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1. Two power supply 500 900 units P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 193 424 ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage SEE ALSO For more information see section 4 8 Installing the driver software for the IC2 DIG16 on page 42 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 37 4 IC2 DIG16 interface configuration 4 4 System parts Thermovision 1000 parallel interface 10417303 a1 Power 500 900 908618 pue Figure 4 4 Thermovision amp 1000 parallel interface system parts Necessary parts IC2 DIG16 frame grabber in the PC from Imaging Technology Inc in USA A PCI standardised card with a 44 pin DSUB cable that fits into the side of the parallel interface Pl A standard RS 232 C cable that connects a serial port in the PC with the parallel interface A parallel interface Pl 1000 box P N 194 615 A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 A Thermovision 1000 power supply 28 VDC ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with an Ultra DMA 100 disk for image storage SEE ALSO For more information see section 4 8 Installing the driver software for the IC2 DIG16 on page 42 38 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 4 IC2 DIG1 16 interface configuration 4 5 Parallel interfac
2. P Engine Settings Protocol iPORT version 3 23 MAC Address 00 50 02 1D 70 43 IP Address 169 254 33 185 Subnet mask not available Gateway not available Figure 1 10 Network Device Finder dialog box The device identification process can take quite a long time in Windows Until it has finished you will get a Device not present message A list of detected devices will be presented If the device has been given an IP address it will be displayed If the IP address is not shown or if the IP address needs to be modified then select any adapter entry in the adapter list directly below the device entry Right click the adapter entry and select Set IP from the context menu A dialog box will be presented When the IP address has been set click OK in the Network Device Finder dialog box to proceed with the connection process SEE ALSO For more information see section 7 Standard Ethernet interface configuration on page 57 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 D 1 How to connect and control the camera 1 4 Indigo Merlin Camera Control This control panel is used for Indigo Merlin cameras 10569603 a1 Ext Image Corr Int Image Corr ocus Figure 1 11 Merlin Bolometer iPort camera control tab If a button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function The Measurement Range list contains a list of all
3. sesssessssseeeeene mme 45 5 1 System parts ThermaCAM SC IRFlashLink interface sssseeeseeesssserrrrnrreseeeeerrrrrerrnreee 45 5 2 System parts ThermoVision 900 IRFlashLink interface seeeseseessess 46 5 3 System parts ThermaCAM SC 1000 IRFlashLink interface seeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeererrnneeeseeee 47 5 4 Software limitations awa betes oed ates ENEE 48 5 5 EC eco CANONS eege 49 5 6 Installing the driver software for IRFlashLink AAA 49 5 6 1 Windows CN 49 5 6 2 Wilidews TEEN 49 5 6 3 Windews 2000 pe faor a aE a aa A aara Ean 49 5 7 Troubleshooting the IRFlashLink installation AAA 50 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration sssssssssssssssseenenneeeneenn nnn 51 6 1 System parts Gigabit Ethernet interface ssssssssssssseeeeeeemenennne 51 6 2 Software un E le 54 6 3 PG recommendations E 54 6 4 Installing driver software for the Gigabit Ethernet interface esssssssessss 54 6 4 1 Windows 2000 XP VISta 3 aded ei do Ea eea ee eee EE OO 54 6 4 2 Windows 95 98 ME NT 4 0 E 55 6 5 Troubleshooting the Gigabit Ethernet interface installation ccceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 55 Standard Ethernet interface configuration eesesesesseseseessseseee eene 57 7 1 System parts Standard Ethernet interface configuration sseseesssseesssss 57 7 2 Software en ele 59 7 3 PC come au
4. Hold down the other buttons in order to run the focus motor of the camera towards infinity or towards the lens Release the button when the focus is OK or rather slightly before There is a small delay before the focus motor stops 2 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera If you are satisfied with your image you can freeze it by clicking this button on the mm standard toolbar or pressing CTRL F or F8 10419003 a2 Figure 1 4 Freeze toolbar button If it is an interesting image you had better save it on disk right now If you leave the program without first recording the image the image is lost 1 1 ThermoVision A series Camera Control ThermaCAM Researcher allows you to connect A series cameras either through a FireWire interface or through an ethernet interface ThermoVision model Interface to ThermaCAM Researcher A20 M V Ethernet None A40 M V Ethernet None A20 M Firewire FireWire A40 M Firewire FireWire A20 V Firewire None A40 V Firewire None A320 Standard Ethernet A320G Gigabit Ethernet When more than one camera is detected this dialog box is displayed 10770203 a1 Select Device IRCAMB238 15 17 IRCAMB222 172 16 17 29 Cancel Figure 1 5 Select device dialog box The Ethernet cameras will not be detected unless they have been assigned an IP number like 172 16 17 56 above T
5. SYSTEMS User s manual CM SCH ONDE on User s manual Senuterhar Sos Manual el usuario IV SN S E nuale dell utente Manual do ditilizadereinas RA Mai Je Tte Ze BR ruksan Iz ik r vis K Aine betjeningS in g Eit ER ning Inst l ale Camera Connections For ThermaCAM Researcher 2 9 Publ No 1559010 Revision a249 Language English EN Issue date November 1 2007 How to connect and control the camera FireWire configuration PC Card interface configuration IC2 DIG16 interface configuration IRFlashLink interface configuration Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration Standard Ethernet interface configuration Index Camera Connections User s manual LIR SYSTEMS Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 Legal disclaimer All products manufactured by FLIR Systems are warranted against defective materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the delivery date of the original purchase provided such products have been under normal storage use and service and in accordance with FLIR Systems instruction All products not manufactured by FLIR Systems included in systems delivered by FLIR Systems to the original purchaser carry the warranty if any of the particular supplier only and FLIR Systems has no responsibility whatsoever for such products The warranty extends only to the original purchaser and is not transferable It
6. Publ No 1 557 783 60 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 Index 1 1000 29 38 5 550 25 35 45 570 25 35 45 9 900 28 37 46 A A20 3 19 A40 3 19 A320 3 57 A320G 3 51 Alert 25 35 45 B buttons Candle 2 Focus 2 toolbar buttons Freeze 3 Show camera image 1 C camera connecting 1 controlling 1 camera control Indigo Merlin 8 Indigo Omega 9 ThermoVision 500 series 14 ThermoVision 900 16 ThermoVision 1000 17 ThermoVision A series 3 ThermoVision SC4000 12 ThermoVision SC6000 12 ThermoVision SC 1000 15 ThermoVision S series 5 Candle toolbar button 2 configuration FireWire 19 Gigabit Ethernet interface Indigo Merlin 51 57 Indigo Omega 51 57 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 configuration continued IC2 DIG16 ThermaCAM SC 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 36 ThermoVision 900 37 ThermoVision 1000 38 IRFlashLink ThermaCAM SC 45 ThermaCAM SC 1000 47 ThermoVision 900 46 parallel interface ThermaCAM SC 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 36 ThermoVision 900 37 ThermoVision 1000 38 PC Card interface ThermaCAM SC 25 ThermaCAM SC 1000 27 ThermaCAM SC 3000 26 ThermoVision 900 28 ThermoVision 1000 29 connecting camera 1 connection difficulties troubleshooting 18 connectors parallel interface 39 controlling camera 1 copyright vi CPA 8000 19 C
7. 1 2007 5 1 How to connect and control the camera ternal image correction This automated process can be disabled as it may affect the recording of images When you switch it off a warning will appear on the status field of the control This warning will become red if you leave it switched off for a long time NOTE There is a related function in the Image menu on the standard toolbar and on the scaling toolbar That function is called Auto Adjust It will continuously adjust the scale to the image locally within the PC At the bottom of the Cam tab there are three focus buttons Near focus auto focus and far focus If noise reduction is set to Low or High it will blur the image of moving objects The camera control will block the camera power down function to ensure proper op eration during image recording To prevent the camera from shutting down when disconnected make sure that the power down timeout is disabled in the camera 10566703 a1 P60 Firewire Main Cam Dev ESE V Show graphics Frame rate 50 0 Hz Y Camera Info Device Status Connected GAU Figure 1 9 ThermaCAM S series FireWire dialog box Select the desired frame rate from the list box The frame rate specifies how many images per second will be captured of the target in question NOTE For cameras with a fixed frame rate this selection will be unavailable NOTE For some cameras frame rates higher than
8. 95 98 ME may ask if you want to overwrite the communications port driver software provided by Microsoft Do not replace the existing one During the installation of the third and final device the image device Win dows 95 98 ME will again display a sign saying Unknown device Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 31 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 8 3 2 How to update an existing driver If you have previously installed a device driver for a PC Card interface you may now need to update your driver Insert your PC Card interface and your ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM Remove the appearing CD ROM window Go to the Control Panel and open the System icon and select Device Manager Open Multi function adapters and double click on the PC Card interface and then select the Driver tab Click on Update driver Follow the instructions to make Windows read the driver from C Program Files FLIR Systems Device Drivers It takes a while for Windows to install the driver Follow the instructions and when the wizard asks you what to do select the Display a list option and then click on the Have disk button to make Windows read the driver from C Program Files FLIR Systems Device Drivers Select the appropriate driver from the list NOTE It may well happen that Windows does not find any new driver to load on the CD ROM This is quite OK if you already have the most recent drivers 3 9
9. Control eege eege ee 14 1 9 DO 1000 Camera GOMU Ol P 15 PAO INV 900 Camera Conwoltcx ee eege ee 16 dd THV IODO Camera GOnLrol ei ieie i YCW erce 17 1 12 About connection difficulties eege o quia ep eri e GG i 18 2 FireWire e ed Le UI e EE 19 2 1 System parts ThermaCAM S and ThermoVision A series FireWire interface 19 2 2 DOMWARS EE 20 2 3 PC recommendations ee 21 2 4 Installing the FireWire camera driver software AAA 21 2 4 1 General SUC OMS ee 21 2 4 2 Win dew ViSta roire en ee ne oe tam t E ce ner M 22 2 4 3 dite leiere 22 2 4 4 MRON TEE 22 25 Troubleshooting the FireWire installation YYkEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE EE HEH 23 3 PC Card interface configuration uu Y Y Y ALLE LLE L EL LEL nennen 25 3 1 System parts ThermaCAM SC PC Card interface Y YL LL LLLnnnnnno 25 3 2 System parts ThermaCAM SC 1000 PC Card interface 9 27 3 3 System parts Thermovision 900 PC Card interface sssssseeeese 28 3 4 System parts Thermovision 1000 PC Card interface cc cccccceceeeeeeeeceeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteees 29 3 5 wie REN 29 3 6 Sotware en Te 29 3 7 PO TO COM NAG EONS secs a Yd tds toti of Rod OG 29 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 30 3 8 1 MAR OW INI ds WE 30 3 8 2 Windows 2000 and Windows XP cccc
10. Hardware tab if any Select the Device Manager Open the Ports COM amp LPT branch Look for the IRFlashLink Serial Port Remember to fill in this number in the Select Camera dialog in ThermaCAM Researcher later 5 7 Troubleshooting the IRFlashLink installation To work properly the configuration needs WindowsNT 4 0 2000 XP A functional IRFlashlink frame grabber A successful installation of the IRFlashlink driver A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher A correct Type of camera Type of connection and COMPORT number setting in the Select Camera dialog Reliable cables and electrical connections A camera equipped for digital output Acrobat Reader from http www adobe com SEE ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Installation Hints Publ No T559004 a System configurations Publ No 1 557 783 50 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration 6 1 System parts Gigabit Ethernet interface This configuration is used for the following camera models m Merlin uncooled microbolometer Merlin NIR InGaAs m Merlin QWIP m Merlin MID InSb Omega UL3 uncooled microbolometer Phoenix with RTIE Cumulus SC4000 SC6000 ThermoVision A320G 10570003 a3 Parallel digital video Deeg AN 316 0015 01 iPort PT1000 IDG Power Supply Cat 6 STP Cable
