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1. DeviceConfig Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Controt inn cones De 2 CL CMC4000 CMOS High Speed Camera l Scun ME otir Coel vema MESMO oona EE Reinon 7 onc ET Image Parameters Times amp H dware Parameters Image Ste amp ROI Fest Line A o iz 2 Sy DeviceConfig V140 build 1011 64 A Configuration Port description Urigrab based communication channel Port configuration COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No party 8 ba byte 1 stopb s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay Double cick on an entiy to start Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Terminal File Manager Script Processor User Guide Camera configuration tool RS232 GigE Camera Link V2 0 0 05 April 2012 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH D 07646 Stadtroda Germany TA L L E D Taschenweg 2a Vision Technologie ALLIED Vision Technologies Legal notice Trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows 7 and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Unless stated otherwise all trademarks appearing in this document of Allied Vision Technologies are brands protected by law Warranty The information provided by Allied Vision Technologies is supplied without any guarantees or warranty whatsoever be it specific or implicit Also excluded are all implicit warranties concern ing the negotiability t2. il Contacting Allied Vision Technologies Info e Technical information http www alliedvisiontec com e Support support alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Headquarters Taschenweg 2a 07646 Stadtroda Germany Tel 49 36428 677 0 Fax 49 36428 677 28 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc 101 3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 5E9 Canada Tel 1 604 875 8855 Fax 1 604 875 8856 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Inc 38 Washington Street Newburyport MA 01950 USA Tel 1 978 225 2030 Fax 1 978 225 2029 e mail info alliedvisiontec com Allied Vision Technologies Asia Pte Ltd 82 Playfair Road 07 02 D Lithium Singapore 368001 Tel 65 6634 9027 Fax 65 6634 902 e mail info alliedvisiontec com DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 4 Introduction Introduction This Manual describes in depth the usage of the DeviceConfig software in combination with AVT Bonito Camera Link cameras Alternatively the software might also be applied to control AVT GigE Vision cameras equipped with a Pleora GigE Vision module Bigeye P Goldeye P and Pearleye P But we recommend to use the serial control interface of AVT AcquireControl software instead Note Please read through this manual carefully For more information e g AcquireControl User Guide see http www alliedvisiontec com emea suppo
3. CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Timer amp Hardware Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 26 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Description 5 Sync Output Configures the synchronization output at pin 6 of the control connector e Effective sensor exposure e Charge transfer pulse Active for one line duration at the end of exposure The end of this pulse marks the end of exposure and at the same time the start of sensor readout e Effective sensor readout e 3 Exposure phase Contrary to Effective sensor exposure this setting shows the exposure phase of the state machine and not the effective exposure of the sensor This allows to synchronize external devices even if the sensor is in permanent exposure mode Note For detailed descriptions of these modes see camera manuals 6 PIV Mode Particle Image Velocimetry PIV mode If enabled the camera outputs two images per trigger event Note For detailed descriptions of these modes see camera manuals 7 Invert Inverts the logic levels of the sync output 8 Exposure Time Exposure time setting The minimum and maximum values depend on the frame duration Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed 9 Frame Duration Frame duration setting Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed Table 13 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Timer amp Hardware
4. DeviceConfig File manager DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 Ee 33 File manager Number Element il Description 1 Information about the used communication channel 2 List of the local file that will be uploaded to the camera 3 List of the files already stored in the camera memory 4 Continue copying When this check box is not selected the copy process will stop in case an on error error occurs 5 Info message 6 Add files Adds one or more files to the list 7 Clear Clears the file list 8 Load job Loads job file Ajob file contains a list of local files that will be uploaded to the camera 9 Save job Saves file list as job file for later use 10 Copy selected Copies only the selected local files to the camera memory 11 Copy all Copies all listed local files to the camera memory 12 Refresh Refreshes file listing 13 Format Formats camera file system 14 Delete file s Deletes selected files from camera file system 15 Close Closes the dialog Table 16 DeviceConfig File manager DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 34 Script processor Script processor The script processor is used for a script based control of the camera Note Consult AVT Application Engineering Team Support before using the script processor Script processor 1 Channel description Unigrab based communication channel hannel configuration COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit
5. Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 27 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Description 10 Framerate Current frame rate setting 1 Frame rate ____ Frame duration Formula 1 Frame rate formula Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed 11 Prescaler Value Decimal timebase parameter K See camera manual for further information Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed Right click to open menu with default values 12 Time Base Time base for all other timing related parameters of the camera Right click to open menu with default values The timebase is defined as K 1 TB 56 MHz Formula 2 Time base formula 13 Baud Rate Baud rate setting of the camera After changing this value the DeviceConfig application has to be configured to the same baud rate by clicking on the Configure button 14 Configure Access to the serial configuration of the DeviceConfig application 15 02 CL1 Enables or disables the serial port on Camera Link connector 02 and accordingly CL1 using 200fps model 16 04 CL2 Enables or disables the serial port on Camera Link connector 04 and accordingly CL2 using 200fps model 17 Control The serial port on the 15 pin D SUB control connector is always activated Table 13 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Timer a
6. Parameters Timer amp Hardware Parameters Image Size amp ROI First Line A 0 0 P First Line B 0 lx Number Of Lines 1726 4 1 BA 12 Line Increment 12 Q 255 FPN Correction 13 Dark Value 24 o 0 255 15 F Active Calibrate 14 Gain Misc 16 17 x1 7 Hw Frame Counter Test Image Generator Read From Camera Rx Tx Debug l Load Defaults Save Defaults Close 25 26 Last command b V1 2 0 build 1251 x64 j aaaaau A PRA EA y Figure 9 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Description 1 Camera Displays the detected camera type In case a communication error occurs it is displayed here too 2 Serial Serial number of the camera 3 Version Firmware version of the connected camera 4 Resolution Resulting resolution of the camera Table 12 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Image Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 22 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Product variant code Frame Rate Cur Max Description Internal ID camera variant Current and maximum frame rate that can be achieved with the current configuration Data Rate Cur Max Current and maximum data rate that can be achieved with the current configuration Image Parameters Tab selector for all image parameters First Line A First line address for ROI A The address c
7. a Serial Over Camera Link port or a Serial Over GigE Port In order to use a Serial Over Camera Link port itis necessary that the Camera Link grabber manufacturer supplies a clser dll library Diagram RS232 port Serial Over Camera Link TRS Grabber cable RS232 Serial Cable 9 pin Sub D jack Camera Link Grabber Serial Over GigE au Camera Link Cable i CAT5 Network Cable eS GigE Network Card Table 3 Serial communication diagrams RS232 Camera Link GigE DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 8 System requirements System requirements PC Notebook e Microsoft Windows XP or Vista or Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit e Current Intel processor dual core or more e 2GB RAM or more Note For direct control via RS232 a corresponding serial port must be available in your system Camera e AVT Bonito Bigeye P Goldeye P Pearleye P camera with Camera Link or GigE interface Interface card e Cameras with GigE interface no frame grabber necessary but Gigabit Ethernet NIC network interface card Most of todays PC systems notebooks are equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet port Make sure that your system is equipped with a corresponding Gigabit Ethernet NIC network interface card e Cameras with Camera Link interface CL frame grabber Note Ask AVT Application Engineering Team Support for recommended CL frame grabbers DeviceConfig User Guide V
8. all commands that were sent while using the dialog 22 Load Defaults Loads default parameters from camera memory Right click to set all parameters to factory defaults 23 Save Defaults Saves current parameters into camera memory 24 Close Closes the window 25 Status bar left Last command sent to the camera 26 Status bar right Dialog version Table 13 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Timer amp Hardware Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 29 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Debug dialog The debug dialog displays all serial communication between the Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog and the camera Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Rx Tx Debug leal Figure 11 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Debug Dialog Number Element Description 1 Serial command output window Special ASCII characters are displayed in braces White Character sent from the application to the camera Bright red Special character sent from the application to the camera Grey Characters received from the camera Darkred Special characters received from the camera 2 Copy Copies the content of the output window into the Windows clipboard 3 Clear Deletes the content of the output window 4 Close Closes the dialog Table 14 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Debug Dialog DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 30 rae il Terminal With the terminal window you can directly access
