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1. 2 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING 4 51402 CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS 0 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS n pA SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL 114 54 0 51 3 INDICATED ALLOWABLE TRAVEL FOR FOCUS 3 827 L 21 100mmAf1 6 LENS HC COATING BANN FOV HxV 640x512 6 2 x5 557 STINE DIAGONAL FoV 320x256 9 6 ast i 419 O20 A B M ROW 512 PFOA COLUMN 640 2 46 62 48 3427 ENTRANCE 558 8 704 PUPIL 14 17 FPA ACTIVE AREA 245 1 50 1 308 640x512 24 38 33 22 014 A B M C 750 L 19 05 I i ee 276 Y OPTICAL E ike I 7 C ROW ROW COLUMN 1 COLUMN 640 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 Aa NEAR AND FAR SIDES MINOR DIAMETER 1 50 10 88 38 FPA ACTIVE AREA x ese 5 70 02 Pen a A El 014 A B 2 C u 144 66 0 51 UUE 3 _ 3 228 E J 82 OPTICAL q E A 587 1451 L 100 2 54 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 1 181 Rosso y 020 C BMI A 010 C Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 100mm Sheet 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 9
2. 1 50 1 93 38 B B 48 97 529 M29x1 0 6h 13 44 A 4 MINOR DIAMETER Ba OO 6K l o14 A BW C 515 maa 000 Y _ 6 JEO a 1308 j 5910 03 17 45 C 16 31 J 2X M1 6 X 35 6H THREAD ROW 512 So 003 AJO Cc 4 L MINOR DIAMETER PIN 49 COLUMN 1 10 67 020 A BM C ROW 512 O10 A 1 COLUMN 640 a T I 5 515 529 nog IA 1308 l 1344 J 111 AN E A 38 TO FLAT 26 87 yon L 24 33 22 322 014 W A B M C i 750 1326 e W 12 05 E 1905 OQ i L 3427 u i 8 704 c FPA ACTIVE AREA L 276 rs ROW wan EE 320x256 elo 014 A B M C AVAILABLE LENSES 1 50 40011 0 03 ROW 1 100 L 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 38 A 000 1 52 i 06011 52 COLUMN 640 13mm f1 25 HAR COATING 2 54 NEAR AND FAR SIDES 000 0 an Foy au 640x5 1 2 45 437 MINOR DIAMETER B 003 A DMI C 5 s e LA DW 10 880 n ii ne 020 B A C FPA ACTIVE AREA FOV HxV 640x512 32 x25 8 OlO B 522 JH E DIAGONAL FoV 640x512 39 6 B 18261 Sle onac m M29x1 0 OPTICAL 642 16 31 1 02 54 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 2 020 C BW A 010 C 1 50
3. 1 2 e lau O46 SOCCINCAUOMGS enjerans n ei dan a l ei atik EEE ciendo 1 4 1 3 Unpacking Your Tau 640 Camera 1 5 2 Optional Tau 640 Camera Accessories 2 1 Tau 640 VPC Module Accessory 2 1 2 2 lau 640 Camera Link Module Accessory 2 2 2 3 Tau 640 WFOV Locking Ring and Tool 2 3 2 4 Tripod Mount for Tau G40 Camera 2 3 E59 ENONSE PWE VON BOSO uuu yu boua ol tat oak pp dice ren e Bank 2 3 2 6 Software Accessory Alternate Lens Calibration Software 2 4 2 Software Accessory SDK for Windows 6 Embedded 2 4 3 Basic Operation of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 1 Operation of the Tau 640 Camera using the USB Interface 3 1 3 2 Remote control of the Tau 640 Camera 3 3 3 3 Installing the FLIR Camera Controller GUI 3 4 3 4 Connecting the Tau 640 to a PC via USB 3 7 3 9 Troubleshooting the FLIR Camera Controller GUI 3 9 3 6 Operation of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI
4. A 1 Appendix B Serial Communication Technical Details B 1 Serial Communications Primary Interface B 1 B 2 Serial Communications Protocol B 1 Bo INS A ee ee ee et tn e pk a a to aa oe B 2 BA FUACUON BYLE zibie tn ki etan Bi kt a ki an e e a e n a e a a a a a n na e a pe nan ont B 3 B 5 Example of the format of a Serial Message B 1 1 B 6 Description of Serial COMMAandsS B 12 Appendix C Tau 640 with Photon Accessories C 1 Operation of the Tau 640 camera using the Photon Accessory KIt C 1 C 2 Remote control of the Tau 640 camera C 2 C 3 Connecting the serial communications interface using the development kit C 2 Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Mechanical Interface Control Document WFOV D 3 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 13mm D 4 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 19mm D 5 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 25mm D 6 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 35mm D 7 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 60mm D 8 Sheet 1 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Desc
5. 1 51 02 38 44 0 51 e pla 587 L E 1 50 35MM f1 4 LENS AR COATING PIN 1 827 3 ces FoV HxV 640x512 17 7 x14 2 DIAGONAL FoV 640x512 23 3 2X M1 6x0 35 6H THREAD ROW 256 MINOR DIAMETER COLUMN O ROW 256 COLUMN 324 1 020 A BQ C PIN 50 i 010 A 3427 PIN 2 8 704 560 FPA ACTIVE AREA led 14 22 1 50 640x512 OPTICAL I 945 OPTICAL 38 fl o14 A BW G ENTRANCE 724 s 1 308 PUPIL yn 33 22 1 750 12 05 19 05 li 276 y LZ T e ROW 0 ROW 0 e COLUMN O 4283 COLUMN 324 a A l FPA A 2X M2x0 4 6HY 0 157 38 6 A e AREA NEAR AND FAR SIDES j MINOR DIAMETER 014 AJB69 C q 020 BAC 010 B 000 01 654 002 42 bosi 0 05 OPTICAL 587 1491 234 2X M2x0 4 6H v 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 0 020 C B A 220 c s 010 Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 35mm Sheet 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 7 Tau 640 User s Manual Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 1 INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZ
6. This expansion board adapts the Tau 640 camera s native 50 pin Hirose connector to the 30 pin SAMTEC connector used on FLIR s Photon cameras The replicator board makes the Tau 640 camera electrically pin compatible to a Photon camera including the provision for operating the Tau 640 camera over the same input voltage range as the Photon camera 5 24VDC A cast magnesium spacer and 4 socket head machine screws are included TAU O640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 2 3 2 Optional Tau 640 Tau 640 User s Manual 2 6 Software Accessory Alternate Lens Calibration Software 110 0133 72 For customers that furnish their own optics for use with Tau 640 cores FLIR sells a Windows application program called Alt Lens Cal This software enables users to perform a supplementary calibration of the camera with a lens This field calibration process requires the use of at least one blackbody source a uniform controllable temperature reference that has an area greater than the diameter of the front of the lens The Alt Lens Cal software also requires a customer furnished PC which should be dedicated to this task The calibration routine calculates gain terms on a per pixel basis with the customer supplied lens attached to the Tau 640 core and stores the customer performed calibration in non volatile camera memory The original factory calibration coefficients are first uploaded from the camera and stored into a file on the PC then the new
7. 3 10 A o E UA 3 11 e e iS ERE EA 3 15 s Duit VISO KOD ruteo peededesaacesessseeait sia cedo 3 19 3 10 Image Capture Tab 3 21 WA PGs L Ao E E 3 22 We TAO A o ee OOO E n At e ye 3 25 4 Tau 640 Digital Data Channel 4 1 XP Bus Setting BT 656 Digital Interface 4 1 L Diserat ZD u uya it penti it l od n kt a a ek a ra m a pe e e da e e os oben kr af 4 3 4 3 XP Bus Setting CMOS Digital Interface 4 4 4 4 Camera Link Interface 4 6 4 5 Photon Camera Legacy LVDS Output cece eee e nets eeeeeeeeneeeees 4 7 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 ili Table of Contents y Tau 640 User s Manual 5 Overview of the Electrical Interface NA T AD kk titit ala a e CE an e aa afe ke anaes 5 1 ME Hirose an GOBIIGGOLOP errantes 5 1 9 3 Analog Video Output 2 1 ekta ek et tea cece at ea ata ea aaa teaetseaaesetoseseeoeseoeseseos 0 3 9 4 Command and Control Channel 0 3 9 9 LVDS Digital Data Channel 0 3 9 6 Parallel Digital Data Channel 0 3 Appendix A Pin out Definitions A 1 1 0 Module 8338 001 8 00
8. Baud 921600 w Z Connect to the camera using the selected device after closing the wizard Cancel Next r 2 FLIR Select Control Interface and Device Select a Control Interface Advanced The selected irtertace has multiple devices available Please select a device Interfaces MSCOMM 1 device IPDevid Baud 921600 y Connect to the camera using the selected device a seconds as the shutter performs its on power up calibration If you cannot initiate serial communication with the camera after verifying these items refer to the frequently asked questions FAQ at www flir com cvs cores fags tau all or contact FLIR Customer Support at 805 964 9797 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 Basic Operation of tH MWaW640 and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual 3 6 Operation of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI When the FLIR Camera Controller GUI successfully links to the camera you will see the window shown below At the bottom of the application window you should see Camera and FPA status The GUI provides five tabs allowing for camera control as described below gt Tau Camera Controller E x File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Status Status D System Status Setup Ready for acquisition video F AGC Part Serial Number FPA Temp C Connected MSCOMM Ready Part 42640001 X ee ances 2 Camera Part indicates the specific camera
9. Datum top of camera frame M2 0 x 0 4 Alignment holes Figure D 1 Focal Plane Dimensions and Relationships 1 00 0 0 80 wi AAA ON 0 60 A ES je EMANAN ESA oN oo ooo A A O ee oo ZAN A s 0 00 7 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 Relative Power Spectral Response Wavelength in micrometers microns Figure D 2 Spectral Response Curve from a Typical Tau 640 Camera TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 1 Appendix D Mechanical O Tau 640 User s Manual 538 MEASURED ACCURATELY OUT OF THE MOLD OUR EXPERIENCE SHOWS THIS WILL BE VERY CONSISTANT F j TO PART WITHIN 001 AND TO 001 TO A BUT CONTROLLED AS SHOWN E 542 005 e A m 279 020 7 089 0 508 382 020 085 007 COMMON FLIR WFOV LENS 2 15940 178 BWD 020 FOR LENS FOCUS n F O IN THIS VIEW B amp C REFER TO ALIGNMENT PIN FEATURES ON CAST CAMERA FRAME REF LENSLESS CORE ICD D E M24x0 5 6h Dlo 003 A B W c Mm Ev 002 A DW O a ATA D 026 le Si WINDOW 457 012 007 IMAGE PLANE TO MTG SURFACE amp 005 MTG SURFACE TO FRONT OF LENS HOLDER Figure D 3 WFOV Lens Interface to Tau 640 Lensless Core The following Mechanical Description Documents
10. Gets and sets the interval in frames between automatic FFC Gets and sets the temperature difference used to trigger automatic FFC Gets and sets the video signal mode Setting Freeze frame freezes the image Setting Zoom zooms the image by ex Gets and sets the analog video LUT or intensity transform Bytes 0 1 FFC interval high gain Bytes 2 3 FFC interval low gain 8 Temp delta in steps of O 1C for current gain state Bytes 0 1 Temp delta high gain Bytes 2 3 Temp delta low gain Set Cmd 2 amp Resp 2 Ox0000 Real time 0x0001 Freeze frame 0x0004 2X zoom Ox0008 4X zoom Tau 320 640 only Ox00010 8X zoom Tau 640 only 0Ox0000 White hot 0x0001 Black hot Ox0002 Fusion Ox0003 Rainbow 0x0004 Globow Ox0005 Ironbow1 0Ox0006 Ironbowe Ox0007 Sepia 0x0008 Color Ox0009 Color2 OxOOOA Ice and fire OxOOOB Rain OxOOOC OEM custom 1 Ox00DOD Red hot Ox000 E Green hot f gt e 0 P O c 0 o Ka 0 s gt D 95 jenas g xipuaddy sjiejaqg eaiuyoaj uonBeJIN OLOZ 4240399 OOL uo si n OL 00 0790NVL Function Code hex VIDEO_ORIENTATION DIGITAL OUTPUT MODE Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes She Argument 0x0000 Normal 0x0001 Invert Ox0002 Revert OxO0003 Invert Revert Byte 1 OxOU Byte O LVDS channel setting Ox00O 14 bit data Set Cmd 2 0x01 8 bit data amp 0x02 digital off Resp 2 0x
11. Recognition HFOV WE 210 meters Recognition Ss 820 meters Detection 25mm 25 Lens 60mm Lens 100mm Lens MW 104 meters Identification AA 960 meters Detection 18 dd HFOV A 2145 meters Recognition MW 122 meters Identification OO ww 450 meters Recognition kan Detection mwan 225 meters ldentification AS 6 2 S 2450 meters Goy M 650 meters Recognition ei ko 330 meters ldentification 10 4 HFOV f gt e 0 P O Cc 0 o Ka 0 s gt a e uo 32npo 43ul kk 1 Introduction y Tau 640 User s Manual 1 2 Tau 640 Specifications An export license is required in order for international customers to purchase faster frame rate versions of the Tau 640 camera US customers can specify the 30 Hz 25 Hz versions of the Tau 640 camera The latest information concerning specifications accessories camera configurations and other information can be found in the Tau 640 Thermal Imaging Camera Core Data Sheet at www flir com cvs cores uncooled products tau taub40 e 640 H x 512 V uncooled microbolometer sensor array 17 x 17 micron pixels e Spectral band 7 5 13 5um e NEdT Performance lt 50mK at f 1 0 e Input voltage range 4 4 6 0 VDC e Power Consumption 1 0 Watts nominal at room temperature using SV input e Time to image 3 seconds e Operating Temperature Range 40 C to 80 C e Weight lt 55 grams with shutter no lens No
12. You should see an initial splash screen with the FLIR logo displayed and then live long wave infrared video will follow Point the camera in different directions and notice the imagery If the video image appears low in contrast point the camera at a target with high thermal contrast such as at a person TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 C 1 Appendix C Tau 640 W s Accessories Tau 640 User s Manual C 2 Remote control of the Tau 640 camera The Tau 640 camera accommodates advanced camera control through an RS 232 serial interface A user can control the camera through this interface using their own software and hardware by following the Serial Communication Protocol and command structure defined in Appendix B This requires programming skills and a strong technical background The user can also use the FLIR Camera Controller GUI offered as a free download from FLIR using a Windows based PC with the standard serial communications and components provided in the Development Kit This software provides remote control of various camera features and modes The FLIR Camera Controller GUI software is compatible with Windows XP and Windows 7 The PC must have a spare serial communications port or you must use one of the Tau 640 USB accessories VPC module or Camera Link module High speed communication 921600 Baud is possible using the USB accessories Note A USB to Serial port adapter is acceptable but the data communication rate must b
13. e CRC1 is calculated using only the first 6 bytes of the packet e CRC2 is calculated using all previous bytes in the packet i e bytes O through N B 5 Example of the format of a serial message Table B 5 describes the bytes that are transferred when the FFC MODE SELECT Ox0B command is issued to the camera to set the mode to Auto 0x01 and to get the FFC mode Table B 5 Sample FFC_MODE_SELECT 0x0B Command Set Message sent to camera Process Ox6E OxOB 0x00 0x02 OxOF 0x08 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x21 Response from camera to set message Process se 000062 OG DOD ooo odo Get Message sent to camera Process Response from camera to get message Process TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 B 11 Appendix B Serial a Technical Details Tau 640 User s Manual B 6 Description of Serial Commands B 6 1 Camera Defaults The RESET FACTORY DEFAULTS command sets the current settings to the factory default values In order to save these values as power up defaults 1t 1s necessary to do a SET DEFAULTS command B 6 2 AGC algorithms Use the AGC_TYPE command to select one of the following AGC algorithms e Automatic e Once Bright e Auto Bright e Manual e Linear B 6 3 Pan and Tilt The PAN AND TILT command controls this feature in the camera when the image is zoomed It does not have any effect when the image is not zoomed The center of the screen is considered as coordinate 0 0 A positive nu