11. Optimizing the driver installation The optimising option is only available if the PC Card interface is used under Windows 95 98 ME The PC Card adapter in your system is initialised by the operating system Three additional wait states are added to each memory access by default Memory accesses are used by ThermaCAM Researcher to transfer images from the PC Card interface to the system memory If you have an Intel PCIC compatible controller in your PC Card adapter you can try to optimise the image transfer speed by reducing the number of PC Card memory wait states Before you try this make sure you have a PCIC compatible controller This information can be found in the System Device Manager Control Panel under PCMCIA socket device properties If you have a PCIC compatible controller from Cirrus Logic it will require a different kind of optimisation compared to controllers from other vendors After you have installed ThermaCAM Researcher select Optimise from the Camera control panel This dialog box will then appear 32 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 PC Card interface configuration 10574203 a1 Device uplainratior Figure 3 6 Device optimisation dialog box Select the Enable optimisation check box Select the appropriate adapter type The most common type is Intel PCIC Compatible Try with O wait states first If you still have a live image the optimising is successful otherwis
12. V gt 10 s dura tion 1 5 mA at 5V 15 mA at 24V Max 24 V cont Used together with pin 6 2 TTL Input TTL trig input Threshold 1 2 V gt 1 s duration Max 24 V cont 12 mA 3 VSYNC Output TTL synch output Pulse on first image pixel to frame grabber 0 5 V max 5 mA Pulse width 62 5 ns THV 500 or 125 ns THV 900 4 EXSYNCB Output TTL buffered synch signal from THV 900 scanner 0 5 V max 5 mA 5 EXSYNC In Output Synch signal to from THV 900 scanner 6 OPTO Input OPTO return 40 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 4 IC2 DIG16 interface configuration Direction Description GND Ground for TTL signals GND Ground for TTL signals RESERVED 4 6 Software limitations The frame grabber configuration works on Windows 95 OS R1 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 with service pack 3 or higher and Windows 2000 operating systems It has been tested and works on the Windows XP operating system but the driver manufac turer has not yet acknowledged full compatibility In Windows 95 98 ME due to file system limitations you cannot get full burst recording rate for the cameras In Windows NT 4 2000 XP full burst rate recording of the cameras is only possible when the target disk is formatted with a NT File System NTFS Images can be stored on PC Card hard disks Windows NT 4 0 will not allow you to insert or remove such disks at will To acce
13. available NUC tables in the camera Each NUC table corresponds to a measurement temperature range The camera is delivered with a set of pre defined NUC tables but user defined NUC tables can be added to the camera There is a small windows application on the CD designed for this purpose in the ndigo MerlinUl sub directory The names of the NUC tables can be changed to more user friendly names Select the Auto range option if you want the camera to select the best suitable mea surement range or NUC table If you click the Int Image Correction button on the Camera Control panel the camera will respond by making a clicking sound when the internal shutter is pulled and adjust its own temperature scale once to the current image It is highly recommended to use the Int Image Correction function now and then since it improves the image guality Select the Auto shutter option if you want an automatic internal image correction This automated process can be disabled as it may affect the recording of images When you switch it off a warning will appear in the status field of the control This warning will turn red if you leave it switched off for a long time NOTE There is a related function on the Image menu on the standard toolbar and on the scaling toolbar That function is called Auto Adjust It will continuously adjust the scale to the image locally on the PC If you try to study targets whose temperatures are close to or even outside th
14. guestion NOTE For cameras with a fixed frame rate this selection will be unavailable NOTE For some cameras frame rates higher than 25 30 Hz may not be supported NOTE For some computers frame rates higher than 25 30 Hz may not work properly 1 2 ThermaCAM S series Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermaCAM S60 ThermaCAM S40 ThermaCAM SC640 and similar camera models 10419103 a1 Measurement Range 40 120 C NOF Noise Reduction Low Iw Auto shutter Int Image Corr Connected Qao Figure 1 8 ThermaCAM S series FireWire dialog box If some button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function The selected Measurement Range should cover the expected measurement temper atures The range limits are blackbody temperatures so if your measurement target has a shiny surface with a low emissivity you will be able to make measurements above the range limits If you click the Int Image Correction button on the Camera Control panel the camera will respond by making a rather heavy clicking sound when the internal shutter is pulled and adjust its own temperature scale once to the current image It is highly recommended to use the Int Image Correction function now and then since it im proves the image quality Select the Auto shutter option if you want an automatic in Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November
15. is not applicable to any product which has been subjected to misuse neglect accident or abnormal conditions of operation Expendable parts are excluded from the warranty In the case of a defect in a product covered by this warranty the product must not be further used in order to prevent additional damage The purchaser shall promptly report any defect to FLIR Systems or this warranty will not apply FLIR Systems will at its option repair or replace any such defective product free of charge if upon inspection it proves to be defective in material or workmanship and provided that it is returned to FLIR Systems within the said one year period FLIR Systems has no other obligation or liability for defects than those set forth above No other warranty is expressed or implied FLIR Systems specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose FLIR Systems shall not be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential loss or damage whether based on contract tort or any other legal theory Copyright FLIR Systems 2007 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of the software including source code may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic magnetic optical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of FLIR Systems This manual must not in whole or part be copied
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17. this Please follow these steps to replace your Gigabit network interface driver with the Pleora device driver 1 First make sure that your computer has been fully updated by Windows Update 2 Run the Driver Installation Tool from the Pleora Technologies Inc gt eBus Driver suite menu 3 Find your Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and select Configure 4 Select the optimal eBus Driver if you have Intel PRO 1000 adapter or the universal if you have another adapter Press Finish and after a while Continue 5 You may also have to update the new driver 6 Press Exit and allow the computer to reboot If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 you will have to let its Firewall allow Therma CAM Researcher to access the network to be able to connect to your camera If you do not use an Intel PRO 1000 network adapter or do not install the Pleora drivers the ThermaCAM Researcher software will still allow you to set an IP number to the interface and try to connect to the camera using the ordinary networking func tions of Windows This connection will not give full soeed performance for most cameras For more information about this please see section 4 3 If you already had a High Performance driver installed for your PT1000 ethernet adapter you have to get rid of that by re installing the original driver from Intel in order to be able to use the new Driver Installation Tool 6 4 2 Windows 95 98 ME NT 4 0 Not supported 6 5 Troubleshoot
18. 0 PC Card interface system parts Necessary parts A SC 1000 digital interface box P N 15824 200 with cables that connect to the SC 1000 battery connector digital output connector and remote connector A break out box P N 194 257 with a cable that fits into the SC 1000 interface box A PC Card interface 500 P N 194 240 A PCMCIA standardised card with a cable that fits into the remote connector on the break out box A power supply 500 900 P N 194 091 A ThermaCAM 5XX battery pack can also be used An optional extension cable P N 194 267 a ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software NOTE Make sure that the cables are connected in the right way The connectors are of the same type so you might make mistakes when connecting these cables That can not however harm the hardware NOTE The computer side of the PC Card interface has to be treated with care since it is guite vulnerable to damage SEE ALSO For more information see section 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface on page 30 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 27 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 3 System parts Thermovision 900 PC Card interface 10416603 a1 Power Scanner Sc PC card Scanner cable 2 5m Extension cable 7 5m Figure 3 4 Thermovision 900 PC Card interface system parts Necessary parts PC card cable 25m ED Extensio
19. 00 SC6000 cameras It has a Cal tab a NUC tab a Dev tab and optionally a HSDR tab for calibration non uniformity correction device handling and high speed data recording 10755103 a1 SC6000 M iPort SC6000 M iPort SC6000 M iPort SC6000 M iPort Man Cal Nuc r Man ca ME r ca Nuc Dev re Nuc Dev HSDR r Lens Filter Mame Frame Size Status FL13 No filter ua ween wxH 320x256 lt Paired to this camera Temperature Range Int time Frame rate max 371 Hz __Pairtothis camerainstead igi ada EI ms 371 Hz Change Rate Run HSDR Controller Apply Flatness correction Camera Info __ RunHSDR Controller Calibrated image Internal External uU Note If you change the frame size of the camera HSDR data Download calibration again Change complete will be destroyed at camera connect Connected Qo 9 Connected o 0 Connected Qu Connected o o0 Figure 1 16 Cumulus iPort camera control tabs If a button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function The Lens Filter list contains the calibrated lenses and filters of your camera The Temperature Range list shows the calibrated ranges for the chosen lens and filter in the first list When you have selected your lens filter and range please press the Apply button 12 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How t
20. 25 30 Hz may not be supported NOTE For some computers frame rates higher than 7 Hz may not work properly NOTE Use the Normalized connection command on the ThermaCAM Researcher Camera menu if connection fails due to a too high frame rate 1 3 Indigo standard Ethernet interface This chapter applies to all Indigo camera models when the optimum eBus driver is not used It is possible to use a standard network interface in order to acquire images from an iPort frame grabber device connected to the network Please note that the standard network interface is scanned only if no frame grabber device can be detected over the optimum driver connection 6 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera The iPort frame grabber device can be connected to a host PC either directly or through a network switch If a device is detected on any of your standard Ethernet network interfaces the following dialog box will be presented 10573803 a2 IP Engine Selection Available IP Engines IP Engine and NIC Information H NIC MAC 00 0D 56 EC A6 83 Network Stack IP Engine Hardware e JP Engine MAC 00 50 C2 1D 7C 43 IP Address 169 254 33 185 Device Name not available Manufacturer Indigo Systems inc Model PT1000 IDG Serial Number not available Device Information not available Device ID 3 Module ID 17 1 Vendor Id 19 Firmware version 3 23 Stream channels 1
21. 49 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 7 Standard Ethernet interface configuration Necessary parts nu Any network interface supporting at least Fast Ethernet 100 Mbit s An iPortTM PT1000 IDG frame grabber with firmware version 3 8 or later A standard CAT5 Ethernet cable up to 100 meters without intervening hardware Cable to connect camera with the iPortTM frame grabber m ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown A desktop or laptop computer 2 Software limitations The Ethernet configuration works on Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating sys tems Full burst rate recording of the cameras is not possible in this configuration 7 3 PC recommendations Minimum requirements are A Pentium 4 computer with a clock rate of 1 4 GHz or more At least 128 MB SDRAM PC133 or DDR PC2100 RAM 7 nu Any network interface supporting at least Fast Ethernet 100 Mbit s 7 4 Ethernet bandwidth requirements Itis important to understand that the cameras in this configuration will stream uncom pressed digital video data on the network This will consume a lot of bandwidth and can affect the normal network traffic causing congestions and slow response It is strongly recommended that you configure your network so that the digital video packet data does not affect any normal Ethernet traffic Small local area networks designated for video streaming is recommended These networks can either be Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet n
