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IMPERX
Cheetah Pregius Cameras
User Manual
with GigE Vision
Interface
The Imperx Cheetah CMOS cameras provide exceptional video image quality in a
remarkably compact and ruggedized design with resolutions from 3 to 31 MP. The cameras
use Sony 2
nd
and 3
rd
generation Pregius CMOS sensors for their high sensitivity, image
clarity, and high dynamic range. They achieve frame rates up to 35 frames per second with
®
GigE Vision
output interface and support power over ethernet (PoE).
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  • Page 1 User Manual with GigE Vision Interface  The Imperx Cheetah CMOS cameras provide exceptional video image quality in a remarkably compact and ruggedized design with resolutions from 3 to 31 MP. The cameras use Sony 2 and 3 generation Pregius CMOS sensors for their high sensitivity, image clarity, and high dynamic range.
  • Page 2 Interface – User Manual ® About Imperx, Inc. IMPERX, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance, high quality digital cameras, frame grabbers, and accessories for industrial, commercial, military, and aerospace imaging applications including flat panel inspection, biometrics, aerial mapping, surveillance, traffic management, semiconductors and electronics, scientific &...
  • Page 3 Warranty IMPERX warrants performance of its products and related software to the specifications applicable at the time of sale in accordance with IMPERX’s standard warranty, which is 2 (two) years parts and labor. Do not open the housing of the camera. Warranty voids if the housing has been open or tampered.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Camera ................11 General ........................11 Key Features ....................12 Technical Specifications ................... 13 C2000 and C2400 Cameras Specifications ............13 C2010 and C2410 Cameras Specifications ............14 C3210 and C4010 Cameras Specifications ............
  • Page 5 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Version Information ..................50 Image Format Control ..................52 Acquisition Control ..................54 Gain Control ..................... 56 Auto Exposure and Auto Gain Control (AEC/AGC) .......... 57 Data Correction ....................59 White Balance....................
  • Page 6 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Automatic Gain Control ..................103 Acquisition Control ....................103 Video Amplifier Gain and Offset ................104 Digital gain ..................... 104 Digital Offset ....................104 Black Level Auto-calibration and Offset ............104 Data Output Format ....................
  • Page 7 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Cheetah cameras with GigE Vision® PoE interface ............ 12 Table 2: C2000 and C2400 Cameras Specifications ..............13 Table 3: C2010 and C2410 Cameras Specifications ..............14 Table 4: C3210 and C4010 Cameras Specifications ..............
  • Page 8 Figure 36 Choose Install Location screen ................73 Figure 37: Uninstall any existing versions dialog ..............73 Figure 38: Installation Complete screen ................. 74 Figure 39: Completing Imperx Camera SDK Setup screen ............74 Figure 40: IpxPlayer Icon ......................74 August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...
  • Page 9 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Figure 41: Imperx Camera SDK file locations on your computer ..........75 Figure 42: Connecting to a camera ..................76 Figure 43: Select Camera dialogue ..................76 Figure 44: Access status showing IP Subnet Mismatch ............77 Figure 45: Select an access level .....................
  • Page 10 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® REVISION HISTORY Revision Date Reviser Comments 8/27/2019 K. Wetzel Initial release. I. Barabanova August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0 10 of 123...

  • Page 11: About The Camera

    The Cheetah P67 cameras feature IP67-rated enclosure that protects a camera from ingress of water, dirt, dust, sand and other contaminants and can be utilized in harsh environments. Imperx offers IP67 lens tubes of different diameters to be used with varying lens sizes to suit your specific requirements.

  • Page 12: Key Features

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 1: Cheetah cameras with GigE Vision® PoE interface Camera Resolution Resolution Frame Type Optical Pixel Size Sony Sensor Model (MP) (H x V) Rate (Color/ format (microns) Model (Max) Mono) POE-C2000...

  • Page 13: Technical Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 1.2 Technical Specifications C2000 and C2400 Cameras Specifications Table 2: C2000 and C2400 Cameras Specifications Specifications C2000 – 3 MP C2400 – 5 MP Active image resolution 2064 (H) x 1544 (V) 2464 (H) x 2056 (V) Pixel size 3.45 µm...

  • Page 14: C2010 And C2410 Cameras Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C2010 and C2410 Cameras Specifications Table 3: C2010 and C2410 Cameras Specifications Specifications POE-C2010, P67-C2010 – 3 MP POE-C2410, P67-C2410 – 5 MP Active image resolution 2064 (H) x 1544 (V) 2464 (H) x 2056 (V) Pixel size 3.45 µm...

