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SWIR LINE CAMERA User's Manual ABL-005IR ABL-005MIR ABL-005WIR ABL-010IR...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) [Precaution] 1. This product is intended for use by experts with relevant knowledge. Be sure to read this User’s Manual and understand how to use it before using the product. 2. Keep this manual where you can check it, and keep it back in its original location so that users can always use it. 3.
This product is designed for industrial usage and conforming following EU standards. ◆ EMC Directive ・ ABL-005IR ・Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive RoHS2 ABL-005IR, ABL-005MIR , ABL-010IR RoHS ABL-005WIR Unauthorized repairs or modification performed by the user is prohibited. ◆ - 3 -...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-7-4 Save LUT ..........25 Table of Contents 4-8 Digital Gain Offset ........25 4-9 Sensor Sensitivity Mode ......26 Before Beginning ..........3 4-10 Flip Function ..........26 Table of Contents ..........4 4-11 Acquisition Control........27 4-11-1 Acquisition Start .........27 1.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 1. Safety Precautions ■ Be careful to avoid injury by sharp edges while using the product. Thank you for choosing AVALDATA’s SWIR Area Camera series. 1-2 Operating Cautions Please read this manual carefully and follow all safety rules and operating instructions before using the product.
In case the material is obsolete, the material is going to be stored at least 5 years more from the date of obsoleting for repair service. Ex.) ABL-005IR-GE 1-7 User Registration Model Name User needs to register the product to get warranty service, Serial Number and following items are required for registration.
GenICam is supported. GenICam SFNC(Standard Feature Naming Convention). [CameraLink] ABL-005IR-CL / ABL-005MIR-CL / ABL-010IR-CL NOTE CameraLink base configuration is supported. It is applicable to Gig.E version camera only. This interface is preferred for the application requiring a faster rate and reliability.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 2-2 InGaAs Sensor’s Characteristic InGaAs sensor has unique characteristics and limitations White Stpot accordingly, and while using SWIR camera you may see the phenomenon as described below due to the sensor’s characteristic and operating principles. NOTE This chapter is describing about InGaAs sensor and some of contents are not relevant to camera’s specification.
2-3 List of Camera System To set the camera, following items are needed. InGaAs sensor on board SWIR line camera ABL-005IR, ABL-005MIR, ABL-005WIR, ABL-010IR Camera If you need to mount the camera to tripod or others, Attach mounting adapter to the bottom of camera housing.
AC Power (Option) DC12V Power Gig.E C-mount Lens (Option) Mounting Adapter(Option) Network Card (Option) LAN Cable(Option) Diagram : ABL-005IR-GE / ABL-005MIR-GE / ABL-005WIR-GE / ABL-010IR-GE ABL-005IR-CL ABL-005MIR-CL ABL-010IR-CL GPIO(ABL-010IR-CL is not supported) Power Adapter AC Power (Option) DC12V Power CameraLink...
There are 4 holes for mounting the camera. In case Camera Link you want to mount the camera to the tripod or others, attach the mounting adapter(Option) to the camera on this part. ABL-010IR-CL BVA-TB04 : ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR/ABL-010IR BVA-TB03 : ABL-005WIR - 12 -...
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FVAL, CC2+ CC2- LVAL. CC3- CC3+ CC4+ CC4- ※GPIO is supported on ABL-010IR-CL. NOTE ABL-005IR, ABL-005MIR,ABL-005WIR PoCL is not supported. Name Signal Name Signal DC IN GPIO[1]- (+12V) Line1 ⑦ LED...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 2-5-3 Mounting Camera The mounting adapter(Option) is required for mounting the camera to the tripod or other places. As the mounting adapter’s size is different per the camera’s size, it is required to check the right model. 2-5-4 Cable Connection ②...
