CLConfig Tool User's Guide for Baumer CLConfigTool
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1. max 20 09879 2 5 2 9 Gamma Here the factor y for the gamma correction can be set min P LookUpTable Hardware needs to be enabled to activate this feature 13 14 2 5 2 10 HDR sm um HDR is a technique that allows a greater dynamic range of lumi Processing unit nance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image HARDWARE D Enabled Number of slopes H HDR Parameter Value Here you can set the HDR parameters Parameter for image PERCENT 0 Parameter for image 2 5 2 11 ImageFormat sm m Here the adjustment of the image format takes place Fui Frame Hl Within the drop down menu all available image formats of the Faormatld Width Height Offsets Offset ScaleF actors ScaleF actory 0 1624 1236 0 employed camera are displayed a 0 0 d Interface Taps 9 2 13 I O s So Oo DOOOO Line Selec LINE D Line 0 INPUT Debouncer Low High E o Line Inverter Inverted Update I s status Once 1 permanent Info Available IQ s 10 IL Status mask 4216 Outputs from ID Control 2 5 2 12 Interface Tabs jC Here you can set the number of interface tabs This is the num ber of parallel CameraLink channels for the tranfer of the images from the camera to the computer Cameralink Base one connector 1 2 3 Taps Cameralink Medium two connectors 3 4 Taps Camerali2. Operating Microsoft Windows XP incl Service Pack 2 or higher system Microsoft Windows XP x64 incl Service Pack 2 or higher Microsoft Windows Vista 32 64 bit systems gt Microsoft Windows Windows 7 32 64 bit systems Graphics recommended resolution 1280 x 1024 color depth at least 16 bit Framework Windows OS NET Framework 2 0 or higher 1 3 Installation The CL Config Tool is part of the installation package Baumer GAPI The CL Config Tool can be start directly from CD and requires no installation The log file trace is written in the directory where the program is located When you start the program from CD and you want to write a log file you must change the path to write the log file Set the path under System Options Trace 2 Baumer CL Config Tool 2 1 Overview CL Config Tool is used to control cameras with CameraLink interface It does not grab and display images 2 2 Program Start Insert the CD The following window appears if Autorun is enabled Documents Documents EI Install Drivers Camera Software rams Windows XP 5 1 Admin ga E Ba u m er Art Nr 11043059 01 20 201 1 Click Install The following window appears Documents Documents Install Drivers Camera Software Start Baumer GAPI Viewer Start CL Configtool Copy Baumer SDK Files Windows XP 5 1 Admin g E B a u m er Art Nr 11043059 01 20 2011 Click Start CL Configtool to start the
3. CameraLink 2 7 1 7 Feature Status Here several information whether a feature is supported or not are stated 21 22 Figure 12 Tab Cameras Figure 13 Tab Trace 2 7 2 Cameras BGAPI Options 1 Tab Cameras 2 2 Display Options By this feature the start behaviour of the camera is controlled e Enabling the checkbox Start image acquisition direct after init means the camera is started immediatly after the camera window is opened Disabling this checkbox means the image acquisition needs to be started manually 2 3 Trace Notice The log file trace is written in the directory where the program is located When you start the program from CD and you want to write a log file you must change the path to write the log file Set the path under System Options Trace 1 Tab Trace Trace Support Global trace settings Enable Trace Trace Output Trace Mask Trace Output Options Trace Level oO Oo N O oa A C N Reserved for future functions 2 3 1 Tab Trace On this tab you can set the trace output 2 7 3 2 Trace Support Currently there is only one option here BGAPI TRACESUPPORT GLOBAL which will trace events 2 3 3 Enable Trace Once this checkbox is activated tracing is enable