  • Page 15: C3210 And C4010 Cameras Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C3210 and C4010 Cameras Specifications Table 4: C3210 and C4010 Cameras Specifications Specifications POE-C3210, P67-C3210 – 7.1 MP POE-C4010, P67-C4010 – 9 MP Active image resolution 3216 (H) x 2208 (V) 4112 (H) x 2176 (V) Pixel size 4.5 µm...

  • Page 16: C4110 Camera Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C4110 Camera Specifications Table 5: C4110 Camera Specifications Specifications POE-C4110, P67-C4110 – 12 MP Active image resolution 4112 (H) x 3008 (V) Pixel size 3.45 µm Optical format 1.1 inch Shutter Global 9.6 fps (8-bit), 4.8 fps (10,12-bit unpacked),...

  • Page 17: C2410Y/Z And C4110Y/Z Cameras Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C2410Y/Z and C4110Y/Z Cameras Specifications Table 6: C2410Y/Z and C4110Y/Z Cameras Specifications Specifications POE-C2410Y/Z – 5 MP POE-C4110Y/Z – 12 MP Active image resolution 2464 (H) x 2056 (V) 4112 (H) x 3008 (V) 1232 (H) x 1028 (V) per polarization angle 2056 (H) x 1504 (V) per polarization angle...

  • Page 18: C4410 And C5410 Cameras Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C4410 and C5410 Cameras Specifications Table 7: C4410 and C5410 Cameras Specifications Specifications POE-C4410 – 20 MP POE-C5410 – 17 MP Active image resolution 4432 (H) x 4436 (V) 5472 (H) x 3084 (V) Pixel size 3.45 µm...

  • Page 19: C6410 Camera Specifications

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C6410 Camera Specifications Table 8: C6410 Camera Specifications Specifications POE-C6410 – 20 MP Active image resolution 6464 (H) x 4852 (V) Pixel size 3.45 µm Optical format APS-C Shutter Global Frame rate (max) 3.7 fps (8-bit), 1.8 fps (10,12-bit unpacked), 2.5 fps (10,12-bit packed)

  • Page 20: Ordering Information

    A POE Power Supply injector/ LAN Power or external power supply is required. The Imperx PS12V04A power supply is available for use with POE camera models (except, C2000 and C2400) and can be purchased separately. To power the P67 cameras use an appropriate external power supply and IP67-rated cables.

  • Page 21: Technical Support

    If the test pattern is not present, power off the camera, check all the cabling, frame grabber settings, and computer status. If you still have problems with the camera operation, contact technical support at: Email: techsupport@imperx.com Toll Free 1 (866) 849-1662 or (+1) 561-989-0006 Fax: (+1) 561-989-0045 Visit our website: www.imperx.com...

  • Page 22: Hardware

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 2 Hardware This chapter contains the detailed information needed for the initial design-in process: • Connector types, pin numbering and assignments. • Power supply and cabling. • Electrical connectivity and voltage requirements. •...

  • Page 23: Pin Assignment

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Pin Assignment The RJ-45 connector’s pin assignment conforms to the Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T. The Hirose connector on the camera’s back panel is a male type miniature locking receptacle #HR10A-7R-6PB(73) mating to a female Hirose type miniature locking plug #HR10A-7P-6S(73).

  • Page 24: C2010, C2410, C3210, C4010 And C4110 Cameras Connectivity

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 2.2 C2010, C2410, C3210, C4010 and C4110 Cameras Connectivity The back panel of the camera provides all the connectors needed to operate and control the camera and an LED status indicator. The RJ-45 connector also features Ethernet link status LED indicators.

  • Page 25: Pin Assignments

    1000BASE-T. The Hirose connector on the camera’s back panel is a male type miniature locking receptacle #HR10A-10R-12PB(71). The Imperx PS12V04A power supply (sold separately – see and External Power Supply) terminates in a female Hirose type miniature locking plug #HR10A-10P-12S(73) and has two small BNC pig-tail cables for the external trigger input (black) and strobe output (white).

  • Page 26: C4410, C5410, C6410 Cameras Connectivity

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 2.3 C4410, C5410, C6410 Cameras Connectivity The back panel of the camera provides all the connectors needed to operate and control the camera and an LED status indicator. The RJ-45 connector also features Ethernet link status LED indicators.

  • Page 27: P67 Cameras Connectivity

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 2.4 P67 Cameras Connectivity The back panel of the camera provides all the connectors needed to operate and control the camera. The back panel also provides two LED status indicators. Ethernet connector 8-pin connector for power, I/O...