9. the camera and input all commands described in the camera manual This dialog behaves similar to the Windows HyperTerminal application Terminal Channel description Unigrab based communication channel Channel configuration COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay State open y 1 A 6666 B 6666 C 66 2 D 00 E 666666BE F 666666C6 G 66 I 61 J 61 K 66A7 H 63 N 66BD 66 T 66 U 66 W 18 s 2A gt Wrote Y 1 r to device Figure 12 DeviceConfig Terminal Number Element Description 1 Information about the used communication channel 2 Serial command output window Table 15 DeviceConfig Terminal DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 31 Terminal Number Element il Description 3 Status bar with information about the last command send to the camera 4 Input line for the command Use the cursor Up Down key to access the command history 5 Append CR Automatically appends a Carriage Return character CR to the command before sending it to the camera Default setting is ON 6 Clear Deletes the content of the output window 7 Copy Copies the content of the output window into the Windows clipboard 8 Close Closes the dialog Table 15 DeviceConfig Terminal DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 32 ALLIED Vision Technologies File manager File manager You can use t
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11. 2 0 0 9 ALLIED Vision Technologies Installing DeviceConfig software E Installing DeviceConfig software To install DeviceConfig perform the following steps 1 Download AVT DeviceConfig zip file DeviceConfig_Setup_Vx_y_z zip from the AVT web site Unpack it and start the corresponding exe http www alliedvisiontec com emea products software windows html Welcome to the AVT DeviceConfig Installation Wizard It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this setup program Click Cancel to quit the setup program then dose any programs you have running Click Next to continue the WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Figure 1 AVT DeviceConfig setup Welcome 2 Inthe welcome dialog click Next DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 a SS Se 10 vom ALLIED Installing DeviceConfig software Vision Technologies Installation options Program Files Allied Vision Technologies DeviceConfig V1 4 0 Install location for 32 bit version W Install 32 bit version Program Files x86 lied Vision Technologies De viceConfig V1 4 0 Install startmenu items for Allusers Current user Figure 2 AVT DeviceConfig setup In
12. 6 Cancel Rejects adjustments and closes dialog Table 10 DeviceConfig Configure CL communication device DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 19 Main window Depending on the used Camera Link frame grabber the clser dll is Located in different folders Camera Link frame grabber Used folder for clser dll National Instruments C Windows system32 clsernat dll or C Windows SysWOW64 clsernat dll Silicon Software C Windows system32 clserme4 dll or C Windows SysWOW64 clserme4 dll or C CameraLink clserme4 dll BitFlow C Program Files BitFlow SDK x xx Bin Matrox C Windows system32 clsermtx dll or C Windows SysWOW64 clsermtx dll Table 11 Used folders of different Camera Link frame grabbers DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 20 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog This module allows complete control over the Bonito camera family Every serial command described in the camera head manual is mapped to a control which makes it easy to adjust the settings The settings are divided into Image Parameters and Timer amp Hardware Parameters All changes made within the dialog directly affect the camera DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 21 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Image Parameters Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Camera Serial Version C 4 i Frame Rate Cur Max Resolution x Data Rate Cur Max p Image
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15. User Guide V2 0 0 12 Main window Number Element 5 il Description This list displays all available device controller modules Currently the following modules are included e Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Easy to use configuration dialog for the Bonito camera series e Terminal Terminal window to access the camera directly e File Manager Used to upload files to the camera Script Processor Used for a script based control of the camera e g automatic configuration 6 Add Device Controller Adds a new device controller module i e for a new Camera Control Dialog provided by AVT 7 Close Close application Table 4 Main window DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 13 Main window Configure port This dialog is used to configure the application for a certain communication port Unigrab configuration dialog i Select grabber Dummy grabber Grabber options UniGrabD ummy dll Select camera Voxelspace Select gfx mode 640 512 Select communication device COM1 Serial Port Communication device options 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms aa 7 8 Figure 4 DeviceConfig Unigrab configuration dialog Number Element Description 1 Select grabber Click here to change the used grabber communication channel type 2 Grabber options Opens a dialog for additional settings for some g
