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C-RED One UserManual_20181207.docx
First Light Imaging SAS
First Light Imaging SAS au Capital de 85 000 euros
Title: C-RED One USER MANUAL
Document: C-RED ONE
USERMANUAL_20181207
Issue: 002
Classification: PUBLIC
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Europarc Ste Victoire – Bât 6.
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Route de Valbrillant
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Le Canet
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533 716 817 RCS Aix-en-Provence
Page : 1
Date : 11/12/2018
13590 MEYREUIL
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FRANCE
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+33 (0)4 42 61 29 20
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TVA : FR78 533 716 817

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  • Page 1: User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 3 Europarc Ste Victoire – Bât 6. Route de Valbrillant Le Canet 13590 MEYREUIL FRANCE +33 (0)4 42 61 29 20 First Light Imaging SAS au Capital de 85 000 euros 533 716 817 RCS Aix-en-Provence TVA : FR78 533 716 817...
  • Page 4 Europarc Ste Victoire – Bât 6. Route de Valbrillant Le Canet 13590 MEYREUIL FRANCE +33 (0)4 42 61 29 20 First Light Imaging SAS au Capital de 85 000 euros 533 716 817 RCS Aix-en-Provence TVA : FR78 533 716 817...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This User Manual describes precisely how to handle your material properly and to avoid accidents. Please follow the instructions of use in order to take advantage of all C-RED One performances. Please read carefully the warnings in section 2 and follow the safety precautions in order to avoid any personal injury or damage when using the camera.

  • Page 6: Disposal

    Classification: PUBLIC Disposal C-RED One’s sensor contains specific material such as Mercury and Cadmium, which are concerned by the RoHS rules. However, C-RED one is exempted from RoHS limitation, cf Annex 4.1.c., “Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Text with EEA relevance”.

  • Page 7: Warnings

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  • Page 8: Contents Of Package

    Note 2: The softwares are available on demand. Note 3: Items may differ from pictures. Note 4: If you bought your C-RED One system together with the cooling unit, please refer to the cooling unit instructions before handling the cooling unit (see section 4 for minimum requirements).

  • Page 9: Description And Technical Specifications

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  • Page 10: Spectral Response At 80K

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  • Page 11: Camera Specification And Performances

    Latency between exposure and first pixel availability µs 4.2.2. Mechanical and optical interfaces The C-RED One camera is designed to deliver the best precision possible regarding the optical alignment of the sensor. First Light Imaging SAS Europarc Ste Victoire – Bât 6.

  • Page 12: Date : 11/12/2018

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  • Page 13: Date : 11/12/2018

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  • Page 14: Description And Minimum Specifications For Accessories

    C-RED One power connector cabling Always use the provided power supply. 4.3.2. Cooling To achieve its nominal performance, the C-RED One camera requires liquid cooling. The camera has its own internal thermal regulation that cools the detector down to 80K. Parameters...

  • Page 15: Data

    The C-RED One firmware communicates with the user through the serial line embedded in the Camera Link® cables. Usually the driver for the Frame grabber will expose the serial line of the Camera Link®...

  • Page 16: List Of Tested And Recommended Grabbers

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  • Page 17: Installation / Camera Start Up

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  • Page 18: Camera Link Cables

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  • Page 19: Powering Down

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  • Page 20: Operation

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  • Page 21: Acquiring Images

    Issue: 002 Classification: PUBLIC Note: Some cameras don’t have a valve. If you are in this case, please contact First Light Imaging at contact@first-light.fr. Also, firmware before release 2.0.0 were more restrictive: the poor vacuum was 10-4 mb and the faulty vacuum 10-3 mb.

  • Page 22: Pixel Format

    The sensor can finally be seen as an array of 10 x 256 blocks of 32 pixels. 6.4.1. Pixel format C-RED One digitizes the signal from the sensor with 16-bit precision. The pixel values are in unsigned format and range from 0 to 65535 ADUs.
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  • Page 25: Cameralink Data Format

    Classification: PUBLIC Camera Link® data format C-RED One uses the Camera Link® Full interface that requires two data cables. Data are transmitted with a standard protocol using 4 taps of 16 bits width. With this configuration, pixels are sent 4 by 4 through the Camera Link® and the Camera Link® Pixel Clock will be at 80MHz.

  • Page 26: Single Region Of Interest

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  • Page 27: Issuing Commands To The Camera - How To

    6.5.2. Issuing commands to the camera – How to C-RED One firmware communicates with the user through the serial line embedded in the Camera Link® cables. Usually the driver for the frame grabber will expose the serial line of the Camera Link® standard as a virtual COM port on the acquisition system.

  • Page 28: Basic Parameters

    Failing to provide external water cooling may damage permanently the camera. 6.6.2. Adjusting Frame rate / Exposure To change the rate at which C-RED One acquires images, the camera must be issued an ‘fps’ command. Syntax is ‘set fps ’ where is the requested speed in frames per second.

  • Page 29: Camera Operating Modes

    The maximum speed is twice lower than the maximum frame rate in single read mode. Correlated Double Sampling mode C-RED One can deliver raw frames or the processed one every two frames by selecting the parameter “Raw” or not. First Light Imaging SAS Europarc Ste Victoire –...

  • Page 30: Multiple Non-Destructive Reads

    It’s a burst mode. Correlated Double Sampling mode. C-RED One can deliver raw frames or the result of the subtract of the last frame minus the second one by selecting the parameter “Raw” or not.

  • Page 31: Rolling Reset

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  • Page 32: Rolling Reset Nreadout

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  • Page 33: Rolling Reset Iota Readout

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  • Page 35: Synchronization

    Classification: PUBLIC Synchronization 7.3.1. Cable Assembly Together with the C-RED One Camera with synchronization option are supplied 2 LEMO cables (FGG.00. 304.CLAD35). These cables will allow you to use all the functionalities of the Synchro card. Wiring is detailed below:...

  • Page 36: Synchro Connection

    Classification: PUBLIC 7.3.2. Synchro connection C-RED One with Synchro Mode offers the possibility to drive the frame readout with an external trigger and can provide timing information through a 4-pin LEMO connector (Mating LEMO male connector reference is FGG.00.304. series connectors).

  • Page 37: Output : Fval

    7.3.4. Output : FVAL This output delivers a signal synchronized with each new image delivered by C-RED One. The sync out is the mirroring of the FVAL (frame valid) Camera Link® signal. It indicates when data is available on the bus and reflects the camera frame rate.

  • Page 38: Output: Lval

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  • Page 39: Description Of Various Fonctions

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  • Page 41 - locked: A critical error occurred, the camera s in safe mode and locked. It means you can’t use it anymore. You have to contact First Light support to restart the camera. status detailed Get last status change reason (if available) continue Continue camera starting.
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  • Page 43: Commands Format Detail

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  • Page 44: Ssh Configuration

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  • Page 45: Precautions And Maintenance

    Please use your cooling system in accordance to the cooling system instructions. Dew point: even if C-RED One is hermetically sealed and not subject to dew issue, please use cooling fluid at a temperature not below the dew point, do not use a coolant fluid temperature below the ambient temperature.

  • Page 46: Operational Environment

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  • Page 47: Warranty And Liability

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  • Page 48: Returns

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  • Page 49: For The Rest Of The World

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  • Page 50: Contacts

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