Dalsa LinkHS HL-HF-16K10T-00-R, Manual

Page 1: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera Multifield CMOS TDI HL HF 16K10T 00 R sensors cameras frame grabbers processors software vision solutions 03 032 20287 00 www teledynedalsa com ...

Page 2: ...ures and markets digital imaging products and solutions in addition to providing wafer foundry services Teledyne DALSA offers the widest range of machine vision components in the world From industry leading image sensors through powerful and sophisticated cameras frame grabbers vision processors and software to easy to use vision appliances and custom vision modules Contact Teledyne DALSA Teledyne...

Page 3: ...HS 15 CX4 AOC Data Cables 16 MECHANICAL DRAWINGS 17 PRECAUTIONS 18 Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor 18 INSTALL CONFIGURE FRAME GRABBER SOFTWARE 19 Using Sapera CamExpert 19 CamExpert Panes 20 SETTING UP FOR IMAGING 22 Camera I O Connectors 22 Powering the Camera 22 Power and GPIO Connections 23 Establishing Camera Communications 26 Selecting the Data Format 26 Establishing Data Integrit...

Page 4: ...49 Factory Settings 50 Default Setting 50 APPENDIX A GENICAM COMMANDS 51 CAMERA INFORMATION CATEGORY 52 Camera Information Feature Descriptions 52 Built In Self Test Codes BIST 56 Camera Power Up Configuration Selection Dialog 56 Camera Power up Configuration 56 User Set Configuration Management 56 CAMERA CONTROL CATEGORY 57 Camera Control Feature Descriptions 57 Digital I O Control Feature Descri...

Page 5: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera 5 Communications 79 Image Quality Issues 80 Power Supply Issues 82 Causes for Overheating Power Shut Down 83 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 84 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY 85 ...

Page 6: ...Technology Multifield is a new imaging technology that enables capturing multiple images using various lighting conditions e g brightfield darkfield and backlight in a single scan Teledyne DALSA s Linea multifield camera is the first product in the industry capable of capturing up to three images using light sources at different wavelengths The camera uses advanced wafer level coated dichroic filt...

Page 7: ...ra Link HS control data connector Smart lens shading correction Multifield capture up to 3 fields images in a single scan Programmability Multiple areas of interest for data reduction Region of interest for easy calibration of lens and shading correction Test patterns diagnostics Applications Flat panel LCD and OLED display inspection Web inspection Printed circuit board inspection Machine vision ...

Page 8: ...mera Link HS CX4 Table 2 Frame Grabber Compatible Frame grabber HL HM 16K30H Teledyne DALSA Xtium2 CLHS PX8 OR A8S0 PX870 Other compatible frame grabbers may be available from third party vendors Table 3 Software Software Product Number Version Number Camera firmware Embedded within camera GenICam support XML camera description file Embedded within camera Sapera LT including CamExpert GUI applicat...

Page 9: ... W Size Width Height Depth 97 mm 140 5 mm 78 6 mm Cross Scan direction In Scan direction Along optical axis Mass 1 2 kg Operating Temp 0 C to 65 C front plate temperature Optical Interface HL HF 16K10T Notes Lens Mount M90 x 1 mm Sensor to Camera Front Distance 12 mm Sensor Alignment Relative to sides of camera Flatness 50 µm Θ y 100 µm Parallelism vs front plate x 300 µm Cross Scan Direction y 30...

Page 10: ...higher gain for comparison purposes 3 Calibration at 80 saturation measurements at 50 saturation 4 Light sources vary spectrally and spatially re calibrate cameras in actual system 5 Specifications not guaranteed when operating in area mode Environmental Specifications Table 5 Environmental Specifications Environmental Specifications Storage temperature range 20 C to 80 C Humidity storage and oper...

Page 11: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera 11 Responsivity QE The following graphs show the spectral Responsivity and QE 8 bit 1x gain Figure 1 Spectral Responsivity QE ...

Page 12: ...s Input Voltage Test conditions Max line rate 300 kHz Bit Mode 8 Black Level 31 Temperature Ambient 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 21 0 22 0 23 0 24 0 Current A Power W Voltage V Camera Input Power Power 60 C W Power 25 C W Current 25 C A Current 60 C A ...