22. FlashLink 49 62 IRFlashLink driver software installing 49 PC recommendations 49 software limitations 48 ThermaCAM SC system configuration 45 ThermaCAM SC 1000 system configuration 47 ThermoVision 900 system configuration 46 troubleshooting installation 50 ISO 9001 vi L LEDs parallel interface 39 legal disclaimer vi M Merlin camera control 8 Gigabit Ethernet interface system configuration 51 57 O Omega camera control 9 Gigabit Ethernet interface system configuration 51 57 optimizing 32 P parallel interface connectors 39 LEDs 39 PC recommendations 41 pin configuration 41 software limitations 41 ThermaCAM SC system configuration 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 system configuration 36 ThermoVision 900 system configuration 37 ThermoVision 1000 system configuration 38 patents vi patents pending vi PC Card interface hardware limitations 29 installing driver software 30 31 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 PC Card interface continued optimizing driver installation 32 PC recommendations 29 software limitations 29 ThermaCAM SC system configuration 25 ThermaCAM SC 1000 system configuration 27 ThermaCAM SC 3000 system configuration 26 ThermoVision 900 system configuration 28 ThermoVision 1000 system configuration 29 troubleshooting installation 33 updating driver software 31 32 PC recommendation
23. FlashLink interface configuration on page 45 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration on page 51 1 8 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 2 FireWire configuration 2 1 System parts ThermaCAM S and ThermoVision m A series FireWire interface This configuration is used for the following camera models a ThermaCAM S60 2 ThermaCAM S65 2 ThermaCAM S40 a ThermaCAM S45 a ThermaCAM SC640 m CPA 8200 CPA 8000 a ThermoVision A20 M FireWire a hermoVision A40 M FireWire 10430403 a2 Firewire built in or with PC card adapter 1909813 4 6 1909812 4 4 PC card FireWire adapter not supplied by FLIR 1909528 1910399 SC640 Power Supply Mains supply optional with S series Internal battery gives up to 2 hours operation Figure 2 1 ThermaCAM S series FireWire interface amp laptop computer Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 19 2 FireWire configuration 10430503 a2 PC UDMA Disk 1909813 4 6 1909912 4 4 Figure 2 2 ThermaCAM S series FireWire interface amp desktop computer 10430603 a1 1909813 4 6 1909954 6 6 1909528 Power Supply Figure 2 3 ThermoVision A series FireWire interface Necessary parts A FireWire cable 6 pole 4 pole max 4 5 m 14 8 ft A power supply the camera battery can also be used An optional FireWire hub to be able t
24. G system parts Necessary parts Intel PRO 1000 compatible Network Interface Card NIC in the PC An iPort PT1000 IDG frame grabber with firmware version 3 8 or later p n 316 0015 01 A standard CAT6 STP Ethernet cable up to 100 meters without intervening hard ware Cable to connect Merlin with the iPort frame grabber p n 308 0038 00 or a cable to connect Omega with the iPort frame grabber P N 308 0037 00 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 53 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration a ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA or SATA disk for high speed image storage 6 2 Software limitations The Gigabit Ethernet configuration works on Windows 2000 Windows XP and Win dows Vista operating systems Full burst rate recording of the cameras is only possible when the target disk is for matted with a NT File System NTFS 6 3 PC recommendations Minimum reguirements are A Pentium 4 computer with a clock rate of 1 4 GHz or more At least 128 MB SDRAM PC133 or DDR PC2100 RAM Gigabit Ethernet network adapter either PCI card or LAN on the motherboard based on the Intel 82540 network chip Intel 82541 and Intel 82546 are also accept able To achieve burst recording it should have an 7200 rpm Ultra DMA 100 disk formatted with the NT file system NTFS Ultra DMA 100 reguires Windows XP
25. Hardware tab Click on the Device Manager button Open Imaging devices and double click on the PC Card interface and then select the Driver tab Click on Update driver Follow the instructions and when the wizard asks you what to do select the Display a list option and then click on the Have disk button to make Windows read the driver from C Program Files FLIR Systems Device Drivers Select the appropriate driver from the list 3 8 3 Windows 98 Millennium 3 8 3 1 How to install the driver Insert the PC Card interface into the card adapter Windows will now detect the new hardware and display a New Hardware Found message together with a wizard dialog box Insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM into your CD drive The CD ROM will show a window of its own but just remove that by clicking Exit If you have Windows 95 version A then select the alternative driver from disk pro vided by hardware manufacturer and click OK otherwise follow the wizard guide Install from a specific location Advanced to browse to C Program Files FLIR Systems Device Drivers and click Next You should hear a double beep from the computer indicating that the resource allocation was successful Windows 95 98 ME will then continue to install the second device which is the communications port Windows 95 98 ME will display a sign saying Unknown device which is guite all right During the installation of the second device Windows
26. Intel Pro 1000 N nt ro PCI or LOM N 421 0019 00 308 0040 00 100 1000baseT Ethernet Interface Power Supply 3 Merlin Phoenix Kit Figure 6 1 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Merlin system parts Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 51 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration 10570103 a3 Serial digital video 308 0037 00 316 0015 01 iPort PT1000 IDG 308 0040 00 Cat 6 STP Cable Intel Pro 1000 Power Supply NIC PCI or LOM 421 0018 00 100 1000baseT Ethernet Interface Omega Kit Figure 6 2 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Omega system parts 10570203 a4 423 0001 07 Parallel digital video 308 0038 00 Electronics LN 316 0015 01 iPort 306 0001 00 000 IDG 421 0019 00 100 1000baseT Ethernet Interface Merlin Phoenix Kit Power Supply 1 Cat 6 STP Cable 308 0040 00 Power Supply 4 Figure 6 3 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Phoenix system parts 52 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration 10755203 a1 Cat 6 STP Cable Intel Pro 1000 PCI or LOM NIC 306 0001 00 Power Supply Figure 6 4 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Cumulus system parts 10772003 a1 y Pd EE RR Ol ThermoVision A320 D SE E Cat 6 TPE Cable 1 910 585 Power Supply 1 Cat 6 TPE Cable PCI or LOM Figure 6 5 ThermaCAM Researcher amp ThermoVision A320
27. NT 4 0 Do not connect other FireWire equipment to your computer when you transfer IR im ages Please disable any sensitive equipment especially disks that you may already have connected to your FireWire adapter before you plug in the camera SEE ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Installation Hints Publ No T559004 System configurations Publ No 1 557 783 24 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 1 System parts ThermaCAM SC PC Card interface This configuration is used for the following camera models Thermovision 550 m a hermovision 570 AGEMA 550 AGEMA 570 u ThermoVision Alert a ThermaCAM SC 500 2 ThermaCAM SC 2000 a ThermaCAM SC 3000 NOTE This system configuration does not apply to ThermaCAM SC 1000 10416303 a1 Breakout cable 5m Extension Cable 194267 The extension cable may be 10m connected at A or B Figure 3 1 ThermaCAM SC PC Card interface system parts Necessary parts A break out box P N 194 257 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 25 3 PC Card interface configuration A PC Card interface 500 P N 194 240 APCMCIA standardised card with a cable that fits into the Remote connector on the break out box A power supply 500 900 P N 194 091 A ThermaCAM 5XX battery pack can also be used An optional
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29. PA 8200 19 F FireWire camera driver installing 21 22 PC recommendations 21 software limitations 20 system configuration 19 troubleshooting installation 23 FLIR Systems copyright vi ISO 9001 vi legal disclaimer vi patents vi patents pending vi product warranty vi quality assurance vi quality management system vi trademarks vi Index 1 61 Index G continued warranty vi Focus toolbar button 2 Freeze toolbar button 3 G Gigabit Ethernet interface Indigo Merlin system configuration 51 57 Indigo Omega system configuration 51 57 Indigo Phoenix system configuration 51 57 PC recommendations 54 software limitations 54 troubleshooting installation 55 H hardware limitations system configuration PC Card interface 29 IC2 DIG16 installing driver software 42 PC recommendations 41 software limitations 41 ThermaCAM SC system configuration 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 system configuration 36 ThermoVision 900 system configuration 37 ThermoVision 1000 system configuration 38 IC2 DIG 16 troubleshooting installation 42 Indigo Merlin camera control 8 Gigabit Ethernet interface system configuration 51 57 Indigo Omega camera control 9 Gigabit Ethernet interface system configuration 51 57 Indigo Phoenix Gigabit Ethernet interface system configuration 51 57 installing 21 22 30 31 driver software IC2 DIG16 42 driver software IR
30. RFlashLink installing driver software IRFlashLink 49 PC recommendations 49 software limitations 48 ThermaCAM SC 45 ThermaCAM SC 1000 47 ThermoVision 900 46 troubleshooting IRFlashLink installation 50 parallel interface installing driver software IC2 DIG16 42 PC recommendations 41 software limitations 41 ThermaCAM SC 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 36 ThermoVision 900 37 ThermoVision 1000 38 troubleshooting IC2 DIG16 installation 42 PC Card interface hardware limitations 29 installing driver software 30 installing the driver software 30 31 optimizing driver installation 32 PC recommendations 29 software limitations 29 ThermaCAM SC 25 ThermaCAM SC 1000 27 ThermaCAM SC 3000 26 63 Index T system configuration continued PC Card interface continued ThermoVision 900 28 ThermoVision 1000 29 troubleshooting PC Card installation 33 updating driver 31 32 standard Ethernet configuration PC recommendations 59 software limitations 59 troubleshooting standard Ethernet configuration installation 60 ThermaCAM S series 20 ThermoVision A series 20 T ThermaCAM SC IC2 DIG16 system configuration 35 IRFlashLink system configuration 45 parallel interface system configuration 35 PC Card interface system configuration 25 ThermaCAM SC 1000 IC2 DIG16 system configuration 36 IRFlashLink system configuration 47 parallel interface system configura
31. The NUC Name list contains a list of all available NUC tables These tables include integration time window size etc The Phoenix camera system can internally store a number of these NUC tables NUC tables can be added or edited using an application delivered with the camera The check boxes below allow you to enable or disable various processing of the digital video stream along the digital video path Specifically aspects of the active NUC table and the associated bad pixel map can be enabled or disabled independent of each other by using these check boxes Typically all of these check boxes would be enabled but depending on the application you can choose to bypass selected parts of the NUC and bad pixel replacement Bypassing part of the NUC or bad pixel replacement in this way affects both the digital video output and the analog video output NUC Gain Check this option when you want the active NUC gain coefficients to be applied to the individual pixel digital values NUC Offset Check this option when you want the active NUC offset coefficients to be applied to individual pixel digital values NUC Offset Refresh You should check this option if you want the NUC offset refresh coefficients if any exist to be applied Bad Pixel Replacement This option enables bad pixel replacement If you click on the Int Image Correction button on the Camera Control panel the camera will respond by making a clicking sound when the intern