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17. active Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed 15 Active Activates or deactivates the fixed pattern noise FPN correction 16 Calibrate The fixed pattern noise may increase after Longer time of operation or major changes in temperature For best results prevent light reaching the sensor during recalibration After calibrating the camera the correction is automatically enabled 17 Gain Sets the digital gain level of the camera 18 HW Frame Counter Enables or disables the hardware frame counter overlay This might be necessary if the used grabber software needs a synchronization method when working in the 2 x 10 tap mode 19 Test Image Generator Enables or disables the internal test image generator of the camera Table 12 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Image Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 23 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Description il 20 Read From Camera Reloads all current parameters from the camera 21 Rx Tx Debug Opens a debug window to display all commands that were sent while using the dialog 22 Load Defaults Load default parameters from camera memory Right click to set all parameters to factory defaults 23 Save Defaults Saves current parameters into camera memory 24 Close Closes the window 25 Status bar left Last command sent to the camera 26 S
18. byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay State open 2 Script T Figure 14 DeviceConfig Script processor Number Element Description 1 Information about the used communication channel 2 Log Output of the script 3 Script file Filename and path of the used script file 4 Browse for a new script file 5 Copy Copies the script output to the Windows clipboard 6 New Script Creates a new script file on hard disc 7 Edit script Opens a text editor to edit the script file 8 Execute script Executes loaded script file 9 Close Closes the dialog Figure 15 DeviceConfig Script processor DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 35 Index Index A ACUV E E ea nekietes 23 Add Device Controller button cceeee 13 Add files button ceeeecceeseeceeeeceeseeeeees 34 Append CR button cccessccceeeeceeeeeeeees 32 ASCH characters oessa 30 B Baud Ratni unran raai 28 ba d rate ess sessed eecsesSeteicades cadences ceed inai 19 BitFlow frame grabber cssecceeseeeee eens 20 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog cececeececeescceesceeeeees 21 Control Dialog module ceceeeeee 13 Debug Dialog ccsscccceseeceseeceeseeees 30 Image Parameters scceesescesceeseeeees 22 Timer amp Hardware Parameters 000 25 BO GH bred wscies ccccessccesdsacedsdeassceasdcteveccaseses 30 c Cali brates vesvidcecsv
19. ect Grabber Dummy grabber Grabber Options Don t care Select Camera Don t care Select gfx mode Don t care Click New and select Camera Link port See Chapter Select communication device on page 16 Comm device options Settings depend on the used camera Defaultis 115200 baud no parity 8 bit 1 stop bit no handshake delay 1 ms Table 6 Adjustments depending on communication port DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 15 ALLIED Vision Technologies Main window Select communication device To select the desired communication device use this dialog Ssa corae Type Description Configuration COM1 COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay COM2 COM2 SerialPort 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay OM3 COM3 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay COM4 COM4 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay Figure 5 DeviceConfig Select Command Interface Number Element Description 1 Lists all available communication interfaces 2 OK Confirms adjustments and closes dialog 3 New Create a new communication device You can either create a new system serial port or a Camera Link serial port see Chapter Serial Over Camera Link on page 19 4 Edit Edit
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21. elay between characters 4 OK Confirms adjustments and closes dialog 5 Cancel Rejects adjustments and closes dialog Table 9 DeviceConfig Configure Pleora communication device DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 18 Main window il Serial Over Camera Link In order to use a Serial Over Camera Link channel the Camera Link grabber manufacturer has to provide a standardized library The naming scheme of these libraries is clser dll After selecting the library all available grabber communication channels are listed within the dialog Note The channels are only listed when the grabber is available The architecture of the selected library must fit to the architecture of the DeviceConfig application e The 32 bit x86 application needs a 32 bit clser dll e The 64 bit x64 application needs a 64 bit clser dll Configure CL communication device 127 0 0 1 imaQ 0 127 0 0 1 img1 0 Speed Intercharacter delay ms CameraLink DII clsernat dll Figure 8 DeviceConfig Configure CL communication device Number Element Description 1 Lists all available ports the grabber supplies The name of the port depends on the grabber manufacturer 2 Speed Used baud rate The default value is 115200 baud 3 Intercharacter delay ms Adjusts the delay between characters 4 re Browse for the Serial Over Camera Link library 5 OK Confirms adjustments and closes dialog
