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1. user manual pco Maging In this manual you find instructions for the pco pixelfly usb scientific camera Target Audience This camera is designed for use by technicians engineers and scientists In case of any questions or comments please contact us at PCO telephone 49 0 9441 2005 50 fax 49 0 9441 2005 20 email info pco de postal address PCO AG Donaupark 11 93309 Kelheim Germany The cover photo shows an exemplary PCO camera system The lens is sold separately Copyright 2010 PCO AG called PCO in the following text Kelheim Germany All rights reserved PCO assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials These materials are provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement PCO further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information text graphics links or other items contained within these materials PCO shall not be liable for any special indirect incidental or consequential damages including without limitation lost revenues or lost profits which may result from the use of these materials The information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PCO in the future PCO hereby authorizes you to copy documents for non commercial use within your2. MPG MPEG 1 similar to JPEG is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG WMV Windows Media Video WMV is a compressed video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft The original video format known as WMV was originally designed for Internet streaming applications as a competitor to RealVideo pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Appendix A5 Service and Maintenance Service The camera is designed to operate with no need of special adjustments or periodic inspections Maintenance Unplug the camera from any power supply before cleaning it Use a soft dry cloth for cleaning the camera Do not use liquid cleaners or sprays The lens is best cleaned with pressurized air or with liquid cleaners such as pure alcohol or with special optical cleaners that are available at high quality photo stores Never use aggressive cleaning liquids such as gasoline acetone spirits or nitro cleanser Every time the CCD window is cleaned there is the possibility of surface damage Do not clean the CCD window unless it is absolutely necessary Be careful and avoid scratches and damage to the CCD window surface Use a cotton swab dipped in pure alcohol or optical cleaning liquid and wipe only on the glass surface Do not get any cleaning liquid on the metallic parts such as the lens thread because tiny detached particles ma
3. Rotate The image will be rotated by 90 clockwise right or counterclockwise left before it is shown in the image window Line Tool Select Line Tool to show a graph which shows the intensity of the pixels under the red line shown in the image window The selection of this menu item determines the location of the first point After this you can move the mouse to the second point which can be selected by a left click Nowa Line Diagram opens and the length of the line unit pixel is shown in a bubble and displayed in the window Line Diagram Val 10 Length 481 Copy To Clipboard Copies the active image to clipboard pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 27 7 Camware Features 28 7 10 Additional Features Setting Contrast Area by Mouse You can control the minimum and maximum values used for the conversion from 12 to 8 bit with the mouse Move the mouse cursor into a region which should be shown with maximum contrast Press the shift and the left mouse button Hold down the mouse button while increasing the size of the rubber band window with mouse moves After releasing of the mouse button the coordinates of the rubber band window act as a border for calculating the minimum and maximum values Setting a new ROI by Mouse In the same manner you can setup a new region of interest see ROI in Camera control for the camera You only have to press the CTRL Strg button instead of
4. _ Skip images allows for convenient overview at large numbers of images Multi Window View the images of all active cameras in consecutive order in one window Time oriented means that the sequence of images depends on the individual time stamp of each image Camera number oriented means that the first image shown is from camera 1 then camera 2 and so on Embedded Image Info only for pixelfly and sensicam models see Timestamp feature in chapter 6 6 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Window L Cascade Tile Arrange Icons Close All 7 Camware Features 7 7 The Window Menu Cascade Show all windows overlapped Tile Tile windows vertically or horizontally Arrange Icons Rearranges all minimized topic icons on the desktop Close All Close all windows pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 25 7 Camware Features 2 7 8 The Help Menu contents Contents Opens the main page of the online program help search For Help on About Search for Help on Opens an index list for help About This window shows program information PPEEPE T and contains helpful support links In case of a camera problem support files C I Ware see 7 3 Options Misc Logfile may be generated which can be automatically Res attached to the email The support files av eee es contain relevant hardware information ee ene EERO onl the log files and the PCO related
5. change was attempted the camera will not accept the change and the red lamp will be highlighted In the information field you can view some information about the camera Click into the info field in order to scroll through the values peo USB Fisel Fly 1 29291 040 brw doubleshutter El Temp 46 C Imagesize 139241040 max fos 13 55 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 9 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 10 6 2 The Timing sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording Exposure 20 000ms6 20me Trigger Mode Timing C7 Auto Sequence Exposure 00 00 020 000 lvl C7 Soft Trigger mir S nE US External Exp Start Delay _90 000 000 000 S S US HS C 7 Estemal Exp Ctrl peo USB Fisel Fly 139227040 bw doubleshuther 2 F Trigger Node Auto Sequence The camera will optimize the image recording to achieve the best possible frame rate In the auto sequence exposure control mode the camera determines the fastest possible image uptake rate depending on the adjusted exposure time and the required readout time After a start command is given the sequential recording is started until a stop command is given Soft Trigger Single images can be recorded with Camware control The single image can be acquired by pressing the Single Trigger button This button appears after pressing the Start Record button See 7 2 Other
