External Trigger Signal Delay (Negative polarity trigger signal) ..........23 6.2.6.3 Measured External Trigger Signal Delay through Opt-Isolated Port (Line 0) ......24 6.2.6.4 Measured External Trigger Signal Delay through Open Collector GPIO Port (Line 2) .... 25 STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 2/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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No.19S208-00 Dimensions ......................26 STC-MBS881POE ........................26 STC-MCS881POE ........................27 Sensor Information .................... 28 Pixel Transferring Image ......................28 Camera Operational Modes ................29 Normal Mode ........................... 29 Pulse width trigger mode....................... 30 Timing .............................. 30 Exposure Timing with Positive Polarity Trigger Signal ..............31 Exposure Timing with Negative Polarity Trigger Signal ...............
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Do not use with out of power voltage range Do not wrong wiring. that is specified in the specifications for this This will cause of fire or malfunction. camera. This will cause of fire, electrification or malfunction. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 6/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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It is turn off the camera when maintaining or This will cause of fire, electrification or inspecting the camera. malfunction. This will cause of electrification. [Disposal] Caution It is necessary to dispose as industrial waste. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 7/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Exchange or repair the malfunction camera if the malfunction is occurred by our responsibility. “Warranty” mean is warranty for the delivered camera itself. Please accept the induction damage by the camera malfunction is not included. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 8/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 9/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
No.19S208-00 Overview This document describes the specification of the following cameras: STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE Features GigE Interface Support PoE (Power over Ethernet) Small robust camera housing Maximum frame rate (Full resolution): 12.4 fps @ 8.9M 8bits ...
Input Voltage (*2) +10.8 to +26.4 Vdc External power (via 6 pin connector) / Power Over Ethernet (IEEE802.3af) Consumption +12 V / +24 V: 4.3 W, PoE: 4.6 W Default: Bold STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 11/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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Black Level Optimum Target Luminance IM-600 (Topcon) Gamma Factory Setting (*2) The camera operates with external power when power suppling by external power supply and PoE to camera at same time. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 12/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Ethernet connector: RJ45 connector Power- I/O connector: HR10A-7R-6PB (Hirose) or equivalent Camera Mounting Eight M4 screw holes (Four on top and bottom plates) Weight Approximately 100 g (*1) Excluding the connectors STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 14/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
75 deg. C, the camera housing temperature (top plate) will be less than 63 deg. C. Taking these steps will maintain the heat rating of the electronic components of the camera. Upper side of camera Measuring point STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 15/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Yellow light: Blinking 1 GB Transferring 100 MB Transferring Please use a 1GB supported NIC, Network Switcher and Ethernet cable. Check the setting of NIC and Network Switcher being used is “1GB transferring”. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 16/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
8) Debounced Line 2 9) User Output 1 10) User Output 2 11) Timer 0 Active 12) Software Signal 0 13) Software Signal 1 14) Logic Block 0 15) Pulse Per Second STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 17/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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Selected signal for “Software Signal 1” at “Software Signal Control” is out. 14) Logic Block 0 “Logic Block 0” signal is out. 15) Pulse Per Second “Pulse / second” signal (50% Duty, 1 Hz interval) is out. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 18/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
The camera has current limiting circuit on camera. The current limiting resistor does not necessary. Opto-isolated output It is necessary to have current limiting resistor at outside of camera, to keep less than 50 mA. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 19/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
The camera inside circuit may get damage if accidentally uses as output without current limiting resistor. For safety, please add current limiting resistor even use as input. a) Open Collector GPIO uses as output b) Open Collector GIPO uses as input STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 20/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
External Trigger Signal External Trigger Signal with camera internal delay Tdelay 6.2.6.2 External Trigger Signal Delay (Negative polarity trigger signal) External Trigger Signal External Trigger Signal with camera internal delay Tdelay STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 23/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
2 μseconds +24 V 53.2 μseconds 2 μseconds Note. Please use this measured delay as reference. The delay time may fluctuate depending on photo coupler variation, pull-up voltage and pull-up resister. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 24/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
2.2 μseconds 2 μseconds +24 V 0.8 μseconds 2 μseconds Note. Please use this measured delay as reference. The delay time may fluctuate depending on transistor variation, pull-up voltage and pull-up resister. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 25/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
No.19S208-00 Dimensions STC-MBS881POE Top and bottom plates are same design 4-M4 depth4 Right and left plates are same design 14.5 50.5 54.5 1”-32UNF (C mount) 43.5 Unit: mm STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 26/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
No.19S208-00 STC-MCS881POE Top and bottom plates are same design Right and left plates are same design 4-M4 depth4 14.5 50.5 54.5 1”-32UNF (C mount) 43.5 Unit: mm STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 27/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Pixel (m) of Data: mth pixel being transferred STC-MCS881POE (Color) Pixel 11 Pixel 21 of Data of Data Pixel 12 Pixel 22 of Data of Data Pixel (m, n) of Data: mth pixel of nth line being transferred STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 28/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
No.19S208-00 Camera Operational Modes Normal Mode Exposure Time Expose Image out * The exposure time for each line is same. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 29/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