32. Vista or service pack 2 of Windows 2000 If you have a serial ATA SATA disk that is even better 6 4 Installing driver software for the Gigabit Ethernet interface 6 4 1 Windows 2000 XP Vista To take full advantage of the GigaBit interface you need the eBus optimal driver You need to install ThermaCAM Researcher before installing this driver To copy the eBus driver suite onto your hard disk run the installation program present in the Pleora eBus folder of the ThermaCAM Researcher CD This will also make some documentation about the driver suite available from the Start Menu See Pleora Technologies Inc gt eBus Driver suite gt Documentation More detailed instructions on how to install the eBus optimal driver can be found in this Pleora documentation Note that the eBus optimal driver is only compatible with the Intel PRO 1000 family of network adapters either a PC network interface card often referred to as a NIC or a LAN on the motherboard often referred to as a LOM If you have some other kind of network adapter use the universal driver instead 54 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration The ordinary driver for your network adapter has almost certainly already been installed by Windows You will have to update the previous installation with the Pleora driver You need to log in as administrator or as a user with administrator rights to do
33. a Acrobat Reader from http www adobe com Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 23 2 FireWire configuration Some laptop computers are not equipped with the correct FireWire interface In such cases a proper FireWire interface can be added using a CardBus interface adapter A desktop PC needs a free PCI slot in order to install a FireWire interface card The FireWire connector of your PC may have 4 or 6 pins The IEEE 1394a 2000 adapter must be capable of a serial bus speed of 400 Mb s in order to achieve full real time recording speed 50 60Hz Even when this is the case limitations elsewhere in the computer may not allow full speed With some laptop chipsets there is a problem cause by too much latency in the C3 power state transition which cause buffer underruns This can be cured by a change in the Windows registry For more information see Publ No T559004 Installation Hints on the CD ROM since FireWire is a fairly recent addition to the Windows world hardware and software weaknesses still plague the technology We recommend that you visit the Microsoft Windows Update website windowsupdate microsoft com to refresh your software and Windows drivers and that you visit the corresponding site of your computer manufacturer to receive its latest updates Some Windows versions don t support FireWire interface cards You cannot use the FireWire interface on Windows 95 98 first edition and
34. aCAM select Locate and install and Don t search online Either insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM or select Don t have the disk and Browse my computer to let Windows find an appropriate driver on the CD or in your C Program Files Flir Systems Device drivers directory Please allow Windows to continue installing the software despite the complaints about the FLIR drivers not being digitally signed If Windows refuses to let you do this please check that the Windows Update Driver setting Right click on My Computer gt Properties gt Hardware tab is not set to Never Some cameras will also contain a FLIR 1394 Network Adapter device You can install it in the same way if you like ThermaCAM Researcher does not use it Windows 2000 XP Action Log in as Administrator Windows should detect the camera after a while If Windows displays a New Hardware Found Wizard for the device FLIR ThemaCAM either let Windows search for the best available driver or select Install from a specific location Advanced to let Windows find an appropriate driver in your C Program Files Flir Systems Device drivers directory 2 4 4 Allow Windows to continue installing the software despite the complaints about the FLIR drivers not being digitally signed If Windows refuses to let you do this please check that the Driver Signing setting Right click on My Computer My Computer Properties Hardware tab is not s
35. al shutter is closed and the camera adjusts its own offsets to the current image It is highly recommended to use the Int Image Correction function now and then especially at power up since it improves the image quality Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 11 1 How to connect and control the camera It is often desirable to use an external normalization source as opposed to the internal shutter since any non uniformity in the camera lens is then also corrected To do that use the Ext Image Correction button Aim the camera towards a surface with a flat temperature close to that of the target Click the button The image will now be subjected to an offset correction so that every part of the image will get the same value as that in the middle Aim the camera towards the target again This correction will last until the next time you internally correct the camera image or run Ext Image Correction again The Sync source controls the synchronization of the FPA integration period in non imaging mode In imaging mode the sync signal is used to actively start the readout of valid video The Digital ouput control sets restrictions for the check boxes on the Cam tab Uncorrected output no corrections allowed Corrected output only NUC corrections allowed Corrected and replaced output all corrections allowed 1 7 SC4000 SC6000 Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermoVision SC40
36. ber of alternative image sizes for calibrated cameras If you reduce the frame size you can increase frame rate without overloading the camera Fill in a new value in the Frame Rate edit box and press Change Rate to do this The current maximum recommended frame rate is shown above the button Even if the camera doesn t get overloaded your computer can siill have difficulties with high frame rates If you should happen to increase the frame size without remembering to reduce the frame rate ThermaCAM Researcher will reduce it to 5 Hz for you If the camera somehow was set to conditions overloading the computer use the Normalised Connection alternative on the Camera menu to reset them when you connect the camera The Camera Info button brings up a dialog window with information from the calibra tion of the camera The Device Status button shows information regarding the connection to the camera The HSDR tab will only show up if a ThermaCAM Researcher HSDR module is in stalled on the computer The High Speed Data Recorder is a unit which captures a very high speed raw pixel data stream from the camera and stores it directly on disk The recording can afterwards be converted into an image format suitable for Therma CAM Researcher The camera calibration will then be preserved Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 13 1 How to connect and control the camera You must pair the camera to the HSDR b
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38. e Pl 10417403 a1 Figure 4 5 Parallel interface There are two green LED s 6 between the RS 232 connector 5 and the RS422 connector 7 When power is applied to the parallel interface the bottom LED will flash for approximately 15 20 seconds indicating a boot phase The parallel interface is ready when the bottom LED stops flashing If the flashing continues a boot error has occurred The top LED will start flashing camera frame frequency divided by 8 when it detects an input signal on either Camera 900 or Camera 500 connector If an input signal is detected on both connectors then the Camera 900 input has priority The parallel interface is equipped with a trig input connector DSUB 9 Male which can be configured by modifying jumpers on the interface circuit board The trig inputs are not debounced The easiest way to test the TTL trig input is simply to ground the TTL input pin which will create at least one negative flank and a trig signal Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 39 4 C2 DIG16 interface configuration 10417503 a1 P Figure 4 6 Top view of the parallel interface circuit board P8 1 Trig type P8 2 Trig slope TTL input default set Negative default set Not used ting ting OPTO coupled Positive Not used 4 5 1 Pin description for the TRIG connector Direction Description 1 OPTO Input OPTO isolated trig input Threshold 0 1 mA at 1 4
39. e Camera Information dialog box which can be reached from the Camera menu or by clicking on the camera symbol to the right on the status line below the image It will probably show the name of the camera and that it is working Otherwise the reason of failure is displayed here or in the Device Status panel dis played if you click on the interface symbol to the lower right of the program window Let s take a guick look at the Camera Control panel We will study it in more detail in the next sub chapters Let s examine the Measurement Range list on the second tab Select a range which covers the expected measurement temperatures The range limits are blackbody temperatures so if your measurement target has a shiny surface with a low emissivity you will be able to make measurements above the range limits An image which is probably blurry is shown on the screen Otherwise click the candle toolbar button to get a better scale in the PC Some cameras have their own ways of adjusting the image and improving its guality See the appropriate camera control description below 10418803 a2 Figure 1 2 Candle toolbar button Aim the camera onto the target Focus the camera either by using the focus buttons on the Camera Control panel or the three buttons below found on the standard toolbar You also have the option to use the F9 F11 F12 keys 10418903 a2 Figure 1 3 Focus toolbar buttons Click the arrow target button to autofocus the camera
40. e go back to the dialog box and increase the number of wait states Repeat this until you have a live image again 3 10 Troubleshooting the PC Card installation Problems with the PC Card interface and its installation don t always show up imme diately You might not notice them until you try to get a live image from the camera Our experience is that hardware installations do not always run smoothly A number of detailed suggestions on how to overcome known difficulties are available in an In stHints document on the Camera Connections CD ROM To work properly the PC Card interface configuration needs A correct Type of camera and Type of connection setting in the Select Camera dialog box One of the fixed I O space range 8f8 3ff 2f8 2ff 3e8 3ef or 2e8 2ef a Interrupt request IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 or 15 An ISA type interrupt is required even for PCI bus adapters A 4 kByte window in the computer memory The fix addresses 380 to 387 in the computer I O space CardWare 6 00 007 or higher on Windows NT 4 0 installed by an administrator Software for the three device drivers in Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP just one on Windows NT 4 0 A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher A functional PC Internal Card Reader on an ISA or PCI bus m A functional PC Card interface Reliable cables and electrical connections A camera equipped with digital output Adobe Acrobat Reader free download at ht
41. e mea surement range it might happen that the image becomes noisy due to detector offset errors That is when you should use the External Image Correction function Aim the camera towards a surface with a flat temperature close to that of the target Click the button The image will now be subjected to an offset correction so that every part of 8 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera the image will get the same value as that in the middle Aim the camera towards the target again This correction will last until the next time you internally correct the camera image or run Ext Image Correction again 10569703 a1 Merlin Bolo iPort Main Cam Dev Rec Sync mode Internal e Frame rate Camera Info Device Status Edit NUC table Connected Qao Figure 1 12 Merlin Bolometer iPort device control tab Select the desired Sync mode from the list box An external sync signal can be applied in order to synchronize the camera with other external equipment Select the desired frame rate from the list box The frame rate specifies how many images per second will be captured of the target in question Full frame rate corre sponds to either 50 PAL or 60 NTSC images per second depending on video mode Set user friendly names on the camera NUC tables by using the Edit NUC table button You can also add more items to the
42. e reduction selects the level of noise reduction Heavy reduction will reduce the noise for still or slow moving objects but will blur fast moving targets Focus controls the camera focus Infinity focus is at the right end of the slide bar 10419803 a1 THY 1000 IC2 DIG16 Man Cam1 Cam2 L4 Une con Calib Focus Time averaging None e r Standby Connected Qao Figure 1 21 Cam 2 tab of the THV 1000 IC2 DIG16 dialog box Line corr corrects each image for geometric detector differences This will give you a better image quality but will decrease the image display rate Focus calibration The focus has a tendency to drift as the temperature of the lens varies Use this function to set the correct focus infinity position Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 D 1 How to connect and control the camera Time averaging In order to reduce noise set the number of images to average from and then click Record One Image You can t combine time averaging with sequence file recording 14 bit resolution Save time averaged images with 14 bits per pixels To interpret the image correctly you need special software Standby Set the camera cooler and motors in standby mode Click the button again to restart the camera 1 12 About connection difficulties At times you may run into difficulties establishing a connection with the camera Here are some suggestions on what you can do Probl
