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Piranha4
Camera User's Manual
Monochrome 8k
sensors | cameras | frame grabbers | processors | software | vision solutions
03-032-20133-04
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 Piranha4 Camera User’s Manual Monochrome 8k sensors | cameras | frame grabbers | processors | software | vision solutions 03-032-20133-04 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual © 2015 Teled yne DALSA, Inc. All inform ation provid ed in this m anual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No responsibility is assum ed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this inform ation w ithout notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Step 1. Install and configure the frame grabber, graphics card and GUI ................. 15 Step 2. Connect Data, Trigger, and Power Cables ......................15 Step 3. Establish Communication with the Camera ......................22 Using Sapera CamExpert with Piranha4 Cameras ......................24 4. Camera Operation ______________________________________________________________________________ 28 Factory Settings ................................. 28 Check Camera and Sensor Information ..........................
  • Page 4 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Binning ....................................66 Area of Interest (AOI) Setup .............................. 67 Instructions on using the camera scan direction to control camera parameters ..............69 Transport Layer Control Category ............................. 72 Acquisition and Transfer Control Category ........................74 Serial Port Control Category ..............................

  • Page 5: System Precautions And Cleaning

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 1. System Precautions and Cleaning Precautions Read these p recau tions and this m anu al carefu lly before u sing the cam era. Confirm that the cam era‘s p ackaging is u nd am aged before op ening it. If the p ackaging is d am aged p lease contact the related logistics p ersonnel.
  • Page 6 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual An important note on w indow blemishes: When flat field correction is p erform ed , w ind ow cleanliness is p aram ou nt. The figu re belo w show s an exam p le of w hat can hap p en if a blem ish is p resent on the sensor w ind ow w hen flat field correction is p erform ed .

  • Page 7: The Piranha4 Camera

    The Piranha4 8k cam era is id eal for flat p anel d isp lay, p rinted circu it board , solar cell, film , and large form at w eb insp ection.

  • Page 8: Camera Performance Specifications

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Models The cam era is available in the follow ing configu rations: Table 1: Camera Models Overview Model Number Description P4-CM-8K070-00-R 8k resolution, 70 kH z line rate, 573 Mpix/ s throughput, Cam era Link interface.

  • Page 9: Certifications And Compliance

    Supported Industry Standards GenICam™ Piranha4 cam eras are GenICam com p liant. They im p lem ent a su p erset of the GenICam ™ Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention sp ecification V1.5. This d escrip tion takes the form of an XML d evice d escrip tion file resp ecting the syntax d efined by the GenAp i m od u le of the GenICam ™...

  • Page 10: Responsivity

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Responsivity The resp onsivity grap h d escribes the sensor resp onse to d ifferent w avelengths of light (exclu d ing lens and light sou rce characteristics). P4 8K Spectral Responsivity vs Wavelength (12bit @ 1x Gain, Dual Line) Wavelength (nm) Figure 1: Spectral Responsivity vs.

  • Page 11: Fpn Characteristics With Temperature

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Spectral Quantum Efficiency 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 Wavelength [ nm ] Figure 2: Spectral Quantum Efficiency FPN Characteristics with Temperature Figure 3: FPN Derating Chart Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20133-04...

  • Page 12: Mechanicals

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Mechanicals 0.08 A 0.05 80 0.05 CENTER OF (69) 12 ± 0.25 IMAGE AREA (64) OPTICAL DISTANCE (40) 0.2° M4x0.7 - 6H (4X) M4x0.7 - 6H (3X) THIS SIDE 40 0.08 M72x0.75 - 6H (41.2)
  • Page 13 Camera Mounting and Heat Sink Considerations The Piranha4 cam eras ship s w ith tw o heat sinks installed and id eally p ositioned to allow close sp acing of the cam eras. These heat sinks are d esigned to p rovid e ad equ ate convection cooling w hen not obstru cted by enclosu res or m ou nting assem blies.

  • Page 14: Software And Hardware Setup

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 3. Software and Hardware Setup Recommended System Requirements To achieve best system p erform ance, the follow ing m inim u m requ irem ents are recom m end ed :  H igh band w id th fram e grabber recom m end ed , e.g. Xcelera-CL PX4 Fu ll Cam era Link fram e grabber (Part # OR-X4CO-XPF00).

