Sweep 2000M-CXP-80 User Manual
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1. Fig 9 Line graph display with no frame grabber Test pattern 2 46 SW 2000M CXP 80 9 2 Internal web server The internal Web server can be accessed by standard web browsers at http 10 10 10 10 It offers some documents for download and is used while updating camera firmware Ik 10101010 10 10 10 10 Sweep Line Scan Camera es JAI SWEEP SW 2000M CXP 80 E e Download the camera datasheet e Download the camera manual See the possibilities www jai com Fig 10 Home page 47 SW 2000M CXP 80 10 External dimensions AM5 4 pcs depth 8 Fig 11 External dimensions in mm 48 SW 2000M CXP 80 11 Specifications 11 1 Operating range Min Typical Max Unit Notes Parameter Number of pixels 2048 2048 CMOS custom line scan Preise ane im setara o wo w e O 100k line rate 10 Hz to 80 kHz 100k line rate 10 Hz to 80 kHz oo do only discrete values of 1x 2x 6x or 12x SENSOR command aw 5 amp Ko fon N m Ul we Line scan period in the 12 5 Electronic shutter in the 2 Ne INT and PWC modes Internal A D conversions ko m N x lt x lt Analog gain eter ity Param 32 Flange back distance 1365 m ton mount Lens protruson Dem _ 5 ee 7 50 ge 60 Position of optical axis X 5 storage 10 Humid 5 relative non condensing operating and stora2. 25 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 1 3 6 CS FACTORY RESET restore settings to factory default This command restores the factory values for all the above mentioned settings from the camera non volatile memory and saves them like the command CS SAVE Factory defaults Command Factory default SENSOR RESPONSIVE 1 LINE RATE 10 kHz LINE PERIOD 100 0 us LINE CTRL internal LINE IT 100 98 50 js GAIN 1 000 OFFSET 0 CXP FORMAT MONO 8 READOUT NORMAL ROI OFF BINNING OFF FFC OFF 26 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 Group B Commands affecting exposure 7 2 1 SENSOR selects the sensor mode and analog gain The sensor has two possibilities to collect the light generated charge The default setting uses the smaller well size for higher responsivity The larger well size is used for a wider dynamic range and a better signal to noise ratio which results in more valid bits The difference of the responsivity between the two well sizes is approximately a factor of 6 Additionally an analog gain factor of 2 can be selected with both modes Command Description SENSOR Returns the SENSOR setting syntax SENSOR Returns the present setting of SENSOR DYNAMIC 1 Sets the sensor into the high dynamic range operating mode Larger Quantum Well is in use SENSOR DYNAMIC 2 Analog gain of 2x added SENSOR RESPONSIVE 1 Sets the sensor into the high responsivity operating mode Smaller
3. Ethernet port supports multiple Telnet sessions at the same time Standard terminal programs can be used for control at command level Default IP address is 10 10 10 10 Telnet Port is number 23 JAI provides a control tool as Windows software and a web browser access 44 SW 2000M CXP 80 9 1 J Al Sweep Ethernet Tool The Sweep Ethernet Tool is a telnet terminal program with possibility to run scripts and to display single line graphs average of 32 lines Set the operational mode of the camera effective after a camera restart Set or query the Ethernet network settings Reset the capture settings to the factory delivery state Group B Commands affecting exposure Select the quantum well size and analog gain Set the line period interval in microseconds Set the line rate in Hz Select internal or external line timing control Set the line integration time in microseconds Set the digital gain Set the digital offset Group C Commands affecting image output format Select the CoaXPress pixel format Set the line readout direction Region of interest Pairing of pixels Device information Select a test pattern Show camera status summary Reboot the camera after confirmation Fig 8 Front page after initialization and the help command 45 SW 2000M CXP 80 gt gt cxp format mono 8 CoaXPress pixel format set to Mono 8
4. Offset OFFSET lt offset gt 1023 to 1023 entered as 12 bits 9 Calibrate the Flat FFC RUN define and apply Field Correction 10 lactivate correction FFC ON 11 deactivate FFC OFF Note 1 If the status inquiry LINE RATE returns the value 8888 0 Hz the camera has automatically dropped the line rate to a safe value due to a too slow CXP Link speed that has been set after the faster line rate was already once accepted in use or saved 41 SW 2000M CXP 80 C Commands affecting image output format Command Function Command Format Parameter Remarks MONO 8 8 bits per pixel 1 CXP pixel format 5 as MONO 10 10 bits per pixel MONO 12 12 bits per pixel 2 Readout direction READOUT Normal or Reverse Set the regions of Pixel numbers 1 to 4 Check the list of 3 ROI lt regions gt interest regions requirements below 4 Activate ROI ROI ON 5 Deactivate ROI ROI OFF 6 Pixel binning BINNING lt mode gt AVG SUM or OFF 7 Start acquisition ACQ START Use before any of the 8 Stop acquisition ACQ STOP other commands of this table Requirements for ROI For simplicity and first trials it is recommended to divide the full range of pixels into 8 sections of 256 pixels each and then select individual or groups of sections The following list shows the detailed rules to optimise the regions depending on operating mode Pixel indices are from 1 t
5. selected output bit depth of 8 10 or 12 bits When the direction of any ramp changes the last value of previous ramp is repeated once as the first value of the next ramp to keep the lengths of the sequences equal when feasible 7 4 5 REBOOT restart the camera The command REBOOT resets the camera and starts it from the beginning as if the power had been cycled Command Description REBOOT Restart the camera Same initializations as during power up Close existing Telnet sessions and start new ones as needed 7 4 6 FIRMWARE UPDATE initiate the MCU update This command starts the loading of new firmware for the MCU Please refer to chapter 5 12 for detailed instructions Also the FPGA update process is described there Command Description FIRMWARE UPDATE Initiates the microcontroller firmware update after confirmation 39 SW 2000M CXP 80 8 Summary of commands A General settings Command Function Command Format Parameter Remarks 1 Camera operating MODE Sea fundamental settings mode reboot reguired 2 Network settings NET 3 laeb address NET IP lt address gt XXX XXX XXX XXX static DHCP off NET IP AUTO dynamic DHCP on 4 set subnet mask NET MASK lt mask gt XXX XXX XXX XXX Sa Ml address B eahideraule ourer NET GATEWAY only with static lt address gt XXX XXX XXX XXX address 6 reset net settings NET FACTORY RESET 7 camera name NET NAME lt name gt
6. Quantum Well is in use Default setting SENSOR RESPONSIVE 2 Analog gain of 2x added 27 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 2 LINE PERIOD and LINE RATE These commands are used to set the scan rate for the internal timing generator which is selected by the LINE CTRL INT command A new setting will be effective even though the camera is in external timing mode The LINE RATE is the inverse of the LINE PERIOD and if one of them is changed then the other will be changed as well The LINE PERIOD command specifies the line interval in microseconds The valid range is from 12 5 to 100000 0 The line period can be changed with the resolution of 0 1 us However internal rounding can take place In this case the resulting rounded line period length is returned as the response to the command The response has a resolution of 0 01 us The LINE RATE command is used for specifying the scan rate as lines per second The valid range is from 10 to 80 000 The line rate can be specified in steps of 0 1 Hz However internal rounding can take place In this case the resulting rounded line rate is returned as the response to the command Command Description LINE PERIOD Returns the command syntax and the available range LINE PERIOD Returns the present line period LINE PERIOD dine period gt Sets the line period as microseconds us in steps of 0 1 Default 100 0 LINE RATE Returns the command syntax and the available range LINE RATE Return
