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Elite Series User Manual EL-2800M-USB EL-2800C-USB 2.8M Digital Progressive Scan Monochrome and Color Camera Document Version: Ver.1.0 EL-2800-USB_Ver.1.0_July2014 1052E-1403...
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JAI Ltd., Japan and may only be used by the purchasers of the product. JAI Ltd., Japan makes no warranty for the use of its product and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
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EL-2800M-USB Supplement The following statement is related to the regulation on “ Measures for the Administration of the control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products “ , known as “ China RoHS “. The table shows contained Hazardous Substances in this camera.
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EL-2800C-USB Supplement The following statement is related to the regulation on “ Measures for the Administration of the control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products “ , known as “ China RoHS “. The table shows contained Hazardous Substances in this camera. mark shows that the environment-friendly use period of contained Hazardous Substances is 15 years.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB - Contents - Before using USB 3.0 camera ..............- 6 - 1. General ..................- 7 - Camera composition ..............- 7 - Main features ................- 8 - Locations and functions ............... - 9 - Locations and functions ................
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Before using USB 3.0 camera EMVA 1288 With regard to signal to noise ratio in this manual, specifications measured by EMVA 1288 are used together with specifications by a traditional measurement method. EMVA 1288 is a more complete measurement that considers multiple noise sources, including random noise, pattern noise, and shading.
As a common Elite Series feature, a new connector for lens control is employed. EL-2800M-USB and EL-2800C-USB support P-iris and motor-driven lenses as standard lens control capabilities. Factory options are available to configure this connector to support DC iris systems as well as provide a video iris output signal, or to provide additional TTL IN and OUT lines.
Various readout modes, including horizontal and vertical binning (EL-2800M-USB only) and ROI (Region Of Interest) for faster frame rates 0dB to +30dB gain control for EL-2800M-USB and 0dB to +27dB for EL-2800C-USB 10 μs (1/100,000) to 8 seconds exposure control in 1 μs step ...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Locations and functions Locations and functions Lens mount C-mount (Note *1) AUX 10-pin connector AUX Connector for lens control LED Indicator for power and trigger input 12-pin connector DC and trigger input USB 3.0 connector Connector for interfacing via USB 3.0...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Rear panel The rear panel mounted LED provides the following information: Amber: Power connected – initiating This light goes OFF after initiating. Steady green: Camera is operating in Continuous mode Flashing green: The camera is receiving external triggering ...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 5. Input and output USB 3.0 Interface Specifications The EL-2800-USB employs a USB 3.0 interface for video and data transfer. USB 3.0 is an upgraded version of USB 2.0 widely used in the industry. Its transfer rate is 5 Gbps, which is 10 times faster than the 480 Mbps rate of USB 2.0.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 5.2.4 AUX Type 2 HIROSE 10-Pin connector (Factory option) HIROSE 10-Pin Connector 3260-10S3(55) Note: This is a factory option. Table – 4 Hirose 10P Pin assignment (Option) Name Note Video Signal Video Iris Lens Power DC+12V Video Iris Lens...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 1023 White Clip Level 100% Level Black Level Analog Out [mV] Fig.6 Bit allocation(10-bit) Digital IN/OUT interface In the EL-2800-USB, the software control tool can assign the necessary signals to the digital I/O ports. 5.4.1 Line Selector In the Line Selector, the following input and output signals can be assigned.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Table – 8 Line source Line Source item Description Connect Low Level signal to line item selected in Line Selector, Default setting High Connect High Level signal to line item selected in Line Selector Frame Trigger Wait...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 5.4.7.1 GPIO block diagram Basic block diagram is as follows. Sel Bit (5,0) Sel Bit (7) Soft Trigger Trigger 0 (AcquisitionStart) LVAL IN Trigger 1 (AcquisitionStop) Trigger 2 (FrameStart) FVAL IN Exposure Active Frame Trigger Wait Sel Bit (7)
