Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual UD01715B...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Cautions: Make sure the power supply voltage is correct before using the camera. Do not drop the camera or subject it to physical shock. Do not touch sensor modules with fingers. If cleaning is necessary, use a clean cloth with a bit of ethanol and wipe it gently.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview ......................... 9 Introduction ........................9 Main Features ........................9 Specifications ........................10 1.3.1 MV-CA013-20UM/UC Specification ................10 1.3.2 MV-CA013-20UM/UC Response Curve ............... 11 1.3.3 MV-CA050-20UM/UC Specification ................11 1.3.4 MV-CA050-20UM/UC Response Curve ...............
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.3.1 Global Shutter ........................ 28 3.3.2 Rolling Shutter ....................... 29 Image Acquisition and Transmission ................30 3.4.1 Internal Trigger Mode ....................30 3.4.2 External Trigger Signal and Working Mode ..............31 Strobe Output ........................
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Indicator Status Description ................... 59 FAQ ........................... 60...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction The Machine Vision Camera is an image capturing device and capable of real-time transmission of uncompressed image through a USB 3.0 interface. Remote image capturing and camera control, for example, the operating mode and the image parameters adjustment, are supported by client software.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 1.3 Specifications 1.3.1 MV-CA013-20UM/UC Specification Table 1-1 MV-CA013-20UM/UC Specification MV-CA013-20UM MV-CA013-20UC Model Parameter 1.3 MP 1/2" CMOS Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera Camera Sensor Type 1/2" global shutter CMOS Resolution 1280 × 1024 4.8 μm ×...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Dimension 29 mm × 29 mm × 30 mm Weight Approx.56 g Lens Mount C-Mount MVS or the third-party client software which supports USB 3.0 Control Client Vision protocol Windows XP/7/8 32/64bits Compatibility USB 3.0 Vision V1.0 Certifications...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 4.8 μm × 4.8 μm Pixel Size Frame Rate 60 fps @ 2592 × 2048 30 fps @ 2592 × 2048 Dynamic Range > 60 dB > 40 dB Gain 0 to 15 dB 8 μs to 10 sec Exposure Time Global shutter, Auto-exposure, Manual exposure, and One-key...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 1.3.4 MV-CA050-20UM/UC Response Curve Figure 1-2 MV-CA050-20UM/UC Quantum Efficiency The response curve data is provided by the chip manufacture. 1.4 Camera Physical Interfaces 1.4.1 Camera Dimension The dimension of the MV-CA013-20UM/UC and MV-CA050-20UM/UC is shown below. The camera should be installed with M3 ×...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 23.7 3-M3 3 Unit: mm 4-M2 3 42.51 2-M2 36.3 Figure 1-3 Dimension of MV-CA013-20UM/UC and MV-CA050-20UM/UC The camera adopts the C-Mount lens interface. The flange back length of lens is 17.5 mm ± 0.15 mm.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Table 1-3 Description of the Rear Panel Description USB 3.0 interface M2 screw holes for USB 3.0 cable securing 6-pin power and I/O interface Status indicator LED 1.4.3 Power and I/O Interface Introduction The description of the 6-pin power and I/O connector is shown in the table below.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Table 1-5 Accessory List Accessory Name Number Description Camera The machine vision camera. Power I/O cable The 6-pin cable (included) or extension cable (not included). Power adapter 12 V DC power adapter (Min. 1A) USB 3.0 Cable Micro USB 3.0 (model B ) cable (need to be ordered separately)
1. Enter the Device Manager Interface of your computer, and you are able to find Hikvision USB 3.0 Machine Vision Camera on the interface. 2. Right click Hikvision USB 3.0 Machine Vision Camera, to check the device property. And the following figure shows that the dive is installed successfully.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 2-1 Drive Status Checking 2.3 Camera Configuration You can configure the camera via the control client. There are two methods available: setting via the attribute tree or via the menu bar. 2.3.1 Setting via Attribute Tree The software can read the XML file of camera attributes and display it in tree format.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 2-2 Main User Interface of the Client Software Table 2-1 Description of the Main User Interface No. Area Name Description Menu Bar Function modules includes File, View, Camera, Settings, Tools, and Help Control Toolbar Contorls the image of live view including starting/stopping live view, zooming in/out, recording,...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual For details, refer to the User Manual of MVS Control Client. 2. Double click the camera on the device list in Devices and Attributes Tree area. 3. Click the Attributes tab to enter the camera attribute page. You can switch the user level as Beginner, Expert or Guru which displays different camera attributes.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual device temperature, etc. You can modify the alias and reset the device. Image Format Control: In the Image Format Control attribute, you can view the live view image width and height, pixel size, etc. You can modify the image reverse status, test pattern and the embedded information, etc.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 2-4 Setting via Menu Bar You can set the image display, ROI, bandwidth, trigger mode, high dynamic range, lookup table, embedded information and camera information. Functions and Attributes of machine vision cameras may be different among different camera models.