7. external event If external synchronization is needed then the MIX or the PWC mode should be used 7 2 3 2 Mixed mode exposure control command LINE CTRL MIX The line period is now the time between two consecutive rising edges of the CXP trigger signal The integration time is controlled internally by the command LINE IT lt time gt The command LINE IT lt value gt is not available in this mode This mode is useful in situations where the integration time needs to stay constant regardless of variations in the line frequency Each scan would then be triggered from some external source while the actual integration time of light would be programmed in advance as an absolute value The maximum integration time is always about 2 us shorter than the line interval If the integration time is too long it will be limited to the maximum in which case it will vary according to the line trigger input CXP trigger frequency The camera monitors this frequency The approximate value can be read out by the command LINE RATE LINE INTERVAL Y Ea A INTEGRATION TIME LINE IT B Fig 6 Line timings in mixed control mode 30 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 3 3 PWC mode exposure control command LINE CTRL PWC Both the line period and the integration time are controlled externally by the CXP trigger The time between two falling edges defines the line period Integration starts at the rising edge and stops at the end of the line
8. new name 8 remove the camera NET NAME DELETE name for network NET CLOSE 9 close session NET QUIT or BYE 10 Save capture CS SAVE affected commands settings CS SAVE2 SENSOR 11 Load capture CS LOAD LINE RATE settings CS LOAD2 LINE PERIOD LINE CTRL LINE IT GAIN Restore factory OFFSET 12 settings for image CS FACTORY RESET CXP FORMAT Capture and save READOUT ROI BINNING FFC 40 SW 2000M CXP 80 B Commands affecting exposure Command Function Command Format Parameter Remarks Larger capacity Seed eneratin DYNAMIC 1 lower noise PSS Be g ee DYNAMIC 2 Smaller capacity alsdan RESPONSIVE 1 higher responsivity 99 RESPONSIVE 2 Followed by analog gain of 1x or 2x Minimum depends Tn Line interval in us from on MODE ROI 2 Line interval LINE PERIOD lt time gt 12 5 to 100 000 binning bit depth and link speed Maximum depends Line rate Lines per second from 10 jon MODE ROI 2 note 1 CINE alee to 80 000 binning bit depth and link speed INT internal Recommended 4 Timing source LINE CTRL lt mode gt MIX external line timing minimum line rate internal integration time under external PWC Pulse Width Control control 10 Hz Integration time as Maximum depends 5 LINE IT lt time gt 2 00 to 99 998 60 us microseconds on line rate g integration time as ine it times 0 10 to 100 00 percentage 7 Gain GAIN lt gain gt 0 100 to 32 000 no analog gain 8
9. present settings ROI X0 X1 Sets the ROI to start at pixel XO and end at pixel X1 ROI X0 X1 X2 X3 Sets region 1 to start at pixel XO and end at pixel X1 and region 2 to start at pixel X2 and end at pixel X3 ROI X0 X1 X2 X3 Sets region 1 to start at pixel X0 and end at pixel X1 X4 X5 and region 2 to start at pixel X2 and end at pixel X3 and region 8 to start at pixel X4 and end at pixel X5 ROI X0 X1 X2 X3 Sets region 1 to start at pixel X0 and end at pixel X1 X4 X5 X6 X7 and region 2 to start at pixel X2 and end at pixel X3 and region 8 to start at pixel X4 and end at pixel X5 and region to start at pixel X6 and end at pixel X7 ROI ON Activates ROI If no regions are specified then all 2048 pixels will be sent out Returns the same regions into use unless new regions have been defined ROI OFF Deactivates ROI Default setting 39 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 3 4 BINNING paring of pixels Binning mode combines adjacent pixels as pairs either to double the response by summing the two original values or to decrease noise by taking the average of the two values ROI operation may be in use prior to this Binning decreases the number of output values by a factor of two This increases the limit of the maximum line rate the absolute maximum still being set by the selected MODE The two output values are added together in the summing mode and the output is limited to the maximum digital value of the original pixel values The a
10. to the digital gain control the sensor responsivity can be selected to be either Dynamic or Responsive giving a factor of 6 in responsivity due to the difference in quantum well size An analog gain of 2 can be added to both options Please refer to the SENSOR command It is recommended to use the SENSOR command first as far as possible and only then use the digital gain to fine tune the response Use of values lower than 1 may cause the maximum output value to stay lower than the maximum value of the selected output range All changes in GAIN apply directly both to the signal and the dark level as well If the dark level needs to be maintained it is necessary to modify the OFFSET value respectively A coarse estimate for the new OFFSET value can be calculated as follows and regardless of the bit depth in use OFFSET 50 GAIN 50 Command Description GAIN Returns the command syntax GAIN Returns the present Gain setting GAIN lt value gt Sets the Gain to lt value gt where lt value gt is any number between 0 1 and 32 with up to three decimals The default setting is 1 000 7 2 6 OFFSET output offset The value given by this command is directly added to or subtracted from all the pixel values prior to applying the GAIN Command Description OFFSET Returns the command syntax and the available range OFFSET Returns the present Offset setting OFFSET lt offset gt Changes the signal level prior
11. 8 6 3 Command FORM abs irate AR NN LL LOL LOL LN ANN a AAA eA AAN 19 Description of cCoMMaANGS cence eee eee ene ee EEE EEDA E i ete SDE EEE EES EE EE SEE EE EES 20 7 1 Group A General SettingS cccccccccce cece cece ee an 22 7 1 1 MODE select camera operating MOdE cece eect eect tnt nananana 22 7 1 2 NET network SettingS cccccccccce cece an 22 7 1 3 Saving and restoring the capture SettingS o an 24 1 2 Group B Commands affecting SXPOSUIE chin KANAN ESTETIKA NIS ISS 21 7 2 1 SENSOR selects the sensor mode and analog gain oon 21 7 2 2 LINE PERIOD and LINE RATE idiuddecadddddadincuddccactudeddececcadddddadededeeddddddddad uve 28 7 2 3 LINE CTRL Exposure Control sssrin EEEE a bb 29 T24 ALINE NT integration EM G5 oo oo moms enak 31 7 2 5 GAIN digital signal Rn Bana 32 7 2 6 OFFSET output OffS t oooe an 32 Tat FFC flatfield C0rnEEEIOTT san von son sena bs sman makanan anna aiaa aapi 33 7 3 Group C Commands affecting image output format cece eee teeta 34 Pe SCAR ORM Ponia caiees ora en Nan 34 7 3 2 READOUT pixel readout direction 34 113134 ROMS reguons Of INTERES rinena 35 7 3 4 BINNING paring Of PixelS ccccccce an 36 7 3 5 ACQ start and stop of segi SN BN 36 SW 2000M CXP 80 HAI See the possibilities 7 4 Group D Utilities ccc cece cece aan 37 7 4 1 HELP or list of COMMANAS cccce cece aan 37 7 4 2 VER Camera i
12. ECEOR Pa ab aS aes Na bebe bees NN PANGAN KAA KK MR 9 22 CoaXPress output THOS Bebek bea ben en AAN aa 9 4 3 CXPTEVISION Senen aa NAN NANNAN 9 Operation and RUNCUONS ANN TAN ANA ANN AAN NAK NA ries 10 5 1 MErOdUCHON aA ni an anna 10 Sel IMAGE SENSOR a San LL ia 10 52125 Leima ge PEOEESIINGY 44K ANANDA AN NAN NN AN MNNN AN NB A NBA ANA AN KAN 11 5 2 Operating MODES s mie Ea NAN AE KE Ken ANN AAA AKA BRA aa 11 5 3 DSNU GOT rebana ANA TAN NN KANAN NN A 11 5 4 Digital offset and gain SAGES ka 11 5 5 Test Pattern GEN Sat AAA EN SEN AE AA 12 5 6 Flat Field Corrector PEC Wasnn ana akanekesannne sebab sama 13 5 7 Regions of interest ROI ooooooooakk an 13 5 8 BIANG vase r AAN AN BARA R RON GNU N NUR TE Tanba bk 13 5 9 Reversed readout MILE CHO Miidtdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsdddddddddddddtdddadunnsenn 13 510 CoaXPress inter ace ieie nita LAUR alae elle ali leila blue leet eee 14 5 10 1 Selection of the revision CXP 1 0 Or 1 1 coco 14 5 10 2 ENK MOIE S NN NN 14 5 10 3 ECESO EA ca Me 14 SAIN EthernetiintertatEkoo o ooo ooo o o mo oo oom oo o mak RE ENANA NNNNA N 15 5122 MEITMWare Upda esa EENE EEEE EEEE NNEC ENEKEN ENEE ANN RARE RR BA BNN 16 5 12 1 MCU firmware Update 16 5 12 2 EPGATinmware Updates denada aa BN lan 17 COM MANA NN EN Er acer LEAN NAN ANN ANN NN MR ANN NANAH AAA 18 6 1 CONNECTING Via Telnet 22206000 RAA AAA ANE TENUN ANN I RA ANA AN 18 6 2 Entering the Command See A kind dda bbeds 1
13. Group D Utilities HELP or for list of all commands VER for displaying firmware versions and camera identifiers STATUS to display camera information and settings TEST for selecting test patterns REBOOT for restarting the camera FIRMWARE UPDATE to change the MCU code 20 SW 2000M CXP 80 The four groups will be described in detail in the following sections Most commands display help on how to use it if a space and a question mark is added after the command and current status of the function if the command is entered as such with no parameters The general principle with all the group B and C commands is that users may experiment with the settings without losing the latest saved and working setup exception CS FACTORY RESET New settings are in use but not permanently saved until the user decides to save them It is always possible to return to the latest saved settings either by sending the CS LOAD CS LOAD2 or REBOOT command or power cycling the camera NOTE The CS FACTORY RESET command also saves the new values to the first memory location like the command CS SAVE 21 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 1 Group A General settings 7 1 1 MODE select camera operating mode The command MODE selects the operating mode that will be entered when the camera is rebooted The names of the modes refer to the maximum line rate of each mode If the maximum required line rate is known this command can be used to select th