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 5.4.7.2 IN and OUT matrix table The following table shows the input and output matrix. Table - 9 GPIO IN and OUT matrix Selector (Cross Pulse Trigger Line Selector Generator Selector point switch output) Selector Source signal (Cross point switch input) ...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Pulse Generator The EL-2800-USB has a frequency divider using the internal pixel clock as the basic clock and two pulse generators. In each Pulse Generator, various Clear settings are connected to GPIO. The following shows Pulse Generator default settings.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 5.6.3 Pulse Generator Length Set the counter up value (number of clocks, refer to Table 12) for the selected pulse generator. If Repeat Count value is “0”, and if Pulse Generator Clear signal is not input, the pulse generator generates the pulse repeatedly until reaching this counter up value.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Sensor layout, output format and timing Sensor layout CCD sensors used in the EL-2800M and EL-2800C have the following tap and pixel layout. 6.1.1 Monochrome sensor Tap 3 Tap 4 Tap 1 Tap 2 1920 Pixels Fig.11 Monochrome sensor layout 6.1.2...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 6.2. Sensor readout (Sensor Tap Geometry) The following drawings show how the image is read out from the sensor. This is different from how the image is read out from the camera. The EL-2800-USB has two readout modes, one is 1X2–2YE and the other is 1X–1Y.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 6.3.1 1X–1Y 1X–1Y is 1-Tap Camera output format based on GenICam SFNC Ver. 1.5.1. Step X = 1 Tap 1 X5120 X1913 X1914 19115 X1916 X1917 X1918 X1919 X1920 X1920 X1920 Y1439 Y1439 X5120 X1913 X1914 X1915...
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 6.4.1.2 Output format 1X2–2YE (Vertical binning ON) LVAL DVAL Video (Tap 1, 2/Tap 3,4) 665Clk = Exposure Start Line 572Clk = Other line Exposure Active (Exposure Start Line) 1675Clk = Exposure Start Line 1582Clk = Other Line Fig.
7.1. Acquisition control 7.1.1 Acqusition mode In the EL-2800M-USB and EL-2800C-USB, the following three acquisition modes are available. Single frame : One frame can be output by AcqusitionStart command Multi frames : The number of frames which is specified in Acquistion Frame Count, are...
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Setting condition 1 Acquisition Mode : Single Trigger Selector : Acquisition Start Trigger Mode : OFF Acquisition Start command Output Signals Acquisition Active Exposure Active (Sensor Exposure) Frame Active FVAL(Sensor Read out) (Stream Active) Acquisition Trigger Wait = L...
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Setting condition 2 Acquisition Mode : Single Trigger Selector : Acquisition Start Trigger Mode : ON Acquisition Start command Output Signals Trigger Acquisition Trigger Wait Acquisition Active Exposure Active (Sensor Exposure) Frame Active FVAL(Sensor Read out) (Stream Active)
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Setting condition 3 Acquisition Mode : Single Trigger Selector : Frame Start Trigger Mode : ON Acquisition Start command Output Signals Trigger Frame Trigger Wait Acquisition Active Exposure Active Sensor Exposure Frame Active FVAL(Sensor Read out) Stream Active...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.1.1.2 MultiFrame In this mode, the AcquisitionStart command captures the number of frames which are specified by AcquisitionFrameCount. ◆ Normal multi-frame operation 1) AcquisitionStart command is input 2) AcquisitionTriggerWait becomes effective 3) AcquisitionActive becomes “TRUE”(accepts capture) 4) Output N frames as specified by AcquisitionFrameCount 5) AcquisitionActive becomes “FALSE”.
