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25CXP MC258x Camera Manual Rev. 0.01

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Page 1 MC258 AMERA ANUAL ● H ● H ● PEED ESOLUTION 25CXP MC258x Camera Manual Rev. 0.01 Camera-Firmware: MC0000258x-V0.00.0-F0.00.000 Camera ID: MC258x Copyright © 2014 Mikrotron GmbH Mikrotron GmbH Tel.: +49 89 726342 00 Landshuter Str. 20-22 Fax: +49 89 726342 99 D-85716 Unterschleissheim info@mikrotron.de...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual Table of contents 1 General......................4 1.1 For customers in the U.S.A..........................4 1.2 For customers in Canada..........................4 1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada.......................... 4 1.4 Life Support Applications..........................4 1.5 Declaration of conformity ..........................5 1.6 Warranty Note............................... 6 1.7 Remarks, Warnings............................
Page 3 CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.3.4 ExposureMode............................. 27 6.3.5 ExposureTime............................27 6.3.6 ExposureTimeMax..........................27 6.3.7 AcquisitionFrameRate.......................... 28 6.3.8 AcquisitionFrameRateMax........................28 6.3.9 TriggerSelector............................. 28 6.3.10 TriggerMode[ TriggerSelector ]......................29 6.3.11 TriggerSource[ TriggerSelector ]......................29 6.3.12 TriggerActivation[ TriggerSelector ]....................30 6.3.13 AcquisitionBurstFrameCount......................30 6.3.1 SoftwareTrigger............................
Page 4: General
General CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 1 General 1.1 For customers in the U.S.A. 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 envir...
Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity
General CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 1.5 Declaration of conformity Mikrotron GmbH Manufacturer: Landshuter Str. 20-22 Address: 85716 Unterschleissheim Germany Camera MC2582 - MC2583 Product: The dedicated products conform to the requirements of the Council Directives 2004/108/EG for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic consist...
Page 6: Warranty Note
General CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 1.6 Warranty Note Do not open the body of the camera. The warranty becomes void if the body is opened. 1.7 Remarks, Warnings This document contains important remarks and warnings. See the corresponding symbols: ...
Page 7: Introduction
® high speed interface technology allows transfer rates up to 6.25 Gbps. But our CoaXPress cameras support all CoaXPress Link Speeds from 1.25 Gbps to 6.25 Gbps. Although the camera already offers a very high frame rate with 80 fps at full resolution, you can get even 1000ths of frames by reducing the camera resolution.
Page 8: Differences Between The Camera Types
Introduction CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 2.2 Differences between the camera types The 25CXP camera is available as the monochrome MC2582 version or as a MC4083 color (Bayer Filter) version. All versions have the same sensor with a resolution of 5120 x 5120 pixel. The color version uses a Bayer Filter at the top of the sensor to code the color information in the image pixels.
Page 9: Hardware
No matter what interface technology the cameras are using or what features they are implementing, the application programming interface (API) should be always the same (GenICam Specification 1.0 ).” Although CoaXPress do not support the full GenICam standard, it uses parts of the specifica tion to ease the interchangeability between different CoaXPress ®...
Page 10: Power Supply
Hardware CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 3.2 Power supply The camera needs a DC supply voltage between 12 … 24V at a power consumption of tbd Watt max. The power supply unit is connected to a dedicated connector at the back side of the camera.
Page 11: Getting Started
Before starting to operate the camera, make sure that the following equipment is available:  Camera MC258x  C-Mount/F-Mount lens  Mikrotron Support CD  Image processing system, e.g.: PC and software  Completely installed CoaXPress frame grabber (Device Driver, Software,...)  CoaXPress ® cable according to the CoaXPress specification ...
Page 12: Initial Setup
Initial setup CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 5 Initial setup The MC258x is delivered with initial parameters and therefore does not need to be configured via the host software. 5.1 Serial number and firmware revision Serial number and firmware revision is provided in MC258x non volatile memory. Use the ac...
Page 13: Configuration
XML file and read out the camera feature list. This features are also a part of the CoaXPress specification. The boot re gisters are the only camera registers that have the same address for a specific register on every CXP compliant camera, no matter who manufactured it.
Page 14: Bootstrap Registers
® compliant Devices must support a number of bootstrap registers as defined in this chapter. In contrast to other CXP camera features, each bootstrap register is assigned to a fixed camera address which is defined in the CoaXPress ® specification.
Page 15: Standard
TestErrorCountSelector 0x00004020 IInteger TestErrorCount 0x00004024 IInteger [TestErrorCountSelector] Start of manufacturer specific register space 0x00006000 6.2.1 Standard Description: This register provides a magic number indicating the Device implements the CoaXPress ® stand ard. Access Read Type: Unsigned integer Out: 0xC0A79AE5 Remark: 6.2.2 Revision...
