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X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 User`s Manual

1. cass dures CONNECTING EXTERNAL SIGNALS TO THE X64 XCELERA HS 8 68 JI CMD15 Female External Signals Connector eee 69 J4 External Signals Connector eene eene 70 HO Electrical Specifications ari rt eti v n ponp epi egi res 71 Note 1 General Inputs Specifications essere 71 Note 2 General Outputs Specifications essere 71 Note 3 External Trigger Input Specifications sse 72 Note 4 Shaft Encoder Input Specifications essere 74 Note 5 Strobe Output 75 Note 6 DC Power Details rra cte ta ttbi e Maat a e Pre a 75 CONFIGURATION MICRO SWITCHES 22 76 SW1 General Inputs Signal Switch Point seen 76 SW2 Trigger Inputs Signal Switch Point essen 76 SW500 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp 2 Slot Workaround sss LI For Revision 0 Boards Only J5 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp GEN Slot Workaround suiit i UR de pt ki be a ad 78 J2 HS Link Input J3 HS Link Output Connectors 78 HS Link Camera Control Signal 78 EXTERNAL SIGNALS CABLING OPTIONS FOR 79 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly 80 External Signals
2. Location Description Location Description JI External Signals connector CMD15 J7 PC power to IO interface 12 HS Link INPUT connector 19 Multi Board Sync J3 HS Link OUTPUT connector J5 J6 J8 Reserved refer to text for J5 jumpers J4 External signals connector SW1 SW2 Configuration micro switches Status LEDs refer to text LED D2 refer to text X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications e 65 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 End Bracket Detail X64 Xcelera HS PX8 End Bracket 522270 OG OU Status Camera Input HS Link LEDS CMD15 female HS Link Output connector CX4 female connector female connector The hardware installation process is completed with the connection of a supported camera to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board using a CX4 cable cables see Product Part Numbers on page 5 e The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board supports one camera with a CX4 connector e Connect the camera to the HS Link Input with a CX4 cable Thumbscrew style e When forwarding the camera data to a 2 frame grabber connect a short cable between the HS Link Output of the 1 frame grabber to the HS Link input of the 2 frame grabber For data forwarding cable length should not exceed 10 meters Contact DALSA or browse our web site www dalsa com mv Jfor the latest information on X64 Xcelera HS PX8 supported cameras 66 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s
3. PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE min 0 7 step 1 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER SOURCE min 0 max 5 step 1 CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER MULTIPLY CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DELAY min 1 max 32 step 2 N min 0 max 65535000 step 1 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DELAY TIME BASE CORACQ VAL TIME BASE LINE 0x4 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER IGNORE DELAY min 0 max 65535000 step 1 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER SOURCE STR 0 Automatic 1 From External Trigger 1 2 From External Trigger 2 3 From Board Sync 4 To Board Sync 5 Pulse to Board Sync CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE STR 0 Automatic 1 From Shaft Encoder Phase A 2 From Shaft Encoder Phase B 3 From Shaft Encoder Phase A amp B 4 From Board Sync 5 To Board Sync 6 Pulse to Board Sync 7 To Board Sync When Grabbing CORACQ PRM VERTICAL TIMEOUT DELAY min 0 max 16383000 step 1 58 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual ACQ Related Parameters Parameter Values CORACQ PRM LABEL HS Link Mono 1 CORACQ PRM EVENT TYPE CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA CORACQ VA L EVENT TYPE START OF FRAME 0x80000 L EVENT TYPE END OF FRAME 0x800000 L EVENT TYPE EXTERNAL TRIGGER 0x1000000 L EVENT TYPE VERTICAL SYNC 0x2000000 L EVENT TYPE NO PIXEL CLK 0x40000000 L EVENT
4. Video status Pixel Clock Present Line Valid Present External Signals Cabling Options for J4 Two I O connector bracket options are available for the J4 connector header on the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board The Type 1 cable assembly allows connection to all available I O signals The Type 2 cable assembly provides a subset of the signals that uses a different connector compared to J1 external signals connector X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications e 79 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 1 The External Signals bracket OC X4CC IOCAB provides a simple way to bring out the signals from the External Signals Connector J4 to a bracket mounted DB37 Install the bracket assembly into an adjacent PC expansion slot and connect the free cable end to the board s J4 header When connecting to J4 make sure that the cable pin 1 goes to J4 pin 1 see the layout drawing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision Al Layout Drawing on page 64 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 1 Drawing DB37 Female Header 40 Pin mounted Flat cable 8 Female on bracket Label J4 Connector is notched for one way insertion 80 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 1 Pinout The following table defines the signal pinout on the DB37 connector Refer to the table J4 External Signals Connector on page 7
5. 5 Control n 10 Lines n Lines Acquired Ignored Notes In this example 10 lines are acquired Maximum frame rate Max Line Rate nb lines Hz In Out signal reference is relative to frame grabber CVI File VIC Parameters Used The VIC parameters listed below provide the control functionality for virtual frame reset Applications either load pre configured cvi files or change VIC parameters directly during runtime Note that camera file parameters are best modified by using the Sapera CamExpert program External Frame Trigger Enable X where with Virtual Frame Trigger enabled If X 1 External Frame Trigger is enabled If X 0 External Frame Trigger is disabled External Frame Trigger Detection Y where with Virtual Frame Trigger edge select e If Y 1 External Frame Trigger is active low e If Y 2 External Frame Trigger is active high e If Y 4 External Frame Trigger is active on rising edge e If Y 8 External Frame Trigger is active on falling edge If Y 32 External Frame Trigger is dual input rising edge e If Y 64 External Frame Trigger is dual input falling edge External Frame Trigger Level Z where with Virtual Frame Trigger signal type e f Z 2 External Frame Trigger is a RS 422 signal 48 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Use
6. nTrig In FB Extemal AA Trigger For single ended signals the External Trigger pin is connected to ground The switch point is 2V by default to support TTL 5 signals and can be changed to switch at 10V with SW2 to support 24V industry standard signals For RS422 differential signals switch point must be selected to 2V Maximum external signal input voltage is 26V irrelevant of the selected switch point The incoming trigger pulse is debounced to ensure that no voltage glitch is detected as a valid trigger pulse This debounce circuit time constant can be programmed from lus to 255ys Any pulse smaller than the programmed value is blocked and therefore not seen by the acquisition circuitry If no debouncing value is specified value of Ous the minimum value of 115 will be used Each input has a ferrite bead plus a 650 ohm series resistor on the opto coupler anode Maximum input signal frequency is 100 KHz Opto coupler response time is 0 58 for a rising signal Opto coupler response time is 4 2us for a falling signal Refer to Sapera parameters CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER SOURCE CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER ENABLE CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER LEVEL 72 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CORACQ PRM EXT FRAME TRIGGER LEVEL CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DETECTION CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DURATION e also file entries External Trigger Level External Frame Trigger Level External
7. ATS DALSA e 7075 Place Robert Joncas Suite 142 e St Laurent Quebec HAM 272 Canada http www imaging com X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Edition 1 00 Part number OC XSHM PUSRO NOTICE 2010 DALSA Corp All rights reserved This document may not be reproduced nor transmitted in any form or by any means either electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of DALSA Corp Every effort is made to ensure the information in this manual is accurate and reliable Use of the products described herein is understood to be at the user s risk DALSA Corp assumes no liability whatsoever for the use of the products detailed in this document and reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time and without notice Microsoft is a registered trademark Windows Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks or intellectual property mentioned herein belong to their respective owners Edition 1 00 printed on June 17 2010 Document Number OC X8HM PUSRO Printed in Canada Contents OVERVIEW PRODUCT PART NUMBERS 44400 002 ABOUT THE X64 XCELERA HS PX8 FRAME GRABBER Series Key Features User Programmable Configurations eee ACUPlus Acquisition Control Unit esee DTE Intelligent Data Transfer Engine sss Advanced Controls
8. CORXFER VAL CYCLE MODE SYNCHRONOUS NEXT EMPTY WITH TRASH Before cycling to the next buffer in the list the transfer device will check the next buffer s state If its state 1s full the next buffer will be skipped and the transfer will be done in the trash buffer which is defined as the last buffer in the list otherwise it will occur in the next buffer After a transfer to the trash is done the transfer device will check the next buffer in the list if its state is empty it will transfer to this buffer otherwise it will skip it and transfer again to the trash buffer CORXFER VAL CYCLE MODE ASYNCHRONOUS The transfer device cycles through all buffers in the list without concern about the buffer state X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Supported Parameters The tables below describe the Sapera capabilities supported by the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 i e default firmware is loaded Unless specified each capability applies to both boards or all mode configurations and all acquisition modes The information here is subject to change Capabilities should be verified by the application because new board driver releases may change product specifications Specifically the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 family is described in Sapera as e Board Server Xcelera HS PX8 1 e Acquisition Module dependent on firmware used Camera Related Capabilities Capability Values CORACQ_CAP_CONNECTOR_TYPE CORACQ VAL CONNECTOR TYPE CX4 0x8 52 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8
9. Board documentation in PDF format 4 Sapera documentation in PDF and compiled HTML help formats optional Contact Sales at Sapera Processing Imaging Development Library includes over 600 optimized image DALSA processing routines X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Overview e 5 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Cables amp Accessories Product Number CMD cable assembly I O 15 pin Micro D connector with 6 ft blunt end cable This cable assembly connects to J1 see J1 CMD15 Female External Signals Connector on page 69 OR X8CC IO15P optional X64 Xcelera HS PX8 can be shipped with an External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly either with a DB37 or DB25 connector see the two product numbers below Either cable if required should be specified at the time of order Note clients requiring a limited number of I Os can also use the CMD15 connector that is on the main bracket DB37 assembly see External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 1 on page 80 This cable assembly connects to J4 DB25 assembly see External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 2 on page 82 Provides direct compatibility with external cables made for products such as the X64 CL iPro This cable assembly connects to J4 OR X4CC IOCAB OR X4CC OTIO2 optional Power interface cable required when one wants to use 12V or 5V supplied on the IO cable assembly OR COMC POWO3 optio
10. FALSE VIC Related Parameters Parameter Values CORACQ PRM CAMSEL CAMSEL MONO from 0 to 0 CORACQ PRM PIXEL MASK Not available CORACQ PRM CROP LEFT min 0 pixel max 16777215 pixel step 16 pixel CORACQ PRM CROP TOP min 0 line max 16777215 line step line CORACQ PRM CROP WIDTH min 16 pixel max 16777215 pixel step 16 pixel X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 55 CORACQ PRM CROP HEIGHT min 1 line max 16777215 line step line CORACQ PRM DECIMATE METHOD CORACQ VAL DECIMATE DISABLE 0x1 CORACQ PRM LUT ENABLE FALSE CORACQ PRM LUT NUMBER Default 0 CORACQ PRM STROBE ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM STROBE METHOD CORACQ VAL STROBE METHOD 1 0x1 CORACQ VAL STROBE METHOD 2 0x2 CORACQ VAL STROBE METHOD 3 0x4 CORACQ VAL STROBE METHOD 4 0x8 CORACQ PRM STROBE POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM STROBE DURATION min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM STROBE DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE DURATION min l us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM CAM TRIGGER ENABLE CORACQ PRM CAM RESET ENABLE CORACQ PRM OUTPUT FORMAT TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE CORACQ VAL OUTPUT FORMAT MONOS CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER ENABLE COR
11. e Select Information to display identification and information stored in the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware e Select Firmware to display version information for the firmware components e Select one of the firmware components to load custom firmware when supplied by DALSA engineering for a future feature e Click on File Save Device Info to save all information to a text file Email this file when requested by Technical Support DALSA Log Viewer The third step in the verification process is to save in a text file the information collected by the Log Viewer program Run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut Start Programs DALSA Sapera LT Tools Log Viewer The Log Viewer lists information about the installed DALSA drivers Click on File Save and you will be prompted for a text file name to save the Log Viewer contents Email this text file to DALSA Technical Support when requested or as part of your initial contact email X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems e 29 Memory Requirements with Area Scan Acquisitions The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 allocates by default two frame buffers in onboard memory each equal in size to the acquisition frame buffer This double buffering memory allocation is automatic at the driver level The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver uses two buffers to ensure that the acquired video frame is complete and not corrupted in cases where the image transfer to host system memory may be i
12. in the Sapera bin directory with a dump of the PCI configuration registers Email this file when requested by the DALSA Technical Support group along with a full description of your computer Diagnostic bus MO range Number Bus 2 X Range 1 0 0x00000000 0x00000000 Mem 0 7100000 0 Pref 0x00000000f0000000 0 000000 Memory range Information No conflict in PCI configuration for bus 2 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems e 25 Windows Device Manager An alternative method to confirm that the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board and drive is installed correctly is to use the Windows Device manager tool Use the Start Menu shortcut Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager As shown in the following screen images look for X64 Xcelera HS board under Imaging Devices Double click and look at the device status You should see This device is working properly Go to Resources tab and make certain that the device is mapped and has an interrupt assigned to it without any conflicts File Action View Help mm B DELL380_ENGTEST 90 Computer Disk drives 8 Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives gy Human Interface Devices IDE ATAJATAPI controllers 33 Imaging devices 338 X64 Xcelera H5 PX8 Board Sp Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices 21 Mo