6. pixel correction is enabled this feature will be switched off Auto Exposure Starts some exposures and tries to find an exposure time that captures images with grey values between 1400 and 1500 It re adjusts the lookup tables in order to display the images with the new settings best In case the software is not able to calculate an femme appropriate setting this message will be displayed A Timeout in 4utoexposurel Exposure time possibly very long Please set by hand pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 21 7 Camware Features Acquisition View a Live Preview e Acquire Sequence REC i Recorder Settings 22 ENTER 7 5 The Acquisition Menu Live Preview The Live Preview is useful for fast and easy adjusting and focusing of the camera The active window will be updated To see another window simply click on the window This option is not available in double shutter mode Acquire Picture Records single images in case of pixelfly and sensicam cameras Acquire Sequence Starts recording images into the system memory according to Trigger Mode selection see 6 2 During the recording the camera controls are locked Rec Memory Settings for pixelfly and sensicam models Recorder Settings Play settings This command opens the Recorder First Image Settings dialog window a aa Set to all SWS The Play Settings are referred to the a l obal Settings camera If more than one cam
7. Features 7 30 The File Menu Open Raw File single image only This command should be used to import a single image into the currently active image window Only files with the extension and format of b16 PCO proprietary binary image format and tif TIFF image format can be imported If the recorder is enabled each imported image will be transferred to the buffer shown in the picture number The image itself will be fitted to the current image size If the recorder is disabled the current image sizes will be set to the parameters of the imported image Open Raw File Set for hsfc pro camera Open Recorder Sequence image sequence from one camera This command is used to import a sequence of images If more than one Camera is connected and an image window is currently open the sequence will be loaded to the active window If no image window is open the images will be loaded to camera 1 This command opens the Open file dialog box Only files with the extension and the format of b16 and tif TIFF16 can be imported Save Raw File single image only The Save command should be used to save the image which is displayed in the active window The command opens the Save file dialog box The image file can be saved in 16bit 616 and tif format If more than one camera is connected it is possible to save all current images by selecting Export all images in the Save file dialog box With this feature it is pos
8. For the most recent version of camware it might also be necessary for pco camera users to install as well the most recent interface driver Download File zip 8782 kb Image Co nve rter pco file converter Use the PCO file converter to e convert 16 bit tif and b16 images to vari O u S fo rm ats G patos Destination file name pco 1200hs c_Nikkor 35mm_30 e display file information finish pei E S h ow t h E i 7 H ai mn ag es Select bit resolution Sbit b w Select destination file type Tiff File HH X RT Third Party Image Viewer for PCO b16 images X We recommend the free XnView www xnview com an efficient multimedia viewer browser and converter Please enable all formats 38 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 39 About PCO IZe mo PCO AG was founded in 1987 The company headquarters in Kelheim ra e e employs more than 50 specialists in the develooment and production of optimized fast sensitive camera systems for scientific applications PCO s range of products includes digital camera systems featuring high dynamics extremely high sensitivity high resolution high speed and extremely low noise which are sold in industrial and scientific markets all over the world Cameras for every point of view The systems produced by PCO AG are cameras and scientific measuring instruments at the same time Our high tech systems are mostly
9. by a filter 24mm diameter Carefully unscrew the black ring in front of the window and replace filter pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 31 Appendix 32 A3 Pinout of RJ11 Connector PIN description busy o busy exposure trigger 6 12V alternative power supply Pin Position Timing amp Signals busy TRUE camera is recording or sensor readout in progress busy FALSE external trigger is accepted exposure TRUE exposure of image sensor In Auto Sequence trigger mode the busy signal is always set to TRUE while the exposure signal indicates the real exposure of the image sensor In External Exp Start trigger mode the camera is ready to accept a new trigger signal on PIN 5 exposure trigger when the busy signal is set to FALSE After a successful trigger event the busy signal stays TRUE until the exposure is finished and the image is completely read out exposure trigger busy exposure pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Appendix A4 Image File Formats There are different file formats available for saving camera images with Camware b16 The b16 16 bit format is similar to the bmp format However 16 bit pixel values are used instead of 8 bit pixel values The 16 bit pixel values represent unsigned integer values where the camer
10. chapter 7 for detailed information pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb The Camera Control window in Camware is the main interface for all camera settings For further Camware features please see chapter 7 6 1 The Camera Control window The camera control window can be opened by selecting the proper command in the Camera Menu or by the corresponding button in the toolbar CamWare V3 03 File Camera Acquisition View The camera control dialog always adapts to the camera type connected For the pco pixelfly usb the camera control settings are spread over four property sheets which will be explained below CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording D Exposure 20 000mE 20mE Trigger Mode Timing Auto Sequence Exposure 00 00 020 000 lv Soft Trigger mins me ug C7 External Exp Start Delay C 7 External Exp Ctrl GB peo USB Pixel Fly 139281 040 bew doubleshutter Q SMS US HS Changes to the camera control sheets must be completed by pressing the Accept button If the Accept button is not pressed these changes will be ignored and lost If the changes are within the allowed condition limits of the camera a message is sent to the computer the button disappears and the green lamp will be highlighted If an illegal