14. RY RESET sets the net to the factory default values Command Description NET FACTORY RESET Resets the network settings to factory default values The IP setup mode is STATIC IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 10 10 10 1 23 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 1 2 5 NET NAME set a name for the camera This command gives a name for the camera The name is listed with the VER command if a name was given The name is not visible to the network Command Description NET NAME Returns the NET NAME syntax NET NAME Returns the camera name NET NAME lt name gt Sets the name for the camera NET NAME DELETE Removes the name 7 1 2 6 NET CLOSE close the current session This command closes the current session immediately Command Description NET CLOSE Ends the current Telnet session Alternative commands are NET QUIT and BYE 7 1 3 Saving and restoring the capture settings This group of commands is used for saving and reloading image capture related settings as one set Two storage locations are available for writing and reading The third storage location is for the factory settings which can only be loaded Note The ON OFF status of FFC is included in both sets The correction data itself is the same with both sets There is only one common storage place for this data Command Description CS List of
15. SW 2000M CXP 80 a See the possibilities SW 2000M CXP 80 CMOS High Speed Monochrome CoaXPress Line Scan Camera CXP 1 1 and 1 0 Document Version 1 3 Date March 13 2015 File Manual SW 2000M CXP 80 First Release 1 3 docx SW 2000M CXP 80 HAL See the possibilities Notice The material contained in this manual consists of information that is proprietary to J Al Oy Finland and may only be used by the purchasers of the product JAI Oy Finland makes no warranty for the use of its product and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein J Al Oy Finland reserves the right to make changes without notice Company and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Warranty 12 months from date of delivery 4 months for repairs covering the work and parts at the factory Certifications CE compliance As defined by the Electromagnetic compatibility requirements of Directive 2004 108 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council JAI Oy Finland declares that SW 2000M CXP 80 complies with the following provisions EN 61000 6 2 2005 EMC immunity EN 61000 6 4 2007 EMC emissions FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide rea
16. arger pixel area either to increase the response or to reduce noise 5 9 Reversed readout direction This function enables reading of the pixel values in correct order in cases where it is not practical to install the camera to follow the intended imaging direction 13 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 10 CoaXPress interface CoaXPress CXP is a communication standard for imaging applications It provides high speed image data communications and control triggering and power input all over a single coaxial cable as one CXP link The transmission is point to point and up to distances exceeding 100 meters The so called Uplink for communications and control runs always at the constant rate of 20 Mbps 5 10 1 Selection of the revision CXP 1 0 or 1 1 The camera operates according to revision 1 1 as default but supports also rev 1 0 The revision is selected by writing to the bootstrap register defined in the standard itself The new selection is automatically saved and taken into use at next boot up The host should check the setting during initialization and change it if necessary 5 10 2 Link modes The camera always boots up at link speed of 3 125G to negotiate with the host on transmission properties The host is typically a frame grabber board and acts as the master here It can try any of the standard speeds or read the preferred link mode that the camera has been set to show The host then sets the camera to the mode it wants to use Th
17. ate to start Orange steady Initializing Orange flashing rapidly MCU firmware update in progress Do not disconnect the Ethernet cable Do not switch off the power Red Internal error 3 Ethernet Link LED Green steady Connected to an active network device This indicates the existence of a physical link only It does not indicate a valid TCP IP network configuration 4 Ethernet Status LED Yellow flashing Activity indicator Blinks shortly during data transfer SW 2000M CXP 80 4 Input and output 4 1 CXP BNC connector The CXP BNC connector connects to one single point to point coaxial cable 75 Q to output image data communicate with the camera and to input power Please refer to official standard www coaxpress com for more information on the cabling solutions Each cable connects all the related grounds together electrical zero of the internal electronics to the chassis of the camera and then via the shielding of the cable to the electrical zero of the other end which is then often connected to system ground via its chassis 4 2 CoaXPress output modes Bit depths of 8 10 and 12 are supported Camera operates internally with more than 12 bits All blanks are electrically zeroes 4 3 CXP revision The camera supports either revision 1 0 or 1 1 Default setting is for rev 1 1 The revision can be selected by writing to the CXP bootstrap register 0x4 The value 0x00010001 corres
18. available Capture Settings group commands CS Returns the present Capture Settings CS SAVE Saves the present Capture Settings to the first memory location Loaded during reboot and power up CS LOAD Loads the stored Capture Settings from the first memory location CS SAVE2 Saves the present Capture Settings to the second memory location CS LOAD2 Loads the stored Capture Settings from the second memory location CS FACTORY RESET Restores the Capture Settings to the factory values and saves them to the first memory location 24 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 1 3 1 CS show image capture settings The command CS shows existing settings for this group of commands SENSOR LINE RATE LINE PERIOD LINE CTRL LINE IT GAIN OFFSET CXP FORMAT READOUT ROI BINNING FFC 7 1 3 2 CS SAVE save settings 1 set This command stores all the above mentioned settings to the first location in non volatile memory The settings are loaded at power up and during reboot of the camera 7 1 3 3 CS LOAD load settings 1 set This command restores all the above mentioned settings from the first memory location of the non volatile memory 7 1 3 4 CS SAVE2 save settings 2 set This command stores all the above mentioned settings to the second location in non volatile memory 7 1 3 5 CS LOAD2 load settings 2 set This command restores all the above mentioned settings from the second memory location of the non volatile memory
19. damentally different from each other The operating mode is configured upon start up and can only be changed by issuing a new mode selection command and rebooting the camera 5 3 DSNU Corrector DSNU Dark Signal Non uniformity describes the pixel specific differences of response in dark while PRNU Photo Response Non uniformity respectively describes the pixel specific differences of response to equal amounts of light falling onto all the pixels Both are basic sensor and pixel specific imperfections which can be characterized and minimized DSNU is corrected already during production Users may use the FFC function to further adapt the camera into existing lighting conditions if necessary 5 4 Digital offset and gain stages This block first shifts the digital pixel value up or down and then applies a digital gain The result is limited to stay between zero and the maximum digital value Gain values lower than the default 1x may cause the maximum output value to be lower than the maximum of the range in use The offset block is a direct subtraction or addition It does not define the target value for dark response and has no feedback loop That is why the gain block which is simply a digital multiplier will also change the offset level thus possibly causing a need to readjust the offset value 11 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 5 Test Pattern Generator The SW 2000M CXP 80 can send out five defined test patterns instead of the real imaged li
