EOSENS® GE CAMERA MANUAL • HIGH SPEED CMOS CAMERA • HIGH SENSITIVITY • EoSens GE Camera Manual Camera-Firmware: Camera ID: Rev. 1.14 B2.02-V1.15-F1.09 MC1364-65 Functions described in this manual may not be available with firmware versions prior than above mentioned. Information presented in this publication has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
EoSens GE Camera Manual Table of contents 1 General..............................................................................................................4 1.1 For customers in the U.S.A............................................................................................................................ 4 1.2 For customers in Canada.............................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada....
EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.6.5 Read firmware version, command: FirmwareVersion...........................................................................23 7 MC Control Tool...............................................................................................24 8 Firmware..........................................................................................................25 8.1 Microcontroller firmware..............................................................................................
General EoSens GE Camera Manual 1 General 1.1 For customers in the U.S.A. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
General EoSens GE Camera Manual 1.5 Declaration of conformity Manufacturer: Mikrotron GmbH Address: Landshuter Str. 20-22 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany Product: Camera MC1364, MC1365 The dedicated products conform to the requirements of the Council Directives 2004/108/EG for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic consistency. The following standards were consulted for the conformity testing with regard to electromagnetic consistency.
General EoSens GE Camera Manual 1.6 Warranty Note Do not open the body of the camera. The warranty becomes void if the body is opened. 1.7 Remarks, Warnings This document contains important remarks and warnings.
Introduction EoSens GE Camera Manual 2 Introduction The CMOS high speed camera EoSens is a high resolution camera with 1280x1024 pixel. Benefits of CMOS technology are high speed, random access to pixels with free programmability and low power. The camera uses industry-standard C-Mount or F-Mount lenses. The sensor diagonal is 22.9 mm with square pixels measuring 14 µm. Free programmability means that the user is free to define the region of interest by size and position and the speed of data output.
Introduction EoSens GE Camera Manual 2.3 Differences between the camera types The CMOS cameras are available in different versions depending on the supported features monochrome or color. Features Data Color width / Type (bits) Mono MC1364 MC1365 8/10 8/10 M C C/F-Mount lens adaption max. frame rate Image pre@ 1280 x 1024 processing supported C/F 80 fps C/F 80 fps table 1: camera types - 2.4 Using the camera There are no serviceable parts inside the camera.
Hardware EoSens GE Camera Manual 3 Hardware 3.1 GigE Vision® interface GigE Vision® is designed for digital cameras in machine vision applications. This interface can transfer data at a rate of 110 Mbytes/sec. The GigE Vision® chipset and software is designed and implemented by Pleora Tech. Inc. the leading supplier of GigE Vision technology. Please refer to the PT1000 documentation for further information. 3.
Getting started EoSens GE Camera Manual 4 Getting started Before starting to operate the camera, make sure that the following equipment is available: Camera EoSens C-Mount/F-Mount Lens Mikrotron Support CD Image processing system, e.g.: PC and Software Additional items: 1 Ethernet Cable 1 Power supply 12VDC, 0.75A min 1 power cable To specify cables see chapter Connector pinning. 4.
Initial setup EoSens GE Camera Manual 5 Initial setup The EoSens is delivered with initial parameters and therefore does not need to be configured via the serial link. 5.1 Serial number and firmware revision Serial number and firmware revision is provided in EoSens non volatile memory and can be read via software. The serial number is also marked on the type plate of the camera. 5.
