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  • Page 1 Operational Manual GigE - CCD compact industrial cameras...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................2 GimaGO easy – Overview ..........................4 Scope of Delivery ............................5 Legal Notice ..............................6 Safety Precautions ............................7 Usage Notes ..............................11 System Requirements ..........................14 Specifications ............................... 16 Outline ..............................16 Image Sensors ............................
  • Page 3 Gain ................................. 52 BlackLevel ..............................54 Gamma ..............................55 LUTControl ............................... 56 TransportLayerControl ..........................57 UserSetControl ............................61 ALCControl ............................... 63 Technical Support ............................68 www.fadracer.com 3/68...

  • Page 4: Gimago Easy - Overview

    Overview NET´s basic GigE camera line "GimaGO easy" is designed for users who aim at digital image capturing with a solid, easy-to-use and low budget camera. For this, its hardware and software offer maximum integration capabilities due to full GigE vision and GenIcam compliancy. The camera meets the expectations of a wide range of industrial applications such as factory automation, quality control, inspection, code and symbol recognition, and surveillance.

  • Page 5: Scope Of Delivery

    Scope of Delivery Content GimaGO easy housing camera CD-ROM including:  manuals  driver  Software Development Kit (SDK) with viewer software  data sheet Optionally available lockable GigE cable C-mount lenses illumination www.fadracer.com 5/68...

  • Page 6: Legal Notice

    Legal Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.

  • Page 7: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Before using this product, read these safety precautions carefully. Important information is shown in this Operational Manual to protect users from injuries and property damages, and to enable them to use the product safely and correctly. Please be sure to thoroughly understand the meanings of the following signs and symbols before reading the main text that follows, and observe the instructions given herein.
  • Page 8 General Handing WARNING  Stop operation immediately when any abnormality or defect occurs. If abnormal conditions are present, such as smoke, a burning smell, ingress of water or foreign matter, or if the equipment is dropped or malfunctions, fire or electric shock may result.
  • Page 9 CAUTION  Observe the following when installing the equipment: Do not cover the equipment with a cloth, etc. Do not place the equipment in a narrow location where heat is likely to accumulate. Otherwise, heat will accumulate inside the equipment, possibly resulting in a fire. Instruction ...
  • Page 10  Avoid giving a strong shock against the camera body. It might cause a breakdown or damage. If your camera is used in a system where its camera connector is subjected to strong repetitive shocks, its camera connector is possible to break down.

  • Page 11: Usage Notes

    Usage Notes Handle carefully Do not drop the equipment or allow it to be subject to strong impact or vibration, as such action may cause malfunctions. Further, do not damage the connection cable, since this may cause wire breakage. Environmental operating conditions Do not use the product in locations where the ambient temperature or humidity exceeds the specifications.
  • Page 12 Dropping Frames Depends on your PC or Gigabit Ethernet interface board configurations, images may not be captured properly (e.g. dropping frames). In this case, change to frame rate setting lower. Do not expose the camera's image-pickup-plane to sunlight or other intense light directly.
  • Page 13 Following information is only for EU-member states: The use of the symbol indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. By ensuring this product is disposed correctly, you help to prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product.

  • Page 14: System Requirements

    System Requirements SynView – Software Development Kit (SDK) GigE vision, GenTL and GenIcam (with XML files) compliancy Halcon, Imaging Library, VisionPro, LabView Vision, matlab (and all GenTL supported image processing libraries consumer) Windows XP (32 bit), Windows 7 (32/64 bit), Linux (32/64 bit) supported operating systems Environment Operating Assurance...
  • Page 15 Notes on Conformity of the EMC: The adaptability of the safety standard of this camera is assured in the condition of combination with the following parts: << PoE operation>> PoE Switch GS108P-100AJS (NETGEAR Inc.) LAN Cable C5e(S-HFR)(K)-* (Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd.) <<...

  • Page 16: Specifications

    Specifications Outline www.fadracer.com 16/68...

  • Page 17: Image Sensors

    Image Sensors GE126B G136B GE323B GE422B 659 x 494 / VGA 659 x 494 / VGA 1034 x 779 / XGA 1296 x 966 / SXGA resolution (HxV) [px] sensor all-pixel-data-readout interline transfer CCD ICX424AL ICX414AL ICX204AL ICX445AL image sensor 1/3"...
  • Page 18 Typical Spectral Response The lens characteristics and light source characteristics is not reflected in table. GE126B 1000 Wave Length [nm] GE136B 1000 Wave Length [nm] www.fadracer.com 18/68...
  • Page 19 GE323B 1000 Wave Length [nm] GE422B 1000 Wave Length [nm] www.fadracer.com 19/68...