20. e completely white line The lowest value is actually always the same as what the vertically changing pattern P3 would have if it had been started at the same time as P5 Thinking of the visual look of the pattern P3 the correct look of this pattern P5 can be better understood the base level or the darkest part of the pattern varies just like the vertically ramping P3 would vary And while the base level gets brighter the horizontal pattern also gets tighter as the lengths of those horizontal ramps decrease making the respective image look like a pattern of higher freguencies Please note that the selection is not saved nor loaded along with the other settings Power cycling rebooting and loading of factory settings will switch the test mode off 37 SW 2000M CXP 80 Command TEST OFF Description No test pattern Image data originates from the sensor default TEST P1 Sawtooth horizontal rising ramps from 0 to maximum All lines are equal In case of 8 bit output the line graph includes 8 such periods when advancing across the 2K pixels The respective image should thus look like this TEST P2 Triangles horizontal ramps from 0 to maximum followed by falling ramps from maximum to zero All lines are equal In case of 8 bit output the line graph includes 4 such periods when advancing across the 2K pixels The respective image should thus look like this TEST P3 Vertical sawtooth rising ramps from 0 to ma
21. e most suitable option Changing to a lower speed option may set the camera to operate internally at a slower clock rate which will lead to lower internal temperatures and slightly increased operating temperature range MODE internal clock max line rate SPEED40kL 60 MHz 40 kHz SPEED70kL 100 MHz 70 kHz factory default SPEED80kL 100 MHz 80 kHz Command Description MODE Returns the MODE setting syntax and a list of available modes to select from MODE Returns the present setting of MODE MODE lt file name gt Sets a new operating mode Reboot required 7 1 2 NET network settings The Ethernet control interface settings can be changed using the NET group of commands Caution Setting incorrect network properties can cause the camera to be unreachable through the network If this happens please use GeniCam via an SDK interface to reset or correct the network settings Command Description NET Returns the NET settings syntax for manual DHCP IP address Gateway and Subnet Mask NET Returns the present setting of manual DHCP IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway together with the settings after the next reboot of the camera Default settings The IP setup mode is STATIC IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 10 10 10 1 22 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 1 2 1 NET IP set the IP address The command NET IP sets the IP address of the camera De
22. e preferred link mode of the camera can be preset to be one of the three options listed in the table below The command cxp config is available only via the Ethernet connection as a telnet command not via GeniCam The given values are immediately saved but will not become effective until the next boot up If the new mode is slower please make sure that the line rate value saved by the CS SAVE command is not too high Command Link mode Max line rate Use of ROI and BINNING may raise the limits The selected Operating Mode see 7 1 1 is the absolute limit cxp config11 one link 1 25G 55 44 36 kHz for 8 10 12 bits cxp config21 one link 2 5G 80 80 73 kHz cxp config3 1 one link 3 125G 80 80 80 kHz The host can then change the freguency of the image data link during the operation if the camera supports the new mode The camera must follow the selections made by the host 5 10 3 ECT test modes The camera includes a special operating mode for the Electrical Compliance Tests ECT of the standard The camera will then output test mode data with the selected link speed The new values are automatically saved and taken into use at next boot up 14 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 11 Ethernet interface The 10 100 Mbps Ethernet port interface is provided as an alternative way to communicate with the camera Connection to Ethernet offers usual networking possibilities like remote access and connecting multiple ca
23. ector 2 Ethernet connector 3 Lens mount Nikon F Mount 4 Mounting holes all 8 pcs are M5 with depth of 8 mm Note Both the CE and FCC approvals reguire that the camera chassis is grounded This will typically happen when the camera is mounted using any of the mounting holes Additionally it can be secured by connecting a copper cable of 10 mm or thicker to the electrical system ground SW 2000M CXP 80 3 2 Connector panel and indicators Fig 2 Rear panel with the Ethernet connector cap on 1 CXP LED A multi color LED with the following functions Orange steady CXP is booting up ik Red flashing slowly Power ON Not yet connected a xx Green Orange Flashing rapidly Connection detection in progress PoCXP active Orange Flashing rapidly Connection detection in progress PoCXP not in use Green steady Device connected but no data is transferred ik k Green flashing rapidly Device connected Data is being transferred ik x Green Orange flashing slowly Connection test packets being sent Green red orange flashing slowly Test mode for compliance ik Red red pulse Error during data transfer SW 2000M CXP 80 HAL See the possibilities 2 Status LED A multi color LED with the following functions Green steady Normal operation Green flashing slowly Busy kk Green flashing rapidly Performing firmware update or waiting for a firmware upd
24. era 6 2 Entering the commands The commands are typed in the client console window like in any command line interface A carriage return ENTER terminates the command line and transmits it to the command interpreter in the camera for parsing and execution If the communication is coded into a software application then each line must have a carriage return character ASCII 0x0D at the end Also a line feed character 0x0A may be sent after the carriage return but it is not needed Please note that the response time of some commands is considerably longer Commands like VER STATUS CS LOAD CS LOAD2 and CS FACTORY RESET take almost 10 seconds to complete 18 SW 2000M CXP 80 6 3 Command Format The following notation is used for describing the command syntax BOLDFACE indicates the fixed command word that must betypedasit is A vertical line delimits alternative forms of a command oraces are used to group the alternative forms delimited by the vertical line wedge brackets are used to delimit the names of values square brackets indicate an optional part that can be omitted All parameters numbers options must be separated by one or more spaces All commands are case insensitive VER Ver and ver are all equal Example LINE IT times lt value gt A command described using this syntax has two alternative forms The first form takes a time as its only parameter while the second form takes the percentage as an op
25. establish a scene illumination as uniform as possible and to use the intended optics and adjustments for the application A uniform test target is needed It is recommended to calibrate the correction slightly off focal This can be achieved either by changing the viewing distance recommended option or by turning the lens a little off the best focus The calibration routine first switches the correction off The correction itself is a 2 point linear calculation to compensate for all the pixel specific differences both at the lowest response levels darkness as well as at the bright levels which exist when the routine is run Two reference lines are used Both are an average of 32 lines The dark reference was calibrated already at the factory DSNU The bright reference is taken during the calibration The peak value of the bright reference is used as the target value for all the pixels The correction unit is loaded with the new factors and the correction is turned on The correction factors are saved and loaded along with the commands CS SAVE CS SAVE2 CS LOAD and CS LOAD2 but because there is only one common memory location available they actually all operate with the same data Command Description FFC Returns the command syntax FFC Shows whether the correction is ON or OFF FFC RUN Calibrates the correction to reach the same response at all the pixels and turns the correction on FFC ON Activates the function If FFC wa