Page 16: Xmlmanifestselector
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.4 XmlManifestSelector Description: This register selects the required XML manifest registers. It holds a number between 0 and XmlManifestSize – 1. Access Read / Write Type: Unsigned integer 0 … XmlManfiesSize-1 Out: 0 … XmlManfiesSize-1 Remark: A link reset sets the value to 0x00000000.
Page 17: Xmlurladdress[ Xmlmanifestselector ]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.7 XmlUrlAddress[ XmlManifestSelector ] Description: This register provides the address of the start of the URL string referenced by register XmlManifestSelector. Access Read Type: Unsigned integer Out: Register address Remark: Reading from the returned register address returns N chars representing the name, the register address and the length of the GenICam XML file stored in the flash memory of the camera.
Page 18: Devicevendorname
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.9 DeviceVendorName Description: This register provides the name of the manufacturer of the Device as a NULL-terminated string. Access Read Type: String[0...32] Out: Vendor name Remark: Example: “Mikrotron GmbH” 6.2.10 DeviceModelName Description: DeviceModelName Access Read Type: String[0...32]...
Page 19: Deviceversion
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.12 DeviceVersion Description: This register provides the version of the camera hardware as a NULL-terminated string. Access Read Type: String[0...32] Out: Device version string Remark: Format of the version string (Byte numbers from left to right):...
Page 20: Devicefirmwareversion
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.13 DeviceFirmwareVersion Description: This register provides the version of the firmware in the Device as a NULL-terminated string. Access Read Type: String[0...32] Out: Firmware version string Remark: Format of the version string (Byte numbers from left to right):...
Page 21: Deviceuserid
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.15 DeviceUserID Description: This register provides a user-programmable identifier for the camera as a NULL-terminated string. Access Read / Write Type: String[0...16] User ID Out: User ID Remark: The User ID can free defined by the user.
Page 22: Masterhostlinkid
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.18 MasterHostLinkID Description: This register holds the Host Link ID of the Host link connected to the Device Master link. Access Read/Write Type: Unsigned integer Host Link ID Out: Host Link ID Remark: The value 0x00000000 is reserved to indicate an unknown Host ID.
Page 23: Linkconfig
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.21 LinkConfig Description: This register holds a valid combination of the Device link speed and number of active links. Writ ing to this register sets the link speeds on the specified links. Access Read / Write...
Page 24: Linkconfigdefault
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.22 LinkConfigDefault Description: This register provides the value of the LinkConfig register that allows the Device to operate in its default mode. This feature is not supported in the current version. Access Read Type: Unsigned integer...
Page 25: Testerrorcount[ Testerrorcountselector ]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.2.25 TestErrorCount[ TestErrorCountSelector ] Description: This register provides the current link error count for the Device Link ID stored in register TestErrorCountSelector. Access Read / Write Type: Unsigned Integer 0x00000000 Out: Error count Remark: Writing 0x00000000 to this register resets the error count for the Device Link ID stored in register TestErrorCountSelector to zero.
Page 26: Acquisition Control
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.3 Acquisition Control Name Access Length(bytes) Interface Chapter AcquisitionMode IEnumeration AcquisitionStart ICommand AcquisitionStop ICommand ExposureMode IEnumeration ExposureTime IInteger ExposureTimeMax IInteger AcquisitionFrameRate IInteger AcquisitionFrameRateMax IInteger TriggerMode iEnumeration TriggerSource IEnumeration SoftwareTrigger ICommand 6.3.1 AcquisitionMode Description: This feature controls the acquisition mode of the Device.
Page 27: Exposuremode
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual Remark: 6.3.4 ExposureMode Description: This feature sets the operation mode of the Exposure. It defines how a picture gets exposed if the camera is in triggered mode. Access Read / Write Type: Enumeration Enumeration Description Timed In this mode sets the camera to free running mode.
Page 28: Acquisitionframerate
Max. frame rate Remark: The max. frame rate depends on the currently defined frame size, on the used link speed and on the number of CoaXPress lines used for image streaming. 6.3.9 TriggerSelector Description: This feature selects the trigger type to configure.
Page 29: Triggermode[ Triggerselector ]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.3.10 TriggerMode[ TriggerSelector ] Description: This feature activates or deactivates the selected trigger type.. Access Read / Write Type: Enumeration Enumeration Description This sets the camera to triggered mode. In triggered mode, the camera waits for a trigger signal to take a picture.
Page 30: Triggeractivation[ Triggerselector ]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.3.12 TriggerActivation[ TriggerSelector ] Description: This feature defines the activation mode for a selected trigger type. Access Read / Write Type: Enumeration Enumeration Description RisingEdge The camera will start to capture frames on the arrival of a CXP 'trigger rising edge' trigger packet.
Page 31: Testimageselector
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.3.2 TestImageSelector Description: This feature selects the type of test image that is sent by the camera. It also activates/deactivates a frame counter who gets superimposed into each captured image. Access Read / Write Type:...