  • Page 28: Power And I/O Connector Pin Assignments

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Power and I/O Connector Pin Assignments The IP67-rated 8-pin male BULGIN PXMBNI12RPM08APCM12 connector provides alternative power input and all external input/output signals supplied to the camera. Figure 7: BULGIN PXMBNI12RPM08APCM12 connector pin-outs (P67-C2010, P67-C2410, P67-C3210, P67-C4010, and P67-C4110 cameras) Table 12: 8-pin BULGIN Connector Pin Mapping Signal Name...

  • Page 29: Ethernet Connector Pin Assignment

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Ethernet Connector Pin Assignment An IP67-rated MACOM MMT361A315 connector provides 1000BASE-T Ethernet interface. The pin assignment conform to the Ethernet standard Figure 8: MACOM MMT361A315 connector pin-outs (P67-C2010, P67-C2410, P67-C3210, P67-C4010, and P67-C4110 cameras) Table 13: MACOM Connector Pin Mapping Signal Name Cable wires...

  • Page 30: Camera Led Status Indicator

    HIROSE plug #HR10A-10P-12S(73). The PS12V04A includes connectors for trigger (black wire) and strobe (white wire). Imperx does not offer an external Power Supply for use with the C2000 and C2400 cameras, but does offer a cable assembly (P/N: CBL-COM01, Input/Output, 6-pin Hirose to...

  • Page 31: Ps12V04A Standard Power Supply

    Safety (1) EMC UL/CUL, CE, TUV, DoIR+C-Tick, Semko, CCC, FCC. Safety (2) BSMI, FCC. CAUTION ! It is strongly recommended that you use the PS12V04A power adapter from Imperx for powering POE-C2010, POE-C2410, POE-C3210, POE-C4010, POE-C4110, POE-C4410, POE-C5410, and POE-C6410 cameras.

  • Page 32: Power And I/O Cable Cbl-Com01

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Power and I/O cable CBL-COM01 The optionally purchased CBL-COM01 cable is used with C2000 and C2400 cameras for transmitting power, external trigger and strobe signals. It terminates in a female HIROSE plug #HR10A-7P-6S(73) on one end and 6 loose wires on the opposing (see Figure 10).

  • Page 33: I/O Cable Pwio01

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® I/O Cable PWIO01 The optionally purchased PWIO01 cable is used with POE-C2010, POE-C2410, POE-C3210, POE-C4010, POE-C4110, POE-C4410, POE-C5410, and POE-C6410 cameras for transmitting external trigger and strobe signals when the cameras are powered using Local Area Network power or an external POE injector.

  • Page 34: Active Canon Ef Mount

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Active Canon EF mount The Canon EF lens mount provides active lens control for C4410, C5410, and C6410 cameras. The cameras provide communication and power to the mount through an internal connector on the front of the camera.

  • Page 35: Opto-Isolated Input

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Opto-isolated Input Input signals IN1 and IN1 RTN are optically isolated. The voltage difference between the two must be positive between 3.3 V and 24 V. The minimum input current is 3.3 mA. Input IN1 pin numbers may vary for different camera models (see Table 15).

  • Page 36: Opto-Isolated Output

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Opto-isolated Output Opto-isolated output is an optically isolated switch. There is no pull-up voltage on either contact. An external pull-up voltage of up to 25 V is required for operation. Output is not polarity sensitive.

  • Page 37: Figure 18: Out2 High Side Load Driver Circuit

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® – from 2.5 V to 25 V (DC or peak AC) R3 – from 50R to 500R – from 1 mA to 50 mA Figure 18: Out2 High side load driver circuit August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 38: Mechanical Drawings

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 2.8 Mechanical Drawings C2000 and C2400 Cameras The camera housing is made of precision-machined aluminum. For maximum flexibility, the camera has three M3X0.5mm mounting holes located on the bottom side. An additional plate with ¼-20 UNC (tripod mount) and hardware ship with each camera.

  • Page 39: Figure 21: Bottom And Side Views Of The Poe-C2000 And Poe-C2400 Cameras

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Bottom View: Side View with Image Plane: Figure 21: Bottom and Side views of the POE-C2000 and POE-C2400 cameras August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0 39 of 123...

  • Page 40: C2010, C2410, C3210, C4010, And C4110 Cameras

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C2010, C2410, C3210, C4010, and C4110 Cameras The camera housing is made of precision-machined aluminum. For maximum flexibility, the camera has eight M3X0.5mm mounting holes located towards the front of the camera on all four sides.

  • Page 41: Figure 24: Top And Side Views Of The Poe-C2010, Poe-C2410, Poe-C2410Y/Z, Poe-C3210

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Top View: Side View with Image Plane: Figure 24: Top and Side views of the POE-C2010, POE-C2410, POE-C2410Y/Z, POE-C3210, POE-C4010, POE-C4110, and POE-C4110Y/Z cameras August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0 41 of 123...