14. Camera Digital Output Select Digital Video 0 O off 14 Bit Filtered esest 14Bit Raw O xP Bus Output A C None Bt s6 cmos AGC Connected MSCOMM Ready Part 42640001 X A 2 Figure 3 8 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Digital Video Tab TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 19 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Camera Digital Output Note The Revert feature is not available in CMOS or LVDS digital data Note AGC mode will only affect the digital data output if Camera Digital Output mode is set to 8 bit data Off The digital data stream coming from the Tau 640 camera is turned off 8 bit Data from the 640 x 480 NTSC or 640 x 512 PAL video pixels is provided after application of the current Automatic Gain Control AGC and Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE The 8 bit data is essentially a digital version of the same data provided on the analog video channel 14 bit Filtered Data from 640 x 512 pixels is provided prior to video processing modes in the 8 bit data described above The 14 bit data is the filtered data to include the Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE and will appear gray when saving 16 bit TIFF files See Tau 640 Digital Data Channel on page 4 1 14 bit Raw Data from 640 x 512 pixels is provided prior to all video processing and does not include the Dynamic Detail Enhancement DDE or bad pixel replacement The 14 bit data is the raw data and wi
15. NTSC analog video format is the default in all cameras If you are creating a custom cable to carry the analog video signal from the Tau 640 camera to your monitoring or recording device you should use 75 Ohm characteristic impedance coaxial cable and terminate into a 75 Ohm monitor These specifications represent standard video cabling and I O and will likely be the default for any generic video receiving hardware you purchase Per the pin function table you will use the VIDEO LO and VIDEO HI pins for the analog video output signal Specific video characteristics are given in the table below Table 5 3 Video parameters Parameter NTSC Monochrome equivalent RS 1 70A CCIR Frame rate 29 97 Hz 25 Hz displayed detector samples 640 H x 480 V 640 H x 512 V Note Analog output is always NTSC PAL compatible Changes for reduced frame rate and reduced size array do not effect analog video format 5 4 Command and Control Channel Remote control of the Tau 640 camera is provided via a RS 232 serial interface consisting of signals named RX TX and GND using 3 3 volt signal levels Chapter 3 provides information regarding remote control using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI Appendix B describes the serial communications protocol in detail for the Tau 640 camera 5 5 LVDS Digital Data Channel The Tau 640 camera provides real time serialized digital video The camera outputs either 8 bit or 14 bit data using the SD_CLK SD_FSYNC
16. and SD_DATA1 SD_DATAZ2 e Port 2 consists of the signals LVDS VID1 and LVDS_VID2 Note 14 bit and 8 bit timing and format are identical except only 8 bits LSBs are available in amp bit mode Port 2 is currently undefined do not connect to these signals All signals in the digital data interface employ low voltage differential signaling LVDS The clock rate of DATA_CLK is 73 636 MHz The timing of the digital data interface is shown in Figure 4 4 and Figure 4 6 Note The LVDS Data_Out transitions on the rising edge of DATA_CLK and there is no delay Data should be sampled on the falling edge of DATA CLK The format of the digital output shall be is in Figure 4 5 Word Index C a i lt m ODYO m as I Bit Index ofrfz s a s o o rf2 3 4 5 6 ofif2 3 a s o o i 2 3 4 5 6 DataClk JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Data_Sync Datal Out e e fofspafs 2 r ofe sfa s 2 r ofosfa s 2 1 ojojsjajspohi o MSB Data2 Out hhh Ts F beuh Ts i heuh Ts i sjeo s F frame sync logic high on the word starting the frame logic low otherwise L line sync logic high during valid pixel data logic low otherwise Figure 4 4 Digital Data Timing TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 4 9 4 Tau 640 Digital Data E A Tau 640 User s Manual External Frame sync not required Idle time Idle time Frame time Idle time OOO Pixelo 639 NE Line time Figure 4 5 Digital Data Format SD
17. calibration data is downloaded and stored directly into the camera Multiple calibration files can be stored on the host computer The original factory calibration file can be restored if necessary and the customer can actually build a library of lens calibration files for a Tau 640 camera All OEM customers who add their own lenses to Tau 640 should use this program for optimal image performance Alternately customers can contact FLIR to purchase a Lens Calibration feature that works with the FLIR Camera Controller GUI software Specifically a DLL can be added to the FLIR Camera Controller GUI software that provides all the features of the stand alone Alt Lens Cal software 2 7 Software Accessory SDK for Windows Embedded 110 0133 16 The Tau 640 Software Developer s Kit enables camera control using one of several programming languages including VB6 VB net CF and C MFC Code examples are included to help illustrate how some of the camera control functions can be used The FLIR Camera Controller GUl is an example of an application created using the Tau 640 SDK Refer to www flir com cvs cores resources software tau 2 4 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 3 Basic Operation of the Tau 640 ame 3 1 Operation of the Tau 640 Camera using the USB Interface The Tau 640 VPC Module and Camera Link Module are USB interfaces for the camera to provide power and serial communication for more advanced camera command and control v
18. communication RS232 IX transmit data output 57600 2 RS232_RX y baud receive data input 57600 baud 9 17 6 18 27 37 DGND Ground 28 38 DGND Ground 41 45 42 Digital Port1 clock positive Digital Port1 clock negative EM ES 13 Digital Port1 Output data 1 Digital Port1 Output data 1 15 19 21 23 sps em fep mwa MEC A ME pa e pe MEM few o pean fpe as pooma feve Kou poan CI IO II IEA Kou a me A E pouou Pin 1 Pin 49 Le UI hh n Ni a LALALA A LA y RRR EEEEUUT MANI AVAVAUANAl VAN W MN yi y d l Pin 2 Pin 50 Figure 5 2 Mechanical Definition for 50 pin Interface Board 5 2 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual n the Electrical Interface s 5 3 Analog Video Output The Tau 640 camera can be configured to provide either NTSC or PAL analog video output These analog output standards allow direct video connection to common video display or recording devices such as TV monitors and VCRs Typically an analog monitor input signal is provided over a coaxial cable and uses either an RCA consumer based electronics or BNC generally associated with professional or scientific equipment style connector When the VIDEO_LO signal is tied to ground the analog video signal meets the timing and voltage requirements of either NTSC or PAL protocol The FLIR Camera Controller GUI software allows you to select between NTSC or PAL video output formats The
19. correction mechanisms for periodically improving image quality via a process called flat field correction FFC During FFC a shutter Jud Wato Ostend briefly blocks the detector array presenting a uniform al eoo _ ames temperature a flat field to every detector element While a 1350 frames imaging the flat field the camera updates correction Temp change in 04 C coefficients resulting in a more uniform array output The Low Gain F analog video image is frozen during the entire process which Temp change 10 0 1 C takes less than a half second and resumes automatically DoFFC thereafter Repeating the FFC operation often prevents the imagery from appearing grainy This is especially important when the camera temperature is fluctuating such as immediately after turn on or when ambient temperature is drifting FFC can be controlled manually at any time using the Do FFC command button Tau 640 provides three FFC modes Auto In the Automatic FFC mode the camera performs FFC whenever its temperature changes by a specified amount or at the end of a specified period of time whichever comes first When this mode is selected input windows are available in the FLIR Camera Controller GUI for specifying the temperature change and the number of frames that trigger automatic FFC The temperature change is specified in degrees with valid values in the range O to 100 in 0 1 degree increments The time period is specified in analog
20. e g 97 decimal 97 FSR or in deg C Bit 15 of the lower threshold is used to specify units 1 deg C O MOS e11985 g Xipuaddy Bytes O 1 lower threshold Bytes e 3 upper threshold Ox0000 test pattern off Ox0001 ascending ramp Set Cmd E 0x0003 big vertical espa 0x0004 horizontal shade P Ox00DO6 color bars Ox0008 ramp with steps OxO000 monchrome 0x0001 color Returns the value of the spot meter in degrees Celsius Get Cmd O regardless of spot meter mode If the spot meter option is not Gets and sets the test pattern mode Before turning on the test pattern turn off the correction terms and set the flat field and the gain mode to manual Gets or sets video Color mode color or monochrome sjte2aq Ie3 uu35 1 UG enabled returns an error Spot temperature value I Ox0000 display off ee Ox0001 numeric only See Ox0002 thermometer only a Ox0003 numeric 8 thermometer Gets or sets the spot meter display mode lf the spot meter option is not enabled returns an error Bytes Oto 1 Time in frames Data Range is O to GOO frames Time to display the FFC imminent icon in number of frames before the flat field happens Bytes O to 1 ITT filter value Gets and sets the AGC ITT filter value O immediate 1 255 Numerator Denominator 256 gt 0 2 O c 0 11 3 0 s gt D OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL OLOZ 4240399 Fun
21. for PAL The Slow Video versions of the Tau 640 camera will have the same external sync frame rates but the image data output will be at 1 4 the rate NTSC or 1 3 the rate PAL Master The camera will output a frame synchronization signal on the interface connector when configured as a master The output pulse width will be 100 ns at the standard frame rates 27 970 Hz for NTSC 25 000 for PAL Operating Mode The Tau 640 camera will freeze the i l i Operating Mode analog frame imaged when Frozen is selected Live video EN PS will cease and the frozen frame will persist To return the camera to live video select Real Time video mode Save Settings After using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI to change camera modes and settings to your desired values use the Save Settings save Settings button to store your current selections as new power up defaults The next time the camera is powered the Tau 640 camera will remember these saved settings If you do not click Save Settings the changes you make via the FLIR Camera Controller GUI will be valid only for the current session Cycling power to the camera will revert to the previously saved settings TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 13 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Factory Defaults The Factory Defaults button restores the camera s settings to the initial values specified by the manufacturer Factory Defaulis If you want the factor
22. pixel replacement a Gain value OxOO00 to OxOOFF Resp 2 eae VIDEO_STANDARD Gets or sets the video standard affects frame rate SHUT TER_POSITION Opens or closes the shutter Cmd 2 Threshold value OxO000 to OxOOFF Resp 2 Byte O Threshold Set Cmd 2 OxO000 to OxO0O0OF amp Byte 1 Mode Resp 2 OxOOUD manual Ox0001 auto Bytes O 1 hiToLoThreshold Bytes 2 3 hiToLoPopulation SPATIAL THRESHOLD Gets or sets the spatial threshold of the DDE filter and the DDE mode auto or manual Gets or sets the population as a percentage and temperature GAIN_SWITCH_PARAMS in deg C thresholds for high low gain switching Bytes 4 5 loToHiThreshold Bytes 6 7 loToHiPopulation MOS e11985 g Xipuaddy sjte2aq Ie3 uu35 1 UG gt 0 2 O c 0 11 3 0 s gt D Tau 640 User s Manual Appendix B Serial Technical Details B 4 1 Byte Count Bytes e On all incoming and outgoing messages the Byte Count Bytes are used to specify the total number of data bytes in the packet Note The number of data bytes in the packet is not equal to the total number of bytes in the packet For example a No Op serial command contains zero data bytes e The Byte Count must be an even number from O to 0x1F4 500 decimal B 4 2 CRC Bytes e On all incoming and outgoing messages two cyclical redundancy checks CRCs are calculated using CCITT 16 initialized to O
23. the Auto Bright Once Bright and Manual modes these settings are contextually active depending on which Algorithm is selected Each of their settings is described above Linear Parameters Qu Contrast Once Bright Only the Contrast control is active 0 255 Auto Bright The Brightness Bias and Contrast controls 2 are active Brightness Manual The Brightness and Contrast controls are active I 92 Brightness Bias A Automatic Parameters Used for fine tuning the Automatic Parameters Automatic and Linear Histogram modes these settings are contextually active depending on which AGC algorithm is Plateau 10 10 1000 selected Each of their settings is described above as they value pertain to the particular Algorithm ITT Automatic The Plateau Value ITT Mean and Max Mean pou deze Gain controls are active n I Max 5 0 255 anual The ITT Mean and Max Gain controls are Gain active 3 24 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic onesie of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 12 ROI Tab The Tau 640 camera allows the user to set a Region of Interest ROI or a rectangle of pixels on the sensor array that the AGC algorithm will use for its calculations The ROI can be set for either the entire frame size 0 0 640 512 or some smaller portion as shown below The ROI tab shown in Figure 3 11 provides both a Window Editor and text entry coordinates to control
24. the warning will be displayed The time period specified in frames can range from O to 30 000 frames The factory setting of 60 frames equates to a two second warning Setting the FFC Warning to less than 15 turns off the warning FFC Dynamic Digital Detail Enhancement DDE filter The DDE algorithm sets edge enhancement dynamically Dynamic DDE proportional to the number of bins occupied in the image histogram In a high dynamic range scene the gain will be higher than in a low dynamic range scene This allows faint details to be H 1 mid 63 visible in high dynamic range scenes without increasing temporal and fixed pattern noise in low dynamic range Value 1 63 117 scenes The DDE filter operates independently from the AGC and will enhance edges without effecting brightness or contrast The valid range of Dynamic DDE setting is from 1 to 63 with 17 being the neutral setting where the filter has no effect Settings below 17 will smooth the image reducing the appearance of sharp edges Higher DDE settings will enhance all image non uniformities resulting in a very detailed but grainy picture especially in high dynamic range scenes Iypical factory settings are between 25 and 30 Settings from 18 to 39 are normal imaging modes where the edge enhancement can be tuned for the scene Use the slider to adjust the setting or select the text field and type in the desired setting Avoid using setting 16 Note In 14 bit Raw mo