43. ear on the status field of the control This warning will become red if you leave it switched off for a long time NOTE There is a related function in the Image menu on the standard toolbar and on the scaling toolbar That function is called Auto Adjust It will continuously adjust the scale to the image locally within the PC 10569903 a1 Omega iPort Main Cam Dev Rec Camera Lens EI Camera Info Device Status E Connected Qao Figure 1 14 Omega iPort device tab If the Omega camera has been calibrated for more than one lens then the Camera Lens list box will be enabled Select the correct lens from the list after a lens switch to notify the camera of the change 1 0 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera 1 6 Indigo Phoenix Camera Control mm This control panel is used for Indigo Phoenix cameras 10573703 a2 Phoenix InSb iPort Main Cam Dev Rec NUC Name O1msec 3202256 non imagi v lv NUC Gain iv NUC Offset IV NUC Offset Refresh Corrected and replaced EN Digital output Iw Bad Pixel Replacement Camera Info Est Image Corr Int Image Corr Redirect to COM port GC SSS Connected Qo Figure 1 15 Phoenix Port camera control tabs If a button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function
44. efore you can begin using the HSDR Con troller software to make HSDR recording It is not a very good idea to change the Frame Size setting in ThermaCAM Re searcher when you have precious data stored in the HSDR since the change will wipe out all stored data When a HSDR recording is in progress the frame size list box will become disabled 1 8 THV 500 Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermaCAM SC 500 ThermaCAM SC 2000 Ther maCAM SC 3000 and similar camera models 10419203 a1 THY 570 IC2 DIG16 THY 570 1 2 DIG16 X Man Cam1 Cam2 c Man Cami Cam2 r Measurement t Range 20 120 C NOF ml Image Speed 60 Hz Si Int Image Corr Noise Reduction Normal e Iw Auto shutter Figure 1 17 THV 570 IC2 DIG16 dialog box If some button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function The selected Measurement Range should cover the expected measurement temper atures The range limits are blackbody temperatures so if your measurement target has a shiny surface with a low emissivity you will be able to make measurements above the range limits The Image Speed control allows you to increase the speed by which images are captured in a high speed camera The speed by which they are grabbed by the PC frame grabber remains unchanged however This has the effect that the high speed image size is reduced proporti
45. em The program is having problems with the camera It only works now and then Possible cause amp solution Take care when inserting your PC Card interface properly into the PC Card adapter Make sure that the card has been recognised and properly config ured is indicated with a little tune before you start ThermaCAM Researcher The same caution is required when the interface is to be removed or switched off Always exit the program or select Disconnect from the camera menu before you pull the interface out or switch the power off The program refuses to establish a contact with the camera The status information keeps saying Disconnected while the camera is running The camera may be connected to another copy of ThermaCAM Researcher Switch over to that one and disconnect the connection Now the new ThermaCAM Researcher can connect to the camera The status information says Connected but no live image is shown If you are using a ThermaCAM SC 1000 check that no Maintenance Reguired information is dis played in the camera viewfinder If you accidentally have put the SC 1000 in setup mode it can also cause this problem SEE ALSO Your problems may be related to the hardware installation For more information about hardware installation see sections a 2 FireWire configuration on page 19 a 3 PC Card interface configuration on page 25 a 4 1C2 DIG16 interface configuration on page 35 a 5 IR
46. esktop computer with a clock rate of 1 GHz or more To achieve burst recording it should have an 7200 rpm Ultra DMA 100 disk formatted with the NT file system NTFS Ultra DMA 100 requires Windows XP or service pack 2 of Windows 2000 Our recommendation is to set the color palette to 256 colors TrueColor gives a lower frame rate but better color fidelity 5 6 Installing the driver software for IRFlashLink 5 6 1 Windows NT 4 0 The IRFlashLink manufacturer provides a simple setup program which installs the NT4 version of the IRFlashLink driver 5 6 2 Windows 95 98 ME Not supported 5 6 3 Windows 2000 XP Please log in as Administrator for this installation Action 1 Insert the IRFlashlink board into a free PCI bus slot 2 Windows will now detect the board and display a New Hardware Found message 3 Let Windows search for an appropriate driver on the IRFlashlink CD ROM and allow it to install the software despite Windows complaints about the drivers not being digitally signed Windows will detect several new devices and install several drivers for this board Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 49 5 IRFIashLink interface configuration After the installation you can either use auto port detection or specify which COM port number the IRFlashlink serial port connector did get To do the latter follow these steps Goto the Control Panel and double click on System Go to the
47. et to Block Windows 98SE ME Have your Windows TM 98 ME system CD available Windows should detect the camera after a while If nothing seems to happen and the ThermaCAM appears in the Device Manager category Other devices Right click on My Computer Properties Device Manager tab click on the failing ThermaCAM device name and press the Remove button Un plug and plug the camera cable back into the Firewire adapter to make the ThermaCAM re appear as an Imaging device 22 When Windows starts asking you for files please follow the instructions on the screen Browse to your Windows CD for Windows files and to C Program Files Flir Systems Device drivers for the flirdcam sys file and click Next Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 2 FireWire configuration The FLIR Systems device drivers can also be found on the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM if you find that more convenient There are cameras capable of supporting other devices such as the FLIR 1394 Net work Adapter and the FLIR USB Adapter These devices belong to the ThermaCAM Connect 3 0 or ThermaCAM QuickReport product which has drivers for them You do not have to install these drivers to make ThermaCAM Researcher work 2 5 Troubleshooting the FireWire installation To work properly the FireWire configuration needs Windows 98 sec ed ME 2000 XP or Vista m Direct X 8 1
48. et using Swiss 721 which is Bitstream s pan European version of the Helvetica typeface Helvetica was designed by Max Miedinger 1910 1980 The following file identities and file versions were used in the formatting stream output for this manual 20236703 xml a35 20241003 xml a3 20241103 xml a11 20241203 xml a2 20243303 xml a6 20243603 xml a3 20243703 xml a8 20254903 xml a41 20255303 xml a7 20255603 xml a5 R0029 rcp a7 config xml a5 66 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 m BELGIUM FLIR Systems Uitbreidingstraat 60 62 B 2600 Berchem BELGIUM Phone 32 0 3 287 87 11 Fax 32 0 3 287 87 29 E mail info flir be Web www flirthermography com m BRAZIL FLIR Systems Av Antonio Bardella 320 CEP 18085 852 Sorocaba S o Paulo BRAZIL Phone 55 15 3238 8070 Fax 55 15 3238 8071 E mail paul verminnen flir com br E mail flir flir com br Web www flirthermography com CANADA FLIR Systems 5230 South Service Road Suite 125 Burlington ON L7L 5K2 CANADA Phone 1 800 613 0507 ext 30 Fax 905 639 5488 E mail IRCanada flir com Web www flirthermography com CHINA FLIR Systems Beijing Representative Office Rm 203A Dongwai Diplomatic Office Building 23 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Beijing 100600 P R C Phone 86 10 8532 2304 Fax 86 10 8532 2460 E mail beijing flir com cn Web www flirthermography com CHINA FLIR Systems Shanghai Representative
49. etworks depending on the camera model see figure below Figure 7 4 Network type recommendations Camera model Bandwidth requirement Network recommendation Merlin 60 Hz 100 Mbit s Use Gigabit Ethernet Omega 30 Hz 12 Mbit s Use Fast Ethernet Phoenix 60 Hz 100 Mbit s Use Gigabit Ethernet Resolution 320 x 256 Phoenix 60 Hz 400 Mbit s Use Gigabit Ethernet Resolution 640 x 512 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 59 7 Standard Ethernet interface configuration 7 9 Troubleshooting the standard Ethernet interface installation To work properly the configuration needs Windows 2000 XP Vista Any network interface supporting at least Fast Ethernet 100 Mbit s An iPortTM PT1000 IDG frame grabber with firmware version 3 8 or later A Pentium 4 computer with a clock rate of 1 4 GHz or more At least 128 MB SDRAM PC133 or DDR PC2100 RAM A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher Select Ethernet as Type of connection in the Select camera dialog box NetBIOS enabled on the TCP IP connection to the camera Proper settings if you have a firewall in your computer Reliable cables and electrical connections A camera equipped and configured for digital output An IP number assigned to the interface An IP number assigned to the camera SEE ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Installation Hints Publ No T559004 System configurations
50. extension cable ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software NOTE For ThermaCAM SC 3000 the break out box can be omitted Instead connect the power supply cable to the power inlet of the camera and plug the PC Card interface into the data connector of the camera like this 10416403 a1 194091 PC card cable 2 5m Figure 3 2 ThermaCAM SC 3000 alternative configuration Make sure that the cables are connected in the right way The connectors are of the same type so you might make mistakes when connecting these cables That can not however harm the hardware NOTE You must not use the serial port connector DSUB of the break out box while the PC Card interface is connected to it That could harm the camera NOTE The computer side of the PC Card interface has to be treated with care since it is quite vulnerable to damage SEE ALSO For more information see section a 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface on page 30 26 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 2 System parts ThermaCAM SC 1000 PC Card interface This configuration is used for only one camera model ThermaCAM SC 1000 10416503 a1 Breakout cable 5m PC card cable 2 5m Extension Cable 194267 The extension cable may be 10m connected at A or B Figure 3 3 ThermaCAM SC 100
51. guration The amount of memory in the PC should be at least twice the Microsoft amp recommen dation Our recommendation is to set the color palette to 256 colors TrueColor gives a lower frame rate but better color fidelity 2 4 Installing the FireWire camera driver software 2 4 1 General instructions If needed insert a FireWire Adapter into a free PCI bus slot on your desktop PC The adapter must conform to the IEEE 1394a 2000 specification and be capable of supporting a serial bus speed of 400 Mb s Windows should automatically detect the new hardware and ask for its drivers which are supplied by the Firewire Adapter manufacturer Disable any sensitive eguipment especially disks that you may already have connected to your FireWire adapter If you have Windows 98 make sure that the ThermaCAM Researcher software is installed first Switch on the camera and check that the camera has the Digital Video Mode setting DCAM before you plug it into your computer SC640 does not have this setting Connect the 1394 cable between the camera to the FireWire adapter of the PC when the camera is up and running Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 21 2 FireWire configuration 2 4 2 Windows Vista Please log in as Administrator during this installation Windows should detect the camera after a while If Windows displays a New Hardware Found Wizard for the device FLIR Them
52. he camera If you click the Auto Span button on the Camera Control panel the camera will adjust its own temperature scale once to the current image The focus function will only work if the focus motor switch by the lens socket is in the R position The SC 10000 camera also has a non uniformity correction NUC function available only through its Set up menus that you can use to improve the image duality The SC 1000 has a calibration file which will be unloaded from the camera when it is connected for the first time If you have the camera sent in for recalibration you have to initiate the unloading of this file again from the Dev tab 1 10 THV 900 Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermoVision 900 Cameras 10419503 a1 THV900 LW IC2 DIG16 THY 900 LW IC2 DIG16 ain Cam Dev Rec Measurement t Range Lan 80 C Filter Cassette Cassette 1 Filter NOF m ocus Figure 1 19 THV900 LW IC2 DIG16 dialog box There is a Cassette selection which must be set to the same number as the cassette actually installed in the camera a Filter selection which reflects the IR filters of that cassette and a Measurement Range selection The Measurement Range selection is tightly coupled to the two others If you change them the measurement ranges will change accordingly The range should cover the expected measurement temperatures The range limits are blackbody temperatures so if your measu