  • Page 42: C4410, C5410, And C6410 Cameras

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® C4410, C5410, and C6410 Cameras The camera housing is made of precision-machined aluminum. For maximum flexibility, the camera has eight M3X0.5mm mounting holes located towards the front of the camera on all four sides.

  • Page 43: Figure 27: Top And Side Views Of The Poe-C4410, Poe-C5410, And Poe-C6410 Cameras

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Top View: Side View with Image Plane: Figure 27: Top and Side views of the POE-C4410, POE-C5410, and POE-C6410 cameras August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0 43 of 123...

  • Page 44: P67 Cheetah Cameras

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® P67 Cheetah Cameras The camera housing is made of precision-machined aluminum. For maximum flexibility, the camera has four M3X0.5mm mounting holes located towards the front of the camera on the top and bottom sides.

  • Page 45: Figure 30: Mechanical Drawings Of The P67-C2010, P67-C2410, P67-C3210, P67-C4010, P67

    Top view: Section A – A: Figure 30: Mechanical drawings of the P67-C2010, P67-C2410, P67-C3210, P67-C4010, P67- C4110 cameras Imperx offers lens tubes of different diameters and lengths. Refer to the section 2.9.1 P67 Cameras for more information on lens tubes.

  • Page 46: Optical

    C-mount camera using an F-mount–to-C-mount adapter (with POE-C2010, POE-C2410, POE-C3210, POE-C4010, and POE-C4110 cameras only). You can purchase the adapter separately (refer to the Imperx web site for more information). Table 16: Cheetah Cameras’ Adapters and Back Focal Distances Camera model...

  • Page 47: P67 Cameras Lens Tubes

    Interface – User Manual ® P67 Cameras Lens Tubes Imperx offers IP67 C-mount lens tubes of 50 mm (standard) and 70 mm (optional) diameters to be used with varying lens sizes (see Table 17). The tube length varies and can be customized to match your specific requirements.

  • Page 48: Genicam Tm Api Module - Configuring The Camera

    (either status or information). You can configure and monitor all of the camera’s features and resources. The Cheetah camera ships with the Imperx Camera SDK software which includes the SDK and IpxPlayer application to control the camera and view/save images. Chapter...

  • Page 49: Device Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 18: Parameters availability Parameter Camera model supporting the parameter Slave AOI All models except for POE-C2000 and POE-C2400 Line 2 in POE-C2010, POE-C2410, POE-C2410Y/Z, POE-C3210, POE-C4010, POE-C4110, POE-C4110Y/Z, POE-C4410, POE-C5410, POE-C6410 TriggerSource AEC/AGC...

  • Page 50: Version Information

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 19: Device Control parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description DeviceTemperatureSelector Enumeration String Num. Selects the location within Sensor the camera where the temperature will be measured DeviceTemperature Float Camera temperature in...
  • Page 51 Integer Returns the Camera Head Firmware Version Number CameraHeadFirmwareBuild Integer Returns Firmware build Number CustomerID Integer Returns Customer ID for custom cameras (0=Imperx Standard camera) FamilyID Integer Returns Camera Family ID XMLVersion Integer Returns XML Version GEVFirmwareSWVersion Integer Shows software...

  • Page 52: Image Format Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Image Format Control Image Format Control lets you change screen resolution, select pixel format, and more. Table 21: Image Format Control parameters Parameter Name Type Value Access Description WidthMax Integer Returns max.

  • Page 53: Table 22: Slave Aoi Parameters

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 21: Image Format Control parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description PixelColorFilter Enumeration String Num. Type of color filter that is "None" applied to the image "BayerRG"" TestPattern Enumeration String...

  • Page 54: Acquisition Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Acquisition Control Acquisition Control lets you configure settings for image capture, exposure, frame rates, triggers, and so on. It also provides read-only information on frame and exposure time. Table 23: Acquisition Control parameters Parameter Name Type Value...
  • Page 55 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 23: Acquisition Control parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description AcquisitionFrameRate Float Controls acquisition rate (in Hz) of frames captured. CurrentExposureTime Integer Returns current exposure time in microseconds.

  • Page 56: Gain Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 23: Acquisition Control parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description TriggerType Enumeration String Num. Standard: Exposure and "Standard" readout sequential; "Fast" Fast: Exposure and readout overlapped (see 5.9.1 Trigger Modes) TriggerNumFrames...

  • Page 57: Auto Exposure And Auto Gain Control (Aec/Agc)

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Auto Exposure and Auto Gain Control (AEC/AGC) You can set the camera to automatic exposure control (AEC) to keep the same image brightness during changing light conditions. You can enable both AEC and automatic gain control (AGC) independently or together.