26. fault is 10 10 10 10 Command Description NET IP Returns the NET IP setting syntax NET IP Please use command NET for settings information NET IP xxx XXX XXX oo Sets the camera to use a static IP address XXX XXX XXX XXX NET IP AUTO Sets the camera to obtain a dynamic IP address using DHCP Caution It is recommended to use a static IP address If a dynamic address is selected there is no straightforward way to determine the address assigned by the DHCP server You may use GenlCam via an SDK interface to search for the address 7 1 2 2 NET MASK set the IP subnet mask This command sets the IP subnet mask of the camera The command has no effect in case of using dynamic IP addressing Command Description NET MASK Returns the syntax for setting NET MASK NET MASK Please use command NET for settings information NET MASK lt xxx XXX XXX XXX gt Sets the camera to use an IP subnet mask 7 1 2 3 NET GATEWAY set the IP default gateway The command NET GATEWAY sets the IP default gateway default router of the camera The command has no effect in case of using dynamic IP addressing Command Description NET GATEWAY Returns the NET GATEWAY syntax NET GATEWAY Please use command NET for settings information NET GATEWAY lt xxXx XXX XXX XXX gt Sets the address of the default gateway 7 1 2 4 NET FACTORY RESET resetting the net settings The command NET FACTO
27. ge Vibration i sa f 119 3 Dimensions 99 3 mm with no lens mount 45 3 Weight 550 w o lens mount lal Pl Tata 49 SW 2000M CXP 80 11 2 Common properties Property Notes Internal internal line rate internal shutter Operation modes Mixed external line rate internal shutter Pulse Width Control PWC one CXP trigger for line rate and shutter Data interface CoaxPress revision 1 0 or 1 1 default Output modes 8 10 or 12 bits Protective glass 1 0 mm BK7 with AR coating Communication _ CoaxXPress incl GenlCam interface 10 100 Mbps Ethernet EN 61000 6 2 2005 EMC immunity Regulation EN 61000 6 4 2007 EMC emissions FCC Part 15 Subpart B 11 3 Performance per selected sensor mode Responsive Dynamic Quantum efficiency OE 6 Quantum well size _ 60 Conversion factor Signal to noise ratio EMVA 1288 as pas ow CS Dona Linearity error e all specifications are subject to change without notice e wavelength of light 625 nm e DNas 12 bit e Gain 1 0 e DR 2019 4095 dark noise dB e SNR Quantum well size 1 20 Ig SNR dB 50 SW 2000M CXP 80 11 4 Spectral response x gt Ss c Ka lt Wu E gt c gt ef 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 Wavelength nm visible light is 390 to 750 nm Fig 12 Total spectral response without len
28. ge to change This may take minutes Then click on the HOME button The LEDs remain off The camera must next be rebooted You may power cycle the camera or send the REBOOT command followed by CONFIRM No other commands should be sent before this Close all communication sessions to the camera and establish new ones as needed Verify by command VER that the Logic version has changed as intended 17 SW 2000M CXP 80 6 Command line interface The command line interface provides an easy interactive way to control the camera All commands can be given through the Ethernet interface using the Telnet protocol 6 1 Connecting via Telnet To connect the camera using Telnet e Consult your IT department to check if you can plug the camera to your local area network with the default IP address 10 10 10 10 You may change the address by using the NET IP command Alternatively you may configure your network card to build a direct connection to the camera e Connect the camera to a local area network using a twisted pair cable A shielded cable of category 5 or higher is recommended e Open a Telnet client on the computer Two options are available from J Al Please refer to chapter 9 of this document Also free or commercial Telnet clients can be downloaded from various internet sites The following Telnet clients are examples of clients tested with the Sweep cameras o Foxterm o PuTTY e Opena Telnet connection to the IP address of the cam
29. gger packet being sent is coded into the packet itself The camera uses these values to recreate the trigger event with low jitter and a fixed latency Command Description LINE CTRL Returns the command syntax LINE CTRL Returns the present line control setting LINE CTRL INT Line rate and integration time are controlled by the camera Default setting LINE CTRL MIX Line rate is controlled externally by the CXP trigger Integration time is controlled internally by the camera LINE CTRL PWC Line rate and integration time are controlled externally by the CXP trigger 29 SW 2000M CXP 80 Command Line period control Integration time Related commands LINE CTRL INT internal internal LINE RATE or LINE PERIOD and LINE IT LINE CTRL MIX external internal LINE IT LINE CTRL PWC external external none 7 2 3 1 Internal exposure control command LINE CTRL INT The scan rate is defined either by the LINE RATE or the LINE PERIOD command which are inverse of each other The LINE IT command LINE Integration Time sets the length of the exposure time during each scan The Line IT must be shorter than the Line Period The actual integration takes place in the first part of the line period If the Line Integration time is commanded to be longer than the Line Period then the integration time will stop at the same time as the line period ends The Internal exposure mode cannot be synchronized to an
30. maximum time the light generated charge is integrated is always slightly shorter than the line period Correlated Double Sampling CDS is used for sampling the charge voltage and the reset level to find the difference which is then digitized into more than 12 bits and sent out of the sensor for processing An analog gain factor of 2 can be applied to the above mentioned difference regardless of the well size The selection is included in the SENSOR command syntax VOLTAGE VOLTAGE A D Gen QUANTUM WELL 4 COMMAND SENSOR Fig 3 Sensor block diagram 10 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 1 2 Line image processing The output data from the imager is buffered for further processing to be then finally sent out of the camera via the CoaXPress interface The processing chain is controlled by user accessible commands The DSNU corrector is calibrated individually for each camera at the factory and always in use with fixed settings The scan rate and the integration of light within each line period can be controlled either by the CXP trigger internal timers or a combination of these Serial communication channels are used to control and monitor the camera Both the standard CXP communication link as well as the Ethernet connection can be used for the same purpose and even at the same time Some functions are only supported via Ethernet 5 2 Operating Modes The camera can be configured to offer several operating modes that are fun
31. meras together for control and monitoring The standard GenlCam programming interface via the CoaXPress connection is allowed to be in use at the same time This of course requires caution if both channels are used for changing camera settings Firmware updates are loaded only via this interface Standard web browsers can be used to establish connections to the internal web server which includes a few basic functions like downloading of some documents and supporting updates This port can not be used for any actual image acquisition Single lines average of 32 can be slowly read out and displayed as graphs by using the J Al Ethernet Tool software 15 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 12 Firmware updates It is possible to update or change the camera firmware without opening the housing New code is loaded in via the Ethernet port and with help of web browser user interface There are two kinds of firmware updates MCU and FPGA The MCU microcontroller unit updates affect the user interface and high level features of the camera while the FPGA field programmable gate array updates provide enhancements for low level or hardware related functions The MCU update is first initiated by the command FIRMWARE UPDATE and then completed with help of the user interface that opens up by accessing the main page of the camera web server The FPGA update is done by directly accessing the respective update page Caution Ensure that the camera receives proper
