nip POLLUX PX01M90MGE, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual 2018 Ver 1 0 POLLUX PX01M90MGE PX05M23MGE ...

Page 2: ... defective during this warranty period NIP Co Ltd will at its discretion either repair or but the product has been discontinued a product with similar or better performance capabilities and features will be provided This warranty shall not apply to any damage defect or failure caused by improper use or inadequate maintenance of the product CE Compliance This EC Declaration of Conformity is followi...

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Page 4: ... 18 4 1 1 Name Modification 18 4 2 Image Format and Frame Rate 19 4 2 1 Camera Data Format 19 4 2 2 Frame Rate 20 4 2 3 ROI Setting 21 4 3 Global Shutter and Rolling Shutter 22 4 3 1 Global Shutter 22 4 3 2 Rolling Shutter 22 4 4 Image Acquisition and Transmission 24 4 4 1 Internal Trigger Mode 24 4 4 2 External Trigger Signal and Working Mode 25 4 5 Strobe Output 27 4 6 Acquisition Mode under Ext...

Page 5: ...nfigurable Bi direction Circuit 44 4 11 Transport Layer Control 46 4 11 1 DHCP and Persistent IP 46 4 11 2 Efficient Bandwidth and Setting 47 4 12 User Parameter and Preference Setting 48 4 12 1 Parameters Saving and Loading 48 4 12 2 Embedded Information 49 4 13 Firmware Updating 52 5 Troubleshooting 53 5 1 Indicator Status Definition 53 5 2 Indicator Status Description 53 5 3 FAQ 54 6 Order Numb...

Page 6: ...or Output Format PX01M90MGE 1280 x 1024 OnSemi Python 1300 GigE PX05M23MGE 2448 x 2048 Sony IMX264 Table 1 Covered Pollux GigE models 1 1 Key Features The gigabit Ethernet interface provides the bandwidth of 1 Gbps and reaches the maximum transmission distance of 100 meters 128 MB onboard memory stores images for burst transmission and retransmission Supports AEC automatic exposure control LUT Gam...

Page 7: ...dB Exposure Time 10μs 10sec 20μs 10sec Shutter Mode Global shutter supporting Auto Manual One Push etc exposure modes Data Interface Gigabit Ethernet Digital I O Opto isolated input x 1 Opto isolated output x 1 Bi directional non isolated I O x 1 Image Buffer 128MB Data Format Mono 8 10 10p 12 12p Power Supply and Consumption 3 3W 12VDC or PoE voltage 5 to 15V Temperature Working Temperature 0 C t...

Page 8: ...lux GigE Series 01M 05M Camera Page 7 of 56 Manual 1 0 2 Mechanical Camera housings are made with high precision from machined aluminum Mechanical drawings are shown below Figure 1 Figure 1 Mechanical drawings ...

Page 9: ...below Table 3 Specification Description Size 29 mm x 29 mm x 42 mm Except for Mount Weight 68 g no lens Mounting Holes Sides 4 x M2 3 x M3 Power Connector 6 pin threaded Hirose Mating connector part HR10A 7R 6PB 73 Interface CAT 5e or CAT 6 Ethernet cable Table 3 Mechanical specifications 2 2 Lens Adapters With Mount Figure 2 C mount lens ...

Page 10: ...r is shown in Figure 3 and the pinout is shown in Table 4 Connector type HR10A 7R 6PB 73 male Power connection Power connected to Pin 1 and Ground to Pin 6 Figure 3 Power connector Pin Description 1 DC Input 12V 2 Opto isolated input 3 Can be configured as input or output 4 Opto isolated output 5 Opt isolated I O grounding 6 Power and GPIO grounding Table 4 Power connector pinout ...

Page 11: ...Power over Ethernet Use a network cable to connect the camera to a switch or a network card that supports PoE function Note The machine vision network camera adopts a gigabit network interface To guarantee the bandwidth for real time image transmission you need to use a CAT 5e or CAT 6 network cable 3 2 Network Configuration Purpose Before using the camera you need to configure the IP address of t...