53. his can be done automatically by a DHCP server or manually by a utility program which is distributed with the camera The control panel below is used for the ThermoVision A series cameras Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 1 How to connect and control the camera 10431203 a1 ThermaCAM Firewire Main Cam Dev E 1 Measurement Range 20 250 C NOF Noise Reduction On Y Iw Auto shutter Int Image Corr Focus 9 Autoshuter 0 Figure 1 6 ThermoVision A series FireWire dialog box If some button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function The selected Measurement Range should cover the expected measurement temper atures The range limits are blackbody temperatures so if your measurement target has a shiny surface with a low emissivity you will be able to make measurements above the range limits If you click the Int Image Correction button on the Camera Control panel the camera will respond by making a rather heavy clicking sound when the internal shutter is pulled and adjust its own temperature scale once to the current image It is highly recommended to use the Int Image Correction function now and then since it im proves the image quality Select the Auto shutter option if you want an automatic in ternal image correction This automated process can be disabled as it may affect the record
54. ience is that hardware installations do not always run smoothly A number of detailed suggestions on how to overcome known difficulties are available in an In stHints document on the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM To work properly the frame grabber configuration needs A correct Type of camera and Type of connection setting in the Select Camera dialog box A standard serial port 42 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 4 IC2 DIG1 16 interface configuration Appropriate BIOS settings Software for the device drivers on Windows NT 2000 XP A functional IC2 DIG16 frame grabber A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher A number of fix computer memory slots An interrupt request IRQ of the right PCI type A parallel interface to convert the camera output Reliable cables and electrical connections A camera equipped for digital output The most frequent problem with the frame grabber installation are no doubt plain cabling connection difficulties This fairly simple troubleshooting scheme may help you locate your problem If you get a message in the system event log on Windows NT 4 from the mvcntp device the frame grabber or a warning symbol for the Imaging Device in the Device Manager on Windows 2000 then the BIOS settings for the frame grabber resources aren t OK Check the interrupt types and make sure that the BIOS PnP OS flag is set to NO Moving the frame grabber to another PCI sl
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56. ing of images When you switch it off a warning will appear on the status field of the control This warning will become red if you leave it switched off for a long time NOTE There is a related function in the Image menu on the standard toolbar and on the scaling toolbar That function is called Auto Adjust It will continuously adjust the scale to the image locally within the PC If noise reduction is set to On it will blur the image of moving objects If the camera is connected to the PC using the ThermaCAM Connect 2 0 software and ThermaCAM Researcher at the same time the live image may seem frozen The Downsample checkbox is only available for A20 cameras This option affects how much disk space each image will occupy when stored on the hard disk If enabled disk space for each image will be significantly reduced However a performance penalty in terms of apparent image quality but not in measurement is introduced when storing and reading image files 4 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera 10430703 a2 A20 Firewire Main Cam Dev EIE Downsample Iw Show graphics Frame rate 50 0 Hz Y Camera Info Device Status 9 Connected Qno Figure 1 7 ThermoVision A series FireWire dialog box Select the desired frame rate from the list box The frame rate specifies how many images per second will be captured of the target in
57. ing the Gigabit Ethernet interface installation To work properly the configuration needs Windows 2000 XP Vista A functional Network Interface Card NIC compatible with the Intel PRO 1000 family of network adapters Please note that configurations with more than one Gigabit network interface and optimum driver have not been tested AniPort PT1000 IDG frame grabber box with firmware version 3 8 or later unless it is built into the camera A successful installation of the optimum eBus device driver You need to install ThermaCAM Researcher before installing the device driver Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 55 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration A Pentium 4 computer with a clock rate of 1 4 GHz or faster At least 128 MB SDRAM PC133 or DDR PC2100 RAM A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher Select Ethernet as Type of connection in the Select Camera dialog NetBIOS enabled on the TCP IP connection to the camera Reliable cables and electrical connections Gigabit Network adapters require shielded CAT6 cables A camera equipped and configured for digital output Proper settings if you have a firewall in your computer SEE ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Installation Hints Publ No T559004 a System configurations Publ No 1 557 783 56 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN Novembe
58. le 500 P N 194 450 For ThermaCAM SC 3000 plug this cable into the Data connector of the camera not into the Power connector A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 194 267 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 35 4 IC2 DIG16 interface configuration he ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage SEE ALSO For more information see section 4 8 Installing the driver software for the IC2 DIG16 on page 42 4 2 System parts ThermaCAM SC 1000 parallel interface This configuration is used only for one camera model ThermaCAM SC 1000 10417103 a1 If length more than 10 2 5m is required then order SE 194450 but x m x max 17 5m Optional ext trig see page 9 gt 908618 1 8m 194452 1 8m Power Supply Figure 4 2 ThermaCAM SC 1000 parallel interface system parts Necessary parts A SC 1000 digital interface box P N 15824 200 with cables that connect to the battery connector digital output connector and remote connector of the SC 1000 C2 DIG16 frame grabber in the PC from Imaging Technology Inc in USA A PCI standardised card with a 44 pin DSUB cable that fits into the side of the parallel interface PI A standard RS 232 C cable that connects a serial port in the PC with the parallel interface A pa
59. ly NOTE Do not select any other drivers The installation utility will copy some files and update the Windows Registry 3 8 2 Windows 2000 and Windows XP 3 8 2 1 How to install the driver Insert the PC Card interface into the card adapter Windows will now detect the new hardware and display a New Hardware Found message together with a wizard dialog box Insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM into your CD drive The CD ROM will show a window of its own but just remove that by clicking Exit Follow the wizard instructions When the wizard asks for search locations install from a specific location Advanced to browse to C Program Files FLIR Systems De vice Drivers and click Next In the last wizard step you should hear a double beep from the computer indicating that the resource allocation was successful Windows will then continue to install a second device which is the imaging device During the installation of this device Windows will display a sign saying Digital Signature Not Found Answer Yes here The third and last device installed is the communications port 30 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 8 2 2 How to update an existing driver Insert your PC Card interface and your ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM Remove the appearing CD ROM window Go to the Control Panel and open the System icon and select the
60. n Cable may be connected at A or B If retainer bolts are modified A PC Card interface 900 P N 194 243 A PCMCIA standardised card with a cable that fits into the side of the power scanner box A power scanner 900 box P N 194 261 A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 193 424 ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software NOTE The computer side of the PC Card Interface has to be treated with care since it is quite vulnerable to damage SEE ALSO For more information see section 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface on page 30 28 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 3 PC Card interface configuration 3 4 System parts Thermovision 1000 PC Card interface 10416703 a1 194077 7 5m 193930 PC card cable 2 5m Figure 3 5 Thermovision 1000 PC Card interface system parts Necessary parts A PC Card interface 1000 P N 193 930 A PCMCIA standardised card with a cable that fits to the Thermovision 1000 scanner ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software NOTE The computer side of the PC Card interface has to be treated with care since it is quite vulnerable to damage SEE ALSO For more information see section 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface on page 30 3 5 Hardware limitations Due to hardware and sof
61. name list in case the camera contains more than the default number of NUC tables 1 5 Indigo Omega Camera Control This control panel is used for Indigo Omega cameras 10569803 a1 Dynamic range control Automatic Si Iw Automatic flat field corr Flat field correction Focus Connected Qao Figure 1 13 Omega iPort camera control tab If a button is disabled on your camera control it is because your particular camera does not support that function Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 9 1 How to connect and control the camera The Dynamic range control contains a list of the available modes for range control The camera has two modes one for low temperature scenes below 150 C and one mode for high temperature scenes up to 500 C If the camera has the optional au tomatic dynamic range control feature then an automatic mode is also available If you click the Flat field correction button on the control panel the camera will re spond by making a clicking sound when the internal shutter is pulled and adjust its own correction coefficients It is highly recommended to use the Flat field correction function now and then since it improves the image quality Select the Auto flat field corr option if you want an automatic flat field correction This automated process can be disabled as it may affect the recording of images When you switch it off a warning will app
62. nd remote connector of the SC 1000 RFlashLink frame grabber in the PC from Automation Technology in Germany German camera cable A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 194 267 ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage A CD ROM from Automation Technology including the IRFlashLink PC driver soft ware not shown An optional trig cable SEE ALSO For more information see section a 5 6 Installing the driver software for IRFlashLink on page 49 5 4 Software limitations The IRFlashLink configuration works on Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems 48 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 5 IRFlashLink interface configuration Full burst rate recording of the cameras is only possible when the target disk is for matted with a NT File System NTFS ThermaCAM SC images can be stored on PC Card hard disks Windows NT 4 0 will not allow you to insert or remove such disks at will To access them you will have to restart the computer Unicore Software Inc www unicore com and SystemSoft Corporation www systemsoft com have released software packages CardWare Card Wizard which add PC Card hot swapping functionality to Windows NT 4 0 5 5 PC recommendations To get a reasonably high performance you should have a Pentium d