Page 13: ... Multifield Pixel Arrangement 64 Lines 5 µm pixel 128 Lines 5 µm pixel gap of 35 lines 64 Lines 5 µm pixel gap of 35 lines Figure 3 Multifield Pixel Structure Forward and reverse imaging does not cause the optical center to change ...

Page 14: ...iagram below details the sequence of user adjustable arithmetic operations performed on the cameras sensor data These adjustments are using camera features outlined in the Review of Camera Performance and Features section Figure 4 Digital data processing chain ...

Page 15: ...n 1 0 compliant Camera Link HS is the next generation of high performance communications standards It is used where an industrial digital camera interfaces with a single or multiple frame grabbers and with data rates exceeding those supported by the standard Camera Link A CX4 connector is used for output of up to 7 lanes Figure 5 Single CLHS Connector Configuration The command channel is used by t...

Page 16: ...prove speed and distance performance of the cable without sacrificing compatibility with standard electrical interfaces Camera Link HS cables can be bought from OEMs both is standard and flex models Please refer to Teledyne DALSA s website www teledynedalsa com for a list of recommended cable vendors and for part numbers Each data cable is used for sending image data to and accepting command data ...

Page 17: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera 17 Mechanical Drawings Figure 6 HL HF 16K10T 00 R Mechanical Drawing ...

Page 18: ...arging violent vibration and excess moisture To clean the device avoid electrostatic charging by using a dry clean absorbent cotton cloth dampened with a small quantity of pure alcohol Do not use methylated alcohol To clean the surface of the camera housing use a soft dry cloth To remove severe stains use a soft cloth dampened with a small quantity of neutral detergent and then wipe dry Do not use...

Page 19: ...arameter files on the host system ccf CamExpert can also be used to upgrade the camera s software An important component of CamExpert is its live acquisition display window This window allows verification of timing or control parameters in real time without need for a separate acquisition program Note In a change from previous versions of the Sapera GUI only one instance of CamExpert is required t...

Page 20: ... CamExpert will only show acquisition parameters for that device Optionally select a camera file included with the Sapera installation or saved previously Parameters pane Allows the viewing or changing of all acquisition parameters supported by the acquisition device CamExpert displays parameters only if those parameters are supported by the installed device This avoids confusion by eliminating pa...

Page 21: ...lick to send a single trigger command CamExpert display controls these do not modify the frame buffer data Stretch image to fit set image display to original size or zoom the image to virtually any size and ratio Histogram Profile tool Select to view a histogram or line column profile during live acquisition or in a still image Output Message Pane Displays messages from CamExpert or the device dri...

Page 22: ...amera test all power supplies Protect the camera with a 3 amp slow blow fuse between the power supply and the camera Do not use the shield on a multi conductor cable for ground Keep leads as short as possible in order to reduce voltage drop Use high quality supplies in order to minimize noise When using a 12 V supply voltage loss in the power cables will be greater due to the higher current Use th...

Page 23: ...gger Phase A 0 to 3 3 V TTL 6 Input Line 2 Scan Direction Phase B 0 to 3 3 V TTL 7 Output Line 5 Out 0 to 3 3 V TTL 8 Output Line 6 Out 0 to 3 3 V TTL 9 Power Ground 10 12 V to 24 V power 11 Signal Ground Note intended as a return path for GPIO signal and not intended as a power ground 12 Signal Ground Note intended as a return path for GPIO signal and not intended as a power ground The wire gauge...

Page 24: ... Electrical Characteristics Output Level Standard VOL VOH 3 3 V TTL 0 4 V 10 mA 3 1 V 10 mA See Linear Technology data sheet LTC2854 External Output Timing Reference Output Level Standard Max Output Frequency Min Pulse Width Output Current Maximum Signal Propagation Delay 60 o C 3 3 V TTL Line rate dependent 25 ns 180 mA 0 to 3 3 V 100 ns 3 3 V to 0 100 ns To reduce the chance of stress and vibrat...