Page 12: ...erties Double click the TCP protocol and you can set select Obtain an IP address automatically Optional You can also select Use the following IP address and set the IP address as the same subnet with the camera Figure 4 IP Address Setting Click OK to save the settings You also need to enable the jumbo frame of the NIC For different operating systems the path to setting the jumbo frame may be diffe...

Page 13: ...use the NIC which supports jumbo frame for better image transmission 3 2 2 Camera IP Configuration You can use the client software to complete network configuration for the camera Steps 1 Double click the Pollux IP Configurator exe to open the configuration tool You can find the tool in the installation directory 2 Select the camera to configure Figure 5 Camera Network Parameters Setting 1 3 You c...

Page 14: ...k settings Note The camera status may be in Use if the camera IP address is conflicted with other device Please make sure the IP address is not occupied before setting the camera IP address 4 If the camera status is Free you can edit its IP address 1 Select the IP type as Static IP DHCP or LLA Figure 6 Camera Network Parameters Setting 2 If you set the IP type as Static IP you can set the IP addre...

Page 15: ...etting 3 4 Click OK to save the settings 3 3 Camera Configuration Note Configure the camera via the control client There two methods available setting via the attribute tree or via the menu bar 3 3 1 Setting via Attribute Tree The software can read the XML file of camera attributes and display it in tree format Steps 1 Double click the Pollux Controller icon to open the client software The main us...

Page 16: ...vice and Attribute Tree Display the online machine vision cameras in the same LAN with the client software and the device attributes 4 User Level Area Switch the user level quickly as beginner expert or guru 5 Live View Area View the live video of the selected machine vision camera Table 5 Description of the Main User Interface Note For detailed information refer the User Manual of Pollux Controll...

Page 17: ...alias device temperature etc You can modify the alias and reset the device Image Format Control In the Image Format Control attribute you can view the live view image width and height pixel size etc You can modify the image reverse status test pattern and the embedded information etc Acquisition Control In the Acquisition Control attribute you can set the trigger mode trigger source exposure detai...

Page 18: ...er Set Control In the User Set Control attribute you can save or load the parameter configuration set by users You can set the default parameter when running the software 3 3 2 Setting via Menu Bar You can set the camera attribute via the menu bar which classifies the camera attributes Click Settings Attributes to enter the attributes setting interface Figure 10 Attribute Page You can set the imag...

Page 19: ...ce Control 4 1 1 Name Modification Run client software and click Device Control You will see the device type the version information the device serial number and so on Input the device name in Device User ID as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Device Name Modification You can turn on the heartbeat detection mechanism reset the device and view the device temperature in Device Control as shown in Figure...

Page 20: ...pends on the camera s supported formats 4 2 1 Camera Data Format The camera uses 12bit ADC some only support 10bit ADC Support 8bit data output according to your data processing capacity The camera will capture 8 bit from Most Significant Bits just as MSB8 output in order to maintain the grey level output of the image data Click Image Format Control in the attribute list and select Pixel Format Yo...

Page 21: ...anual 1 0 Figure 13 Pixel Format Setting 4 2 2 Frame Rate The network transmission bandwidth pixel format and output ROI resolution decides the maximum camera frame rate Please refer to the frame rate formula when setting ROI Figure 14 Frame Rate Setting ...

Page 22: ...the data transmission bandwidth and increase the camera frame rate The following formulas show the frame rate corresponding to the ROI Fps1 1 ROI height T1 ROI OffsetY T2 T3 Fps2 1 Exp Time Fps3 Bandwidth PayloadSize Model T1 μs T2 μs T3 μs PX01M90MGE 11 06 0 375 89 PX05M23MGE 18 77 0 150 19 Table 6 ROI and Frame Rate Parameter Table The lowest frame rate within the three formulas is Resulting Fra...

Page 23: ...n each line simultaneously Data readout is after the exposure The time for the sensor collecting exposure and for the data readout are the same but as shown in Figure 3 10 different in the actual readout time Figure 16 Global Shutter 4 3 2 Rolling Shutter Support rolling shutter camera The exposure starts in the first row and the data will read out simultaneously After the whole action the rest of...

