User`s manual

Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 User's Manual 3
Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20117-00
Contents
SYSTEM PRECAUTIONS AND CLEANING .................................................................................................................................. 5
THE SPYDER3 S3-14 AND S3-24 CAMERAS.............................................................................................................................. 7
CAMERA HIGHLIGHTS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................7
CAMERA PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................................8
CERTIFICATIONS....................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
RESPONSIVITY ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
DERATING CURVES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
MECHANICALS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
IMAGE SENSOR .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SETUP .........................................................................................................................................................................................17
SETUP STEPS: OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................................................................17
STEP 1. INSTALL AND CONFIGURE THE FRAME GRABBER AND GRAPHICS CARD ................................................................................................................................18
STEP 2. CONNECT POWER AND CAMERA LINK CABLES ................................................................................................................................................................18
INPUT SIGNALS, CAMERA LINK ...............................................................................................................................................................................................22
CAMERA LINK VIDEO TIMING ..................................................................................................................................................................................................23
STEP 3. ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH THE CAMERA ............................................................................................................................................................26
USING CAMERA LINK WITH SPYDER3 CAMERAS .........................................................................................................................................................................27
CAMERA OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
FACTORY SETTINGS ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................29
RETURNING CAMERA SETTINGS ...............................................................................................................................................................................................29
SAVING AND RESTORING SETTINGS .........................................................................................................................................................................................32
CAMERA OUTPUT FORMAT .....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
EXPOSURE MODE, LINE RATE AND EXPOSURE TIME ...................................................................................................................................................................39
EXPOSURE MODES IN DETAIL .................................................................................................................................................................................................40
SENSOR OUTPUT FORMAT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................44
DATA PROCESSING................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHAIN ...................................................................................................................................................................48
RETURNING CALIBRATION RESULTS AND ERRORS ......................................................................................................................................................................59
END-OF-LINE SEQUENCE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................60
SETTING THRESHOLDS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................61
LOOK-UP TABLES .................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
SAVING AND RESTORING PRNU AND FPN COEFFICIENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................63
DIAGNOSTICS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
RETURNING VIDEO INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................................................................................................67
RETURNING AVERAGED LINES OF VIDEO ..................................................................................................................................................................................68
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................................68
VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT .......................................................................................................................................................................................................69
CAMERA FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT .......................................................................................................................................................................................69
ASCII COMMANDS: REFERENCE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................70
ERROR HANDLING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
CLEARING DARK CURRENT .....................................................................................................................................................................................................77
APPENDIX B .......................................................................................................................................................................... 85
CAMERA LINK REFERENCE, TIMING, AND CONFIGURATION TABLE .................................................................................................................................................85
CAMERA LINK BIT DEFINITIONS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................87
CAMERA LINK CONFIGURATION TABLES ....................................................................................................................................................................................87