11. older versions of these files will be replaced if present All required Windows registration entries will be made automatically After a successful installation you will find the program file Digital Camera Toolbox in your program directory Other helpful tools are also installed in the same file See appendix A8 To uninstall the Camware program please use the Software feature under Window s System Control pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany H 5 Quick Start 5 Quick Start Note In order to get familiar with your new camera amp software it might be helpful if you first aim at an object that is easy to focus and that can be seen at standard light conditions 5 1 5 2 Preparation v installation is finished see chapter 4 v an appropriate lens is attached remove cap or the camera is attached properly to the microscope spectrograph or other scientific device Y camera is connected to the PC Y computer is on v camera is connected to the power supply and ready LED green Start gt startCamware 5 open view window if not already open start live preview apply auto range peak you may adjust aperture and focus You should now clearly see the object in the window If you need to change exposure time e g the image is still either too dark or too bright please go to chapter 6 If you want to record and save images please see chapter 6 and
12. organization only In consideration of this authorization you agree that any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein Each individual document published by PCO may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information relating to that individual document Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of PCO or any third party Except as expressly provided above nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any PCO copyright Note that any product process or technology in this document may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by PCO and may not be licensed hereunder Updated October 2010 PCO AG pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 TO ste TTT 4 The advantages of the pco pixelfly usb for your success 2 Safety Instructions sese ecce eee eee eee eee 5 Save money reduce stress stay healthy 3 System Components cccccecceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaes 6 What s in the Box 4 TG ULF n Ta T Get your camera and computer ready for start 5 Qu ICk Star eane a e ae 8 How to get an image fast and easy 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 9 The main interface for all camera settings 6 1 The Camera C
13. signals cannot influence this operating mode External Exp Start The image acquisition is triggered by an external signal It is also possible to force a software trigger for a test image with the Single Trigger button In the External Exp Start exposure control mode single image recording is started by the falling or rising edge of the voltage signal at the BNC input See appendix A3 pixel clock intrinsic system delay 12 MHz 25 MHz External Exp Ctrl not available for pco pixelfly usb Timing The exposure time delay time is not available for pco pixelfly usb can be adjusted in steps of 5us exposure time pco pixelfly usb 5us 60s The jitter of the actual exposure start edge lt 13ns pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 6 3 The Sensor Size sheet CameraControl sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording Binning Region of interest horizontal E vertikal 1392x1040 Sensor format S standard 139281040 oan O alternative SO0 600 Cet to max peo USB Fisel Fly 139227040 bev doubleshuther 2 F Binning Binning combines neighboring pixels in either the horizontal or vertical direction to form super pixels It increases the light signal of the resulting pixels and decreases the spatial resolution of the total image which is recorded Vertical binning x2 will also double the s
14. the monitor screen The 12 bit information will be lost and cannot be displayed later TIFF Tag Image File Format version 6 0 and lower There is a 16bit monochrome and color image format BMP Windows Bitmap Format b w or color 8 bit format images which have been saved in BMP format can be loaded later only as 8 bit images i e part of the original information 10bit 12bit or 14bit is lost pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 33 Appendix 34 FTS Flexible Image Transport System Version 3 1 There is a 16 bit image format The NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology NOST has defined this format Some programs use the FIT extension for this format ASCII 16 bit format some mathematical programs prefer ASCII data JPG JPEG named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group who created the standard is a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images The degree of compression can be adjusted allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality JP2 JPEG 2000 is a wavelet based image compression standard and coding system It was created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group committee in the year 2000 with the intention of superseding their original discrete cosine transform based JPEG standard created 1992 AVI Audio Video Interleave is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology
15. the result of manual labor over 50 highly specialized employees handle development and production at the Kelheim site We deliver roughly 4 000 cameras a year to customers all over the world As in every cutting edge technology dialogue with the user is the main focus of PCO s approach Worldwide representatives in cooperation with the in house marketing division and technical support team ensure that PCO camera systems are developed in step with the individual requirements of our customers pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany pco IMaging
16. the shift button The coordinates of the rubber band window are used for calculating a new region of interest You can reset the ROI to maximum by pressing the CTRL Strg button and the right mouse button White Balance by Mouse In the same manner you can change the white balance You only have to press the CTRL Strg and the shift button at the same time The pixel values within the coordinates of the rubber band window are used for calculating a new white balance For best results we recommend to use the white balance button in the Convert Control Color See 7 6 or the Auto Balance Color in the Local Menu see 7 9 respectively Fold Up Window The Convert Control windows can be minimized folded up Just move the pointer over the bar and the window will unfold again fold up window Camera Convert Control BY Mean 901 8192 v T Max 2089 Camera ESS move pointer over bar to unfold window Time Elapse Window If an image is acquired with an exposure time longer than 5s the time elapse window will appear to show the remaining time of the current exposure ol L pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Appendix Appendix pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 29 Appendix 30 A1 Technical Data unit setpoint pco pixelfly usb center mode 800 x 600 pixel size horxver pma S XO sensor format inch 2 3 Geama d edo o oa quantum effici