4. activating Par tialScan 1 1236 Notice 16 2 5 2 17 PixelFormat COC By this feature the pixelformat depending on the current set im Mn sl age format can be selected Color False Below the drop down menu several information on the pixel for ImageByteSize 2007264 mat are displayed FiselBits B FixelBytez 1 PizelF ormat 17307505 in hex O17 080001 DataLength 2007536 DataLengthMax 4014800 The pixel format depends on the employed image format DataLengthMin 4 2 5 2 18 ReadoutMode 9 mm This feature refers to the timings of image acquisition Here the OVERLAPPED gt operation mode can be switched between overlapped and se quential read out OVERLAPPED 2 5 2 19 Reset CIC By processing this feature the camera will be reset to factory settings Please stop the camera before reset 2 5 2 20 Sensor Digitization Taps EW This feature depends on the sensor of the employed camera SIXTEEN The CMOSIS sensors employed in Baumer HXC cameras can DUAL QUAD be read at up to 16 channels EIGHT diia The CMOSIS sensors employed in Baumer SXC cameras can be read at up to 4 channels 2 5 2 21 Start HB Here the camera image acquisition can be started or stopped Start 17 18 Temperature BGAPI TEMPERATURE Curent Temperature v permanent 100 m Critical Temperature 80 set Ch 2 5 3 TestPattern TestPatterm kel Enab
5. program If CLConfig tool does not start check that NET Framework 2 0 or higher is installed on your system 2 3 Main Window Afterward the main window Fig 1 appear D CI ConfigTool Application System d p S sL8lc 12345 Welcome to CLContigT ool Start initializing camera link 1 camera s found Camera 0 Ga Bic is initialized lt Figure 1 Main window of the up Baumer Baumer CLConfig Tool Here you will find a menubar with two menus which are described in more detailed within the next paragraphs When you first start you are prompted for the path to the Cameralink serial DLL For Windows 7 you need Admin rights to copy the DLL Start the Tool with a right click at the CLConfig Tool exe file and select Run as administrator Windows 7 64 bit only Type the path where the file is e g c sermtx dll This file is provided by the Frame grabber manufacturer This path is stored in the Windows registry under HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE CameraLink After setting the path select System Rescan If you still do not see the camera please check the cables Figure 2 Menu Application Figure 3 gt Menu System Figure 4 gt Information Window 2 3 1 Menu Application Application Select Serial Path System Exit By selecting the menu item Select Serial path you can specify the path to the serial DLL The path must be specif
6. time to 4000 ps 4000 fa0 x using register address De HUES E These zeros must be ignored when entering in the Serial communication window To start a command the first charakter to send is a LF 0x0a followed by the command type which The end of a command is marked could be either r for read or Aw for write using a LF CR 0x0a Ox0d sequence Ox0Oa OxOd wf000401000000fa0 Your input in the Serial Communication Window must be w 000401000000fa0 Enter Command here vv f DOS 03 008060006010 gt For a summary of the commands see the register description of the camera 2 BGAPI Options 2 7 1 System BGAPI Options 1 Tab System Interface Selector Information 2 D 4 GVS Driver Model O o Force IP 6 7 8 Command Interfaces Control Monitor 9 Feature Status lt Figure 11 10 10 Close Button Option Window 2 7 1 1 Interface Selector Currently there is only one option here BGAPICameraLink BGAPIX DEVICETYPE COMMONPCI CAMERALINK CL Config Tool only supports CameraLink 2 7 1 2 Information In this area several information on the selected interface are displayed 2 7 1 3 GVS Driver Model Not available with CameraLink 2 7 1 4 Force IP Not available with CameraLink 2 7 1 5 Command Not available with CameraLink 2 7 1 6 Interfaces Not available with
7. EE Baumer Deeg GEI E3 HXC40 12345 HXC40 12345 dy FramesPerSeconds FramesPerSeconds Soe UDR s found u 1o i CAO is initialized CLConfig Tool User s Guide for Baumer CLConfigTool Table of Contents 1 General Information NENNEN NENNEN EEN NENNEN nene nen ENNEN ese sene 4 1 1 Cameralmnkp ranner aranan raru D EREA E ALE AEA EARLE AEAEE ARER a anana ni 4 1 2 General System Heourements 5 To E Et 5 2 Baumer Cl CORMG TO E 6 NEG EE 6 ZZ WAIN En GE 6 Aa Ee Klee et T 29 1 Menu ie ee EE 8 2 0 2 Men Sy SU CIE eaea ina i a a ada iN 8 EC PSI T M MERO 8 2 4 Open Camera VVIFIQOW usacesocs dincc tesi qoo ca sibatubq etin mpra dade esrb Ga dune Pd Rd eum O ohh dmsites baise 