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Setting condition 1 Acquisition Mode : Multi Trigger Selector : Acquisition Start Acquisition Frame Count : 2 Trigger Mode : OFF Acquisition Start command Output Signals Acquisition Active Exposure Active (Sensor Exposure) Frame Active FVAL(Sensor Read out)
Continuous mode In this mode, when the AcquisitionStart command is set, the image is continuously output at the current frame rate. This is the default setting for the EL-2800M-USB and EL-2800C-USB. 1) AcquisitionStart command is input 2) AcquisitionTriggerWait becomes effective 3) AcquisitionActive becomes “TRUE”...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.1.3 Acquisition frame rate With Trigger OFF (free-running operation), the default frame rate of the camera is based on the specified ROI. However, it is possible to set a longer acquisition period than the time required to read out all pixels in the area set by the ROI command.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.2. Exposure settings 7.2.1 Exposure Mode The exposure mode can be selected from the following three ways. Table15. Exposure mode Exposure Mode setting Exposure operation No exposure control (free-running operation) Exposure operation at the value set in Exposure Time. Setting value is usec unit.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.2.3 Exposure Auto This is a function to control the exposure automatically. It is effective only for Timed. ALC Reference controls the brightness. The range of ExposureAuto is from 100 µs to Frame Rate There are three modes: OFF, Once, and Continuous.
1/8 AOI Binning (Note1) Minimum frame lines Note 1) Only for EL-2800M-USB 7.5. Timed mode (EPS) This mode allows a single image frame to be captured with a preset exposure time by using the external trigger. Additional settings determine if the trigger pulse can be accepted during the exposure period.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.5.1 If the overlap setting is “OFF” Trigger Exposure Exposure Active Exposure Period FVAL 2L (Min) 424 clk 4.5 ~ 5.5L Fig.33 Overlap OFF 7.5.2 If the overlap setting is “Readout” Trigger Exposure Exposure Active Exposure Period...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.6. Trigger width mode In this mode, the exposure time is equal to the trigger pulse width. Accordingly, longer exposure times are supported. Additional settings determine if the trigger pulse can be accepted during the exposure period.
1/2V FULL Binning (Note1) Minimum interval Timed Trigger Mode/Trigger Mode OFF + Exposure Time + 195 lines Note 1) Only for EL-2800M-USB Note 2) Readout mode in trigger overlap is not available. Sensor Tap Geometry 1X2–2YE 194L 4.5L ~5.5L 1X-1Y 384L 4.5L ~5.5L...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 7.9. Sequential Timed Exposure Mode 7.9.1 Video send mode The sequential trigger mode has the following modes which are selected in the video send mode. Depending on the mode selected, a different method is used to select the Sequence Index.
In Sequence ROI Gain Selector, the gain settings for each index are available. EL-2800C-USB: Gain (ALL), Red and Blue can be set. EL-2800M-USB: Only Gain is displayed and can be set. (7) Sequence ROI Black Level Black Level setting is available for each index.
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB (10) Sequence ROI Binning Vertical ON or OFF of Vertical Binning for each index can be set. (11) Sequence ROI LUT Enable Enable or disable of LUT function for each index 0 to 9 can be set.
× × × × Note 1. Only EL-2800M-USB Note 2: Only EL-2800C-USB Note 3: If AUX Type2 option is configured on 10P connector Note 4: If the trigger interval is long, lens iris may exhibit “hunting” behavior. If the video sending mode is selected other than Normal,...
Adjust only one time when this command is set. Gain control The EL-2800M-USB can adjust the gain level from 0dB to +30dB using 0dB as the reference (Factory default). In the EL-2800C-USB, the master gain can be adjusted from 0dB to +27dB and R and B gains can be adjusted in the range of -7dB to + 13dB using the master gain as the reference.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB The magnification of digital gain is calculated in the following formula. Gain Value+8192 Digital Gain Magnification = 8192 Gain Gain Gain Gain Gain Control Range Gain Gain Setting Gain Control Range Setting Setting Magnification (Magnification) (Magnification) Value...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB EL-2800C: AnalogAll:1.0~22.387 Digital Red All:0.4466~4.4668 Digital Blue All:0.4466~4.4668 Digital Tap2All:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap2Red:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap2Blue:0.8912~1.1220 Digital Tap3All:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap3Red:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap3Blue:0.8912~1.1220 Digital Tap4All:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap4Red:0.8912~1.1220/ Digital Tap4Blue:0.8912~1.1220 8.2.3 Gain Raw The gain raw can be adjusted in the following range.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB High High High High Mid-left Mid-right Right Left Mid-High Mid-High Mid-High Mid-High Left Mid-left Mid-right Right Mid- Mid-Low Mid-Low Mid-Low Mid-left Mid-right Left Right Mid-left Mid-right Right Left Fig.42 ALC channel area 8.2.5 Balance White Auto This is the auto white balance control function.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB If there is no data, use adjacent data on both sides 画 素 欠 陥 Average data used compensation Output Data = Video IN x LUT data 8.4. Gamma This command is used set gamma between gamma 0.45 and gamma 1.0 (OFF).