13. Connector Bracket Assembly 1 Drawing 80 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 1 81 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly see 82 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly 2 Drawing 82 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 2 83 J9 or TRU TE E Q 64 CONNECTING MULTIPLE X64 XCELERA HS PX8 BOARDS TO ONE 85 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Contents e iii DALSA CONTACT INFORMATION 87 SALES INFORMATION acc cea n ev eke cee lca vA adem 87 TECHNICAL SUPPORT e desas 88 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 89 INDEX 91 iv e Contents X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Overview Product Part Numbers X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Board Item Product Number X64 Xcelera HS PX8 with 512MB memory 256MB framebuffer 256MB processing OR X8H0 RP400 For OEM clients this manual in printed form is available on request OC X8HM PUSRO X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Software Item Product Number Sapera LT version 6 30 or later required but sold separately OC SL00 0000000 1 Sapera LT Provides everything you will need to build your imaging application Sapera 7 10 required for full feature support 2 Current Sapera compliant board hardware drivers 3
14. DET 2 yo Pe Primary Bus Save OS WO Pie Second Bus ORISA 4 VO Pe Subord Bus Help 5 yo Pre e Perform all installation checks described in this section before contacting Technical Support X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems 31 Symptoms Card acquisition bandwidth is less than expected The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 acquisition bandwidth is less than expected e Review the system for problems or conflicts with other expansion boards or drivers e Remove other PCI Express PCI 32 or PCI 64 boards and check acquisition bandwidth again Engineering has seen this case where other PCI boards in some systems cause limitations in transfers Each system with its combination of system motherboard and PCI boards will be unique and will need to be tested for bandwidth limitations affecting the imaging application Isthe X64 Xcelera HS PX8 installed in a PCI Express x16 slot Note that some computer s x16 slot may only support non x16 boards at x1 or not at all Check the computer documentation or test an X64 Xcelera HS 8 installation 32 Troubleshooting Problems X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Quick Start Interfacing Cameras with CamExpert CamExpert is the camera interfacing tool for frame grabber boards supported by the Sapera library CamExpert generates the Sapera camera configuration file yourcamera ccf ba
15. Encoder Input 0 Default 1 Use phase A 2 Use phase B 3 Use phase A amp B 4 From Board Sync 5 Phase A amp B shaft encoder after pulse drop multiply output to Board Sync 6 Phase A amp B camera line trigger output to Board Sync 7 Phase A amp B camera line trigger output to Board Sync only while grabbing 44 e X64 Xcelera HS 8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CORACQ_PRM_EXT_LINE_TRIGGER_SOURCE full description relative to trigger type and X64 Xcelera HS PX8 configuration used PRM X64 Xcelera HS External Line Trigger External Shaft Encoder Value PX8 configuration Signal used Signal used amp camera input used if if CORACQ PRM EXT LINE CORACQ PRM SHAFT TRIGGER_ENABLE true ENCODER ENABLE true 0 Camera 1 Shaft Encoder Phase A Shaft Encoder Phase A amp B 1 Camera 1 Shaft Encoder Phase A Shaft Encoder Phase A 2 Camera 1 Shaft Encoder Phase B Shaft Encoder Phase B 3 5 6 7 Camera 1 n a Shaft Encoder Phase A amp B 4 Camera 1 From Board Sync From Board Sync See Connecting External Signals to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 on page 68 for shaft encoder input connector details CVI CCF File Parameters Used e External Line Trigger Source prm value e External Line Trigger Enable true false e Shaft Encoder Enable true false X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference 45 Shaft Encoder Interface amp Timing Web inspection systems with variable web s
16. Only J5 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp GEN2 Slot Workaround Normal Safe Boot Jumper Normal Operation Shorting Jumper ON Pin 23 24 Safe Boot Mode Shorting Jumper OFF Pin 23 24 PCle Gen2 Workaround Jumper ds Normal Operation Shorting Jumper ON Pin 25 26 Gen2 Workaround Shorting Jumper OFF Pin 25 26 Pin 39 Pin 40 J2 HS Link Input J3 HS Link Output Connectors For the HS Link connectors pin outs are not provided Camera connections should be made with manufactured cables such as recommended by DALSA Product Part Numbers HS Link Camera Control Signal Overview There are four general purpose camera controls available e Camera Control 1 CC1 e Camera Control 2 CC2 e Camera Control 3 CC3 e Camera Control 4 CC4 Each camera manufacture is free to define the signals input on any one or all four control signals These control signals are used either as camera control pulses or as a static logic state Control signals not required by the camera are simply assigned as not used Refer to your camera s user manual for information on what control signals are required Note The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 pulse controller has a minimum resolution of 100ns for line trigger signals applies to linescan cameras and resolution of ls for all other signal When configuring the Camera Link control signals such as exposure control etc use values in increments of 1 us The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 c
17. Phase B amp Pin 26 Phase B For complete information on JI see J1 CMD15 Female External Signals Connector on page 69 For complete information on J4 see JA External Signals Connector on page 70 and External Signals Cabling Options for J4 on page 79 46 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual File Parameters Used Shaft Encoder Enable X where e If X 1 Shaft Encoder is enabled If X 0 Shaft Encoder is disabled Shaft Encoder Pulse Drop X where X number of trigger pulses ignored between valid triggers For information on camera configuration files see the Sapera Acquisition Parameters Reference Manual OC SAPM APRO0 Virtual Frame Trigger for Line Scan Cameras When using line scan cameras a frame buffer is allocated in host system memory to store captured video lines To control when a video line is stored as the first line in this virtual frame buffer an external frame trigger signal is used The number of lines sequentially grabbed and stored in the virtual frame buffer is controlled by the Sapera vertical cropping parameter Virtual Frame Trigger Timing Diagram The following timing diagram shows an example of grabbing 10 video lines from a line scan camera and the use of a virtual frame trigger to define when a video line is stored at the beginning of the virtual frame buffer The virtual frame trigger signal generated by some external event is input on t
18. Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Camera Related Parameters Parameter Values CORACQ PRM CHANNEL max 1 channel CORACQ PRM FRAME CORACQ VAL FRAME PROGRESSIVE 0x2 CORACQ PRM INTERFACE CORACQ VAL INTERFACE DIGITAL 0x2 CORACQ PRM SCAN CORACQ VAL SCAN AREA 0x1 CORACQ VAL SCAN LINE 0x2 CORACQ PRM SIGNAL CORACQ VAL SIGNAL DIFFERENTIAL 0x2 CORACQ PRM VIDEO CORACQ VAL VIDEO MONO 0x1 CORACQ PRM PIXEL DEPTH 8 bits LUT 0 CORACQ PRM VIDEO STD CORACQ VAL VIDEO STD NON STD 0x1 CORACQ PRM FIELD ORDER CORACQ VAL FIELD ORDER NEXT FIELD 0x4 CORACQ PRM HACTIVE min 1 pixel max 16777215 pixel step 1 pixel CORACQ HSYNC min 4 pixel max 4294967295 pixel step 1 pixel CORACQ PRM VACTIVE min 1 line max 16777215 line step 1 line CORACQ PRM VSYNC min 0 line max 4294967295 line step line CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE METHOD CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 1 0x1 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 2 0x2 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 3 0x4 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 4 0x8 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 5 0x10 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 6 0x20 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 7 0x40 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 8 0x80 CORACQ VAL TIME INTEGRATE METHOD 9 0x100 CORACQ PRM CAM TRIGGER METHOD CORACQ VAL CAM TRIGGER METHOD 1 0x1 CORACQ VAL
19. TYPE PIXEL CLK 0x80000000 L EVENT TYPE FRAME LOST 0x8000 L EVENT TYPE DATA OVERFLOW 0x4000 L EVENT TYPE EXTERNAL TRIGGER IGNORED 0x2000 L EVENT TYPE VERTICAL TIMEOUT 0x40 CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE LINK ERROR 0x10 CORACQ PRM SIGNAL STATUS CORACQ VAL SIGNAL HSYNC PRESENT CORACQ VAL SIGNAL VSYNC PRESENT CORACQ VAL SIGNAL PIXEL PRESENT CORACQ PRM DETECT HACTIVE Available CORACQ PRM DETECT VACTIVE Available CORACQ PRM FLAT FIELD ENABLE Not available CORACQ CAP SERIAL PORT INDEX Supported X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 59 Servers and Resources The following table describes the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board Servers Resources Type Description Name Xcelera HS PX8 1 Acquisition HS Link Mono 1 Monochrome output Camera 1 default firmware 60 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Board Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Dimensions Approximately 6 5 in 16 6 cm wide by 4 in 10 cm high Digital Video Input amp Controls Input Type Resolution note these are X64 Xcelera HS PX8 maximums not HS Link specifications Data Clock X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Serial Port Camera HS Link Specifications Rev 0 1 compliant Horizontal Minimum 8 Pixels per tap 8 bits pixel Horizontal Maximum 8 bits pixel x 256K Pixels line Vertica
20. Trigger Enable External Trigger Detection e External Trigger Input 2 used for two pulse external trigger with variable frame length line scan acquisition External Trigger j gg Opto Coupler Debouncer Validated Trigger m 1 255 05 m t et t vt t et t oc t d External Trigger Input Validation amp Delay t et time of external trigger in us time of validated trigger in us t oc time opto coupler takes to change state t d debouncing duration from 1 to 255us trigger high For an active high external trigger 0 5us t vt t et 0 5 5 t d trigger low For an active low external trigger t oc 4 2 t vt t et 4 2us t d Note DALSA recommends using an active high external trigger to minimize the time it takes for the opto coupler to change state Specifically the opto coupler response time 15 0 5us for active high compared to 4 2us for active low If the duration of the external trigger is gt t oc t d then a valid acquisition trigger is detected Therefore the external pulse with active high polarity must be at least 1 5us if debounce time is set to 1 in order to be acknowledged Any pulse larger than 5 2us is always considered valid It is possible to emulate an external trigger using the software trigger which is generated by a function call from an application X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specification
21. board there could be a hardware problem a PnP problem a PCI problem a kernel driver problem or a software installation problem e Make certain that the card is properly seated in PCIe slot e Perform all installation checks described in this section before contacting Technical Support e Try the board a different PCIe slot if available 30 e Troubleshooting Problems X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Symptoms X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Does Not Grab You are able to start Sapera CamExpert but you do not see an image and the frame rate displayed is 0 Verify power is connected to the camera e Verify the camera and timing parameters with the camera in free run mode e Verify you can grab with the camera in free run mode e Make certain that you provide an external trigger if the camera configuration file requires one Use the software trigger feature of CamExpert if you do not have a trigger source e Make certain that the camera is properly connected to the cable e Make certain that the camera is configured for the proper mode of operation This must match the camera configuration file Refer to your camera datasheet e Try to snap one frame instead of continuous grab e Perform all installation checks described in this section before contacting Technical Support Use the Sapera Monitor tool to see which events if any are generated by the board Symptoms Card grabs black You are able to use Sapera CamExpert the displayed fram
22. board s J4 header When connecting to J4 make sure that the cable pin 1 goes to J4 pin 1 see the layout drawing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision Al Layout Drawing on page 64 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 2 Drawing Pin 1 X m Header 40 Pin Female Label J4 DB25 Female mounted bracket Flat cable 12 Connector is notched for one way insertion 82 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 2 Pinout The following table defines the signal pinout on the DB25 connector Refer to the table J4 External Signals Connector on page 70 for signal descriptions DB25 Pin Number Signal J4 Connector Pin Number 6 External Trigger Input 1 19 19 External Trigger Input 1 20 7 External Trigger Input 2 21 20 External Trigger Input 2 22 8 Shaft Encoder Phase A 23 21 Shaft Encoder Phase A 24 9 Shaft Encoder Phase B 75 22 Shaft Encoder Phase 26 11 Strobe Output 1 28 24 Ground 29 10 Strobe Output 2 30 14 Ground 31 15 Ground 38 16 Ground 39 25 Ground 40 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 83 J9 Board Sync Interconnects multiple X64 Xcelera boards to synchronize acquisitions to one trigger or event The trigger source can be either an external signal or internal software trigger The board receiving the trigger is the Master b
23. other Sapera memory resources do not forget the Windows operating system memory needs Window XP as an example should always have a minimum of 128 MB for itself A Sapera application using scatter gather buffers could consume most of the remaining system memory When using frame buffers allocated as a single contiguous memory block typical limitations are one third of the total system memory with a maximum limit of approximately 100 MB See the Buffer menu of the Sapera Grab demo program for information on selecting the type of host buffer memory allocation Contiguous Memory for Sapera Messaging The current value for Sapera messaging determines the total amount of contiguous memory reserved at boot time for messages allocation This memory space is used to store arguments when a Sapera function 1s called Increase this value 1f you are using functions with large arguments such as arrays and experience any memory errors 22 Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems Overview The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 and the X64 family of products has been tested by DALSA in a variety of computers Although unlikely installation problems may occur due to the constant changing nature of computer equipment and operating systems This section describes what the user can verify to determine the problem or the checks to make before contacting DALSA Technical Support If you require help and need to contact DA
24. standby 1 5A during acquisition 12V 1 2A standy 1 5A during acquisition 62 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS 8 User s Manual EMI Certifications EC amp FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We DALSA Montreal Inc 7075 Place Robert Joncas Suite 142 St Laurent Quebec Canada H4M 272 Declare under sole legal responsibility that the following products conform to the protection requirements of council directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility as amended by directive 93 68 EEC FRAME GRABBER BOARD Xcelera HS PX8 The products to which this declaration relates are in conformity with the following relevant harmonized standards the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities 55022 2006 EN61000 4 2 1995 1 1998 A2 2001 EN61000 4 3 2006 EN61000 4 4 2004 EN61000 4 6 2009 Further declare under our sole legal responsibility that the product listed conforms to the code of federal regulations CFR 47 part 15 for a class A product St Laurent Canada 2010 05 26 vra Location Date tic Garey ing Director Research amp Development X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 63 Connector and Switch Locati
25. window allows immediate verification of those parameters CamExpert reads both Sapera cca and cvi for backward compatibility with the original Sapera camera files 40 e Sapera Demo Applications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Grab Demo Main Window The Grab Demo program provides basic acquisition control for the selected frame grabber Frame buffer defaults are defined by the loaded camera file ccf Sapera Grab Demo x 8488 y 359 Value 0098 89 Acquisition Control Snap Grab ez Exit File Control New a Load Save Acquisition Options Load Config General Line Scan General Options Buffer DRESA _ ve E Refer to the Sapera LT User s Manual OC SAPM USER in section Demos and Examples Acquiring with Grab Demo for more information on the Grab Demo X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Sapera Demo Applications 41 42 e Sapera Demo Applications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference Block Diagram Data Lanes gt 1 HS Link PHY 1 HS Link Interface Twisted Pairs Control Lanes Operating Buffer Control Lanes Memory 256 MB amp Frame Buffer Daa ki i Memory conte lig zu ou 256 MB Twisted Pairs 7 ACU Plus Status Indicator 1 Status H i i Status Indicator 2 HS Link Status Quad General Inputs Opto coupled Quad General Outputs Opt
