Allied International GX1660C User's Manual
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1. N M3x4 8x Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Connections GIGABIT ETHERNET GENERAL PURPOSE IO PORT PORT 2 CAMERA POWER EXTERNAL SYNC IO GIGABIT ETHERNET RS 232 TX RX PORT 1 LENS CONTROL PORT IRIS FOCUS ZOOM VIDEO AUTO IRIS GX CONNECTION DIAGRAM Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 5 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS These ports conform to the IEEE 802 3 1000BASE T standard for Gigabit Ethernet over copper It is recommended that CATSE or CAT6 compatible cabling and connectors be used for best performance Cable lengths up to 100m are supported For higher bandwidth requirements both ports can be used in a link aggregation group LAG configuration GENERAL PURPOSE IO PORT PIN FUNCTION POWER GROUND EXTERNAL POWER SYNC OUT 4 SYNC IN 1 SYNC OUT 3 SYNC OUT 1 USER GROUND RS 232 RXD RS 232 TXD USER VCC SYNC IN 2 SYNC OUT 2 0 JO DN BR db bv mm Rh ha mn N o GENERAL PURPOSE IO PORT AS SEEN FROM BACK OF CAMERA The General Purpose I O port uses a Hirose HR10A 10R 12PB connector on the camera side The mating cable connector is Hirose HRI0A 10P 12S This connector can be purchased from AVT Canada Inc or from http www digikey com An open ended cable assembly can also be ordered f2. GigE Sample Viewer and Filter Driver o Download GigE Sample Viewer from www alliedvisiontec com This will install the Sample Viewer application program drivers and optionally the Prosilica Filter Driver The Filter Driver will improve CPU performance and is recommended o Plug in the GX camera Ethernet cable s and power Verify that the Green LED is a solid green Run Sample Viewer It will take a few seconds for the camera to be recognized especially if your camera is in DHCP mode If the camera does not appear after one minute see the Trouble Shooting section of this document o In Sample Viewer select the wrench icon to change camera settings See the Camera Controls Addendum for description of each setting Select the eye icon to stream images If the camera is not imaging see the Trouble Shooting section of this document O SampleViewer Cameras EH Host 02 20404 00009 GE1380 02 2040A 00009 GE1380 020 fps 02 2040A 00009 GE1380 Attributes Acquisition AcquisitionMode Continuous Trigger TriggerMode Freerun Controls Exposure Gain GigE Ethernet H IP HeartbeatTimeout PacketSize Retries Image Binning FrameTag ROI ImageReset Figure 1 GigE Viewer application window Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 17 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Trouble Shooting Is the camera getting power The Green LED is the camera power indicator If unlit check the po
3. A LAG configuration combines multiple Ethernet ports into a single data channel 1 Install a dual port network card in the host computer To achieve full camera performance you should use a Gigabit Ethernet card that supports Jumbo frames of at least 9KB size 2 Once installed open your Network Connections Start gt Control Panel gt Network Connections and right click on one of the two network connection corresponding to the card that was just installed Wels he 3 Select Properties from the contextual menu that appears when you right click the network connection icon This will open the properties window 4 In the properties window click the Configure button Select the Advanced tab In the Property list make the following changes a select Jumbo Frames and change the value to 9014 bytes or higher b select Receive Descriptors on the same list and change the value to 512 c select Performance Options and set Interrupt Moderate Rate to Extreme General suterticaion Advanced Gores Advanced Dove Resources Powe Management The ilong properties we pralabie ka the network adapter Click the property you mart to change on the left and then select dos value we Correct ung ISI PRO 1000 MT Mobdn Corea Vae Adagio irto hama Spang 16128 Bytes Coglesce Buttery Akon your competes lo access mon
4. CAMERA POWER CABLE SIDE POWER GROUND 5V POWER CIRCUIT SOROS HIROSE HR10A 10P 12S NOTES 1 CAMERA POWER 5V TO 24V 2 CAMERA POWER DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE SAME AS USER VCC 3 CAMERA GND DOES NOT NEED TO CONNECT TO USER GND 4 USER VCC MUST HAVE CURRENT CAPACITY TO SUPPLY IC CURRENT FOR EACH SYNC OUT USED USER LOGIC SYNC IN 1 USER LOGIC SYNC IN 2 USER LOGIC SYNC OUT 1 USER LOGIC SYNC OUT 2 i lo R n D D lt N D D RE USER LOGIC SYNC OUT 3 2Y3 2A3 USER LOGIC SYNC OUT 4 2Y4 2A4 10E 20E 0 tu SN74ABT244APWR 10V ba This diagram indicates one example of a 5V TTL based user trigger circuit Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 23 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A TV Zoom Lens Connection IRIS 2 gt ZOOM TV ZOOM LENS FOCUS FOCUS 4 BIPOLAR TYPE FOCUS FOCUS ZOOM 6 IRIS COMMON COMMON HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 COMMON 2 gt ZOOM TV ZOOM LENS FOCUS COMMON 4 UNIPOLAR TYPE IRIS COMMON 6 COMMON COMMON HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 NOTES 1 CURRENT CAPACITY PER AXIS 50mA 2 VERIFY LENS VOLTAGE SETTING ON CAMERA DOES NOT EXCEED LENS VOLTAGE SPECIFICATION Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 24 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Video Iris Connection POWER GROUND HIROSE HR
5. HeartbeatTimeout In milliseconds The maximum amount of time the camera will wait for a heartbeat command before timing out NOTE this value may need to be increased when using breakpoints in your API code Breakpoints stall the API from sending heartbeat commands which may cause the camera to time out Multicast Multicast mode allows the camera to send image data to all hosts on the same subnet as the camera The host computer or SampleViewer application instance that first enables multicast mode is the master and controls all camera parameters All other hosts instances are the monitors and can view image data only NOTE Most GigE switches support a maximum PacketSize of 1500 in Multicast mode MulticastEnable Enables Multicast mode The live view window must be closed to enable this control MulticastIPAddress The multicast IP address can be set using this control PacketSize In Bytes Determines the Ethernet packet size Generally speaking this number should be set to as large as the network adaptor will allow If this number is reduced then CPU loading will increase These large packet sizes are called Jumbo Packets Frames in Ethernet terminology If your GigE network adaptor Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 35 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A does not support Jumbo Packets Frames of at least 8228 Bytes the camera default on power up then you will need to reduce PacketSize parameter to match the maximum s
6. external trigger fixed rate software trigger Fixed Rate Control 0 001 fps to maximum frame rate External Trigger Delay Oto 60 seconds in 1 microsecond increments External Trigger Event rising edge falling edge any edge level high level low Exposure Time 10 microseconds to 60 seconds in 1 microsecond increments Gain 0 to 34dB Region of Interest ROI independent x and y control with 1 pixel resolution Horizontal Binning 1 to 8 pixels Vertical Binning 1 to 8 rows Pixel Formats Mono8 Monol6 Bayer8 Bayerl6 RGB24 YUV411 YUV422 YUV444 BGR24 RGBA24 BGRA24 Sync Out Modes trigger ready trigger input exposing readout imaging strobe GPO On monochrome versions only CONSUMPTION OF THE CAMERA AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED INTERMITTENTLY AND N VERTICAL BINNING AND VERTICAL ROI CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POWER WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF THE CAMERA Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 3 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Mechanical lim Ji 12 5 26 pa 2x IE 07 2 M2x3 x 14 27 8 O 914 m ime E AB 26 90 9 5 1 Weight 269 grams 26 26 g el M3x4 ax 9 9 25 ka 85 9 125 GX C MOUNT Adjustable C Mount N 16 26 33 l
