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  • Page 2  The copyright of this manual is held by PHOTRON LIMITED.  Product specifications and manual contents are subject to change without notice.  PHOTRON LIMITED bears no responsibility for any results by using our products nor by applying this manual to any operations.
  • Page 3 Introduction Thank you for your purchase of Photron’s high-speed camera system, the “IDP-Express R2000” (referred to below as the system). This manual contains the operating instructions and warnings necessary for using the system. Before using the system, please read the entire manual. If any part of this manual is unclear, contact Photron using the contact information printed at the back of the manual.
  • Page 4 This chapter explains the system’s specifications. Chapter. 5 Warranty This chapter explains about the warranty. Chapter. 6 Contacting Photron This chapter lists the contact information to use when contacting Photron if the system malfunctions or if a portion of the manual is unclear.
  • Page 5 In order to prevent injury to yourself and others, and to prevent damage to property, carefully observe the following safety precautions. Photron has given its full attention to the safety of this system. However, the extent of damage and injury potentially caused by ignoring the content of the safety precautions and using the system incorrectly is explained next.
  • Page 6 ■ Do not plug in or unplug the power cord with wet hands. Doing so can cause electric shock. ■ This chapter lists the contact information to use when contacting Photron if the system malfunctions or if a portion of the manual is unclear.
  • Page 7 Caution ■ Do NOT touch the card edge connector part of this unit. It may cause a loose connection or malfunction. ■ Please consult to us in advance, When you perform shoot by which laser light and direct rays go into a image sensor surface. ■...
  • Page 8 Cleaning of the Image Sensor Surface Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) events may cause immediate and unrecoverable damage to the image sensor. Please read the following instructions and take EXTREME CARE when cleaning the image sensor surface. ■ALWAYS take appropriate anti-static precautions when cleaning or working near the image sensor.
  • Page 9 ■Since this product records and transfers the images with a high speed directly to the PC memory, it is occurable for Missing Frames (miss recording). ■When Photron FASTCAM Viewer is terminated by user, or aborts accidentally, the preserved memory will be released and the images in it will disappear.

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter. 1 Overview 1.1. Product Overview and Features ................2 Chapter. 2 Setup 2.1. System Components and Accessories ..............4 2.2. Recommended system requirements ..............5 2.3. Part Names and Operations ..................6 2.3.1. Grabber Board .................... 6 2.3.2.
  • Page 11 4.2.2. Camera Head ................... 32 4.2.3. Pencil Type Camera Head (Straight) ............34 4.2.4. Pencil Type Camera Head (Right angle) ..........35 Chapter. 5 Warranty 5.1. About the Warranty ....................38 Chapter. 6 Contacting Photron 6.1. Contact Information ....................40...

  • Page 13: Chapter. 1 Overview

    Chapter. 1 Overview 1.1.Product Overview and Features IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 14: Product Overview And Features

    Chapter. 1 Overview 1.1. Product Overview and Features This product is applicable for engineering research and development as a powerful tool in various fields, such as in designing, manufacturing, and the quality controling, etc. Moreover, it is also suitable for a compact, flexible and extendible built-in system, or a PC-platformed systematization application,.

  • Page 15: Chapter. 2 Setup

    Chapter. 2 Setup 2.1. System Components and Accessories 2.3. Recommended system requirements 2.4. Part Names and Operations 2.4. Device Connection IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 16 At lease one x8 PCI Express slot or x16 PCI Express slot Interface be reserved.  Please use this unit with the supplied PC. Using with an excluding PC will lose warranty. Administrator account is required.  IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 17: Grabber Board

    Chapter. 2 Setup 2.3. Part Names and Operations 2.3.1. Grabber Board ① ④ ② ③ ⑤ Connector Description ① Special connector Use a special cable to connect to camera head. ② I/O Cable Connector (OUT) Connect to a trigger output I/O cable. ③...

  • Page 18: Camera Head Portion

    Connects the Camera Head to a Lens with the C-mount. ② Camera Head output connector Connects the Camera Head to the Grabber board with the dedicated cable. ③ Serial number label Shows the product serial number. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 19 Chapter. 2 Setup ① ② Pencil type head Straight Right angle Part Name Explanation ① Lens mount Connects the Camera Head to a Lens with the C-mount. ② Serial number label Shows the product serial number.