26. 0 for signal descriptions DB37 Pin Number Signal J4 Connector Pin Number 1 Ground 1 20 Ground 2 2 General Input 1 3 21 General Input 1 4 3 General Input 2 5 22 General Input 2 6 4 General Input 3 T 23 General Input 3 8 5 General Input 4 9 24 General Input 4 10 6 General Output 1 11 25 General Output 1 12 7 General Output 2 13 26 General Output 2 14 8 General Output 3 15 27 General Output 3 16 9 General Output 4 17 28 General Output 4 18 10 External Trigger Input 1 19 29 External Trigger Input 1 20 11 External Trigger Input 2 21 30 External Trigger Input 2 22 12 Shaft Encoder Phase A 23 31 Shaft Encoder Phase A 24 13 Shaft Encoder Phase B 25 32 Shaft Encoder Phase B 26 14 Ground 27 33 Strobe Output 1 28 15 Ground 29 34 Strobe Output 2 30 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 81 16 Ground 31 S5 Ground 32 17 T5V 33 36 T5V 34 18 12V 35 37 12V 36 19 Ground 37 38 39 40 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly Type 2 The External Signals bracket OR X4CC 0TIO2 provides a simple way to bring out the signals from the External Signals Connector J4 to a bracket mounted DB25 External cables designed for the DALSA X64 Xcelera HS PX8 can be connected directly Install the bracket assembly into an adjacent PC expansion slot and connect the free cable end to the
27. 2 5 eii msc ore ye vertit posede eet Her dedo boxes 51 Supported Transfer Cycling Methods eese 52 X64 XCELERA HS PX8 SUPPORTED PARAMETERS eene nennen ener nnne 32 ii e Contents X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Camera Related Capabilities 52 Caniera Related Parameters ese E I dene 53 VIC Related as 55 ACO Related Parameters ases ou op GEO REGIT ENS 59 SERVERS AND RESOURCES 5 5 trei etie dedere ie e Fe ooa 60 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 61 X64 XCELERA HS PX8 BOARD SPECIFICATIONS 61 HOST SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 8 62 EMI CERTIFICATIONS eae eie n tot ke Na unm GNI pU Ui GN Cue 63 CONNECTOR AND SWITCH 64 X64 Xcelera HS revision 1 Layout Drawing eee 64 Connector Switch Description List revision A1 essen 64 X64 Xcelera HS revision AO Layout Drawing eese 65 Connector Switch Description List revision A0 X64 XCELERA HS PX8 END BRACKET DETAIL seseeeeeeeee een STATUS LEDS amp LED D2 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION Status LED I Description aas a e e erre Status LED 2 Description a eed re stage de osle n eive ges LED D2 DeSCFIBllOR sir
28. 4 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Glossary of Terms e 89 Most Significant Bit in a binary data word PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express The PCIe bus is a high performance expansion bus intended for interconnecting add in boards controllers and processor memory systems Pixel Picture Element The number of pixels describes the number of digital samples taken of the analog video signal The number of pixels per video line by the number of active video lines describes the acquisition 1mage resolution The binary size of each pixel 1 e 8 bits 15 bits 24 bits defines the number of gray levels or colors possible for each pixel Scatter Gather Host system memory allocated for frame buffers that is virtually contiguous but physically scattered throughout all available memory Tap Data path from a camera that includes a part of or whole video line When a camera tap outputs a partial video line the multiple camera tap data must be constructed by combining the data in the correct order VIC Sapera camera parameter definition file that uses the file extension CVI by default Files using the CVI extension also know as VIC files contain all operating parameters related to the frame grabber board i e what the frame grabber can actually do with camera controls or incoming video 90 Glossary of Terms X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Index A Acquisition and Control Unit 49 acquisition bandwidth 32 Acquisition even
29. ACQ VAL EXT TRIGGER OFF 0x1 CORACQ VAL EXT TRIGGER ON 0x8 CORACQ PRM VIC NAME Default HS Link Line Scan 5 taps Mono CORACQ PRM LUT MAX 0 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DETECTION CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ VAL RISING EDGE 0x4 CORACQ VAL FALLING EDGE 0x8 CORACQ PRM LUT FORMAT Not available CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE DURATION min 1 pixel max 16777215 pixel step pixel CORACQ PRM LINE TRIGGER ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM EXT FRAME TRIGGER ENABLE TRUE FALSE 56 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CORACQ PRM EXT FRAME TRIGGER DETECTION CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ VAL RISING EDGE 0x4 CORACQ VAL FALLING EDGE 0x8 CORACQ VAL DOUBLE PULSE RISING EDGE 0x20 CORACQ VAL DOUBLE PULSE FALLING EDGE 0x40 CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER DETECTION CORACQ VAL RISING EDGE 0x4 CORACQ PRM SNAP COUNT min 1 max 65535 step 1 CORACQ PRM INT LINE TRIGGER ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM INT LINE TRIGGER FREQ Default 5000 Hz CORACQ PRM LINESCAN DIRECTION OUTPUT Not available CORACQ PRM BIT ORDERING CORACQ VAL BIT ORDERING STD 0 1 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER LEVEL CORACQ VAL LEVEL TTL 0x1 CORACQ VAL LEVEL 422 0x2 CORACQ
30. CAM TRIGGER METHOD 2 0x2 CORACQ PRM CAM TRIGGER POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM CAM TRIGGER DURATION min us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM CAM RESET METHOD CORACQ VAL CAM RESET METHOD 1 0x1 CORACQ PRM CAM RESET POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM CAM RESET DURATION min us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM CAM NAME Default HS Link Line Scan 5 tap Mono X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 53 CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE METHOD CORACQ VAL INTEGRATE METHOD 1 0 1 CORACQ VAL LINE INTEGRATE METHOD 2 0x2 CORACQ VAL LINE INTEGRATE METHOD 3 0x4 CORACQ VAL LINE INTEGRATE METHOD 4 0x8 CORACQ VAL LINE INTEGRATE METHOD 7 0x40 CORACQ PRM LINE TRIGGER METHOD CORACQ VAL LINE TRIGGER METHOD 1 0x1 CORACQ PRM LINE TRIGGER POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM LINE TRIGGER DELAY 0 us max 65535 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM LINE TRIGGER DURATION min 0 us max 65535 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM TAPS tap max 6 tap step 1 tap only 5 and 6 taps supported CORACQ PRM TAP OUTPUT CORACQ VAL TAP OUTPUT SEGMENTED 0x2 CORACQ PRM TAP 1 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECT
31. Configuration Camera Type Video source image type Specifies whether the acquired signal is an area type or a line type ram Output Messages bra Possible Types pon mie J Area scan video source 13 44 15 Xcelera HS PX8 1 HS Link Mono 1 Linescan video source Snap button was clicked Refer to Sapera Parameter in Manual CORACQ PAM SCAN li Output Messages Camera Link Serial Command Video status Pixel Clock Present Line Valid Present X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Quick Start 33 CamExpert groups parameters into functional categories The parameters shown depend on the frame grabber used and what camera is connected The parameter values are either the camera defaults or the last stored value when the camera was used The descriptions below are with the Xcelera HS PX8 and the DALSA HS camera Device Selector Two drop menus to select which device and which saved configuration to use e Device Select which acquisition device to control and configure a camera file for Required in cases where there are multiple boards in a system and also when one board supports multiple acquisition types Note in this example the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 was installed with firmware to support a monochrome HS Link cameras e Configuration Select the timing for a specific camera model included with the Sapera installation or a standard video standard The User s subsection is where created camera files are
32. EI DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step lys CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULSEI DURATION min 0 us max 65535000 us step lys 54 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CORACQ PRM IO CONTROL CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR EXPOSURE INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULSEO POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULSEO DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULSEO DURATION 1 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ_PRM_LINE_INTEGRATE_PULSE1_POLARITY CORACQ_VAL_ACTIVE_LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE PULSEI DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ LINE INTEGRATE PULSEI DURATION min 1 ps max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ_PRM_LINE_INTEGRATE_PULSE0_POLARITY CORACQ_VAL_ACTIVE_LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE PULSEO DELAY min 0 us max 65535 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM LINE INTEGRATE PULSEO DURATION min ps max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR LINE TRIGGER INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR LINE INTEGRATE INPUT Connector 1 type 2 pin 1 CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR LINESCAN DIRECTION INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM BAYER ALIGNMENT Not available CORACQ PRM CAM CONTROL DURING READOUT TRUE
33. EVENT TYPE FRAME LOST 50 e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Vertical Timeout This event indicates a timeout situation where a camera fails to output a video frame after a trigger The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT VERTICAL TIMEOUT Link Error This event indicates a transmission error has been detected The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT LINK ERROR Transfer Events Transfer events are the ones related to the transfer module Transfer events provide feedback on image transfer from on board FIFO memory to PC memory frame buffers Start of Frame The Start of Frame event is generated when the first image pixel is transferred from the on board FIFO into PC memory The Sapera event value is CORXFER VAL EVENT TYPE START OF FRAME End of Frame The End of Frame event is generated when the last image pixel is transferred from the on board FIFO into PC memory The Sapera event value is CORXFER VAL EVENT TYPE END OF FRAME End of Line The End of Line event is generated after a video line is transferred to a PC buffer The Sapera event value is CORXFER VAL EVENT TYPE END OF LINE End of N Lines The End of N Lines event is generated after a set number of video lines are transferred to a PC buffer The Sapera event value is CORXFER VAL EVENT TYPE END OF NLINES End of Transfer The End of Transfer event is generated at the completion of the last image being transferre
34. Grab Demo Server Selection Run the demo from the start menu StarteProgramseSapera LT Demos Frame GrabberseGrab Demo The demo program first displays the acquisition configuration menu The first drop menu displayed permits selecting from any installed Sapera acquisition servers installed DALSA acquisition hardware using Sapera drivers The second drop menu permits selecting from the available input devices present on the selected server X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Sapera Demo Applications 39 Acquisition Configuration Location Acquisition Server Acquisition Device Keeler HS 8 1 vi us Link Mono 1 Configuration File DALSA HS Default HS Link Line Scan 5 taps Mono Default HS Link Line 5 w CADALSA Sapera CamFiles User Browse If no Configuration file exists for your board camera you must run the CamExpert utility to generate your Configuration file CCF File Selection The acquisition configuration menu is also used to select the required camera configuration file for the connected camera Sapera camera files contain timing parameters and video conditioning parameters The default folder for camera configuration files is the same used by the CamExpert utility to save user generated or modified camera files Use the Sapera CamExpert utility program to generate the camera configuration file based on timing and control parameters entered The CamExpert live acquisition
35. ION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM TAP 2 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM TAP 3 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM TAP 4 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM TAP 5 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM TAP 6 DIRECTION CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION LR 0x1 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION UD 0x4 CORACQ VAL TAP DIRECTION FROM TOP 0x10 CORACQ PRM CHANNELS ORDER CORACQ VAL CHANNELS ORDER NORMAL 0x1 CORACQ PRM LINESCAN DIRECTION Not available CORACQ PRM LINESCAN DIRECTION POLARITY Not available CORACQ PRM CAM LINE TRIGGER FREQ MIN 1 Hz CORACQ PRM CAM LINE TRIGGER FREQ MAX 16777215 Hz CORACQ PRM CAM TIME INTEGRATE DURATION MIN lus CORACQ PRM CAM TIME INTEGRATE DURATION MAX 65535000 us CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR HD INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR VD INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM CONNECTOR RESET TRIGGER INPUT Default 0 CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULSEl POLARITY CORACQ VAL ACTIVE LOW 0x1 CORACQ VAL ACTIVE HIGH 0x2 CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE PULS
36. Information Support for one High Speed port Firmware State Update Not Required Devicelnfo Firmware Update Output 12 11 48 Xcelera HS P 12 11 54 Xcelera HS PX 12 11 54 lt celera HS_Px 12 11 55 Xcelera HS P 12 11 55 lt celera HS_Px 12 11 56 Xcelera H5 Update of ACU DTE PCle 8 Interface in progress Successfully updated ACU DTE PCle x8 Interface Reset in progress Device reset complete Verifying Firmware State Device s firmware has been updated successfully Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu If required the Xcelera HS PX8 Firmware Loader program can be executed via the Windows Start Menu shortcut Start Programs DALSA X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Driver Firmware Update A firmware change after installation would be required to select a different Camera HS Link configuration mode if avalable See User Programmable Configurations on page 7 14 Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Upgrading Sapera or Board Driver When installing a new version of Sapera or a DALSA acquisition board driver in a computer with a previous installation the current version must be un installed first Upgrade scenarios are described below Board Driver Upgrade Only Minor upgrades to acquisition board drivers are typically distributed as ZIP files available in the DALSA web site www dalsa com
37. LSA Technical Support make detailed notes on your installation and or test results for our technical support to review See Technical Support on page 88 for contact information Problem Type Summary X64 Xcelera HS PX8 problems are either installation types where the board hardware is not recognized on the PCIe bus i e trained or function errors due to camera connections or bandwidth issues The following links jump to various topics in this troubleshooting section First Step Check the Status LED A flashing RED Status LED 1 indicates a computer bus issue possibly the Gen2 slot error described below while a solid YELLOW Status LED 1 indicates the board is currently in safe mode The complete status LED description is available in the technical reference section see Status LEDs amp LED D2 Functional Description on page 67 Possible Installation Problems Hardware PCI bus conflict When a new installation produces PCI bus error messages or the board driver doesn t install it is important to verify that there are no conflicts with other PCI or system devices already installed Use the DALSA PCI Diagnostic tool as described in Checking for PCI Bus Conflicts on page 24 Also verify the installation via the Windows Device Manager on page 26 Gen2 slot errors There is a PCI bus error message from the computer bios Follow the instructions GEN Slot Computer Issue on page 26 Verify Sapera and Board drivers If there are er