Initial setup EoSens GE Camera Manual 5.5 User profiles The user can store up to four User Profiles in non volatile memory. All load or write commands exchange data between the Camera Profile and one of the four user profiles. Profile Nr. 0 1 2 3 Video data width /Mbyte/s 92 106 31 26 resolution Image / pixel frequency /fps 640x480 1280x1024 640x480 1280x1024 300 81 100 20 5.6 PowerUpProfile The user can store one PowerUpProfile in non volatile memory. Profile Nr.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6 Configuration The content of all EoSens registers is called a profile. There is space in non volatile memory for 9 profiles: The PowerUpProfile, 4 user profiles and 4 factory profiles. Any change of a specific register through the serial interface is immediately processed and written to the volatile part of the memory and gets lost when power goes down. A command must be used to store the actual setting in non volatile memory.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.1 GenICam® command interface GenICam® commands are used to change camera parameters. 6.1.1 Command overview Beside all mandatory commands like ‘DeviceModelName’ the following GenICam ® features are implemented: GenICam® feature Function Chapter Width Height OffsetX OffsetY Set Set Set Set image width image height ROI offset x ROI offset y 6.2.1 6.2.1 6.2.1 6.2.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.2 Image size and position 6.2.1 Setting the ROI, commands: OffsetX, OffsetY, Width and Height Image size and position within the sensor is defined by four parameters: Command OffsetX OffsetY Width Height Description Address of first pixel Address of first line X-width Y-height (x-start) (y-start) (x-width) (y-height) Value 0…4F8hex 0…3FEhex 8…500hex 1…400hex (modulo 24) (modulo 8) 6.2.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.2.3 Invert readout in x- and or y-direction, commands: ReverseX, ReverseY Commands: ReverseX, ReverseY Description: This feature allows to flip the frame in x- and or y-direction. Remark: This mode can not be combined with Decimation mode or MultiROI mode. 6.2.4 DecimationXY mode (Subsampling), command: DecimationXY Command: DecimationXY Description: With this feature enabled the sensor skips every other row and column.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.3 Framerate and shutter 6.3.1 Setting the framerate, command: AcquisitionFrameRateAbs Command: Range: AcquisitionFrameRateAbs = 1...3b49hex Description: With this command the framerate (unit Hz) in free run mode can be set. Note: The actual range depends on the current ROI. 6.3.2 Setting the shuttertime, command: ExposureTimeRaw Command: Range: ExposureTimeRaw = 2...
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.3.4 Non destructive readout for multi exposure, command: NonDestructiveReadout Command: Range: NonDestructiveReadout = 1...7 Description: This command controls the non destructive readout mode. If desired, pixel exposure can be accumulated up to 7 times, resulting in alternative image exposures. The optimally exposed image can be selected for further processing.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.4.1 Type of exposure, command: ExposureMode The EoSens can expose the images in free run mode or with an external signal. The external modes are used to synchronize EoSens cameras to each other or to an external event.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.5 Image quality 6.5.1 Digital gain, command: DigitalGain Command: Range : DigitalGain = 0 or 0400 ... 1000hex Description: The digital gain can be set from 0400 hex which is equivalent to gain 1x to 1000hex which is equivalent to gain 4x. Setting the gain to 0 switches off the correction completely. 6.5.2 Blacklevel, command: BlackLevelRaw Command: Range: BlackLevelRaw = 32 ... C8hex Description: This command adjusts blacklevel.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.5.3 FPN correction, command: FPNEnable Command: FPNEnable Description: With this command the column FPN (fixed pattern noise) correction can be activated or deactivated. At the beginning of each frame, before visible lines are read out, a fixed voltage is applied at the columns. These values are read out like real data and are stored inside the camera. When FPN correction is enabled the stored value is subtracted of each pixel.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.6 Other 6.6.1 In frame counter, command: InFrameCount Command: InFrameCount Description: If a sequence of frames is to be recorded for long time at a high frame rate, it can be useful to mark the images for later identification or check for completeness. EoSens has a 32-Bit image counter whose count can replace the first four pixel of every image. It is incremented by every new image. 6.6.
Configuration EoSens GE Camera Manual 6.6.3 Setting threshold mode, command: GrayThreshold (optional feature) Command: and: GrayThresholdEnable GrayThresholdAbs Description: With this command the threshold mode can be activated. All pixels above the threshold level in the image will be output as white while all pixels below will be output as black. The threshold relates to the 10 bit sensor data. This feature is especially useful with the binarization mode. threshold off threshold on 6.6.
MC Control Tool EoSens GE Camera Manual 7 MC Control Tool The MC Control Tool must be installed on a Windows PC. (Win9x, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP) by means of the setup software. See also www.mikrotron.de to download the latest version. This software provides an almost self explaining user interface to modify any camera parameter. The description of the parameters follows the marked chapters in this user manual. To use this tool with the EoSens camera the serial interface is integrated in the GigE interface.