25. 0 User s Manual 3 11 AGC Tab The AGC tab shown in Figure 3 10 controls the Automatic Gain Control AGC mode or algorithm along with selectable parameters Only one mode can operate at a time and Is selected by clicking one of the Algorithm buttons in the upper left portion of the window Parameters for a given mode are contextually made available depending on which mode is selected The Region of Interest ROI for the AGC mode is adjustable as well See paragraph 3 12 1 Select AGC tab 2 Select AGC O Tau Gamera Controller File View Camera Tools Help Linear Parameters 9 Automatic l Contrast Once Bright 9 Auto Bright l O Manual Linear Histogram Automatic Parameters et 92 Plateau wale 50 10 1000 Brightness Bias ITT Mean 127 0 255 l Max Gain 8 0 255 FPA 1 Connected MSCOMM Ready Part 42640001 x Size 640x512 Figure 3 10 FLIR Camera Controller GUI AGC Tab Note FLIR has invested heavily in designing high quality AGC algorithms The default mode Automatic along with the default parameter settings for the Automatic AGC mode have been proven to offer the best image quality for generalized scene imaging Also be aware that you can make AGC adjustments that will configure the Tau 640 camera to produce no image all black or all white Restoring the Factory Defaults on the Setup Tab wil return the camera to Its factory default state and likel
26. 011 521 COLUMN 640 13mm f1 25 HAR COATING 2 54 NEAR AND FAR SIDES 000 0 4083 jou NI P l PW MINOR DIAMETER B 003 A DMI C DIAGONAL Fo x512 54 5 ele 003 A DWI C 10 880 a ii m po 2 020 B A C FPA ACTIVE AREA FoV Hx x512 32 258 010 B 320x256 DIAGONAL FoV 640x512 39 6 13 26 0 014 A BM C M29x1 0 gt OPTICAL E 642 16 31 A 100 2 54 2X M2x0 4 6HV 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 020 C B M A 010 C B Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 19mm Sheet 1 D 5 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 1 INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZE OF 640x512 2 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING a 2 18 02 E CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS 0 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS 55 2840 51 SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL NA 3 INDICATED ALLOWABLE TRAVEL FOR FOCUS Mi 994 02 25 16 0 51 Vn N NY 587 _ L 1491 _ 1 50 ae l 827 de FEN AES BAR SORTING o oV Hx x512 24 6x19 2X M1 6x0 35 6H THREAD ESO ROW 256 DIAGONAL FoV 640x512 31 2
27. 03 14 bit unfiltered 0x04 8 bit inverted OxO05 14 bit inverted OxO6 14 bit inverted unfiltered Get Cmd 2 Bytes 0 1 OxO0200 Bytes 0 1 XP Mode i DU mene over OxO000 Generic Bus No Digital ay Ox0001 BT656 Ox0002 CMOS w 1 Discrete Byte 1 OxO3 Byte O Set the XP bus mode Set Cmd 2 0x00 Generic Bus No Digital 0x01 BT656 0x02 CMOS w 1 Discrete Byte O 0x04 SEET E Byte 1 Dont care Get LVDS mode Bytes 0 1 LVDS Enable Resp e OXDOOO disable OX0001 enable Byte O 0x05 Set LVDS mode an disable 0x01 enable Gets and sets the analog video orientation Invert is valid only for block 2 Digital data is unaffected by the revert setting See amp Resp 2 Gets and sets the digital output channel mode XP signals CMOS or BT 656 and LVDS channel are available simultaneously M OS 211985 g Xipuaddy sjie2aq ediuyoayj UGE gt 0 A O cC 0 11 3 0 s gt D OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL OLOZ 4240399 L a Function Code hex 0x13 0x14 0x15 0x18 Ox1F Ox20 Ox2 1 AGC_TYPE CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS_BIAS SPOT_METER_MODE READ_SENSOR EXTERNAL SYNC Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes n Argument Ox0000 plateau histogram Ox0001 once bright Ox0002 auto bright Ox0DO3 manual 0x0004 not defined returns error OxO005 linear Gets and sets the image optimization mode Gets an
28. 38 B Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 13mm Sheet 1 TAU O640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 4 NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZE OF 640x512 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING 2 CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS O 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS Tau 640 User s Manual y Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL Bi 1 93 48 97 M29x1 0 6h A MINOR DIAMETER 001 060 Y 060 000 La a 642 PIN 1 P 014 A BWI C ken 17 45 16 3 827 1 52 o 2X M1 6 X 35 6H THREAD ROW 512 elo 003 A DWIC AQ MINOR DIAMETER COLUMN 1 la 10 67 020 A BMIC ROW 512 010 COLUMN 640 I 515 529 Log OPTICAL 558 13 08 13 44 111 Wr A 14 17 90 l 28 07 26 99 945 l 1 50 38 TO FLAT EE 24 38 750 19 01469 A BMIC os 19 05 i 3497 8 704 FPA ACTIVE AREA 1 276 COLUMN 1 320x256 0 014 A BO C AVAILABLE LENSES 1 50 BOOT AGI ROW 1 2X M2x0 4 6H 0 157 38 5 060 1 52 06
29. AA TR A rr a E LO E AAA NE E E E W j NE MA E 0 A LA ME A aou AAA ML MON E AE A 4 4 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual o Digital Data Channel Note Figure is not to scale CLK duty cycle is 4 7 Data may be latched on the rising or falling edge of CLK 95 062 nsec 10 519 MHz t i t re 6 7 clock t FE t FE 3 7 clock AA mwa CLK LINE VALID CMOS DATA 3 a n Pi 1 Pix 2 a aa CMOS DATAO 13 0 13 0 13 0 13 0 n 79 159 319 or639 Figure 4 2 CMOS Line Timing normal clock configuration Note Figure is not to scale 1 frame rate A 1 clock lt FRAME_VALID po LINE VALID idle time DATA13 DATAO ino im ea e ewe variable gt 63 127 255 or 511 NTSC PAL Figure 4 3 CMOS Frame Timing TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 4 5 4 Tau 640 Digital Data Tau 640 User s Manual 4 4 Camera Link Interface The Tau Camera Link accessory board can be used to capture digital data from the Tau camera The Tau Camera Link accessory board has four connectors e The Camera Link accessory board has the mate to the 80 pin Hirose connector on the Tau core Power and communication are supplied to the core from the Camera Link accessory The core receives analog video and CMOS digital data from the core e The mini USB connector receives power and communication from a host though
30. CLK Normal Mode SD DATA 8 SD FSYNC SD CLK Inverted Mode SD DATA 8 SD FSYNC Toc 1 to 5 ns Figure 4 6 Detailed Digital Data Timing The LVDS data is clocked out of the camera on the rising edge of the data clock and should be sampled on the falling edge here is no delay in the data with respect to the data clock 4 10 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 5 Overview of the El ctrical nr 5 1 Input Power The Tau 640 camera operates from DC power per the specifications given below t is common in simple operational scenarios to use an inexpensive wall powered adapter The Tau VPC module makes this easy by providing a USB connection The camera operating in a steady state condition consumes around 1W of power During startup there is an inrush current of up to 1 A at 5 V for 1 ms Cameras equipped with the compact shutter will draw 2 75 W 950 mA at 5 V for 200 ms during the flat field operation which occurs during startup and periodically thereafter Typical start up times are 3 to 4 seconds Caution Reversing the polarity of the input power will damage the cameras internal power supply This damage will not be covered under the camera warranty Table 5 1 Input Power Requirements Baseline Parameter Value Minimum voltage Absolute minimum is 4 4 V Maximum voltage Absolute maximum is 6 V Nominal Load Power 1 0 W Room temperature The Tau 640 camera has been tested and found to meet ra
31. Click Next to install to this Folder or click Change to install to a different Folder aa Install FLIR Camera Controller GUI to C Program Files FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI InstallShield Step 1 O Review the settings you have entered for fi FLIR Camera Controller GUI InstallShield Wizard this installation Ready to Install the Program Then click In stall The wizard is ready to begin installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Current Settings Setup Type Destination Folder C Program Files FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI User Information Name Rosey5Bc42 Company Riaht Stuff inc InstallShield step 11 Once installation is complete click Finish The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed FLIR Camera Controller GUI Click Finish to exit the wizard lt Back Cancel TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 5 3 Basic Operation of e 4 640 and GUI Step 12 The CP210x_VCP setup exe USB driver installer will start at this point Click Next gt at the Setup Welcome screen When the installer finishes loading Follow the prompts to finish the installation Success e J Installation completed successfully AN Tau 640 User s Manual Silicon Laboratories CP210x VCP Drivers for Windows 2000 XP 2003 Ser Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Silicon Laboratories CP210x YCP D
32. Connector Pin Out Pin Signal Name Signal Definition 7 DATA SYNC Digital data sync LVDS high 2 DATA1_0UT Digital data 1 output channel LVDS high 3 Digital data 2 output channel LVDS high Digital output channel clock LVDS high Digital data sync LVDS low 7 Digital data 1 output channel LVDS low Digital data 2 output channel LVDS low Digital output channel clock LVDS low Digital ground input power connected to power connector pin input power return connected to power connector sleeve Spare do not connect C 5 14 15 Spare do not connect Al gt w BI O A 2 October 2010 TAU O640 00 10 version 100 Appendix B Serial Communication Tech B 1 Serial Communications Primary Interface The camera is capable of being controlled remotely through an asynchronous serial interface consisting of the signals named RX TX and GND using 3 3 volt signal levels Note The camera is compatible with most R5232 drivers recelvers but does not implement signaling levels compliant with the RS232 standard voltage levels B 2 Serial Communications Protocol e The required serial port settings are shown in Table B 1 e The camera does not generate an outgoing message except in reply to an incoming Message e The camera generates an outgoing reply to each incoming message e All messages both incoming and outgoing adhere to the packet protocol defined in Table B 2 and the subparagraphs that follow The fir
33. E OF 640x512 ee 52 2 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING f 89 45 0 51 CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS 0 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS ke SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL e INDICATED ALLOWABLE TRAVEL FOR FOCUS 2 34 02 qa A 59 33 0 51 3 NY 60mm f1 25 LENS HAR COATING 987 li aioe l 1 50 FoV HxV 640x512 10 4 x8 3 _ 1491 _ DIAGONAL FoV 320x256 14 7 Fe 020 A BAIC ROW 512 COLUMN 1 ROW 512 010 COLUMN 640 3 1 PIN 2 l OPTICAL 3427 558 8 704 14 17 1 50 FPA ACTIVE AREA 1 90 l 945 1 50 38 640x512 48 26 247 s a ENTRANCE 474 750 PUPIL 12 05 An 19 05 19 05 276 v LZ e ROW COLUMN 1 COLUMN 640 we 2 54 2X M2x0 4 6HT 0 157 NEAR AND FAR SIDES T 10 88 MINOR DIAMETER BL q PE FPA ACTIVE AREA o 020 B A c 38 640x512 o ole 2 417 61 40 OPTICAL q gt A 587 14 91 A 100 2 54 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 1187 y 020 C BM A Eso 010 C Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 60mm Sheet 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 8 Tau 640 User s Manual y Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 1 INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZE OF 640x512
34. IR Camera Controller GUI shown below provides the ability to modify Tau 640 camera modes Image Orientation Dynamic Digital Detail Enhancement DDE Pan amp Zoom Video On Off Polarity LUT Video Color Video Standard NTSC PAL FFC Warn Time 1 Select Video gt FLIR Camera Controller Status Orientation Polarity LUT LU Invert Flip the image vertically Mon _ Revert Flip the image horizontally Pan amp Zoom FFC Yo O Unzoom FFC Warning 10 Frames Zoom 2x video O Zoom 4x Zoom 8x Dynamic DDE E Pan Po 60 L Fine Center H 163 60 Value 1 63 16 80 80 video On Off video Standard on O off e NTSC Pat Ensure an FFC is performed after making a change to the Video Standard Press the Save Settings button on the Setup pane for power on defaults totake effect Video Color O Color QO Monochrome E Connected MSCOMM Ready Part 42640001 X we ances Figure 3 6 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Analog Video Tab TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 15 3 Basic Operation of An and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Image Orientation Mode Two Image Orientation mode selections are provided Select one or both to change the orientation of the video image Invert The normal image is flipped vertically The pixel on the upper left corner of the detector array is displayed on the lower left corner of the video _ Revert Flip the image horizontally displ
35. MINOR DIAMETER PIN 49 COLUMN 324 419 020 A B C PIN 50 i lo 010A 3427 PIN2 8 704 560 FPA ACTIVE AREA 93 14 22 A 640x512 23 50 OPTICAL 34 OPTICAL 1 e 014 A BM C ENTRANCE 24 E 1 308 33 22 750 PUPIL AN 503 1 12 05 CZ E 7 T C ROW 0 ROW 0 COLUMN 0 COLUMN 324 4283 5 x ee a 10 880 2X M2x0 4 6H Y 0 157 38 FPA ACTIVE AREA NEAR AND FAR SIDES 640x512 MINOR DIAMETER RONE 010 B 000 01 312 n F OPTICAL a 587 14 91 224 2X M2x0 4 6Hv 0 157 MINOR DIAMETER 2 020 C B m A o c B ii ON od 010 C Tau 640 Camera Core Interface Description Document 25mm Sheet 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 6 Tau 640 User s Manual y Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 1 INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZE OF 640x512 2 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING _ 2 70 02 CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS 0 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS 168 56 0 51 SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL lo INDICATED ALLOWABLE TRAVEL FOR FOCUS
36. Tau 640 Slow Video Gamera User s Manual FLIR FLIR Commercial Systems ZO Castilian Drive Goleta CA 93117 Phone 888 747 FLIR 888 747 3547 International 1 805 964 9797 www flir com Document Number TAU 0640 00 10 Version 100 Issue Date October 2010 This document is controlled to FLIR Technology Level EAR 1 The information contained in this document is proprietary and or restricted and pertains to a dual use product controlled for export by the Export Administration Regulations EAR This document and data disclosed herein or herewith is not to be reproduced used or disclosed in whole or in part to anyone without the written permission of FLIR Systems Inc Diversion contrary to US law is prohibited US Department of Commerce authorization is not required prior to export or transfer to foreign persons parties or uses otherwise prohibited O FLIR Commercial Systems 2010 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of this manual in whole or in part may be copied photocopied translated or transmitted to any electronic medium or machine readable form without the prior written permission of FLIR Commercial Systems Names and marks appearing on the products herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FLIR Commercial Systems and or its subsidiaries All other trademarks trade names or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owne