Page 24: ...f 56 Manual 1 0 for the data readout is the same but as shown in Figure 3 11 different in the exposure starting time Figure 17 Rolling Shutter The figure of rolling shutter s signal readout under internal trigger mode Figure 18 Internal Trigger Mode ...

Page 25: ...trigger mode and hardware external trigger mode Select On or Off in Trigger Mode to select either internal trigger mode or external trigger mode Off refers to the internal trigger mode and On refers to the external trigger mode 4 4 1 Internal Trigger Mode The Camera can output one image or several images continuously in the internal trigger mode Click Acquisition Control in the attribute list Sele...

Page 26: ...rame mode burst mode PWM mode and any other working modes Software trigger mode Support software trigger mode When setting software trigger mode the client software will send command to the camera to capture and transfer images by gigabit network Click Acquisition Control in the attribute list and select Trigger Mode Choose On to open trigger mode Select Trigger Source and choose Software to switc...

Page 27: ...ardware external trigger 1 Trigger edge selection Selecting Rising Edge Falling Edge under the external signal is available 2 Trigger delay As shown in Figure 3 16 in order to integrate later the camera can set delay time when receiving the trigger signal As shown in Figure 22 the delay time can be set through Trigger Delay The range is from 0 to 32000000 and the unit is μs Figure 22 Signal Delay ...

Page 28: ...n in Figure 24 The camera will ignore the trigger signal if the debouncer time is longer than the triggering signal time Figure 24 The Debounce of Triggering Input Signal Sequence Map 4 5 Strobe Output Strobe is external trigger output signal and is used for controlling external devices such as flashing light and so on You can set the Strobe polarity duration output delay and pre trigger through t...

Page 29: ...ne Duration value decides the Strobe duration when the Strobe Line Duration value is 0 the Strobe duration is equal to the exposure time when the Strobe Line Duration value is not 0 the Strobe duration is equal to Strobe Line Duration value Figure 27 Strobe Valid Electrical Level Duration 3 Strobe output delay The camera supports the function of Strobe signal output delay to satisfy special applic...

Page 30: ...e trigger Strobe signal is valid before the sensor exposure This function can apply to the LED light that takes time to be stable after starting It is necessary for a stable light source when capturing images Pre trigger time can be set through Strobe Line Pre Delay in the client as shown in Figure 29 Figure 29 Strobe Output Delay Sequence Map ...

Page 31: ...e rate and exposure time decide to trigger the next frame or not when reading out camera data If exposure is in progress the camera will ignore another external trigger signal You can set a longer exposure time to achieve Bulb Shutter 2 Burst mode The camera supports burst mode receiving one trigger signal and outputting multiply frames images You can set the burst number by Acquisition Burst Fram...

Page 32: ...ap Exposure After completing the current frame s exposure and readout the next frame starts to expose and read out This process is called non overlap exposure The non overlap exposure s frame period is larger than the sum of the exposure time and the readout time as shown in Figure 32 and Figure 33 Non overlap exposure under internal trigger mode Figure 32 Internal Non Overlap Exposure Non overlap...

Page 33: ...the current frame exposure and the last frame readout In other words when the last frame starts to read out the current frame starts to expose simultaneously Overlap exposure under internal trigger mode Figure 34 Internal Trigger Overlap Exposure Overlap exposure under External trigger mode Figure 35 External Trigger Overlap Exposure ...

Page 34: ...isition Burst Frame Count and select Trigger Source Choose Counter 0 Figure 36 Trigger Source Configuration As shown in Figure 37 click Counter and Timer Control and select external trigger source which needs frequency division Figure 37 Counter Frequency Division Configuration Note By default Line 0 is signal input pin Line 2 is configurable input and output pin Configure Line 2 to input pin in D...