17. This versatile high performance 14 bit CCD camera system has an extraordinary quantum efficiency of up to 62 At the heart of the camera is a FPGA processor allowing for sophisticated control and accurate timing of the CCD and associated electronics In addition a proprietary offset control algorithm has been developed which provides very high offset stability regardless of ambient temperature or signal changes ensuring accurate and repeatable quantitative data over long periods of time The camera s main features are e excellent resolution 1392 x 1040 pixel e superior quantum efficiency up to 62 e 14 bit dynamic range e superior low noise of Ge rms 12MHz e no glow functionality at long exposure times e excellent DSNU at long exposure times e optimal offset stability and control lt 1count e hot pixel correction integrated e USB2 0 interface Areas of Application scientific imaging low light level imaging combustion imaging high resolution microscopy luminescence spectroscopy quality control spectroscopy fuel injection particle image velocimetry PIV scintillation recording bioluminescence chemoluminescence material testing flow visualization hydrodynamics machinevision industrial applications imaging of bio markers e g green fluorescent protein GFP Red and NIR fluorescence applications 4 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 2 Safety Instructions 2 Safety Instructions Never oper
18. a 12 bit values sets the higher 4 bits to zero The file format consists either of a Basic Header 6 Long parameter or of an Extended Header 82 Long parameter the latter of which is optionally for additional information There might follow a variable comment field ASCII code Finally there is the actual data set that is saved linearly as in the case of BMP files With the exception of the first value all parameters are Long Integers 4 Byte The first 6 parameters must always exist The rest of the parameters as well as the comment field are optional Parameter Function the first 4 byte are the characters PCO 6 extended header 1 true extended header follows T setting miu vag b w linlog black white LUT setting opines linear 1 logarithmic color LUT setting 0 linear 1 logarithmic 18 d internal use 266 Comment file in ASCII characters with variable length of 0 XX The length of the comment filed must be documented in the header length field 16 bit pixel data line 1 pixel 1 value of the first pixel line 1 pixel 2 value of the second pixel We recommend that all images should be saved first in the b16 or TIFF format The advantage is to have the b16 or tiff images available all the time You will always have the maximum 12 bit information Please note that not all image analysis programs can accommodate 16 bit data The 8 bit format saves only the information displayed on
19. ate the camera in humid or dusty environments or in places with high amounts of X ray radiation Humidity dust or X rays could damage the camera To avoid the risk of water condensation protect the camera against extreme changes of ambient temperature If condensation enters the camera there is the risk of electric shock To prevent damage to the camera the system must be kept stable and protected against strong jolts or vibrations The socket at the bottom of the camera is to be used for mounting purposes only Electric shock warning Never slide any items through the slits into the camera because of the risk of electric shock if the voltage parts inside are touched Each time the camera is used check the power cable for any damage Never position the cable in a way that it could become a tripping hazard Do not force the lens onto the camera To protect the lens connector thread from damage use minimal force when attaching a lens to the camera If any of the following conditions apply immediately switch off the camera separate it from the power line and contact our customer support A If the power cable or the power plug seems to be worn or damaged If liquids have penetrated the device KS K Op CO A A If after thoroughly reviewing the instruction manual the device is still not operating properly A If the camera has been dropped or the casing is damaged pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Ger
20. cameras with internal memory In case of the pco pixelfly usb images are recorded directly onto hard disk by default With this command you can preset a certain number of images to be stored If the camera captures images faster than the computer can save to disk then you will loose images The displaying of the images doesn t interfere with the record process Record with Flowfile for pixelfly and sensicam models Exit This command exits the program and closes all channel dialog windows Window positions settings and sizes are stored in the windows registry and will be loaded again at next start up pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Camera Acquisition View 7 od Camera Contral Load Camera Settings Save Camera Settings Create Hot Pixel List Hotpixel Correction Suto Exposure 7 Camware Features 7 4 The Camera Menu Camera Control Use this command to open the camera control window see 6 1 Load Camera Settings With this command you can reload camera settings which have been previously saved You can reload only a file which has been made with the same camera configuration as it was found by the application at start up Save Camera Settings This command saves the actual camera settings of all existing cameras Create Hot Pixel List available with next Camware version V3 04 Use this command to create a Hotpixel File Some pixels tend to become very bright during a long exposure These
21. control auto range peak crop see chapter 7 6 under Convert Control BW live preview useful for fast and easy camera adjustment and focusing This command disables the camera control window if it is opened soft trigger captures a single image See chapter 6 2 Cursor display Col 1640 y 596 H 242 0 255 D 25 T Col x 1640 y 596 R 242 G 255 B 255 cursor pixel position and intensity value Ba continuous auto range crop scaling Recorder 20 s 90090 ooo record START STOP PLAY opens the recorder settings window 000 660 The Recorder Browser gives an overview of the recorded images A click on the desired image makes it the current image in the Black White or Color window Skip images allows for convenient overview at large numbers of images With the Multi Frame Window it is possible to view all active camera images in one window The user might select between time oriented or camera number oriented order 16 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany File Camera Acquisition View Window rm Open Raw File Open Raw Recorder Sequence Save Raw File Save Raw Recorder Sequence Export File not reloadable Export Recorder Sequence not reloadable Print Setup Print Preview i Print Options Direct Record To File Record with Flowfile Exit CTRL I CTRL R CTRL E CTRL 5 CTRL T CTRL 0 CTRL P 7 Camware