2-5-5 Status LED Status LED positioned in rear panel is an indicator to display camera’s status with 2 LEDs. ※Please refer to information of ABL-010IR-CL by clicking this link. ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR/ABL-005WIR/ABL-010IR-GE CameraLink LED indicator No power No change(same as previous state)
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) ABL-010IR-CL CameraLink LED Indicator No power No change(same as previous state) POWER Initiate Orange on Green on Camera … Green fast flash Orange fast flash Green flash Orange flash System booting Transfer is done Streaming data Device / Host being...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 2-6 Image Correction Functions Acquisition Control By Acquisition Control, it starts and stops image The camera performs various image corrections as shown acquisition, controls frame rate & grabbing number of below. frames, exposure time. Digital IO Control Sensor Digital IO Control is an upper layer organizing the...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Packet Delay 3. Connection Packet delay is the time delay between when a packet of 3-1 GigE Setting data goes from one place to another, and the user can set this value. If increasing packet delay, data bandwidth rate can be reduced, and it may result in reducing frame rate 3-1-1 Network Setting as well.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 3-2-4 Terminal Setup 3-2 CameraLink Configuration Go to Setup menu and select Terminal on the menu, and 3-2-1 Communication Settings you will see the window as shown below, then set Receive to CR+LF, Transmit to CR. CameraLink camera is configured by RS-232C protocol via serial port assigned to a CameraLink frame grabber.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 3-2-6 CameraLink Tap The camera works at 25MHz when the camera is running at 1Tap. ※ In case of ABL-010IR-CL, it is working at 45MHz when 1Tap setting. Port Assignment Assignment three ports A,B,C of CameraLink Base configuration and video signal accordingly are described in below table.
In case of using TTL input for GPI[0]/GPI[1], do not connect Type Chapter Model Pin 4/6 and input the TTL signal to Pin 5/7. GPIO 3-3-1 ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR If you want to connect an external device to GPI[0]/GPI[1] GPI① 3-3-2 ABL-010IR-GE connector, please refer to below circuit details. GPI②...
3-4-1 Trigger Signal Selection① Pin 8 is assigned for GPI[2]. If you want to connect an external device to GPI[2] connector, please refer to below Model:ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR circuit details. User can choose the trigger from GPIO(Pin 2-3, 5-4) from power 12-pin connector or CC1-4 via CameraLink.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-5 Shading Correction command param1 Description ffcadjustblack Black level Correction FlatFieldCorrectionDarkAdjustment Shading Correction is performed by Flat Field Start Correction(FFC), and FFC also compensates Dark level Non Uniformity (DSNU), Pixel Response Non step4:PRNU, Lens Shading Correction Preparation Uniformity(PRNU) and shading image caused by lens or Set the camera with lens and the lighting as same as lighting.This function is to remove non-uniformities in the...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-7-2 LUT Binarization 4-6 Defect Pixel Correction The threshold for binarization can be changed. Defect pixel can be corrected by Defect Pixel Correction function. The correction is performed by replacing defect pixel by using adjacent effective pixels. User can activate command param1 param2...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-9 Sensor Sensitivity Mode ■ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR User can set sensor’s sensitivity mode per their preference. ・High Sensitivity Mode 930nV/e- ・Standard Sensitivity Mode 160nV/e- Default value of this function is standard sensitivity mode. If the user change this mode to high sensitivity mode, the sensitivity gets 5.8x improved.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-11 Acquisition Control Acquisition Control is the function to perform exposure synchronizing with GPI/GPO signal. The camera trigger control and GPIO can be configured with flexibility. NOTE If you want to change the camera’s settings it is necessary to stop AcquisitionControl and send the command. Refer to 4-11-2 section how to stop AcquisitionStop.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-11-5 Exposure Mode Exposure mode can be set by below command. command param1 Description The exposure is controlled by the time programmed by command exposure/exp. exp-mode The exposure is activated during the pulse width of line start trigger. Timed The exposure is controlled by the time programmed by command exposure/exp.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-12 Trigger Control In this chapter, operation examples, its timing, trigger operations and commands are described. As GenICam creates start/stop condition for various functions when working with GPIO, Encoder, trigger signal generation circuit is equipped. Please refer to the below diagram.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-12-2 Trigger Source Select the triger source for acquisition control in Trigger Source. NOTE This setting is applied to the trigger selected in Trigger Selector. Command param1 Description Software Line0 ※1 Line1 ※1 trg-source CC2 ※1 CC3 ※1...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-12-5 Trigger Delay User can program delay time of the trigger, and the trigger is activated after delay time as much as programmed in Trigger Delay. The unit of value is µs. NOTE This setting is applied to the trigger selected in Trigger Selector.