37. Tau 640 camera is typically delivered as a standalone product no documentation is included Documentation and utilities such as the latest version of this User s Manual the FLIR Camera Controller GUI and Mechanical Interface Description Documents are available for download from www flir com cvs cores uncooled products tau taub40 When unpacking the camera please heed customary electrostatic discharge ESD sensitive device precautions including static safe work station and proper grounding The Tau 640 camera is packaged in foam to prevent damage during shipping It is also placed in a conductive anti static bag to protect from electrostatic discharge damage Caution Disassembling the camera can cause permanent damage and will void the warranty Operating the camera outside of the specified input voltage range or the specified operating temperature range can cause permanent damage The camera back is not sealed Avoid exposure to dust and moisture This camera contains electrostatic discharge sensitive electronics and should be handled appropriately TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 1 5 1 Introduction Tau 640 User s Manual FLIR 1 6 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 2 Optional Tau 540 Gamera Access Accessories for your Tau 640 camera can be purchased from the online FLIR Camera Accessory Store located at www flirshop com 2 1 Tau 640 VPC Module Accessory The VPC video power communicati
38. age button to save a 14 Bit image right clicking in the image and select save 1 Select Video 2 Image Capture Ya a i 1 ji Tau Camera Controller zj x File View Camera Tools Help e s p Save Currently Displayed Image J Take Snapshot Take Snapshot Snapshots 1 2 are taken sequentially Retrieve Snapshot Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot 2 Erase Snapshots E 5 hot All 3 camera snapshots are erased Fase onapsnots CAUTION Do not cycle camera hard or soft reset until this completes Reset Camera J se a Image capture Parti 42640001X FPA s Connected MSCOMM connie Size 640x512 Figure 3 9 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Analog Video Tab Save Currently Displayed Image Button saves an 8 bit bmp file as described above Right clicking on the image allows you to save 14 bit image data which can be viewed using commercially available image processing software Take Snapshot Take two snapshots sequentially Snapshot memory must be erased before taking new snapshots snapshots will not overwrite memory Retrieve Snapshot Snapshot is retrieved and displayed one at a time Erase Snapshot Snapshots will stay in the camera until erased This button will erase all the snapshots from the camera allowing new snapshots to be taken TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 21 S 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 64
39. and SD_DATA signals Conversion of the serial data to a parallel format for data acquisition requires a serial to parallel converter accessory Information regarding the digital data interface is provided in Chapter 4 5 6 Parallel Digital Data Channel The Tau 640 camera provides a digital parallel channel with real time parallel digital video The XP Bus may be configured for either CMOS or BT 656 format Information regarding the digital data interface is provided in Chapter 4 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 5 3 5 Overview of the Elecimmanmtcerface Tau 640 User s Manual FLIR 5 4 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Appendix A Pin 0ut Definitions gt A 1 1 0 Module 333 0018 00 e Camera Connector See Chapter 5 e Power Connector Mates to Switchcraft S760 Miniature Power Plug e Video Connector Mates to 75Q BNC twist on plug e Serial Connector Mates to DB9 Male e Digital Data Connector Mates to Three Row DB 15 Female Table A 1 1 0 Module Power Connector Pin Out Signal Name Signal Definition PARI Table A 2 1 0 Module Video Connector Pin Out MI Signal Name Signal Definition Sleeve VIDEO RTN analog video return Table A 3 1 0 Module Serial Connector Pin Out RS232 Receive channel RS232 Transmit channel Digital Ground Spare do not connect TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 Appendix A Pin out _ A Tau 640 User s Manual Table A 4 1 0 Module Digital Data
40. ard AVI clips Configuration requires selecting 1 TAR L gt R for the tap reconstruction selecting the appropriate bit depth that you chose in the FLIR Camera Controller and clicking Learn to discover the number of digital pixels available 3 2 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 3 1 3 Connecting the Tau 640 Camera for Analog Video Plug the Video cable into the mating connector on the back of the camera Attach the other end to a compatible video monitor s composite video input lf your monitor has an RCA input connector a BNC to RCA adapter can be used Power light Analog video out Plug the mini USB plug into the mating connector on the back of the camera Connect the other end of the cable to a USB port on the computer At this point USB cable you are only using the power from the USB port to computer 3 2 Remote control of the Tau 640 Camera The Tau 640 camera with a Universal Serial Bus USB interface accommodates advanced camera control through the FLIR Camera Controller GUI A user also can control the camera through this interface using their own software and hardware by following the Serial Communication Protocol and command structure defined in Appendix B This requires programming skills and a strong technical background The FLIR Camera Controller GUI is offered as a free download from FLIR using a Windows based PC with a standard USB port This software provides remote contr
41. as displayed in Test Pattern Ramp Mode starting with the upper left White Hot Black Hot Fusion Rainbow Globow lronbow1 lronbow2 Sepia Color1 Colore Ice Fire Rain Red Hot and Green Hot Select one of these LUTs from the pull down menu to view your image displayed using the LUT you choose The setting of the Polarity LUT mode will not affect the digital data output White Hot Ice Fire Red Hot Green Hot Figure 3 7 Look Up Table Options Simple experimentation with this feature while viewing the video image will give you familiarity Remember that you must click the Save Settings button on the Setup tab to save the LUT settings as the default at power up 3 18 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic operate of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 9 Digital Video Tab Tau 640 offers a LVDS interface digital output that can be configured in four modes Changing these modes will have no effect on the analog NTSC or PAL signal In order to access the digital output you must use an advanced interface as described in Chapter 4 Tau 640 Digital Data Channel See the Tau 640 Electrical Interface Control Document 102 PS220 41 for information on how to access digital video for LVDS BT 656 and CMOS gt Tau Camera Controller File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR 1 Select Video analog video gt Digital video gt Image Capture Camera Type Tau 640x512 3 2 Select Digital Vi ZJ
42. ates that the GUI has not been able to communicate with the Tau 640 camera Verify the items in the following checklist Is the camera properly cabled to the host PC Verify that you selected the proper port if it was not detected automatically Select Advanced then Next gt in the Tools Connection dialog box Also try disconnecting and then re connecting the cable to the PC If the GUI was launched before the cable was connected close the GUI connect the cable then re launch the GUI Is the Baud rate set correctly Baud rate must be set in the Tools Connection dialog box The Tau 640 camera supports Baud rates of 9 600 and 921600 Is the port already in use by another application Shut down any other applications that may be using the port Also multiple instances of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI Program can be instantiated using different ports so be sure the Camera you are interested in controlling is actually connected to the physical port Is the Tau 640 camera power on Verify that the camera is producing an image on a separate monitor On cameras with a shutter Installed at Camera power up you can hear two sets of a click click sound separated by about 5 Photon GUI wm Camera Connection FLIR Select Control Interface and Device a s Control Connection O Serial RS 232 Use the advanced option if you want to select your customized device step by step IPiDevid
43. ay in Invert mode Invert is used when mounting the camera upside down Invert applies to analog BT 656 CMOS and LVDS video Orientation __ Invert Flip the image vertically Revert The normal image is flipped horizontally The pixel on the upper right corner of the detector array is displayed on the upper left corner of the video display Revert mode produces a mirror image of Normal mode use for applications where the camera is imaged through a mirror Revert applies to analog and BT 656 video only Note Any time the image orientation mode is inverted a flat field correction automatically takes place Adjusting image orientation should always be followed by a flat field correction in all modes Pan amp Zoom Zoom The Tau 640 Pan amp Zoom camera has a built in 2x 4x and 8x digital Select to zoom capability The Zoom check boxes are Unzoom enter ofisets used to turn on off the camera zoom With lick the Unzoom box checked the Tau 640 O Zoom 2x a camera displays the full sensor array image O Zoom 4x When the Zoom 2x box is checked a smaller central region of the sensor array is mapped e Zoom 8x to the video output creating the zoom effect For NTSC and PAL video formats in 2x zoom Pan 0 mode 320 x 240 and 320 x 256 pixels respectively are mapped to the analog video output When the Zoom 4x box is checked Fine Center 160 x 120 NTSC and 160 x 128 PAL o w ra mit pixels respectively ar
44. configuration connected Camera Serial This is the serial number of the camera currently connected to the FLIR Camera Controller GUI FPA Temperature The camera s Focal Plane Array FPA temperature The connection status Camera status Camera Part FPA Temp and FPA Size are displayed at the bottom of all tabs 3 10 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic m 1 of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 7 Setup Tab The Setup tab shown below provides the ability to do the following Modify the Flat Field Correction FFC Save the settings to the camera s non volatile memory gt Tau Camera Controller a x File view Camera Tools Hep FLIR ELIT y Status om Flat Field Correction 3 Manual auto External Setup FFC Interval 3600 frames Low Gain 350 frames E FFC Interval 10 10 Operating Mode O Real Time O Frozen Video Temp Eka 0 1 e Low Gain z Temp change 0 1 C a AAA Y DoFFC AGC Scratch Pad O Disable O Slave Master Gain Mode a Auto O Low O High Read Write Save Settings Factory Defaults Reset Camera n Partit 42640001X FPA gt Connected MSCOMM Ready a Size B40x512 Figure 3 3 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Setup Tab TAU O640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 11 3 Basic Operation of An and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Flat Field Correction Mode Tau 640 includes internal FistField
45. ction Code hex Ox3F 0x43 Ox4C Ox55 Ox66 Ox6A PLATEAU_LEVEL GET_SPOT_METER_DATA AGC RDI ITT_MIDPOINT CAMERA_PART MAX_AGC_GAIN Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes a Argument specifies the Plateau level for Plateau AGC Data Range is O to 1000 Returns the value of the spot meter in degrees Celsius Get Cmd D regardless of spot meter mode If the spot meter option is not enabled returns the average value of the center four pixels E A e cai ear Bytes O 1 Left Bytes 2 3 Top Bytes 4 5 Right Bytes 6 7 Bottom Bytes 0 1 Left normal ROI Bytes 2 3 Top normal ROI Bytes 4 5 Right normal ROI Bytes 6 7 Bottom normal ROI Bytes 8 9 Left 2X ROI Bytes 10 11 Top 2X ROI Bytes 12 13 Right 2X ROI Bytes 14 15 Bottom 2X ROI Bytes 16 17 Left 4X ROI Bytes 18 19 Top 4X ROI Bytes 20 21 Right 4X ROI Bytes 22 23 Bottom 4X ROI Bytes 24 25 Left 8X ROI Bytes 26 27 Top 8X ROI Bytes 28 29 Right 8X ROI Bytes 30 31 Bottom 8X ROI Data Range is O to 255 Gets the camera part number Response contains the part number If the host system is little Bespo es endian the bytes need to be reversed as the camera is big endian String 32 Resp 8 Gets or sets the Region of Interest ROI for AGC in normal and zoom modes Assumes signed coordinates relative to center value of 0 0 When the byte count of the incoming message is O the 8 byte argument of the reply is the ROI for the cur
46. d sets the manual contrast value Gonteackvalue OxOO00 to OxOOFF Gets and sets the manual brightness value Brightness value 0x0000 to Ox3FFF Brightness bias value 2 s complement Ox0000 to OxOFFF Gets and sets the brightness bias value in the auto bright mode Valid range is 2048 to 2048 decimal MSB is the sign bit Ox0000 disabled off Ox0001 on Fahrenheit scale Ox0002 on Centigrade scale Gets or sets the spot meter mode Ox0DODO disabled off a 0x0001 on Fahrenheit scale Ox0002 on Centigrade scale Gets the FPA temp in Celsius x 10 or raw counts l Ox0000 temp in C 10 a ry n represents 51 20 Ox0001 temp in raw counts Ext sync mode Enables or disables the external sync feature 0x0000 disabled Ox0001 slave Ox0002 master j Q e 0 LD Oo G 0 0 s gt A ewa6 g xipuaddy sjleqaq esiuyoa uo nes OLOZ 4240399 OOL uo si n OL 00 0790NVL Function Code hex Ox22 Ox23 Ox25 Ox26 Ox2A Ox2B Ox3C Ox3E ISOTHERM ISOTHERM_THRESHOLDS TEST_PATTERN VIDEO COLOR MODE GET SPOT METER SPOT DISPLAY FFG WARN TIME AGC FILTER Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes J Argument Gets or sets the isotherm mode on off If isotherm option is not Ger md 2 enabled command returns an error OxOO00 Disabled 0x0001 Enabled Gets or sets the isotherm thresholds in percent of full scale range
47. de selecting the DDE mode will not affect the digital data output Video On Off This feature allows you to turn off the analog video output which will result in some power video OnfOrr savings approximately 55mVV e on off Video Standard Choose the video standard for ideo Standard your system e Tse C PaL TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 17 3 Basic Operation of E 2 and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual a Polarity LUT The Tau 640 camera detects and images the temperatures in a given scene Within the camera these temperatures Polarity LUT are mapped as determined by the AGC algorithm selected to a range of O to 255 values In a black and white display mode this range is converted to shades of grey with for example O being totally black and 259 being totally white The O to 255 grayshades range sensed is referenced to a Look Up Table LUT permanently stored in the camera to convert the scene to a video image Different LUTs are available to change the appearance of the displayed image The most common selection is either White Hot hotter objects appear brighter than cooler objects in the video display or Black Hot hotter objects appear darker than cooler objects Since the difference between these two modes simply reverses the choice of darker or lighter for temperature extremes this is sometimes referred to as Polarity Other color LUTs are avallable as shown below Figure 3 7 shows each of the LUTs