38. Manual Status LEDs amp LED D2 Functional Description i 1 1 00000006 de 1 226 125 a 1 1 X64 Xcelera HS Board and Acquisition State Status LEDs 1 amp 2 are located on the end bracket LED D2 is located on the board component side and visible with the computer case open see board layout drawings Status LED 1 Description LED 1 indicates the X64 Xcelera HS board and acquisition state but not the state of the HS Link itself which is treated as a separate logical block Refer to the block diagram see Block Diagram on page 43 Color State Description Flashing Can occur at boot time when there is no camera connected to the HS Link input J2 This indicates that the board PCIe interface was not trained properly by the computer terminology defined by the PCI Express specification The board is not detected by the computer in this condition If this occurs try installing the board in a different computer or contact DALSA technical support Green Steady No line valid signal detected Green Slow Flashing 2 Hz Line valid signal detected Green Fast Flashing 16 Hz Acquisition in progress Steady Board has booted in Safe Mode Status LED 2 Description Color State Description Red Green Flashing Looking for Link Green Steady Link Up Steady Link Up but invalid and or incompatible HS Link configuration detected Note Driver must be install
39. Overview sse DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE OVERVIEW Saperda tF LT Library aeos e ue od ess oue ad cate Sapera Processing Library eee INSTALLING X64 XCELERA HS PX8 WARNING GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS eee INSTALLATION sons done en ene mrt bai ede Sapera LT Library Installation see X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Driver Installation cesses X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Firmware Loader sess Firmware Update Automatic Mode sess Firmware Update Manual Mode see Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu UPGRADING SAPERA OR BOARD DRIVER esee Board Driver Upgrade Only sse Upgrading both Sapera and Board Driver sss USING THE HS LINK SERIAL CONTROL PORT sese COM Port Assignment ide Setup Example with Windows HyperTerminal DISPLAYING X64 XCELERA HS PX8 BOARD INFORMATION Device Manager Board Viewer sse CONFIGURING SAPERA estes cones toten eene Viewing Installed Sapera Servers eene Increasing Contiguous Memory for Sapera Resources Host Computer Frame Buffer Memory Limitations Contiguous Memory for Sa
40. PRM STROBE LEVEL CORACQ VAL LEVEL TTL 0x1 CORACQ PRM EXT FRAME TRIGGER LEVEL CORACQ VAL LEVEL TTL 0x1 CORACQ VAL LEVEL 422 0x2 CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER LEVEL CORACQ VAL LEVEL 422 0x2 CORACQ PRM INT LINE TRIGGER FREQ MIN 245 Hz CORACQ PRM INT LINE TRIGGER FREQ MAX 500000 Hz CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER DROP min Otick max 255 tick step 1 tick CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER FRAME COUNT min 1 max 65534 step 1 CORACQ PRM INT FRAME TRIGGER ENABLE TRUE FALSE CORACQ PRM INT FRAME TRIGGER FREQ 1 milli Hz max 1073741823 milli Hz step 1 milli Hz CORACQ PRM STROBE DELAY 2 min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM FRAME LENGTH CORACQ VAL FRAME LENGTH FIX 0x1 CORACQ VAL FRAME LENGTH VARIABLE 0x2 CORACQ PRM FLIP CORACQ VAL FLIP OFF 0x00 CORACQ VAL FLIP HORZ 0x01 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DURATION min 0 us max 255 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM TIME INTEGRATE DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 57 CORACQ PRM RESET DELAY min 0 us max 0 us step 1 us CORACQ PRM CAM TRIGGER DELAY min 0 us max 65535000 us step 1 us CORACQ SHAFT ENCODER LEVEL CORACQ VAL LEVEL 422 0x2 CORACQ PRM EXT FRAME TRIGGER SOURCE min 0 5 step 1
41. SA HS Link cameras support serial port commands such as H to get a list of supported commands or GCP to get current camera parameters 4 For context sensitive help click on the button then click a camera configuration parameter A short description of the configuration parameter will be shown in a popup Click on the 14 button to open the help file for more descriptive information on CamExpett 34 e CamExpert Quick Start X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Demonstration and Test Tools The CamExpert utility also includes a number of demonstration features which make CamExpert the primary tool to configure test and calibrate your camera and imaging setup Display tools include image pixel value readout image zoom and line profiler Camera Types amp Files The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 supports digital area scan or line scan cameras using the HS Link interface standard Contact DALSA or browse our web site www dalsa com mv for the latest information and application notes on X64 Xcelera HS PX8 supported cameras Camera Files Distributed with X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver includes 3 camera configuration files for the Piranha HS 12k that describes one Master frame grabber and 2 Slave frame grabbers Camera Files Distributed with Sapera The Sapera distribution CDROM includes camera files for a selection of supported cameras Using the Sapera CamExpert program you may use the camera files CCA
42. XPERT DEMONSTRATION AND TEST 5 02 2 2 2 0 00 35 Camera Types amp 22 Overview of Sapera Acquisition Parameter Files ccf or 20005 36 Saving a Caniera File ocio RD qu 37 Camera Interfacing Check List essen eee 38 SAPERA DEMO APPLICATIONS 39 GRAB DEMO OVERVIEW A 39 Using the Grab Dems aee veda teen tte ponn banda esee pa a ng pin so lan etel estes 39 X64 XCELERA HS PX8 REFERENCE 43 BLUE DIAORAM Locas ariete in rad enc enn tn npa o tan ge Rb pm E ERA 43 ACQUISITION TIMING 44 LINE TRIGGER SOURCE SELECTION FOR LINESCAN APPLICATIONS eee 44 PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE sse 44 SHAFT ENCODER INTERFACE amp nenne tertie nnn 46 VIRTUAL FRAME TRIGGER FOR LINE SCAN CAMERAS 22 2 47 Virtual Frame Trigger Timing Diagram sees 47 Synchronization Signals for a Virtual Frame of 10 Lines 2 48 CVI File VIC Parameters Used iscsi ss aie eerie ien ict etre konsa 48 SAPERA ACQUISITION METHODG cccessseceessececsesaeeecenecececsaeeecsesueeecseaeececueeecseaueeseseeaees 49 TRIGGER TO IMAGE 2 00 02 02020000000 00001000000000000000 0 49 Supported Events and Transfer Methods eee 50 Trigger Signal Validity 1 2 0
43. Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Firmware Loader After Windows boots the Device Manager Firmware Loader program automatically executes at the end of the driver installation and on every subsequent reboot of the computer It will determine if the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 requires a firmware update If firmware is required a dialog displays and it also allows the user to load firmware for alternate operational modes of the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 if made available by DALSA Important In the very rare case of firmware loader errors please see Recovering from a Firmware Update Error on page 27 Firmware Update Automatic Mode Click Automatic to update the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware with the default package The X64 Xcelera HS PXS currently supports one firmware configuration See Series Key Features on page 7 and User Programmable Configurations on page 7 for details on supported modes which can be selected via a manual firmware update If there are multiple X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards in the system all will be updated with new firmware If any installed X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board installed in a system already has the correct firmware version an update is not required In the following screen shot a single X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board is installed in the system and the default configuration is ready to be programmed DALSA Device Manager DALSA Device Manager Version 3 14 Select Automatic to update with the D
44. a HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 15 Upgrading both Sapera and Board Driver When both Sapera and the acquisition board driver are upgraded follow the procedure described below e Logon the computeras an administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges e In Windows XP from the start menu select Start Settings Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Select the DALSA Xcelera board driver and click Remove Follow by also removing the older version of Sapera LT e In Windows Vista and Windows 7 from the start menu select Start Settings Control Panel Programs and Features Double click the DALSA Xcelera board driver and click Remove Follow by also removing the older version of Sapera LT e Reboot the computer and logon the computer as an administrator again Install the new versions of Sapera and the board driver as if this was a first time installation See Sapera LT Library Installation on page 12 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Driver on page 12 for installation procedures 16 Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Using the HS Link Serial Control Port The HS Link specification includes a serial communication port for direct camera control by the frame grabber see CamExpert Quick Start on page 33 The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver supports this serial communication port either directly or by mapping it to a host computer COM port Any serial port commun
45. an assign any camera control signal to the appropriate HS Link control The following screen shot shows the Sapera CamExpert dialog where Camera Link controls are assigned 78 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Untitled DSH Eile View Pre Processing Advanced CameraLinkPort Help Device Selector Lenan Device Configuration Select a camera file Optional 80 McelersHS PXB d HS 50 12K40 00 R HS Link Mond Y Go Grab Ge Advanced Control External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI cci General purpose camera control Internal Line Trigg Camera Line Trigg Camera Line Trigg Camera Control m Line Integration Line Trigger Metho Camera Control Strobe Method Se ca 2 cc3 ca Parameters Category Parameter Value Basic Timing Line Sync Source Internal Line Trigger 5000 1 16777215 None None None Not Supported None Pulse 1 Not Used Not Used Not Used Silas Dutput Messages Snap button was clicked Snap button was clicked 13 48 17 Xcelera HS_PX8_1 Line Sync Source value was changed from None to Internal Line Trigger Snap button was clicked Snap button was clicked soo T E A m Position x 086 y 073 Value 005E Frame sec 0 0 fjs Resolution 12000 Pixels x 512 Lines Monochrome 8 bit Output Messages Camera Link Serial Command
46. apera LT comes bundled with CamExpert an easy to use camera configuration utility to create new or modify existing camera configuration files Sapera Processing Library Sapera Processing is a comprehensive set of C classes or NET classes for image processing and analysis Sapera Processing offers highly optimized tools for image processing blob analysis search pattern recognition OCR and barcode decoding 10 e Overview X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Warning Grounding Instructions Static electricity can damage electronic components Please discharge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface such as the metal computer chassis before performing any hardware installation If you do not feel comfortable performing the installation please consult a qualified computer technician Important Never remove or install any hardware component with the computer power on Disconnect the power cord from the computer to disable the power standby mode This prevents the case where some computers unexpectedly power up when a board is installed Installation Note to install Sapera LT and the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 device driver logon to the workstation as administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges The Sapera LT Development Library or runtime library if application execution without development is preferred must be installed before the Xcelera HS PX8 devi
47. camera file which sets up parameters for a free running camera i e internal trigger with exposure settings for a good image with common lighting conditions When CamExpert is setup as required click on FilesSave As to save the new ccf file The dialog that opens allows adding details such as camera information mode of operation and a file name for the ccf file The following image is a sample for a DALSA HS Link camera Note the default folder where user camera files are saved a Camera Configuration Description Company Mame DALSA Model Name HS Camera Mode Default HS Link Line Scan 5 taps Mono Configuration Default HS Link Line Scan 5 taps Mono File Information File name D HS Default Default Save as Camera configuration file ccf w Current Select Custom Directory Save Cancel X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Quick Start e 37 Camera Interfacing Check List Before interfacing a camera from scratch with CamExpert Confirm that DALSA has not already published an application note with camera files www dalsa com mv Confirm that the correct version or board revision of X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is used Confirm that the required firmware is loaded into the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Confirm that Sapera does not already have a cca file for your camera installed on your hard disk If there is a cca file supplied with Sapera then use CamExpert to automatically generate the ccf file with default para
48. ce driver Turn the computer off disconnect the power cord disables power standby mode and open the computer chassis to allow access to the expansion slot area Install the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 into a free PCI Express x8 expansion slot Note that some computer s x16 slot may support the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Close the computer chassis and turn the computer on fusing Windows XP Windows will start its Found New Hardware Wizard Click on the Cancel button to close the Wizard Ifusing Windows Vista or Windows 7 Windows will display its Found New Hardware dialog Click on the default Ask me again later and continue with the installation Note that if you select the third option Don t show this message again for this device you will not be prompted again if the DALSA board is installed in the same computer X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 11 gt Found New Hardware Windows needs to install driver software for your PCI Memory Controller W Locate and install driver software recommended Windows will guide you through the process of installing driver software for your device Ask me again later Don t show this message again for this device Your device will not function until you install driver software Cancel Sapera LT Library Installation Insert the DALSA Sapera Essential CD ROM If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer the installation m
49. d from the on board FIFO into PC memory To complete a transfer a stop must be issued to the transfer module if transfers are already in progress If a transfer of a fixed number of frames was requested the transfer module will stop transfers automatically The Sapera event value is CORXFER VAL EVENT TYPE END OF TRANSFER Trigger Signal Validity External trigger signal noise is easily ignored by the ACU with its programmable debounce control A parameter is programmed for the minimum pulse duration considered as a valid external trigger pulse Refer to Note 3 External Trigger Input Specifications on page 72 for more information X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 51 Supported Transfer Cycling Methods The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 supports the following transfer cycle modes which are either synchronous or asynchronous These definitions are from the Sapera Basic Reference manual CORXFER VAL CYCLE MODE SYNCHRONOUS WITH TRASH Before cycling to the next buffer in the list the transfer device will check the next buffer s state If Its state is full the transfer will be done in the trash buffer which is defined as the last buffer in the list otherwise it will occur in the next buffer After a transfer to the trash buffer is done the transfer device will check again the state of the next buffer If it is empty it will transfer to this buffer otherwise it will transfer again to the trash buffer
50. e rate is as expected but the display is always black Set your camera to manual exposure mode and set the exposure to a longer period plus open the lens iris e Try to snap one frame instead of continuous grab e This problem is sometimes caused by a PCle transfer issue No PCle transfer takes place so the frame rate is above 0 but nevertheless no image is displayed in CamExpert e Make certain that BUS MASTER bit in the PCIe configuration space is activated Look in PCI Diagnostics for BM button under Command group Make certain that the BM button is activated PCI device HS PXE from DALSA bus 2 slot O function 0 v Device enabled _Rescan devices _ Refresh VendorID Rev lD Gor Latency 00 Pus MU addr 0 85i 0400 Ox25707 EC a Device ID 0 2570 IntLine Min Grant 0 00 C 16 bit 0804 0400100007 008 0905800001 SubVendlD 050008 IntPin 507 Max Lat 0x00 6 2 otors 0x00000010 a SubsytlD 050006 Linesize 0 10 Class Code 05058000 Eb inam nrn Command Header type 00007 SERR veaj Mw Spc BM Mem 0 0001 __Multifunc Status BIST 050010 se SAJ DPE 28 user amp amp MHz __BIST capable Base address registers Expansion ROM _ M70 Enabled 0 0 F000000C to OxFOSFFFFF Mem Pre Enabled 1 Mem Pre 64 bit View r PCI PCI bridge