22. e the extreme intensity values of the image and scales the display in a smaller range Thus dark or bright light spots reflections etc are cut off L Min Max Automatic Continuous Auto Range Crop pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 23 7 Camware Features enable GPU processing 24 GPU Processing In order to benefit from all of Camware s advanced processing features we highly recommend a NVIDIA CUDA enabled graphics processing unit GPU AMD s ATI graphics processing units are not yet enabled but will follow soon Camware Image Processing tor monochrome Camera Convert Control BY BW Setting Proc config Converted Hist non local means algorithm GPU Processing Noise Reduction on NLM Denoise Adaptis Color Refine Filter Sharpen Convert Control Color This display will be shown only when you connect a color camera to one of your channels Browser The Recorder Browser gives an overview of the images in the Recorder and helps you in an easy way to select a new current image Simply click on the desired image to make it the current image It may then be viewed in the Black White and Color Window The Browser window can show up to 40 pictures per page thus enabling easy printing of the Browser window You can switch between the single pages by double clicking inside the Browser window or with the local menu right mouse button Browser Control Skip images Page 1 v
23. ency peak 500nm typical 2 iaia a binning 24 45 C a T image sensor sensor ICX285AL ee e a O range 2x2 binning 72 emeent O E en o e transfer mode 12 ae out noise SS rms typ 5 7 max 10 24 MHz typ 6 8 max a imaging i 12 24 MHz full frame Sig TSS frame rate 12 24 MHz center 11 7 21 6 24 MHz center V2 bin 40 4 spectralrange nm n O exposure ines 808 jinterframingtime is double shutter mode __ anti blooming factor standard light mode gt 400 low light mode gt 4 eee ae 00 ms expos time smear lt 50 008 _ 002 prn c mount O trigger auxiliary signals internal external_ software TTL monitor signals exposure amp busy 3 3VLVTTL binning hor x ver a es sl power supply range 28 V typical ae a 7 power consumption POW UT a e w x h x l l w o socket 2s data interface SB CE certified ves quantum efficiency quantum efficiency 70 60 lt lt standard mode low light mode 50 40 30 measured by pco 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 wavelength nm pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Appendix A2 Mechanical Dimensions All dimensions given in millimeter USB Focal Plane RJ11 VO Trigger Busy Input Window Filter The input window of the pco pixelfly usb camera contains a standard 300nm 800nm AR coating 2 This window can be replaced
24. er Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 17 7 Camware Features 18 Export Recorder Sequence not reloadable Use this command to export a sequence of images If more than one channel is connected and an image window is currently open the record of the window which has got the input focus will be saved If no image window is open the images of channel 1 will be saved This command will open the Export image dialog box Files with the extensions fts tif bmp asc all II lI KK KK avi mpg jpg jp2 and wmv can be exported If you export recorder files you will not be able to reload them into CamWare Print Setup The Print Setup command opens the Windows Print Setup dialog box for adjustments and settings of the connected printer s Print Preview The Print Preview command opens a Print Preview window Print Opens the Windows Print dialog box for the currently displayed image or comment display Options This command opens the Options dialog allowing special settings Options File Settings MH TIFF File Settings Jpeg File Settings Toolbar Align to MSB High quality i C Raw 16bit RGB ASCII file separator TAB x Preserve Last Record Tiff Bit Alignment Here you can select the alignment of the pixel value If this item is checked each pixel value is shifted from bit 12 1 to bit 16 5 This removes the dark image effect inside other image applications Tiff RAW Here yo
25. era is Averaging Seater eer connected the camera number is Avg v Seg wrap Play retrieved from the image window that has CIR lowpass Reverse Play received the input focus is active If NO Replay Speed w 8 T image window is opened the dialog is 2 S referred to camera 1 If the Set to all checkbox is checked the settings apply to all connected cameras The Global Settings are valid for all connected cameras Averaging If in the Avg dropdown list a value not equal to 1 is selected the corresponding number of images is averaged in the buffer reducing the statistically independent noise Another option to reduce the noise is the activation of the IIR lowpass IIR filter Image act Image act 1 0 5 Image new 0 5 Replay Speed Slider The slider can be used to adjust the sequence replay speed from slow turtle to fast rabbit Seq Wrap Rec Sequential Wrap Recording sets Recorder Mode 6 6 to Ring Buffer Seq Wrap Play The play button starts the display for a sequence as defined by the first image last image fields and will loop until the stop button is pressed Reverse Play If the Reverse Play box is checked it is possible to play the recorded images in reverse pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features View 2 7 6 The View Menu Bit Window l B W Window eaaraNaeD Use this command to open a b w display window Convert Control Bi Color Window U
26. g TO S me window opens and asks for the ENABLE LOGGING This corresponding Input enables logging and restarts RR EET Lam are Need Help IF you only like to contact poo please press OF and Need Help lf this window pops up select About and Support because you have trouble running the camera please see instructions in appendix A6 Resolution The drop down list offers the existing image sensor spatial resolutions of all PCO camera systems Please select the specific resolution and bit depth of the images to be opened If double shutter images have been recorded and should be opened Double Shutter Mode should be checked Color With the radio buttons the user can specify whether the image type is monochrome or color Alignment These two radio buttons adjust whether MSB aligned upper or LSB aligned lower images have been stored see page 18 File Settings Settings to view the b16 files of the pco pixelfly usb Resolution _ bit DoubleShutter pco pixelfly usb 1392x1040 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 15 7 Camware Features 7 2 Overview Menu Bar E CamWare 3 03 File Camera Acquisition View Window 7 See chapter 7 3 7 8 Local Menu A The mouse right click is explained in chapter 7 9 Toolbar SHH aBO0 Oo prints the currently displayed image or comment window opens a b w color display window opens the camera control window opens the convert
27. ll find all necessary files on the accompanying CD You may also download the newest versions of our software camera drivers and third party software drivers from our website Support section Minimum system requirements e Clock speed gt 1 6GHz RAM gt 512MB Windows XP Service Pack 2 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution display 32 bit graphics card 16 7 million colors 4 1 USB 2 0 Please have the USB drivers and files downloaded on your computer Connect camera with PC and connect camera to power 4 2 Camera Driver The first time the camera is connected via USB to the computer Windows will notify the user that a new device has been detected Afterwards the typical Windows hardware drivers installation process will begin At this point you are asked for the location of the corresponding inf file Please click on the drive where the CD has been inserted or to the directory where the installation software has been downloaded Windows will perform any further installation and system registration automatically 4 3 Camware The Camware 32 bit Windows application software enables you to control every camera parameter or setting Images can be displayed on a monitor and may be downloaded and stored The CD runs automatically if not please begin the installation manually by double clicking on the setup exe file The installation software copies all necessary DLL files into the corresponding Windows directories While doing this