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Chapter 3 Functions 3.1 Device Control 3.1.1 Name Modification Run the client software and click Device Control. You will see the device type, the version information, the device serial number, and so on. Input the device name in Device User ID as shown in Figure 3-1.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.2 Image Format and Frame Rate Support different image formats and customized ROI settings. The specified ROI will increase the image frame rate in some models. The following figures are for reference only. The actual format depends on the camera’s supported formats.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-3 Bayer GR Pixel Pattern Figure 3-4 Bayer GB Pixel Pattern Figure 3-5 Bayer BG Pixel Pattern Figure 3-6 Bayer RG Pixel Pattern The camera uses 12 bit ADC (some only support 10 bit ADC), and supports 8 bit data output according to your data processing capacity.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-7 and finish setting. Figure 3-7 Frame Rate Setting 3.2.2 Frame Rate The transmission bandwidth, pixel format and output ROI resolution decides the maximum camera frame rate. Please refer to the frame rate formula when setting ROI. Click Acquisition Control in the attribute list and select Acquisition Frame Rate.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.2.3 ROI Setting The following three factors decide the maximum camera frame rate: Frame Readout time: the shorter the image height, the less the readout time and the higher the frame rate. ...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-9 ROI Setting 3.3 Global Shutter and Rolling Shutter 3.3.1 Global Shutter Support global shutter camera. Exposure starts and ends in each line simultaneously. Data readout is after the exposure. The time for the sensor collecting exposure and for the data readout are the same, but as shown in Figure 3-10, different in the actual readout time.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.3.2 Rolling Shutter Support rolling shutter camera. The exposure starts in the first row, and the data will read out simultaneously. After the whole action, the rest of rows start to expose and read out one by one.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual continuously based on the configured frame rate. SingleFrame refers to outputting only one image, as shown in Figure 3-14. Figure 3-14 Internal Trigger Mode 3.4.2 External Trigger Signal and Working Mode Purpose: The signal for the camera to acquire external trigger signal includes the software trigger signal and the signal from external level.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-15 Software Trigger Mode Setting Hardware external trigger mode Select Trigger Source and Choose Hardware to switch to the hardware external trigger status. Available parameter setting of input signal from hardware external trigger: (1) Trigger edge selection Selecting Rising Edge/Falling Edge under the external signal is available.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-17 Delay Time Setting (3) Triggering Anti-jitter The noise may exist in external trigger’s input signal and it may cause spurious triggering status if it goes into the camera. Thus the debounce is necessary. The debounce parameter can be set through Line Debouncer Time in the client software.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-19 Strobe Output Mode Available Strobe parameter setting: (1) Polarity setting Tick Line Inverter to set polarity external trigger’s output signal, as shown in Figure 3-20. Figure 3-20 Modifying Strobe Polarity...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual (2) Strobe valid time As shown in Figure 3-21, Strobe is set to high level. When exposure starts, Strobe will output immediately. Strobe Line Duration value decides the Strobe duration: when the Strobe Line Duration value is 0, the Strobe duration is equal to the exposure time;...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual through Strobe Line Pre Delay in the client as shown in Figure 3-23. Trigger_in3 Trigger_in2 Trigger_in1 Trigger Trigger Trigger delay delay delay Duration Strobe Intergration1 Intergration2 Intergration3 Sensor exposure Strobe pre delay Figure 3-23 Strobe Pre-trigger Sequence Map 3.6 Acquisition Mode under External Trigger The acquisition mode under external trigger includes single frame mode, burst mode...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3-25. If Burst Frame Count = 3, one trigger signal will output three frames images and at the same time output three strobe signals. Trigger_in1 Trigger delay Duration Strobe Intergration1 Intergration2 Intergration3 Sensor exposure...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-27 Trigger Source Configuration As shown in Figure 3-28, click Counter And Timer Control and select external trigger source which needs frequency division. Figure 3-28 Counter Frequency Division Configuration By default, Line 0 is signal input pin. Line 2 is configurable input and output pin. Configure Line 2 to input pin in Digital IO Control, as shown in Figure 3-29, in order to do frequency division for Line 2.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual is from 1 to 1023. Please see the red 2 in Figure 3-30. Figure 3-30 Counter Parameter Setting By default, Counter Reset Source is OFF as shown in the red 1 in Figure 3-30. Click Counter And Timer Control and select Counter Reset Source.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual setting trigger mode, the single mode and continuous mode are invalid. When setting single mode or continuous mode, the exposure time will be limited by Auto Exposure Time Lower Limit and Auto Exposure Time Upper Limit. The time range should only be set between Auto Exposure Time Lower Limit and Auto Exposure Time Upper Limit.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Click Analog Control in the attribute list. Click Gain Auto. Select Gain Mode. Input available parameter in the numeric field and finish setting, as shown in Figure 3-33. Figure 3-33 Gain Control The noise increases when Gain increases.