  • Page 58: Table 26: Status Parameters

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table25: Auto Exposure and Auto Gain Control parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description AgcAecLuminanceType Enumeration String Num. Sets how the "Average" luminance level in the "Peak" scene is determined. AgcAecSpeed Enumeration String...

  • Page 59: Data Correction

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 26: Status parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description CurrentAvgOrPeakLumina Integer Returns current average or peak luminance in counts. AgcAecStatus Integer Displays the value of AgcAecStatus register Data Correction Data Correction parameters enable you to implement look-up tables and other techniques to improve image sensor performance.

  • Page 60: White Balance

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 27: Data Correction parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description BitShift Enumeration String Num. Shifts the data output bits "NoShift" left or right "OneBitRight" "TwoBitsRight" "ThreeBitsRight" "FourBitsRight" "FiveBitsRight"...

  • Page 61: Output And Strobe Signals

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Output and Strobe Signals OUT2 and Strobe2 parameters are supported by all cameras except for POE-C2000 and POE-C2400 cameras. Table 29: OUT1 parameters Parameter Name Type Value Access Description OUT1Polarity Enumeration String...

  • Page 62: Pulse Generator

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 31: Strobe 1 and Strobe2 parameters (some cameras may not support Strobe2) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description Strobe1Mode Enumeration String Num. Sets the Strobe #1 "Off" mode of operation. "EachFrame"...

  • Page 63: Canon Lens Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 32: Pulse Generator parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description PulseGenNumPulses Integer Min: 1 Sets number of pulses Max: 65535 to be generated by Pulse Generator. To set Pulse Generator in continuous mode, set the parameter in 65536...

  • Page 64: Table 35: Focus Parameters

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 3.3.11.2 Focus Table 35: Focus parameters Parameter Name Type Value Access Description NearFull Command Drives the focus to the fully Near position FarFull Command Drives the focus to the fully Far position. FocusSetupValue Integer Min: 1...

  • Page 65: Transport Layer Information

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Transport Layer Information The Transport Layer control provides a variety of configuration settings and read-only information for configuring communications between the camera with the GigE Vision interface. Table 37: PayLoadSize parameter Parameter Name Type Value...
  • Page 66 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 38: GigE Vision parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description GevPersistentDefaultGateway Integer Indicates Persistent gateway IP address to use on network interface. GevLinkSpeed Integer Indicates the speed of transmission negotiated by network interface in Mbps GevCCP...
  • Page 67 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Table 38: GigE Vision parameters (continued) Parameter Name Type Value Access Description GevSCPHostPort Integer Indicates the port to which the device must send data stream. GevSCPSFireTestPacket Command When this bit is set, the device will fire one test packet.

  • Page 68: User Set Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® User Set Controls User Set Control allows you to save custom settings and reload them into the camera as needed. Table 39: User Set Controls parameters Parameter Name Type Value Access Description...

  • Page 69: Event Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Event Control Event Control allows you to notify a host application (IpxPlayer or a third-party application) about the events occurred (start or end of the acquisition, dropped frames, rising edge of a signal on the camera’s input or output).

  • Page 70: Software Gui

    4.1 Overview The IpxPlayer software application provides a graphical user interface (GUI) with functionality for controlling Imperx camera parameters, acquiring video, showing acquired video, and saving acquired images or video on the host computer. The application also collects and displays statistical information on acquired images and generates a log of data transfers between the camera and the host computer.

  • Page 71: Compatibility

    • Saves and loads camera configuration files. 4.2 Installing the Software Use the installation wizard to install the Imperx Camera SDK software supplied with your camera. CAUTION If a previous version of the GUI software is installed on your computer, you must remove it before completing the installation.

  • Page 72: Figure 33: Welcome Setup Screen

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Figure 33: Welcome Setup screen 4. When the License Agreement screen appears, read the agreement and click I Agree. Figure 34: License Agreement screen 5. On the Choose Components screen, select all the Cheetah Camera SDK components and then click Next.

  • Page 73: Figure 35: Choose Components Screen

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Figure 35: Choose Components screen 6. On the Choose Install Location screen, accept the default destination folder or click Browse and select a different location and then click Next and then Install. The installer prompts you to uninstall any existing versions of the software from your computer before continuing the installation.

  • Page 74: Figure 38: Installation Complete Screen

    Registration and click Submit. Figure 38: Installation Complete screen 8. On the Completing Imperx Camera SDK Setup screen, select Reboot now and click Finish. The Imperx IpxPlayer icon appears on your desktop. Figure 39: Completing Imperx Camera SDK Setup screen...