9 2 5 Camera ln ele AREE 9 29 1 si EI RET 10 2 5 2 Features EE 11 2 5 3 MEI IS E EE 18 2 6 Serial Communication WINdoOW aaeassannannnannennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnrnnnnnnrnnrnnrnnrnnrrnrrnnn 20 ZEE CI Res qe ee 21 Aal DM 21 SE ET aic ee 22 2 re EE 22 1 General Information The CL Config Tool part of the generic application programming interface from Baumer is the perfect evaluation tool for Baumer cameras with Camera Link interface It allows to investigate the extensive functionality within our innovative cameras Read these manual carefully and observe the notes and safety instruc tions Keep the User s guide store in a safe place
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9. Pel map CEET defectpixel list from the connected camera and set defect pixel The coordinates reference to Full Frame Format With a connected SXC Camera you can not set defect pixel 1 2 3 4 5 6 H 8 Set defect pixel Index IRE x hn 2 Y bo B Enabled False Set 2 5 2 4 Device Clock The speed Mhz to readout the sensor can be configured by using this feature This reduces the data throughput at the frame CAMERALINK T grabber SENSOR Frequency By reducing the clock you can prevent buffer overflows reduce 80 power consumption and can use longer cables The offered speed are dependet from the connected camera 2 5 2 5 Exposure m a Here the exposure time can be adjusted via entry or slider nir mas prev The values are given in usec rest 32001 12 2 5 2 6 Flip Image d Flplmage With this feature you can mirror the image BGAPI FLIPTYPE NONE BAFI FLIPTTFE NONE BGAPI FLIPTTPE a BG PI FLIPTYPE Y HGH FLIPTTPE ar 2 5 2 7 FramesPerSeconds ER d FremesPerSeconds Wiith this feature the maximum frame rate of the camera can be IM predefined Continuous nee Special value 0 Freerun 31 Camera takes images at full frame rate without external trigger pu iD r 2 5 2 8 Gain EL Here the amplification factor can be adjusted via entry or slider Analog 3 ain
10. ability and or the status of a particular feature is indicated by several icons Icon Status This feature is enabled This feature is disabled This feature is not supported by the software This feature is not supported by the hardware Depending on an other feature this one is temporary locked Feedback error on feature Some of the features are camera specific Therefore the features are labeled within this document Label Description zm This feature is available on monochrom cameras EE This feature is available on color cameras 2 5 2 1 BrightnessCorrection zm On Binning Mode an aggregation of charge carriers takes place Erea s 1 This may cause an overload and therefore an overexposed im age For prevention of this effect the Brightness Correction was Enabled introduces This feature is available in Binning Mode only 2 5 2 2 Camera Information sm m d Cameralnformation Here several information on the employed camera such as se rial number model name and firmware version are provided 11 2 5 2 3 DefectpixelCorrection zm a During the lifecycle of a camera hot or cold pixels can develop V Enabled In order to correct these pixels the so called defect pixel map Click Update button to get the or list was introduced to Baumer cameras current defectpisel list fram camera With this feature Baumer offers the possibility to get the current paale detec
11. and transmit them to the eventually following users Target group for this User s Guide This User s Guide is aimed at experienced business users which want to integrate camera s into a vision system Copyright Any duplication or reprinting of this documentation in whole or in part and the reproduc tion of the illustrations even in modified form is permitted only with the written approval of Baumer This document is subject to change without notice Classification of the safety instructions In the User s Guide the safety instructions are classified as follows Gives helpful notes on operation or other general recommendations 1 1 CameraLink The CameraLink interface was especially developed for cameras in machine vision ap plications and provides high transfer rates and low latency Depending on the configura tion Base Medium or Full the transfer rate adds up to 625 MBytes sec Base max 24 Bit per Clock e Medium max 48 Bit per Clock Full max 64 Bit per Clock Cameras of the Baumer SXC series are equipped with a CameraLink Base interface Cameras of the Baumer HXC series are equipped with a CameraLink Full interface 1 2 General System Requirements Single camera system Multi camera system Minimum Recommended Minimum Recommended CPU Intel Pentium 4 or comparable Intel Core Duo comparable processor processor Clock 2 5 GHz gt 2 5 GHz 2 5 GHz 3 GHz RAM 1024 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB gt 2048 MB