28. mage velocimetry PIV measurements The first exposure time t can be any exposure time of the available range of the pco pixelfly usb camera The second exposure time tex2 Can not be directly adjusted The length of the second exposure is exactly determined by the readout time of the first image The interframing time t denotes the transition time between end of exposure 1 and start of exposure 2 See also appendix A3 exposure a trigger busy exposure ii ta tig texp1 tite texp2 tread ty trigger acknowledge delay tigi intrinsic delay pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb IR Sensitivity Low Light Mode This feature uses a special image sensor control method allowing greater sensitivity in the near infrared spectral range red line in graph in most cases at the expense of decreased anti blooming performance quantum efficiency ICX285AL 70 60 meee standard mods m low light mode 50 40 30 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 wavelength nm The integrated hot pixel correction is only active for standard mode If you need to correct hot pixel in IR mode please follow instructions under chapter 7 4 Create Hot Pixel List Offset Control Offset control is done automatically for optimal results User control is disabled B W Noise Filter In the pco pixelfly usb an optimal hot pixel correction is already integrated Fo
29. many 5 3 System Components 3 System Components The camera system includes the following parts Camera Head C mount optical connection The distance between the front edge of the c mount and the sensor is 17 52 mm For standard c mount lenses and adapters 3 DC Power Jack connect to power supply USB 2 0 connector connect to PC RJ11 connect to I O device LED indicates camera status O green continuous camera is ready green blinking camera is in record state red continuous error red blinking boot loader Cp red green blinking firmware update 2 M8 AOO ol 3 8 16 UNC threads for mounting St 1 4 20 UNC ng lt Cel Serial Number tag _ I O Device Proprietary RJ11 BNC connector for Trigger Busy Exposure signals Power Supply 12V AC adapter with proprietary DSUB BNC connection cable Power Plug Adapter Standard adapters for various countries USB cable USB A USB B cable 5m Digital Camera Tools CD ROM The accompanying CD contains See appendix A8 e Camware software for camera control amp image acquisition e camera driver amp tools e software development kit SDK and demo programs in C and C pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 4 Installation 4 Installation You wi
30. matic min max function during record and replay Disable this feature if the application stops responding during this mode due to operating system capacity problems Double Shutter This option enables the update of both double shutter images during record and replay Disable this feature if the application stops responding during this mode due to operating system capacity problems Options Toolbar Options File settings Toolbar View settings Toolbar M Main Misc Cursor Display C Math Functions Z Recorder Replay Speed Bar M Show Speed Bar Toolbar Opens the corresponding toolbars see 7 2 Math Functions With the math window you have the ability to build the difference between a reference image and the actual image If you activate math every new image acquired will be subtracted from the reference image or vice versa ka last acquired image will be copied to reference buffer a reference picture will be acquired and copied to reference buffer US add offset here to avoid negative values which would not be visible 9 enable disable math function Replay Speed Bar x The faster replay speed is useful if large sets of image data need to be scanned pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 19 7 Camware Features 20 Options Misc age File settings View settings Infotext Scroll Mode C Show At Startup Synchronous Embedded Image Info View ImageI
31. nalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extend possible under law or go to our website http www pco de support request Before sending the camera for repair first contact your local dealer or PCO respectively When shipping the camera for repair be certain to carefully pack the camera with proper shipping materials If possible use the original packaging Use the protection cap to protect the camera on the lens thread pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany Appendix A7 Firmware Update Please contact our support team for further information and assistance mailto support pco de http www pco de support request pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 37 Appendix ona A8 Digital Camera Tools CD ROM m Ww You find all necessary and some additional software and drivers on the lt accompanying CD For the pco pixelfly usb models please select pco camera please select your camera C O pco camera E l pixelfly sensicam dicam pro hsfe pro Exit For the latest versions please check our website Home ompany Products Support Libra ontact English Deutsch pco imaging Afastresponse iggmandatory Software 7 Drivers Software Manuals 3rd Party Software FAQ Support Request pco camware peo camware Is the new camera application software forthe new camera systems pco 1600 cole d to file image browser histog d modulatable cameras now included
32. nfo Multi Win Picture Order Camera order O Image time stamp Logfile C Application Logfile Clear Logfiles C Driver Logfile Explore Logfiles Infotext Use this command to show or hide the start up information dialog box Synchronous Scrolling If this item is checked all opened image windows will be scrolled at the same time and in the same manner View Embedded Image Info for pixelfly and sensicam models If this item is checked an embedded text will be shown inside the image See chapter 7 6 Multi Win Picture Order With the Multi Window you have the ability to view the images of all active cameras in one window You can select between time oriented or camera number oriented order Time oriented means that the sequence of images depends on the individual time stamp of each image Camera number oriented means that the first image shown is from camera 1 then camera 2 and so on Logfile This option enables the logging of errors and system info Enable this feature in order to create a support file which can help to find out troubles with the cameras see A6 Customer Service and Trouble Shooting Load lookup Table for monochrome cameras With the Pseudo LUT feature you can load any LUT with one of four different formats and you can view the result in the color view window Use one of the attached predefined LUTs or define your own Direct Record To File This command is intended for