Page 32: Device Control
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.4 Device Control Name Access Length(bytes) Interface Chapter DeviceReset ICommand 6.4.1 DeviceReset Description: Resets the device to its power up state. Access Write Type: Unsigned Integer 0x00000001 Out: Remark: 6.5 Image Format Name Access Length(bytes)
Page 33: Height
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.5.2 Height Description: This feature provides the image height in lines. Access Read / Write Type: Unsigned Integer 2 … HeightMax Out: Image height Remark: The image height must be incremented in 2 lines increments.
Page 34: Decimationhorizontal
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.5.5 DecimationHorizontal Description: Horizontal sub-sampling of the image. Access Read / Write Type: Unsigned Integer 1 … 2 Out: Current horizontal decimation factor Remark: This value defines that each Nth image pixels in horizontal direction must be sampled to build the image.
Page 35: Sensorwidth
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.5.7 SensorWidth Description: Effective width of the sensor in pixels. Access Read Type: Unsigned Integer Out: Sensor width Remark: 6.5.8 SensorHeight Description: Effective height of the sensor in lines. Access Read Type: Unsigned Integer Out:...
Page 36: Pixelformat
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.5.11 PixelFormat Description: This feature returns the format the camera uses for one pixel. Access Read/Write Type: Enumeration Enumeration Description Available for Camera type Mono8 Monochrome, 8 bit/pixel monochrome, color Mono10 Monochrome, 10 bit/pixel Monochrome, color...
Page 37: Image2Streamid
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.5.14 Image2StreamID Description: This gives the Stream ID of the secondary image stream from the Device. Access Read Type: Unsigned Integer Out: 0x00000000 Remark: Not used 6.6 User Set Control Name Access Length(bytes) Interface Chapter...
Page 38: Usersetload[Usersetselector]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.6.2 UserSetLoad[UserSetSelector] Description: Loads the User Set specified by UserSetSelector to the device and makes it active. Access Write Type: Command Out: Remark: Loads the User Set selected by selector UserSetSelector from the camera flash memory to the camera registers as the current configuration.
Page 39: Analog Controller
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.7 Analog Controller Name Access Length(bytes) Interface Chapter Gain IInteger BlackLevel IInteger 6.7.1 Gain Description: The Gain defines an amplification of the video signal in %. Access Read / Write Type: Integer 50...200 Out: Current Gain.
Page 40: Custom Features
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.8 Custom features Name Access Length(bytes) Interface Chapter DeviceInformationSelector IEnumeration DeviceInformation[DeviceInfoSelector] IInteger PrstEnable IEnumeration PulseDrainEnable IEnumeration 6.8.1 DeviceInformationSelector Description: This feature selects one of the elements from the device information list Access Read / Write...
Page 41: Deviceinformation[Deviceinfoselector]
Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 6.8.2 DeviceInformation[DeviceInfoSelector] Description: This feature returns a value of the device information list selected by feature DeviceInfoSelector. Access Read / Write Type: Unsigned Integer Out: Device information values Selector Description Sample InfoSnr Serial number of the camera (same as feature...
Page 42 Configuration CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual...
Page 43: Customsensorclkenable
On/Off Remark: The 25CXP camera defines a default sensor clock for each CoaXPress link speed to run the cam era in an optimal frame rate / image quality relation. With the custom sensor clock feature this default value can be overwritten by a customer selected value (see feature 'CustomSensorClk' below).
Page 44: Firmware Update
Firmware update CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 7 Firmware update Our 25CXP camera hardware is based on a number of programmable logical units. This al lows us to modify and update the firmware of the camera on an easy and fast way. The flexib...
Page 45: Technical Data
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8 Technical Data MC 2582 Monochrome MC 2583 Color (Bayer Filter) Resolution 5120 x 5120 Sensor type CMOS sensor Pixel depth 8 Bit / 10 Bit monochrome or RGB (Bayer Filter) Pixel size 4.5 x 4.5 µm...
Page 46: Resolution And Speed
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8.1 Resolution and Speed The table below shows a number of possible camera resolution and their max. speed for this resolution for an 8 bpp image and 4 CXP Coax Lines. Please note, that the max. speed that fi...
Page 47: Typical Photovoltaic Response
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8.2.1 Typical Photovoltaic Response 8.2.2 Spectral response for the MC4082/83 (color with Bayer Pattern filter)
Page 48: Bayer Pattern Filter
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8.3 Bayer pattern filter The EoSens color cameras have a Bayer Pattern filter on their sensor glass lid. To get the col or information the imaging software must decode the information for one pixel to RGB by using the values of its neighbor pixels.
Page 49: Connectors
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8.4 Connectors ® 8.4.1 CoaXPress connector 5W5 All signals according to CoaXPress ® specification 8.4.2 Circular power connector, 6-pin Signal Signal DGND* STRB *DGND ... digital GND for signal STROBE_OUT Manufacturer: Hirose Order no.:...
Page 50: Mechanical Dimensions
Technical Data CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual 8.5 Mechanical dimensions MC258x camera body F - Mount C - Mount...