus acquiring the buffer as if the camera were a mono 8 bit 10 tap results in the same buffer contents as the SapFormatRGBR888 Assuming acquisition buffer is declared as below define NUMBUFFERS 10 SapBuffer m_Buffers m_Buffers
114. ser defined configuration UserSet 2 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 3 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 4 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 5 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 6 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 7 as the Power up Configuration Select the user defined configuration UserSet 8 as the Power up Configuration Selects the camera configuration set to load feature settings from or save current feature settings to The Factory set contains default camera feature settings RW Select the default camera feature settings saved by the factory Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet1 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet2 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet3 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet4 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet5 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet6 to save
115. sidues Using rubber fingercots and rubber gloves can prevent contamination However the friction between rubber and the window may produce electrostatic charge that may damage the sensor To avoid ESD damage and to avoid introducing oily residues avoid touching the sensor Scratches diffract incident illumination When exposed to uniform illumination a sensor with a scratched window will normally have brighter pixels adjacent to darker pixels The location of these pixels will change with the angle of illumination An important note on window blemishes When flat field correction is performed window cleanliness is paramount The figure below shows an example of what can happen if a blemish is present on the sensor window when flat field correction is performed The blemish will cast a shadow on the wafer FFC will compensate for this shadow by increasing the gain Essentially FFC will create a white spot to compensate for the dark spot shadow As long as the angle of the incident light remains unchanged then FFC works well However when the angle of incidence changes significantly i e when a lens is added then the shadow will shift and FFC will makes things worse by not correcting the new shadow dark spot and overcorrecting where the shadow used to be white spot While the dark spot can be potentially cleaned the white spot is an FFC artifact that can only be corrected by another FFC calibration Blemish Window Wafer Teledyne D
116. specific parameters This group includes controls for line rate exposure time scan direction and gain Parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application Parameters Visibility Guru Category Parameter Acquisition and Transfer Cont Sensor ColorType Camera Information Internal Line Rate Measured Line Rate Camera Control Refresh Measured Line Rate Digital IO Control Exposure Time Source Flat Field Exposure Time Color Selector Image Format Exposure Time Transport Layer Measured Exposure Time Serial Port Refresh Measured Exposure Time Production Features Direction Source Internal Direction Offset Gain Selector File Access Control Gain Color Transformation Matrix Selector Color Transformation Value Selector Color Transformation Value Line Spatial Correction Image Distortion Correction Mode Image Distortion Correction Algorithm Image Distortion Correction Line Selector Image Distortion Parallax Correction Pixel Stretch lt lt Less 03 032 20180 03 10000 Press Timed All 49 51 Press Internal Forward 0 SystemGain 1 NoCorrectionFactorySet Gain00 1 2 Off ParallaxCorrection Red 0 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 77 Camera Control Feature Descriptions The following table describes these parame
117. ters along with their view attribute and minimum camera firmware version required Additionally the firmware column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention DENC verses the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SENC not shown The Device Version number represents the camera software functional group not a firmware revision number Display Name Sensor Color lype Internal Line Rate Measured Line Rate Refresh measured line rate Exposure Time Source Timed Trigger Width Feature sensorColorType CFA RGB AcquisitionLineRate measureLineRate refreshMeasureLineRate ExposureMode Timed TriggerWidth Description Device Version amp View Defines the camera sensor color type RO 1 00 DFNC Beginne r Specifies the camera internal line rate in Hz 1 00 when Trigger mode set to internal Beginne Note that any user entered value is automatically adjusted to a valid camera value Specifies the line rate provided to the camera by 1 00 either internal or external source RO Beginne r Press to show the current line rate provided to 1 00 the camera by either internal or external sources r Sets the operation mode for the camera s 1 00 exposure or shutter RO Beginne The exposure duration time is set using the r Exposure Time feature and the exposure starts with a LineStart event Uses the width of the trigger signal pulse to control the e