7. 8KO 23 8V 120mW 11 5us 12us 17us 105us Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A These signals only function as outputs and can be configured as follows Exposing Corresponds to when camera is integrating light Trigger Ready Indicates when the camera will accept a trigger signal Trigger Input A relay of the trigger input signal used to daisy chain the trigger signal for multiple cameras Readout Valid when camera is reading out data Strobe Programmable pulse based on one of the above events Imaging Valid when camera is exposing or reading out GPO User programmable binary output Any of the above signals can be set for active high or active low RS 232 RXD and RS 232 TXD These signals are RS 232 compatible These signals allow communication from the host system via the Ethernet port to a peripheral device connected to the camera These signals are not optically isolated and reference power ground If these signals are used in the system care must be taken to prevent ground loop problems USER GROUND This connection provides the user ground reference and return path for the isolated sync in and sync out signals This connection is necessary if any of the isolated sync signals are to be used It is also recommended that this ground connection be physically close to the used sync signals to prevent parasitic coupling For example a good
8. Format Lens Mount Color Sensor Filter Pattern Full Resolution Frame Rate VO Power Requirements Digitization Trigger latency Trigger Jitter Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Size and Weight Hardware Interface Standard Software Interface Standard Kodak KAI 02050 Progressive Interline 1600 x 1200 pixels 5 5um x 5 5um 2 3 inch C mount with adjustable back focus Bayer 66 fps 2 isolated inputs 4 isolated outputs RS 232 TX RX video auto iris motorized iris focus and zoom Less than 5 6W using a single Gige port Less than 6 7W using 2 Gige ports 14 Bits 1 5us 0 5us O to 40 Celsius with standard housing O to 50 Celsius with thermal housing 20 to 80 non condensing See mechanical diagrams IEEE 802 3 1000BASE T 100BASE TX GigE Vision Standard 1 0 Regulatory Conforms to CE FCC RoHS T Applies to GX1660C only it Power consumption will increase with reduced ROI imaging vertical binning and color formats x See Notes on Triggering in the Addendum CARE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A REASONABLE OPERATING TEMPERATURE IF THE CAMERA IS TO BE OPERATED IN A WARM ENVIRONMENT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE CAMERA BE MOUNTED ON A HEAT SINK SUCH AS A METAL BRACKET AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT AIR FLOW N DUE TO THE SMALL PACKAGING AND HIGH SPEED OF THE GX CAMERAS SPECIAL Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 2 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Supported Features Imaging Modes free running
9. SampleViewer when selected a dialog box appears at the bottom of the controls screen showing an AcguisitionStart button which will start the camera imaging when pressed AcquisitionStop A command In SampleViewer when selected a dialog box appears at the bottom of the controls screen showing an AcguisitionStop button which will stop the image stream when pressed RecorderPreEventCount The number of images returned before the AcgRec trigger event with AguisitionFrameCount minus RecorderPreEventCount images being returned after the trigger event Valid only when AcguisitionMode eguals Recorder NOTE at least one image must be captured after the AcgRec trigger event That is you cannot set RecorderPreEventCount lt 1 AcguisitionFrameCount lt 1 ConfigFile Prosilica s GigE cameras are capable of storing a number of user specified configurations within the camera s non volatile memory These saved configurations can be used to define the power up settings of the camera or to quickly switch between a number of predefined settings ConfigFileIndex The index number corresponding to the configuration set that you are currently working with Possible settings Factory 1 2 3 4 5 ConfigFileLoad A command In SampleViewer selecting this control will reveal a button at the bottom of the controls list that when pressed will load the configuration corresponding to ConfigFileIndex ConfigFilePowerUp The saved configuration that will l
10. important This value would normally be set to something less than 1x10 6 desired frame rate ExposureAutoMin In microseconds This sets the lower bound to the exposure setting in autoexposure mode ExposureAutoOutliers In percent The percentage of image pixels that do not have to fit into the proper exposure range ExposureAutoRate In percent Determines the rate at which the autoexposure function changes the exposure setting ExposureAutoTarget In percent Controls the general lightness or darkness of the auto exposure feature specifically the target mean histogram level of the image 0 being black 100 being white ExposureMode Manual The camera exposure time is fixed by ExposureValue parameter Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 32 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Auto The exposure time will vary continuously according to the scene illumination The Auto exposure function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls AutoOnce The exposure will be set once according to the scene illumination and then remain at that setting even when the scene illumination changes The AutoOnce exposure function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls External When ExposureMode is set to External the exposure time will be controlled by an external signal appearing on Syncin1 or SyncIn2 In order for this feature to work the parameter FrameStartTriggerMode must be set to Syncini or Syncin2 This feature is s
11. when using a common trigger to synch with a strobe lighting source which will inherently have some fixed setup time FrameStartTriggerEvent The external trigger can be configured to accept various trigger event types EdgeRising rising edge trigger EdgeFalling falling edge trigger EdgeAny rising or falling edge LevelHigh active high signal LevelLow active low signal FrameStartTriggerMode Determines how an image frame is initiated within an acguisition Freerun camera runs at maximum supported frame rate depending on the exposure time and region of interest size SyncIn1 external trigger SyncIni SyncIn2 external trigger SyncIn2 FixedRate camera self triggers at a fixed frame rate defined by FrameRate Software software initiated image capture FrameStartTriggerSoftware A command Valid when FrameStartTriggerMode equals Software In SampleViewer when selected a button appears at the bottom of the controls window that snaps a single image when pressed AcquisitionAbort A command In SampleViewer when selected a button appears at the bottom of the controls window that aborts the acquisition when pressed AcquisitionFrameCount Define the number of frames to capture when capturing a limited sequence of images Used in combination with MultiFrame and Recorder acquisition modes AcquisitionMode The acquisition modes which determine how the camera handles frame triggers within the acquisition stream
12. 10A 10P 12S LENS POWER HIROSE 3240 8P C 50 VIDEO SIGNAL TENS GROUND e on JEITA CONNECTOR Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 25 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Trigger Timing Diagram Readout Time Trigger Latency Tpd Expose Start Registered Jitter Readout N N 1 Interline Time Trigger Ready Imaging Idle Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 26 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Notes on Triggering Definitions O O O Rules User Trigger is the trigger signal applied by the user Logic Trigger is the trigger signal seen by the camera internal logic Tpd is the propagation delay between the User Trigger and the Logic Trigger Exposure is high when the camera image sensor is integrating light Readout is high when the camera image sensor is reading out data Trigger Latency is the time delay between the User Trigger and the start of Exposure Trigger Jitter is the error in the Trigger Latency time Trigger Ready indicates to the user that the camera will accept the next trigger Registered Exposure Time is the Exposure Time value currently stored in the camera memory Expose Start Delay is the delay time from the start of Exposure to valid Trigger Ready It is the Registered Exposure Time subtracted from the Readout time and indicates when the next Exposure cycle can begin such that the Exposure will end after the current Readout Interline Time is the time betwee
13. AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ADJUSTING If for some reason the C mount requires adjustment use the following method Loosen Locking Ring Use an adjustable wrench to loosen locking ring Be careful not to scratch the camera When the locking ring is loose unthread the ring a few turns from the camera face A wrench suitable for this procedure can be provided by AVT Canada Inc P N 11 0048A Image to Infinity Use a c mount compatible lens that allows an infinity focus Set the lens to infinity and image a distant object The distance required will depend on the lens used but typically 30 to 50 feet should suffice Make sure the lens is firmly threaded onto the c mount ring Rotate the lens and c mount ring until the image is focused Carefully tighten locking ring Recheck focus Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 12 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Network Card Configuration Operating GigE Vision GX cameras using multiple network adaptors The GX series cameras offer two Gigabit Ethernet ports for image data transfer and control Users can connect one or both ports on the GX to Ethernet adapter ports on a host computer Connecting both ports will increase the available bandwidth to 240 MB sec allowing higher frame rates and resolutions than a single port connection GX cameras can be operated in single port and dual port configurations The dual port approach requires the host computer to configure a Link Aggregate Group LAG
14. Continuous After an acquisition start event the camera will continuously receive frame trigger events or in the case where FrameStartTriggerMode equals Freerun will continuously stream This is the normal acquisition mode of the camera Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 30 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A SingleFrame After an acquisition start event the camera will only receive a single frame trigger event Further trigger events will be ignored until acquisition is stopped and restarted MultiFrame After an acquisition start event the camera will receive AcquisitionFrameCount number of triggers Further trigger events will be ignored until acquisition is stopped and restarted Recorder After an acquisition start event the camera will continuously capture images into the camera on board memory but will not send them to the host until an AcgRec trigger signal is received Further AcgRec trigger events will be ignored until acquisition is stopped and restarted Combined with the RecorderPreEventCount control this feature is useful for returning any number of frames before a trigger event When AcgRec trigger is received the currently imaging aquiring image will complete as normal and then at least one more image will be taken See RecorderPreEventCount The memory is a circular buffer that is once it is full starts rewriting images Its size is determined by AcguisitionFrameCount AcquisitionStart A command In
15. G group is created You have now completed the Link Aggregate Group configuration US Network Connections Ja Team 0 Properties File Edit view Favorites Tools Advanced Help a General Settings Advanced VLANs Driver Om O Ps Bram BE HE TEAM Team RO Address Network Connections uide _ 2 LAN or High Speed Internet Network Tasks x RES Local Area Connection Intel Pro Local rea Connection Device type Network adapters en 1000 PT Dual Port Onboard MESE Uke Net unplugged Network cable unplugged Q Setup a home or small a i office network RUSS ER Location Unknown e Genie pote 1000 PT Dual Port 2 irewall settings all Aday U JA Network cable unplugged Device status Disable this network a dh E device Firewire 2 Ex en This device is working properly I Rename this connection work cable unplugged Fi change settings of this da i FAM eon If you are having problems with this device click Troubleshoot to connection start the troubleshooter Other Places E Control Panel 2 My Network Places Troubleshoot My Documents 9 My Computer Device usage Use this device enable im qo I Details Local Area Connection 13 La LAN or High Speed Internet Network cable unplugged Cancel 16 Reboot the system Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 16 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A
16. S Proxy Enabled No DNS Suffix Search List Prosilica local prosilica local Ethernet adapter GigE 2 Connection specific DNS Suffix Description z Intel lt R gt PRO 1666 GT Desktop Adapter Physical Address BB 1B 21 04 83 31 Dhep Enabled sa sa mem e o a Je NO IP Address 2 2 torse A A EA subnet Mask a as as o o AA Default Gateway Ipconfig all screenshot Is the camera listed in SampleViewer but can t acquire images Reset your camera settings to factory default with ConfigFileIndex Factory click the ConfigFileLoad button While streaming check your Stats Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 19 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Sensor H TimeStampFrequency Unigueld Strobe Syncin i SyncOut 7 Stats StatDriverType StatFilterVersion StatFrameRate StatFramesCompleted StatFramesDropped StatPacketsErroneous StatPacketsMissed StatPacketsReceived StatPacketsRequested StatPacketsResent 100000000 5556 Standard 1 14 0 All stats 0 while streaming Firewall likely blocking traffic All stats 0 Likely a firewall is blocking incoming traffic Disable your firewall Check your camera trigger settings Many camera trigger modes require a software or hardware trigger event to capture frames Packets are incoming but all dropping Be sure you have JumboFrame
17. StreamBytesPerSecond PacketSize and refer to the Host Computer Optimizations note StatPacketsErroneous The number of improperly formed packets If this number is non zero it suggests a possible camera hardware failure StatPacketsMissed The number of packets missed since the start of imaging NOTE If everything is configured correctly this number should remain zero or at least very low compared to StatPacketsReceived See StreamBytesPerSecond PacketSize and refer to Host Computer Optimizations note StatPacketsReceived The number of packets received by the driver since the start of imaging StatPacketsReguested The number of resend reguests since the start of imaging When an expected packet is not received by the driver it is recognized as missing and the driver reguests the camera to resend it StatPacketsResent The number of packets resent by the camera since the start of imaging Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 39
18. The next section will provide instructions for configuring the Link Aggregate Group LAG to combine the two ports dedicated to the GX network Open your Network Connections Start gt Control Panel gt Network Connections and right click on one of the two network connection corresponding to the card that was just installed Select Properties from the contextual menu that appears when you right click the network connection icon This will open the properties window In the properties window click on Configure button in order to create a Link Aggregate Group LAG between the two ports Intel R PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter 2 Pr 2 E 10 Select the Teaming tab analogous to LAG enable General Lnk Speed Advanced Power Management Team this adapter with other adapters and click on the Teaming VLANs Bent Options Diver Resouces New Team button intel Adapter Teaming New Team Propertie Team with other adapters Allows you to specify whether a network connection will participate in a team For an overview of teaming click here If not checked this adapter is not part of a team Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A 11 Specify a name for the Team Link Aggregate Group This should be something that will distinguish this adapter from others in your system Click Next to co
