CHAPTER Before You Start Please, read this chapter carefully. It provides important informa‐ tion on • how to use this reference guide • conformity and use of the product • the warranty and non‐warranty clause and how to ask for repair service •...
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You are herewith cautioned that any changes or modifi‐ cations not expressly approved in this description could void your authority to operate this equipment. 制造说明: 此设备的生产与测试依照 FCC 条例第 15 条条例,符合 A 类电子设备标 准。产品提供在商用使用环境中的合理保护,以防止使用过程中可能涉及 到的损害。 此设备会产生、使用并可发射出无线电波,如果未按照本手册中所述安装 和使用,可能会对无线通信设备产生干扰。如本设备在居民区操作出现干 扰等情况,用户需要自费处理。 备注:请注意,如未按照此使用说明操作而自行更改设备,那么您将无权 使用本设备。 1 ‐ 3 MIKROTRON GmbH...
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Our warranty does not protect against accidental dam‐ Note age, loss, or acts of nature. Note MIKROTRON cannot be held responsible for the loss of data. We recommend a backup plan. In case of warranty, please, make a note of the camera type and its serial number.
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CHAPTER Introduction This chapter describes the camera in general, which means, it informs about: • the most important camera features and its sensor • where it can be used • what is part of the delivery • system requirements...
Introduction Overview All cameras of the EoSens 3CXP family are CoaXPress compliant. These high‐speed CMOS cameras come with a 3 Mega pixel sensor of 1696 (H) x 1710 (V). They are widely configurable and scalable to fit to your needs and are available in monochrome and color (Bayer Filter).
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• wide power supply range of 12 – 24V This high‐speed camera comes with an electronically readable man‐ ual, describing all available GenICAM commands. For more informa‐ tion see "Configuring the Camera" on page 4‐4. MIKROTRON GmbH 2 ‐ 3...
The following components are part of delivery. Please, check whether the delivery is complete, before you start installing the camera: • Camera MC308x • F‐Mount or C‐Mount lens adapter as ordered • MIKROTRON’s Support CD with – VCAM2 software – GenICam XML file – product documentation Firmware can be updated remotely via a special updating software.
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10, 15, 20 or 25m. It is used to connect a frame grabber with BNC sockets with the camera. • 5W5: there are several cables (KKRD5W5BNCxx) for 6 GHz with a length of 5, 10, 15, 20 m or longer available. Please, contact your sales representative MIKROTRON GmbH 2 ‐ 5...
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Hirose connector and 5 m cable or – MC3082/MC3083: NTCAM13xx with 6 pin Hirose connec‐ tor and 5/10 m cable – MC3082/MC3083: NTCAM13xx with 6 pin Hirose connec‐ tor and a strobe output and 5/10 m cable • F‐mount adapter MIKROTRON GmbH 2 ‐ 6...
• CoaXPress cable with DIN 1.0/2.3 or 5W5 connector grabbers that were tested • if wanted, an external power supply (NTCAM132x or NTCAM13xx) with MIKROTRON cameras in the Application Note Note All cables, connectors and the frame grabber have to be AN0036.
CHAPTER The 3CXP Camera The chapter describes the camera in general which means: • the camera types and its differences • its operating temperature and additional cooling • how to connect frame grabber and an external power sup‐ ply including pinning and internal circuit •...
• air‐ or water‐cooling system or by cooling is ensured but also a • air‐conditioned housings stable optical path. In addi‐ tion, vibrations will be mini‐ mized within the entire system. MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 3...
, t a k e t h e t r i g g e r settings into account. For m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n s e e "Acquistion Control" on page 5‐2. Image 3‐1: CXP camera with DIN connector MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 4...
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CoaXPress frame grabber and to supply the camera with power (power‐over‐coax, so called PoC 3) 6 pin Hirose power connector which is used when an external power supply (12 ‐ 24V) and/or STRB is connected Image 3‐2: CXP camera with 5W5 connector MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 5...
60 DIN Connector In order to connect a CXP camera with a frame grabber you can use any compatible CoaXPress cable with DIN connector. MIKROTRON offers cables with the following connectors. For more information see "Optional Accessories" on page 2‐4.
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Connector Connections combination 1+2 (link) 1+2+3+4 (link) On cables from MIKROTRON (KKRDDINDINxx/6Gx4), pin1 is marked with a triangle on the connector housing. The assignment of the DIN‐cables KKRDDINDINxx/6Gx4 and KKRD‐ DINBNCxx/6Gx4 connector pins is as follows: DIN connector Frame grabber...