Page 35: ...ue Parameter value range is from 1 to 1023 Please see the red 2 in Figure 39 Figure 39 Counter Parameter Setting By default Counter Reset Source is OFF as shown in the red 1 in Figure 3 34 Click Counter and Timer Control and select Counter Reset Source Choose Software and click Execute to reset the counter as shown in Figure 40 Figure 40 Resetting The Counter ...

Page 36: ... Time Lower Limit and Auto Exposure Time Upper Limit Input available parameter to the numeric field Set the running parameter range of the auto exposure time as shown in Figure 41 Figure 41 Exposure Control 4 9 2 Gain Control Please refer to the camera technical index to acquire the supported Gain Value Gain Control supports manual mode single mode and continuous mode Gain Control under these thre...

Page 37: ...ting of Auto Functions The camera can adjust exposure time and white balance automatically to achieve your expectations By default the camera will adjust the brightness and the white balance of the whole image In addition you can also set an area of interest which is called AOI The camera will adjust the AOI in the image And the area outside the selected region will also be changed Regional exposu...

Page 38: ...your interested regions The operation can be linearity curve or custom mapping curve LUT and Gamma are mutually exclusive Set the user mode to Guru Mode Click LUT Enable and adjust the parameters as shown in Figure 44 Figure 44 LUT Setting 4 9 5 Gamma Correction The camera supports Gamma Correction Normally the output of the camera chip and the number of photon that the sensor on the chip received...

Page 39: ... Click Analog Control in the attribute list Select Gamma and Gamma Selector and set the parameter as shown in Figure 46 Figure 46 Gamma Setting Note Different cameras versions have different default function parameters The figures shown above are only for reference 4 9 6 Brightness You can adjust the brightness of the exposure target The default value is 64 The larger the value the brighter the im...

Page 40: ...orizontal mirroring Open the mirroring function to gain the horizontal mirroring image Click Image Format Control Tick Reverse X horizontal or Reverse Y vertical according to your preference as shown in Figure 47 Figure 47 Tick Mirroring Function Figure 48 The Comparison of ROI Output Before and After Mirroring ...

Page 41: ... on four groups of parameters You can configure exposure time and Gain independently by setting parameters in each group Click Acquisition Control and choose Selector Set parameters in each group Set available parameter in HDR Shutter and HDR Gain Tick HDR Enable and finish setting as shown in Figure 49 Figure 49 Four Groups of Parameter s HDR Cycling Figure 50 HDR Cycling Map ...

Page 42: ...ttern and set the parameter The default test pattern is OFF as shown in Figure 51 Figure 51 Test Pattern The camera provides four test patterns including Mono Bar Checkboard Oblique Mono Bar Gradual Mono Bar as shown in the following four figures Figure 52 Mono Bar Checkboard Test Pattern Figure 53 Oblique Mono Bar Gradual Mono Bar Test Pattern ...

Page 43: ...circuit can be shown in Figure 54 Figure 54 Input Circuit Logic 0 input level 0 1VDC OPTO_IN pin Logic 1 input level 1 5 24VDC OPTO_IN pin Maximum input current 25 mA Please make sure the input voltage is not from 1V to 1 5V as the electric status among the two values is not stable Figure 55 Input Logic Level Input rising delay TDR 2 6μs Input falling delay TDF 19 2μs ...

Page 44: ...utput current 25 mA Figure 57 Output Logic Level Opto isolated output electric feature can be shown in Table 3 5 The external voltage is 3 3 V and the external resistance is 1 K Parameter Symbol Value Output Logic Low Level VL 575mV Output Logic High Level VH 3 3V Output Rising Time TR 8 4 us Output Falling Time TF 1 9us Output Rising Delay TDR 16 6us Output Falling Delay TDF 3 6us Table 7 Output ...

Page 45: ...mA 12V 2 4KΩ 915mV 4 6mA 24V 4 7KΩ 975mV 4 9mA Table 8 The Parameter of Output Logic Low Level 4 10 3 Line2 Configurable Bi direction Circuit In controlling I O the configurable bi direction non isolated IO circuit of Line2 can be shown in Figure 58 Figure 58 Line2 Bi direction I O Circuit Configure Line2 to input pin Logic 0 input level 0 0 5VDC GPIO2 pin Logic 1 input level 1 5 30VDC GPIO2 pin P...