  • Page 20: Interfaces

    Interfaces RJ45 with screw locking, GigEVision Camera Interface Standard for Machine Vision standard Ethernet connector Ver 1.2/ 1 Gbps IEEE802.3ab conformity Hirose 6 pin, 12 V +/- 10% cable connector twist pair (category 5e or over) conformity LAN Cable up to 100m (for unshielded twist pair (UTP) cable) LAN cable length external trigger input = opto coupled (open collector) GPIO_0 Output (LVTTL)
  • Page 21 Power Supply In the case of supply DC+12V to the camera: In the case of supply PoE power to the camera: Notes : Please control the power supply of the camera to be off when plugging in or pulling out the I/O connector.

  • Page 22: Connector Pin Assignment

    Connector Pin Assignment Rear View 1. Gigabit Ethernet Interface Connector RJ-45 Jack Pin No. Signal Function BI_DA+ / VDC+ Bidirectional Data A (+) / Power (+) BI_DA- / VDC+ Bidirectional Data A (-) / Power (+) BI_DB+ / VDC- Bidirectional Data B (+) / Power (-) BI_DC+ / VDC+ Bidirectional Data C (+) / Power (+) BI_DC- / VDC+...

  • Page 23: I/O Specification

    I/O Specification Signal Specification Trigger Input Input Circuit : Opto coupler input Level : Low 0 ~ 0.5V, High 3.3 ~ 24.0V Polarity : Positive / Negative bipolar (initial factory setting: Negative) Pulse Width : Minimum 200μs Notes of external trigger signal: Depending on the cable length, the kind of cable and the input current of the trigger input line, Random Trigger Shutter operation may not satisfy timing specification or camera may not receive EXT_TRIG signal.
  • Page 24 Circuit diagram Trigger Input External Trigger Signal Input Circuit LINE0 (2pin) TRIG_IN (5pin) I/O_GND TLP291 GPIO Output GPIO Signal Output Circuit LINE2 GPIO0 (3pin) (6pin) LINE3 (4pin) GPIO1 TLP291 (5pin) I/O_GND I/O Timing The received external trigger signal delays by internal circuit. And LINE2 output delays from LINE1 output by the difference of internal circuit.
  • Page 25 Trigger Input Fig. Trigger Signal Input Delay (a) Negative 3.3 - 24V EXT_TRIG_WIDTH EXT_TRIG Toff TRIG_IN TRIG_IN_WIDTH (internal signal) (b) Positive 3.3 - 24V EXT_TRIG EXT_TRIG_WIDTH Toff TRIG_IN TRIG_IN_WIDTH (internal signal) EXT_TRIG_WIDTH : The pulse width of the external trigger input (more than 200μs). Toff : The delay time of falling edge.
  • Page 26 GPIO Output Fig. GPIO Signal Output Delay (a) ActiveLow LVTTL LINE1 (LVTTL) Toff OpenCollector LINE2 (OpenCollector) (b) ActiveHigh LVTTL LINE1 (LVTTL) Toff OpenCollector LINE2 (OpenCollector) Toff : LINE1~LINE2 falling delay time : LINE1~LINE2 rising delay time Pull-up amplitude Toff [μs] Ton [μs] +3.3V 53.2...
  • Page 27 Anti-chattering process for Trigger input In the characteristic of the open collector circuit, the signal is skewed. As a result, an invalid ingredient occurs. To filter out an invalid ingredient, this camera has the anti-chattering circuit. Therefore, Random Trigger Shutter operates only in the valid ingredient. Camera inside Trig input circuit Logical circuit...
  • Page 28 Anti-chattering process 3.3 - 24V External Trigger Width Ext Trig Toff Trig in Vcc / 2 Trigger in Width High Trig in (logic) High threshold Anti Chattering Low threshold Sampling Process Count Sampling step High Act Trig Actual Trigger Width www.fadracer.com 28/68...

  • Page 29: Timing Specification

    Timing Specification The image data outputs of this camera series are transferred with the UDP protocol of Gigabit Ethernet. The timing numerical value below is prescribed by absolute prerequisite that GimaGO easy cameras use transmission band without restriction of other node. When there is a node transferring with GimaGO easy concerned, it is not same the numerical value prescribed below.
  • Page 30 Random Trigger Shutter Operation Timed mode (Image format: Mono8bit, all pixel readout) EXT_TRIG INPUT DELAY TRIG_IN Exposure GbE bus Image DLY1 TriggerWidth mode (Image format: Mono8bit, all pixel readout) EXT_TRIG INPUT DELAY TRIG_IN Exposure GbE bus Image DLY1 Model T3 [μs] T4 [μs] GE126B GE136B...