12. d for the selected items within the boxes of this dialog 2 7 3 4 Trace Output Here the output of the trace object can be controlled Therefore the following options are available File The content of the trace object will be stored in a file on the PC Callback The content of the trace object will be displayed in a message window Debugger The content of the trace object will be directed to an external debugger 2 3 5 Trace Mask By this checkboxes the content of the trace object is adjustable 2 7 3 6 Trace Output Options Here several information can be added to the traced events Timestamp The timestamp of the event is logged and displayed Timestamp Diff The interval from the last trced event to the current one is displayed Prefix not used New line Linebreak is added to every output line Level Here the levelfiltering see 3 5 3 8 can be enabled 2 7 3 7 Trace Level By this checkboxes the levelfiltering can be adjusted 23 uP Baumer Baumer Optronic GmbH Badstrasse 30 DE 01454 Radeberg Germany Phone 49 0 3528 4386 0 Fax 49 0 3528 4386 86 sales baumeroptronic com www baumer com LO SP t t o v1 1 xe o i c D pas D 2 O O c e 09 B D E O T Q uc O gt o D Be 2 o o D 2 Bel CH ww o o Bes O 2 uc c o Bel Kai D Bes D D O DO 2 c Be D I Subject to change without notice Printed in
13. ere several possibilities regarding to user sets are offered Loading a user set Loading of BGAPI USERSET FACTORY will reset the camera Storing of the current camera configuration to a selected user set Selection of a default user set and therefore specification of a specific start behaviour of the camera Factory settings can not be overwritten Please stop the camera before using this feature 2 5 3 3 WhiteBalance v Enabled Fight Battom gp S 0 0625 15 393 Sa Once this feature is enabled it provides two possibilities of color correction One Push White Balance via White Balance ROI Here the white balance is processed by employment of white balance factors which are determined for a particular area ROI of the image This ROI is adjustable via direct entry to the fields Left Top Right and Bottom or by usage of the sliders User specific Color Adjustment via White Balance Factors Here the correction factor for each color can be adjusted user specific At SXC cameras you can not change White Balance ROI It is only displayed 19 Figure 9 gt Structure of inputs Figure 10 gt Serial Communication Window 20 2 6 Serial Communication Window With the Serial Communication Window you can write commands directly in the register of the camera This configuration method should only be used by experienced customers Example Set the exposure
14. essCorrection d Lameralnformatian di DefectPixelCorrection Exposure A Flip Image di FramesPerSeconds Gain e Gamma I D H ImageFarmat Welcome to CLConfigT ool d Interface Taps A m LO ma Start initializing camera link 1 camera s found Camera 0 Hat AU is initialized lt Figure 5 Main window with Cam era Window Gm Baumer 2 5 Camera Window The camera window Fig 4 is divided in three areas Menu Bar 1 Feature Control 2 Serial Communication Window 3 which are described in the following paragraphs lt Figure 6 Framing of the camera window SXC80c 12345 BrightnessCorrection d Cameralnformation Pi DefectPixelCorrection A FramesPerSeconds ImageFormat s t PartialScan t PixelFormat Readout Reset Temperature TestPattem Trigger A meten PatiaScan A Deag Figure 7 Enter Command here Screenshot of Camera gt Window 2 5 1 Menu Bar The menu bar contains one menu Camera 2 5 1 1 Menu Camera Camera Save Configuration File Figure 8 gt Menu Camera Here a copy of the configuration file xml of the camera can be stored to the PC 10 2 5 2 Features By selecting a feature button in this area an associated parameter list is opened Only features supported by the camera appears The avail