48. detail the outline and mounting for the Tau 640 cameras These documents are provided for reference only You should consult your local sales representative or application engineer to obtain current IDD information Also the Tau 640 Thermal Imaging Camera Core Data Sheet available from the website contains important mechanical interface data as well D 2 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual y Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 9 703 0 500 3820 0197 _ BWD 2 AA 50mm FOR FOCUS 0960 125 0492 42 L 1679 d FPA IMAGE PLANE 22 35 8800 6 400 2520 o FPA ACTIVE AREA aro mieL gD 0000 0 J J amp 0 665 0262 8 100 12 64 SILICON WINDOW FPA L REE y 4976 M24x0 5 69 Tau 640 Camera Mechanical Interface Control Document WFOV Sheet 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 D 3 Tau 640 User s Manual y Appendix D Mechanical IDD Reference NOTES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 1 INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AN ARRAY SIZE OF 640x512 2 CONECTOR INTERFACE HIROSE 50 PIN DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 MATING CONNECTOR P N DF12 5 0 50DS 0 5V 86 FOR PIN OUT DESIGNATIONS SEE TAU CAMERA USERS MANUAL
49. diated emissions specifications of FCC CFR Title 47 Part 15 Subpart B and EN 61000 6 3 CISPR 22 limits equivalent to Class B when properly shielded and grounded The less stringent Class A requirements are met with the back cover on It is the responsibility of the systems integrator to verify EMI EMC compliance at the system level 5 2 Hirose 50 Pin Connector In the Tau 640 camera s simplest form no accessories attached one connector provides the electrical interface This connector is a 50 pin Hirose board to board style connector per Hirose Part Number DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 Hirose offers a variety of mating connectors Including their SFM L SMT and SFSD style products Designers and integrators should provide electrostatic discharge ESD and over voltage protection for Tau 640 cameras using digital data channels because the digital signals on the 50 pin Hirose connector are routed directly to the FPGA The primary Tau G40 connector is shown in Figure 5 1 Hirose connector See Figure 5 2 Figure 5 1 50 Pin Hirose Connector Interface DF12 50DS 0 5V 86 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 5 1 5 Overview of the o Tau 640 User s Manual Table 5 2 below identifies the function of each pin on the standard surface mount mating connector Hirose DF12 50D5 O 5V 86 Table 5 2 50 pin Hirose Connector Interface of the Tau 640 Camera Signal Name Signal Definition Pin Signal Name Signal Definition Aeon Primary serial
50. e Save It is recommended that you create a new empty directory such as FLIR Camera Controller GUI Installable Files on your desktop for download Step 5 Extract the Installable files using WinZip or other available software step G Open the directory where you saved a n gt the Installable files Double click the Q7 QD psr re F P setup exe file to begin installation pere y Setup Launcher FLIR Systems Step 7 Click Next gt at the Setup Welcome screen a Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for FLIR When the installer finishes loading Follow aaa as th e p rom pts l The InstallShield R Wizard will install FLIR Camera Controller GUI on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Step 8 Enter your User Name Organization and i FLIR Camera Controller GUI InstallShield Wizard select your access security EE Cl I G k N ext gt Please enter your information User Name osey5Bc42 Organization Right Stuff inc Install this application for 2 Anyone who uses this computer all users Only for me RoseySBc42 Ge 3 4 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 3 Basic operate of the Tau 640 and GUI Step 9 Select a Destination Folder if differe nt fi FLIR Camera Controller GUI InstallShield Wizard th an th e d efa u It Destination Folder Th en cl C k N ext gt gt
51. e Tau 640 Configurations The Tau 640 camera is available with different lenses providing different fields of view An export license is required in order for international customers to purchase faster frame rate versions of the Tau 640 camera US customers can specify the 30 Hz 25 Hz versions of the Tau 640 camera 640 x 480 NTSC 640 x 480 NTSC 8 o 640 x 480 NTSC a o 640 x 480 NTSC a o 640 x 480 NTSC a o 640 x 480 NTSC 8 o Note The Tau 640 camera lenses are sealed to IP67 1 meter The camera itself is sealed only forward of the WFOV o ring seal or the lens barrel of the NFOV lenses Boresight features are available on Tau 640 WFOV cameras See Mechanical IDD Reference on page D 1 Contact FLIR Commercial Systems Customer Support or your local FLIR sales representative Ga information on available Tau 640 camera configurations part numbers and ordering information All the above lenses are sealed to IP67 1 meter All lenses except the 35 mm are diamond like coated for superior abrasion resistance The 35 mm lens is High Durability coated 1 2 October 2010 TAU O640 00 10 version 100 OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL OLOZ 4240399 EL 13mm Lens Table 1 1 Tau 640 Camera Lens Range Performance Standing Man 1 5m by 0 5m MI 390 meters Detection uray E 95 meters Recognition M 47 meters identification NH 72 meters lIdentification A 570 meters Detection TA N MU 144 meters
52. e mapped to the slider analog video output When the Zoom 8x box Is checked 80 x 60 NTSC and 80 x 64 PAL pixels respectively are mapped to the analog video output This reduced region of the array is called the zoomed array region The BT 656 video output also has the zoom feature but the CMOS and LVDS do not Pan slider Pan Zoom Pan When in either zoomed mode you can move the zoomed array region within the full array area This digitally simulates panning and tilting Panning and tilting are defined as moving the camera image in the horizontal and vertical axes respectively The FLIR Camera Controller GUI Pan and Tilt limits are 80 x 60 and 40 x 30 when in the Fine range Checking the fine box increases the sensitivity of the slide control so that the zoomed array moves one half the total range but all step values are achievable Simple experimentation while viewing the displayed image will quickly give you familiarity with this feature 3 16 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 3 Basic opens of the Tau 640 and GUI Flat Field Correction FFC The Tau 640 automatically performs flat field corrections See paragraph Flat Field Correction Mode on page 3 12 A green square FFC Warning leg Frames IS displayed on your video monitor as a warning that the FFC IS going to take place Use this function to set the number of analog video frames 33ms NTSC 40ms PAL during which
53. e set to 57600 BAUD If your embedded or specialty applications require custom control software a Software Developer s Kit SDK is available C 3 Connecting the serial communications interface using the development kit You should have successfully operated the camera and obtained live video on a monitor as described in paragraph C 1 Operation of the Tau 640 camera using the Photon Accessory Kit on page C 1 The only additional hardware required for serial communication is a serial cable connected as shown below To PC serial COM port RS232 To Photon Replicator Board Attach one end of a standard RS 232 serial port 9 pin PC cable to the communications port labeled RS 232 on the I O Module Attach the other end to the serial port on your PC This cable should be a standard RS 232 cable not a cross over configured serial cable or null modem cable C 2 October 2010 TAU O640 00 10 version 100 Appendix D Mechanical IDD Referer CANN Due to export restrictions limited data is available at http www flir com cvs cores uncooled products tau taub40 additional data can be obtained from your local sales representative or application engineer Figure D 1 and Figure D 2 provide important mechanical information for lens designers Shown with lens flange M24 x 0 5 thread for shuttered cameras K a _ 4 33 Vacuum window 0 026 Silicon 0 185 gt 0 100
54. er Y eav sav Field 1 rame Lin F 0 Frame Line 21 Field1 Line 0 O ina 20 blank lines Field 1 Active rame Line FIGI ine Frame Line 264 21 263 oloja 243 active lines V 1 Frame Line 282 264 _ 265 KET EN EN 19 blank lines Field 2 Frame Line 283 Field2 Line 0 266 282 EME MEN F 1 283 525 1 o 1 O 243activelines LINE 266 Blanking Even Frame Line 525 Field2 Line 242 LINE 3 This FIFO is outside the Registers forced BT 656 Formatter into IOBs X BT 656 Data Cb Y Cr Y BT 656 Formatter Any Clock Enable Any Clock IX BT 656 Clock 50 625MHz 8 15 271MHz 27MHz 7 m m NOTES The FIFO Write Clock can be any value as long as it is derived from and locked to 50 626MHz The FIFO must store at least 1440 bytes and must be filled at a minimum rate of 1 byte per 27MHZ clock period faster is OK A full line must be made available every 1 716 27MHZ clock periods Since the BT 656 Formatter has no knowledge of upstream video timing no data shall be written into the FIFO until the first active line line 1 field 1 of video is available after reset Incoming video must conform to the active blank times specified in the Timing section of this document Figure 4 1 BT 656 Video Formatter Timing and Block Diagram 4 2 October 2010 TAU O640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual w Digital Data Channel 4 2 Discrete I O By default the Tau 640 camera does not have discrete i
55. era Controller GUI See Digital Video Tab on page 3 19 On this same page you can select either 8 bit or 14 bit digital output Once you make these changes it is a good idea to save settings to make them power cycle consistent See Save settings on page 3 13 The Camera Link module accessory comes with the spacers and mounting screws shown in Figure 2 3 Note that Camera Link cable frame grabber or capture software are not included For instructions on installing the Camera Link module refer to paragraph 3 1 2 Installing the Camera Link Module on page 3 2 Mounting screws Power status light M1 6 x 0 35 x 8 mm SHCS MCX coaxial analog video Mini Camera Link digital video Mini USB Spacer 3 mm x 3 1 mm Mounting screws M1 6 x 0 35 x 16 mm SHCS Figure 2 3 Tau 640 Camera Link Module Installed on a Tau 640 camera The Tau 640 camera is powered using the USB connector with a nominal draw of 212 mA at OVDC and a peak startup draw of 550 mA The camera uses serial communication at either 9 600 or 921600 Baud by creating a virtual COM Port on your computer for USB communications The Baud Rate Is selected using auto Baud and the camera will communicate at the first Baud Rate in which it receives a valid command until it is powered off The digital data complies with Base Camera Link standards and should be compatible with any brand Camera Link Frame Grabber and software The FLIR Camera Controller allows for co
56. he 2x zoom state The camera will power up in the saved default state and switch to the discrete input defined state when the pin state is changed Note 3 This function is required for effective use of Shutterless Tau 640 cameras The application of positive going edge to this pin shall perform the Do FFC function 0x12 command Note 4 This pin is normally at O V and changes to 3 3 V when the FFC imminent icon is present on the analog display The FFC_Warn_Time command Ox3C controls both the analog icon and this pin Note 9 This function is required to enable additional user control of the camera The default state is Automatic mode with the input at 3 3 V held by an internal pull up When the signal is pulled to zero volts the camera will switch into Manual mode The FFC Mode Select 0x11 O manual 1 automatic command has equal precedence with the discrete pin and the camera will be in the last state set by either the discrete or serial command The camera will power up in the saved default state and switch to the discrete input defined state when the pin state is changed Note 6 This function will change the color LUT from the current value to the next LUT in the table when the Discrete pin transitions from the floating state to the ground state No LUT change happens on the transition from ground to float The LUT state after LUT14 will be LUT1 Note 7 This function will change the current zoom state from Unzoomed to 2x to 4x to 8x zoom whene
57. ia the free downloadable FLIR Camera Controller GUI Both modules provide an analog video output while the Camera Link Module also provides a digital video output in the Camera Link format Camera Link command and control functions are not supported only the camera link digital video output Is provided Connector Type USB mini 5 pin Power over USB nominal draw 212 mA at 5 V peak load at startup 550 mA at 5V Serial communications baud rate 5 600 Baud or 921600 Baud Hot swap protected Windows Service for automatic detection supported through SDK Table 3 1 Miniplug Microplug MA One permits distinction of Micro A and Micro B Plug Type A connected to Ground Type B not connected Signal Ground 1 Pin 4 of mini USB connector may be not connected connected to GND or used as attachment identification at some portable devices 3 1 1 Installing the VPC Module Step 1 Plug the VPC Module into the mating 50 pin Hirose Connector on the back of the Tau 640 camera f s Step 2 Using a 1 5 mm socket driver install the two socket head cap screws to secure the VPC Module Note Use only M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm screws Longer screws will damage the camera TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 1 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual 3 1 2 Installing the Camera Link Module Hirose Connector Power status light Mounting screw 2 M1 6 x 0 35 x 8 mm SHCS MCX coax
58. ial analog video Spacer 2 3 mm x 3 1 mm A G Mounting screw 2 Mini Camera Link M1 6 x 0 35 x 16 mm SHCS digital video Step 1 Using a 1 5 mm socket driver remove the two case screws at the bottom of the camera opposite connector Step 2 Insert the two M1 6 x 0 35 x 16 mm socket head cap screws through the corner holes of the Camera Link module install the spacers on the screws and thread the screws into the camera to replace the case screws removed earlier Step 3 Plug the module connector into the mating 50 pin Hirose Connector on the back of the Tau 640 camera Step 4 Install the two M1 6 x 0 35 x 8 mm socket head cap screws to secure the module at the connector Note Use only M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm screws Longer screws will damage the camera Step 9 Finish tightening the two M1 6 x 0 35 x 16 mm socket head cap screws at the corners of the case The digital data complies with the Base Camera Link standard and should be compatible with any brand Camera Link Frame Grabber and software The FLIR Camera Controller allows you to control the Tau Camera but does not support Camera Link frame capture so that a third party software must be used FLIR has tested the ImperX FrameLink Express frame grabber http imperx com frame grabbers framelink express The ImperX frame grabber comes with FrameLink Express software that allows for recording single or multiple images BMP JPG TIF and RAW as well as stand