Page 46: ...e environment temperature is 25 degree centigrade the relationship among external voltage impedance and the output low level can be shown in Table 9 External Voltage External Resistor VL GPIO2 3 3V 1KΩ 160mV 5V 1KΩ 220mV 12V 1KΩ 460mV 24V 1KΩ 860mV 30V 1KΩ 970mV Table 9 The Parameter of Output Logic Low Level When the external voltage of 1KΩ external resistance turns to 5V features of output logic...

Page 47: ...sport Layer Control 4 11 1 DHCP and Persistent IP The camera supports connecting with PC through DHCP or Persistent IP As shown in Figure 61 the camera will acquire IP according to the following order If the camera s Persistent IP is available and the configured Persistent IP is available the camera will load this Persistent IP Or execute If DHCP function is available and the acquired IP address i...

Page 48: ... bandwidth The theoretical calculation of 1000M network port s image loading bandwidth is BandWidth PacketSize IP UDP GVSP Header PacketSize MACHeader CRC Packet Delay 1000M bps Normally IP UDP GVSP Header takes 36 bytes MAC Header takes 14 bytes CRC takes 4 bytes Taking setting Packet Size 1500 and Packet Delay 400 as an example the actual network bandwidth is BandWidth 1500 36 1500 14 4 400 1000...

Page 49: ...d Packet Delay Setting 4 12 User Parameter and Preference Setting 4 12 1 Parameters Saving and Loading The camera can save four groups of parameters including one group of factory parameter and three groups of configurable parameters You can save currently configured parameter and set corresponded default parameter when logging in at next time in User Set Control in the attribute list Configuratio...

Page 50: ...nt supporting embedded information is Timestamp Analog gain Exposure time Average brightness White balance gain Frame number Trigger counter ROI The above eight information will be embedded in the image data one by one according to the client If the information is not available it will not be embedded The AOI will not affect the embedding If the region of AOI is small the first line of the image d...

Page 51: ...ake four bytes transmission with four available data Connect the least significant 8 bit of the four data together The data format of the exposure time The connected least significant 8 bit of the four data are the number of the exposure line Multiply the line number to 25 8μs The result is the exposure time The unit is μs Average Brightness Take four bytes transmission with four available data Co...

Page 52: ...ree bytes The data format of ROI The initial position of ROI takes three bytes The length and the width consume three bytes The initial coordinate of ROI column takes one and a half bytes The initial coordinate of ROI s row takes one and a half bytes The column coordinate is in the front of the row coordinate The coordinate of the length and the width also consume one and a half bytes respectively...

Page 53: ... Manual 1 0 4 13 Firmware Updating Support firmware updating via LAN After selecting available device in the device list open Tool Firmware Updating Tool in the Menu Select available firmware updating kit as shown in Figure 67 Figure 67 Firmware Update ...

Page 54: ...tatus Camera Status Red Blue The camera is off or hardware damaged Steady On The camera is starting up Fast Flicker boot loading failed Extreme Slow Flicker IP address confliction or connection error Slow Flicker Idle while the camera is in the internal trigger mode Fast Flicker Transmitting image while the camera is in the internal trigger mode Extreme Slow Flicker Transmitting image while the ca...

Page 55: ... Configurator to detect the camera and change the IP address 3 Confirm if the GenICam and network Filter driver are installed on the PC 2 The camera is in read only status The camera is connected with another client software Plug out the network cable and replace it 3 seconds later 3 The live view of camera is black 1 The iris is closed 2 Camera error 1 Open the iris 2 Reboot the camera 4 Camera c...

Page 56: ...Part Number Description PX01M90MGE Camera 01MP monochrome C mount GigE Vision PX05M23MGE Camera 05MP monochrome C mount GigE Vision Table 14 Pollux GigE order number 7 Document Revision History Revision Date Modification Table 15 Document Revision History 8 Firmware Revision History Revision Date Modification Table 16 Firmware Revision History ...