22. he file manager dialog to upload specific config files to a camera e g correction data files for cameras of Goldeye or Pearleye series Caution Consult AVT Application Engineering Team Support before using file manager Be very careful using the file manager You might configure the camera in a way that it has to be recalibrated in the AVT factory Channel description Unigrab based communication channel Channel configuration COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No pagity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharadfer delay ina open Local Device Filename File ID File ty File n FielD Filtype File size F Goldeye_P 032_SN00096_1 GO_636 508x12 1_GRE 0 norn F Goldeye_P 032_SNO00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREw 0 nom F Goldeye_P 032_SN00096_1 GO_636 508x12 1_GREY norm F Goldeye_P 032_SN00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREY norm F Goldeye_P 032_SNO00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREY norm F Goldeye_P 032_SNO00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GRE norm F Goldeye_P 032_SNO00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREY nom F Goldeye_P 032_SN00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREY norm F Goldeye_P 032_SN00096_1 GO_636 50812 1_GRE Y norm F Goldeye_P 032_SNO00096_1 GO_636 508 12 1_GREY nom m gt Could not read device directory Q YZ Continue copying on error Unexpected response from device Clear J Load job Save job Copy selected gt Delete file s oooqooqoo oe O Figure 13
23. he suitability for specific applications or the non breaking of laws and pat ents Even if we assume that the information supplied to us is accurate errors and inaccuracy may still occur Copyright All texts pictures and graphics are protected by copyright and other laws protecting intellectual property Itis not permitted to copy or modify them for trade use or transfer nor may they be used on web sites Allied Vision Technologies GmbH 04 2012 All rights reserved Managing Director Mr Frank Grube Tax ID DE 184383113 Headquarters Taschenweg 2A D 07646 Stadtroda Germany Tel 49 0 36428 6770 Fax 49 0 36428 677 28 e mail info alliedvisiontec com DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 2 il Contents Contacting Allied Vision Technologies 0 00 ccce 4 Introduction aes essa cetczceucxchs tectesutosasdasdincausiontarstintensdtstannsesctontitunsuiedsecnasnavenctosse 5 Document MSAN osc ccsusveniss Soedesteaeeds taced esae E eE a E dea EEE A EE ETENE 5 M nual OVErVIOW sacicessiecvesesvceccbede sanne EEE EEEE ELEELE E EE EEE EREE aKa 5 Conventions used in this manual sesssssssssesssessscsssesssessssessosseessesssessssosssesseessessessssessseess 6 SLYLOS EE A E E EE E ET 6 SVMDOUS eena a a a aa a e a E EES 6 Before Operation s a desaire a aE 7 OE cenana aa aa a ai ai 8 System requirements 2000 ccccccscsscesssscssesssssssscsssessseeesserees 9 PCY Not b k sccicscsinsintiarcins vaaievecpusl ione
24. lement 1 Timer amp Hardware Parameters il Description Tab selector for timing and hardware related parameters 2 Exposure Timing Mode Set of the exposure control mode Possible values are Continuous The camera outputs images as fast as possible in a free running mode Image On Demand 10D The exposure is directly controlled by an externally applied signal Image On Demand 10D with Exposure Timer The exposure is started by an externally applied signal and the time is controlled by the parameter Exposure Time Image On Demand 10D with Exposure Timer and FDT This mode is also free running but exposure time and frame duration is set using the parameters Exposure Time and Frame Duration accordingly Note For detailed descriptions of these modes see camera manual 3 Trigger Source Sync Source Exp Control Source This parameter selects the signal source for triggering and exposure control 4 Exp Feature Mode Controls the way the exposure signal is used Standard mode Normal operating mode Enhanced full well 3T mode The full frame shutter is not available in this mode The sensor operates in rolling shutter mode with an effective shutter time that equals the frame duration Permanent exposure mode Used to maximize the exposure time Here the exposure time equals the frame duration Note For detailed descriptions of these modes see camera manuals Table 13 Bonito