  • Page 15: Step 1. Install And Configure The Frame Grabber, Graphics Card And Gui

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Step 1. Install and configure the frame grabber, graphics card and GUI Install Frame Grabber Install a Full configu ration Cam era Link fram e grabber accord ing to the m anu factu rer‘s d escrip tion.
  • Page 16 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Power +12V to +24V DC Hirose 6-pin Control & Data Camera Link 26-pin MDR26 connectors Status Diagnostic LED Figure 6: Input and Output, Trigger, and Power Connectors WARN IN G! Grounding Instructions Static electricity can d am age electronic com p onents. It‘s critical that you d ischarge any static electrical charge by tou ching a grou nd ed su rface, su ch as the m etal com p u ter chassis, before hand ling the cam era hard w are.
  • Page 17 For d etailed inform ation on Cam era Link p lease refer to the Cam era Link Road Map available from th e Know led ge Center on the Teled yne DALSA Web site: (http :/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / m v/ know led ge/ ap p notes.asp Figure 7.
  • Page 18 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual inner shield inner shield *Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends. Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at both ends of the cable. Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera...
  • Page 19 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Camera Link Bit Definitions BASE Configuration Pixel Format Port A Port B Port C Bits 0 thru 7 Bits 0 thru 7 Bits 0 thru 7 Mono 8 Tap 1 LSB..Bit 7 Tap 2 LSB..Bit7 xxxxxxx Pixels (1, 3, 5, ...
  • Page 20 Cam era Link strobe frequ ency is increased the m axim u m allow able cable length w ill d ecrease. The Piranha4 cam eras are cap able of d riving cables 10 m etres or less in length. We d o not gu arantee good im aging p erform ance w ith low qu ality cables of any length.
  • Page 21 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Output Signals, Camera Link Clocking Signals These signals ind icate w hen d ata is valid , allow ing you to clock the d ata from the cam era to you r acqu isition system . These signals are p art of the Cam era Link configu ration and you shou ld refer to the...

  • Page 22: Step 3. Establish Communication With The Camera

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual LEDs The cam era is equ ip p ed w ith an LED on the back to d isp lay the op erational statu s of the cam era. The table below su m m arizes the op erating states of the cam era and the corresp ond ing LED states. When m ore than one cond ition is active, the LED ind icates the cond ition w ith the highest p riority.
  • Page 23 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Figure 10. CamExpert GUI showing connected camera Check LED Status If the cam era is op erating correctly at this p oint, the d iagnostic LED w ill shine green. Software Interface All the cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the Cam Exp ert interface. For exam p le, u nd er the Cam era Control m enu in the cam era w ind ow you can control the line rate and exp osu re tim es.

  • Page 24: Using Sapera Camexpert With Piranha4 Cameras

    Cameras Cam Exp ert is the cam era interfacing tool su p p orted by the Sap era library. When u sed w ith a Piranha4 cam era, Cam Exp ert allow s a u ser to test all cam era op erating m od es. Ad d itionally Cam Exp ert saves t he cam era u ser settings configu ration to the cam era or saves m u ltip le configu rations as ind ivid u al cam era p aram eter files on the host system (*.ccf).
  • Page 25 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual CamExpert Panes Figure 12. CamExpert’s Camera Control Window Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20133-04...
  • Page 26 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Figure 13. CamExpert’s Image Acquisition Window The Cam Exp ert ap p lication u ses p anes to sim p lify choosing and configu ring cam era files or acqu isition p aram eters for the installed d evice.
  • Page 27 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Acquisition control button: Click once to start live grab, click again to stop. Single frame grab: Click to acquire one fram e from d evice. Trigger button: With the I/ O control param eters set to Trigger Enabled , click to send a single trigger com m and .

  • Page 28: Camera Operation

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual At this p oint you are read y to start op erating the cam era in ord er to acqu ire im ages, set cam era fu nctions, and save settings. 4. Camera Operation Factory Settings The cam era ship s and p ow ers u p for the first tim e w ith the follow ing factory settings: ...