51. e setup using Windows HyperTerminal follows X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 17 K Sapera Configuration r Server List Index Name 7 System None Xcelera HS_PX8_1 54557003 Contiguous Memory r Used for allocating buffers 7 r Used for allocating messages Requested Requested s MBytes MBytes Allocated Allocated MBytes MBytes Serial Ports Physical Port Maps to 5 0 __ 8 1 vi Selected physical port is present Camera Link API port index 0 Enable DirectShow support Setup Example with Windows HyperTerminal e Run HyperTerminal and type a name for the new connection when prompted Then click OK e following dialog screen select the port to connect with The port could be the COM port mapped to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 or the COM device as shown in this example 18 Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual New Connection Enter a name and choose an icon for the connection Name HS serial a HS serial Enter details for the phone number that you want to dial Country region United States 1 Area code 666 Phone number Connect using XcelersHS PX8 1 5 0 e HyperTerminal now presents a dialog to configure the COM port pr
52. e that this program is also used to manually upload firmware to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 described elsewhere in this manual Execute the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut Start Programs DALSA X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Device Driver CorDeviceManager If the Device Manager program does not run it will exit with a message that the board was not found Since the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board must have been in the system to install the board driver possible reasons for an error are e Board was removed e Board driver did not start or was terminated PCI conflict after some other device was installed Information Window The following figure shows the Device Manager information screen Click to highlight one of the board components and the information for that item is shown on the right hand window as described below 28 Troubleshooting Problems X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual DALSA Device Manager 3 17 E File Help Device Info Manager Program Refresh Reset Device Information B Xcelera HS 8 1 Field Value Revision E Fimware 1 ACU DTE PCle x8 Interface VendoriD Ox11EC Last ECO 0 CMI 040000 Extension Serial Number 54557003 Component Version 0 Optional ECO 0x0 Sub Template Version Board Model celera HS_PXB CX4 Chip Speed MHz 3125 Donohoe Aatos Device Info Firmware Update Output
53. ector and Switch Locations on page 64 ON OFF SWI SW2 SW500 Component View SW1 General Inputs Signal Switch Point For each general input select the threshold voltage detected as a logic high signal See J1 CMD15 Female External Signals Connector on page 69 SWI1 Assigned to OFF Position ON Position Switch Number default i general imputi Logic Transition at 2 general input 2 2 volts Logic Transition at 3 general input 3 preferred for differential 10 volts a signals 4 general input 4 SW2 Trigger Inputs Signal Switch Point For each trigger input select the threshold voltage detected as a logic high signal See JI CMD15 Female External Signals Connector on page 69 SW2 Assigned to OFF Position ON Position Switch Number default l trigger mp UL Logic Transition at 2 trigger input 2 2 volts Logic Transition at 3 NA preferred for differential 10 volts 4 NA signals 76 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual SW500 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp GEN2 Slot Workaround The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 powers up either in its normal state or a Safe Boot mode required to load firmware under certain conditions See the notes for SW500 1 following the table for details Note On Rev A0 of the board this function is controlled by jumpers on J5 See below for more information SW500 Assigned to OFF Position ON Position Switch Number d
54. ed and running for LED 2 to be in a valid state X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications e 67 LED D2 Description Color State Description RED Solid FPGA Firmware not Loaded load error GREEN Solid Normal FPGA Firmware Loaded BLUE Solid Safe mode FPGA Firmware Loaded Flashing Green Blue Production FPGA Firmware Loaded Flashing Blue PCle Training issue board is not visible in the PCI Diagnostic output Connecting External Signals to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Two connectors are provided for external signals J1 J1 CMD15 Female External Signals Connector is located on the board bracket and provides a subset of the available signals one trigger input one general input one strobe output and shaft encoder inputs while the internal connector J4 J4 External Signals Connector provides all the I O signals available with the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 The following two sections define the pin outs for these connectors followed with the electrical specifications 68 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual J1 CMD15 Female External Signals Connector This connector provides the commonly used external signals such as external trigger and strobe output directly from the board bracket The following table defines the signals and the connector pinout Also included is the wiring color code for the blunt end cable available from DALSA cable assembly OR X8CC IO15P see Product Part Numbers I
55. efault 1 Boot Mode Normal Safe 2 GEN2 Slot Workaround Disable Active 3 reserved 4 reserved SW500 1 Boot Mode Details e Normal Mode Board powers up in the normal operating mode e Safe Mode With the computer off move the switch to the ON position This mode is required if any problems occurred while updating firmware With the switch in the ON position power on the computer and update the firmware again When the update is complete power off the computer and move the switch to the OFF position Power on the computer once again for normal operation See Recovering from a Firmware Update Error on page 27 SW500 2 GEN2 Slot Workaround Details e Normal Mode Normal operation of the Xcelera HS PX8 e GEN2 Slot Workaround In computers with GEN2 slots and the Intel 5400 chipset There have been circumstances where the board is not detected properly This issue is identified by the status LED 1 that keeps on flashing red at boot time In one example with a Dell T5400 or T7400 computer the following message was displayed by the computer BIOS Alert Error initializing PCI Express slot e Therefore when using such a computer with the Xcelera SW500 2 in the ON position the computer should boot normally and the Xcelera should function If this is not the case please contact Technical Support on page 88 with details about your computer X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 77 For Revision AO Boards
56. efault Configuration Select Manual to update with a Specific Configuration Device Serial Number Configuration Status xcelera H5 PX8 1 54557003 1 High Speed Camera Update Required Manual Cancel Firmware Update Manual Mode Select Manual mode to load firmware other then the default version or when in the case of multiple X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards in the same system if each requires different firmware The figure below shows the Device Manager manual firmware screen Information on all installed X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards their serial numbers and their firmware components are shown X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 13 A manual firmware update is made as follows Select the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 to update via the board selection box if there are multiple boards in the system From the Configuration field drop menu select the firmware version required Click on the Start Update button Observe the firmware update progress in the message output window Close the Device manager program when the device reset complete message is shown DALSA Device Manager v 3 14 Tog File Help Firmware Update Manager Start Update Save Config file Load Config File Device Field Value Same Configuration For All Devices xcelera H5 PX8 1 Serial Number 54557003 Update Firmware Device Version AD ACU DTE PCle x8 Interface 1 10 01 0205
57. elera HS PX8 features 3 LED indicators to facilitate system installation and setup two on the board bracket and one located on the top edge of the board These indicators provide visual feedback on the board status and camera status External Event Synchronization Trigger inputs and strobe signal are provided to precisely synchronize image captures with external events HS Link Communications ports One PC independent communication port provides HS Link controls for camera configurations This port does not require additional PC resources like free interrupts or I O address space Accessible via the board device driver the communication port presents a seamless interface to Windows based standard communication applications like HyperTerminal etc Quadrature Shaft Encoder An important feature for web scanning applications the Quadrature Shaft Encoder inputs allow synchronized line captures from external web encoders X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Overview e 9 Development Software Overview Sapera LT Library Sapera LT is a powerful development library for image acquisition and control Sapera LT provides a single API across all current and future DALSA hardware Sapera LT delivers a comprehensive feature set including program portability versatile camera controls flexible display functionality and management plus easy to use application development wizards Applications are developed using either C or NET frameworks S
58. enu is presented If AUTORUN is not enabled use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of the CD ROM Execute launch exe to start the installation menu and install the required Sapera components Continue with the installation of the board driver as described in the next section The installation program will prompt you to reboot the computer Refer to Sapera LT User s Manual for additional details about Sapera LT X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Driver Installation The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board driver supports installation in a Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 system If Sapera was just installed continue by selecting the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver installation If Sapera was installed previously insert the DALSA Sapera Essential CD ROM to now install the board driver If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer the installation menu is presented Install the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver If AUTORUN is not enabled use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of the CD ROM Execute launch exe to start the installation menu and install the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 driver During the late stages of the installation the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware loader application starts This is described in detail in the following section If Windows displays any unexpected message concerning the installed board power off the system and verify that the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is installed in the slot properly 12 Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64
59. es using the legacy CCA extension CAMERA files which contain all parameters describing the camera video signal characteristics and operation modes what the camera outputs The Sapera parameter groups within the file are e Video format and pixel definition e Video resolution pixel rate pixels per line lines per frame e Synchronization source and timing e Channels Taps configuration e Supported camera modes and related parameters e External signal assignment 36 CamExpert Quick Start X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CVI File Details Legacy files using the CVI extension contain all operating parameters related to the frame grabber board what the frame grabber can actually do with camera controls or incoming video The Sapera parameter groups within the file are e Activate and set any supported camera control mode or control variable e Define the integration mode and duration e Define the strobe output control e Allocate the frame grabber transfer ROI the host video buffer size and buffer type RGB888 RGB101010 MONO8 16 e Configuration of line frame trigger parameters such as source internal via the frame grabber external via some outside event electrical format TTL RS 422 OPTO isolated and signal active edge or level characterization Saving a Camera File Use CamExpert to save a camera file ccf usable with Sapera demo program or user application An example would be a
60. frame is detected by the board acquisition hardware The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE START OF FRAME End of Frame Event generated during acquisition when the end of a video frame is detected by the board acquisition hardware The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE END OF FRAME Data Overflow The Data Overflow event indicates that there is not enough bandwidth for the acquired data to be transferred without loss This is usually caused by limitations of the acquisition module and should never occur The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE DATA OVERFLOW Frame Valid Event generated when the start of a video frame is detected by the board acquisition hardware Acquisition does not need to be active therefore this event can verify a valid signal is connected The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE VERTICAL SYNC Pixel Clock Present Absent Event generated on the transition from detecting or not detecting a pixel clock signal The Sapera event values are CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE NO PIXEL CLK and CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE PIXEL CLK Frame Lost The Frame Lost event indicates that an acquired image could not be transferred to on board memory An example of this case would be if there are no free on board buffers available for the new image This may be the case if the image transfer from onboard buffers to host PC memory cannot be sustained due to bus bandwidth issues The Sapera event value is CORACQ VAL
61. he X64 Xcelera HS PX8 trigger input Virtual frame trigger can be 24V industry standard TTL 5V or RS 422 and be rising or falling edge active active high or low or double pulse rising or falling edge Virtual frame trigger control is configured for rising edge trigger in this example Virtual frame trigger connects to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 via the External Trigger Input 1 amp 2 balanced inputs e Trigger Input 1 on connector J1 pin 1 and 9 e Trigger Input 1 on connector J4 pin 19 and pin 20 e Trigger Input 2 on connector J4 pin 21 and 22 for input 2 Camera control signals are output to the camera to trigger at all times in order to keep the camera running and avoid bad acquired lines at the beginning of a virtual frame The camera control signals are either based on timing controls input on one or both X64 Xcelera HS PX8 shaft encoder inputs or line triggers generated internally by the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 The number of lines captured is specified by the Sapera vertical cropping parameter X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 47 Synchronization Signals for a Virtual Frame of 10 Lines The following timing diagram shows the relationship between an External Frame Trigger input External Shaft Encoder input one phase used with the second terminated and camera control output to the camera Virtual Frame Trigger Shaft Encoder
62. he input plus the DTE Data Transfer Engine which transfers image data from on board FIFO memory into PC memory In general these management processes are transparent to end user applications With the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 applications ensure trigger to image reliability by monitoring events and controlling transfer methods as described below X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 49 Supported Events and Transfer Methods The following acquisition and transfer events are supported Event monitoring is a major component to the Trigger to Image Reliability framework Acquisition Events Acquisition events are related to the acquisition module They provide feedback on the image capture phase External Trigger Used Ignored Generated when the external trigger pin is asserted usually indicating the start of the acquisition process There are 2 types of external trigger events Used or Ignored Following an external trigger if the event generates a captured image an External Trigger Used event will be generated CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE EXTERNAL TRIGGER If there is no captured image an External Trigger Ignored event will be generated CORACQ VAL EVENT TYPE EXTERNAL TRIGGER IGNORED An external trigger event will be ignored if the rate at which the events are received are higher than the possible frame rate of the camera Start of Frame Event generated during acquisition when the start of a video