59. igitally encoded NTSC PAL video and will have AGC DDE symbols and color included The signal levels are O 3 3 V CMOS logic and are intended to drive boards mounted directly to the Tau 640 camera The BI 656 output is not intended to drive a cable Table 4 1 shows the connector pin definitions with BT 656 enabled Also shown in the table are the optional discrete input pins Figure 4 1 details BT 656 format and timing The horizontal pixels are interpolated such that every eighth pixel is replicated 640 x 9 8 720 to produce the 720 pixels per line required by the format Table 4 1 50 pin Hirose connector interface with BT 656 output enabled Signal Name RS232 AX unused LVDS CLK P LVDS CLK N DISCRETE2 DISCRETE3 DISCRETE4 DISCRETES o pen CI e a pon a w as po faf xw 47 49 MAIN_PWR_RIN 48 50 MAIN_PWR TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 4 1 Tau 640 User s Manual 1716 clocks 27MHz 63 55us line 63 55us line x 525 lines 29 97 ms frame H Control Signal Start of digital line Start of digital active line EAV Code Blanking SAV Code Cosited Pixels EAV Code 4 clocks gt lt 268 clocks clocks 1440 clocks 1716 clocks F 0 for field 1 F 1 for field 2 V 1 during vertical blanking H 0 at SAV H 1 at EAV P3 PO protection bits P3 V XOR H P2 F XOR H P1 FXORV PO F XOR V XOR H Blanking number F V eav sav ONE 4 MA en aa Numb
60. ils Tau 640 User s Manual FLIR B 14 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Appendix C Tau 640 with Photon Fo C 1 Operation of the Tau 640 camera using the Photon Accessory Kit Backward compatibility with existing Photon equipment allows Photon users to connect to the Tau G40 camera to provide power and obtain video It also facilitates serial communication for more advanced camera command and control via the free downloadable FLIR Camera Controller GUI In this first section we will discuss simply applying power and obtaining video Using the Accessory Kit s Interface Cable and I O Module plug one end of the Interface Cable into the mating connector of the Photon Replicator Board on the back of the camera Connect the other end of the Interface Cable to the mating connector on the I O Module labeled CAMERA I O Module To video monitor To Photon Replicator Board To power supply 206 0001 20 Attach one end of a standard BNC cable to the video port labeled VIDEO on the 1 O Module Attach the other end to a compatible video monitor s composite video input If your monitor has an RCA input connector a BNC to RCA adapter can be used Plug the power supply into an electrical outlet Insert the circular plug at the other end of the power supply into the power jack labeled POWER on the 0 Module and tighten the locking screw finger tight The camera will take 3 seconds to produce an image after you apply power
61. imately 50 Increasing the spatial threshold value will make the image look smoother B 12 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual Appendix B Serial A Technical Details The DDE filter has an automatic mode that when activated controls the DDE Gain using a combination of the Dynamic DDE setting and the scene dynamic range The valid range of the Dynamic DDE setting is from 1 to 63 Dynamic DDE settings between 1 and 16 provide image smoothing with a setting of 1 providing the most smoothing A Dynamic DDE setting of 17 turns off the Dynamic DDE A Dynamic DDE setting between 18 and 39 sets the imaging mode DDE Gain between 16 and 40 A Dynamic DDE setting of 40 or greater provides maximum enhancement but image artifacts may also be enhanced giving an image with some fixed pattern noise B 6 5 Spare Serial Communications Channel The camera provides a spare serial communications port consisting of the signals RX2 TX2 and GND Note This serial communications channel is intended for communication with RS 232 controllable systems B 6 6 Digital data The DIGITAL OUTPUT MODE command allows the users to select one of the following digital data options e 14 bit data e 86 bit data e digital off e 14 bit unfiltered e 86 bit inverted e 14 bit inverted e 14 bit inverted unfiltered e XP channel setting TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 B 13 Appendix B Serial Commigmigation Technical Deta
62. ions that require custom control software a Software Developer s Kit SDK is available to support your development The SDK accessory is described in the Accessories portion of this User s Manual Using the Digital Data Channel is an advanced regime that should only be attempted by qualified customers The digital data channel can be configured to output 14 bit data after application of calibration Non Uniformity Correction or NUC terms This mode is most useful for external signal processing and or analysis of the camera output The digital channel can also be configured to provide 8 bit data after application of video processing algorithms Automatic AGC mode white hot black hot polarity image orientation Invert but not Revert and DDE filtered The 8 bit data is essentially a digital version of the video stream provided on the analog video channel and is therefore more appropriate than the 14 bit data for interfacing to a digital display The digital data channel employs serial low voltage differential signaling LVDS The channel consists of three signal lines a clock a composite sync frame sync and data valid and serial data This is a modern high speed interface employing a twisted pair current loop architecture National Semiconductor offers a good introduction and overview in the following document http www national com appinfo lvds files lvds_ch1 pdf A serial in parallel out SIPO module is available from FLIR for co
63. ll also appear gray when saving 16 bit TIFF files See Tau 640 Digital Data Channel on page 4 1 XP Mode Select The Tau 640 camera has 18 XP pins on the 50 pin Hirose connector The XP mode uses a number of these pins to output parallel digital image data BT656 The BT 656 parallel output is a common interface which will drive many LCD displays The data is digitally encoded NTSC PAL video and will have AGC DDE symbols and color included CMOS The CMOS interface is a parallel output that allows the user to access 8 bit AGC corrected data or 14 bit data The signal levels are O 3 3 V CMOS logic and are intended to drive boards mounted directly to the Tau 640 camera CMOS is not intended to drive a cable An XP board 1 5 by 1 5 reference design is available upon request 3 20 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic n i of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 10 Image Capture Tab The Image Capture tab on the FLIR Camera Controller GUI shown below allows you to capture three 8 bit AGC corrected images to camera memory for retrieval to a host computer The images will be 8 bit grayscale only without symbols The camera actually captures and stores 14 bit images and the FLIR Camera Controller GUI displays them as 8 bit images with linear AGC applied The Tau G40 camera allows the user to save either 8 bit or 14 bit images To save an 86 bit images in a bmp format click the Save Currently Displayed Im
64. mber is needed to pan right and negative number to pan left A pan value of 1 pans to the right by one column and a pan value of 1 pans to the left by one column from the center of the image A positive number is needed to tilt downwards and a negative number to tilt upwards A tilt value of 1 tilts downwards by one row and a tilt value of 1 tilts upwards by one row from the center of the image When the image is being panned or tilted the ROI moves along with these coordinates The limits for the zoom ROI have been set to one and a half times the number of rows and columns in the video This is to enable a user to pan and tilt the zoomed portion of the image without any change in the AGC if the image being looked at does not change This also means that the AGC of the image is also determined by portions of the image that is not being currently viewed B 6 4 DDE filter The commands to control the DDE filter settings are DDE GAIN to control the gain DDE_THRESHOLD to control the DDE filter threshold and SPATIAL_THRESHOLD to control the spatial threshold of the DDE filter The image remains unchanged when the value of the DDE gain is O and 17 The image becomes unfocused unsharpened when the value is between 1 and 15 The image becomes more sharpened when the value is above 17 Increasing the DDE threshold will make the edges sharper For threshold values between O and about 50 the effect on the image is lesser and has a greater effect above approx
65. ndependently for Unzoom mAGEC ROI Coordinate Values Tau 640 User s Manual La indow editor drag the circles to resize drag the center to move left top 1 20 1 10 right bottom EJ 45 0 Cartesian Coordinates Set Zoom 2x Zoom 4x and Zoom 8x The AGC ROI may be set anywhere in the full array size even outside the zoom window The Pan and Tilt function will attempt to move the Zoom AGC ROI to remain centered on the zoom window If the camera is being used in zoom mode it is recommended that the zoom AGC ROI be set to the same size as the zoom window 3 26 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 4 Tau 640 Digital Data Channel Nu The Tau 640 camera provides three digital data channels which can be configured through software from the generic pinout definitions shown in Table 5 2 on page 5 2 The BT 656 channel output is a digitally encoded analog format which contains image symbol and color information The CMOS channel is a parallel image data output The Legacy LVDS channel is common with the FLIR Photon camera Designers and integrators should provide electrostatic discharge ESD and over voltage protection for Tau G40 cameras using digital data channels because the digital signals on the 50 pin Hirose connector are routed directly to the FPGA 4 1 XP Bus Setting BT 656 Digital Interface The BT 656 parallel output is a common interface which will drive many LCD displays The data IS d
66. nder conditions where the scene statistics are bimodal for example a hot object imaged in a cold background lt should be noted that the heat range in a given scene is not divided evenly across the grey levels sent to be displayed Instead the AGC algorithm analyzes the scene and distributes the dynamic range to best preserve statistical scene content populated regions of the histogram and display a redistributed scene representation Once Bright In this mode the brightness will be set once when the mode is selected The brightness level is calculated as the mean of the current scene when the Once Bright button is selected The scene is mapped to the analog video using a linear transfer function Image contrast can be adjusted by the Contrast slider This is the only user adjustable parameter Upon entry into the once bright mode the currently stored value of contrast is applied i e the power on defaults or the last saved values Auto Bright In this mode the brightness level is calculated as the mean of the current scene just as in Once Bright mode The difference with Auto Bright is that the values selected for the start and end of the linear transfer function are automatically updated in real time not only at the start of AGC mode selection The Brightness Bias offsets the displayed image in intensity Upon entry into the auto bright mode the currently stored values of Contrast and Brightness Bias are applied i e the power on defa
67. ng pop up window will appear asking for you to select the proper port setting When the FLIR Camera Controller GUI is started the Status tab of the utility should return data similar to the following Ek FLIR Camera Controller x File View Camera Tools Help SFLIR Status D System Status Setup Not connected Yideo AGC Part Serial Number FPA Temp mm NotConmected MSCOMM Part 2x Figure 3 1 FLIR Camera Controller GUI Status Tab TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 7 3 Basic Operation of A 640 and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Step 3 alin to your camera by selecting Connect from the Amera men File View Camera Tools Help 4 Disconnect l Status Step 4 If you want the FLIR Camera Controller GUI to automatically connect when it is started File view Camera MANB Help select Settings from the Tools menu then check the Automatically connect on 4 startup box in the Settings Framework tab Clear Log Connection Status E eats eN connection polling status logging and FLIR Veneer style fl konsta connect on startu Show 25 Lines in the logger Cancel OK 3 8 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 3 Basic a of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 5 Troubleshooting the FLIR Camera Controller GUI If the FLIR Camera Controller GUI does not link with the camera you may see the popup shown at the right which indic
68. nput functions loaded The eight discrete input output pins with functions are defined by the discrete control file which is available for download and installation These functions can be used with the BT 656 digital output but are not intended to be compatible with Tau 640 camera using CMOS output The discrete control file is defined in Table 4 2 Table 4 2 Discrete Control Functions 30 pin 50 pin Connector Tau 640 Connector Photon Replicator Name Name was airs 3 A Noz4 MO mone Naso Ps umeme Nose airs Zones A A Lou Note 1 This function is a backward compatible function with Photon The voltage level of this pin controls the LUT applied to the analog image The pin has a pull up so that the no connection state is High 3 3 V When this pin is high 3 3 V the analog image will use the White Hot pallet LUT 1 in the standard LUT file When this pin is low O V the analog image will use the Black Hot pallet LUT 2 in the standard LUT file The camera will power up in the saved default state and switch to the discrete input defined state when the pin state is changed Note 2 This function is a backward compatible function with Photon The voltage level of this pin controls the zoom state of the analog image The pin has a pull up so that the no connection state is High 3 3 V When this pin is high 3 3 V the analog image will be in the 1x zoom state When this pin is low O V the analog image will be in t