19. USER MANUAL January 11 2010 GX1660 GX1660C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc www alliedvisiontec com tel 604 875 8855 fax 604 875 8856 2010 Allied Vision Technologies Inc All rights reserved GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Table of Contents Table of Conti arica ann da dads ieee aaa daa ii eine 915 CON ge En ea as en 1 Precaunons e da GAR RA A AR EN be 1 Waranty AAA PP E E EOE EE E E E N EA E 1 OPEC AT ONS see Ber eis pn eu 2 Supported Fortran s 3 Mechanical sn oa Uc cease eh esse 4 Connections s oninia a TARA en TADE ME EEA ER PE EEA EEA ER NETO ONE 5 Cleaning the Sensor ini Na anime tirant 11 Adjusting the Cs MOU Ga cachet soos Rai lidia 12 Network Card Cont pura id tio aa oaia 13 GigE Sample Viewer and Filter Drivers cite ei A eed 17 Trouble Shooting syi one SR RR eo je ooo tebe gajbo oa RR 18 Addendum vull iu A A dile 21 GX TOS CREMA Dean 22 User Tri SEK A PE Raise 23 TV Zoom Lens Connection una lee 24 Video Tris Connectors reseni aa Ach Lia a ema e sine 25 Mere E 26 Notes on Writ PETINE epa A pi Baa ae bee u 27 Cam ra COMES tein ESS ES A NU NA S AE Re eo 29 Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc il GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Introduction The GX1660 series of cameras are sensitive 66 frames per second 2 megapixel Gigabit Ethernet cameras based on the Kodak KAI 02050 CCD sensor These cameras support the use of 1 or 2 gigabit Ethernet ports in a lag configuration for higher
20. ameras The standard model of these cameras use Class 2 sensors which can have column defects The DefectMask replaces defective columns with interpolated values based on neighboring columns Class 1 and Class 0 sensors are available for these cameras which do not require any column masking DefectMaskColumnEnable The defect mask can be set to On or Off Exposure Auto This group of controls relates to the camera auto exposure function NOTE The camera must be acquiring images in order for the auto exposure algorithm to update ExposureAutoAdjustDelay Currently unimplemented ExposureAutoAdjustTol In percent A threshold Sets a range in variation from ExposureAutoTarget in which the autoexposure algorithm will not respond Can be used to limit exposure setting changes to only larger variations in scene lighting ExposureAutoAlg The following algorithms can be used to calculate auto exposure Mean The arithmetic mean of the histogram of the current image is compared to ExposureAutoTarget and the next image adjusted in exposure time to meet this target Bright areas are allowed to saturate FitRange The histogram of the current image is measured and the exposure time of the next image is adjusted so bright areas are not saturated Generally the Mean setting is preferred ExposureAutoMax In microseconds This sets the upper bound to the exposure setting in autoexposure mode This is useful in situations where frame rate is
21. an IP address automatically using Auto IP 169 254 xxx xxx C Use the following IP address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway 0 0 0 0 Change A camera in DHCP AutolP fallback mode Camera is listed Your camera and NIC must be on the same subnet e g NIC IP 169 254 23 2 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Camera IP 169 254 43 3 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 18 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A The following example is not on the same Subnet NIC IP 169 250 23 2 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 CamIP 169 254 13 0 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 This can happen if you use a non AutolP range on your NIC and it doesn t have access to a DHCP server Either change your NIC IP to be in the AutolP range or fix the camera IP address to be on the same subnet as your NIC Camera is not listed or flashing Camera Unavailable There may be multiple NICs on your system set to the same subnet The camera can not know which card to resolve to Change the IP address of your NIC If you are still having problems type ipconfig al in a windows command prompt and send a screenshot to support alliedvisiontec com ca C WINDOWS system32 cmd exe G gt ipconfig all Windows IP Configuration Host Name z MANUFACTURING2 Primary Dns Suffix I Prosilica local Node Type ee 0 se a gt Hybrid IP Routing Enabled Yes WIN
22. bandwidth requirements Precautions READ INSTALLATION GUIDE CAREFULLY gt This document contains specific information which is necessary for the correct operation and treatment of this product DO NOT OPEN THE CAMERA WARRANTY IS VOID IF CAMERA IS OPENED gt This camera contains sensitive components which can be damaged if handled incorrectly KEEP SHIPPING MATERIAL gt Poor packaging of this product can cause damage during shipping VERIFY ALL EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS gt Verify all external connections in terms of voltage levels power requirements voltage polarity and signal integrity prior to powering this device CLEANING gt This product can be damaged by some volatile cleaning agents Avoid cleaning the image sensor unless absolutely necessary Please see instructions on sensor cleaning in this document DO NOT EXCEED ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS gt See environmental specifications limits in the Specifications section of this document Warranty AVT Canada Inc provides a 2 year warranty which covers the replacement and repair of all parts which are found to be defective in the normal use of this product AWT Canada Inc will not warranty parts which have been damaged through the obvious misuse of this product Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 1 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Specifications Sensor Type Sensor Shutter Type Image Resolution Pixel Size Optical
23. cable design would connect the required signal on one conductor of a twisted pair and the isolated ground on the second conductor of the same twisted pair USER VCC This connection provides the power supply for the isolated sync out signals The voltage requirement is from 5V to 24V DC The current requirement for this supply is a function of the optical isolator collector current and the number of sync outs used in the system See the SYNC OUTPUT section for more detail To prevent parasitic coupling this connection should be physically close to the used SYNC OUT signals and USER GROUND Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 9 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A LENS CONTROL PORT PIN FUNCTION IRIS IRIS FOCUS FOCUS ZOOM ZOOM AUTO IRIS SIGNAL GROUND o I da Nn FW N e PIN 1 PIN 8 LENS CONTROL PORT AS SEEN FROM BACK OF CAMERA This connector provides the signals necessary to control the iris focus and zoom of most commercially available TV Zoom lenses The camera can be configured to operate lenses with unipolar voltage reguirements of 6V up to 12V or lenses which operate with bipolar voltages from 6V up to 12V This voltage level can be controlled through software The default voltage will be set to 6V The current capacity for each axis is 50mA CARE MUST BE TAKEN NOT TO EXCEED THE LENS MANUFACTURERS VOLTAGE SPECIFICATION This connector also provides the signals necessary to operate a video au
24. e stimulated by an external hardware trigger There is no software trigger event capability for this mode SyncIni trigger at SyncIn1 to be associated with this control SyncIn2 trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control Disabled an external trigger does not control the start of a Recorder event AcqStart AcgStartTriggerEvent What kind of external input trigger will stimulate the start of acquisition EdgeRising rising edge trigger EdgeFalling falling edge trigger Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 29 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A EdgeAny rising or falling edge LevelHigh active high signal LevelLow active low signal AcgStartTriggerMode Selects if the start of acguisition should be stimulated by an external hardware trigger See the AcguisitionStart command for software triggering SyncIn1 trigger at SyncIn1 to be associated with this control SyncIn2 trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control Disabled an external trigger does not control start of acguisition FrameRate When FrameStartTriggerMode is set to FixedRate this control specifies the frame rate FrameStart Controls relating to the triggering of frames within an acquisition FrameStartTriggerDelay Start of image is delayed FrameStartTriggerDelay microseconds after receiving an external trigger event This feature valid only when FrameStartTriggerMode is set to external trigger i e SyncIn1 SyncIn2 Useful