  • Page 75: Camera Sdk

    Interface – User Manual ® 4.3 Camera SDK The installation process places the Imperx camera SDK files on your computer’s hard drive using following structure: <InstallationFolder> – root SDK folder (usually, on the Windows OS, it is C:\Program Files\Imperx\Imperx Camera SDK\).

  • Page 76: Connecting To Cameras

    2. Click Camera menu and select Connect (or click the camera icon). The Select Camera dialog appears. The dialog lists all connected cameras. The version number refers to the installed Imperx GUI driver. 3. Select a camera listed on the dialog. Camera information appears in the Device info section of the dialog.

  • Page 77: Figure 44: Access Status Showing Ip Subnet Mismatch

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® The first time you attempt to connect to the camera, you might need to set the IP address if IP Subnet Mismatch appears highlighted in red and the OK button is not available (as shown in the following figure).

  • Page 78: Using The Ipxplayer

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.5 Using the IpxPlayer The IpxPlayer displays and controls camera features and attributes based on an XML file stored in Flash memory inside the camera. The main window provides access to menus, shortcut icons, camera parameters, live images, capture options, a log, and camera statistics.

  • Page 79: Saving And Loading Configurations

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.5.1.4 Display Menu Increases the zoom by 25 percent around the center of the Zoom IN image when clicked. Decreases the zoom by 25 percent around the center of the Zoom OUT image when clicked.

  • Page 80: Camera Parameter Panel

    The Device Controls parameters provide information about the camera: Figure 46: Device control parameters DeviceVendorName Imperx, Inc. DeviceModelName Full camera part number. DeviceManufactureInfo Imperx technical support: 561-989-0006 DeviceVersion Camera Hardware version. Device Serial Number Camera serial number. DeviceUserID User-defined camera name.

  • Page 81: Version Info Controls

    FirmwareImage The Firmware Image ID (F=Factory or A=Application). CameraHeadFirmwareVersion The Firmware version number. CameraHeadFirmwareBuild The Firmware build number. CustomerID The Customer ID for custom firmware (0=Imperx standard firmware). FamilyID The Family ID. XmlVersion The version of the XML file. GevFirmwareSwVersion Displays the camera’s firmware software version.

  • Page 82: Image Format Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Image Format Controls Provides information on the camera base resolution and output resolution. Figure 48: Image format control parameters WidthMax Maximum width of the image in pixels calculated after horizontal binning, decimation, or any other functions change horizontal dimension of image.

  • Page 83: Figure 49: Slave Aoi Parameters

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.7.3.1 Slave AOI Slave AOI is disabled in POE-C2000 and POE-C2400 cameras. Figure 49: Slave AOI parameters SAOI_Width Sets a SAOI width in number of pixels (multiples of 8). SAOI_Height Sets a SAOI height in number of lines (multiples of 2).

  • Page 84: Acquisition Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Acquisition Control Acquisition Control determines the data flow between the camera and the computer. Figure 50: Acquisition control parameters AcquisitionMode Supports three modes of acquiring images: SingleFrame, MultiFrame, and Continuous (refer to the section 5.4 Acquisition Control for more information on acquisition control).
  • Page 85 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® AcquisitionFrameRateEnable: Controls the acquisition frame rate/frame time. If this mode is On, you can extend frame time beyond the free-running frame time. AcquisitionFrameTime Allows you to set the actual frame time in microseconds. Changes to Acquisition Frame Time affect the Acquisition Frame Rate setting.

  • Page 86: Gain Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Gain Controls These parameters define analog and digital gain controls. Figure 51: Gain Control Gain Sets analog/digital gain from 0 to 48 dB with 0.1 dB step. BlackLevelAuto Automatically adjusts the black level based on measurements of the dark reference lines at the start of each frame.

  • Page 87: Auto Gain And Auto Exposure

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Auto Gain and Auto Exposure You can set the camera to automatic exposure control (AEC) to keep the same image brightness during changing light conditions. You can enable both AEC and automatic gain control (AGC) independently or together.
  • Page 88 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® exposure defaults to the Exposure settings specified in the Acquisition control parameters panel. AecExposureMin Sets the minimum exposure time value in microseconds. AecExposureMax Sets the maximum exposure time value in microseconds. AgcAecLuminanceLevel Sets the desired luminance level to be maintained during AGC or AEC or both assuming 12-bits per pixel.

  • Page 89: Data Correction Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Data Correction Controls These parameters enable data correction and image improvements with Look-up tables and file corrections. Figure 53: Data correction parameters LUTEnable Selects LUT to be used in processing image (LUT1 – LUT4). FFCEnable Selects FFC to be used in processing image.

  • Page 90: White Balance Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® White Balance Controls White balance compensates for differences in the color temperature of light sources. The IpxPlayer enables color adjustments that preserve the original color so white objects appear white (also, see section 5.16 Color Control).