The expose period is low states of trigger signal. Timing Trigger signal (Positive polarity) Expose Image out Note: The exposure time is active pulse duration of trigger signal. Please refers “Exposure Timing” for more details. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 30/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
In this trigger mode with negative polarity, the expose starts at falling edge of trigger signal. The exposure duration time is based on preset exposure setting stored by camera setting communication. Timing Trigger signal (Positive polarity) Expose Image out Note: The exposure time is “Exposure Time” on GenICam setting. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 33/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
“Line Debounce Time” setting time. Please input trigger signal has more than “Line Debounce Time” time active pulse width trigger signal. Note 2: Please refers “5.2.6 External Hardware Trigger Input Delay” for more details about “External hardware trigger delay”. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 34/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
However, if the trigger signal input while exposing with previous trigger signal or output image, trigger signal is disregard. Timing Trigger signal (Positive polarity) Expose Image out Note: The exposure time is “Exposure Time” on GenICam setting. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 35/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
ROM that is selected at Settings “UserSetSelector”. Caution: Default Selector “UserSetSave” CANNOT execute when “Default” was selected at “UserSetSelector” UserSetSelector Setting Procedure 1. Selects “UserSet X” at “UserSetSelector” 2. Execute “UserSetSave” STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 36/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Camera Settings Initialization Please follow the procedure in below for camera settings put back to factory default settings. Setting Procedure Selects “Default” at “UserSetSelector”. Executes “UserSetLoad”. Select “UserSet X” at “UserSetSelector”. Executes “UserSetSave”. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 37/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
IEnumeration Type Selects control gain DigitalAll: Digital Gain DigitalGain IFloat Type Digital Gain Range: 0 to 255 Default: 0 Digital Gain Formula Gain (x times) = 1 + (“Digital Gain” / 128) STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 38/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
The lower limit of signal is clamped at this setting level. The signal does not lower than this. GenICam Parameters BlackLevel IFloat Type Black Level Range: 12bits output: 0 to 240 10bits output: 0 to 60 8bits output: 0 to 15 Default: 0 STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 39/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Default: 1 * Sets 10 on Region 4 only Sets the weight for each weight area. AutoLuminancePeak IInteger Type Importance ratio for the brightness peak at ALC control. Range: 0 to 255 Default: 0 STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 40/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
The brightness of image maintains to “AutoLuminanceTarget” with AGC and auto shutter functions. If AGC and auto shutter are ON for ALC control, auto shutter function maintains brightness first. The AGC function maintains brightness if brightness cannot maintain to “AutoLuminanceTarget” with auto shutter. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 41/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Range: 0 to 208 Default: 0 This cannot be set greater than “GainAutoLimitMax” GainAutoLimitMax IFloat Type Maximum gain for AGC [GainSelector] Range: 0 to 208 Default: 208 This cannot be set smaller than “GainAutoLimitMin” STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 42/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
3. Sets “GainAutoLimitMin” and “GainAutoLimitMax” when using AGC function. 4. Sets “Continuous” for “ExposureAuto” when using auto shutter function. 5. Sets “ExposureAutoLimitMin” and “ExposureAutoLimitMax” when using auto shutter function. 6. Sets “AutoLuminanceTarget”. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 43/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Sets “OFF” at “BalanceWhiteAuto” automatically after sets “BalanceRatio” for all colors. Push to set white balance setting procedure 1. Sets the flat white target then acquires image. 2. Sets “Once” at “BalanceWhiteAuto”. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 44/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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1. Selects “Preset0” to “Preset2” at “BalanceWhiteAuto”. 2. Selects adjusting color from Red, Green or Blue at “BalanceRatioSelector”. 3. Sets gain for selected adjusting color at “BalanceRatio”. The settings can be save into camera with “UserSetControl” function. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 45/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Vertical offset (in line) for region 0 OffsetY Range: 0 to 2,159 Default: 0 The white balance calculation region settings are like below: BalanceWhite AutoOffsetY White balance gain BalanceWhite calculation region 0 AutoHeight BalanceWhite BalanceWhite AutoOffsetX AutoWidth STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 46/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
OffsetY IInteger Type Vertical offset for output image (in line) Range: 0 to 2,156 Default: 0 Adjustable steps: 4 The ROI region settings are below: OffsetY Height ROI region OffsetX Width STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 47/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
(*1) Decimation cannot change horizontal only or vertical only. Selection applies for horizontal and vertical. (*2) It is necessary to change exposure time (to shorten exposure time), to increase frame rate when using Decimation. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 48/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Camera Action 0 Trigger Delay Timing Generator Software Signal 0 Software Signal 1 Sensor Logic Block 0 Trigger Source The trigger signal is selectable by GenICam commands. TriggerSource: select trigger type STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 49/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Range: 0 to 4,095 LUTValue IInteger Type The output value for input value that specifies by index Range: 0 to 4,095 4095 4095 LUT Index e.g. LUT usage (low brightness level enhancement) STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 50/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
False: None FFC applied image is acquired. FFCIndex IInteger Type The index of area for FFC function Range: 0 to 8,900 8,772 8,900 FFCValue IInteger Type The FFC value for selected index area. Range: 0 to 1,023 STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 51/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