  • Page 31: Functions

    Functions Overview This section introduces standard functions of the GimaGO easy cameras. This camera series provides the following functions. Category Function DeviceControl DeviceControl Get device information Scalable Set scalable operation Binning Set binning operation ImageFormatControl PixelFormat Select pixel format TestImageSelector Select test pattern AcquisitionControl Execute stream start / stop...

  • Page 32: Devicecontrol

    DeviceControl Registers of this category provide various information of the camera. And you can set the free user ID to the camera. Registers Register Visibility Access Description DeviceScanType Expert Returns the scan type. DeviceVendorName Beginner Returns the vendor name. DeviceModelName Beginner Returns the model name.

  • Page 33: Scalable

    Scalable GimaGO easy cameras provide the scalable mode that can read out a defined area of the screen. In the scalable mode, camera reads out only a necessary area at the normal speed and reads out other areas at high speed. The frame rate can be faster when the vertical height size is small. However, the frame rate cannot be faster only when the horizontal width size is small, due to the operation mechanism of the CCD sensor.
  • Page 34 Registers Register Visibility Access Description SensorWidth Beginner Returns effective width of the sensor in pixels. SensorHeight Beginner Returns effective height of the sensor in pixels. WidthMax Expert Returns maximum width (in pixels) of the image. HeightMax Expert Returns maximum height (in pixels) of the image. Width Beginner Sets width (in pixels) of the image data.

  • Page 35: Binning

    Binning In the binning mode, a pixel is added with the neighboring pixel(s). This increases the sensitivity of the image. It’s alike scalable mode, the frame rate can be faster and Ethernet bandwidth occupation decrease. Fig. Binning operation (e.g. VGA) Registers Register Visibility...
  • Page 36 Setting Set binning operation Set the following value to “BinningHorizontal”, “BinningVertical” registers. Setting value is Integer type. “BinningHorizontal” is the number of horizontal pixel(s) to add. And “BinningVertical” is the number of vertical pixel(s) to add. Model GE126B GE136B GE323B GE422B Minimum (*) 1(H)×1(V)

  • Page 37: Pixelformat

    PixelFormat Select a pixel format of image stream data. This camera provides Mono8 bit and Mono10 bit Pixel format. Registers Register Visibility Access Description PixelFormat Beginner Selects a pixel format. PixelSize Expert Returns a bit size of image pixel. Setting Select a pixel format Set a following value to “PixelFormat”...

  • Page 38: Testimageselector

    TestImageSelector The GimaGO easy cameras support the following test pattern data output. Fig. Test pattern Registers Register Visibility Access Description TestImageSelector Beginner Selects a test pattern. www.fadracer.com 38/68...
  • Page 39 Setting Select a test pattern output Set the following value to “TestImageSelector” register. Setting value is Enumeration type. The camera generates a test pattern. setting value function Off (*) Test pattern disable(Normal data output) Black All pixel = 0 LSB White All pixel = 255 @Mono8 BrightGrey...

  • Page 40: Acquisitioncontrol

    AcquisitionControl Make a setting of image stream and control image stream output. Camera starts image stream output by receiving AcquisitionStrat command. There are some registers that require camera to stop image stream output to change values. The acquisition frame rate is variable. The maximum acquisition frame rate depends on the camera operation mode (scalable, binning, draft, link speed, etc.) Registers Register...

  • Page 41: Triggercontrol

    TriggerControl This section describes trigger control of AcquisitionControl category for the GimaGO easy cameras. This camera series provides two kinds of exposure synchronization. Normal Shutter mode : Free run operation (internal synchronization) Random Trigger Shutter mode : Synchronized with external trigger input In Random Trigger Shutter mode, two kinds of trigger input are available.
  • Page 42 Registers Register Visibility Access Description TriggerSelector Beginner Returns the type of trigger. TriggerMode Beginner Selects Random Trigger Shutter mode. TriggerSoftware Beginner Executes software trigger. TriggerSource Beginner Selects trigger source of Random Trigger Shutter. TriggerActivation Beginner Selects trigger polarity of hardware trigger. TriggerDelay Expert Sets trigger delay.
  • Page 43 Sets trigger delay (HardwareTrigger operation only) Set the following value to “TriggerDelay” register. Setting value is Float type. Adds delay time from trigger edge to exposure start. setting value TriggerDelay[ns] Minimum (*) 0.00 Maximum 4095.00 * initial factory setting Note: Changing “TriggerMode”, “TriggerSource”, “TriggerActivation”...