  • Page 29: Verify Temperature And Voltage

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Verify Temperature and Voltage To d eterm ine the voltage and tem p eratu re at the cam era, u se the Refresh Voltage and Refresh Temperature featu res fou nd in the Camera Information set.
  • Page 30 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual The relationship betw een these three settings is illu strated in Figu re 14. Relationship betw een the Cam era Settings: Figure 14. Relationship between the Camera Settings Active Settings for Current Session The active setting for the cu rrent session is the set of configu ration s that are op erating w hile the cam era is cu rrently ru nning, inclu d ing all u nsaved changes you have m ad e to the settings before saving them .

  • Page 31: Camera Link Configuration

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Factory Settings The factory setting is the cam era settings that w ere ship p ed w ith the cam era and w hich load ed d u ring the cam era‘s first p ow er-u p . To load or restore the original factory settings, at any tim e, select the Factory Setting p aram eter and then select the User Set Load p aram eter.
  • Page 32 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual It is im p ortant that the exp osu re tim e in area m od e be ap p rop riate for the set line rate. The exp osu re tim e shou ld not be longer than the inverse of the line rate or else the im age w ill sm ear. The set scan d irection is also im p ortant.

  • Page 33: Tdi Stages

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual TDI Stages You have the op tion to set the TDI stages as either a single line (1) or as the su m of a p air of lines (2). TDI Stages and Direction Control If the cam era‘s d irection is set to reverse, then the TDI stage is locked to TDI stage 2.
  • Page 34 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Sensitivity Mode and Pixel Readout The cam era has the op tion to op erate in either high sensitivity (d u al line) or low sensitivity (single line) m od es. When in high sensitivity m od e, the cam era u ses both line scan sensors and as a resu lt the resp onsivity increases (40%).

  • Page 35: Trigger Modes

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Trigger Modes The cam era‘s im age exp osu res are initiated by a trigger event. The trigger event is either a p rogram m able internal signal u sed in free ru nning m od e, an external inp u t u sed for synchronizing exp osu res to external triggers, or a p rogram m ed fu nction call m essage by the controlling com p u ter.

  • Page 36: Exposure Modes In Detail

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Timed The exp osu re d u ration tim e is set u sing the Exp osu re Tim e featu re and the exp osu re starts w ith the Line Start event. Exp osu re Tim e Sets the exp osu re tim e (in m icrosecond s).
  • Page 37 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 1. External Trigger Off, Internal Exposure Control Free running, not synchronized to an external signal Programmable Line Time >1us Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Sensor Sensor Sensor Readout Readout Readout LVAL 10.2us 2. External Trigger On, Internal Exposure Control...

  • Page 38: Set Line Rate

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 7 u s h m in 1.5 u s l m in Figure 22. External Trigger Minimum High and Low Times Set Line Rate To help d eterm ine you r line rate, a Line Rate Calcu lator is available on the teled yned alsa.com Web site here: http :/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / im aging/ p rod u cts/ cam eras/ line-scan/ p iranha4/ P4-CM-...
  • Page 39 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Line Rates Camera Link Configuration Maximum Line Rate Base 20 kH z (Up to 41 kH z w ith the u se of horizontal binning at 2x) Med iu m 41 kH z Full 70 kH z...
  • Page 40 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Clock of AOI Configurat Rate Fu ll Max: 70KH z 85 MH z Base Max: 70KH z Med iu m Max: 70KH z Fu ll Max: 70KH z Number Line Rate Formula (Hz)

  • Page 41: Set Exposure Time

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Clock of AOI Configurat Rate Fu ll Max: 70KH z 42.5 Base Max: 70KH z MH z Med iu m Max: 70KH z Fu ll Max: 70KH z 42.5 Base...

  • Page 42: Control Gain And Black Level

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Control Gain and Black Level The cameras p rovid e gain and black level ad ju stments in the d igital d om ain for the CMOS sensor. The gain and black level controls can m ake small com p ensations to the acqu isition in situ ations w here lighting varies and the lens iris cannot be easily ad ju sted .

  • Page 43: Pixel Format

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 460800* 921600* N ote: Du ring connection Cam Exp ert au tom atically sets the cam era to m axim u m allow able bau d . *You r system requ ires a Px8 fram e grabber to achieve these bau d rates.
  • Page 44 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Sensor Shift Direction Example When in high sensitivity m od e, you can select either forw ard or reverse sensor shift d irection. Selectable d irection accom m od ates object d irection change on a w eb and allow s you to m ou nt the cam era ―u p sid e d ow n‖.