15. ied if by the start of the software no camera is found or you have installed a new frame grabber If the path already exists you will overwrite it with this process For Windows 7 you need Admin rights to copy the DLL Start the Tool with a right click at the CLConfigTool exe file and select Run as administrator Windows 7 64 bit only This path is stored in the Windows registry under the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE CameraLink This file is provided by the Frame grabber manufacturer Type the path where the file e g clsermtx dll is After setting the path select System Rescan By selecting the menu item Exit the tool can be aborted 2 3 2 Menu System Application Rescan Options This menu contains two items Rescan and Options 2 3 2 1 Rescan Select Rescan after Select Serial Path when you have connected a new camera 2 3 2 2 Options Here several options regarding to the interface and the camera can be adjusted Further information on the options window will be given in section 2 7 2 3 3 Menu BGAPI Information BGAPI Version Version 1 5 3 9474 Clase The only item here is Info which causes the display of the Baumer GAPI version 2 4 Open Camera Window Make a double click on the camera The camera turns green and the camera window with the features opens Di CI ConfigToo fa x Hxc 2345 E mx HNEADEH 23453 Q Brghtn
16. led Select Testpattem BGAPI TESTPATTERN BGAPI_TESTPATTERN_HOR BGAPI_TESTPATTERN_VER BGAPITESTPATTERN_VER BGAPITESTPATTERN_HOR BBAFI TESTPATTERMN INTE 2 5 3 1 Trigger kl Enabled Trigger Source HARDWARE HARDWARE HARDWARE HARD WARES HARDWARE A HARD WARES HARD WAREE HARDWARE F SOFTWARE Trigger Activaton RISINGEDGE FALLINGEDGE RHISIHGEDGE 2 5 2 22 Temperature zm m For cameras with integrated temperature sensor the current tem perature at the camera board can be measured and displayed by this feature This can occure manually via the Update button or in a pre defined permanent interval Nm Here several test patterns generated in the camera can be se lected and displayed within the image view These patterns serve as a test tool for correct data transmission between camera and PC EH This feature offers the possibility to switch the camera to the trigger mode Once Trigger is enabled the trigger source as well as the state of the trigger signal on which the camera should react is adjust able The button Do it provides the possibility of sending a software trigger to the camera Software Trigger TriggerActivation is only selectable on trigger source HARDWARE 1 7 2 5 3 2 User Set Select user set BGAPI_USERSET_FACTORYSt Select default user set BGAPI_USERSET_FACTORYSE s Pi WhiteB alance jC H
17. nk Full two connectors 8 Taps Choose only 1 2 3 4 or 8 Taps em This feature offers the possibility of configuring the digital in and outputs of the camera For an input the Debouncer t ow and Lu can be adjusted in usec For an User output the respective signal source can be select ed You can choose how the update of the IO status should be made You can select permanently or specify a time in usec 15 2 5 2 14 LookUpTable Hardware EJ By this feature the internal Look Up Table can be loaded and Look Up Table enabled LUMINANCE x Furthermore individual values can be set Therefore the spe Iv Enabled cific value needs to be defined and set within the area Set LUT Value at the bottom of the feature display Afterwards the LUT needs to be updated via Update button Det HT Value Index E Value fo Set The feature Gamma overwrites the LUT settings 2 5 2 15 Offset Here the analog offset blacklevel can be adjusted cd gt mn n The value is depending on the connected camera 2 5 2 16 PartialScan ROI m Hm This feature offers the possibility of defining a so called Region a Enabled of interest ROI ket Once the feature is enabled the coordinates of the start respec ett tively end point of the ROI can be adjusted by the sliders U 1620 Top U 1235 4 1524 Bottom sel You must stop the camera before you can
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