MIKROTRON offers the power supply unit NTCAM132xx with cables of 5 or 10 meters. In case you assemble your own cable, pay attention to the pinning described below.
When connecting an external trigger, it might be helpful to know how the OUT and IN pins are internally connected. Image 3‐3: Internal circuit for IN and OUT pins connected with: pin 4 pin 6 pin 10 connected with pin 3 + 5 MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 9...
Internally, the STRB signal of pin 3 ( ) is connected with pin 7 STRB and pin 4 ( ) with pin 5 of the internal circuit. STRB connected with STRB connected with GND STRB MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 10...
‐ 500 ms pulse error during data transfer slow flash alternate red/green/orange compliance test mode enabled fast flash red system error MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 11...
If there are coarse particles on the lens or the window of the sensor, use a vacuum cleaner to remove them before cleaning. Otherwise, the lens or sensor might be scratched. WARNING! Don't use tools that may harm the sensor/lens. MIKROTRON GmbH 3 ‐ 12...
CHAPTER First Steps In this chapter you learn • how to connect the camera with the image processing sys‐ • about initial settings the camera provides when being pow‐ ered‐up • basics on the configuration of the camera via GenICam...
Step 5. the pinning into account. For more information see "Connecting an External Power Supply or I/O Signals" on page 3‐8. Unscrew the dust protection cover of the camera Step 6. Mount the lens Step 7. MIKROTRON GmbH 4 ‐ 2...
The power‐ the chapter Bootstrap Registers for more information. up profile will deliver all necessary values. If you need the serial number only, you find it on the identification plate of the camera. MIKROTRON GmbH 4 ‐ 3...
First Steps Configuring the Camera All MIKROTRON’s CXP cameras are compliant to the CoaXPress specifi‐ cation. CoaXPress standardizes down‐ and uplink protocols, inter‐ faces, cables, and connectors used by CoaXPress compliant cameras and frame grabbers. All our CXP cameras use GenICam, which is a standardized generic programming interface.
The XML file can either be saved (compressed or uncompressed) in the camera or saved as an external file on a local computer or a remote host. The path (URL) of the file can be read from the camera using the feature XmlUrlAddress. MIKROTRON GmbH 4 ‐ 5...
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Use the Software delivered by the frame grabber’s manufacturer to configure camera and frame grabber. In case you use a frame grabber from Active Silicon, MIKROTRON’s VCAM Software which is part of the delivery, can be used alternatively. Please, refer to www.emva.org/standards‐technology/genicam...
CHAPTER Acquisition Control This chapter provides information on available settings to control image acquisition and: • configure the trigger settings • control exposure • set and read the (maximal) acquisition frame rate • select a test image...
This feature is used to set the device into a certain acquisition mode. read / write Access enumeration Type Continuous the camera records continuously a sequence of frames selected mode frame acquisition can be stopped with the feature Remark AcquisitionStop MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 2...
Type 0x00000001 — AcquisitionMode defines how frames will be acquired Remark AcquisitionStop This feature stops acquiring frames after the acquisition of the cur‐ rent frame has been completed. write Access command Type x00000001 — MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 3...
ExposureTime (fixed Remark exposure time) or by the duration of the trigger signal itself (variable exposure time). The settings in ExposureMode will only become effective if triggered mode is ON. MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 4...
TriggerSource. Remark Tip: When using Trigger‐ Software, the exposure time of the next frame cannot be defined by TriggerWidth of the feature ExposureMode. Instead, it has to be defined by the feature Exposure‐ Time. MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 5...
Within the debounce period, a new trigger signal will be ignored. Debouncing might e.g. be necessary if the trigger signal jitters. Tip: The best way to find the appropriate value for the debounce period is to mea‐ sured it with an oscillo‐ scope. MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 6...
This feature returns the highest possible exposure time for the cur‐ rent camera settings in [µs]. read Access unsigned integer Type — max. exposure time The exposure time depends on the current frame rate settings. Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 7...
This feature returns the highest possible frame rate in [Hz]. read Access unsigned integer Type — max. frame rate The max. frame rate depends on the defined frame size, the Remark used link speed, and the number of CoaXPress lines used for image streaming. MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 8...
A connection reset sets the camera into normal operation mode. Remark DualSlopeEnable This feature enables/disables the dual slope function. read/write Access enumeration Type DualSlope is disabled DualSlope is enabled — length of 4 Bytes Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 9...
