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USER MANUAL
January 11, 2010
GX1910
GX1910C
Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
www.alliedvisiontec.com
tel: 604.875.8855
fax: 604.875.8856
© 2010 Allied Vision Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL January 11, 2010 GX1910 GX1910C Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc. www.alliedvisiontec.com tel: 604.875.8855 fax: 604.875.8856 © 2010 Allied Vision Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    GigE Sample Viewer and Filter Driver ..................17 Trouble Shooting ........................18 Addendum ............................21 GX IO Schematic ........................22 User Trigger Circuit Example ....................23 TV Zoom Lens Connection .......................24 Video Iris Connection .......................25 Trigger Timing Diagram ......................26 Notes on Triggering ........................27 Camera Controls ........................29 Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    70-0058A-A Introduction The GX1910 series of cameras are sensitive, 63 frames per second, HDTV resolution, Gigabit Ethernet cameras based on the Kodak KAI-02150 CCD sensor. These cameras support the use of 1 or 2 gigabit Ethernet ports in a lag configuration for higher bandwidth requirements.

  • Page 4: Specifications

    CARE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A REASONABLE OPERATING TEMPERATURE. IF THE CAMERA IS TO BE OPERATED IN A WARM ENVIRONMENT, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE CAMERA BE MOUNTED ON A HEAT SINK SUCH AS A METAL BRACKET AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT AIR FLOW. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 5: Supported Features

    *On monochrome versions only. ***VERTICAL BINNING AND VERTICAL ROI CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE CAMERA AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED INTERMITTENTLY AND WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF THE CAMERA. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 6: Mechanical

    GX1910 User Manual 70-0058A-A Mechanical GX C-MOUNT Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 7: Connections

    GX1910 User Manual 70-0058A-A Connections GX CONNECTION DIAGRAM Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 8 This connection must be provided to operate the camera. The conductor used for this connection must be adequate for the current consumption of the camera. For best performance the connection for POWER GROUND should be physically close to the EXTERNAL POWER connection. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 9 5V TO 24V 1/10W IF = 5mA PIN 4. SYNC IN 1 MMBF4393LT1G TO CAMERA LOGIC 180R 5V TO 24V 1/10W IF = 5mA PIN 11. SY NC IN 2 HCPL-063L MMBF4393LT1G PIN 7. USER GND Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 10 12V 9.2mA 1.2K 11.2V 101mW 1.5µs 11.2µs 2µs 20µs 12V 4.9mA 2.4K 11.8V 58mW 1.5µs 8.5µs 17µs 55µs 24V 9.5mA 2.4K 23.2V 217mW 1.5µs 22µs 2µs 37µs 5mA 4.8K 23.8V 120mW 1.5µs 12µs 17µs 105µs Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 11 See the SYNC section for more detail. To prevent parasitic coupling this connection should be OUTPUT physically close to the used SYNC OUT signals and USER GROUND. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 12 This connector also provides the signals necessary to operate a video auto iris type of lens. The lens control connector is a Hirose 3260-8S3. The mating cable connector is Hirose 3240- 8P-C(50). This connector purchased from Canada Inc. from http://www.digikey.com. See Addendum for more detail. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 13: Cleaning The Sensor

    Repeat this process until the debris is gone. If this process fails to remove the debris, then contact AVT Canada Inc. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 14: Adjusting The C-Mount

    The distance required will depend on the lens used but typically 30 to 50 feet should suffice. Make sure the lens is firmly threaded onto the c-mount ring. Rotate the lens and c-mount ring until the image is focused. Carefully tighten locking ring. Recheck focus. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 15: Network Card Configuration

    (a) select “Jumbo Frames” and change the value to 9014 bytes or higher. (b) select “Receive Descriptors” on the same list and change the value to 512 (c) select "Performance Options" and set "Interrupt Moderate Rate" to "Extreme" Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 16 “Configure” button in order to create a Link Aggregate Group (LAG) between the two ports. 10. Select the “Teaming” tab (analogous to LAG), enable “Team this adapter with other adapters and click on the “New Team” button. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 17 13. Choose “Static Link Aggregation”. Click “Next” to continue. 14. The LAG group will now be configured. You may be asked to permit the “AVT_Prosilica GigE Vision Filter Miniport” installation on the new LAG adapter. Click “Continue Anyway”. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 18 15. Once completed the properties of the TEAM (LAG) that has just been created will appear. A new Network Connections Icon corresponding to the LAG group is created. You have now completed the Link Aggregate Group configuration. 16. Reboot the system Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 19: Gige Sample Viewer And Filter Driver

    In Sample Viewer, select the wrench icon to change camera settings. See the Camera Controls Addendum for description of each setting. Select the eye icon to stream images. If the camera is not imaging, see the Trouble Shooting section of this document. Figure 1. GigE Viewer application window. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 20: Trouble Shooting