Control signal for LVAL, FVAL is generated within the camera. In Timed(a.k.a free run) mode, exposure time and frame rate can be programmed, but acquisition timing cannot be controlled. NOTE ABL-005MIR has the same spec of ABL-005IR. Setting command param1...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) ABL-010IR Frame Rate CL:1/scan rate(scan) command Setting GV:1/Acquisition Frame Rate Exposure CL:exposure(exp) command Setting Scan Rate※ GV:Exposure Time Exposure※ Exposure Active Sensor Exposure Sensor Readout 17us 1.04us 22.73us Image Processing 20.04us 22.73us Output (CL Transmitter Input) 44.04us -...
AcquisitionEnd AcquisitionActive Start timing of activation of AcquisitionStartTrigger and AcquisitionActive Trigger is the same. And, start timing of AcquisitionEndTrigger equals to end timing of AcquisitionActive Trigger. NOTE ABL-005MIR has the same specification of ABL-005IR. Setting(Acquisition Start/End) command param1 Features exp-mode...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Timing FrameRate CL:1/Scan rate(scan) command setting GV:1/Acquisition Frame Rate Exposure CL:Exposure(exp) command setting GV:Exposure Time Power Connector 2-3Pin typ 50ns max 70ns GPI0 Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(us)+80ns Min 1us Line0 0.14us+Trigger Delay Acquisition Active 0.04us 0.1us...
Trigger for indicating valid exposure time In case of Timed mode, Exposure time needs to be set with 「exposure/exp」「ExposureTime」. In this mode, line rate setting programmed in 「linerate」「AcquisitionLineRate」 is ignored. NOTE ABL-005MIR has the same specification of ABL-005IR. Setting(Line Start) command param1...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Timing Exposure CL:exposure(exp) command Setting GV:Exposure Time Power Connector 2-3Pin typ 50ns max 70ns GPI0 Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(us)+80ns min 10us min 113.2us Line0 0.14us+TriggerDelay Line Active 0.04us Exposure※ Exposure Active 8.712us Sensor Exposure 005IR :104.3us 005WIR:53.14us...
In case of Trigger width mode, Exposure time set with 「exposure/exp」,「ExposureTime」 is ignored. In this mode, line rate setting programmed in 「linerate」,「AcquisitionLineRate」 is also ignored. NOTE ABL-005MIR has the same specification of ABL-005IR. Setting(Line Start) command param1 Description...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Timing Power Connector 2-3Pin typ 50ns max 70ns GPI0 Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(us)+80ns min 10us min 113.2us Line0 0.14us+TriggerDelay LineActive 0.04us ExposureActive 8.712us Sensor Exposure 005IR :104.3us 005WIR:53.14us Sensor Readout 005IR :105.86us 005WIR:54.9us Image processing 22us...
In case of this configuration, set Exposure mode to Timed mode, and set Exposure time with 「exposure/exp」 「ExposureTime」. In this mode, line rate setting programmed in 「linerate」「AcquisitionLineRate」 is ignored. NOTE ABL-010IR-CL is not supporting encoder connection. ABL-005MIR has the same specification of ABL-005IR. command param1 Description exp-mode...
