CAMERA LINK FC1600FCL, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...lly and manage the camera properly Keep this manual at hand and reread it whenever you are uncertain about the operation Table of Contents 1 Features 3 2 Outline 3 3 Description of each component 4 4 How to operate 6 5 Various settings 12 6 How to change settings 15 7 Serial communication control 25 8 Timing chart 31 9 Note 35 10 Specifications 35 11 Dimensions 36 TAKENAKA SYSTEM CO LTD Document N...

Page 2: ...9 6th version Function addition Addition of H reset function 2010 10 26 K10A26 7th version Note added Error correction External synchronization etc 2011 2 8 K11208a Description of special remarks used in this manual Note Particulars which require the user s attention are explained Particulars which require the user s close attention in terms of comparison with the conventional products are explain...

Page 3: ... information set by the user for each camera can be saved and read out whenever necessary via serial communication link 2 Outline Image sensor Size of image pickup area Number of pixels Pixel size Progressive scanning interline OB Optical Black Effective image pickup area V 1392 8 2 1040 H 2 40 2 3 inch 8 98mm 6 71mm 1392 H 1040 V 6 45μm H 6 45μm V Number of effective pixels 1 45 megapixels Read o...

Page 4: ...the following table Pin arrangement of Camera Link connector MDR 26 Connector 26 13 14 1 Camera Link External view of Camera Link connector Viewed from the outside of the camera Note The pins of Camera Link connector are differently laid out for the camera upper table and for the capture board Note that the connection numbers of the cable for the capture board are opposite to those for the camera ...

Page 5: ...ata PORTA1 PORTC1 D01 O PORTA2 PORTC2 D02 O Lowermost data at 8 bit scale PORTA3 PORTC3 D03 O PORTA4 PORTC4 D04 O PORTA5 PORTC5 D05 O PORTA6 PORTC6 D06 O PORTA7 PORTC7 D07 O PORTB0 PORTB4 D08 O PORTB1 PORTB5 D09 O Uppermost data PORTB2 3 6 7 O Fixed to L level CC1 Vinit2 I Asynchronous shutter trigger CC2 reserved I Reserved for future products CC3 reserved I Reserved for future products CC4 reser...

Page 6: ...eard a buzzer sounding pip pip 4 Set the mode switch to the position 2 after confirming that the LED indicator on the rear of the camera is flashing in orange 5 Apply an upward stroke to the UP DOWN switch lever after confirming that the mode switch is at the position 2 6 Confirm that the buzzer sounds pip Then the camera start outputting test pattern images 7 Turn off the power to the camera Sinc...

Page 7: ...tch is 0 Continuous image output without shutter is applied for the all Note For setting methods for the respective parameters of PWC and others See 6 3 How to set operation mode Recommended timing of asynchronous shutter trigger signal Vinit signal for preset shutter pulse width control For the case of preset shutter mode the negative logic pulse is applied within the width range from 1H 1 horizo...

Page 8: ... signal Input HD and VD signals to synchronize both horizontal and vertical timings Note Note that the delay jitter may occur between externally supplied HD signal and HD signal within the camera when horizontal operation timing is synchronized by external synchronous signal Note When in asynchronous mode only the HD signal is effective as an external sync signal In that case VD signal is neglecte...

Page 9: ...duced because no light enters any time other than the exposure time periods Note When the strobe signal is used in the continuous shutter mode to make ON OFF control on a lighting source unit the following must be taken into consideration Wherever possible use a strobe lighting unit or others that are equipped with a power source separated from that of the camera electrically isolated power source...

Page 10: ...ble will be caused as long as the ambient temperature is equal to the one of the specifications or lower and sufficient countermeasures against temperature are taken Detection performance for temperature data Temperature resolution 0 5 Update interval of data 0 4 sec Temperature detection accuracy 2 C 40 C to 85 C 3 to 2 C 55 C to 125 C Effective data range 55 C to 125 C as long as t he operation ...

Page 11: ...pip when a stroke is applied to the UP DOWN switch on the rear panel or at the time of other manipulation including the start up after power application The factory default setting is ON This setting can be changed to cancel the buzzer Procedure for switching buzzer between ON OFF Start up in the Setting Group 3 Set the mode switch to the position C while the power is turned off Then apply the pow...

Page 12: ...rtial scan The read out for each frame is conducted by the partial readout scanning The vertical width of the longitudinal picture area corresponds to 398 lines of the central portion of the image pickup area Terminology Preset shutter This refers to the shutter speed setting other than those specified by the pulse width control More specifically the shutter speed is preliminarily set by the shutt...