    A camera in DHCP (AutoIP fallback) mode. • Camera is listed: Your camera and NIC must be on the same subnet, e.g.: NIC: IP 169.254.23.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0, Camera IP: 169.254.43.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 21 Ipconfig /all screenshot Is the camera listed in SampleViewer but can’t acquire images? Reset your camera settings to factory default: with ConfigFileIndex = Factory, click the ConfigFileLoad button. While streaming, check your Stats: Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 22 • All packets completing as normal, but black image. Check ExposureValue, ExposureMode, and be sure your scene is suitably lit. If you are still having problems acquiring images, please send your camera settings file (click on the disk icon in SampleViewer) to support@alliedvisiontec.com. Saving camera setting file Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 23: Addendum

    GX1910 User Manual 70-0058A-A Addendum Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 24: Gx Io Schematic

    SY NC OUT 2 TLP281-4GB 442R CAMERA LOGIC SY NC OUT 3 IF = 5mA SY NC OUT 3 100K TLP281-4GB 442R CAMERA LOGIC SY NC OUT 4 IF = 5mA SY NC OUT 4 100K TLP281-4GB Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 25: User Trigger Circuit Example

    CURRENT FOR EACH SYNC OUT USED. USER LOGIC SY NC OUT 2 USER LOGIC SY NC OUT 3 USER LOGIC SY NC OUT 4 VDD+5 0.1u SN74ABT244APWR This diagram indicates one example of a 5V TTL based user trigger circuit. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 26: Tv Zoom Lens Connection

    COMMON TV ZOOM LENS FOCUS UNIPOLAR TYPE ZOOM IRIS COMMON COMMON COMMON HIROSE 3240-8P-C(50) NOTES: 1. CURRENT CAPACITY PER AXIS = 50mA. 2. VERIFY LENS VOLTAGE SETTING ON CAMERA DOES NOT EXCEED LENS VOLTAGE SPECIFICATION. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 27: Video Iris Connection

    GX1910 User Manual 70-0058A-A Video Iris Connection POWER GROUND POWER GROUND 12V POWER 12V_POWER HIROSE HR10A-10P-12S LENS POWER VIDEO HIROSE 3240-8P-C(50) AUTO-IRIS VIDEO SIGNAL LENS LENS GROUND JEITA CONNECTOR Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 28: Trigger Timing Diagram

    GX1910 User Manual 70-0058A-A Trigger Timing Diagram Readout Time Trigger Latency Expose Start Registered Delay Exposure Time User Trigger Logic Trigger Exposure Trigger Jitter Readout Interline Time Trigger Ready Imaging Idle Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 29: Notes On Triggering

    For applications requiring the shortest possible Trigger Latency and the smallest possible Trigger Jitter the User Trigger signal should be applied when Imaging is false and Idle is true. o In this case, Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter are as indicated in the Specifications section. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 30 User Trigger signal should be applied as soon as a valid Trigger Ready is detected. o In this case, Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter can be up to 1 line time since Exposure must always begin on an Interline boundary. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

  • Page 31: Camera Controls

    Disabled – an external trigger does not control the start of a Recorder event AcqStart AcqStartTriggerEvent – What kind of external input trigger will stimulate the start of acquisition. EdgeRising – rising edge trigger EdgeFalling – falling edge trigger Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 32 Continuous – After an acquisition start event, the camera will continuously receive frame trigger events, or in the case where FrameStartTriggerMode equals Freerun, will continuously stream. This is the normal acquisition mode of the camera. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 33 This feature works like the region metering on a photographic camera. DSPSubregionBottom - defines the bottom of the region in pixels. Defaults to a huge number much larger than the maximum number of sensor rows. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 34 ExposureAutoTarget – In percent. Controls the general lightness or darkness of the auto exposure feature; specifically the target mean histogram level of the image, 0 being black, 100 being white. ExposureMode Manual - The camera exposure time is fixed by ExposureValue parameter. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 35 = 20 log ). The gain setting applied to the sensor. Default gain is zero, and gives the best image quality. However, in low light situations, it may be necessary to increase the gain setting. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 36 AutoOnce – A command (of type Enumeration in PvAPI). A single iteration of the auto whitebalance algorithm is run, and then the camera reverts to Manual WhitebalMode. The AutoOnce function operates according to the Auto and DSP controls Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 37 PacketSize – In Bytes. Determines the Ethernet packet size. Generally speaking this number should be set to as large as the network adaptor will allow. If this number is reduced, then CPU loading will increase. These large packet sizes are called Jumbo Packets/Frames in Ethernet terminology. If your GigE network adaptor Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 38 PixelFormat - The various pixel data formats the camera can output. Not all cameras have every mode: Mono8 – 8 bits per pixel, monochrome. On camera interpolation, with luminance (Y) channel returned. For 10 bit (CMOS) or 12 bit (CCD) sensors, the most significant 8 bits are returned. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 39 SensorBits - The sensor digitization bit depth. SensorHeight - The total number of pixel rows on the sensor. SensorType - Monochrome or Bayer-pattern color sensor type. SensorWidth – The total number of pixel columns on the sensor. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 40 AcquisitionTriggerReady – Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start acquisition. FrameTriggerReady – Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.
  • Page 41 StatPacketsResent - The number of packets resent by the camera since the start of imaging. Allied Vision Technologies (Canada) Inc.

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