63. ication program such as Windows HyperTerminal can connect to the camera in use and modify its function modes via its serial port controls The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 serial port supports communication speeds from 9600 to 115 kbps Note if your serial communication program can directly select the X64 Xcelera HS PXS serial port then mapping to a system COM port is not necessary The X64 Xcelera HS 8 serial port is mapped to an available COM port by using the Sapera Configuration tool Run the program from the Windows start menu Start Programs DALSA Sapera LT Sapera Configuration COM Port Assignment The lower section of the Sapera Configuration program screen contains the serial port configuration menu Configure as follows e Use the Physical Port drop menu to select the Sapera board device from all available Sapera boards with serial ports when more then one board is in the system e Use the Maps to drop menu to assign an available COM number to that Sapera board serial port Click on the Save Settings Now button then the Close button You are prompted to reboot your computer to enable the serial port mapping e X64 Xcelera HS PX8 serial port now mapped to COMG in this example is available as serial port to any serial port application for camera control Note that this serial port is not listed in the Windows Control Panel System PropertieseDevice Manager because it is a logical serial port mapping Anexampl
64. ion Zi Xcelera HS_PX8_1 Field Value ja Information Template version Firmware i fa ACU DTE PCle x8 Interface Drawing Number issue Revision Vendor ID Last ECO CMI Extension Serial Number Component Version Optional ECO EU CREE PRERA TREFA li Devicelnfo Firmware Update Output 20 e Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 X64 Xcelera HS 8 User s Manual Configuring Sapera Viewing Installed Sapera Servers The Sapera configuration program Start Programs DALSA Sapera LT Sapera Configuration allows the user to see all available Sapera servers for the installed Sapera compatible boards The System entry represents the system server It corresponds to the host machine your computer and is the only server that should always be present Increasing Contiguous Memory for Sapera Resources The Contiguous Memory section lets the user specify the total amount of contiguous memory a block of physical memory occupying consecutive addresses reserved for the resources needed for Sapera buffers allocation and Sapera messaging For both items the Requested value dialog box shows the driver default memory setting while the Allocated value displays the amount of contiguous memory that has been allocated successfully The default values will generally satisfy the needs of most applications The Sapera buffers value determines the tota
65. l Minimum 1 line Vertical Maximum up to 16 000 000 lines for area scan sensors infinite line count for linescan sensors 3 125 GHz Supports communication speeds from 9600 to 115 kbps Technical Specifications e 61 5 Comprehensive event notifications see Trigger to Image Reliability on page 49 Timing control logic for EXSYNC PRIN and strobe signals Dual independent opto coupled external trigger inputs programmable as active high or low edge or level trigger where pulse width minimum is 100ns External trigger latency less than 1 usec One TTL Strobe output Camera Controls Compliant wit rigger to Image Reliability framewor Quadrature AB shaft encoder inputs for external web synchronization opto coupler maximum frequency for any shaft encoder input is 200 KHz 4 opto coupled general inputs 5V 24V 4 opto coupled general outputs Processing None Host System Requirements General System Requirements for the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e PCI Express x8 slot compatible e Onsome computers the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 may function installed in a x16 slot The computer documentation or direct testing 1s required Operating System Support Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit Environment Ambient Temperature 10 to 50 C operation 0 to 70 C storage Relative Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing operating 0 to 95 storage Power Requirements EION 1 5A
66. l amount of contiguous memory reserved at boot time for the allocation of dynamic resources used for host frame buffer management such as DMA descriptor tables plus other kernel needs Adjust this value higher if your application generates any out of memory error while allocating host frame buffers You can approximate the amount of contiguous memory required as follows e Calculate the total amount of host memory used for frame buffers number of frame buffers number of pixels per line number of lines 2 if buffer is 10 or 12 bits e Provide IMB for every 256 MB of host frame buffer memory required Add an additional 1 MB if the frame buffers have a short line length say or less the increased number of individual frame buffers requires more resources e Add an additional 2 MB for various static and dynamic Sapera resources e Test for any memory error when allocating host buffers Simply use the Buffer menu of the Sapera Grab demo program see Grab Demo Overview on page 39 to allocate the number of host buffers required for your acquisition source Feel free to test the maximum limit of host buffers possible on your host system the Sapera Grab demo will not crash when the requested number of host frame buffers cannot be allocated X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 21 Host Computer Frame Buffer Memory Limitations When planning a Sapera application and its host frame buffers used plus
67. lems Symptoms X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Does Not Grab on page 31 Symptoms Card grabs black on page 31 Symptoms Card acquisition bandwidth is less than expected on page 32 Troubleshooting Procedures The following sections provide information and solutions to possible X64 Xcelera HS PX8 installation and functional problems These topics are summarized in the previous section of this manual Checking for PCI Bus Conflicts One of the first items to check when there is a problem with any PCI board is to examine the system PCI configuration and ensure that there are no conflicts with other PCI or system devices The PCI Diagnostic program cpcidiag exe allows examination of the PCI configuration registers and can save this information to a text file Run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut Start Programs DALSA Sapera LT Tools PCI Diagnostics As shown in the following screen image use the first drop menu to select the PCI device to examine Select the device from DALSA Note the bus and slot number of the installed board this will be unique for each system unless systems are setup identically Click on the Diagnostic button to view an analysis of the system PCI configuration space 24 Troubleshooting Problems X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual I Diagnostic 2 1 agila PCI device X64 Xcelera HS PX8 from DALSA 2 slot 0 function 0 Device enabled Rescan devices Ref
68. meter values matching the frame grabber capabilities Check if the Sapera installation has a similar type of camera file A similar cca file can be loaded into CamExpert where it is modified to match timing and operating parameters for your camera and lastly save them as Camera Configuration file ccf Finally if your camera type has never been interfaced run CamExpert after installing Sapera and the acquisition board driver select the board acquisition server and manually enter the camera parameters 38 e CamExpert Quick Start X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Sapera Demo Applications Grab Demo Overview Program StarteProgramss DALSA Sapera LT DemoseFrame GrabberseGrab Demo Program file DALSA Sapera Demos Classes vc GrabDemo Release GrabDemo exe Workspace DALSA Sapera Demos Classes vc SapDemos dsw NET Solution DALSA Sapera Demos Classes vc SapDemos_2003 sIn DALSA Sapera Demos Classes vc SapDemos_2005 sIn DALSA Sapera Demos Classes vc SapDemos_2008 sIn Description This program demonstrates the basic acquisition functions included in the Sapera library The program allows you to acquire images either in continuous or in one shot mode while adjusting the acquisition parameters The program code may be extracted for use within your own application Remarks This demo is built using Visual C 6 0 It is based on Sapera C classes See the Sapera User s and Reference manuals for more information Using the
69. mportant These signals are also available on J4 Connect to one or the other but never both when using the same signal Pin 1 Pin 8 O 0600000000 00600000 Pin 9 Pin 15 Cable Description Pin Pin Description Cable Wire Wire color color BLK External Trigger Input 1 1 9 External Trigger Input 1 GRY see note 3 BRN Shaft Encoder Phase A 2 10 Shaft Encoder Phase A WHT see note 4 RED Shaft Encoder Phase 3 11 Shaft Encoder Phase B W BLK ORG General Input 1 4 12 General Input 1 W BRN see note 1 YEL Ground 2 13 Strobe Output 1 W RED see note 5 GRN Ground 6 14 Power Output 5 Volts W ORG 1 5A max see note 6 BLU Ground 7 15 Power Output 12 Volts W YEL 1 5A max VIO Ground 8 Shell Shielding connected to ground shield X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 69 External Signals Connector The following table defines the signals and the connector pinout A subset of these signals are also available on J1 Connect to one or the other but never both when the signal is the same J4 Pin Header Numbering Detail E 4 E 40 37 39 J Signal Descriptions Description Pin Pin Description Ground 1 2 Ground General Input 1 3 4 General Input 1 see note 1 General Input 2 S 6 General Input 2 General Input 3 7 8 General Input 3 General Input 4 9 10 General I
70. mv Board driver revisions are also available on the next release of the Sapera Essential CD ROM Often minor board driver upgrades do not require a new revision of Sapera To confirm that the current Sapera version will work with the new board driver e Check the new board driver ReadMe file before installing for information on the minimum Sapera version required If the ReadMe file does not specify the Sapera version required contact DALSA Technical Support see Technical Support on page 88 To upgrade the board driver only e Logon the computer as an administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges e In Windows XP from the start menu select Start Settings Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Select the DALSA Xcelera board driver and click Remove e Windows XP only e When the driver un install is complete reboot the computer e Logon the computer as an administrator again In Windows Vista and Windows 7 from the start menu select Start Settings Control Panel Programs and Features Double click the DALSA Xcelera board driver and click Remove e Install the new board driver Run Setup exe if installing manually from a downloaded driver file e Ifthe new driver is on Sapera Essential CD ROM follow the installation procedure described in X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Driver on page 12 e Important You can not install a DALSA board driver without Sapera LT installed on the computer X64 Xceler
71. nal CX4 Cable Contact Sales at DALSA 6 e Overview X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual About the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Frame Grabber Series Key Features e Supports area scan or linescan cameras using HS Link e Monochrome 8 bit pixels e 2 CX4 connector HS Link to redirect image data to another Xcelera HS PX8 frame grabber e Input Trigger and Shaft Encoder inputs e Time Integration e Horizontal and Vertical Flip supported on board e Output Strobe e RoHS compliant See Technical Specifications on page 61 for detailed information User Programmable Configurations Use the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware loader function in the DALSA Device manager utility to select firmware for one of the supported modes Firmware selection is made either during driver installation or manually later on see Firmware Update Manual Mode on page 13 For the X64 Xcelera HS PXS board the firmware choices are e 1x High Speed Camera installation default selection Support for one Camera HS Link port X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Overview e 7 ACUPlus Acquisition Control Unit ACUPlus consists of a grab controller pixel packer and time base generator ACUPlus provides a flexible acquisition front end for a wide variety of imaging solutions ACUPlus acquires variable frame sizes up to 256KB per horizontal line and up to 16 million lines per frame ACUPlus can also capture an infinite number of lines from a linescan camera withou
72. nitors B Network adapters Y Ports COM amp LPT X888 Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices 2 Universal Serial Bus controllers lt p 5 devices GEN2 Slot Computer Issue DALSA engineering has identified cases where the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board is not detected when installed in computers using the Intel 5400 chip set This issue is identified by the status LED 1 flashing red continuously at boot time By changing the switch SW500 2 position from the default OFF to the ON position before installing the Xcelera in the computer the PCI error is eliminated See SW500 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp GEN2 Slot Workaround on page 77 for details 26 Troubleshooting Problems X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Sapera and Hardware Windows Drivers If any problem is seen after installation such as an error message running CamExpert make certain the appropriate DALSA drivers have started successfully during the boot sequence Example click on the Start Programs Accessories System Tools System Information Software Environment and click on System Drivers Make certain the following drivers have started for the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Device Description Type Started CorX64XceleraHSPX8 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 messaging Kernel Driver Yes CorLog Sapera Log viewer Kernel Driver Yes CorMem Sapera Memory manager Kernel Driver Yes CorPci Sapera PCI configuration Kernel Driver Yes CorSerial Sa
73. nput 4 General Output 1 11 12 General Output 1 see note 2 General Output 2 13 14 General Output 2 General Output 3 15 16 General Output 3 General Output 4 17 18 General Output 4 External Trigger Input 1 19 20 External Trigger Input see note 3 External Trigger Input 2 21 22 External Trigger Input 2 Shaft Encoder Phase A 23 24 Shaft Encoder Phase A see note 4 Shaft Encoder Phase B 25 26 Shaft Encoder Phase B Ground 2 28 Strobe Output 1 see note 5 Ground 29 30 Reserved Ground 31 32 Ground Power Output 5 Volts 1 5A max 33 34 Power Output 5 Volts 1 5A max see note 6 Power Output 12 Volts 1 5A max 35 36 Power Output 12 Volts 1 5A max Ground 37 38 Ground Ground 39 40 Ground 70 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual I O Electrical Specifications The electrical and timing specifications for all I O signals are defined below In general these specifications are common across many Xcelera products but DALSA reserves the right to make changes without notice assuming the change is backward compatible with previous Xcelera installations Note 1 General Inputs Specifications Each of the four General Inputs are opto coupled and able to connect to differential signals RS 422 or single ended source signals These inputs generate individual interrupts and are read by the Sapera application The following figure is typical for each Genera Input Gin nGin Inp