32. nes for purposes like interfacing and problem analysis The patterns replace the image data and can thus be used also to test the following blocks Original full patterns are available after switching off the FFC ROI and binning Test data is also affected by the readout direction selection Corrector Sensor factory Pattern Generator CoaXPress za Line Data Binning rm Direction ma Interface eee 3 Gbps Power Ethernet Interface Fig 4 Image processing block diagram 12 SW 2000M CXP 80 5 6 Flat Field Corrector FFC Factory calibrated DSNU corrector minimizes pixel specific differences in darkness There is no use correcting the PRNU as a factory setting as it is less than the noise Real applications only rarely can provide equal amounts of light for all pixels This is caused mainly by effects like uneven distribution of light light profile or properties of lenses like vignetting Pixels at the center region tend to get more light while the intensity decreases towards both ends of the line image sensor The compensation method called Shading Correction results in a flat equal response to light under the same conditions in which the calibration routine was run It is generally thought of as a coarse correction to regionally scale or gain the pixel responses without paying attention to any pixel specific differences Also generally a method called Flat Field Correction FFC is used for operations where a similar c
33. nformation ooo aan 37 7 4 3 STATUS camera information and settingS sssssssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrere 37 TAA TEST test patternS oo o oWo mooooWa kaan an NN sade eyes 37 7 4 5 REBOOT restart the camera ooo aan 39 7 4 6 FIRMWARE UPDATE initiate the MCU Update cecccceceeeeceee eee eeeeeeaeeaeneeaees 39 8 Summary of COMING SASARAN NN edema aa En 40 9 Software tools for camera COMMUNICATIONS oo eee ee eee seas teat eeaee santas 44 9 1 J Al Sweep Ethernet Tool ooo aan 45 9 2 Internal web Server ooooooookk aa 47 10 External dimensions oo an 48 Il SpEGI FI CA ONS5312222525325158150 aa aaa nana San eno PEE OE ee tie 49 11 1 Operating TANGE ooooooen an 49 11 2 COMMON properties ANN ba EN BEA BEA BBS BED EK 50 11 3 Performance per selected sensor Mode eect cece eter ka 50 11 4 Spectral reSsPONSEL ian ana Aan ampas 51 12 Change History en PN EN NN NN ERIRE 52 SW 2000M CXP 80 1 General The J Al Sweep Series SW 2000M CXP 80 is a CMOS line scan camera based on a custom made 2048 pixel imager with large square pixels of 20 um for high responsivity It operates at a rate of up to 80 000 scans per second The camera outputs digital data in 8 10 or 12 bit formats via one CoaXPress CXP Link up to 3 125 Gbps The camera is configured via CXP interface using GenlCam a generic programming interface for machine vision cameras or via a 10 100 Mb
34. o 2048 also with binning Start index of each region must be odd Width of each ROI must be divisible by 64 Width of each RO must be at least 128 pixels Width of each ROI must be at least 256 pixels if binning is in use Regions must not overlap All regions must be set at once and in ascending order of pixel indices GenlCam use additionally requires that each end pixel index is divisible by 16 CO ON UT Be GN 42 SW 2000M CXP 80 D Utilities Command Function Command Format Parameter Remarks Help HELP or list of commands ee examples E eee hat GAIN LINE RATE Query of existing lt command gt with no ae setting parameters LINE RATE Camera identifiers Moa e NS VER Versions MCU HW and version numbers sensor logic Camera information STATUS and settings Selection of test TEST lt pattern gt From P1 to P5 Wei patterns TEST OFF Renon REBOOT close Telnet sessions camera Firmware update FIRMWARE UPDATE http 10 10 10 10 43 SW 2000M CXP 80 9 Software tools for camera communications The camera can communicate either via GeniCam SDK or the Ethernet 10 100 port Both communications can be used at the same time The reply is sent to only the channel from where the command was received CoaXPress interface supports GenlCam for use with compatible user software like the J Al SDK which can be downloaded from the J Al web site
35. orrection is done more precisely and for each pixel individually The correction typically uses a 2 point linear method where both the dark and bright level pixel responses are equalized making it possible to have uniform response on all light levels within the operating range of the camera This would in fact be a complete single routine to perform DSNU PRNU and Shading Corrections all at the same time but the corrections are separated in this implementation DSNU correction is preset at the factory Shading correction is replaced by FFC which operates assuming a fixed dark reference level and includes the PRNU correction The FFC unit of SW 2000M CXP 80 scales the pixel values by factors that are calculated by imaging a calibration target in order to produce a uniform flat response under the same conditions as where the calibration routine was run A constant value same as DSNU target value is used as the dark reference Bright references are taken by averaging the lines that were imaged from the calibration target 5 7 Regions of interest ROI This block can be used to select up to four sections of pixels to be used as one combined line of pixels The purpose is to reduce the amount of data and to remove unnecessary regions 5 8 Binning Neighboring pixels can be digitally added or averaged as pairs The resulting larger pixels are then sent out as one The resolution as well as the number of pixels will be half The goal is to have l
36. period Thus effectively the exposure time is equal to the HIGH period while the length of one period equals the line rate LINE INTERVAL lt gt CXP trigger i v Y aa INTEGRATION TIME Fig 7 Line timings in PWC control mode 7 2 4 LINE IT integration time This command is used to control the integration time effective exposure time for each line The timing can be specified either as an absolute time in microseconds or as percentage of the line period The integration time given as percentage of the line interval is recalculated automatically when the line rate changes The integration time set in absolute units remains constant unless the line rate setting forces the camera to shorten it Command Description LINE IT Returns the command syntax and the available range LINE IT Returns the present Line Integration setting LINE IT lt time gt Sets the integration time to lt time gt in microseconds where lt time gt is a numerical value between 2 00 99998 50 with 0 1 or 2 decimal places LINE IT lt value gt Sets the integration time to lt value gt per cent of the maximum integration time where lt value gt is a numerical value between 0 10 to 100 00 default with 0 1 or 2 decimal places Not available in the LINE CTRL MIX mode 31 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 5 GAIN digital signal gain The gain control can be used to scale the camera response up or down In addition
37. ponds with CXP1 1 while value 0x00010000 is written to use CXP1 0 after next boot up The CXP revision value can be changed via CXP bootstrap registers or via virtual register set 4 0x0001000x This is a non volatile parameter SW 2000M CXP 80 HAL See the possibilities 5 Operation and functions 5 1 Introduction 5 1 1 Image sensor The SW 2000M CXP 80 is built around a high performance CMOS line scan image sensor which converts the light collected by each pixel into electrical charge The amount of charge generated in each of the individual pixels is basically directly proportional to the amount of light they receive The sensor has two options to store the charge at each pixel These are called Quantum Wells The smaller well can hold about 60 000 electrons 60 ke while the larger has capacity for 360 ke The larger well should be used whenever feasible as it provides the best image quality due to higher dynamic range and better signal to noise ratio SNR but also requires about six times the light for the same response SNR is limited by the shot noise of the light itself and thus it is beneficial to collect as many photons light as possible The smaller well can be used to provide about six times as high response to light but with the cost of lower SNR and dynamic range Due to internal timings and processing there is one inactive period of 1 to 3 us per each imaged line when the received light is not used Thus the
38. power during the complete firmware update process A power break can potentially leave the camera in a state where it can not start again 5 12 1 MCU firmware update 1 Make sure you have the correct file hex for the camera model and the existing configuration available 2 Make sure you have a working communication via the Ethernet port 3 Make sure you have a compatible web browser and can access the main page at http 10 10 10 10 4 Check and make a note of the existing configuration telnet command VER 5 Save any settings that you want to keep The camera will reboot during the process 6 Initiate the camera by telnet command FIRMWARE UPDATE You may still cancel the operation after this Send command CONFIRM when asked if you want to go ahead 7 The CXP LED will turn orange and the status LED will start flashing rapidly This indicates that the camera is waiting for the new code 8 Access http 10 10 10 10 or refresh the page if you already were there The user interface will let you browse for the new file hex and upload it to the camera Sweep Firmware Update v 2 2 Camera serial number SW447001 Please specify a Sweep hex file to upload Alternatively restart the camera without updating Restart Fig 5 User interface for MCU update 16 10 11 12 13 SW 2000M CXP 80 You can still cancel the update here in which case the camera will reboot once automatically Afte