69. ntrol of the Tau G40 camera but does not support Camera Link frame capture and third party software must be used External sync is not possible with the Camera Link module 2 2 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual w Camera Accessories 2 3 Tau 640 WFOV Locking Ring and Tool Tau 640 Locking Ring Accessory 421 0041 00 Lock Nut Tool 421 0042 00 Type 2 025 O ring not included The locking ring is designed to mount a Tau 640 WFOV camera into a bulkhead The M29 x 1 0 thread on the outside of the lens mount flange is placed through the clearance hole in the bulkhead and the o ring seals the camera to the face The Type 2 025 O ring is not for sale through FLIR This is a standard o ring available from many suppliers The locking ring accessory is made of Delrin so as not to scratch the Tau 640 camera lens flange Scratching the external plating can compromise the coating and make the Tau G40 camera more susceptible to corrosion The lock nut tool will attach to a torque wrench for proper tightening Torque the locking ring to 4 0 in lbs 2 4 Tripod Mount for Tau 640 Camera Tripod mount 261 2071 00 This accessory adapts two of the mounting points on the Tau 640 camera to a standard 1 4 x 20 tripod mounting plate The tripod adapter mounts to the bottom of Tau 640 camera using two furnished socket head screws 2 5 Photon Replicator Board Photon Replicator Board 421 0040 00
70. nverting the serial data to 14 bit parallel LVDS output plus frame sync line sync and pixel clock The parallel data can be captured using a frame grabber board installed in a PC One frame grabber possibility is the National Instruments IMAQ PCI 1 422 board using digital interface cable part number 308 0013 00 Another frame grabber option is the Bit Flow RoadRunner Model 14 M board using digital interface cable part number 308 001 6 00 03 Both of these computer based frame grabber boards require third party software not offered or supported by FLIR FLIR supplies camera setup files for both the IMAQ and Bit Flow frame grabber boards but FLIR does not formally support their use nor do we claim or guarantee that these setup files will be suitable for any particular use or application Refer to http www flir com cvs cores resources software TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 4 7 4 Tau 640 Digital Data E A Tau 640 User s Manual 4 5 1 Using the Legacy LVDS Digital Data Channel Note The following instructions assume that you have purchased the optional Tau 640 Photon Replicator Kit and have the Photon Legacy serial to parallel out SIPO accessory module with parallel data cable and the appropriate Photon Accessory Kit including the 1 0 Module and cables shown below If you are using custom cabling and or interface electronics contact FLIR Customer Support at 805 964 9797 if you need additional assistance Foll
71. ol of various camera features and modes The FLIR Camera Controller GUI software is compatible with Windows XP with Net Framework version 2 0 or later The GUI will prompt the user to update to the latest Net Framework Note We recommend that Windows Update is turned on keeping the operating system current and that you use the latest version of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI available on our website If your embedded or specialty applications require custom control software a Software Developer s Kit SDK is available Those intending to generate their own custom software are encouraged to read the remainder of this section regarding the FLIR Camera Controller GUI to better understand the camera modes and parameters TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 3 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual 3 3 Installing the FLIR Camera Controller GUI Step 1 If you have another version of the FLIR Camera Controller GUI loaded on your PC you should uninstall it using the Windows Uninstall utility via the Windows Control Panel before proceeding with this installation This is an important step as camera malfunction is possible if you do not remove any older versions of Tau 640 or Omega Micron A10 software Step 2 Using your favorite WWW browser navigate to the following URL www flir com cvs cores resources software tau Step 3 Click the Tau GUI link Step 4 When the File Download prompt appears choos
72. on defaults SERIAL_NUMBER Gets the serial number of the camera and sensor zin SO k a A L EN Heep Bytes 4 5 High word sensor S N Bytes 6 7 Low word sensor S N GET_REVISION Gets the firmware software version Fk SA AN ee kit Bytes 4 5 F W major version Bytes 6 7 F W minor version GAIN_MODE Gets and sets the dynamic range control mode Ox0000 Automatic Ox0001 Low Gain Only Ox0002 High Gain Only Ox0003 Manual no switching Note The Tau 640 camera does not support Automatic mode Gets and sets the Flat Field Correction FFC Mode Ox0DODO Manual Ox0001 Automatic OxDOD2 External A short or long FFC can be optionally specified The core will only switch NUC tables when in manual FFC mode if a long FFC DO FEC command is specified If sent with no argument a short FFC is executed Bytes 0 1 Note Clarification is necessary because shutterless cameras will Ox0000 short FFC likely be in Manual mode Ox0001 long FFC FFG MODE _SELECT MWO9 ewag g Xipuaddy sjte2aq ediuyoayj UG gt 0 2 O c 0 11 3 0 s gt D OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL OLOZ 4240399 Function Code hex OxOD OxOE OxOF 0x10 FFC_PERIOD FFC_TEMP_DELTA VIDEO MODE VIDEO LUT Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes ae Argument FFC interval for current gain state Units are Frames 1 to 30 000 Entry of O will result in elapsed time not being used
73. ons module is an expansion board for the Tau 640 camera that provides a convenient way for customers to power and communicate with the camera via USB The VPC module also incorporates an MCX connector that outputs analog video The VPC module accessory includes a USB A to USB mini B cable for power and communications an MCX to BNC cable for analog video and mounting screws For instructions on installing the VPC Module refer to paragraph 3 1 1 Installing the VPC Module on page 3 1 USB cable VPC Module Video cable Py M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm Figure 2 1 Tau 640 Camera and VPC Module Accessory Kit Mounting screws M1 6 x 0 35 x 6 mm SHCS Power status light MCX coaxial Mini USB Figure 2 2 Tau 640 VPC Module Installed on a Tau 640 camera TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 2 1 2 Optional Tau 640 Tau 640 User s Manual 2 2 Tau 640 Camera Link Module Accessory The Camera Link module is an expansion board for the Tau 640 camera that provides a convenient way for customers to power and communicate with the camera via USB and access LVDS digital video with a high speed Camera Link channel The Camera Link module also incorporates an MCX connector that outputs analog video The Camera Link module takes CMOS type digital data from the Tau 640 camera and converts it to Camera Link In order to use a Camera Link module for acquisition of data you will need to first enable the CMOS XP Bus Output using the FLIR Cam
74. ow the steps in paragraph 3 1 Operation of the Tau 640 Camera using the USB Interface on page 3 1 for basic operation of the Tau 640 camera After verifying that the camera is operating properly disconnect power from the Tau 640 camera Step 1 Connect the SIPO accessory module directly to the three row DB 15 connector on the Interface Module labeled DIGITAL DATA as shown below A cable is NOT required I O Module To Photon Replicator Board SIPO Module s To frame grabber board _ p A Step 2 Connect the parallel data cable to the mating connector on the SIPO module Connect the other end to the frame grabber board installed in your PC Note The parallel data cable is specific to a particular frame grabber Contact the manufacturer of the frame grabber to make sure you have the correct cable Step 3 Follow instructions included with the frame grabber for selecting the camera configuration file included with the SIPO module Step 4 Reapply power to the Interface Module This will power up both the Tau 640 camera and the SIPO module and digital data will begin streaming Step 5 f desired change the digital data mode using the FLIR Camera Controller GUI software in the Digital Video tab 4 8 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual gt Digital Data Channel 4 5 2 Legacy LVDS Digital Data Channels The camera provides two digital ports e Port 1 consists of the signals SD_CLK SD_FSYNC
75. r Video gt Digital Video On this same page you can select either 8 bit or 14 bit digital output Once you make these changes it is a good idea to save settings to make them power cycle consistent You can do this after clicking Setup The digital data complies with Base Camera Link standards and should be compatible with any brand Camera Link Frame Grabber and software FLIR has tested the ImperX FrameLink Express frame grabber http imperx com frame grabbers framelink express The FLIR Camera Controller allows for control of the Tau Camera but does not support Camera Link frame capture and third party software must be used The ImperX frame grabber comes FrameLink Express software that allows for recording single or multiple images BMP JPG TIF and RAW as well as standard AVI clips Configuration requires selecting 1 TAP L R for the tap reconstruction selecting the appropriate bit depth that you chose in the FLIR Camera Controller and clicking Learn to discover the number of digital pixels available 4 6 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 4 5 Photon Camera Legacy LVDS Output The Tau 640 camera provides a digital data channel that outputs camera data in a digital format compatible with FLIR Photon camera tools and accessories This channel can be used in conjunction with commercially available digital frame grabbers digital displays or custom electronics For Tau 640 users with applicat
76. rent zoom state unzoomed 2X zoom 4X zoom or 8X zoom When byte count of the incoming message is 2 GET or 32 set the 32 byte argument of the reply contains the normal ROI 2X zoom ROI 4X zoom ROI and 8X zoom ROI Set Cmd 24 amp Resp 24 Gets and sets the ITT midpoint offset Gets and sets the max value of video gain Data Range O to 2048 j Q e 0 LD Oo G 0 0 s gt BO 2119es g xipuaddy sjleqaq esiuyoa uo nes OL a OLOZ 4240399 OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL Function Code hex Sets the threshold of the DDE filter input only in manual mode In DDE_THRESHOLD automatic mode this is set internally Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes hues Argument Bytes 0 1 Tilt position in rows relative to the center of the array 1268 2X zoom 192 4X zoom amp 1 96 8X zoom Bytes 2 3 Pan position in columns relative to the center of the array Gets and sets the pan position x axis and the tilt position y axis when the camera is in zoomed mode The limits of pan and tilt positions change with a change in zoom setting see VIDEO_MODE OxOF PAN_AND_TILT 1 60 2X zoom 240 4X zoom 280 8X zoom Ox0000 NTSC Ox0001 PAL Shutter position Ox0DODO open 0x0001 close Sets the gain of the DDE filter input only in manual mode In DDE_GAIN automatic mode this is set internally A DDE_GAIN setting of O Set Cmd 2 turns off DDE and bad
77. ription Document 100mm D 9 iv TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 i Introduction The Tau 640 camera is a long wavelength 8 14 microns uncooled microbolometer camera designed for infrared imaging applications that demand absolute minimum size weight and power consumption It is available with multiple different lens focal length options as well as lens less not shown and narrow field of view NFOV options The Tau 640 Software Developer s Kit SDK enables camera control using one of several programming languages including VB6 VB net C and C MFC The FLIR Camera Controller GUI is an example of an application created using the SDK See Software Accessory SDK for Windows amp Embedded on page 2 4 13 mm 19 mm 25mm 35 mm 45 HFOV 32 HFOV 25 HFOV f 1 4 18 HFOV 60 mm 100 mm 10 4 HFOV 6 22 HFOV Figure 1 1 Tau 640 Cameras The camera provides power in video out capability which means that one need only apply input voltage to receive analog video For those applications requiring serial control the Tau 640 camera includes a serial interface RS 232 for transmitting camera commands and receiving status The Tau 640 camera also provides 8 bit and 14 bit digital data options including CMOS BT 656 and the Legacy Photon LVDS See Tau 640 Digital Data Channel on page 4 1 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 1 1 1 Introduction y Tau 640 User s Manual 1 1 Availabl
78. rivers for Windows 20007XP 2003 Server Vista The InstallShield Wizard will copy Silicon Laboratories CP210x VCP Drivers for Windows 2000 P 2003 Server Vista onto your computer To continue click Next step 13 Installation is complete You can start the application or create a shortcut to the application via the Start gt All Programs FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI path All Programs P ua FLIR Systems Microsoft Word gt YM Camera Controller GUI 3 6 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic over Mi of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 4 Connecting the Tau 640 to a PC via USB The following steps assume that you have installed the FLIR Camera Controller GUI software and the USB driver on your PC as described in the proceeding paragraphs 3 3 Step 1 Follow the steps in paragraph 3 1 3 Connecting the Tau 640 Camera for Analog Video on page 3 3 About two seconds after the USB cable from the camera is connected to your PC you should see video on your monitor Verify that the camera is producing an image Step 2 Launch the FLIR Camera Controller GUI software by selecting Start gt Programs gt FLIR Systems Camera Controller GUI Note The FLIR Camera Controller GUI remembers the last COM port that successfully communicated with a Tau 640 camera and will use that port as the default when the application starts If the connected camera is no longer on that port the port setti
79. rs Liberation fonts are copyright 2009 by RedHat and are used under authority of the GNU public license Information about these fonts and the GNU public license can be found at https www redhat com promo fonts This product is protected by patents design patents patents pending or design patents pending If you have questions that are not covered in this manual or need service contact FLIR Commercial Systems Customer Support at 805 964 9797 for additional information prior to returning a camera This documentation is subject to change without notice Contact your nearest FLIR Commercial Systems Inc representative for instructions x This equipment must be disposed of as electronic waste on how to return the product to FLIR for proper disposal This document is controlled to FLIR Technology Level EAR 1 The information contained in this document is proprietary and or restricted and pertains to a dual use product controlled for export by the Export Administration Regulations EAR This document and data disclosed herein or herewith is not to be reproduced used or disclosed in whole or in part to anyone without the written permission of FLIR Systems Inc Diversion contrary to US law is prohibited US Department of Commerce authorization is not required prior to export or transfer to foreign persons parties or uses otherwise prohibited Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Available Tau 640 Configurations
