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- Page 1 OWL 1280 Model: OW1.7-VS-CL-1280 USER MANUAL...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENT CONTENT ..............................2 INTRODUCTION ..........................3 SPECIFICATION ..........................4 GETTING STARTED ........................6 EPIX XCAP............................. 8 OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019... -
Page 3: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Scope This manual covers the Owl 1280 digital camera and all applicable components. Raptor recommends that this manual be used to optimize camera operation. Camera Care Raptor cameras require no regular maintenance except occasional external cleaning of the sensor window (the glass window between the camera sensor and the microscope or lens). -
Page 4: Specification
The OWL 1280 digital camera is designed for high-resolution applications requiring visible to SWIR imaging (400-1700nm). The OWL 1280 camera uses an InGaAS sensor with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 in a 12-bit digital output. High-speed low-noise electronics provide linear response and sensitivity for rapid image capture. - Page 5 Mechanical Outline 3D drawings (STEP) are available upon request. OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019...
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Page 6: Getting Started
GETTING STARTED System Overview Mounting to Microscope The OWL 640 has a standard C-Mount that should easily screw onto any microscope port. Mounting to a tripod or optical table The camera has a ¼-20 BSW (Whitworth), threaded hole to mount to a tripod or an optical table. The image below shows an optical table mount with the ¼-20 BSW thread. - Page 7 Owl 1280 - Software tested by Raptor Photonics - Software tested by other companies Blank - The camera has not been tested or is not supported by this software In this guide, there is a quick overview of XCAP (http://www.epixinc.com/support/files.php) and Micro- Manager (https://micro-manager.org).
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Page 8: Epix Xcap
Connect the 12V power supply to the camera. The Owl 1280 camera is compatible with all types of Camera Link frame grabber. However, our cameras are extensively tested using Epix Inc equipment’s XCAP, for this reason we recommend XCAP software. - Page 9 6. The camera controls are pre-configured in EPIX. 7. The control window on the right should reflect your chosen camera. For example, for the Owl 1280, it should read - EPIX PIXCI EL8: Raptor Photonics OWL 1280. If not, you need to select a different camera.
- Page 10 8. Check that the camera is communicating, see animated icon (Figure 4) on bottom right of control screen. Figure 4: Active Communication 9. You are now configured and connected, ready to acquire an image. 10. Check the Serial Connect box (to establish serial communication to the camera). This should contain a tick (as circled in Figure 5).
- Page 11 Figure 6: Live Image Capture Window Changing the settings on XCAP You have the ability to change several settings to control the camera through the tabs in the control window of the EPIX software. Exposure Click on the Gain Tab. There is an option for Auto Level Control (ALC).
- Page 12 Figure 7: Gain Tab Trigger Use this tab to select the Readout Mode, and a Fixed Frame Rate value. Figure 8: Trigger Tab OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019...
- Page 13 Auto On this Tab, you can select the parameters for the Automatic Level Control, Including the speed, and spread of signal. In this mode, the FPGA of the camera will automatically adapt the exposure time and digital gain within the given frame rate to optimise the image quality. Figure 9: Auto Tab Auto ROI Use this tab to set the Region of Interest (ROI) used for the Auto Level Control;...
- Page 14 Figure 11: Active ROI Dark Area In Figure 11, the ROI is contained within the small white box, and as such when centred on the black case we can see the minor scratches but the sun light on the carpet has saturated the image. Figure 12: Active ROI However, when we move the ROI box to the carpet, Figure 12, where the sun is shining the camera adjusts the exposure, but the box becomes too dark to see any detail.
- Page 15 Figure 14: NUC Off Figure 15: NUC On Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC). Use this tab to set and read back the sensor temperature. The optimum temperature should be set on start-up, for the OWL 1280 should be 15°C. OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019...
- Page 16 Figure 16: TEC Control 4.10 Miscellaneous There are two features here, Video invert and Active Image Enhancement. Output video can be digitally inverted such that dark areas in the image will appear bright by checking the video invert box. Figure 17: Camera Information Output video can be digitally processed to provide image sharpening by checking the Active image enhancement box as shown in Figure 17.
- Page 17 The Info tab can be used to view the cameras manufacturer data, for example Build date and serial number. Figure 18: Information Tab 4.11 Adjusting the image display (With XCAP Std only) The Viewing Pallet is not automatically adjusted in the XCAP software. This needs manually Configured to give the best display of the RAW image data from the camera.
- Page 18 Figure 20: Stretch Contrast OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019...
- Page 19 CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Raptor Photonics LTD Willowbank Business Park Larne, Co Antrim BT40 2SF Northern Ireland PH: +44 2828 270141 www.raptorphotonics.com OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.4 March 2019...
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