63. o add a 6 pole 6 pole extension cable ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software and Direct X 2 2 Software limitations The FireWire configuration works on Windows 98 second edition Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems SC640 onlyon Windows 2000 XP Vista In Windows 98 ME due to file system limitations you can not get full burst recording rate 20 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 2 FireWire configuration In Windows 2000 XP Vista full burst rate recording of the cameras is only possible when the target disk is formatted with a NT file system NTFS and is fast enough 2 3 PC recommendations To get a reasonably high performance you should have a Pentium desktop computer with a clock rate of 1 GHz or more If IDE Ultra DMA 100 is supported on your computer then there is no need for striped SCSI disks There are such disks that are so fast that you don t need to use striped volumes We now recommend 7200 RPM 30 GBUltra DMA 100 disks or better Your computer not only has to support this technology you also have to have service pack 2 of Windows 2000 or Windows XP Vista to make it work If you have a serial ATA disk SATA that is even better The FireWire adapter in the PC must conform to the 1394a 2000 specifications and must support bus speeds up to 400 Mb s DirectX 8 1 or higher is reguired for the FireWire confi
64. o connect and control the camera The calibration file of the camera is normally downloaded to your PC when you connect to the camera for the first time If you need to refresh this information mark the Download check box disconnect and connect again The Name list on the NUC tab shows the NUC tables currently stored in the camera All tables are shown not only those associated with a calibration The tables contain non uniformity correction data integration time frame size and other settings If you select a NUC name from this list you will switch to that table but get a non calibrated IR image To get a calibrated image you have to use the controls on the Cal tab The Int time field shows the current integration time in milliseconds To improve the image quality you can apply an Internal or External Flatness cor rection By allowing the camera to look at an internal or external thermally flat surface with a temperature well within the current temperature range limits you can even out many image distortions Just press the Internal or External Flatness correction buttons You will not invalidate the current calibration if you do this but the name of the current NUC table is lost The quality improvement can be considerable especially if external correction is used and the camera recently was switched on The external correction is better because it also includes the lens non uniformities The Frame Size list on the Dev tab shows a num
65. on to make the program consider connecting to the camera and displaying its image 10418703 a2 Figure 1 1 Show camera image toolbar button The purpose of doing these soft connections disconnections is that it enables you to run two or more copies of ThermaCAM Researcher You can disconnect the camera from one copy and connect it to another instead If you have two or more FireWire or Ethernet cameras you can connect each camera to a separate copy of ThermaCAM Researcher perhaps with a slight loss of perfor mance After the connection is established it may still take some time before the logo image disappears The camera may have to run for a while before its detector is cool enough to produce a live image The first time a SC 1000 SC 4000 or SC 6000 camera is connected a large calibration file will be unloaded from the camera before a live image can be shown Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 1 How to connect and control the camera NOTE If you get into connection difficulties here see section 1 12 About connection difficulties on page 18 NOTE Do not remove the FireWire cable or PC Card interface or switch off the camera while ThermaCAM Researcher is running unless you have selected Disconnect from the Camera menu first The Camera Information dialog box and the Camera Control panel are the two main ways by which you communicate with the camera Take a guick look at th
66. on eu eie nen austen RR TS 59 7 4 Ethernet bandwidth requirements eeeeeeeesssseeeeseeeeeee nennen nennen nennen nnn nnne Y RAN 59 7 5 Troubleshooting the standard Ethernet interface installation sess 60 Index eeu e EET 61 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the m camera Before you can begin using the camera you need to connect it to your computer and to a power supply SEE ALSO For more information about this see sections a 2 FireWire configuration on page 19 3 PC Card interface configuration on page 25 4 IC2 DIG16 interface configuration on page 35 5 RFlashLink interface configuration on page 45 6 Gigabit Ethernet interface configuration on page 51 In order to be able to show a live image ThermaCAM Researcher has to establish a software connection to the camera The status information of the Camera Control panel will reveal if the program is trying to connect to the camera or not If it says Disconnected you will have to order a new connection by selecting Connect from the Camera menu On the same menu there is a Normalized connection command which sets the camera in a state suitable for almost any computer during the connection process If ThermaCAM Researcher is showing a disk image you will have to select Show Camera Image from the Camera menu or press CTRL Lor click this toolbar butt
67. onally so that each frame will contain more than one image Only under one condition when you record images at full speed into one single file will you be able to retrieve all the captured high speed images In all other cases you will only see the first image of each grab If you click the Int Image Correction button on the Camera Control panel the camera will respond by making a rather heavy clicking sound when the internal shutter is pulled and adjust its own temperature scale once to the current image It is highly recommended to use the Int Image Correction function now and then since it im proves the image quality Select the Auto shutter checkbox if you want an automatic internal image correction 14 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera NOTE There is a related function in the lmage menu on the standard toolbar and on the scaling toolbar m That function is called Auto Adjust It will continuously adjust the scale to the image locally within the PC If you try to study targets whose temperatures are close to or even outside the mea surement range it might happen that the image becomes noisy due to detector offset errors That is when you should use the External Image Correction function only available for cooled camera models There is a button on the camera control panel and a camera menu item for this purpose Aim the camera towards a surface with a flat tempe
68. or higher A successful installation of ThermaCAM Researcher A correct Type of camera and Type of connection setting in the Select Camera dialog A6 or 4 to 4 FireWire cable for ThermaCAM S series A6 or 4 to 4 FireWire cable for ThermaCAM SC640 series A 6 or 4 to 6 FireWire cable for ThermoVision A series A IEEE 1394a 2000 FireWire adapter A successful installation of the FireWire Adapter driver A camera equipped for FireWire digital output with its digital video mode set to DCAM The Driver Signing setting of the Windows Device Manager should not block un signed files Windows 2000 XP Vista The TCP IP protocol Automatic Metric setting should not be set A successful installation of the FLIR ThermaCAM camera driver for each camera used A 1GHZ or faster PC or laptop equipped with a IEEE 1394a 2000 interface capable of serial bus speed of 400 Mb s Recent updates from Microsoft and the computer manufacturer With Windows XP Service Pack 2 S series cameras must have filekit 2 2 5 or higher and A series cameras must have filekit 1 2 12 or higher The FLIR Therma CAM driver must have version 5 20 2600 923 or higher Administrator rights or a change in the Local Security Policy for the users that plug in out the camera on Windows 2000 XP Proper settings if you have a firewall in your computer That ThermaCAM Connect 2 0 is not connected to the camer
69. or one camera model ThermoVision 900 46 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 5 IRFlashLink interface configuration 10566803 a1 Agema 900 Powerbox a FlashLink qll PCI AT p n 110 010 001 Figure 5 3 ThermoVision 900 IRFlashLink interface system parts Necessary parts An AGEMA 900 Power box from Automation Technology in Germany RFlashLink frame grabber in the PC from Automation Technology in Germany German camera cable ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage A CD ROM from Automation Technology including the IRFlashLink PC driver soft ware not shown An optional trig cable SEE ALSO For more information see section a 5 6 Installing the driver software for IRFlashLink on page 49 5 3 System parts ThermaCAM SC 1000 IRFlashLink interface This configuration is used only for one camera model ThermaCAM SC 1000 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 47 5 IRFIashLink interface configuration 10430903 a2 AT pin 110 040 001 qii FlashLink ql PCI 194091 AT p n 110 010 001 Power Supply TT Figure 5 4 ThermaCAM SC 1000 IRFlashLink interface system parts Necessary parts A SC 1000 digital interface box P N 15824 200 with cables that connect to the battery connector digital output connector a
70. ot might also help If ThermaCAM Researcher says Disconnected there is something wrong with the selected serial port or its settings The serial port may also be occupied by another instance of ThermaCAM Researcher ThermaCAM Researcher does try to establish a connection with the camera using the serial communication port before trying to capture any images If you get the Connecting status text without any reply from the camera there could be cabelling problems or simply the wrong type of camera or connection type If you get a serial connection to the camera ThermaCAM Researcher says Connected but no image there might be some problem with the camera such as insufficient cooling or hardware or problems with the image flow i e cabelling problems or the wrong type of interrupt for the frame grabber or a computer memory window resource conflict Other PCI cards in the computer might be inter fering with the frame grabber SEE ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 43 Installation Hints Publ No T559004 System configurations Publ No 1 557 783 4 C2 DIG16 interface configuration INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 44 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 5 IRFlashLink interface configuration 5 1 System parts ThermaCAM SC IRFIashLink interface This configuration is used for the following came
71. othing to worry about unless it happens more than once You will have to be logged in as Administrator in NT for this reprogramming to be possible 4 8 1 Windows NT 4 0 Insert the IC2 DIG16 frame grabber into a free PCI bus slot Log in as Administrator during the installation Insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM into your CD drive The CD ROM will show a window of its own from which you can select to install Windows NT drivers Start that installation utility and select Frame grabber drivers The installation utility will copy some files and update the Windows Registry 4 8 2 Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP Action Insert the IC2 DIG16 into a free PCI bus slot Windows 95 98 ME 2000 will detect the new hardware and display a New Hardware Found message or Multimedia Video Controller Found together with a Wizard dialog box Insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM into your CD drive The CD ROM will show a window of its own but just remove that by clicking Exit If you have Windows 95 version A then select the alternative driver from disk pro vided by hardware manufacturer otherwise follow the wizard guide Browse to C Program Files FLIR Systems Device Drivers to find the driver 4 9 Troubleshooting the IC2 DIG16 installation Problems with the frame grabber and its installation don t always show up immediately You might not notice them until you try to get a live image from the camera Our exper
72. r 1 2007 7 Standard Ethernet interface configuration 7 1 System parts Standard Ethernet interface configuration This configuration is used for the following camera models Merlin uncooled microbolometer Merlin NIR InGaAs u Merlin QWIP Merlin MID InSb Omega UL3 uncooled microbolometer Phoenix camera with RTIE backend electronics m Cumulus SC4000 SC6000 a ThermoVision A320 10574003 a1 Digital video Parallel 308 0038 00 Indigo camera Serial 308 0037 00 incl Power 421 0019 00 100 1000baseT EC Ethernet Interface EM Merlin Phoenix Kit iPort T1000 IDG 316 0015 01 421 0018 00 100 1000baseT Ethernet Interface Wm Omega Kit 308 0040 00 Power Supply Cat 5 TPE Cable Figure 7 1 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Merlin Omega Phoenix system parts Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 57 7 Standard Ethernet interface configuration 10755303 a1 Cat 5 TPE Cable 306 0001 00 Network Power Supply Cat 5 TPE Cable General NIC Figure 7 2 ThermaCAM Researcher amp Indigo Cumulus system parts 10771903 a1 The Cat 6 cable is reguired for Power Over Ethernet usage C ThermoVision A320 O Cat 6 TPE Cable 1 910 585 D Power Supply en I Cat 6 TPE Cable PCI or LOM Figure 7 3 ThermaCAM Researcher amp ThermoVision A320 system parts 58 Publ No T559010 Rev a2