80. st byte i e the Process byte is transmitted first followed by the rest of the bytes in the order specified e All multi byte arguments defined herein uses big endian ordering MSB first e The serial inter byte timeout is factory set to 100ms e Only use the function commands listed in Table B 4 Unsupported commands may corrupt the camera s software e For reference only a sample command and response is shown in Table B 5 Table B 1 Serial Port Settings Parameter Den CI Example Process Code Transmission is LSB first for each byte and most significant byte first on multi byte messages All bytes are preceded by a zero start bit and followed by a one stop bit The camera core is designed to talk to a PC serial port directly and may seem inverted If direct communication to a logic device is desired 6E 0 0111 0110 1 Start bit E with LSB first 6 with LSB first Stop bit On an oscilloscope the observation is Idle low but zero high Starting at idle when the signal goes high that is the first O then two O s high three 1 s low one O high two 1 s low one O high one 1 low GE complete TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 B 1 Appendix B Serial 2 Technical Details Tau 640 User s Manual Table B 2 Serial Packet Protocol 5 em n n E n zw FFF roms ose n B 3 Status Byte For all reply messages the camera sets the Status Byte as shown in Table B 3 to indicate the receipt of the pre
81. te The Tau 640 camera is an export controlled item The Slow Video version of the camera is the baseline version The frame rate is less than 9 Hz This allows the Tau 640 camera to be exported without US export license to most countries Additional information can be found under the Export tab at www flir com cvs cores uncooled products tau tau640 e Analog video output NTSC 640 x 480 7 5Hz Slow Video rate or SOHz US and Export License customers only or PAL 640 x 512 8 3Hz Slow Video rate or 25Hz US and Export License customers only Note The NTSC analog video format is default for cameras with analog video The FLIR Camera Controller GUI software free download allows you to select between NTSC or PAL video output formats and save this configuration e Digital video output 8 or 14 bit serial LVDS CMOS or BT 656 e Remote camera control R5 232 interface FLIR Camera Controller GUI software available for free download at www flir com cvs cores resources software tau e 2x 4x and 8x Digital Zoom with electronic pan tilt analog video e Dynamic Digital Detail Enhancement DDE 1 NEdT at the camera output measured with FLIR s proprietary noise reduction applied in the as shipped configuration Typical performance is approximately 35mK with f 1 0 optics 1 4 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual b 1 Introduction 1 3 Unpacking Your Tau 640 Camera The
82. the USB cable The Camera Link accessory converts USB protocol to high speed serial format for the Tau core e The MCX coaxial connection provides access to the camera analog video output NTSC or PAL e The 26 position Mini D Ribbon MDR Camera link connector provides the output interface for camera digital data This connector does not support power over Camera link This connector does not support serial communication over Camera Link This accessory conforms to the Camera Link standard as Base Configuration type 14 bit x 1 The Tau CMOS data interface has a Frame sync Line sync Data bus and a pixel clock which runs at 10 5MHz see section 4 X To be compliant with the transmission standard the Tau Camera Link accessory up samples data to achieve minimum data rate The Camera link data clock is running at 21MHz Data is double sampled so that the output is equivalent to Pixel Pixel1 Pixel2 Pixel2 Pixel3 Pixel3 Pixel638 Pixel 638 Pixel639 Pixel639 in each row The Frame Valid clock it true during valid lines of data The Line valid clock is true during valid pixels in each line The Data Valid clock is true for every other pixel It is important that the Camera Link receiver device uses all three control clocks some inexpensive models ignore Data Valid In order to use a Camera Link Module for acquisition of data you will need to first enable the CMOS XP Bus Output using the FLIR Camera Controller This option is found unde
83. the size and location of the Region of Interest ROI 1 Select AGC tab 2 Select ROI Window editor Tau Gamera Controller ME ile View Camera Tools Help SFLIR x L O e ke E E a kn EE OT TE OCT E E E ER ER A A e E ka E E E TE AGC ROI Coordinate Values eft ho ar right bottom 97 11 Bo fm Cartesian Coordinates a Part 42640001 X FPA Connected MSCOMM Ready arte Size 640x512 Figure 3 11 FLIR Camera Controller GUI ROI Tab TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 25 3 Basic Operation of E 640 and GUI Window Editor Use the mouse to drag the green ROI rectangle to any location on the FPA The size of the ROI rectangle in pixels is displayed To change the size of the RO rectangle drag one of the corner or side bubbles AGC ROI Coordinate Values The settings use an X Y coordinate system with 0 0 being at the center of the sensor array The upper two numbers marked left top are the pixel coordinates of the upper left corner of the ROI rectangle The lower two numbers marked right bottom define the lower right corner of the ROI rectangle In the example at the right the ROI is specified as a ROI rectangle 66 x 65 pixels located 20 pixels to the left and 10 pixels down from the center of the FPA The new AGC ROI size setting is not active until the Set button is pressed The AGC ROI may be set i
84. ults or the last saved values Manual In this mode image Contrast gain and Brightness level are entered completely manually via the sliders The scene is mapped using a linear transfer function Upon entry into the manual mode currently stored values of brightness and contrast are applied i e the power on defaults or the last saved values TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 3 23 3 Basic Operation of e A and GUI Tau 640 User s Manual Linear Histogram Image contrast and brightness gain and level optimized automatically based upon scene statistics using a linear transfer function Controls for the ITT Mean sets grey scale midpoint and Max Gain AGC gain are adjustable by entering the value in the Automatic Parameters section The Linear Histogram algorithm uses scene statistics to set a global gain and offset contrast and brightness for the image Upon entry into the linear histogram mode the currently stored values are applied i e the power on defaults or the last saved values Note In Manual mode and Once Bright mode the brightness setting must be updated as the camera temperature changes To avoid this issue it is recommended to use Automatic or Auto Bright right modes when possible Also AGC mode will only affect the digital data output if the Digital Video output mode is set to 8 bit data The 14 bit digital data bypasses the AGC sections of digital processing Linear Parameters Used for fine tuning
85. ver the discrete pin changes from the float state to the ground state The Video Mode command OxOF has equal precedence with this command Note 8 Not defined Connection of either 3 3 V or O V to this pin will have no effect on camera operation TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 4 3 4 Tau 640 Digital Data F Tau 640 User s Manual 4 3 XP Bus Setting CMOS Digital Interface The CMOS interface is a parallel output that allows the user to access 8 bit AGC corrected data or 14 bit data The signal levels are O 3 3 V CMOS logic and are intended to drive XP boards mounted directly to the Tau 640 camera CMOS is not intended to drive a cable An XP board reference design is available upon request Table 4 3 shows the connector pin definitions with CMOS enabled Note The optional discrete input pins should be unloaded when using the CMOS output Table 4 3 50 pin Hirose connector interface with CMOS output enabled Signal Name RS232 TX CMOS LINE VALID DGND unused LVDS CLK P LVDS SYNC P LVDS DATA P1 LVDS DATA P2 DGND DISCRETEO EXTERNAL SYNC CMOS DATA 1 CMOS DATA9 DGND CMOS DATA7 CMOS DATAS CMOS_DATA3 CMOS_DATA1 DGND CMOS_CLK DGND VID_OUT_H DGND MAIN_PWR_RTN 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 E E E 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 APS A LA MAZA MO E O Ce MEN E MS AO AAA UTA A AR A MA o A A TA w E MN ere j A
86. video frames 33ms NTSC 40ms PAL with valid values in the range O to 30 000 frames The second set of Auto FCC parameters labeled Low Gain apply to Tau 640 P cameras with the auto gain switch enabled Note FLIR recommends using the factory default values for the two automatic FFC parameters if possible These values were selected to maintain a high degree of image quality over all camera operating conditions Manual In Manual FFC mode the camera does not perform FFC automatically based on specified values of temperature change or expired time The FFC will be performed once upon startup then again using the internal shutter whenever the Do FFC button IS clicked At camera temperature excursions beyond OC and 40 C a Do FFC command IS recommended in order to maintain image quality External In External FFC mode a uniform source blackbody must be placed in front of the camera The image of this uniform source will be subtracted from all subsequent images This feature is useful if there are lens or lens mount non uniformities that are not corrected by an internal FFC The camera will not perform an FFC process on startup if the saved state of the camera is External mode FFC Many customers have found that the palm of their hand or a table is an adequate uniform source to perform an External FCC 3 12 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic operate of the Tau 640 and GUI The Tau G40 camera displa
87. vious incoming message Table B 3 Status Byte Definition Status Byte E TF Camera not ready to execute specified serial Function code not enabled in the current B 2 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual Appendix B Serial COmMMihication Technical Details B 4 Function Byte The list of valid commands that can be set in the Function Byte is shown in Table B 4 For all reply messages the camera will echo back the Function Byte of the previous Incoming Message For all commands in which the byte count is listed in Table B 4 as either O or some non zero value the camera will change the value of the specified parameter according to the incoming data bytes if there are any 1 e the camera shall set the parameter or it will reply with the current value of the parameter if the incoming message contains no data bytes i e the camera shall get the parameter TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 October 2010 B 3 p ga OLOZ 4240399 OOL uo si n OL 00 0790 NVL Function Code hex Ox00 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 Ox0A OxOB OxOC Table B 4 RS232 Function Codes ee Argument Cmd O Cmd O SET DEFAULTS Sets all current settings as power on defaults Resp 0 None CAMERA_RESET Commands a soft camera reset to the default modes Sier Resets camera with factory header values RESET_FACTORY_ DEFAULTS Note It is necessary to send SET_DEFAULTS afterwards to store None the settings as power
88. y default settings to become the power up defaults first click the Factory Defaults button then click the Save Settings button Reset Camera The Reset Camera button restarts the camera software Reset Camera Test Pattern A Test Pattern mode is provided to verify test Pattern camera electronics The Test Pattern mode will not persist off C Ramp over a power cycle Off No test pattern is provided in this mode This is the normal mode for viewing thermal imagery Li Ramp In this ramp mode the test pattern shown below and in the Color LUT section that follows is provided at the analog and digital data channels pix 0 0 0 pix 639 0 639 A pix 383 25 16383 pix 384 25 0 Figure 3 5 Ramp test pattern example for Top Portion of Tau 640 Ramp Image Digital values shown apply to the optional 14 bit digital data stream The above ramp pattern repeats 19 times in the complete 640 x 512 image Note The ramp test pattern is intended primarily for verifying the output of the digital data channel The pattern will not necessarily look as shown above when displayed on an analog video monitor particularly if an Automatic Gain Control AGC mode other than Automatic is selected The above image is a horizontal slice of the full displayed image 3 14 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual J Basic of the Tau 640 and GUI 3 8 Analog Video Tab The Analog Video tab on the FL
89. y restore normal camera operation 3 22 October 2010 TAU 0640 00 10 version 100 Tau 640 User s Manual 3 Basic mm 1 of the Tau 640 and GUI AGC Modes The Tau 640 provides five AGC algorithms for Image Optimization Automatic This is the most sophisticated algorithm and for most imaging situations the best all around choice This factory default along with the default parameter settings should be used in general imaging situations In Automatic image contrast and _ Once Bright brightness are optimized automatically as the scene varies This mode provides an AGC which is based on a histogram equalization algorithm Controls for the J Manual ITT Mean gray scale mid point Max Gain AGC gain and Plateau Value are enabled Algorithm e Automatic O Auto Bright Q Linear Histogram The histogram equalization used in the automatic mode scales the 14 bit to 8 bit transfer function based on the number of pixels in a bin The more pixels in a bin the higher the gain But the Plateau value is the pixels bin limit when the transfer function is maximized Normally 250 is the plateau value for imaging cameras when more contrast is desired This algorithm analyzes the scene content in real time and redistributes the dynamic range of the scene The goal of this redistribution is that every one of the 255 bins of display dynamic range has an equal number of pixels in it This method tends to give better scene contrast u
90. ys an on screen symbol called the Flat Field Imminent Symbol prior to performing an automatic FFC operation As shown in Figure 3 4 it is the square in the upper right of the video output and is displayed nominally 2 seconds prior to the FFC operation The duration of the FFC Imminent Symbol can be set using the FFC Warn Time setting in the Analog Video tab Setting the Warn Time to less than 15 turns off the warning see paragraph 3 8 Figure 3 4 Flat Field Imminent Symbol External Sync Mode The Tau External Sync 640 camera provides the ability to either accept or output Disable C Slave C Master a frame synchronization signal on pin 21 of the 50 pin Hirose connector or pin 26 of the Photon Replicator board This functionality can also be disabled The designed signal levels are OV and 3 3V Disabled The camera will turn off frame synchronization Slave The camera will accept a frame synchronization signal on the interface connector The camera output will be frozen if the camera is in slave mode and no external synchronization signal is received The focal plane array readout cycle starts when the external synchronization signal is received and the camera will continue the output cycle until the frame is complete The frame sync signal embedded in the respective digital output should be used to acquire digital data not the external sync 1 0 Maximum external sync input rates are up to 29 980 Hz for NTSC and 27 25 Hz

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