Page 25: ...ing GPIO Cable Assembly An optional GPIO breakout cable 12 pin Female Hirose to 13 Pos Euro Block is available for purchase from Teledyne DALSA under accessory number CR GENC IOP00 to order Figure 10 GPIO cable accessory CR GENC IOP00 ...

Page 26: ... installed Sapera devices 2 In the Devices list area on the left side of the window the connected frame grabber will be shown 3 Select the frame grabber device by clicking on the name Selecting the Data Format The camera can output data in the following formats Mono8 Mono12 RGB8_Planar RGB12_Planar The camera always outputs data to the frame grabber in a planar format when multiple arrays are used...

Page 27: ...g pin 5 and pin 6 of the GPIO connector Use the Trigger Activation feature to select the edge that triggers the camera The options are Rising Edge Falling Edge or Any Edge When using Any Edge be careful that the time between edges does not exceed the maximum line rate of the camera If the line rate is exceeded one of those edges will be ignored CamExpert can be used to configure the frame grabber ...

Page 28: ...our setup lower line rates may be experienced These line rates were achieved using an Xtium2 CLHS PX8 OR A8S0 PX870 frame grabber in a system setup in our lab With a system bandwidth of 6740 MB s the following line rates were achieved 12 bit one colour 200 kHz For advice on your setup and achieving higher line rates contact Teledyne DALSA customer support Minimum Line Rate The minimum line rate fo...

Page 29: ... 1 ms Setting the correct scan direction Whether the scan direction is set correctly can easily be seen in live imaging An image will appear normal sharp and focused If the optical setup is not properly focused blur will occur in both horizontal cross scan and vertical in scan directions If blur occurs only in scan direction see below the scan direction is set incorrectly Figure 11 Image with inco...

Page 30: ... the lens the direction of the objects motion is opposite to the image motion direction Some AOI systems require that the scan direction change at regular intervals For example scanning a panel forwards coming to a stop and then scanning backward as the camera s field of view is progressively indexed over the entire panel It is necessary for the system to over scan the area being imaged by at leas...

Page 31: ...nICam features associated with this section and how to use them Relevant Features Line Spatial Correction 64 Lines 5 µm pixel 128 Lines 5 µm pixel Scan Direction Readout Readout gap of 35 lines 168 Line Correction 64 Lines 5 µm pixel Readout 99 Line Correction gap of 35 lines Figure 13 Row Spacing ...

Page 32: ...similar error The camera has a Spatial Correction feature that can correct for these small encoder or magnification errors on a sub pixel level The user can enter a floating point number from 0 to 15 996 in order to perform the spatial correction The sub pixel spatial correction resolution is 1 256th of a row The feature accepts up to two decimal places and will adjust the entered sub pixel adjust...

Page 33: ...e the correct timing for all the cameras For example as the camera angle moves away from perpendicular the image row spacing increases If the encoder resolution remains at that for perpendicular operation many encoder pulses will be too closely spaced apparent row spacing will increase and the spatial correction will need to be increased The spatial correction feature can accommodate these potenti...

Page 34: ...ciently slow applications area mode can provide a high aspect 2D image When selecting TDI Area mode the Device Scan Type changes to Area scan and the height feature changes to 128 automatically In TDI Multi Area mode each of the three sensor arrays is output as separate imaging planes Each output is 16 384 x 128 pixels However as the top and bottom arrays have 64 rows the bottom half of their imag...

Page 35: ...atic Optical Inspection AOI system and aligned with the camera s field of view The camera is operated with an exposure time that will allow the maximum line rate of the system to be achieved The camera s internal line rate generator and exposure control can be used for a stationary target Exposure Control by Light Source Strobe Relevant Features outputLineSource outputLinePulseDelay outputLinePuls...

Page 36: ...eived from the system is managed by the camera to trigger sensor response and data processing In addition an Exposure Active signal is generated and can be supplied to any of the GPIO outputs This allows triggering or timing external light sources Each output line can be programmed against the basic logic and relative to each other through the ExposureDelay feature The following diagram illustrate...