The slope is determined by the amount of light (the more light, the steeper the slope). If a pixel reaches the saturation MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 10...
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80 percent of the exposure time has been elapsed. The signals of p3 and p4 start decreasing with the same slope as before but will not be saturated at read out time. MIKROTRON GmbH 5 ‐ 11...
CHAPTER Bootstrap CoaXPress The chapter provides information on: • bootstrap registers which are mainly used to deliver infor‐ mation about the camera in order to allow a communica‐ tion between frame grabber and camera...
Access unsigned integer Type — bits 31 ‐ 16 major revision 15 ‐ 00 minor revision E.g. devices compliant to revision 1.1 of the specification shall Remark return the value 0x00010001. MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 3...
23 ‐ 16 SchemaMajorVersion; major version number of the XML file 15 ‐ 8 SchemaMinorVersion; minor version number of the XML file 7 ‐ 0 SchemaSubMinorVersion; sub‐minor version num‐ ber of the XML file — Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 4...
This feature is meant for devices supporting the IIDC2 protocol (sec‐ tion 2.2 ref. 6) and will provide the starting address of the IIDC2 regis‐ ter space. read Access unsigned integer Type — 0x00000000 not supported Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 5...
GenICam XML file in the flash memory of the camera. The file can be read starting at address 8001000 and has a length of 16C34 Bytes. MIKROTRON does not support strings that reference a XML file located on the vendors homepage. DeviceVendorName This register provides the name of the manufacturer of the device as a string.
This register provides the model name of the device as a string. read Access string[0...32] Type — model name Example: MC2586 Remark DeviceManufacturerInfo This register provides extended manufacturer‐specific information about the device as a string. read Access string[0...48] Type — manufacturer information Example: MIKROTRON GmbH Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 7...
FPGA version sub minor number 27 ‐ 29 DeviceSerialNumber This register provides the serial number for the device as a NULL‐terminated string read Access string[0...16] Type — serial number of the camera Example: 000000000000157 Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 8...
PixelFormat DeviceTapGeometryAddress manufacturer‐specific address of DeviceTapGeometry Image1StreamIAddress manufacturer‐specific address of Image1StreamID Manufacturer‐specific addresses allow non‐GenICam applications or black‐box format converters, to support the standard use‐case and allow continuous acquisition and display of images. MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 9...
Access unsigned integer Type host link ID host link ID The value 0x00000000 is reserved to indicate an unknown Host Remark ID. All writings to device extension connection will be ignored. MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 10...
4 Bytes stream packet data size in multiples of 4 Bytes The device can use any packet size it wants to up to this size. Remark A connection reset sets the value to 0x00000000. MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 11...
Device to operate in default mode. This feature is used to start the camera with the default configuration that is stored in the custom profiles. read Access unsigned integer Type — 0x00000000 Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 12...
It holds a valid device connection ID 0 … n‐1, or n for the optional high‐speed up‐connection. read / write Access unsigned integer Type 0x00000000...0x00000003 0x00000000...0x00000003 A connection reset sets the value to 0x00000000. Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 13...
Writing 0x0000000000000000 into this register will reset to zero the transmitted connection packet count for the connection Remark referred to by the register TestErrorCountSelector. A connection reset sets all connection test counters to zero. MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 14...
1 ‐ 30: reserved; shall be 0 ON = 1 OFF = 0 0 if high speed up‐connection is OFF 1 if high speed up‐connection is ON This feature is currently not supported. Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 6 ‐ 15...
Device Control Introduction There is only one command to reset the camera. DeviceReset This feature resets the device into power‐up state. write Access unsigned integer Type 0x00000001 — length of 4 Bytes Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 7 ‐ 2...
CHAPTER Image Format Control The chapter provides information on the image format control. You learn how to • define the size and offset of a ROI • read the size of the sensor • read the max. height and width of an image •...
Horizontal offset from the origin to the region of interest (in pixels). read / write Access unsigned integer Type 0 … OffsetXMax horizontal offset the maximal offset equals to SensorWidth. The offset has to be Remark incremented by 64 pixels. MIKROTRON GmbH 8 ‐ 3...
1 line. SensorWidth Effective width of the sensor in pixels. read only Access unsigned integer Type — sensor width SensorHeight Effective height of the sensor in pixels. read only Access unsigned integer Type — sensor height MIKROTRON GmbH 8 ‐ 4...
Remark HeightMax does not take into account the current ROI (Height or OffsetY). Its value is always greater than 0 and less than or equal to SensorHeight (unless an oversampling feature is used). MIKROTRON GmbH 8 ‐ 5...
