Summary of Contents for MEGAPLUS GigE Vision
- Page 1 ® MEGAPLUS GigE Vision™ Features Guide (Customer Edition) 4411-0128, Rev. A July 28, 2009...
- Page 2 Printed in the United States of America. GigE Vision is a trademark of the Automated Imaging Association. MEGAPLUS is a registered trademark of Redlake MASD, LLC LTD LIAB CO. National Instruments and NI are registered trademarks of National Instruments Corporation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Section 1. Introduction ....................... 1 Purpose ........................1 GigE Vision™ Features Nomenclature and Structure ..........1 Section 2. Camera Attributes ..................... 3 Acquisition and Trigger Controls .................. 3 Analog Controls ......................4 Custom Features ......................4 Device Information ......................10 Image Size Control .....................10... - Page 4 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) This page intentionally left blank. 4411-0128, Rev. A 07/28/09...
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Page 5: Section 1. Introduction
Vision compliant cameras. 1.2 GigE Vision™ Features Nomenclature and Structure Typically, GigE Vision Features are organized in a hierarchy of complexity: simple, intermediate, advanced, and invisible. Since the exact contents of a level may vary from application to application, this information is not included in the descriptions of the features. As a quick reference, the definition of the each level is provided below: ... - Page 6 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) This page intentionally left blank. 4411-0128, Rev. A 07/28/09...
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Page 7: Section 2. Camera Attributes
Integration time is the amount of time the sensor collects photons for a single acquisition. Important Things to Know MEGAPLUS offers two integration time controls: one for free-run integration time and one for triggered operation. If you are running the camera in triggered mode, you must use the TriggerIntTime feature to control integration time. -
Page 8: Analog Controls
Binning is supported with monochrome sensors only. Caution: The MEGAPLUS software and firmware allow binning levels to be specified for a color camera head and the camera will apply binning for that head. However, it should be noted that the binning process is not color-aware and will not account for pixel color in the binning process. - Page 9 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) Bit 0 Bit 1 Start Bit Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Total Bits Bit 6 Bit 7 Bit 8 Bit 9 Bit 10 Bit 11 This provides a windowing function that enables the user to specify which of the available data bits are output.
- Page 10 For the minimum integration time for your camera, refer to the appropriate camera specification table in “Camera Component Specifications” section in the MEGAPLUS User Manual. Min: 0.1 µsec, Max: 999 µsec ExposureTimeMax: (Read) This feature returns the Value relating to the maximum exposure time.
- Page 11 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) GreenGain: (R/W) This feature sets/returns the analog gain value for the specified head (or tap where appropriate). Head and sensor tap are set by previously defined individual commands. Min: 1, Max: 63 HeadFanState: (R/W) This feature turns the head cooler fan on/off state for a camera with a fan.
- Page 12 Not all camera heads will support dual tap readout. The MEGAPLUS full-frame heads including the ES 1602*/3 and ES 3200 do not support dual tap operation. The effect of this function in custom mixed-sensor configurations will be defined per application.
- Page 13 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) Triggered mode operation provides a larger range of integration times. Free-run integration time is limited to one frame-readout time at the current clock rate. TriggerState: (R/W) This feature turns triggering ON or OFF. When triggering is enabled (checked), the camera will recognize and respond to trigger events in the manner dictated by the trigger mode.
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Page 14: Device Information
MEGAPLUS EC11000 Color camera and single-head GigE Vision controller as of 07/07/09. The intent is to provide examples of what the user would see. Actual information will vary based on the camera and controller that is being used. - Page 15 This value must always be coherent with the PixelFormat feature. PixelFormat: (R/W) This feature indicates the format of the pixel to use during the acquisition. Values of the enumeration and the pixel formatting correspond to the GigE Vision specification. It contains all the information provided by PixelCoding, PixelSize, PixelColorFilter but combined in one single value.
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Page 17: Appendix A - Alphabetical Listing Of Gige Features
Appendix A – Alphabetical Listing of GigE Features GigE Feature Name Page Number ActiveHead (R/W) AppVersion (Read) Binning (R/W) BitWindow (R/W) BlueGain (R/W) Brightness (R/W) CamPixClkFrequency (Read) CamPixClkSpeed (R/W) ConsoleTempBot (Read) ConsoleTempPS (Read) ConsoleTempTop (Read) DefectConceal (R/W) DoubleExposureTPD (R/W) ExposureTimeAbs (R/W) ExposureTimeMax (Read) FlatFieldNormalization (R/W) FpgaVersion (Read) - Page 18 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) GigE Feature Name Page Number StrobeDelay (R/W) StrobePolarity (R/W) TriggeringMode (R/W) TriggeringSource (R/W) TriggerInputPolarity (R/W) TriggerIntTime (R/W) TriggerSoftware (Write) TriggerState (R/W) WhiteBalanceAuto WhiteBalanceBlue (R/W) WhiteBalanceRed (R/W) 4411-0128, Rev. A 07/28/09...
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Page 19: Revision History
Revision History 4411-0128, Rev A. 7/28/09. 4411-0128 Rev. A 07/28/09... - Page 20 MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Guide (Customer Edition) This page intentionally left blank. 4411-0128, Rev. A 07/28/09...
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