Page 13: ...ostly divided into the following two groups Gain setting This is to set the gain amplification ratio of the preamplifier between the CCD imager device inside the camera to A D converter Offset setting This is to set the offset of the preamplifier between the CCD imager device inside the camera to A D converter Refer to the next section Section 6 for the specific setting method Note As for the offs...

Page 14: ... area The outline of the saturating area is blurred The saturating area slightly shifts upward or downward The brightness value of the saturating area does not reach 1023 5 5 Program page setting The FC series cameras incorporate nonvolatile memories and various operation mode settings and level settings can be stored in them The setting items are stored in the virtual pages hereinafter referred t...

Page 15: ...r in the normal manner This means turning on the power while the UP DOWN switch is kept at the neutral position Unless otherwise instructed turning on the power or at the time of power on in this document refers to this type of action for turning on the camera Table 6 2 Start up option Start up condition at the time of power on Start up option Operation state of camera at start up Position of mode...

Page 16: ...o F Write Read Note The decibel value of Preset select is a relative value reference value based on Preset 2 Note The shutter speed can be changed only when the shutter switch is currently set at any other positions than 0 When the shutter switch is positioned at 0 the shutter speed cannot be changed even if the mode switch is set to the position 7 and the UP DOWN switch is manipulated The shutter...

Page 17: ...speed low speed Electronic shutter table Correspondence relation between shutter switch and shutter speed Pulse width control Enabled Disabled Other operation modes Scanning system Normal partial Level setting Gain setting value Saved as the internal value Offset Saved as the internal value Current settings Save Load Effective even after power off Lost at power off Fig 6 1 Conceptual diagram of sa...

Page 18: ...hat the menu display is updated During this process the externally input trigger signals are ignored The display area of OSD is located on the upper left on the entire area of the captured image and therefore this system must be additionally capable of displaying this menu on the screen ON OFF operation of menu display If the OSD menu display does not appear on the capture image perform the follow...

Page 19: ...used ENABLED or not used DISABLED is selected BZ This is to switch between ON and OFF for the confirmation sound to be activated when switch manipulation is made BAUD The baud rate used for RS 232C communication is displayed H RESET Whether the horizontal timing resetting initialization is enabled or not enabled is selected If it is enabled H horizontal synchronization timing is reset when the tri...

Page 20: ... CR STRB C Reflected in CR PATTERN Reflected in CR VSUB Saved as numerical value Items requiring manual save into program pages after changed on menu GAIN Saved as numerical value OFFSET Saved as numerical value S TIME Saved as numerical value S FORM Reflected in FR SCAN Reflected in FR PWC Reflected in FR Note The Vsub value is saved in an area independent from the program pages 6 6 Internal flag...

Page 21: ...ternally designated shutter speed position H 0 to H 9 or H F Where ESPE 1 externally designated number from 0 to 9 designated position is reflected In case of H F external shutter speed in H unit is selected 9 ESP 1 10 ESP 2 11 ESP 3 12 ESPE Validity of externally designated shutter speed 1 Valid 13 Not used 14 Not used 15 AGCE Not used Note All the items of the FR data are 0 as factory default Ex...

Page 22: ...mage only of the central area at a high speed Functional limitation by scan mode Usable functions vary by the scan mode that is currently selected The functions marked with O in the following table are usable and those marked with are not usable Current scan mode No shutter Continuous shutter Asynchronous shutter Prolonged exposure Normal scan mode NORMAL O O O O Partial scan mode PARTIAL O O O X ...

Page 23: ...rigger is internally generated in the cyclic trigger state when the menu is displayed therefore it is not necessary to temporarily switch to the continuous shutter operation as shown above when the menu is displayed Example 2 This is the procedure for use in continuous low speed shutter operation 1 4 3 sec Explanation The above example is for saving the setting in the program page D Fig 6 3 Proced...

Page 24: ...ere read out are automatically saved in the program pages from A to F Carefully note that the earlier setting data that were saved by the user are all overwritten and lost Fig 6 4 Setting contents immediately after reading out factory default Procedure a read out of default to RAM Step 1 Set the mode switch to the position 9 and manipulate the UP DOWN switch either upward or downward Then turn on ...