74. nterrupted and delayed by other host system processes That is the image acquisition to one frame buffer is not interrupted by any delays in transfer of the other frame buffer which contains the previously acquired video frame to system memory The total size of the two internal frame buffers must be somewhat smaller than the total onboard memory due to memory overhead required for image transfer management When the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 does not have enough onboard memory for two frame buffers the driver memory manager will reduce the size in increments of video lines for the 2 buffers to the maximum that can fit Note that in this situation it is best to specify a single on board buffer in order to increase the size of image that can be buffered on board before a video line wraparound occurs during the acquisition In this specific situation the image transfers to the host memory buffer can not take advantage of a dual on board buffer during image transfer therefore the image transfer is subject to PCIe bandwidth limitations Symptoms CamExpert Detects no Boards e When starting CamExpert if no DALSA board is detected CamExpert will start in offline mode There is no error message and CamExpert is functional for creating or modifying a camera configuration file If CamExpert should have detected the installed board troubleshoot the installation problem as described below Troubleshooting Procedure When CamExpert detects no installed DALSA
75. o coupled DTE Destination Dual Shaft Encoder Opto coupled YO Controller Data Transfer Engine Buffer Ce Address Table Dual Trigger In Opto coupled Strobe Aux Slot Power Out Power Gnd Only one Trigger In on CMD15 Control PCI Express X8 Controller X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Simplified Block Diagram Host PCI Express X8 or greater Slot X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Reference e 43 Acquisition Timing The HSLink acquisition timing specification will be published by the HSLink consortium Line Trigger Source Selection for Linescan Applications Line scan imaging applications require some form of external event trigger to synchronize line scan camera exposures to the moving object This synchronization signal is either an external trigger source one exposure per trigger event or a shaft encoder source composed of a single or dual phase quadrature signal The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 shaft encoder inputs provide additional functionality with pulse drop or pulse multiply support The following table describes the line trigger source types supported by the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Refer to the Sapera Acquisition Parameters Reference Manual OC SAPM APROO for descriptions of the Sapera parameters CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE The following table defines the trigger input source parameter values specific to the Xcelera HS PX8 PRM Value Active Shaft
76. oard while the boards receiving the control signal from the Master board are Slaves Hardware Connection Interconnect two three or four X64 Xcelera boards via their J9 connector The 4 pin cable is wired one to one i e no crossed wires The cable must be as short as possible and the boards must be in the same system Master Board Software Setup Choose one X64 Xcelera as master The Sapera parameter PRM EXT TRIGGER SOURCE is set to either Mode I Output to Board Sync or Mode 2 Control pulse to Board Sync See Sapera documentation for more details Slave Board Software Setup The Sapera parameter CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER SOURCE is set to From Board Sync Test Setup The control application starts the acquisition on all slave boards The acquisition process is now waiting for the control signal from the master board The master board acquisition is triggered and the acquisition start signal is sent to each slave board with 0 8us delay max Contact Technical Support for additional information 84 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Connecting Multiple X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Boards to one Camera Multiple X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards can simultaneously process image data from one HS Link camera The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board provides an HS Link output which feeds the acquisition to a second board which can then feed a third etc Feature highlights are e Split image processing across multiple X64 Xcele
77. ons Below are drawings for the various board revisions released by DALSA where the most current is shown first A table following each drawing provides a short description of each connector and switch Details are provided in this section X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision A1 Layout Drawing 5 1 Status ED 1 amp 2 7 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision A1 Connector Switch Description List revision A1 The following table lists components on the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board Detailed information follows for connectors or switches the end user may have need of Location Description Location Description JI External Signals connector CMD15 J7 PC power to IO interface J2 HS Link INPUT connector J9 Multi Board Sync J3 HS Link OUTPUT connector J5 J6 J8 Reserved J4 External signals connector SW1 SW2 Configuration micro switches SW500 Jil Reserved Status LEDs refer to text LED D2 refer to text 64 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision AO Layout Drawing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 revision AO PCle X8 Connector Switch Description List revision A0 LED D2 1 J7 The following table lists components on the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board Detailed information follows for connectors or switches the end user may have need of
78. operties Change settings as required by the camera you are connecting to Note that the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 serial port does not support hardware flow control Port Settings Bits per second Data bits Parity Stop bits Elow control 115200 Hardware Restore Defaults X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Installing X64 Xcelera HS PX8 e 19 Displaying X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Board Information The Device Manager program also displays information about the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards installed in the system To view board information run the program via the Windows Start Menu shortcut Start Programs DALSA X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Device Driver DeviceManager Device Manager Board Viewer The following screen image shows the Device Manager program with the Information Firmware tab active The left window displays all Dalsa boards in the system and their individual device components The right window displays the information stored in the selected board device This example screen shows the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 information contained in the EEProm component The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 device manager report file BoardInfo txt is generated by clicking File Save Device Info This report file may be requested by DALSA Technical Support to aid in troubleshooting installation or operational problems F DAI i Ja Device Info Manager Program Refresh Reset Device Informat
79. peeds typically provide one or two synchronization signals from a web mounted encoder to coordinate trigger signals These trigger signals are used by the acquisition line scan camera The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 supports single or dual shaft encoder signals Dual encoder signals are typically 90 degrees out of phase relative to each other and provide greater web motion resolution When enabled the camera is triggered and acquires one scan line for each shaft encoder pulse edge To optimize the web application a second Sapera parameter defines the number of triggers to skip between valid acquisition triggers The figure below depicts a system where a valid camera trigger is any pulse edge from either shaft encoder signal After a trigger the two following triggers are ignored as defined by the Sapera pulse drop parameter K Keep D Drop or Skip Y Y Y Y Y Y D DK D DK D DK D D Shaft Encoder phase A Shaft Encoder phase B Line acquired m Note in this example Number of trigger to drop 2 Note that camera file parameters are best modified by using the Sapera CamExpert program Dual Balanced Shaft Encoder Inputs Input e Connector JI Pin 2 Phase A amp Pin 10 Phase A e Connector J4 Pin 23 Phase A amp Pin 24 Phase A Input 2 e Connector J1 Pin 3 Phase B amp Pin 11 Phase B e Connector J4 Pin 25
80. pera Messaging TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS OWER VIEW X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual MUN 16 Contents e i PROBLEM TYPE SUMMARY terree ioi tete eve esee be Ha 23 First Step Check the Status 23 Possible Installation Problems seen 23 Possible Functional Problems eene 24 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES esee eee eee e e e e eene eren 24 Checking for PCI Bus Conflicts iecit isinne 24 Windows Device Manager eese teeth nennen enne enne 26 GENZ Slot Computer Issue La MT Glas Banta 26 Sapera and Hardware Windows Drivers eene 27 Recovering from a Firmware Update Error eee 27 Driver Information via the Device Manager Program eee 28 DALSA Log Viewer PREFERENCE 29 Memory Requirements with Area Scan Acquisitions esee 30 Symptoms CamExpert Detects no 30 Symptoms X64 Xcelera HS PX8 Does Not Grab sse 31 Symptoms Card grabs black 31 Symptoms Card acquisition bandwidth is less than 32 CAMEXPERT QUICK START 33 INTERFACING CAMERAS WITH 33 CamExpert Example with a DALSA HS Camera sss 33 CAME
81. pera Serial Port manager Kernel Driver Yes DALSA Technical Support may request that you check the status of these drivers as part of the troubleshooting process Recovering from a Firmware Update Error This procedure is required if any failure occurred while updating the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware on installation or during a manual firmware upgrade On the rare occasion the board has corrupted firmware any Sapera application such as CamExpert or the grab demo program will not find an installed board to control Possible reasons for firmware loading errors or corruption are e Computer system mains power failure or deep brown out PCI bus or checksum errors e PCI bus timeout conditions due to other devices e User forcing a partial firmware upload using an invalid firmware source file When the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware is corrupted executing a manual firmware upload will not work because the firmware loader can not communicate with the board In an extreme case corrupted firmware may even prevent Windows from booting Solution The user manually forces the board to initialize from safe firmware designed only to allow driver firmware uploads When the firmware upload 1s complete the board is then rebooted to initialize in its normal operational mode e Note that this procedure may require removing the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board several times from the computer e Important Referring to the board s user manual in the connec
82. provided to generate a camera configuration file CCF that describes the desired camera and frame grabber configuration DALSA continually updates a camera application library composed of application information and prepared camera files ready to download Camera files are ASCII text and can be read with Windows Notepad on any computer without having Sapera installed X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CamExpert Quick Start 35 Overview of Sapera Acquisition Parameter Files ccf or cca cvi Concepts and Differences between the Parameter Files There are two components to the legacy Sapera acquisition parameter file set CCA files also called cam files and CVI files also called VIC files 1 e video input conditioning Sapera LT 5 0 introduces a new camera configuration file CCF that combines the CCA and CVI files into one file Typically a camera application will use a CCF file per camera operating mode An application can also have multiple CCF files so as to support different image format modes supported by the camera or sensor such as image binning or variable ROI CCF File Details Files using the CCF extension Camera Configuration files are essentially the camera CCA and frame grabber CVI parameters grouped into one file for easier configuration file management This is the default Camera Configuration file used with Sapera LT 5 0 and the CamExpert utility CCA File Details DALSA distributes camera fil
83. r s Manual For information on camera files see the Sapera Acquisition Parameters Reference Manual OC SAPM APROO Sapera Acquisition Methods Sapera acquisition methods define the control and timing of the camera and frame grabber board Various methods are available grouped as e Camera Trigger Methods method and 2 supported e Camera Reset Methods method 1 supported e Line Integration Methods method 1 through 4 7 supported Time Integration Methods method 1 through 9 supported e Strobe Methods method 1 through 4 supported Refer to the Sapera LT Acquisition Parameters Reference manual OC SAPM APRO0 for detailed information concerning camera and acquisition control methods Trigger To Image Reliability Trigger to image reliability incorporates all stages of image acquisition inside an integrated controller to increase reliability and simplify error recovery The trigger to image reliability model brings together all the requirements for image acquisition to a central management unit These include signals to control camera timing on board FIFO memory to compensate for PCI bus latency and comprehensive error notification Whenever the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 detects a problem the user application is immediately informed and can take appropriate action to return to normal operation The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is designed with a robust ACU Acquisition and Control Unit The ACU monitors in real time the acquisition state of t
84. ra HS PX8 boards e Up to 6 boards can be chained to one camera X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards can be in one computer or multiple computers e The HS Link output is the whole frame acquired each X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board in the chain receives a complete image e Each X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board can perform a task or process either on the whole frame or a selected ROI without effect on the camera image sent to other boards in the chain Cabling Physical connections between X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards is via HS Link cables CX4 connectors Simply connect the camera to the first X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board and then connect the HS Link output to the HS Link camera input of the next board Repeat for any other X64 Xcelera HS PX8 boards used See X64 Xcelera HS PX8 End Bracket Detail on page 66 HS Link cables can be any length required to inter connect each X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board subject to the 10 meter maximum cable length of the HS Link specification Application setup e camera is connected to the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board defined as Master e Only the Master board controls the camera e Each X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board receiving daisy chained video is defined as a Slave e Slave boards do not command the camera e Camera file CCF parameters define Master and Slave boards e Fora Slave board the CCF file must include a Custom Parameters section with the following parameter defined where n is replaced by the slave o
85. rder number in the system value max slave Custom Parameters Parameter_0 0x107 Oxc64 n Slave n e Triggered acquisitions can require use of the board s multi board sync capability See J9 Board Sync on page 84 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 85 86 e Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual DALSA Contact Information Sales Information Visit our web site www dalsa com mv Email mailto info dalsa com Canada International Sales Office DALSA Montreal 7075 Place Robert Joncas Suite 142 Montreal Quebec H4M 272 Canada Tel 514 333 1301 Fax 514 333 1388 US Sales Office DALSA Billerica 700 Technology Park Drive Billerica MA 01821 Tel 978 670 2000 Fax 978 670 2010 Asia Sales Office DALSA Asia Pacific Ikebukuro East 13F 3 4 3 Higashi Ikebukuro Toshima ku Tokyo Japan Tel 81 3 5960 6353 Fax 81 3 5960 6354 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual DALSA Contact Information e 87 Technical Support Find application notes product information and register software on our support web site along with submitting technical support questions Technical support form via our web page Support requests for imaging product installations Support requests for imaging applications Camera support paten http dalsa com mv support Product literature and driver updates Register software 88 e DAISA Contact Info