  • Page 44: Exposurecontrol

    ExposureControl GimaGO easy cameras are able to adjust exposure time by using electric shutter control. This camera series provides two kinds of exposure time control mode. MANUAL mode: The exposure time is determined by “ExposureTime” register setting value. AE mode: The exposure time is adjusted automatically by the photometry of the image. By combining AE mode and AGC (ALC mode), it can adjust a wide range of brightness fluctuation of the subject.
  • Page 45 Setting Selects exposure control mode Set the following value to “ExposureMode” register. Setting value is Enumeration type. setting value Manual exposure mode Timed (*) “ExposureTime” register control TriggerWidth Trigger pulse width control * initial factory setting In Normal Shutter mode, the exposure time is determined by “ExposureTime” register value regardless of “ExposureMode”...

  • Page 46: Digitaliocontrol

    DigitalIOControl The cameras provide GPIO output selected by the register setting. The polarity of the signal is able to switch by the register setting. The following chart shows the specifications of the selectable signals. Fig. Selectable signals EXT_TRIG Exposure CCD Transfer GigE Bus Delay Duration TIMER0 ACTIVE...
  • Page 47 Setting Select the Line of the I/O connector Set the following value to “LineSelector” register. The setting value is Enumeration type. LineSelector I/O connector pin assignment LineMode LineFormat Line0 (*) 2 pin: External Trigger Input Input OptoCoupled: OpenCollector Line1 3 pin: GPIO0 Output Output TTL: LVTTL Line2...

  • Page 48: Timercontrol

    TimerControl This camera series is able to generate Timer0Active signal, derived from exposure start, by register setting. This signal can be used as strobe control signal. Fig. Timer0Active EXT_TRIG Exposure EXPOSURE ACTIVE TIMER0 ACTIVE Delay Duration * ActiveLow Registers Register Visibility Access Description...
  • Page 49 Set the delay of Timer0Active pulse Set the following value to “TimerDelay” register. Setting value is Float type. TimerDelay Dlay value 0.00[μs] Minimun (*) 4095.00[μs] Maximum * initial factory setting www.fadracer.com 49/68...

  • Page 50: Eventcontrol

    EventControl This camera series provides Event notifications of ALC and SoftwareTrigger information. Registers Register Visibility Access Description EventControl EventSelector Expert Selects the type of Event notifications. EventNotification Expert Sets the activation of Event notifications. EventFrameTriggerData EventFrameTrigger Expert Returns Event ID of FrameTrigger type. EventFrameTriggerTimestamp Expert Returns the timestamp at the time of...
  • Page 51 Setting Select the type of Event notifications Set the following value to “EventSelector” register. The setting value is Enumeration type. setting value Type of Event notification FrameTrigger (*) Information of SoftwareTrigger operation ALCLatestInformation Information of ALC update ALCConverged Information of ALC convergence * initial factory setting Set the activation of Event notifications Set the following value to “EventNotification”...

  • Page 52: Gain

    Gain This section describes Gain control of AnalogControl category for the GimaGO easy cameras. This control adjusts the gain of the image. Fig. Gain output signal Gain input signal This camera series provides two kinds of Gain control mode. ManualControl (MANUAL) : The Gain value is determined by “Gain” register setting value. AutoGainControl (AGC): The Gain value is adjusted automatically by the photometry of the image.
  • Page 53 The formula of Gain value is as follows: Gain output signal = input signal x 10 Select Gain control mode Set the following value to “GainAuto” register. Setting value is Enumeration type. setting value Mode Off (*) Manual Gain Control (MANUAL) Continuous Auto Gain Control (AGC) * initial factory setting...

  • Page 54: Blacklevel

    BlackLevel This section describes BlackLevel control of AnalogControl category for the GimaGO easy cameras. This control adjusts the black level of the image. It is adjustable from -5% to +25% as white saturation level is 100%. However, when BlackLevel is lower than 0[%], the image level may not be saturated. Fig.

  • Page 55: Gamma

    Gamma This section describes Gamma correction of AnalogControl category for the GimaGO easy cameras. This function allows you to apply a gamma correction to the output images. Fig. Gamma correction output luminance Gamma input luminance Registers Register Visibility Access Description Gamma Beginner Sets the Gamma correction.