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SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Timing Power Connector 2-3Pin Power Connector 5-4Pin typ 50ns max 70ns GPI0 Signal GPI1 Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(us)+80ns Line0 Line1 Encoder Circuit Sampling Clock (6.25MHz) PhaseA PhaseB (4 States mode) 320ns Up Count Trigger Down Count Trigger 640ns Counter...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-14 Digital IO Control Digital IO Control is for GPIO Control. Trigger signal grid Digital IO Control is named as below. UserOutputValue GPIO[0] :Line0 UserOutputSelector ※1 UserOutput0 GPIO[1] :Line1 ※1 UserOutput1 UserOutputAllMask GPI[2] :Line2 GPO[0] :Line3...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-14-1 Line 0,1,2 (CC1~4) 4-14-2 Line 0,1,3~6 Output Line0 and Line1 are as two-way signal accessible in GPIO Line 0,1,3~6 can be connected to the signal output from circuit. Line2 is accessible in GPI cicuit only. Acquisition Control or the signal from 「UserOutput」.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-14-3 User Output 4-14-4 Digital Noise Filter (DNF) In case User Output* is selected as Line Source, it needs Digital Noise Filter(Here after DNF) able to reduce noise to be set the signal to Assert or Negate by command User in unit of 1μs is equipped in GPIO signal(GPIO in DC12V Output.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-15-1 Trigger Selector 4-15 Encoder Select the signal of each phase in phase decoder. Encoder can be connected to Line0, Line1 and it counts 2 phases signal to generate triggers by the specified ratio of the duration.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-15-3 Phase Decoder 4-15-5 Output Mode It converts signal of phase A, B output from Trigger In this mode, it generates trigger pulses according to Selector to Up/Down signal. Settings of Encoder Output Mode and outcome of dividing, and outputs pulses to Trigger signal grid.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-15-6 Reset Functions EncoderOutputMode Input Image PositionUp Encoder provides two types of reset functions. One is software reset by means of command Encoder Reset and the other is hardware reset function enabled PositionDown by Encoder Reset Trigger Source/Encoder Reset Activation.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-16 Test Pattern Various type of test pattern is available in the camera. command param1 Description tpmode 0,1,2,3,4,8 0:Sensor Sensor image output 1:White 2:Black Sensor 3:GreyHorizontalRamp White Black TestPattern GreyHorizontalRamp GreyVerticalRamp GreyDiagonalRamp 4:GreyVerticalRamp 8:GreyDiagonalRamp -...
InGaAs Sensor’s sensitivity varies depending on sensor’s Example: temperature change. As ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR/ABL-010IR are not equipped Change settings of User set2 to the default settings. with TEC cooler, it takes around 30min after powered in for OK>userset-default 2 the camera’s sensor temperature is stabilized.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 4-20 User Set Reset 4-22 Help Command Including the settings cannot be stored to User set such as User can get the information about details of each baud rate, all of settings can be reverted to the factory command by adding “?”...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 5. Camera Control Command 5-1 CL Command Format Command is identified by adding space after the command and inputting value of the parameter after the space and hitting [Enter]. It is not alphabet case-sensitive, and use command string format as shown below. Input format :...
In case sending Linerate command to set line rate shorter than 『Exposure Time+Data Output Time』, exposure time adjusted automatically. ■ Sensor Readout Time Camera Sensor Readout Time[us] ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR ABL-005WIR ABL-010IR The max. line rate can be configured as shown below at min. exposure time. ■ Sensor output time...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 5-8 ABL-010IR Data Output Timing ABL-010IR has different timing to start data output to ABL-005IR/ABL-005MIR/ABL-005WIR. Time to start data readout In general, SWIR line camera output data after exposure is completed. However, ABL-010IR outputs previous data when exposure starts.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 6-2 Software In case of using our Camera Link Interface camera with our CL frame grabber, SDK SDK-AcapLib2 is required. Communication between the camera is performed by Hyper Terminal tool. NOTE Please use 3 party Terminal Software(Hyper Terminal) for camera setting and communication.
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 7. TransFlyer SDK for Gig.E As for GigE version camera, image acquisition and configuration are available by an intuitive and user -friendly SDK TransFlyer with ease of use. TConfigurator coming with TransFlyer as a part of SDK also helps to user to configure network settings to the camera. TransFlyer Tsight Viewer Tconfigurator Network Configuration &...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 8-2 Dimension 8-2-1 ABL-005IR-GE / ABL-005MIR-GE ABL-005IR-GE Made in Japan ABL-005IR-GE / ABL-005MIR-GE - 67 -...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 8-2-4 ABL-010IR-CL 4-M3深4 3-M2.6 (0.5) 5 ABL-010IR-CL Power Made in Japan /Trigger DC IN Camera Link 4-M3深4 C Mount ABL-010IR-CL - 70 -...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) 8-2-5 ABL-010IR-GE (0.5) 5 ABL-010IR-GE POWER Made in Japan DC IN STATUS GE I/F C Mount ABL-010IR-GE - 71 -...
SWIR Line Camera Series User’s Manual (OM150000013H-EN) Contact Information 1. Basic Information AVAL GLOBAL Co., Ltd. +82-70-7019-1420 C-607, Gwanggyojungang-ro, Suji-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 1694 sales@aval-global.com 2. Website Information FAQ Web Page Link Production Information Product Web Page Link Contact Web Page Technical Request or Inquiry Web Link 3.
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