25. mp Hardware Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 28 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number Element Description 18 Camera Link Output Mode Controls the Camera Link output mode Possible values are e 1x 10 tap 1x 2320 columns Single channel mode 193 frames per second with line length of 2320 pixels The camera utilizes one Camera Link 10 tap channel It allows only half of the maximum frame rate but also produces less noise in the image because the sensor clock frequency is reduced e 2x 10 tap 2 x 1160 columns Dual channel mode 386 frames per second with line length of 2 x 1160 2320 pixels The image is split vertically into a left and a right half Thus each half has a horizontal size of 1160 pixels and is output separately on its own Camera Link 10 tap channel The Left half travels via the left Camera Link channel at the connectors 02 01 or CL1 CL2 and the right half travels via 04 03 respectively e 2x10 tap 2x 1120 columns Dual channel mode 386 frames per second with line length of 2 x 1120 2240 pixels For frame grabber compatibility reasons some pixel columns at the left and right side of the full image are dropped so that the line length of each half image is divisible by 16 19 Swap image halfs If dual channel mode is used Swaps the left and right image halfs 20 Read From Camera Reloads all current parameters from the camera 21 Rx Tx Debug Opens a debug window to display
26. ounter starts with 0 The value can be set directly or with a slider control Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed Right click on the slider to directly set presets for top center and bottom 10 First Line B Enables or disables the double ROI mode In this mode the camera outputs two equally sized regions of interest 11 First Line B First line address for ROI B The address counter starts with 0 The value can be set directly or with a slider control Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed 12 Number Of Lines The number of lines per frame Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed Right click on the slider to directly set a certain frame rate 13 Line Increment The line address increment value is added to the current address at the end of each line read out from the sensor Setting values greater than one will skip lines accordingly In conjunction with a reduced number of lines this is useful to gain higher frame rates without diminishing the field of view Besides the slider control the minimum and maximum values are displayed 14 Dark Value This value is added after subtraction of the fixed pattern noise FPN correction data The offset is used to adjust the dark level and avoid clipping of pixels to black in low light situations It is only applied when the fixed pattern noise correction is
27. rabbers For GigE grabbers the IP address is set here 3 Select camera Selects the camera model Not relevant here 4 Select gfx mode Selects the video mode Not relevant here 5 Select communication device Selects which communication channel device should be used 6 Communication device options Adjustments regarding the communication device e g baud rate 7 OK Confirmation of adjustments and closing of dialog 8 Cancel Rejection of adjustments and closing of dialog Table 5 DeviceConfig Unigrab configuration dialog DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 14 Main window Communication port il In dependence of the communication port the following adjustments should be used RS232 Port Serial Over GigE Pleora iPORT Serial Over Camera Link Element Description Select Grabber Dummy grabber Grabber Options Don t care Select Camera Don t care Select gfx mode Don t care Select communication device System COM Port you want to use Comm device options Settings depend on the used camera Defaultis 115200 baud no parity 8 bit 1 stop bit no handshake delay 1 ms Select communication device Select Grabber Gigabit Ethernet Pleora iPORT Grabber Options Select the camera you want to access here Select Camera Don t care Select gfx mode Don t care Select communication device Pleora Camera Link Serial Port Comm device options 8N1 115200 Sel
28. rt downloads product literature html Document history Description V2 0 0 05 04 12 DeviceConfig User Guide release status Table 1 Document history Manual overview This manual overview outlines the contents of each chapter of this manual e Chapter Contacting Allied Vision Technologies on page 4 lists AVT contact data phone numbers and URLs for both Technical information ordering Commercial information e Chapter Introduction on page 5 this chapter gives you the document history a manual overview short description of each chapter and conventions used in this manual styles and symbols e Chapter Overview on page 8 lists applications of DeviceConfig and the system requirements e Chapter Main window on page 12 gives you descriptions how to configure communication ports using the main windows of DeviceConfig e Chapter Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog on page 21 gives you descriptions how to control Bonito cameras using the Control Dialog of DeviceConfig DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 5 Introduction il Chapter Terminal on page 31 gives you descriptions how to directly access the camera and input all commands using the terminal function of DeviceConfig Chapter File manager on page 33 describes how to upload files to the camera using the file manager of DeviceConfig Chapter Script processor on page 35 describes how to control the camera via scripts Chapter Index on page 36 gives yo