Page 37: ...ncer Trigger Activation Input Line 1 Input Line 2 GPIO Connector Output Line Invert Output Line 3 GPIO Connector Output Delay Output Duration Output Line 4 Output Line 5 Output Line 6 Output Line Invert Output Line Invert Output Line Invert Output Duration Output Duration Output Duration Output Delay Output Delay Output Delay Figure 15 GPIO functionality block diagram ...

Page 38: ...er the calibration mode selected If the flat field calibration is set to a target level that is lower than the peak value and the system gain is set to a low value then it is possible that the sensor will maximize its output before the camera s output reaches 255 DN This can be seen when a portion of the output stops increasing before reaching 255 DN with increasing illumination and the PRNU deter...

Page 39: ... User PRNU Set Selector parameter to select the set you want to save or load 17 sets are available 16 user and 1 factory The Factory Set is read only and contains all ones Loading the Factory Set is a good way to clear the user PRNU Save the current user PRNU coefficients using the Save User PRNU Set command Load the user PRNU coefficients from the set specified using the User PRNU Set Selector an...

Page 40: ...ich can minimize the effects of dirt Note This filter is only capable of compensating for small occasional contaminants It will not overcome large features in a target s texture Flat Field Calibration Regions of Interest See the section Flat Field Category in Appendix A for GenICam features associated with this section and how to use them Related Features flatfieldCalibrationROIOffsetX flatfieldCa...

Page 41: ...5 of the adjacent pixels 12 5 75 12 5 Figure 16 1 x 3 kernel The 1 x 5 filter kernel uses 50 of the original pixel and 12 5 of the adjacent two pixels on both sides of the original pixel 12 5 50 12 5 12 5 12 5 Figure 17 1 x 5 kernel Image Filter Contrast Ratio The image filter contrast ratio feature is used to determine when the filter is applied to the image data The control looks at the ratio be...

Page 42: ...tical binning is only available in TDI single plane mode Horizontal binning is achieved by summing adjacent pixels in the same line Therefore 2x binning results in the object pixel doubling in size horizontally In addition since adjacent pixels are summer not averaged the image gets brighter That is 1x2 and 2x1 are twice as bright 2x2 is four times brighter etc Horizontal 2x binning will halve the...

Page 43: ...OI s 4 Select the first AOI and set the offset and width 5 If the other AOI s are large you may need to select them first and reduce their widths 6 Repeat for each AOI in turn 7 Start acquisition The Rules for Setting Areas of Interest The rules are dictated by how image data is organized for transmission over the available CLHS data lanes The camera XML will enforce these rules truncating entered...

Page 44: ...ile The file format is described in 03 084 20133 Linea Binary File Format which can be obtained from Teledyne DALSA Technical Support This document also includes Excel spreadsheet examples How to Generate LUT with CamExpert CamExpert can also be used to create a LUT file The camera uses a 12 bit in 12 bit out LUT even if the camera is outputting an 8 bit image CamExpert can be configured to create...

Page 45: ...ge Buffer 8 bits Important points The frame grabber must be configured mono 12 bits in 16 bits out In the Parameters explorer a frame grabber feature must be selected not a camera feature The Lookup table must be enabled to be created But should be disabled to use the camera LUT Figure 19 CamExpert LUT Creation Dialog ...

Page 46: ...ly adjust each line or all of them together System Gain can be adjusted from 1x to 10x Individual line gains can be adjusted from 1x to 4x When an image contains no useful dark image data below a specific threshold then it may be beneficial to increase the contrast of the image The camera has an offset feature that allows a specified level to be subtracted from the image data The gain feature can ...

Page 47: ...arate image planes Note Pixel Format and associated features can only be changed when the image transfer to the frame grabber is stopped For example to change from 8 bit to 12 bit pixel format 1 In Acquisition and Transfer Control set Stop Acquisition 2 In Image Format set Pixel Format to Mono 12 or BGR 12 3 In the host frame grabber configuration set Pixel Depth to 12 4 In Acquisition and Transfe...

Page 48: ...r up or dynamically during inspection The settings active during the current operation can be saved and thereby become the user setting using the user set save feature A previously saved user setting User Set 1 to 16 or the factory settings can be restored using the user set selector and user set load features Either the factory setting or one of the user settings can be selected as the default se...