33. ontrol window sese eee eee 9 6 2 The Timing nL nianon aa aaa aieiaa iav aas 10 6 3 The Sensor Size sheet eee 11 6 4 The Sensor Misc sheet eee ee 12 6 5 The Recording sneer eee eee 14 T Camware Features sese eee eee 15 Software for image acquisition and archiving 7 1 If no camera IS Connected sees eee 15 Tad MOVENVIOW aoc E can ata aoe Gun ace bate le A A EN A 16 T2 The eld MA s gt a 18 eee en ee SN 8 SO Tt a SR PE 17 Pa The Camera Nen ccs dee gery gc rya T COS Ty Ry SNS ZCN erase tle ake Akal Yr 21 7 5 The Acquisition Menu 2a sese eee eee eee 22 7 6 The View Menu eee ee eee e eee eee 23 hak Ne NVINGOW MICU 3 65 lsan se oat ecundoaniaenes aeatanucsonadeeaabantanvaeeag meen aaetoneas 25 LO ANE FIG OM LT 26 19 gt Tine EOC Al Menus a a Goes N 27 el O AGAITION al Fe BT TTT 28 Appendix Al Tecnica Dave T 30 A2 Mechanical DIMENSIONS sees e esec eee ee ee ee eee 31 A3 Pineutot RJIT Connector acanna a ieee 32 A4 Image File Eormata esse sees eee eee eee eee 33 A5 Service and Maintenance ccceceeceseececeeceeeeseueeveueevaes 35 A6 Customer Service and Trouble Shooting esse see eee e 36 AP InPOWaArFEW DCAC catia Gitte taste teen eiaicmentaliwenied ccs 37 AB Digital Camera Tools CD ROM eee 38 PDOUU PCO cr i ee 39 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 3 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Ultra compact high performance 3 L 3 zZ Ag m a N a Features
34. peed Region of Interest The ROI region of interest selects only a part of the sensor to be read out in order to speed up the frame rate and to save memory not available for the pco pixelfly usb Sensor Format This sensor implementation provides the option to either readout the standard size effective pixels recommended by the sensor manufacturer or an alternative size of 800 x 600 pixel center mode pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 11 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 12 6 4 The Sensor Misc sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size sensor Misc Recording AD Converter Pixelclack Conversion Factor 25 v x1Oe 6 Pixels 1 00 e count Double Image off Oon Electronics Temperature IR Sensitivity 45 off Con Cane R Offset Control BAs N pise Filter peo USB Pinel Fly 139241040 b w doubleshutter 2 Z Pixelclock The pixel clock sets the clock frequency and therefore the image sensor readout speed At 12 MHz the image quality will be higher due to very low readout noise read out at a lower bandwidth At 25 MHz the image sensor is read out with nearly double speed achieving higher frame rates Po 12 MHz 25 MHz 1392 x 1040 7 3 fps 13 5 fps 800 x 600 11 7 fps 21 6 fps maximum frame rate 40 5 fps 25 MHz 800x600 V2 binning AD Converter Feature not available for pco pixelfly usb Double Image This feature is widely used for particle i
35. pixels are called hot pixel To remove hot pixels from the image you have to create a hot pixel file first If you have already a hot pixel file you only have to enable hot pixel correction The new value of the hot pixel will be calculated from the values of the neighbour pixels You only can create a hot pixel file if the last exposure was longer than 5s This command will open the hot pixel dialog You have to type in the desired count of hot l u aa N pixels first Then press the Get Hotpixel n pare button After this the hot pixel list will be aeee ae me a created using the last acquired image Beige T Now you have the possibility to save the hot ae pixel list for later use All list box items with a 0975 checkmark will be saved to the hot pixel file You can select or deselect a group of items by highlighting a group and pressing the checkmark in front of one of the highlighted items Additionally you can open a local menu inside the list box by pressing the right mouse button You can verify your selection by scrolling through the list and by a comparison to the average value shown in the dialog Hotpixel Correction You can enable or disable the hot pixel correction If hot pixel correction is disabled a file dialog will be opened in which you have to select the correct hot pixel file for the corresponding camera If you have more than one camera connected you have to select the correct camera number first If hot
36. r exposure times gt 1s you might need extra Hot Pixel List See page 21 Conversion Factor The conversion factor defines how many charges electrons which have been generated by light in the image sensor in each pixel are necessary to generate one count one intensity level in the digital image Therefore the conversion factor describes the gain that is applied to the signal before it is converted into a digital value conversion factor pco pixelfly usb Electronics Temperature A digital temperature compensation is integrated instead of a space consuming thermo electrical cooling unit There is no additional fan pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 13 6 Camera Control for the pco pixelfly usb 14 6 5 The Recording sheet CameraControl Timing Sensor Size Sensor Misc Recording Recorder Mode Timestamp No stamp Binary Ring Buffer Binary ASCII Sequence Acquire Mode Auto C 7 External peo USR Pixel Fly 13921040 biw doubleshutter Features not available in the pco pixelfly usb Recording with the pco pixelfly usb The Camware will use free disk space on your computer The recorded images will be temporally saved as a 16bit multi TIFF under documents amp settings user local temp PCO cam0 Therefore the camera runs in a virtual Sequence Recorder Mode The maximum number of images depends solely on the disk size of the computer Eve
37. registry mr G x x x x Warning This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties e ntr es Th ese fi les are m oved l nto a Zl p Unauthorized reproduction of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum archive called CWSupport zip which eendpossisle under law can be found in the application folder 26 pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features Image Properties 7 9 The Local Menu Camera Control Convert Control BW The local menu is opened by clicking the right mouse button inside the client area of an image window Zoom Key Zoom Key Image Properties Zoom Opens an information bubble with main image properties dd ane Properties oie BePaet T Auto Range Crop Camera Control ee 20 10 2010 15 40 53 Opens the Camera Control window see chapter 6 Auto Exposure Flip Convert Control BW Color Mirror Opens the corresponding Convert Control windows see 7 6 Rotate Left 90 Rotate Right 90 Zoom Line Tool Changes the zoom used to display the image Copy To Clipboard Auto Range Peak Crop Displays the image in a predefined scaling see 7 6 Auto Balance Color The white balance feature for color cameras Auto Exposure Auto Exposure feature see 7 4 Flip The image will be flipped before display Mirror The selected the image will be mirrored before display