  • Page 56: Lutcontrol

    LUTControl This function allows you to apply the LUT(input: 10bit, output: 10bit) to the output images. arbitrary Registers Register Visibility Access Description LUTSelector Expert Returns the luminance component of LUT process. LUTEnable Expert Sets the activation of LUT process. LUTIndex Guru Sets the input level of LUT process.

  • Page 57: Transportlayercontrol

    TransportLayerControl This camera series conforms to GigE vision 1.2 and GenICam 2.3. Registers Register Visibility Access Description PayloadSize Expert Returns the payload size of the image data. GevVersionMajor Expert Returns the version of the GigE Vision protocol. GevVersionMinor Expert Returns the endian of the register. GevDeviceModeIsBigEndian Guru True: BigEndian, False: LittleEndian...
  • Page 58 Register Visibility Access Description GevMessageChannelCount Expert Returns the number of message channels supported. GevStreamChannelCount Expert Returns the number of stream channels supported. Sets the current heartbeat timeout [ms]. GevHeartbeatTimeout Guru Initial factory setting: 3000[ms], Setting range: 0~4294967295[ms] GevTimestampTickFrequency Beginner Returns the number of timestamp ticks [Hz]. GevTimestampControlLatch Expert Latches the current timestamp counter into GevTimestampValue.
  • Page 59 Setting Set the IP Configuration Set the following value to “GevCurrentIPConfigurationLLA”, “GevCurrentIPConfigurationDHCP”, “GevCurrentIPConfigurationPersistentIP” registers. These setting values are Boolean type. Set these registers in conformity with your system. setting value IPConfiguration FALSE Inactive TRUE Active Set the camera access privilege of an application. Set the following value to “GevCCP”...
  • Page 60 Set the SCPD BlockStartDelay Set the following value to “GevSCPD”, “BlockStartDelay” registers. These setting values are Integer type. Fig. Packet delay Expose GbE bus Image Image SCPD BlockStartDelay PayloadSize = ( T ) ) x 3 SCPS - 36 GevSCPD BlockStartDelay Minimum (*) Maximum...

  • Page 61: Usersetcontrol

    UserSetControl You are able to save a user setting to the non-volatile memory of the camera. There are three user memory banks for user setting. By using user memory, you are able to restore frequently used settings at the time of next start-up. The following table is the list of registers applied by “UserSetLoad”/“UserSetSave”.
  • Page 62 Setting Select a bank of the user setting Set the following value to “UserSetSelector” register. The setting value is Enumeration type. Select the bank of user setting for “UserSetLoad” and “UserSetSave”. setting value Description Save Load Default (*) Memory bank to read initial factory setting data. ×...

  • Page 63: Alccontrol

    ALCControl This camera series provides some registers to adjust the various parameter of ALC operation. When the camera operates at ALC, AE operation is prior to AGC operation. Fig. ALC operation output luminance GainMax Tolerance AE + AGC Reference Luminance GainMin ExposureTimeMax Throttle...
  • Page 64 Setting Set photometric area size for measuring luminance Set the following value to “ALCPhotometricAreaSize” register. The setting value is Enumeration type. setting value photometric area size Full (*) 100% (Full pixel) Medium 64% (H: 80% x V: 80%) Small 16% (H: 40% x V: 40%) * initial factory setting Fig.
  • Page 65 Set a value of the reference luminance Set the following value to “ALCReferenceLuminance” registers. These setting values are Integer type. An Image luminance at ALC operation converges on a reference luminance. (at ALCExposureValue = 0 [eV]). ReferenceLuminance setting value Minimum Maximum * initial factory setting = 84 Set a ExposureValue of ALC operation...
  • Page 66 Set a value of feedback fraction of ALC operation Set the following value to “ALCThrottle” register. Setting value is Float type. Throttle setting value Minimum 1.00 [%] Maximum 100.00 [%] * initial factory setting = 75.00 [%] Set the lock of ALC operation Set the following value to “ALCLock”...
  • Page 67 AGC range GainMin GainMax Minimum 0.00[dB] (*) more than GainMin Maximum less than GainMax 18.00[dB] (*) * initial factory setting Note ALC operation at Random Trigger Shutter mode is not guaranteed. www.fadracer.com 67/68...

  • Page 68: Technical Support

    Technical Support NET ensures the conformity of its product to be reliable and free from defects during manufacturing by testing all the cameras before release. However, unexpected problems and technical issues may come up due to the complexity of the product.

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