118. the Default Setting by selecting the set in the User Set Default Selector The chosen set automatically saves as the default setting and is the set loaded when the camera is reset or powered up The relationship between these three settings is illustrated in Figure 27 Relationship between the Camera Settings 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 53 1 Select Default Set Pe MEE Saves Automatically Factory Settings U Setti 1 Select User Set ser settings 2 User Set Load 1 Select Factory Set 2 User Set Load 1 Select User Set Current Session 2 User Set Save Figure 27 Relationship between the Camera Settings Active Settings for Current Session The active setting for the current session is the set of configurations that are operating while the camera is currently running including all unsaved changes you have made to the settings before saving them These active settings are stored in the camera s volatile memory and will be lost and cannot be restored if the camera resets or if the camera is powered down or loses power To save these settings for reuse the next time you power up or reset the camera or to protect against losing them in the case of power loss you must save the current settings using the User Set Save parameter Once saved the current settings become the selected User Set User Setting The user setting is the saved set of camera configurations th
119. the reset camera command rc or b powering the camera OFF and then ON 2 Load the ASCII interface using e 9600 baud e 8 data bits e no parity 1stop bit e no flow control e local echo e carriage return linefeed 3 Wait for a stable status LED color green or red before proceeding Note that all entries in HyperTerminal will be ignored until a stable LED color is obtained 4 Incase of HyperTerminal press the lt ESC gt Key 5 Once lt ESC gt has been entered the help screen appears Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 102 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual Notes on Using Alternatives to HyperTerminal e If you are using interfaces other than HyperTerminal the ASCII character ESC is decimal 27 and needs to be issued From the command line insert ESC by using ALT 2 7 of the activated Num Pad In some cases this needs to be followed by a carriage return or a linefeed to send this to the camera e In ASCII the ESC character may look like this ASCII to GenCP To switch from the ASCII command interface to the GenCP interface the camera must be either reset RC or the power must be cycled Note that GenCP and ASCII commands cannot be accessed simultaneously Note that the HyperTerminal application is not available on the Windows 7 OS Alternatives to HyperTerminal The following alternative ASCIL interfaces have been tested and shown to work with this camera PuTTY and TeraTerm Note that PuTTY does n
120. tial Correction 1 73 ssa 1 73 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 4 Target ronning m than EXSYNC CE 1 Wr M ate a ST bie ud 42 M lt gt gt R FLU Line Spatial EEE 3 ssa ssa E 3 Line Spatial Correction 1 ssa 1 Example 5 Lii running faster than EXSYNC cO n zu aal Br b App M F P 2 3 p E T P 3 3 N ton te x LUE n T gt c V TERME is p ssa 3 Line Spatial Correction 5 ssa 5 Line Spatial Correction 3 Teledyne DALSA 03 032 20180 03 20 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User s Manual When the camera it is not perpendicular to the object surface the P4 color camera will exhibit color The parallax distortion increases when imaging at steep angles relative to the cameras imaging plain This is an optical effect caused by the line spacing of the three individual colors This spacing results in a different magnification for each line at high angles As shown in the figure below there is color distortion at the extremes ends of the image but at the centre of the image the color distortion does not show up 1 ISO ode 4096 pixels gt Figure 11 Image with Horizontal Color Mignment Issues Using the P4 color cameras Parallax Correction feature
121. til then here are some workarounds using Sapera LT Notice to support this pixel format in memory the buffer must be set to RGB 24 bit packed Sapera demo and example programs extract the create acquisition buffer type from the associated camera configuration files Until there is native support for RGB 6 2 mode frame grabbers must be configured as monochrome the CCT files pixel format can t be used by the programs to process the image correctly 1 Acquire as if the P4 camera was a 8 bit mono 24 576 4096 x 3 pixels linescan camera 2 Treat acquired buffer as SapFormatRGBR888 24bit pixel Sapera LT provides a feature to share buffer components between two SapBuffer objects Buffer type may be different between the two SapBuffer objects This can be a trick to convert buffer format without buffer copy 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 125 Acquiring the above data as you would an 8 bit mono camera in 8 tap mode creates the acquisition buffer shown below Adrkll First Second On the other hand the SapFormatRGBR888 format is shown below Pixel byte Pixel4 As you demonstrated above the two buffers content and their order are exactly same Thus acquiring the buffer as if the camera were a mono 8 bit 8 tap results in the same buffer contents as the SapFormatRGBR888 Assuming acquisition buffer is declared as below define NUMBUFFERS 8