  • Page 20: Camera Cable

    For a pencil-type camera head, the cable connects between the frame grabber and the cable that fixed on camera head. When securing the camera cable, do not bend it R50 or lower. Always secure the camera cable externally in one location within 60 cm of the connector. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 21: External Signal Input Compound Cable

    Chapter. 2 Setup 2.3.4. External Signal Input Compound Cable ① ② ③ Name Description ① T-SW IN Connector A trigger signal input connector for receiving a switch-in signal. ② T-TTL IN Connector A trigger signal input connector for receiving a TTL level signal.

  • Page 22: External Signal Output Compound Cable

    ② SYNC OUT Connector Output SYNC Signal The outputted SYNC signal is a TTL level signal. Please refer to the Photron FASTCAM Viewer manual for details. ③ Not in use.(※) GEN OUT Connector  A GEN OUT connector’s function mounting plan is proposed.

  • Page 23: Device Connections

    Chapter. 2 Setup 2.4. Device Connections 2.4.1. Connecting a Camera Head Follow the procedure below to connect a Camera Head to the Grabber Board. ■ Frame grabber Board side. Make sure to turn off the PC power supply, Connect the camera cable. Confirm the connection of camera head and the Grabber Board respectively.
  • Page 24 If the camera cable is pulled out while the power is on, it can cause a malfunction. Always turn the Camera Controller's power off when installing or removing Camera Heads. Installing or removing Camera Heads with the power on will cause a malfunction. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 25 Chapter. 2 Setup ◇In case of the Pencil Type Head It checks that the camera controller is turned off. A camera cable is connected to the camera controller side. * The connection method is the same as a cube type head. The cable from a camera controller and the cable which has come out of the camera head are connected.
  • Page 26 IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 27: Chapter. 3 Recording

    3.5. White Balance Adjustment (Color Models Only) 3.6. Color Enhancement Function (Color Models Only) 3.7. Look-Up Table (LUT) Operations 3.8. Edge Enhancement Function 3.9. Setting the Sensor Gain 3.10. Input/Output Signal Types 3.11. Using External Triggers 3.12. About Recording Time(Recording Frames) IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 28 Chapter. 3 Recording 3.1. Selecting the Frame Rate With the system, you can record images from 50 to 2,000 fps using the full 512x512 pixel resolution of the image sensor. For frame rates higher than 2,000 fps, high-speed photography is achieved by limiting the read area of the image sensor.

  • Page 29: Changing Shutter Lock

    3.3.1. Changing SHUTTER LOCK By switching between [ON] and [OFF] on the Photron FASTCAM Viewer, the shutter speed value first used when the frame rate is changed can be set. ON: Changing the frame rate does not change the shutter speed, it maintains the current setting.

  • Page 30: Selecting The Trigger Mode

    Chapter. 3 Recording 3.4. Selecting the Trigger Mode With the system, in order to reliably capture high-speed phenomena, many kinds of trigger modes have been made available. These trigger modes are explained next. There are seven types of trigger modes which are listed below. - START - CENTER - END...

  • Page 31: End Mode

    The number of frames recorded each time the trigger is input can be set as desired, in one frame increments, from one frame to the maximum of all the recordable frames available. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 32: White Balance Adjustment (Color Models Only)

    Chapter. 3 Recording 3.5. White Balance Adjustment (Color Models Only) On digital video cameras, photographing white as pure white is described as "having the appropriate white balance." On the system's color models as well, in order to take images with the correct color representation, the white balance must be adjusted for the color temperature of the light source used.

  • Page 33: Color Enhancement Function (Color Models Only)

    (light and dark sharpness) or make an object in the image stand out by emphasizing a specified gray level range.  When an image is saved with its brightness converted with the LUT, the image saved is the image that has had its brightness converted. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 34: Edge Enhancement Function

    Chapter. 3 Recording 3.8. Edge Enhancement Function With the system's edge enhancement setting, you can enhance the edges in the recorded image in three steps. Menu Display Contents Edge enhancement off. LEVEL1 Edge enhancement set to weak. LEVEL 2 Edge enhancement set to medium. LEVEL 3 Edge enhancement set to strong.