* Note1: Please sets “OFF” for “Trigger mode” as free-run operation when using FFC function. * Note2: Please adjusts “Exposure Time” to acquiring “50%” brightness level of image when using FFC function. * Note3: Please uses FFC function again when changing lens or light source STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 52/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Horizontal position for selected index for process defective pixel correction Range: 0 to 4.095 Default: 0 PixelCorrectionY IInteger Type Vertical position for selected index for process defective pixel correction Range: 0 to 2,159 Default: 0 STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 53/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
CounterReset IEnumeration Type Polarity of reference signal to reset counter Activation CounterReset ICommand Type Rest switch “Activate as switch when selecting “Software” at “CounterResetSource” CounterValue IInteger Type Returns number of counter STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 54/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
IInteger Type Select camera to apply action command Logical AND of Group Mask of camera and Group Mask of action command is 1 for any bit of 32bits, camera executes action command. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 56/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Defined delay between master device and slave device by comparing these messages. If time difference between master device and slave device is occurred, adjust internal clock of slave device to synchronize to master device. Synchronize clock regularly to correcting time drift. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 57/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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Timestamp, action command will be scheduled automatically and each camera start exposing at same time. ActionControl setting is required when action command generating. IEEE1588 PTP supported Switching HUB M: Master S: Slave e.g. PTP configuration STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 58/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Sub minor version of the Transport Layer of the device. DeviceMaxThroughput Maximum bandwidth of the data that can be streamed out of the device. DeviceLinkSelector Selects which Link of the device to control. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 59/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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Latches the current timestamp counter into Timestamp Latch Value. TimestampLatchValue Returns the latched value of the timestamp counter. DeviceUserMemory Read / Write the user data from / to the non-volatile memory. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 60/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Selects which test pattern generator is controlled by the Test Pattern feature. TestPattern Selects the type of test pattern that is generated by the device as [TestPatternGeneratorSelector] image source. TestPatternInputValue Test Pattern Input Value [TestPatternGeneratorSelector] STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 61/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Sets the automatic exposure mode when Exposure Mode is Timed. ExposureAutoLimitMin Determine the lower limit of exposure time when Exposure Auto is set to Continuous. ExposureAutoLimitMax Determine the upper limit of exposure time when Exposure Auto is set to Continuous. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 62/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Determine X offset of targeted region for auto white balance. [BalanceWhiteAutoRegionSelector] (STC-MCS881POE) BalanceWhiteAutoOffsetY Determine Y offset of targeted region for auto white balance. [BalanceWhiteAutoRegionSelector] (STC-MCS881POE) Gamma Controls the gamma correction of pixel intensity. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 63/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Returns the Value at entry FFC Index of the FFC table. FFCValueAll [FFCSelector] Accesses all the FFC table coefficients in a signal access without using individual FFC Index. This feature can only be accessed programmatically. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 64/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Selects if the selected Logic Block Input source signal is inverted. [LogicBlockSelector] [LogicBlockInputSelector] SoftwareSignalControl 11.9 Name Description SoftwareSignalSelector Selects which Software Signal features to control. SoftwareSignalPulse Generates a pulse signal that can be used as a software trigger. [SoftwareSignalSelector] STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 65/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Selects the source of the trigger to start the Timer. TimerTriggerActivation [TimerSelector] Selects the activation mode of the trigger to start the Timer. TimerValue [TimerSelector] Reads or writes the current value (in microseconds) of the selected Timer. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 66/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Save the User Set specified by User Set Selector to the non-volatile memory of the device. UserSetDefault Selects the feature User Set to load and make active by default when the device is reset. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 67/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Provides the mask that the device will use to validate the action on reception of the action protocol message. ActionGroupKey [ActionSelector] Provides the key that the device will use to validate the action on reception of the action protocol message. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 68/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Represents the file operation result. [FileSelector] [FileOperationSelector] FileSize [FileSelector] Represents the size of the selected file in bytes. TestControl 11.16 Name Description TestPendingAck Tests the device's pending acknowledge feature. TestEventGenerate Generates a Test Event. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 69/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Controls the Persistent subnet mask associated with the Persistent IP [GevInterfaceSelector] address on this logical link. GevPersistentDefaultGateway Controls the persistent default gateway for this logical link. [GevInterfaceSelector] GevGVCPExtendedStatusCodesSelector Selects the GigE Vision version to control extended status codes for. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 70/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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GVSP transmitter must send data stream or the destination IP address from which a GVSP receiver may receive data stream. GevSCSP [GevStreamChannelSelector] Indicates the source port of the stream channel. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 71/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
Note: Product specifications would be changed without notification. GigE Vision is trademark of AIA. GenICam is trademark of EMVA. Other company names and product names in this document are trademarks of their respective owners. STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 72/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...
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No.19S208-00 19F, Ebina Prime Tower 9-50, Chuo 2 chome Ebina-city, Kanagawa 243-0432 Japan TEL 81-46-236-6660 FAX 81-46-236-6661 URL http://www.sentech.co.jp/ STC-MBS881POE / STC-MCS881POE 73/73 Product Specifications and User’s Guide...