38. ry new recording or shut down of Camware will delete this temporary folder including images For further details on recording and saving images see the following chapters 7 2 7 3 7 5 Multiple cameras can be connected to one PC but only one camera can record images under Camware multiple cameras with SDK pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features 7 Camware Features PCO s renowned software for camera control image acquisition and archiving of images in various file formats camware You will find an online help under the common Help menu Note There are some features explained in the online help that are not applicable for this camera version 7 1 If no camera is connected When Camweare is started it automatically recognizes the camera type which is connected to the computer and switched on lf Camware is started with no camera connected to the PC or with cameras Error on startup No camera detected or no board itch ff j f found Starting without camera functions switched o It starts In demo mode Please select color and resolution for demo mode Resolution In this mode all image processing 13921024 beel ge 7 features are available The user only 1392 Y 1024 Double Shutter has to tell Camware which type of Demo Mode Setup Eclat Alignment images will be opened For that C brw color lower upper purpose the Demo Mode Setup PRESS Restart n lo
39. se this command to open a color display window Convert Control Color Browser Convert Control BW Camera Convert Control BYW nE BW Setting Proc config Converted Hist Saturation 0 Contrast 100 i 100 100 Vibrance 0 Gamma J 1 00 switch tab histogram T 100 a4 Col Temp 5744 toig 2500K 20000K Tint 0 100 100 hide the histogram of original data histogram of original data Zoom 16384 v Max 11751 The user can influence how the 14 bit intensity values x axis of the original image are converted into 8 bit values y axis in different ways Green sliders in histogram left slider Min controller corresponds to value 0 of the 8 bit display Values below that mark are set to 0 i e displayed as black right slider Max controller corresponds to value 255 Values above that mark are set to 255 i e displayed as white The values in between are converted into a value between 0 and 255 according to Contrast and Gamma settings See the small graph which reflects the calculation Camera Convert Control BY BW Setting Proc config Converted Hist histogram of converted data 256 Mi Swap Display How the Auto Range applies Auto Range Peak searches for the minimum and maximum 14 bit intensity values of the image Given these number the converter scales the 8 bit display 256 within these two values Auto Range Crop sets the converter to ignor
40. sible to save one image of each active camera within one process step it is not necessary to repeat the save process for each camera The Save command will not be available if there is no image window open See 6 5 for further information Save Raw Set for hsfc pro camera To save one image of each active camera within one single b16 file Save Raw Recorder image sequence from one camera The Save Recorder command should be used to save or export image records If more than one camera is connected and an image window is currently open the record of the active window will be saved The command opens the Save file dialog box If another image format than b16 or tif 16bit is chosen image content will be lost and it will be impossible to reload the images The Save Recorder command will not be available if there is no image window open See 6 5 for further information Export File not reloadable Use this command to export the image in the active image window This command will open the Save file dialog box Files with the extensions fts tif bmp asc jpg and jp2 can be exported This item will be not visible if there is no image window open Note be aware of the different storage abilities of the formats for example bmp the bitmap format only allows for 8bit values to be stored and therefore the image content of a 12 or 14bit image is reduced if stored as bitmap pco pixelfly usb Us
41. u can select whether the 16bit RGB tif file is saved with 16bit raw or white balanced data If this item is checked each 16bit RGB pixel value is saved as raw 16bit RGB 48bit value without white balancing Saving to 16bit RGB can be done by selecting the color display window export recorder selecting 8bit tif 1 and checking Save 16bit RGB ASCII file separator Here you can select an appropriate separator for the ASCII file format Jpeg High Quality Here you can select the quality of the saved jpeg jp2 files High quality saves images with 100 quality Unchecking this option will create jpeg files with 85 quality Preserve Last Record If checked a message box will pop up in case the user may overwrite or loose data pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 7 Camware Features Options View Settings WZ File settings Image Browser view settings A A Toolbar color b w Misc Marker C view Marker Convert Min Max Length 30 Cont Auto Range Select Color DoubleShutter C Paint both images LE Image Browser Here you can select between showing all image tiles inside the browser window either b w or color Setting b w will result in a faster refresh valid only for color CCD Marker Use this command to display a cross in the centre of each image Convert Min Max Continuous Auto Range Crop see chapter 7 6 under Convert Control BW This option enables the auto
42. y scratch the surface Always store the camera with the protective cap or with a lens mounted to avoid dust and dirt on the input window Camera Disposal The camera includes electronic devices which can contain materials harmful to the environment If the camera is to be discarded please dispose of it in an environmentally responsible manner and use recycling facilities where available pco pixelfly usb User Manual V1 00 PCO AG Germany 35 Appendix 36 A6 Customer Service and Trouble Shooting If you have a question which is not adequately addressed in this manual please contact PCO or your local dealer To speed your request we need the following information Short description of the problem Description of your application Camera settings Type and version of camera software being used Camera serial number Power supply serial number pco power Operating system PC Processor type PC Memory Graphic card Graphic card setup Please use the email options under the Help menu see 7 8 About CamWare Ver 3 03 Build Nr 0704 camware Support Mail only support pco de Support Mail with support files support pco de Support Support files only Create support files only Visit our homepage http ww poo de Warning This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal pe
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