25. e throughput between switches or a server and switch This is accomplished by bundling or channeling several ports together and showing them as a JE single link This increases the total bandwidth for the link and provides fault tolerance in the event of a switch port cabie or adapter failure Primary and Secondary adapters can be selected for this lm lt Back Next gt Cancel 14 The LAG group will now be configured You may be New Team Wizard sli de A J Hardware Installation asked to permit the AVT_Prosilica GigE Vision Filter Miniport installation on the new LAG adapter Click Continue Anyway A The software you are installing for this hardware ANT Prosilica GigE Vision Filter Miniport has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 15 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A 15 Once completed the properties of the TEAM LAG that has just been created will appear A new Network Connections Icon corresponding to the LA
26. etes on a Microsoft ret D Eos con o notification area when connected Z njoke me when the connection hai invited ar na connectrty ox Cos x ce Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 13 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A 5 Click on OK to validate your change the Properties window will close The Property list will be different between different types brands of gigabit Ethernet interface cards If Jumbo Frames does not appear in this list then your card probably does not support it If your card does not support Jumbo Frames then your CPU usage will be higher 6 Re open the Properties of the PRO 1000 GT adapter by right clicking the Local Area Connection Intel PRO 1000 GT network connection icon in the Network Connections window and select the Advanced tab at the top of the Properties dialog Gerard Eoceen Advanced Windies Fono ele patiti pus cos Dyson ami reg soom to sas compte Pong Pe eterret m retest 7 Inthe Windows Firewall section select Settings In the Settings dialog choose Off to turn off the Windows firewall The camera will not work if the firewall is active If you installed the Prosilica GigE filter driver this step is not required GD on bream the ate odas af odda source bor rare gt bu Tanga rn ta ncaa of Moe iacet 27 a canoa tat 8 Perform Steps 1 8 for the other Ethernet adapter port that will be dedicated to the GX camera network 9
27. he IR filter using the same techniques as explained below for the sensor window DO NOT TOUCH ANY OPTICS WITH FINGERS OIL FROM FINGERS CAN DAMAGE FRAGILE OPTICAL COATINGS Cleaning with Air If it is determined that debris is on the sensor window then remove the camera lens and blow the sensor window directly with clean compressed air If canned air is used do not shake or tilt the can prior to blowing the sensor View a live image with the camera after blowing If the debris is still there repeat this process Repeat the process a number of times with increased intensity until it is determined that the particulate cannot be dislodged If this is the case then proceed to the contact cleaning technique Contact Cleaning Only use this method as a last resort Use 99 laboratory quality isopropyl alcohol and clean cotton swabs Dampen the swab in the alcohol and gently wipe the sensor in a single stroke Do not reuse the same swab Do not wipe the sensor if the sensor and swab are both dry You must wipe the sensor quickly after immersion in the alcohol or glue from the swab will contaminate the sensor window Repeat this process until the debris is gone If this process fails to remove the debris then contact AVT Canada Inc Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 11 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Adjusting the C mount LOCKING RING C MOUNT RING LOCKING WRENCH F Y THE C MOUNT IS ADJUSTED AT THE FACTORY
28. image frame Dependant on ROI PixelFormat and Binning ImageMode Binning is the summing of charge of adjacent pixels on a sensor to give a lower resolution but more sensitive image BinningX The horizontal binning factor BinningY The vertical binning factor In most cases BinningX and BinningY would be set to equal values Info CameraName Read Write The camera name can be modified by the user using the SampleViewer or PvAPI Firmware Read only What firmware is currently loaded on the camera FirmwareVerBuild Build information FirmwareVerMinor The minor part of Firmware version number part after the decimal FirmwareVerMajor The major part of the Firmware version number part before the decimal ModelName The camera model Part When quoting the serial number to Prosilica use the PartNumber PartVersion SerialNumber format ie 2201A 060512 PartNumber Camera part number Prosilica part number for the camera model PartRevision Camera revision Part number revision level PartVersion Camera version Part number version level SerialNumber Camera serial number Sensor SensorBits The sensor digitization bit depth SensorHeight The total number of pixel rows on the sensor SensorType Monochrome or Bayer pattern color sensor type SensorWidth The total number of pixel columns on the sensor Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 37 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A TimeStampF
29. l data formats the camera can output Not all cameras have every mode Mono8 8 bits per pixel monochrome On camera interpolation with luminance Y channel returned For 10 bit CMOS or 12 bit CCD sensors the most significant 8 bits are returned Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 36 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Mono16 16 bits per pixel monochrome On camera interpolation with luminance Y channel returned For 10 bit CMOS or 12 bit CCD sensors the data is least significant bit aligned within the 16 bit word That is 0000xxxx xxxxxxxx Bayer8 8 bits per pixel raw un interpolated data from camera SampleViewer interpolates the data in software For 10 bit CMOS or 12 bit CCD sensors the most significant 8 bits are returned Bayer16 16 bits per pixel raw un interpolated data from camera SampleViewer interpolates the data in software For 10 bit CMOS or 12 bit CCD sensors the data is least significant bit aligned within the 16 bit word That is 0000xxxx xxxxxxxx RGB24 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV411 12 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV422 16 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color YUV444 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color BGR24 24 bits per pixel on camera interpolated color RGBA24 24 bits per pixel support for post overlay on camera interpolated color TotalBytesPerFrame Read only The total number of bytes per
30. llied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 28 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Camera Controls Note Not all features listed here are available on all camera models Acquisition This group of controls relates to the acquiring of images Trigger This group of controls relates to how an image frame is initiated or triggered AcqEnd AcgEndTriggerEvent What type of external input trigger will end acquisition EdgeRising rising edge trigger EdgeFalling falling edge trigger EdgeAny rising or falling edge LevelHigh active high signal LevelLow active low signal AcgEndTriggerMode Selects if the end of acguisition should be stimulated by an external hardware trigger See the AcquisitionStop command for software triggering SyncIni trigger at SyncIni to be associated with this control SyncIn2 trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control Disabled an external trigger does not control end of acquisition AcqRec An AcgStart hardware trigger signal or the AcquisitionStart command must be received before your AcgRec trigger See AcquisitionMode Recorder AcqRecTriggerEvent What kind of external input trigger will start a recording sequence when AcquisitionMode set to Recorder EdgeRising rising edge trigger EdgeFalling falling edge trigger EdgeAny rising or falling edge LevelHigh active high signal LevelLow active low signal AcgRecTriggerMode Selects if the start of a Recorder event should b
