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OWL 1280
Model: OW1.7-VS-CL-1280
USER MANUAL

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  • Page 1 OWL 1280 Model: OW1.7-VS-CL-1280 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENT CONTENT ..............................2 INTRODUCTION ........................... 3 SPECIFICATION ..........................4 GETTING STARTED ........................6 EPIX XCAP ............................ 9 OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.1 November 2017...

  • 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 REV1.1 November 2017...

  • 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 PARTY SOFTWARE Raptor supports a range of 3 party software packages as per the matrix below. Micro- Genika Astro XCAP XCLIB Labview Manager StreamPix Astro Audela Control       Kite      ...
  • Page 8 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: Epix Xcap

    Figure 1: Open / Close 3. Select Close, and then Click on the Camera & Format button. 4. Using the dropdown menu scroll down and select Raptor Photonics OWL 1280 from the list (Figure 2). Selecting OK when done. Figure 2: Camera Selection OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.1...
  • Page 10 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 EL1: Raptor Photonics OWL 1280. If not, you need to select a different camera.
  • Page 11 Figure 5: Image Capture 12. You should now see an image. On the bottom of the screen, you should see something similar to the following: Frame: 0 Size: 1280x1024 Resize 1.7x1.7 Video: 25.0fps Capture: 25.0 fps Display: 25.0fps. Figure 6: Live Image Capture Window OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.1 November 2017...
  • Page 12 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). When Auto Level Control is unchecked, you can manually adjust the exposure and digital gain using the sliders or entering a specific value in the field.
  • Page 13 Trigger Use this tab to select the Readout Mode, and a Fixed Frame Rate value. Figure 8: Trigger Tab 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.
  • Page 14 Auto ROI Use this tab to set the Region of Interest (ROI) used for the Auto Level Control; ROI gain will set an overlay onto the image, so you can track its position. By default, this will be set to account for the whole image.
  • Page 15 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. This is an extreme example used with our Owl 640 camera to illustrate this feature.
  • Page 16 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. Figure 16: TEC Control OW1.7-VS-CL-1280/ USER MANUAL REV1.1...
  • Page 17 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 18 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. 1. Go to the Modify/Contrast Modification menu, Figure 19. 2.
  • 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 REV1.1 November 2017...

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