Page 49: ...tting is the saved set of camera configurations that you can customize resave and restore By default the user settings are shipped with the same settings as the factory set The command user set save saves the current settings to non volatile memory as a user set The camera automatically restores the user set configured as the default set when it powers up To restore a saved user set set the user s...

Page 50: ...ry settings at any time select the factory setting parameter and then select the user set load parameter Note By default the user settings are set to the factory settings Default Setting Either the factory or one of the user settings can be used as the default setting by selecting the set to use in the user set default selector The chosen set automatically becomes the default setting and is the se...

Page 51: ...on of the device the feature was introduced Additionally the Device Version column will indicate which parameter is a member of the DALSA Features Naming Convention using the tag DFNC versus the GenICam Standard Features Naming Convention SFNC tag not shown In the CamExpert Panes parameters in gray are read only either always or due to another parameter being disabled Parameters in black are user ...

Page 52: ...es shown is identical whether the view is Beginner Expert or Guru Figure 21 Example CamExpert Camera Information Panel Camera Information Feature Descriptions Display Name Feature Description Device Version View Model Name DeviceModelName Displays the device model name RO 1 00 Beginner Vendor Name DeviceVendorName Displays the device vendor name RO 1 00 Beginner Part Number deviceManufacturesPartN...

Page 53: ...ser defined configuration UserSet 2 as the Power up Configuration UserSet3 UserSet3 Select the user defined configuration UserSet 3 as the Power up Configuration UserSet4 UserSet4 Select the user defined configuration UserSet 4 as the Power up Configuration UserSet5 UserSet5 Select the user defined configuration UserSet 5 as the Power up Configuration UserSet6 UserSet6 Select the user defined conf...

Page 54: ...ad from features settings previously saved by the user UserSet5 UserSet5 Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet5 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user UserSet6 UserSet6 Select the User defined Configuration space UserSet6 to save to or load from features settings previously saved by the user UserSet7 UserSet7 Select the User defined Configuration space...

Page 55: ...iguration set specified by the User Set Selector feature to the camera and makes it active W 1 00 Beginner Save Configuration UserSetSave Saves the current camera configuration to the user set specified by the User Set Selector feature The user sets are located on the camera in non volatile memory W 1 00 Beginner Power on Status deviceBISTStatus Determine the status of the device using the Built I...

Page 56: ... a camera state as a specific user set that is retained in the camera s non volatile memory Camera Power up Configuration The first drop list selects the camera configuration set to load on power up see feature UserSetDefaultSelector The user chooses the factory data set or from one of 16 available user saved states User Set Configuration Management The second drop list allows the user to change t...

Page 57: ...n and gain Figure 22 Camera Control Panel Camera Control Feature Descriptions Display Name Feature Description Device Version View Device Scan Type Linescan Areascan DeviceScanType Linescan Areascan Displays the device scan type Linescan for TDI and Areascan in area mode RO 1 00 Beginner SNFC Color Type BGR sensorColorType Used to set the sensor color type mode 1 00 Beginner ...

Page 58: ...isition Frame Rate AcquisitionFrameRate Specifies the camera internal frame rate in Hz when in area mode and Trigger mode set to internal Maximum frame rate is 2 000 Hz 1 00 Beginner Direction Source Internal Line 2 Rotary Encoder sensorScanDirectionSourc e Internal GPIO2 Encoder How the direction is set Direction set by value of SensorScanDirection Direction set by pin 6 Low is forward high is re...

Page 59: ...etrieved using the File Access Control Features 1 00 Guru Digital I O Control Feature Descriptions The camera s Digital I O Control category is used to configure the cameras GPIO pins Figure 23 Digital I O Control Panel Display Name Feature Description Device Version View Trigger Mode Internal External TriggerMode Internal External Determines the source of trigger to the camera internal or externa...

Page 60: ...ion is clockwise phase B is ahead of phase A 1 00 DFNC Beginner Rotary Encoder Output Mode rotaryEncoderOutputMode Position Motion Specifies the conditions for the Rotary Encoder interface to generate a valid Encoder output signal Triggers are generated at all new position increments in the selected direction If the encoder reverses no trigger events are generated until it has again passed the pos...