86. resh gt Hex dump Vendor ID Rev ID Latenc add 0 an E w00 0x257011EC Device ID 0 2570 IntLine 0x10 Min Grant 000 C 16 bit 0504 0x00100007 SubVendlD 0 0008 IntPin 10501 Max Lat 0 00 32 bit Ox08 gt 005800001 Ox0C gt 0 00000010 fw SubsystlD 00008 Line size 10 10 Class Code 0 058000 Edt avins nnnm Command Header type 00007 FBE SERA veaj Mw 5 BM Mem I0 0900 Mulifunc Status BIST 00010 se SAJ fast B28 use _66MHz ooo BIST capable Base address registers Expansion ROM 4 Enabled 0 JOxFOOOD00C to OxFO3FFFFF Mem Pre View 10700000 Enabled 1 Mem Pre 64 bit View r PCI PCI bridge 3 Diagnostic 2 view Primary Bus fesa Second Bus ORISA 4 c yo view Subord Bus pei Help 5 VO View Bridge Ctrl E OK Save 41 Clicking on the Diagnostic button opens new window with the diagnostic report From the PCI Bus Number drop menu select the bus number that the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is installed in in this example the slot is bus 1 The window now shows the I O and memory ranges used by each device on the selected PCI bus The information display box will detail any PCI conflicts If there is a problem click on the Save button A file named pcidiag txt is created
87. rmation X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Glossary of Terms Bandwidth Describes the measure of data transfer capacity PCI devices must share the maximum PCI bus bandwidth when transferring data to and from system memory or other devices CAM Sapera camera file that uses the file extension CCA by default Files using the CCA extension also called CAM files CAMERA files contain all parameters which describe the camera video signal characteristics and operation modes i e what the camera outputs Channel Camera data path that includes all parts of a video line Checksum A value used to ensure data is stored without error It is created by calculating the binary values in a block of data using some algorithm and storing the results with the data Contiguous memory A block of physical memory occupying consecutive addresses Firmware Software such as a board driver that is stored in nonvolatile memory mounted on that board Frame buffer An area of memory used to hold a frame of image data A frame buffer may exist on the acquisition hardware or be allocated by the acquisition hardware device driver in host system memory Grab Acquiring an image frame by means of a frame grabber Host Refers to the computer system that supports the installed frame grabber Host buffer Refers to a frame buffer allocated in the physical memory of the host computer system LSB Least Significant Bit in a binary data word MSB X6
88. rors when running applications confirm that all Sapera and board drivers are running See Sapera and Hardware Windows Drivers on page 27 for details In addition DALSA technical support will ask for the log file of messages by DALSA drivers Follow the instructions describe in DALSA Log Viewer on page 29 Firmware update error There was an error during the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware update procedure This usually is easily corrected by the user Follow the instructions Recovering from a Firmware Update Error on page 27 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems e 23 Installation went well but the board doesn t work or stopped working Review theses steps described in Symptoms CamExpert Detects no Boards on page 30 Possible Functional Problems Driver Information Use the DALSA device manager program to view information about the installed X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board and driver See Driver Information via the Device Manager Program on page 28 Area scan memory requirements The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 on board memory provides by default two frame buffers large enough for most imaging situations See Memory Requirements with Area Scan Acquisitions on page 30 for details on the on board memory and possible limitations Sometimes the problem symptoms are not the result of an installation issue but due to other system issues Review the sections described below for solutions to various X64 Xcelera HS PX8 functional prob
89. s e 73 Note 4 Shaft Encoder Input Specifications Dual Quadrature Shaft Encoder Inputs phase A and phase B are opto coupled and able to connect to differential signals RS 422 or single ended TTL 5V source signals The following figure is typical for each input 3v3 4 7K e For single ended TTL 5V signals the SE pin is connected to ground The switch point is 2V e Maximum input voltage that can be applied is 6V e Each input has a ferrite bead plus a 220 ohm series resistor on the opto coupler anode e Maximum input signal frequency is 200 KHz e Opto coupler response time is 0 25us for a rising signal e Opto coupler response time is 2 85 for a falling signal e See Line Trigger Source Selection for Linescan Applications on page 44 for more information Refer to Sapera parameters CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER ENABLE CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER DROP or refer to CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER ENABLE CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER DETECTION CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER LEVEL fixed at RS 422 CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE e See also file entries Shaft Encoder Enable Shaft Encoder Pulse Drop or see External Line Trigger Enable External Line Trigger Detection External Line Trigger Level External Line Trigger Source 74 Technical Specifications X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Note 5 Strobe Output Specifications One TTL Strobe output is provided The following figure is typical for the strobe o
90. sed on timing and control parameters entered For backward compatibility with previous versions of Sapera CamExpert also reads and writes the cca and cvi camera parameter files Every Sapera demo program starts by a dialog window to select a camera configuration file Even when using the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 with common video signals a camera file is required Therefore CamExpert is typically the first Sapera application run after an installation Obviously existing ccf files can be copied to the new installation when similar cameras are used CamExpert Example with a DALSA HS Camera The image below shows CamExpert controlling the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 The camera outputs monochrome 8 bit video on an HS Link interface After selecting the camera model the timing parameters are displayed and the user can test by clicking on Grab Descriptions of the CamExpert window follow the image Untitled Joe File View Pre Processing Advanced Cameralink Port Help Dc Device Selector X Display zz Th Device Hj XceleraH5 PX8 1 dg HS S0 12K40 00 8 HS Link Y Gab d a Snap S x Q Configuration Select a camera file Optional b Parameters Category Parameter Value Basic Timing Camera Type Linescan Color Type Monochrome Advanced Control Horizontal Active 12000 Pixel Clock Input Fre 1250 External Trigger Image Buffer and ROI Camera Sensor Geo Custom
91. stored Parameter Groups Select a function category and change parameter values as required Descriptions for the camera parameters change dependent on the camera e Basic Timing group Basic parameters used to define the timing of the camera Select the Camera Type Color Mode Horizontal active resolution Vertical Resolution for area scan sensors Pixel Clock frequency Camera sensor readout type etc dependent on the camera selected This group is sufficient to configure a free running camera e Advanced Controls Advanced parameters used to configure camera control mode and strobe output e External Trigger Parameters to configure the external trigger characteristics e Image Buffer and ROI Control of the host buffer dimension and format e Display An important component of CamExpert is its live acquisition display window which allows immediate verification of timing or control parameters without the need to run a separate acquisition program Grab starts continuous acquisition button then toggles to Freeze to stop Snap is a single frame grab Trigger is a software trigger to emulate an external source e Output Messages and Video Status Bar Events and errors are logged for review Camera connection status is displayed where green indicates signal present e Camera Link Serial Command Select this Tab to open a serial command port to the camera This allows the user to issue configuration commands if supported by the camera DAL
92. t losing a single line of data DTE Intelligent Data Transfer Engine The X64 Xcelera HS PXS intelligent Data Transfer Engine ensures fast image data transfers between the board and the host computer with zero CPU usage The DTE provides a high degree of data integrity during continuous image acquisition in a non real time operating system like Windows DTE consists of multiple independent DMA units Tap Descriptor Tables and Auto loading Scatter Gather tables PCI Express x8 Interface The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is a universal PCI Express x8 board compliant with the PCI Express 1 1 specification The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board achieves transfer rates up to 1 5 Gbytes sec The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board occupies one PCI Express x8 expansion slot and one chassis opening Important e Older computers may not support the maximum data transfer bandwidth defined for PCI Express x8 Such computers may electrically support only x4 devices even in their x8 slot The X64 Xcelera HS PX8 will function correctly in such a computer but at a lower maximum data rate e If the computer only has a PCI Express x16 slot direct installation tests or the computer documentation is required to know if the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 is supported It has been seen that many computer motherboards only support x16 products in x16 slots commonly used with graphic video boards 8 e Overview X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Advanced Controls Overview Visual Indicators X64 Xc
93. tors and jumpers reference section identify the configuration switch location The Boot Recovery Mode switch for the X64 Xcelera X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Troubleshooting Problems e 27 HS PX8 is SW500 1 see SW500 Normal Safe Boot Mode amp GEN2 Slot Workaround on page 77 e Shut down Windows and power OFF the computer e Move the switch SW500 1 to ON for the boot recovery mode position The default position is SW500 1 to OFF for normal operation e Power on the computer Windows will boot normally e When Windows has started do a manual firmware update procedure to update the firmware again see Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu on page 14 e When the update is complete shut down Windows and power off the computer e Setthe SW500 1 switch back to the OFF position i e default position and power on the computer once again e Verify that the frame grabber is functioning by running a Sapera application such as CamExpert The Sapera application will now be able to communicate with the X64 Xcelera HS PX8 board Driver Information via the Device Manager Program The Device Manager program provides a convenient method of collecting information about the installed X64 Xcelera HS PX8 System information such as operating system computer CPU system memory PCI configuration space plus X64 Xcelera HS PX8 firmware information can be displayed or written to a text file default file name BoardInfo txt Not
94. ts 50 acquisition module 50 acquisition parameters 39 ACUPIus 8 administrator 15 AUTORUN 12 Block Diagram 43 67 BoardInfo txt 20 28 boot recovery mode 28 calibration information 29 camera configuration file 33 camera control 17 camera controls 78 Camera file 40 46 48 Camera Link control 78 camera timing 33 CamExpert 40 46 48 CamExpert parameters 34 communication ports 9 computer administrator 11 Contiguous Memory 21 PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER DETECTION 74 PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER ENABLE 74 CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER LEVEL 74 CORACQ PRM EXT LINE TRIGGER SOURCE 74 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER DETECTION 73 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER ENABLE 73 CORACQ PRM EXT TRIGGER LEVEL 72 CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER DROP 74 CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER ENABLE 74 CORACQ PRM SHAFT ENCODER LEVEL 74 CORACQ PRM STROBE DELAY 75 CORACQ PRM STROBE DURATION 75 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual CORACQ PRM STROBE ENABLE 75 CORACQ PRM STROBE LEVEL 75 CORACQ PRM STROBE METHOD 75 CORACQ PRM STROBE POLARITY 75 CX4 cable 66 D Data Overflow event 50 Data Transfer Engine 8 Device Manager 13 20 28 device report 20 double buffering memory 30 driver upgrade 15 E End of Frame event 51 End of Transfer event 51 External Signals Connector 70 81 83 External Signals Connector Bracket Assembly 80 82 F failure firmware upgrade 27 Firmware Loader 13 firmware revision 20 firmware selection 7 Fo
95. und New Hardware Wizard 11 frame buffer 21 Frame Lost event 50 Frame Sync 48 frame trigger 47 H HS Link 9 HS Link cabling 17 HyperTerminal 9 17 I image processing 5 Imaging drivers 27 L launch exe 12 Line Scan 8 46 Log Viewer program 29 Index e 91 Micro switches 76 multi board sync 84 multiple board grab 85 O out of memory error 21 PCI bus latency 49 PCI Bus Number 25 PCI configuration registers 24 PCI configuration space 24 28 31 PCI conflict 28 Phase A 46 Phase B 46 physical dimensions 61 Q Quadrature Shaft Encoder 9 S Sapera buffers allocation 21 Sapera CamExpert 31 Sapera CD ROM 12 Sapera configuration program 17 18 21 Sapera Essential CD ROM 15 Sapera LT Development Library 11 Sapera LT User s manual 12 Sapera messaging 21 scatter gather buffers 22 Scatter Gather 8 serial communication port 17 serial port speeds 17 Shading Correction 7 shaft encoder 9 46 software trigger 31 73 split image processing 85 Static electricity 11 strobe 9 SW l General Inputs signal level 76 SW2 Trigger signal level 76 SW3 GEN Slot Workaround 77 SW3 Safe Boot Mode 77 system COM port 17 92 e Index T technical support 15 20 27 30 transfer module 51 trigger 9 46 V viewer program 29 virtual frame buffer 47 visual LED indicators 9 W Web inspection 46 Windows HyperTerminal 17 Windows operating system memory 22 X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual
96. ut Strobe EN Strobe Strobe Each strobe output is a tri state driver enabled by software Each strobe output is 5V TTL level Each output has a ferrite bead Maximum source current is 32mA typical Maximum sink current is 32mA typical Output switching is lt 4 2ns typical Refer to Sapera Strobe Methods parameters CORACQ PRM STROBE ENABLE CORACQ PRM STROBE POLARITY CORACQ PRM STROBE LEVEL CORACQ PRM STROBE METHOD CORACQ PRM STROBE DELAY CORACQ PRM STROBE DURATION See also cvi file entries Strobe Enable Strobe Polarity Strobe Level Strobe Method Strobe Delay Strobe Duration Note 6 DC Power Details Connect the PC floppy drive power connector to J7 so as to supply DC power to the External Signal connectors Both 5Vdc and 12Vdc are available on J1 or on the DB37 External Signals Bracket Assembly Both the 5Volt and 12Volt power pins have a 1 5 amp re settable fuse on the board If the fuse is tripped turn off the host computer power When the computer is turned on again the fuse is automatically reset X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications e 75 Configuration Micro switches Three sets of 4 switches are used for user configurations not controlled by software The following figure is a typical view of each switch set shown with the individual switch set in the OFF position Following the figure each of the three switch sets is described Refer to the board component layout for their positions Conn
97. ut Details For single ended signals the Gin pin is connected to ground The switch point is 10V by default and can be change to 2V with SWI e Each input has a ferrite bead plus a 650 ohm series resistor on the opto coupler anode e The IK resistor and 0 01uF capacitor provide high frequency noise filtering e Maximum input voltage is 26V e Maximum input signal frequency is 25 KHz Note 2 General Outputs Specifications Each of the four General Outputs are opto coupled Each output is an isolated open collector NPN transistor switch The following figure is typical for each General Output Gout 680 FB ANA VY Gout X64 Xcelera HS PX8 User s Manual Technical Specifications 71 Output Details Each output has ferrite beads plus a 680 ohm series resistor on the cathode connection The diode and capacitor provide reverse voltage protection and noise filter Maximum output device differential voltage is 25V Maximum output device sink current is 35mA with 25V output differential Maximum reverse voltage is 25V Maximum output switching frequency is limited by driver and register access on the PCIe bus Note 3 External Trigger Input Specifications The two Trigger Inputs are opto coupled and compatible to differential signals RS422 or single ended source signals The following figure is typical for each External Trigger Input E Extemal FB 650 Tigger NT AN VAA

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