  • Page 35: Input/Output Signal Types

    3.10.2. External Signal Output Compound Cable ◆TRIG OUT Trigger signal output for external devices (5V). ◆SYNC OUT For a synchronization between multi devices(IDP-Express to IDP-Express, or IDC-Express to other devices), a vertical synchronizing signal is outputted. ◆GEN OUT For future extension. IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 36: Using External Triggers

    Chapter. 3 Recording 3.11. Using External Triggers With the system, you can record by receiving various trigger signals matched to the recording application. The trigger signals that can be used with the system are explained here. 3.11.1. Inputting an External Trigger Signal The external trigger signals that can be used with the system and their input systems are listed below.
  • Page 37 SYNC IN Circuit Diagram ＋ 5V ＋ 5V IL 6 1 1 - 3E IN 1＋ 3 9 0ΩF IN 1－ OUT 1 SYNC _ IN SYNC IN 2＋ OUT 2 IN 2－ 0 . 1μF IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 38: Outputting External Trigger Signals

    This product transfers images grabbed directly to the main memory of PC. It is necessary to reserve memory area before recording.  Please refer to "Photron FASTCAM Viewer user's manual" for method of reserving memory.  Memory that can be reserved is decided depending on OS.

  • Page 39: Specifications

    Chapter. 4 Product Specifications 4.1. Specifications 4.2. Dimensions IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 40 Chapter. 4 Product Specifications 4.1. Specifications 4.1.1. Product Specifications Image Sensor CMOS image sensor Sensor Resolution 512 x 512 pixels 10μm × 10μm Pixel Size Frame Rate 2,000 fps full frame Lens Mount C mount Monochrome 8bit Recording Color Depth Color RGB, each 8-bit (Bayer color filter method) Shutter...

  • Page 41: General Specifications

    23 (H) × 22 (W) ×75 (D) mm Pencil type Head(Straight) 23 (H) × 23 (W) ×77 (D) mm Pencil type Head(Right angle) Power Consumption Total power consumption Weight Cube type Head Straight 145g Pencil type Head (Include Cable) Right angle 140g IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 42: Frame Rate And Resolution

    Chapter. 4 Product Specifications 4.1.3. Frame Rate and Resolution Settable Resolution Maximum Frame Resolution Rate (fps) 512×512 512×352 512×256 512×128 512×96~ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 50 (PAL) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 512×512 ○ ○...

  • Page 43: Dimensions

    4.2. Dimensions 4.2.1. Grabber Borad * All dimensions are in millimeters (mm) – 25.4 mm equals one inch. These diagrams are not shown to scale. 205.1 190.5 IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 44: Camera Head

    Chapter. 4 Product Specifications 4.2.2. Camera Head * All dimensions are in millimeters (mm) – 25.4 mm equals one inch. These diagrams are not shown to scale. 4*2*M3 DEPTH3 FRANGE BACK ADJUST SCREW 9.33 39.83 φ34 45.01...
  • Page 45 With Tripod Adapter Attached * All dimensions are in millimeters (mm) – 25.4 mm equals one inch. These diagrams are not shown to scale. FRANGE BACK ADJUST SCREW 42.3 6.33 26.33 39.83 1/4-20UNC IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...

  • Page 46: Pencil Type Camera Head (Straight)

    Chapter. 4 Product Specifications 4.2.3. Pencil Type Camera Head (Straight) * All dimensions are in millimeters (mm) – 25.4 mm equals one inch. These diagrams are not shown to scale. 2-M2 Depth 2 24.2 29.8 2-M2 Depth 2 M3 Depth 5 23.2 77.1 2-M2 Depth 2...

  • Page 47: Pencil Type Camera Head (Right Angle)

    * All dimensions are in millimeters (mm) – 25.4 mm equals one inch. These diagrams are not shown to scale. 24.2 28.1 2-M2 Depth 2 M3 Depth 5 75.1 21.6 11.5 2- M2 Depth 14.6 2-M2 Depth 2 M3 Depth 5 IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 48 Chapter. 4 Product Specifications...

  • Page 49: Chapter. 5 Warranty

    Chapter. 5 Warranty 5.1. About the Warranty IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 50 Consumable goods (cables) When repair, adjustment, or alternation done by an entity other than Photron service has been performed on the system, or damage or malfunction that is determined to be attributed to a fault in the use the product.

  • Page 51: Chapter. 6 Contacting Photron

    Chapter. 6 Contacting Photron 6.1. Contact Information IDP-Express R2000 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 52 Chapter. 6 Contacting Photron 6.1. Contact Information For inquires related to PFV, contact Photron at the contact information listed below. Additionally, the following items will be verified when inquiring, so please prepare them in advance. Items Verified Concrete Example Company, school or organization name,...
  • Page 53 Hardware Manual Revision 1.08E Publication Date April, 2018 Publisher PHOTRON LIMITED 21F, Jimbocho Mitsui Bldg., 1-105 Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101-0051 © 2017.PHO T RON LIMIT E D, All right s reserved. Print ed i n Japan. (Control No. E180406U)

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