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123. ual Figure 18 Nikon M58 to F Mount Adapter Figure 19 Piranha4 Heat Sink Accessories Kit Optional Lens Mount and Heat Sink Accessories o om AC LN 00002 M58 to F mount adapter heavy duty 12mm BFD for 4K model AC LC 00001 M42x1 to C mount adapter 12mm BFD for 2K model AC LA 00115 42 1 to F mount adapter heavy duty 12mm for 2K model AC MS 00108 Heat sink for 2k and 4k models 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 25 Up to tow optional heat sinks can be installed on the Piranha4 camera As illustrated they are ideally positioned to allow close spacing of the cameras These heat sinks are designed to provide adequate convection cooling when not obstructed by enclosures or mounting assemblies Teledyne DALSA recognises that each customer s application can be unique In consideration the P4 camera heat sinks have been designed in such a way that they can be repositioned on the different faces of the camera or removed entirely depending on the mounting configuration and its heat sinking potential Repositioning or removal of the heat sinks must be performed with care in order to avoid temperature issues The camera has the ability to measure its internal temperature Use this feature to record the internal temperature of the camera when it is mounted in your system and operating under the worst case conditions The camera will stop outputting data if its internal te
124. ual camera parameter files on the host system ccf CamExpert can also be used to upgrade the camera s software An important component of CamExpert is its live acquisition display window which allows immediate verification of timing or control parameters without the need to run a separate acquisition program For context sensitive help click on the button then click on a camera configuration parameter short description of the configuration parameter will be shown in a popup Click on the 9 button to open the help file for more descriptive information on CamExpert The central section of CamExpert provides access to the camera features and parameters Note The availability of the features is dependent on the CamExpert user setting A note on the CamExpert examples shown here The examples shown for illustrative purposes and may not entirely reflect the features and parameters available from the camera model used in your application 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 47 CamExpert Panes r arameters Visibility Guru 2 Category Parameter Value Acquisition and Transfer Cont Sensor ColorType CFA RGB Cause Internal Line Rate 10000 Eos Con Measured Line Rate 10000 Refresh Measured Line Rate Press Digital IO Control Exposure Time Source Timed FM Exposure Time Color Selector All Image Format Exposure Time 49 Transport Layer
125. using a forward signal through CC3 and the Direction Source set to external or by having the Direction Source set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to forward 5 Set up all the desired parameters including doing a flat field Parameters x Category Parameter Value El Board Sensor ColorType CFA RGB Basic Timing Internal Line Rate 10000 Adosnred Contos Measured Line Rate 10000 Refresh Measured Line Rate Press External Trigger ne Exposure Time Source Timed He DES Exposure Time Color Selector All pid parameters for forward irection El Camera Cameralink 1 Exposure Time 50 Camera Information Measured Exposure Time 50 993 Camera Control Refresh Measured Exposure Time Press Digital 10 Control Direction Source Internal Flat Field Internal Direction Forward Ez Offset 0 Image Format Gain Selector SystemGain Transport Layer Gain 1 Acquisition and Transfer Control Color Transformation Matrix Selector NoCorrectionFactorySet Serial Port Color Transformation Value Selector Gain File Access Cantrol Color Transformation Value 1 Line Spatial Correction 3 lt lt Less 03 032 20180 03 Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User s Manual 9 6 Savethe camera set to User Set other than the saved to for the reverse direction The forward direction user set and the default user set must be the same Power up Configuration Forward direction user set and default user
126. xposure duration Sensor color type is RGB Exposure Time exposureTimeSelector Selects which color that the exposure time value 1 00 Selector is to apply to Beginner Exposure time setting applies to all colors Red Exposure time setting applies to red Green Exposure time setting applies to green Blue Exposure time setting applies to blue Mono Exposure time setting applies to mono Exposure Time ExposureTime Sets the exposure time in microseconds when 1 00 Measured Exposure Time Refreshed measured exposure time Direction Source Teledyne DALSA measureExposureTime refreshMeasureExposureTime sensorScanDirectionSource Internal External the Exposure Mode feature is set to Timed Specifies the exposure time provided to the camera by either internal or external source RO Press to display the current exposure time 1 00 provided to the camera Beginner Beginner Direction determined by value of 1 00 SensorScanDirection Beginner Direction control determined by value on CC3 03 032 20180 03 78 Internal Direction Gain Selector Offset Color Transformatio Selector Color Transformation Value Selector Color Transformation Value 03 032 20180 03 sensorScanDirection Forward Reverse GainSelector SystemGain Red BlackLevel colorTransformationSelector WhiteLEDFactorySet NoCorrectionFactorySet MatrixUserSet1 MatrixUserSet2 ColorTransformationValueSelector Gai

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