  • Page 91: Strobe Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Strobe Controls These registers enable and control the two available strobes. Strobe signals map to one or both of the available strobe outputs. Please remember that some cameras have only one output available (see Table 15).

  • Page 92: Pulse Generator Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Pulse Generator Controls The Pulse Generator provides a signal generator for camera sourced trigger or control signals. Figure 56: Pulse generator parameters PulseGenGranularity Sets the Pulse Generator main timing resolution. The x1 resolution is in microseconds.

  • Page 93: Figure 58: Canon Lens Control - Controller Settings

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.7.11.1 Controller Settings Figure 58: Canon lens control – Controller settings InitLens Initializes the Canon Lens, if one is mounted to the camera. The InitLens command should always be applied after power up. LensControllerStatus Shows the status of Canon Lens initialization.

  • Page 94: Figure 60: Canon Lens Control - Iris Settings

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.7.11.3 Iris Settings Figure 60: Canon lens control – Iris settings CurrentFNumber f-number value of the lens iris. Value of 0.0 signals an unknown iris position. CloseIrisFull Fully closes the iris. OpenIrisFull Fully opens the iris.

  • Page 95: Transport Layer Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Transport Layer Control The Transport Layer controls the exchange of data between the camera and the host computer. Figure 61: Transport layer control PayloadSize Provides the number of bytes transferred for each image on the stream channel, including any end-of-line, end-of-frame statistics, or other stamp data.
  • Page 96 Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® GevCurrentIPConfigurationDHCP Indicates whether a DHCP IP configuration scheme is activated on the network interface. GevCurrentIPConfigurationPersistentIP Indicates whether a Persistent IP configuration scheme is activated on the network interface. A persistent IP address is hard-coded in non-volatile memory.

  • Page 97: User Set Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® GevSCPD Indicates the delay (in timestamp counter unit) to insert between each packet for this stream channel. GevSCDA Indicates the destination IP address for this stream channel. GevSCPSPacketSize The stream packet size to send on this channel, except for data leader and data trailer, and the last data packet that might be of smaller size (since packet size is not necessarily a multiple of block size for stream channel).

  • Page 98: Capture Panel

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.8 Capture Panel The Capture panel provides options for recording images and video and saving them to the computer hard drive. Click the Capture tab at the bottom of the IpxPlayer screen to access the panel.

  • Page 99: Log Panel

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.9 Log Panel The Log panel shows data transfers to or from the connected camera. Log information provides a numeric identifier assigned by the application, the transfer time, the control channel, and the message.

  • Page 100: Statistics Panel

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 4.10 Statistics Panel The Statistics panel displays camera performance and other information based on settings and parameters. Figure 66: Statistics panel Frames acquired: The number of frames acquired after you click the Play button. Timestamp [ns]: The current value of the timestamp in the acquired image in nanoseconds.

  • Page 101: Camera Features

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 5 Camera Features 5.1 Exposure Control You can select one of the exposure control modes: Off, Timed, or Trigger Width. When exposure control is Off, the frame readout time determines the exposure time. However, the camera’s electronic exposure control can precisely control the image exposure time by selecting the cameras internal timer.

  • Page 102: Automatic Exposure Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Figure 67: Global Shutter with 8.33mS exposure time 5.2 Automatic Exposure Control You can set the camera to automatic exposure control (AEC) to keep the same image brightness during changing light conditions. You can enable both AEC and automatic gain control (AGC) independently or together.

  • Page 103: Automatic Gain Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 5.3 Automatic Gain Control Automatic gain control (AGC) enables the camera to maintain the same image brightness during changing light conditions. In AGC mode, you can set the image luminance (brightness), and the camera will adjust the gain accordingly.

  • Page 104: Video Amplifier Gain And Offset

    The camera automatically adjusts black level based on measurements of the dark reference lines at the start of each frame. Imperx recommends leaving the BlackLevelAuto engaged (continuous). If auto-calibration is disabled, you can set the BlackLevel and adjust it from 0 to 255 counts.

  • Page 105: Data Output Format

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 5.6 Data Output Format Pixel Format The image sensor digitization level is fixed at 12-bits, which enables 8-bit, 10-bit or 12-bit data format output. With 8-bit output, the camera uses the standard bit reduction process and truncates the least significant bits.

  • Page 106: Input / Output Control

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 5.8 Input / Output Control Some camera models support two inputs and two outputs (one TTL and one opto-isolated output), others may have only one input and one output (both opto-isolated). Refer to the Table 15 for the inputs and outputs supported by different camera models.