Page 61: ...putLinePulseDelay outputLinePulseDuration and LineInverter features 1 00 DFNC Beginner Output Line Pulse Delay outputLinePulseDelay Sets the delay in µs before the output line pulse signal Enabled by the OutputLineSource feature 1 00 DFNC Beginner outputLinePulseDuration outputLinePulseDuration Sets the width duration of the output line pulse in microseconds 1 00 DFNC Beginner Line Inverter On Off...

Page 62: ...ix A GenICam Commands Linea HS Multifield Camera Flat Field Category The Flat Field controls as shown by CamExpert group parameters used to control the FPN and PRNU calibration process Figure 24 Flat Field Panel ...

Page 63: ...l variations and so it is preferable to use the Peak algorithm Set Target Set Target Calculation of PRNU coefficients to bring all pixels to the target value Set Target Image Filtered Set Target Image Filtered A low pass filter is applied to the average line values before calculating the coefficients Use this algorithm if the calibration target is not uniformly white or if it is not possible to de...

Page 64: ...Save Saves the User PRNU set specified by flatfieldCorrectionCurrentActiveSet to the camera 1 00 Guru DFNC Load Calibration flatfieldCalibrationLoad Loads the User PRNU set specified by flatfieldCorrectionCurrentActiveSet to the camera and makes it active 1 00 Guru DFNC Output LUT Mode lutMode Allows the output LUT to be selected When enabled the same LUT is used for all colors 1 00 Beginner DFNC ...

Page 65: ... Image Format Control Category The camera s Image Format controls as shown by CamExpert group parameters used to configure camera pixel format image cropping binning and test pattern generation features Figure 25 Image Format Panel ...

Page 66: ...FNC Height Height Height of the image provided by the device in object pixels Read only 1 00 Beginner DFNC Binning Horizontal BinningHorizontal Number of horizontally adjacent pixels to sum together This increases the intensity of the pixels and reduces the horizontal resolution of the image 1 00 Beginner SFNC Binning Vertical BinningVertical Number of vertically adjacent pixels to sum together Th...

Page 67: ...re is only one AOI spread across the 5 lanes then the minimum is 5 x 96 480 Maximum of the sum of AOI width s is the sensor width e g for a 16k sensor if there are two AOI s with the first 12k wide then the second can be no wider than 4k 1 00 Beginner Alignment Markers AlignmentMarkerEnable To assist with camera alignment alignment markers can be enabled in the output Off Off Disable alignment mar...

Page 68: ...kerHorizontalOffset Pixel count before first horizontal alignment marker Integer between 0 and alignmentMarkerHorizontalSpacing value Alignment Marker Black alignmentMarkerBlack White White alignment markers Black Black alignment markers Input Pixel Size pixelSizeInput Size of the image input pixels in bits per pixel RO 1 00 DFNC Invisible 12 Bits Pixel Bpp12 Sensor input data path is 12 Figure 26...

Page 69: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera 69 Transport Layer Control Category Note All features shown in Guru visibility Figure 27 Transport Layer Panel ...

Page 70: ...ess to update GenCP Status 1 00 Beginner Last GenCP Status genCPStatus If a feature read or write fails then Sapera only returns that it fails read this feature to get the actual reason for the failure Returns the last error Reading this feature clears it 1 00 Beginner DFNC CLHS Discovery Discovery Disabled Discovery Enabled clhsDiscovery Selects whether the camera needs to be commanded to send im...

Page 71: ...fines the number of frames to capture during an acquisition and the way it stops Only continuous mode is currently available 1 00 Beginner DFNC Acquisition Start AcquisitionStart Starts the acquisition of image data WO 1 00 Beginner DFNC Acquisition Stop AcquisitionStop Stops the acquisition of image data at the end of the current line frame WO 1 00 Beginner DFNC Acquisition Status AcquisitionStat...

Page 72: ...ickly upload and download of various data files to from the connected the camera The supported data files for the camera include firmware updates and Flat Field coefficients Note The communication performance when reading and writing large files can be improved by stopping image acquisition during the transfer Figure 29 File Access Control Panel ...