This feature describes the format of the image data that is transferred from the camera to the host. read Access enumeration Type Geometry_1X_1Y single pixel scanning from left to right and single line scanning from top to button see above MIKROTRON GmbH 8 ‐ 6...
This feature returns the stream ID of the primary image stream of the device. read only Access unsigned integer Type — 0x00000000 DeviceScanType This feature returns the value of the camera type (area scan). read only Access enumeration Type — Areascan (0x00000000) MIKROTRON GmbH 8 ‐ 7...
CHAPTER Analog Control The section provides information on how to control the image quality by setting • black level • gain...
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0 (which is reserved for a shade of gray). It it is too small, it will deliver a pixel value of 0 for a shade of gray. read/write Access enumeration Type 0‐255 current black level value level can be incremented by 1 Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 9 ‐ 2...
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The higher the gain value, the lower the image quality because noise will increase too. read/write Access integer Type min: 1 max: 3 current gain value gain can be incremented by 0.001 Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 9 ‐ 3...
CHAPTER User Set Control The chapter provides information on how to • save the current camera configuration into the internal Flash memory of the camera • load a saved configuration • set the default configuration...
Access command Type If the selected User Set has not been defined previously an error message occurs. Remark The default user set is a set of factory settings predefined by the MIKROTRON. MIKROTRON GmbH 10 ‐ 2...
UserSet1 UserSet2 selects the second user set UserSet3 selects the third user set active default user set Out: The default user set selector is preselected. Remark: MIKROTRON GmbH 10 ‐ 3...
InfoTemperature sensor temperature in steps of 0.5 degrees Celsius see above First set the selector to define the data you want to read, then Remark read the data by reading the register DeviceInformation (see below). MIKROTRON GmbH 11 ‐ 3...
0x00000040 for 32 degree Celsius 0xFFFFFF2C for ‐2 degree Celsius Model number, hardware revision, FPGA version, and firmware version are also Remark included in the string of the 'DeviceVersion' Bootstrap feature. MIKROTRON GmbH 11 ‐ 4...
In 10 bit mode the bits 1 … 0 in each pixel will be set to 0; Remark guru feature Tip: The ROI info is only a v a i l a b l e i n 8 b i t / p i xe l mode. MIKROTRON GmbH 11 ‐ 5...
Fixed Pattern Noise. This feature reduces FPN by subtracting the dark current of pixels. read/write Access enumeration Type ON: MIKROTRON’s pixel FPN reduction is activated in order to improve the quality of the image OFF: MIKROTRON’s FPN is deactivated status (ON/OFF) Remark FilterMode The image filter compensates non‐linear noises within the image.
This feature selects the physical line that can be configured with the commands LineSource and LineInverter. Up to now, only OUT0 is available. read/write Access enumeration Type OUT0 selected output of the Hirose connector (STRB = pin 3) (expert feature) Remark MIKROTRON GmbH 12 ‐ 2...
This feature controls whether the level of the signal will be inverted or not. read/write Access enumeration Type inverted = 0 not inverted = 1 setting: inverted or not inverted default is low (inverted) Remark (expert feature) MIKROTRON GmbH 12 ‐ 3...
Dimensions (H x W x D) 80 x 80 x 81 mm (F mount) between +5 and +50 °C Case temperature 450 g (C mount) Weight 490 g (F mount) C or F mount Lens mount MIKROTRON GmbH A ‐ 2...
370 to 670 nm resulting in a sensitivity shown in the second chart. On request all types of cameras can be delivered with or without UV/ IR cut filter. Image B‐1: Sensitivity without UV/IR cut filter MIKROTRON GmbH B ‐ 2...
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Spectral Response Image B‐2: Sensitivity with UV/IR cut filter MIKROTRON GmbH B ‐ 3...
Bayer Pattern Color Filter Array The sensor glass lid of MIKROTRON’s EoSens color cameras is covered with a Bayer color filter. In order to get the color information, the imaging software has to decode the information of each pixel into RGB by using the values of its neighbor pixels.
2. A Bayer pattern image has to have an even number of pixels and an even number of lines. 3. Changing the image size can only be done by steps of 2 in the horizontal and vertically direction. MIKROTRON GmbH C ‐ 3...
The side views are similar to the ones with DIN connector. Side Views The side view dimensions of the MC4082 and MC4083 are the same as for the MC4086 and MC4087 ("Side View without adapter" on page D‐3). MIKROTRON GmbH D ‐ 5...
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