31. lling when the camera sends data to the host computer Normally the camera sends data to the host computer immediately after completion of exposure Enabling StreamHold delays the transmission of data storing it in on camera memory until StreamHold is disabled This feature can be useful to prevent GigE network flooding in situations where a large number of cameras connected to a single host computer are capturing a single event Using the StreamHold function each camera will hold the event image data until the host computer disables StreamHold for each camera in turn StreamHoldCapacity Read only The total number of image frames that can be stored in the camera memory Dependent on the camera internal memory size and TotalBytesPerFrame StreamHoldEnable Enables StreamHold functionality When disabled the image data will be released to the host computer ImageFormat ROI Region of Interest Defines a rectangular sub region of the image Selecting an ROI that is small can increase the maximum frame rate and reduce the amount of image data The following parameters define the size and location of the ROI sub region Height In rows The vertical size of the rectangle that defines the ROI RegionX In pixels The X position of the top left corner of the ROI RegionY In pixels The Y position of the top left corner of the ROI Width In columns The horizontal size of the rectangle that defines the ROI PixelFormat The various pixe
32. n sensor row readout cycles Imaging is high when the camera image sensor is either exposing and or reading out data Idle is high if the camera image sensor is not exposing and or reading out data The User Trigger pulse width should be at least three times the width of the Trigger Latency as indicated in the Specifications section of this document The end of Exposure will always trigger the next Readout The end of Exposure must always end after the current Readout The start of Exposure must always correspond with the Interline Time if Readout is true Expose Start Delay equals the Readout time minus the Registered Exposure Time Triggering during the Idle State O For applications requiring the shortest possible Trigger Latency and the smallest possible Trigger Jitter the User Trigger signal should be applied when Imaging is false and Idle is true In this case Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter are as indicated in the Specifications section Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 21 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Triggering during the Readout State o For applications reguiring the fastest triggering cycle time whereby the camera image sensor is exposing and reading out simultaneously then the User Trigger signal should be applied as soon as a valid Trigger Ready is detected o In this case Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter can be up to 1 line time since Exposure must always begin on an Interline boundary A
33. ntinue New Team Wizard x Welcome to the Intel R Adapter New Team Wizard Specify a name for the team Team 0 Advanced Networking Services ANS team names are limited to 48 characters Team names must be unique within the system The team name can be changed after the team is created by using the Modify Team button on the Setting tab of the team properties dialog 12 Select the two Ethernet ports to which the GX CAST tt camera will be connected These ports will form our LAG or TEAM Click Next to continue Intel R PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter 4 Intel R PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter 2 This list shows the adapters that are available for Advanced la Networking Services ANS teaming Adapters that do not support ANS teaming are already members of another team or are otherwise unable to join a team are not listed Check the adapters you wish to include in the team Some non Intel adapters are supported in ANS teams For iv 13 Choose Static Link Aggregation Click Next to on na Em AAA wi continue Select a team type Adapter Fault Tolerance Adaptive Load Balancini IEEE 802 3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation Switch Fault Tolerance Static Link Aggregation la Static Link Aggregation SLA is a performance technology developed to increas
34. oad when the camera powers up Possible settings Factory 1 2 3 4 5 ConfigFileSave A command In SampleViewer selecting this control will reveal a button at the bottom of the controls list that when pressed will save the current camera settings into the non volatile memory location currently indicated by ConfigFilelndex The Factory setting cannot be overwritten Controls DSP The automatic exposure gain and whitebalance features can be configured to respond only to a subregion within the image scene This feature can be used to choose a subregion that will meter the rest of the image This feature works like the region metering on a photographic camera DSPSubregionBottom defines the bottom of the region in pixels Defaults to a huge number much larger than the maximum number of sensor rows Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 31 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A DSPSubregionLeft defines the position of left edge of the DSP subregion Measured in pixels from the left edge Defaults to zero DSPSubregionRight defines the position of the right edge of the DSP subregion as measured from the left side of the image Defaults to a huge number much larger than the maximum number of sensor columns DSPSubregionTop Defines the top edge of the DSP subregion defined as the number of pixels from the top edge of the full image Defaults to zero DefectMask This feature is only available on the GE4000 and GE4900 c
35. ogrammed to capture an image at some programmable delay time after the trigger event These signals can be driven from 5V to 24V with a current load of 5mA VDD 3 3 180R 5V TO 24V vin IF 5mA lt PIN 4 SYNC IN 1 MMBF4393LT1G TO CAMERA LOGIC 5V TO 24V 1 10W IF lt 5mA lt PIN 11 SYNC IN 2 MMBF4393LT1G lt ___ PIN 7 USER GND Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 7 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A SYNC OUTPUTS 1 to 4 These signals are optically isolated and require the user to provide a high voltage level USER VCC and signal common USER GROUND USER VCC can be from 5V to 24V ICC is a function of USER VCC and load resistor R An example of the functional circuit is indicated in the following diagram 3 3V CAMERA LOGIC SIGNAL CAMERA LOGIC SIGNAL SYNC OUT SIGNAL Ti T2 CAMERA CIRCUIT lt TJPIN 10 USER VCC USER TRIGGER CIRCUIT 5V TO 24V VCC USER V LOAD GND USER e e Various USER VCC values and load values for the above circuit are indicated in the following table USER USER R VLOAD R POWER TI 112 T3 T4 VCC ICC LOAD DISSIPATION SV 8mA 5000 4 1V 32mW 1 5us 6 5us 2us 14us SV 4 8mA 1KO 4 8V 23mW 1 5us Sus 17us 40us 12V 9 2mA 11 2KQ 11 2V 101mW 1 5us 11 2us 2us 20us 12V 4 9mA 2 4KQ 11 8V 58mW 1 5us 8 5us 17us 55us 24V D 5mA 2 4KQ 23 2V 217mW 5yus 22us 2us 37us 24V 5mA 4
36. re FrameReadout Active at during frame readout i e the transferring of image data from the CCD to camera memory Imaging Active during exposure and readout Acguiring Active during an acguisition stream SyncIn1 Active when there is an external trigger at syncIn1 SyncIn2 Active when there is an external trigger at syncin2 NOTE Please refer to camera waveform diagrams provided in the camera manuals for more detail information SyncIn SyncInLevels Read only A four bit register each bit corresponding to a specific SyncIn input For example 2 equals 0010 which means SyncIn2 is high and all other Sync input signals are low SyncOut Controls the camera outputs Can be used for synchronization with other cameras devices or general purpose outputs 1 Settings specific to SyncOut1 SyncOutlInvert When enabled reverses the polarity of the signal output by SyncOut1 SyncOut1Mode determines the type of output defined by SyncOut1 GPO configured to be a general purpose output control of which is assigned to SyncOutGpoLevels AcquisitionTriggerReady Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start acguisition FrameTriggerReady Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 38 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A FrameTrigger Active when an image has been initiated to start This is a logic trigger in