  • Page 45: Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode)

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode) Set the tap read ou t from left to right or from right to left. This featu re is esp ecially u sefu l if you w ant to m ou nt the cam era ―u p sid e d ow n.‖...

  • Page 46: Resetting The Camera

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Figure 24: 2x2 Binning in Area Mode Resetting the Camera The featu re Camera Reset, p art of the Transport Layer set, resets the cam era. The cam era resets w ith the d efau lt settings, inclu d ing a bau d rate of 9600.
  • Page 47 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Digital Processing (monochrome) Output Video Video Filter Threshold Calibrate Calibrate FPN Offset Gain PRNU ImageEnhancementStrength flatfieldCalibrationFPN Gain (ccf) (sft) BlackLevel flatfieldCorrectionMode (ssg) (ssb) flatfieldCalibrationPRNU flatfieldCorrectionAlgorithm (cpa,ffm) Figure 26: Camera Calibration Process. 1. Flat Field This Flat Field set contains a nu m ber of featu res that are u sed to correct im age d istortion d u e to lens vignetting and u neven illu m ination .
  • Page 48 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual This featu re m ay not be of u se to m any u sers as the cam era alread y su btracts tru e ―d ark cu rrent‖, bu t it m ay be u sefu l for som e to p rovid e a p er p ixel offset correction.

  • Page 49: Appendix A: Genicam Commands

    Beginner, Exp ert, or Gu ru . Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
  • Page 50 . Ad d itionally the Device Version colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (u sing the tag D FN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
  • Page 51 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Device User ID DeviceUserID Featu re to store u ser-p rogram m able 1.00 id entifier of u p to 15 characters. The d efau lt Beginner factory setting is the cam era serial nu m ber.
  • Page 52 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View UserSet6 UserSet6 Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace UserSet6 to save to or load from featu res settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.
  • Page 53 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Camera Configuration Selection Dialog Cam Exp ert p rovid es a d ialog box w hich com bines the featu res to select the cam era p ow er u p state and for the u ser to save or load a cam era state from Genie m em ory.

  • Page 54: Camera Control Category

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Camera Control Category The P4 cam era controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p s sensor sp ecific p aram eters. This grou p inclu d es controls for line rate, exp osu re tim e, scan d irection, and gain. Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled .
  • Page 55 . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
  • Page 56 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Direction sensorScanDirectionSou rce Direction d eterm ined by valu e of 1.00 Sou rce Internal SensorScanDirection Beginner External Direction control d eterm ined by valu e on CC3...
  • Page 57 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Multi-Exposure Mode The m u lti-exp osu re m od e allow s for the sim u ltaneou s exp osu re of each line of the sensor w ith tw o d ifferent exp osu re tim es or gains. The resu lt is an increase in the d ynam ic range of the im age.
  • Page 58 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Above: image with longer exposure time. Otherwise, identical to the first image. Above: top and bottom images fused. 03-032-20133-04 Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 59 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Flat-Field Calibration of Image in Multi-Exposure Mode Perform ing a flat-field calibration in m u lti-exp osu re m od e resu lts in the cam era au tom atically setting both lines of the sensor to the sam e integration tim e. Both lines w ill be flat -field ed to the target valu e p rovid ed .
  • Page 60 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Multi-Exposure Output Format While in m u lti-exp osu re m od e the w id th of the ou tp u t w ill d ou ble. A n 8k cam era w ill ou tp u t a 16k im age.
  • Page 61 . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).

  • Page 62: Flat Field Category

    Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication. Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
  • Page 63 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Initialize Initialize Reset all FPN to 0 and all flat field coefficients to 1. ScanDirectionControlled ScanDirectionControlled Different u ser set load ed d ep end ing on d irection.

  • Page 64: Image Format Control Category

    Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication. Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
  • Page 65 . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).

  • Page 66: Binning

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual AOI Offset X m u ltip leAOIOffsetX Set the start of area of interest (p ixels) 1.00 Beginner AOI Wid th m u ltip leAOIWid th Set the w id th of area of interest (p ixels) 1.00...