Page 73: ...ation selected by File Operation Selector on the selected file 1 00 Guru File Open Mode FileOpenMode Selects the access mode used to open a file on the device 1 00 Guru Read Write Read Write Select READ only open mode Select WRITE only open mode File Access Buffer FileAccessBuffer Defines the intermediate access buffer that allows the exchange of data between the device file storage and the applic...

Page 74: ...ded 4 To upload a file click the Browse button to open a typical Windows Explorer window a Select the specific file from the system drive or from a network location b Click the Upload button to execute the file transfer to the camera 5 Alternatively click the Download button and then specify the location where the file should be stored 6 Note that firmware changes require that the camera be powere...

Page 75: ...Selector to Read o Read the file by setting FileOperationExecute to 1 and poll until 0 and complete o Read FileOperationStatus to confirm the read worked o Read FileOperationResult to confirm the number of bytes read o Read the bytes from FileAccessBuffer o Write bytes read to host file Next Offset Offset number of bytes read Set the FileOperationSelector to Close Close the file by setting FileOpe...

Page 76: ...confirm the write worked o Read FileOperationResult to confirm the number of bytes written Next Offset Offset number of bytes written Set the FileOperationSelector to Close Close the file by setting FileOperationExecute to 1 and poll until 0 and complete Read FileOperationStatus to confirm the close worked Download a List of Camera Parameters For diagnostic purposes you may want to download a list...

Page 77: ...tus The test patterns give the user the ability to detect bit errors using an appropriate host application This error detection would be difficult if not impossible using normal image data Note Gray images are displayed so that any bit error will immediately be apparent as colored pixels in the image There are five test patterns that can be selected via the Cameras CamExpertGUI Image Format tab Th...

Page 78: ...000 1000 0000 0000 13 NO_USER_FPN 0x00001000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 14 NO_USER_PRNU 0x00002000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000 15 CLHS_TXRDY_RETRY 0x00004000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 16 Reserved 0x00008000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000 0000 0000 0000 17 NO_USER_SETTINGS 0x00010000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 18 NO_ADC_COEFFICIENTS 0x00020000 0000 0000...

Page 79: ...rom the frame grabber will not be used and the LVAL status should now be green This will confirm the integrity of the image data portion of the CLHS cabling and connectors 3 From the Camera CamExpert Digital I O Control tab select External Trigger Mode 4 From the Frame Grabber CamExpert Advanced tab select the Line Sync Source to be Internal Line Trigger and the Internal Line Trigger frequency to ...

Page 80: ...ges so any small imperfections are averaged out 3 Use the cameras flat field calibration filter feature as detailed in the user manual Flat Field Calibration Filter section This algorithm implements a low pass moving average that covers several adjacent pixels This filter can help minimize the effects of minor imperfections in the white reference Note this filter is NOT USED in normal imaging Over...

Page 81: ...erate the EXSYNC pulses along with the size of the rollers pulleys gearing etc to ensure that one pulse is generated for one pixel size of travel of the object It is also important that the direction of image travel across the sensor is matched to the camera s scan direction as set by the user See Scan Direction in the user manual for more information If the scan direction is incorrect then the im...

Page 82: ...tion of 24 W and a 150 current rating for the breaker or fuse Note The camera will not start to draw current until the input supply is above approximately 10 5 V and 200 msec has elapsed If the power supply stabilizes in less than 200 msec then inrush current will not exceed normal operating current It is important to consider how much voltage loss occurs in the power supply cabling to the camera ...

Page 83: ...rflow around the camera body especially the fins and the lens assembly and camera mount Lowering the ambient temperature will equally lower the camera s temperature If the camera s internal temperature exceeds 80 C then the camera will partially shut down to protect itself against damage Commands can still be sent to the camera to read the temperature but the image sensor will not be operational a...

Page 84: ...84 Declaration of Conformity Linea HS Multifield Camera Declaration of Conformity ...

Page 85: ...Linea HS Multifield Camera 85 Document Revision History Revision Description Date 00 Initial release 29 November 2019 ...