  • Page 107: Strobe And Synchronization Controls

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Software – the camera expects a computer to send a command to the camera for • generating one short trigger pulse. You can trigger the camera by clicking the GUI Software Trigger button or by sending the GenICam™...

  • Page 108: Area Of Interest

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 5.11 Area of Interest For some applications, you might not need the entire image, but only a portion of it. To accommodate this requirement, the Cheetah camera allows you to create one Region of Interest (ROI), also known as an Area of Interest (AOI).

  • Page 109: Slave Aoi

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Slave AOI A Slave AOI (SAOI) used to apply a look-up table (LUT) to a selected region of the image or to calculate white balance coefficients from a selected region within the image. The selected region can be within the SAOI or outside the SAOI (“Exclude”...

  • Page 110: Static Pixel Correction

    If a match is found, the camera corrects the defective pixel. You can create your own Bad Pixel Map (BPM) file and upload it using the Imperx Upload Utility application. Dynamic Pixel Correction Dynamic pixel correction provides another method of correcting bad pixels.

  • Page 111: Color Control

    The camera uses the correction coefficients you enter (0 is equal to 0.0x, 4095 is equal 4x gain). Also, see TIP below. For best color reproduction when the source has a stable spectral output, Imperx suggests illuminating a uniformly grey card with the intended source then using the Once option to...

  • Page 112: Configuration Memory

    You can create custom LUT tables using the Imperx IPX Toolkit utility and upload these tables to the parameter Flash using the Imperx Upload Utility. Both the IPX Toolkit and IPX Upload Utility are available from the Imperx website https://www.imperx.com/.Imperx also has an application note describing...

  • Page 113: Image Sensor Technology

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 6 Image Sensor Technology 6.1 General Information A CMOS camera is an electronic device for converting light into an electrical signal. The C2010, C2410, C4010, C4110, C4410, C5410, and C6410 cameras contain the 2 Generation Sony Pregius CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensors with 3.45-micron square pixels while the C3210 camera contains 3...

  • Page 114: Spectral Sensitivity

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® 6.2 Spectral Sensitivity A set of color filters (red, green, and blue) arranged in a Bayer pattern over the pixels generates color images. The starting color is Red for SONY Pregius image sensors and follows the pattern: red, green, red, green, red, …...

  • Page 115: Appendix A - Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® Appendix A – Spectral Response A.1 Cheetah C2000 and C2010 Spectral Response Sony IMX265 Color Spectral Response Figure 72: Cheetah C2000 and C2010 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX265 Mono Spectral Response Figure 73: Cheetah C2000 and C2010 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page...

  • Page 116: Cheetah C2400 And C2410 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.2 Cheetah C2400 and C2410 Spectral Response Sony IMX264 Color Spectral Response Figure 74: Cheetah C2400 and C2410 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX264 Mono Spectral Response Figure 75: Cheetah C2400 and C2410 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 117: Cheetah C2410Y/Z Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.3 Cheetah C2410Y/Z Spectral Response Sony IMX250MYZ Color Spectral Response Figure 76: Cheetah C2410Y/Z Color Spectral Response Sony IMX250MZR Mono Spectral Response Figure 77: Cheetah C2410Y/Z Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 118: Cheetah C3210 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.4 Cheetah C3210 Spectral Response Sony IMX428 Color Spectral Response Figure 78: Cheetah C3210 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX428 Mono Spectral Response Figure 79: Cheetah C3210 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 119: Cheetah C4010 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.5 Cheetah C4010 Spectral Response Sony IMX267 Color Spectral Response Figure 80: Cheetah C4010 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX267 Mono Spectral Response Figure 81: Cheetah C4010 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 120: Cheetah C4110 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.6 Cheetah C4110 Spectral Response Sony IMX304 Color Spectral Response Figure 82: Cheetah C4110 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX304 Mono Spectral Response Figure 83: Cheetah C4110 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 121: Cheetah C4410 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.7 Cheetah C4410 Spectral Response Sony IMX367 Color Spectral Response Figure 84: Cheetah C4410 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX367 Mono Spectral Response Figure 85: Cheetah C4410 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 122: Cheetah C5410 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.8 Cheetah C5410 Spectral Response Sony IMX387 Color Spectral Response Figure 86: Cheetah C5410 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX387 Mono Spectral Response Figure 87: Cheetah C5410 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

  • Page 123: Cheetah C6410 Spectral Response

    Cheetah Pregius Camera with GigE Vision Interface – User Manual ® A.9 Cheetah C6410 Spectral Response Sony IMX342 Color Spectral Response Figure 88: Cheetah C6410 Color Spectral Response Sony IMX342 Mono Spectral Response Figure 89: Cheetah C6410 Monochrome Spectral Response August 27, 2019 Page Rev 1.0...

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