37. requency In Hz All images returned from the camera are marked with a timestamp TimeStampFrequency is the time base for the Timestamp function The image timestamp can be useful for determining whether images are missing from a sequence due to missing trigger events UniquelD Read only The unique camera ID that differentiates the current camera from all other cameras Io The control and readout of all camera inputs and outputs The number of inputs and outputs will depend on your camera model Strobe Valid when any of the SyncOut modes are set to Strobel Strobe allows the added functionality of duration and delay useful when trying to sync a camera exposure to an external strobe 1 StrobeiControlledDuration When enabled the StrobeiDuration control is valid StrobeiDelay In microseconds Delay of start of strobe signal Strobe1Duration In microseconds Duration of strobe signal Strobe1Mode associates the start of strobe signal with one of the following image capture signals AcquisitionTriggerReady Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start acquisition FrameTriggerReady Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger FrameTrigger Active when an image has been initiated to start This is a logic trigger internal to the camera which is initiated by an external trigger or software trigger event Exposing Active for the duration of sensor exposu
38. rn off the video auto iris function Video Turn on the video auto iris function VideoOpen Fully open the iris VideoClosed Full close the iris IrisVideoLevel In 10 mV units This attribute reports the strength of the video signal coming from the camera IrisVideoLevelMax In 10 mV units Limits the maximum driving voltage for closing the lens iris Typically this will be 150 however it may vary dependent on the lens reference voltage IrisVideoLevelMin In 10 mV units Limits the minimum driving voltage for opening the lens iris Typically this will be 0 WhiteBalance Auto The following parameters are used to control the way that the Auto whitebalance function operates WhitebalAutoAdjustDelay Currently unimplemented WhitebalAutoAdjustTol A threshold This parameter sets a range of scene color changes in which the automatic whitebalance will not respond This parameter can be used to limit whitebalance setting changes to only larger variations in scene color WhitebalAutoAlg The whitebalance algorithm is fixed as Mean that is the algorithm uses the mean histogram value for the red and blue channels in its calculations WhitebalAutoRate In percent Determines how fast the Auto Whitebalance updates WhitebalMode Manual Auto whitebalance is off Whitebalance can be adjusted directly by changing the WhitebalValueRed and WhitebalValueBlue parameters Auto Whitebalance will continuously adjust according to
39. rom AVT Canada Inc Part number 02 6033A See Addendum for more detail POWER GROUND This is the main ground of the camera circuitry and will be the return path for the external power source This connection must be provided to operate the camera The conductor used for this connection must be adequate for the current consumption of the camera For best performance the connection for POWER GROUND should be physically close to the EXTERNAL POWER connection Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 6 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A EXTERNAL POWER This connection provides the main power for the camera The camera operates from a DC voltage between 5V to 24V The current capacity of the power supply can be estimated by dividing the camera s power reguirement by the external power voltage It is also recommended to factor this by about 50 as follows Power supply current capacity z power specification external voltage x 1 5 The conductor used for this connection must be adeguate for the current consumption of the camera For best performance the connection for EXTERNAL POWER should be physically close to the POWER GROUND connection SYNC INPUTS 1 and 2 The input signals allow the camera to be synchronized to some external event These signals are optically isolated and require the signal common USER GROUND The camera can be programmed to trigger on the rising or falling edge of these signals The camera can also be pr
40. s enabled on your NIC Otherwise decrease your PacketSize setting to 1500 All packets completing as normal but black image Check Exposure Value ExposureMode and be sure your scene is suitably lit If you are still having problems acquiring images please send your camera settings file click on the disk icon in Sample Viewer to support alliedvisiontec com Left click floppy disk icon and select destination file name Saving camera setting file Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 20 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Addendum Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 21 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A GX IO Schematic OWER GROUND XTERNAT POWER PINS SYNC OUT 4 VDD 3 3 VDD 3 3 TER 5V TO 24V i s F 5mA AMERA LOGIC SYNC IN 1 A 4 C OGIC S E c MMBF4393LT1G 2 So R V TO 24V CAMERA LOGIC SYNCIN2 lt 4 1801 5 A 1 10W 4 s p F 5mA HCPL 063L c MMBF4393LT1G 3 3V LOGIC 16 CAMERA LOGIC SYNC OUT 1 15 SYNC OUT 1 TLP281 4GB 14 CAMERA LOGIC SYNC OUT2 gt 13 SYNC OUT2 TLP281 4GB 12 CAMERA LOGIC SYNC OUT 3 11 SYNC OUT 3 TLP281 4GB 442R CAMERA LOGIC SYNC OUT 4 gt IF 5mA 100K SYNC OUT4 TLP281 4GB S HIROSE HR10A 10R 12PB Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 22 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A User Trigger Circuit Example
41. ternal to the camera which is initiated by an external trigger or software trigger event Exposing Active for the duration of sensor exposure FrameReadout Active at during frame readout i e the transferring of image data from the CCD to camera memory Acquiring Active during a acquisition stream SyncIni Active when there is an external trigger at syncIn1 SyncIn2 Active when there is an external trigger at syncin2 Strobei The output signal is controlled according to Strobel settings NOTE Refer to camera waveform diagrams for more detailed information 2 Settings specific to SyncOut2 definitions same as above 3 Settings specific to SyncOut3 definitions same as above Stats StatDriverType There are two main types of drivers currently available for use with Prosilica s cameras Standard and Filter Using the Filter driver will reduce the load on the host CPU If this value shows Filter the filter driver is installed and is being used If it reports Standard then the filter driver is not installed or is not activated StatFilterVersion Version of the filter driver being used StatFrameRate The current actual frame rate of the camera as received by the driver StatFramesCompleted The number of frames captured since the start of imaging StatFramesDropped The number of frames dropped during transmission since the start of imaging NOTE If everything is configured correctly this number should be zero See