Page 25: ... returning to power on state is received even during the periods when the camera is in the operation modes of Group 2 to 4 Description of commands 1 Command e Function Initialization of page memory Transmission from host STX e ETX Return by camera STX ACK ETX transaction completion or STX NAK ETX transaction rejection CPU initializes each of the page memories when the power is turned on next time ...

Page 26: ...hutter mode and shutter exposure time Transmission from host STX S A or M H or L N or P exposure time ETX Return by camera STX ACK ETX transaction completion or STX NAK ETX transaction rejection The transmitting command has the following meanings STX S A or M H or L N or P Exposure time ETX 1 2 3 4 1 A Asynchronous shuttr M Continuous shutter 2 H High speed shutter L Low speed shutter 3 N Normal s...

Page 27: ... page A to H ETX Return by camera STX ACK ETX transaction completion or STX NAK ETX transaction rejection The factory default is stored in the Page H which will be used when resetting to the default setting The following commands are exclusively for FC1600FCL and not common with other FC cameras 9 Command WMC Function Command for writing in configuration flag register CR Write Mode Configuration T...

Page 28: ...signal is of negative logic at 100ms 5 The minimum repetition pitch is approx 300ms Only when the trigger signal is input by this command the internal buzzer of the camera sounds for one shot time approx 50 ms in response to the input If this buzzer should not be activated set operation confirmation buzzer OFF either by changing the setting of the configuration menu or the configuration flag by th...

Page 29: ...AK ETX transaction rejection The data 0 up to 15 characters of the ID code character string is read out When an ID code is not set the number of the characters to be returned is 0 20 Command WVSUB Function Command for writing Vsub value CCD substrate voltage Write VSUB Transmission from host STX WVSUB Vsub setting value ETX Return by camera STX ACK ETX transaction completion or STX NAK ETX transac...

Page 30: ...27 Command RPS Function Command for reading preset Read PRESET Transmission from host STX RPS ETX Return by camera STX ACK RPS PRESET No ETX When gain and offset set value coincides with preset value four levels of preset value corresponding preset No is read When it does not coincide with preset value 0 is returned 28 Command WPS Function Command for writing0 preset Write PRESET Transmission from...

Page 31: ...al parallel type camera FC2000CL etc and so dedicated setting files are required Note When a channel link device is mounted directly to the capture interface on the user side instead of using a commercially available capture board that supports Camera Link it is necessary to pay close attention to the descriptions of the data sheet of the channel link device including the phase relationship betwee...

Page 32: ...２ Effective image ３９８ 3 2 2 3 23 3 24 7 17 7 18 71 9 ６６ Pa rtia l sc an N orma l sca n Intenal signal End of exposure Digitaloutpu t CH1 2 Unless otherwise specified the time unit of the numbers in the vertical timing chart is H 1874 PCLK 1874 x 1 60 0MHz 31 23µS Vertical timing High speed preset shutter asynchronous shutter normal scan ＨＤ ＦＤＶ Ｖｉｎｉｔ E xpos uretim e ｎＨ ＳＴＲＢ E xposure time ｎＨ D igit...

Page 33: ...t that the exposure time becomes indefinite for the period of 1H shutter speed when a Vinit signal that is not in synchronization with the internal horizontal synchronous signal HD is input from the user side Some of the countermeasures to be taken are as follows 1 Use only with the shutter speed that do not have serious impact even if the shutter speed is indefinite for a period of 1H No practica...

Page 34: ...bers shown here are design values and the actual equipment should be checked for the details Vertical timing Low speed long exposure preset shutter continuous normal scan Timing of long exposure mode Internal signal internal operation Image output VD Vertical synch signal Exposure time nV FDV Image signal digital 1V 1068 Exposure time nV Image P exposure time 11 Image P 1 Effective image duration ...

Page 35: ...move the power cable and external connection cables When an abnormal or failure condition is detected immediately stop using this equipment cut off the power supply remove the external connection cables and contact the dealer for inspection repair The specifications and operational details described in the catalogues manuals and others are subject to change for performance improvement or other rea...

Page 36: ...ternal dimensions 21 42 46 9 2 60 26 φ30 7 4 31 ２ ２ Ｍ３ Depth 6 M3 Depth４ ２ Ｍ６ Depth７ １ ４ ２０ＵＮＣ Depth７ 34 40 13 5 11 11 26 ２ ２ Ｍ３ Depth６ Cam er a Li nk POW ER EXP U D M ODE Same as top side Right and left sides Fig 11 1 FC1600FCL external views ...