73. ra models Thermovision 550 m Thermovision 570 AGEMA 550 AGEMA 570 u ThermoVision Alert au ThermaCAM SC 500 m SC 2000 SC 3000 10431003 a2 Extension Cable 10m 194267 AT p n 110 040 001 qli FlashLink 1 lt I PCI 194091 E ES AT p n 110 010 001 Figure 5 1 ThermaCAM SC IRFlashLink serial or high speed interface system parts Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 45 5 IRFIashLink interface configuration 10431103 a2 AT p n 110 045 001 up to 1000m Fibre cable ST connectors Command trsm Command rec Dig Video 194091 Spare Power Supply 41 Fibre i f FlashLink 4j PCI Figure 5 2 ThermaCAM SC IRFlashLink fiber link interface system parts Necessary parts RFlashLink frame grabber in the PC from Automation Technology in Germany German camera cable A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 194 267 he ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage A CD ROM from Automation Technology including the IRFlashLink PC driver soft ware not shown nu An optional trig cable SEE ALSO For more information see section a 5 6 Installing the driver software for IRFlashLink on page 49 5 2 System parts ThermoVision 900 IRFlashLink interface This configuration is used only f
74. rallel interface Pl 500 900 box P N 194 441 Camera cable 500 P N 194 450 A power supply 500 900 unit P N 194 091 An optional extension cable P N 194 267 ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM not shown including PC driver software A desktop computer with a fast UDMA disk for image storage 36 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 4 IC2 DIG1 16 interface configuration SEE ALSO For more information see section a 4 8 Installing the driver software for the IC2 DIG16 on page 42 4 3 System parts Thermovision 900 parallel interface 10417203 a1 194091 Power 500 900 __ Power 500 900 __ Power Po 500 PI 500 900 wel L 7 TLl pwr s Scanner r 900 232 422 Ll Bill Scanner cable Cable T2P 2 5m 908618 15m E at 194451 RS232 194452 1 8m lt Max 50m lt Max 6m Extension Cable may be connected at A or B If Extension cable 7 5m retainer bolts are modified Figure 4 3 Thermovision amp 900 parallel interface system parts Necessary parts C2 DIG16 frame grabber inside the PC from Imaging Technology Inc in USA A PCl standardised card with a 44 pin DSUB cable that fits into the side of the parallel interface Pl A standard RS 232 C cable that connects a serial port in the PC with the parallel interface A parallel interface Pl 500 900 box P N 194 441 A power scanner cable P N 194 451 A power scanner 900 box P N 194 261
75. rature close to that of the target Click the button The image will now be subjected to an offset correction so that every part of the image will get the same value as that in the middle Aim the camera towards the target again This correction will last until the next time you internally correct the camera image or run Ext Image Correction again At the bottom of the Cami tab there are three focus buttons Near focus auto focus and far focus Let s move over to the second tab on the Camera Control panel High noise reduction will blur the image of moving objects To improve image quality you can select the Slow motion objects check box if you are viewing slowly moving or still targets The Cooler button will switch on off the camera cooler The Auto shutter check box will switch on off the automated internal image correction This automated process can be disabled as it may affect the recording of images When you switch it off a warning will appear on the status field of the control This warning will become red if you leave it switched off for a long time 1 9 SC 1000 Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermaCAM SC 1000 only 10419403 a1 THERMACAM SC1000 I Figure 1 18 ThermaCAM SC 1000 dialog box Select a Measurement Range that covers the expected measurement temperatures Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 5 1 How to connect and control t
76. rement target has a shiny surface with a low emissivity you will be able to make measurements above the range limits Ideally you should make your proper Cassette Filter Range selections immediately but it is often easier to select a measurement range which is well suited to the sur roundings first and then set the proper range afterwards It makes it easier for you to focus the camera The Motor power switches control the camera horizontal and vertical scanning mirror motors On Stirling cooled cameras you may also put the cooler in standby 1 6 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 1 How to connect and control the camera You can double the frame rate by selecting the high frame rate option The number of lines will decrease when the frame rate is high The scanner use the high frame rate as long as the power is on or until you select normal frame rate again After a power on the frame rate is always normal 1 11 THV 1000 Camera Control This control panel is used for ThermoVision 1000 cameras only Let us investigate some of the alternatives in the Camera Control panel 10419703 a1 THY 1000 IC2 DIG16 Man Caml Cam2 c Camera Image Correction Lens wide Noise Reduction or A Connected Qao Figure 1 20 Cam 1 tab of the THV 1000 IC2 DIG16 dialog box Camera Image Correction performs an internal autoadjust maneuver Lens changes the camera field of view Nois
77. s system configuration FireWire 21 Gigabit Ethernet interface 54 IRFlashLink 49 parallel interface 41 PC Card interface 29 standard Ethernet configuration 59 pin configuration parallel interface 41 product warranty vi Q quality assurance vi quality management system vi S S40 5 19 S45 19 960 5 19 S65 19 SC640 5 19 SC4000 12 51 57 SC6000 12 51 57 SC 500 25 35 45 SC 1000 27 36 47 SC 2000 25 35 45 SC 3000 25 35 45 Show camera image toolbar button 1 software limitations system configuration FireWire 20 Gigabit Ethernet interface 54 IRFlashLink 48 parallel interface 41 PC Card interface 29 standard Ethernet configuration 59 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 Index O standard Ethernet configuration PC recommendations 59 software limitations 59 troubleshooting installation 60 system configuration FireWire 19 installing FireWire camera driver 21 22 PC recommendations 21 software limitations 20 troubleshooting FireWire installation 23 Gigabit Ethernet interface PC recommendations 54 software limitations 54 troubleshooting Gigabit Ethernet interface installation 55 IC2 DIG16 ThermaCAM SC 35 ThermaCAM SC 1000 36 ThermoVision 900 37 ThermoVision 1000 38 Indigo Merlin Gigabit Ethernet interface 51 57 Indigo Omega Gigabit Ethernet interface 51 57 Indigo Phoenix Gigabit Ethernet interface 51 57 I
78. serial connection to the camera ThermaCAM Researcher says Connected but no image there might be some problem with the camera such as insufficient cooling or hardware or problems with the image flow i e cabelling problems or a computer memory window resource conflict E ALSO For more information see the following documents on the CD Installation Hints Publ No T559004 System configurations Publ No 1 557 783 Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 4 IC2 DIG16 interface configuration 4 1 System parts ThermaCAM SC parallel interface This configuration is used for the following camera models Thermovision 550 m Thermovision 570 AGEMA 550 AGEMA 570 u ThermoVision Alert au ThermaCAM SC 500 m SC 2000 SC 3000 10417003 a1 If length more than 10 2 5m is required then order SE Optional ext trig see page 9 194450 but l xm x max 17 5m Camera cable 2 5m 194450 Extension Cable 194267 OT Female 194091 IC2dig16 Power Supply Figure 4 1 ThermaCAM SC parallel interface system parts Necessary parts C2 DIG16 frame grabber in the PC from Imaging Technology Inc in USA A PCI standardised card with a 44 pin DSUB cable that fits into the side of the parallel interface Pl A standard RS 232 C cable that connects a serial port in the PC with the parallel interface A parallel interface Pl 500 900 box P N 194 441 Camera cab
79. ss them you will have to restart the com puter Unicore Software Inc www unicore com and SystemSoft Corporation www systemsoft com have released software packages CardWare CardWizard which add PC Card hot swapping functionality to Windows NT 4 0 If you intend to use the PC Card Interface on NT 4 you have to install CardWare 6 00 007 or higher from Unicore 4 7 PC recommendations To get a reasonably high performance you should have a Pentium desktop computer with a clock rate of 200 MHz or more To achieve burst recording it should have either an internal or external SCSI striped disk set or a 7200 rpm Ultra DMA 100 disk formatted with the NT file system NTFS Ultra DMA 100 requires Windows XP or service pack 2 of Windows 2000 The manufacturer of the IC PCI frame grabber card does not recommend computers marketed for home use from Packard Bell Compaq and Acer Our recommendation is to set the color palette to 256 colors TrueColor gives a lower frame rate but better color fidelity Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 41 4 C2 DIG16 interface configuration 4 8 Installing the driver software for the IC2 DIG 16 NOTE When you start to use the IC2 DIG16 card after having installed these drivers it may happen that the computer does reprogram the prom of the IC2 DIG16 card and order you to restart the computer immediately That is part of the normal installation routine for this card and n
80. tion 36 PC Card interface system configuration 27 ThermaCAM SC 3000 PC Card interface system configuration 26 ThermaCAM S series system configuration 20 ThermoVision 500 series camera control 14 ThermoVision 900 camera control 16 IC2 DIG16 system configuration 37 IRFlashLink system configuration 46 parallel interface system configuration 37 PC Card interface system configuration 28 ThermoVision 1000 camera control 17 64 ThermoVision 1000 continued IC2 DIG16 system configuration 38 parallel interface system configuration 38 PC Card interface system configuration 29 ThermoVision A series camera control 3 system configuration 20 ThermoVision SC4000 camera control 12 ThermoVision SC6000 camera control 12 ThermoVision SC 1000 camera control 15 ThermoVision S series camera control 5 toolbar buttons Candle 2 Focus 2 Freeze 3 Show camera image 1 trademarks vi troubleshooting 23 33 42 50 55 60 connection difficulties 18 U updating 31 32 W warranty vi Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 Index W Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 65 A note on the technical production of this manual This manual was produced using XML the eXtensible Markup Language For more information about XML please visit http www w3 org XML A note on the typeface used in this manual This manual was types
81. tp www adobe com The most frequent difficulties occur on laptop computers with lots of equipment that occupy the scarce computer resources Installation problems such as only partly successful device driver installations are also rather frequent This fairly simple troubleshooting scheme may help you locate your problem Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 33 3 PC Card interface configuration SE 34 When you insert the PC Card interface you should hear a happy sound If you don t hear any sound at all or a sad sound there migh be something wrong with the PC Card adapter or its BIOS settings or the installation of the drivers or a re source conflict If you get a happy sound but ThermaCAM Researcher says Disconnected one might still suspect the device driver installation Only the presence of the first out of three device drivers is required to get a happy sound Other possibilities are a resource conflict or that another instance of ThermaCAM Researcher already is connected to the camera ThermaCAM Researcher does try to establish a connection with the camera using the serial communication port before trying to capture any images If you get the Connecting status text without any reply from the camera there could be cabelling problems or problems with the BIOS settings for the PC Card adapter or simply the wrong type of camera or connection type If you get a
82. tware driver limitations only one PC Card interface 500 900 1000 can be inserted and functional at the same time If you try to insert a second PC Card interface a hardware resource conflict will occur and the second card will not be configured correctly which is indicated with a single low pitch beep 3 6 Software limitations The PC Card interface configuration works on Windows 95 98 ME NT 4 0 with service pack 3 or higher 2000 and XP You might need a service pack on Windows 2000 to get your PC Card adapter to work properly 3 7 PC recommendations To get a reasonably high performance you should have a Pentium desktop or laptop computer with a clock rate of 200 MHz or more It should also have a fast display adapter and a fast hard disk Publ No T559010 Rev a249 ENGLISH EN November 1 2007 29 3 PC Card interface configuration Our recommendation is to set the color palette to 256 colors TrueColor gives a lower frame rate but better color fidelity 3 8 Installing the driver software for the PC Card interface 3 8 1 Windows NT 4 0 Log in as Administrator Install CardWare 6 00 007 or higher CardWare allows you to insert and remove PC Cards while Windows NT 4 is running Insert the ThermaCAM Researcher CD ROM into your CD drive The CD ROM will show a window of its own from which you can select to install Windows NT drivers Start that installation utility and select PC Card Interface drivers on

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