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30. settings for currently selects communication device 5 Cancel Rejects adjustments and closes dialog Table 7 DeviceConfig Select Command Interface DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 16 Main window il Communication device options RS232 port To configure a system COM port use the following dialog Select Serial Port Com Port COMI Intercharacter Delay ms 1 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 Configure f Capel 5 Figure 6 DeviceConfig Select Serial Port Number Element Description 1 Com Port Selects the COM port to configure 2 Intercharacter delay ms Adjusts the delay between characters 3 Configure Opens the system dialog for COM port setup 4 Current configuration 5 OK Confirms adjustments and closes dialog 6 Cancel Rejects adjustments and closes dialog Table 8 DeviceConfig Select Serial Port DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 17 Main window Serial Over GigE To configure a Pleora GigE port use the following dialog Serial port 1 Configuration string 8N1 115200 Intercharacter delay ms Figure 7 DeviceConfig Configure Pleora communication device Number Element Description 1 Lists all available ports The default port is Serial port 0 2 Configuration string Configuration string for the selected port The default string is 8N1 115200 3 Intercharacter delay ms Adjusts the d
31. stallation options 3 Select installation options Ifthe software is installed on a 64 bit operating system you can choose to install the 32 bit version additionally Choose whether the startmenu items should be installed for All users or for the Current user only 4 Click Next and then Install to start the installation process 5 Inthe final dialog you can choose to start the software directly to show the Release Notes 6 Click Finish to exit the installer DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 11 Main window il Main window After starting the software the following main window appears Ss DeviceConfig V1 4 0 build 1011 x64 Configuration ort description Unigrab based communication channel Port configuration COM1 Serial Port 115200 baud No parity 8 bit byte 1 stopbit s No handshake 1 ms intercharacter delay State closed Configure port Open port Device controller Double click on an entry to start P Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Terminal File Manager Script Processor Add Device Controller Figure 3 DeviceConfig Main window Number Element Description 1 Display of the current communication setup and state 2 Configure port Opens a dialog for configuring the communication port to the camera 3 Open port Opens the selected communication port 4 Close port Closes the selected communication port Table 4 Main window DeviceConfig
32. tatus bar right Dialog version Table 12 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Image Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 24 C I Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog A cect et aad Timer amp Hardware Parameters Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Camera Bonito CL C 4000 CMOS High Speed Camera Serial a Product Variant Code Version Ch i Frame Rate Cur Max Resolution 2320 6 Data Rate Cur Max Image Paranais Timer amp Hardware Parameters p G Timer Exp Timing Mode Image On Demand IOD with Exposure Timer amp FDT v Sync Source CC1 Exp Feature Mode Standard vo Z E PIV Mode Synce Output Charge transfer pulse X E Invert Exposure Time ms 5 1780 0 Esc Frame Duration ms 5 1840 0 300 00 Framerate Hz 192 901 GERBER Prescaler value 167 Q 1024 Time Base ns 3000 000 J 18303 7 Serial Port Camera Link Output Mode Baud hae kapuk 1 Grs 2320 cal Configure i Q Swap image halfs Q Read From Camera Rx Tx Debug Load Defaults Save Defaults l Close Last com d b V1 2 0 byfd 1251 x64 CLSA gh 0ST Figure 10 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Timer amp Hardware Parameters DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 25 Bonito CL 400 CMC 4000 Control Dialog Number E
33. u quick access to all relevant data in this manual Conventions used in this manual To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important information the following typographical styles and symbols are used Styles Style Function Example Bold Programs inputs or highlighting bold important things Courier Code listings etc Input Upper case Register REGISTER Italics Modes fields Mode Parentheses and or blue Links Link Table 2 Styles Symbols This symbol highlights important information This symbol highlights important instructions You have to follow these instructions to avoid malfunctions DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 6 ALLIED Vision Technologies Introduction www This symbol highlights URLs for further information The URL itself is shown in blue Cee Example http www alliedvisiontec com Before operation Target group This Manual is the guide for all users who want to access the extended serial configuration parameters of their cameras with DeviceConfig Note Please read through this manual carefully before operating the camera DeviceConfig User Guide V2 0 0 TE 7 Overview Overview Interface il You can use the DeviceConfig application to establish a serial communication channel to an AVT Bonito CL Goldeye P Pearleye P or Bigeye P camera The serial communication can be established via a standard RS232 port
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