42. the current scene The Auto function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls AutoOnce A command of type Enumeration in PvAPI A single iteration of the auto whitebalance algorithm is run and then the camera reverts to Manual WhitebalMode The AutoOnce function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 34 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A WhitebalValueRed Red gain expressed as a percentage of the camera default setting WhitebalValueBlue Blue gain expressed as a percentage of the camera default setting GigE BandwidthCtriMode StreamBytesPerSecond The default mode of bandwidth control See the StreamBytesPerSecond control for more information SCPD Stream channel packet delay expressed in timestamp counter units This mode is not recommended Both Implements a combination of control modes This mode is not recommended Ethernet DeviceEthAddress The physical MAC address of the camera HostEthAddress The physical MAC address of the host network card IP DeviceEthAddress The current IP address of the camera HostEthAddress The current IP address of the host network interface GvcpRetries The maximum number of resend requests that the host will attempt when trying to recover a lost packet HeartbeatInterval In milliseconds The interval at which the API sends a heartbeat command to the camera Normally this parameter does not require adjustment
43. to iris type of lens The lens control connector is a Hirose 3260 853 The mating cable connector is Hirose 3240 8P C 50 This connector can be purchased from AVT Canada Inc or from http www digikey com See Addendum for more detail Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 10 GX1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Cleaning the Sensor A DO NOT CONTACT CLEAN SENSOR UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY Identifying Debris Debris on the image sensor or optical components will appear as a darkened area or smudge on the image that does not move as the camera is moved Do not confuse this with a pixel defect which will appear as a distinct point Locating Debris Before attempting to clean the image sensor it is important to first determine that the problem is due to debris on the sensor window To do this you should be viewing a uniform image such as a piece of paper with the camera Debris will appear as a dark spot or dark region that does not move as the camera is moved To determine that the debris is not on the camera lens rotate the lens independent of the camera If the spot moves as the lens moves then the object is on the lens not on the image sensor and therefore cleaning is not required If the camera has an IR filter then rotate the IR filter If the object moves then the particle is on the IR filter not the sensor If this is the case remove the IR filter carefully using a small flat head screw driver Clean both sides of t
44. upported by your network adaptor A PacketSize of 1500 is a safe setting which all GigEthernet network cards support NOTE If you are seeing all black images or all frames reported as StatFramesDropped and zero images reported as StatFramesCompleted you will likely need to decrease this parameter StreamBytesPerSecond In Bytes Sec Used to moderate the data rate of the camera This is particularly useful for slowing the camera down so that it can operate over slower links such as Fast Ethernet 100 speed or wireless networks It is also an important control for multi camera situations When multiple cameras are connected to a single Gigabit Ethernet port usually through a switch StreamBytesPerSecond for each camera needs to be set to a value so that the sum of each camera s StreamBytesPerSecond parameter does not exceed the data rate of the GigE port Setting the parameter in this way will ensure that multiple camera situations work without packet collisions i e data loss 115 000 000 is the typical data maximum data rate for a GigE port To calculate the required minimum StreamByetsPerSecond setting for a camera in any image mode use the following formula Height x Width x FrameRate x Bytes per Pixel see ImageFormat NOTE If you are seeing occasional black images or occasional frames packets reported as StatFramesDropped StatPacketsDropped you will likely need to decrease this parameter StreamHold For contro
45. upported in version 1 36 firmware and above It is not available on any of the CMOS based cameras ExposureValue In microseconds The sensor integration time 15000 corresponds to 15 ms integration time 1000 corresponds to 1ms etc Gain Auto This group of controls relates to the camera auto gain function NOTE The camera must be acguiring images in order for the auto gain algorithm to update GainAutoAdjustDelay Currently unimplemented GainAutoAdjustTol In percent A threshold Sets a range in variation from GainAutoTarget in which the auto gain algorithm will not respond Can be used to limit gain setting changes to only larger variations in scene lighting GainAutoMax In dB Sets the upper bound to the gain setting in Auto gain mode GainAutoMin In dB Sets the lower bound to the gain setting in Auto gain mode Normally this number would be set to zero GainAutoOutliers In percent The percentage of image pixels that do not have to fit into the auto gain range GainAutoRate In percent Determines the rate at which the auto gain function changes the gain setting GainAutoTarget In percent Controls the general lightness or darkness of the Auto gain feature A percentage of the maximum GainValue GainMode Manual The camera gain is fixed by GainValue parameter Auto The gain will vary continuously according to the scene illumination The Auto gain function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls A
46. vailable on cameras with version 1 36 firmware and above AutoOnce The gain will be set once according to the scene illumination and then remain at that setting even when the scene illumination changes The AutoOnce gain function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls GainValue In dB Gag 20 log o Vin Vout The gain setting applied to the sensor Default gain is zero and gives the best image quality However in low light situations it may be necessary to increase the gain setting Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 33 GX 1660 User Manual 70 0057A A Iris The GC series cameras support video type auto iris lenses This control will not appear on GE series cameras which do not support auto iris All video type auto iris lenses have a default reference voltage When a voltage larger than this reference voltage is applied to the lens the iris closes When a voltage is applied less than this reference voltage the iris opens The auto iris algorithm calculates the appropriate voltage IrisVideoLevel to apply to the lens based on the brightness of the current image vs the IrisAutoTarget NOTE The camera must be acquiring images in order for the auto iris algorithm to update IrisAutoTarget In percent Controls the general lightness or darkness of the auto iris feature specifically the target mean histogram level of the image 0 being black 100 being white IrisMode Sets the auto iris mode Disabled Tu
47. wer adaptor If possible swap with one that is known to work If using a custom power adaptor be sure the adaptor supports the voltage and power requirements of the camera If the LED still does not light up contact AVT Canada Inc support Is the camera powered but not detected in SampleViewer Damaged or poor quality Ethernet cabling can result in no cameras found dropped packets decreased bandwidth and other problems Use Cat5e or better cabling known to work Configure your NIC as outlined in Gigabit Ethernet Setup For Windows It should have an IP address of 169 254 x x Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 This is the AutoIP address range If your NIC has no access to a DHCP server the camera will still be auto assigned an IP address There should be no gateway on your NIC Connect a single camera directly to your NIC no hub switch and run the prosilica IP Configuration utility Start gt Programs gt Prosilica gt GigEIPConfig Or C Program Files Prosilica GigEViewer ipconfig exe You may need to wait up to 30 sec for camera to appear IP Configuration EP xl List of Prosilica GigE Vision cameras on the local Ethernet network Configuration Mode Subnet Mask Gateway Status 02 21104 05013 DHCP 169 254 25 33 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 x Set the IP configuration for your camera When you click OK the configuration is saved as the camera s power up settings Obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP Fallback to AutolP Obtain
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