  • Page 67: Area Of Interest (Aoi) Setup

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Area of Interest (AOI) Setup The Area of Interest (AOI) featu re can be u sed to red u ce the am ou nt of im age-d ata ou tp u t from the cam era. Use this featu re w hen there are areas in the im age that contain u nneed ed inform ation.
  • Page 68 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual In order to initiate operation of the AOI once setup: The AOI m od e m u st be changed to Active. Be su re to set the fram e grabber im age w id th to the su m of all AOI w id ths set u p in the cam era.

  • Page 69: Instructions On Using The Camera Scan Direction To Control Camera Parameters

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Instructions on using the camera scan direction to control camera parameters The cam era is cap able of ad ju sting cam era p aram eters on -the-fly based on the scan d irection of the cam era.
  • Page 70 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Save to a user set choice. The next step is to p u t the cam era in the forw ard d irection. This can be d one u sing a forw ard signal throu gh CC3 and the Direction Sou rce set to external or by having the Direction Sou rce set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to forw ard .
  • Page 71 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Forw ard d irection user set and d efault user set m ust be the sam e. Save to a d ifferent user set than the one selected for reverse d irection . Set the Flat Field m od e to Scan d irection Controlled .

  • Page 72: Transport Layer Control Category

    Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication. Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
  • Page 73 . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).

  • Page 74: Acquisition And Transfer Control Category

    Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.

  • Page 75: Serial Port Control Category

    Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by en d u ser ap p lications.

  • Page 76: File Access Control Category

    Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are u su ally for Teled yne DALSA or third p arty softw are u sage—not typ ically need ed by end u ser ap p lications.
  • Page 77 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual File Access Control Feature Descriptions Display Name Feature Description View File Selector FileSelector Selects the file to access. The file typ es w hich 1.00 are accessible are d evice-d ep end ent. Beginner FPGA Cod e...
  • Page 78 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description View Su ccess Su ccess The last file op eration has com p leted su ccessfu lly. Failu re Failu re The last file op eration has com p leted u nsu ccessfu lly for an u nknow n reason.
  • Page 79 In the ―File selector‖ d rop d ow n box select ―Cam eraData .‖ H it ―Dow nload ‖ Save the text file and send the file to Teled yne DALSA cu stom er su p p ort. Teledyne DALSA...
  • Page 80 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual 03-032-20133-04 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 81: Appendix B: Ascii Commands

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Appendix B: ASCII Commands The follow ing com m and s can be u sed to control the Teled yne DALSA Piranha4 cam eras. Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC) To access the TLC an ASCII-based com m u nications interface ap p lication, su ch as H yp erTerm inal.
  • Page 82 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Notes on Using Alternatives to HyperTerminal  If you are u sing interfaces other than H yp erTerm inal, the ASCII character, Esc, is d ecim al 27 and need s to be issu ed . From the com m and line insert Esc by u sing ALT+2+7 of the activated N u m - Pad .
  • Page 83 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Disabling Esc Key for Direct Access to ASCII Commands By d efau lt the Esc key is enabled and an Esc key sequ ence has to be issu ed in ord er to access the ASCII com m and s.
  • Page 84 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Calibrate Flatfield Mnemonic Argument(s) Algorithm Basic Low -p ass Filter  # of lines to average 2048  4096 Target 0 to 4095 DN in 12 bit m od e 0 to 1023 DN in 10 bit m od e...
  • Page 85 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Flatfield Mode Mnemonic Argument(s) Mod e Disable u se of u ser FPN and PRN U flat field correction coefficients Enable u se of u ser FPN and PRN U flat field...
  • Page 86 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame D isplay Camera Configuration Mnemonic Argument(s) D escription Disp lay cu rrent valu e of cam era configu ration p aram eters USER>gcp N otes Model P4_CM_08K070_00_R Microcode 03-081-20313-00 03-110-20311-00 FPGA 03-056-20485-00...
  • Page 87 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Help Mnemonic Argument(s) D escription Disp lay list of three letter com m and s USER>h N otes P4 (03-081-20313-00): Command Line Interpreter Apr 14 2014, 09:14:03 ccf - Calibrate User FPN <2048|4096>...
  • Page 88 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Load Pixel Coefficients Mnemonic Argument(s) Set selector Factory set 1-8. User sets D escription Load u ser set  N otes Load s FPN coefficients and PRN U coefficients from a u ser set ( only...
  • Page 89 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Set AOI Selector Mnemonic Argument(s) Selector 1 to 4 1 to AOI Cou nt – any p ixel can be starting p ixel Offset Wid th N o less than 40 p ixels...
  • Page 90 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame D irection Mnemonic Argument(s) Direction Forw ard Reverse (not available in single line m od e) External – controlled by CC3 signal (not available in single line m od e) Set sensor scan d irection...
  • Page 91 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full Name Set Filter Threshold Mnemonic Argument(s) TDI stage = 2 Range 0 to 16, d efau lt 5. TDI stage = 1 Range 0 to 8, d efau lt 2. Description The im age enhanced filter seeks to im p rove the visu al ap p earance of an im age and to rep resent the im age in a form best su ited for m achine analysis.
  • Page 92 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame Gain Mnemonic Argument(s) Selector System Gain Bottom Line Top Line Gain 1.0 to 10.0 Set gain as a single valu e m u ltip lied by all p ixels. D escription ...
  • Page 93 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Full N ame D efault User Set Mnemonic Argument(s) Set selector Factory set 1-8. User sets D escription Select u ser set to load w hen cam era is reset  N otes The settings inclu d e all those listed by the GCP com m and p lu s the u ser FPN...