Firmware EoSens GE Camera Manual 8 Firmware The camera possesses programmable devices, which are working with some firmware packages. New cameras were programmed with all needed firmware packages and will not need any update. For customized firmware or additional features the camera offers the possibility to update some of the firmware versions. The procedure of updating depends on the firmware package. Do not update more than 1 firmware at the same time.
Firmware EoSens GE Camera Manual 8.3 Firmware update procedure Before you disable the loaded firmware please ensure that you have an adequate application firmware version to load (e.g. EoSens….A101.ibf for application firmware, EoSens…F101.ibf for FPGA firmware). After this command the camera may not be able to deliver any images, load/send/store register or profile data. The status led of the camera will turn to red. YOU CAN NOT UNDO THIS COMMAND. Start MC Control Tool and select “EoSens” camera.
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9 Technical Data 9.1 Overview MC1364 MC1365 Number of pixel Pixel size Active area Fill factor Sensitivity Spectral response Shutter Trigger Internal dynamic Pixel saturation level Power supply Power consumption max. Thermal resistance typ. Serial data link Digital video Case temperature Shock & vibration Dimensions (WxHxD) Case temperature Weight Lens mount Monochrome Bayer Filter 1280 x 1024 14 x 14 µm 17.92 (H) x 14.34 (V) mm 40% 25 V/lux.s @ 550nm 400..
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9.2 Sensor defect specifications Parameter Description Limit BrightPix Amount of bright pixels (response higher then half scale) in a dark image. Dark image must first be FPN corrected. < 10 DarkMeanOutput Average value of a dark image (10-bit scale). 0 < x < 235 50%MeanOutput Average value of a half scale image (10-bit scale). 390 < x < 547 FPN Fixed pattern noise of a dark image should be smaller than 3.1% of the signal swing < 3.
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9.3 Spectral response The charts below show the sensitivity of the monochrome and the color sensor with a bayer pattern filter on the sensor glass lid. The color camera is by default equipped with a UV/IR cut filter with a transmittance of 370-670nm resulting in a sensitivity shown in the second chart. By request all types of cameras can be delivered with or without UV/IR cut filter.
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9.4 Bayer pattern filter The EoSens color camera has a bayer pattern filter on the sensor glass lid. To get the color in formation the imaging software must decode the information. The pattern beginning from first row, first column is: Green Blue Red Green Because the pattern must always start at the same field with a color camera only even height and even offset-y is possible. The camera will automatically round down if odd values are entered.
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9.5 Connector pinning 9.5.1 Gigabit Ethernet Connector Connector type: RJ45 female 9.5.2 Circular power connector, 12-pin Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Manufacturer: Order no.: Signal GND VCC STROBE_GND STROBE_OUT TRIG_GND TRIG_IN VCC GND Voltage level 8 - 24V DC LVTTL 3.3V (LV)TTL 3.
Technical Data EoSens GE Camera Manual 9.6 Timing diagrams 9.6.1 Timed (Free run with electronic shutter) In this mode framerate and exposure time is controlled by the camera. At the strobe output (in power connector) there is a high signal while the camera exposes a picture. 9.6.2 Trigger width (Pulsewidth mode) In this mode framerate and exposure time is controlled by the TRIG_IN (in power connector) input.
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Quick start guide for GigE Vision® EoSens GE Camera Manual 10 Quick start guide for GigE Vision® This guide describes the basic steps to set up a connection to a GigE Vision camera using the EBus driver. Other driver configurations are possible but for high performance it is recommended to use the EBus Optimal Driver if possible. 10.1 Software installation This guide requires to install the eBUS-PureGEV Package.
Quick start guide for GigE Vision® EoSens GE Camera Manual 10.3 Configure the network card • Go to the network property page and set the IP and the subnet mask for the NIC. Note: If you have more than one network card in your computer make sure to configure the one connected to the camera.
Quick start guide for GigE Vision® EoSens GE Camera Manual 10.4 Connecting using the GEV Player • Start the GEV player (Start->Programs->Pleora Technologies Inc-> eBUS-PureGEV Package ->GEV Player) and click select. Your IP Engine should now appear in the list (This could take a while ..). If your engine doesn't appear make sure your camera is powered and your network connection is configured. Note: The GEV Player can only be used with Ebus Drivers (Optimal or Universal).
Quick start guide for GigE Vision® 10.5 Camera configuration • Click GEV Device control to configure the camera.