39. ps Ethernet port using an industry standard RJ 45 connector The default lens mount is F mount Additional options will be added 1 1 Camera nomenclature The standard camera composition consists of SW 2000M CXP 80 camera body with F mount x1 Lens mount sensor protection cap x1 In the model number of the camera SW stands for Sweep Series 2000 represents the resolution 2000 pixels M stands for monochrome CXP stands for CoaXPress interface and 80 stands for 80 kHz maximum scan rate 2 Main features CMOS line scan camera Resolution 2048 x 1 Pixel size 20 um square Selectable Quantum Well size 60k or 360k electrons Selectable clock rate for sensor Maximum scan rate 80 000 lines per second CXP one link data interface o One connector o 8 10 or 12 bits per pixel o Supported CXP operating frequencies 1 25G 2 5G and 3 125G DSNU correction as factory default Flat field correction FFC Test pattern generator for set up and troubleshooting Default lens mount F mount DC input voltage via CXP cable Ethernet port for o Control and monitoring o Firmware updates o Download of files from camera internal web server e Short ASCII commands for set up via Ethernet using the Telnet protocol o Windows user interface e GenlCam compatible SW 2000M CXP 80 IAIN See the possibilities 3 Connectors and mounting 3 1 Locations Fig 1 Location of external features 1 CXP BNC conn
40. r a few short flashes both LEDs turn into steady orange color Wait until the status LED becomes green and steady again Close all communication sessions to the camera and establish new ones as needed If you instead clicked on the upload button the rapid flashing of the status LED will continue with alternating orange and green colors until the upload is complete Do not interrupt the upload The camera will then automatically reboot The LED will first go off then turn orange and finally green Close old communication sessions to the camera and establish new ones as needed Verify by command VER that the MCU version number has changed as intended 5 12 2 FPGA firmware update Ar Da AD 10 11 12 Make sure you have the correct file rbf for the camera model and the existing configuration available Make sure you have a working communication via the Ethernet port Make sure you have a compatible web browser and can access the main page at http 10 10 10 10 Check and make a note of the existing configuration telnet command VER Save any settings that you want to keep The camera must be rebooted during the process Access http 10 10 10 10 FPGAupdate html Browse and open the file rbf You may cancel the operation now by closing the web page Click on Upload to proceed Do not interrupt the upload Both LEDs will now turn off The Ethernet status LED will blink during the upload Wait for the user interface pa
41. resent the amount of light that each pixel collected At the same time the new line period starts and the camera starts to process the data that in fact originates from the line period that occurred two periods earlier There is a constant delay from the end of each scan to the time where the first pixel value comes out of the camera The user always gets exactly one line of data for each request of a new line but due to the internal delay it cannot always be the next line after the request No lines though are lost in the process It is possible to limit the amount of time that light is effectively collected integration time within each scan period by using an electronic shutter function The integration time always ends at the same time as the line The start of the integration time should thus be selected to match the intended duration Only two signals or events are needed for these operations First one is the new line request and the second one is the signal or event to start the integration The source for these events can either come from the CXP trigger or from internal timers or as a combination of these two The CXP trigger is generated by the host internally or based on its input signals It is forwarded to the camera as a transmission packet In order to provide the camera a real time trigger the trigger packet transmission over the coaxial cable has the highest priority The time delay value between the trigger event and the tri
42. s 51 SW 2000M CXP 80 12 Change History Date March 13 2015 Revision 1 3 First Release Changes 52 SW 2000M CXP 80 User s Record Camera type Sweep SW 2000M CXP 80 Revision Release A rev 1 3 Serial No Firmware version MCU 1 071 9 Mar 2015 Logic 20 017 20 Feb 2015 Please contact your local J Al distributor for camera revision history User s mode settings User s modifications Company and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners J Al A S cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to products and documentation without prior notification Europe Middle East amp Africa Asia Pacific Americas Phone toll free Phone 45 4457 8888 Phone 81 45 440 0154 14 800 445 5444 Fax 45 4491 3252 Fax 81 45 440 0166 Phone 41 408 383 0300 jai Visit our web site at www jai com See the possibilities 53
43. s never run no correction data is available and no changes will be made to the line image FFC OFF Switches the function OFF Default setting 33 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 3 Group C Commands affecting image output format 7 3 1 CXP FORMAT Command Description CXP FORMAT Returns the CXP FORMAT command syntax CXP FORMAT Returns the present CXP FORMAT setting CXP FORMAT MONO 8 8 bits per pixel Default setting CXP FORMAT MONO 10 10 bits per pixel CXP FORMAT MONO 12 12 bits per pixel 7 3 2 READOUT pixel readout direction Sets the pixel readout to normal or reverse direction Command Description READOUT Returns the READOUT command syntax READOUT Returns the present READOUT setting READOUT NORMAL Sets the READOUT direction to normal starting with first pixel Default READOUT REVERSE Sets the READOUT direction to reverse starting with last pixel 34 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 3 3 ROI regions of interest This command can be used to select only specific sections of each line to be sent out Up to four regions can be defined The selected parts of the line will be combined together to make one shorter line This increases the limit of the maximum line rate the absolute maximum still being set by the selected MODE There are no empty pixels or spaces in between the regions in the output data Furthermore both binning and reversed readout order can be applied af
44. s the present line rate A value 8888 0 Hz indicates that the CXP Link speed was changed and is too slow to support the line rate in use or the rate loaded from memory LINE RATE dine rate Sets the line rate as lines per second in steps of 0 1 Hz Default 10000 0 Please note The settings made by commands MODE CXP CONFIG CXP FORMAT BINNING and ROI may affect the available range of values If the status inquiry LINE RATE returns the value 8888 0 Hz the camera has automatically dropped the line rate to a safe value due to a too slow CXP Link speed that has been set after the faster line rate was already once accepted This can happen also when loading the factory settings or the user settings from the first CS LOAD or the second location CS LOAD2 28 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 3 LINE CTRL Exposure Control The camera has three exposure control modes internal mixed and Pulse Width Control PWC which uses only one input signal to control both the line rate as well as the effective time to integrate light The time when the exposure of one line ends and the exposure of the next line starts change of line initiates a procedure that is common to all the modes That includes stopping the integration of light or actually the collecting of the light generated electrons to the selected Quantum Wells one per pixel sampling the respective charge voltages and starting the conversions into digital values to rep
45. sonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Warning Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for FCC compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 1 2 3 4 5 SW 2000M CXP 80 Contents GENERA EEE E nats 5 1 1 Camera nomenclatU e rarene a a ARA 5 MAIN ea ea UN e ECEN eae Ka NE ey hey IDE 5 Connectors and MOUNtING an 6 3 1 Keler E KONAC eee oie eval atten ru Pn PENA ANA EEEE 6 3 2 Connector panel and inditatOrS oook aa 7 Input and OUEPUt 545 nnnntin bni AAA NASA ANE EN EN AAA AA AAA AAN AAN 9 4 1 CXPIBNG COMN
46. ter this Please note that all pixel number indices still and always refer to the real physical pixel numbers of the sensor itself First pixel is labelled as 1 and thus the last pixel is number 2048 For simplicity and first trials it is recommended to divide the full range of pixels into 8 sections of 256 pixels each and then select individual or groups of sections by using the respective start and end pixel indices Alternatively the selections can be optimised by following these detailed rules The start pixel index must always be odd and smaller than the respective end pixel index at each region and the regions must not overlap All indices must be within range of 1 to 2048 Minimum width of each ROI is 128 pixels or 256 pixels if binning is in use Each region may have individual widths but they all must be divisible by 64 Additionally GenlCam use requires that the index of each end pixel must be divisible by 16 Changes to selections are made by defining the complete set again Examples Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 a af IN T 15 T T T X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 97 352 401 656 993 1248 1409 2048 Command Description ROI Returns the syntax ROI Returns the
47. tional integration time The following commands are valid examples of this LINE IT 12 according to form LINE IT lt time gt LINE IT 100 according to form LINE IT lt value gt the optional lt time gt is omitted When the command parameter is a physical quantity the unit itself must not be given For example the integration time is set to 12 us but the microsecond unit is implied by the camera It must not be typed by the user 19 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 Description of commands The commands can be divided into four groups Group A General settings MODE for selecting operating mode after boot up NET for network settings for the Ethernet communication The NET settings are saved automatically CS SAVE CS LOAD CS SAVE2 CS LOAD2 and CS FACTORY RESET for saving loading or restoring the settings of group B and C Group B Commands affecting exposure SENSOR for setting sensor responsivity LINE RATE and LINE PERIOD for setting the scan rate LINE IT for selecting the actual light integration time LINE CTRL for selecting the trigger source GAIN for setting the camera gain OFFSET for setting the line offset value FFC for Flat Field Correction Group C Commands affecting image output format CXP FORMAT for setting the pixel depth READOUT for selecting normal or reverse readout direction ROI for selecting Regions Of Interest BINNING for combining adjacent pixels ACQ for start and stop of acquisition
48. to the GAIN stage Offset is always given as a 12 bit number Offset changes in any 10 bit scale need to be multiplied by a factor of 4 to get the correct value for this command Respectively 8 bit offsets must be multiplied by 16 Default value is zero lt offset gt is a positive or negative integer within a range of 1023 to 1023 This equals 25 of the full scale The offset is always entered as a 12 bit number which means that if you have set the camera for one of the 8 bit output modes you should multiply the intended offset shift by 16 to get the offset for this command Please keep in mind that this command changes the digital output signal level just before the gain factor is applied A positive number raises the output levels while negative numbers drop the levels The lower limit of the adjusted level is zero Lower output values can be used for a Contrast Expansion where the darkest response of an application is brought closer to zero 32 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 2 7 FFC flat field correction The function of the Flat Field Correction FFC is to compensate for differences in the optical input This can be shading due to lower transmission at the lens sides or similar optical corrections The Flat Field Correction should be done when the input light distribution is as uniform as possible in order to avoid the possibility of the FFC correction adding errors to the compensation when activated The procedure is then to
49. veraging mode sums the two values with no maximum limit and then takes the most significant bits into use to represent the new combined pixel lowest bit is removed The index of the first pixel of each pair must be odd Command Description BINNING Returns the BINNING command syntax BINNING Returns the present BINNING setting BINNING AVG Activates BINNING in the averaging mode BINNING SUM Activates BINNING in the summing mode BINNING OFF Deactivates BINNING mode Default setting 7 3 5 ACQ start and stop of acquisition CoaXPress links stay active after connections have been established but actual image data is being transferred only when the acquisition is enabled Command Description ACQ Returns the command syntax ACQ Shows the status ACQ START Enable image transfer ACQ STOP Disable image transfer GenlCam compatible software uses these functions directly as needed The acquisition should be stopped ACQ STOP before any of the following telnet commands e ROl BINNING READOUT CXP FORMAT TEST LINE CTRL CS LOAD1 CS LOAD2 CS FACTORY RESET The acquisition is always disabled after power up restart and loading of factory settings The status can not be saved The commands CS LOAD and CS LOAD2 do not change the status 36 SW 2000M CXP 80 7 4 Group D Utilities 7 4 1 HELP or list of commands 7 4 2 VER camera information This command displa
50. ximum in line to line direction Each line has only one value for all the pixels In case of 8 bit output the ramp from black to white takes 256 lines in the respective image TEST P4 Vertical triangles rising ramps from 0 to maximum followed by falling ramps from maximum to zero in line to line direction Each line has only one value for all the pixels In case of using an 8 bit output mode the cycle repeats itself every 512 lines The respective image should look like this SW 2000M CXP 80 TEST P5 A combination of rising ramps in both directions Horizontally the length of the sequence varies at the same phase as the lowest value of the pattern changes from line to line Vertically the lowest value of each line specific pattern varies from line to line as rising ramps from zero to maximum similarly to how the pattern P3 behaves on its own The resulting image is shown below 8 bit The first line is identical to any line of P1 Then instead of always starting from zero the lowest value will rise by one per line thus also making the sequence shorter This will continue making the pattern look like having higher frequencies all the way until finally a completely white line is produced The sequence will then start over from the beginning TEST Returns information on the current status of test modes Note all ramps increase or decrease by one level per pixel or line where the step follows the
51. ys version information of various components of the camera The command also returns camera model number MAC address and serial number Command Description VER Display version information and identifiers of the camera 7 4 3 STATUS camera information and settings This command includes the VER command and additionally shows all camera settings Command Description STATUS Display all identifiers and user settings 7 4 4 TEST test patterns The image data can be replaced by artificially generated known test patterns to help interfacing the camera trouble shooting and locating faults Five patterns are available They all depend on the selected bit depth Horizontal patterns ramp either up or up down within each line with steps that egual the selected camera output bit depth All lines are then egual Vertical patterns perform the same but in line to line direction All values within each line are then egual The last pattern P5 is a combination of these two directions to enable tracking in both domains with a single test pattern It starts exactly like the horizontal pattern P1 but when advancing to next lines it leaves the darkest pixel values out one by each line This effectively also shortens the length of the horizontal seguences causing the position of the horizontal ramps to move from line to line The last line of one seguence then finally only contains the maximum values making it to look like on
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