  • Page 94: Appendix C: Error And Warning Messages

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Appendix C: Error and Warning Messages BiST: Bu ilt in Self Test The BiST error flags are binary flags w ith each bit being ind ep end ent from each other. The m essage from the BiST shou ld be ―Good ‖...
  • Page 95 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Operational Error Codes Code Description 0X8002 Invalid Param eter 0xC01C CPA_TOO_MAN Y_OUTLIERS 0x401E USER_FPN _CLIPPIN G 0x401F FLAT_FIELD_CLIPPIN G Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20133-04...

  • Page 96: Appendix D: Quick Setup And Image Acquisition

     Cam Exp ert is one of Teled yne DALSA‘s im age p rocessing softw are Sap era LT‘s su b-p ackages and can be installed au tom atically w hen installing Sap era LT. To get the Sap era LT, visit Teled yne DALSA w ebsite, http s:/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / im aging/ su p p ort/ d ow nload s/ softw are/ , or contact you r...
  • Page 97 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual  Enter the ‗gcp ‘ com m and at any tim e to get the cu rrent setu p cond itions of the cam era. 3. Setting Up Your Optical Configuration Typ ically, the first thing you w ant to d o is to evalu ate the cam era‘s im age qu ality u nd er op erating cond itions sim ilar to those that you are likely to u se in you r ap p lication.
  • Page 98 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Another w ay to p revent the vertical strip es is to slightly d efocu s the lens w hile the calibration is p erform ing and then to refocu s the lens once it has finished .

  • Page 99: Emc Declaration Of Conformity

    EN 55024 (2010) ICES-003 CISPR-11 FCC Part 15 Place of issu e: Waterloo, Ontario, Canad a Date of Issu e: Decem ber 22, 2011 H ank H elm ond Director of Qu ality, TELEDYN E DALSA Corp . Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20133-04...

  • Page 100: Revision History

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Revision History Revision Change Description Date Initial release. 16 March 2012 -Revised list of GenICam com m and s ad d ed . 27 June 2012 -Calibration process d iagram ad d ed . -Revised responsivity graph ad d ed .

  • Page 101: Index

    Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Index antibloom ing, 9 EMC Declaration of area m od e, 31 Conform ity, 99 error and w arning m essages, exposure control, 35 baud rate, 42 external frame rate, binning, 45, 66 programmable exposure time,...
  • Page 102 Piranha4 8K Camera User's Manual Sapera, 24 sensor controls, 54, 60, 64, 74 settings operating current, 30 ranges, 9 default, 31 factory, 28, 31 loading, 29 saving, 29 perform ance specifications, 8 user, 30 pixel form at, 43 setup pow er...

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