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Ratio Selector. Select available white balance status parameter and finish setting, as shown in Figure 3-34. Figure 3-34 White Balance Setting 3.8.4 Region Setting of Auto Functions The camera can adjust exposure time and white balance automatically to achieve your expectations.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual The available exposure region and the white balance region are the overlapped part of the setting region and the image region. If there is no overlap, the available region refers to the whole image. 3.8.5 Look Up Table (LUT) Purpose: LUT is the grey level mapping table.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Gamma=0.5 Gamma=1 Gamma=2 Gamma=4 Figure 3-37 Gamma Curve Click Analog Control in the attribute list. Select Gamma and Gamma Selector and set the parameter as shown in Figure 3-38. Figure 3-38 Gamma Setting Different cameras versions have different default function parameters.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Hue You can adjust the hue value in HSV. The default value is 128. Saturation You can adjust the saturation value in HSV. The default value is 128. The larger the value, the higher is the saturation and the stronger is the color.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Output Reverse (horizontal) Figure 3-40 The Comparison of ROI Output Before And After Mirroring 3.8.9 HDR Cycling Mode Purpose: The camera supports HDR cycling mode: the camera can capture images in cycling mode depending on four groups of parameters.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Parameter 0 Exposure Time 0 Gain 0 Parameter 3 Parameter 1 Exposure 3 Exposure Time 1 Gain 3 Gain 1 Parameter 2 Exposure 2 Gain 2 Figure 3-42 HDR Cycling Map 3.8.10 Test Pattern Click Image Format Control in the attribute list.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-44 Mono Bar Test Pattern Figure 3-45 Vertical Color Bar Test Pattern Figure 3-46 Horizontal Color Bar Test Pattern...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Figure 3-47 Checkboard Test Pattern 3.9 I/O Electric Feature 3.9.1 Line0 Opto-isolated Input Circuit In controlling camera I/O, Line0 input circuit can be shown in Figure 3-48. Figure 3-48 Input Circuit Logic 0 input level: 0~1VDC (OPTO_IN pin) Logic 1 input level: 1.5~24VDC (OPTO_IN pin) Maximum input current: 25 mA...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Please make sure the input voltage is not from 1V to 1.5V as the electric status among the two values is not stable. Logic 1 Input Level Logic 0 Input Level Internal Logic Figure 3-49 Input Logic Level Input rising delay (TDR): 2.6μs...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Internal Logic Logic 1 Output Level Logic 0 Output Level Figure 3-51 Output Logic Level Opto-isolated output electric feature can be shown in Table 3-5 (The external voltage is 3.3 V and the external resistance is 1 K.) Table 3-5 Output Electric Feature Parameter Symbol...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.9.3 Line2 Configurable Bi-direction I/O Circuit In controlling I/O, the configurable bi-direction non-isolated IO circuit of Line2 can be shown in Figure 3-52. Figure 3-52 Line2 Bi-direction I/O Circuit The camera of MV-CA030-10GM/GC has no such function. 1.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Please connect to GND pin first to protect GPIO pin and then input voltage to Line2 pin. 2. Configure Line2 to output pin The available maximum current is 25mA and the output impedance is 40Ω. When the environment temperature is 25 degree centigrade, the relationship among external voltage, impedance and the output low level can be shown in Table 3-7.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.10 User Parameter and Preference Setting 3.10.1 Parameters Saving and Loading The camera can save four groups of parameters, including one group of factory parameter and three groups of configurable parameters. You can save currently configured parameter and set corresponded default parameter when logging in at next time in User Set Control in the attribute list.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual User Parameter 1 Currently Load Default Save Unser Parameter Configured Parameter Parameter Load User Parameter 3 Figure 3-56 The Relationship Among Four Groups of Parameters 3.10.2 Embedded Information The camera supports embedding information into the image data. The current supporting embedded information is: ...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Each embedded information of the available data will be put in the least 8 significant bits (No matter in MONO8 or RGB24). The Embedded information is as following: Timestamp: Take four bytes: transmission with four available data. Data format: The data format of the timestamp is shown in Figure 3-57.
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual White balance gain: Contains three components of gain. It consumes 8 bytes in total, including two bytes for R channel of Gain, two bytes for G channel of Gain and four bytes for B channel of Gain.
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 3.11 Firmware Updating Support firmware updating via USB 3.0. After selecting available device in the device list, open Tools > Firmware Updating Tool in the Menu. Select available firmware updating kit, as shown in Figure 3-59. Figure 3-59 Firmware Update...
Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4.1 Indicator Status Definition Table 4-1 LED Indicator Status LED Status Definition Steady On The LED indicator keeps lights on all the time Unlit The LED indicator keeps unlit all the time Fast Flicker The LED indicator flickers every 200ms to 300ms Slow Flicker...
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Area Scan Machine Vision USB 3.0 Camera User Manual 4.3 FAQ Table 4-3 FAQ Problem Possible Reasons Solutions Description 1. The camera cannot be detected 1. Confirm that the power supply of 1. The camera does not by the client camera is well connected (via LED work properly.
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