8.6. Blemish compensation The EL-2800M-USB and EL-2800C-USB have a blemish compensation circuit. This function compensates blemishes on the CCD sensor (typically pixels with extremely high response or extremely low response). This applies to both monochrome and color versions. Pixels that fulfill the...
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Defective Pixel Blemish Compensation Principle Color Fig. 46 Blemish compensation Note: If defective pixels are found consecutively in the horizontal direction, the blemish compensation circuit does not work. Lens The EL-2800-USB can be used with 4 different types of auto iris lenses, in addition to standard lenses with manual iris control.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 8.7.2 Setting for P-iris lens being used P-iris lenses use an absolute setting value control system and therefore, if the following parameters are input, precise iris position control is possible. 8.7.2.1 P-Iris lens select Select the lens used. At present time, the following two lenses are available for these cameras.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 8.7.3.2 Zoom Wide: While this command is supplied, the zoom will continue to move towards wide angle. Tele: While this command is supplied, the zoom will continue to move towards telephoto. Stop: When this command is supplied, the zoom operation stops.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB In the EL-2800M-USB and EL-2800C-USB, auto gain, auto shutter and auto iris functions can be combined to provide a wide ranging automatic exposure control from dark to bright or vice versa. The functions are applied in the sequence shown below and if one function is disabled, the linkage between the other two is maintained.
The JAI SDK and Control Tool software can be downloaded from www.jai.com. Camera Default Setting When the camera is connected to a PC and JAI SDK 2.0 is started up, the XML file which stores default settings of the camera is downloaded to the JAI_SDK camera control tool.
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB 11.2 Specifications table Specifications EL-2800M-USB EL-2800C-USB Scanning system Progressive scan, 4-tap Synchronization Internal Interface USB 3.0 (USB3 Vision 1.0) Image sensor 2/3 inch Monochrome CCD 2/3 inch Bayer color CCD Aspect Ratio Image size(Effective Image) 8.72 (h) x 6.54 (v) mm 10.9 mm diagonal 4.54 (h) x 4.54 (v) m...
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Acquisition Start / Overlap: OFF Acquisition End Trigger Overlap Frame Start/ Overlap: OFF / READOUT (Note1) Trigger option OFF, JAI_RCT(w/ALC), JAI_PIV Video Send mode OFF (Normal), Multi ROI, Trigger Sequence, Command Sequence Trigger Input Signal Line1, 4, 5, PG0 to 1, Soft, Line 10 &11 (AUX Type 3 Option) (Frame Start Minimum frame rate ~...
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EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Humidity 20 – 80% (non-condensing) Storage Temp. / Humidity -45C to +70C/20% to 80 % (non-condensing) Regulation CE (EN61000-6-2 and EN61000-6-3), FCC part 15 class B, RoHS, WEEE Housing Dimensions 62 x 62 x 55.5 mm (W x H x D) (excluding protrusion)
EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB Appendix 1. Precautions Personnel not trained in dealing with similar electronic devices should not service this camera. The camera contains components sensitive to electrostatic discharge. The handling of these devices should follow the requirements of electrostatic sensitive components.
5. Exportation When exporting this product, please follow the export regulation of your own country. 6. References 1. This manual can and datasheet for EL-2800M-USB / EL-2800C-USB can be downloaded from www.jai.com 2. Camera control software can be downloaded from www.jai.com...
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