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V2.0.0, Nov. 2019
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  • Page 1 LEO Line Scan GigE Cameras User Manual V2.0.0, Nov. 2019 www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 2 ©2019Hangzhou Contrastech Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Contrastech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to revise this manual without prior notice. No one may obtain all or part of this manual in any form without the authorization of Hangzhou Contrastech Co., Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    7 I/O Electrical Features and Wiring I/O Electrical Features 2K I/O Wiring I/O Wiring Typical Cases 8 Image Control Resolution Image Reverse Pixel Format Binning Exposure Mode Gain Black Level White Balance Gamma Correction Shading Correction User Settings 9 FAQ 10 Technical Support www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 4: Product Description

    DC Switch Power Supply 1PC Above 12V 0.5A power adapter or switching power supply(Optional) Power I/O Cable 1PC 12pin cable or extension cable. Cable 1PC Super class 5 or 6 network cable (optional) Lens 1PC C-Mount or other lens mount.(Optional) www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 5: Camera Mechanical Specifications

    Camera Mechanical Specifications Camera Housing and Base Mounting Hole Size(in mm)： ■ 2K GigE Line Scan Camera with 62*62*37.5mm Housing ■ 4K GigE Line Scan Camera with 62*62*38mm Housing www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 6: I/O Control And Physical Interface

    There are two M2 screw holes on both side of GigE interface, which used to fix cable to reduce the loosening caused by vibration. For Line Scan camera, it can be power-up via directly plugged into the 12pin power supply I/O cable and provide input and output functions, 12pin connector as shown below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 7 Line2 Signal Cable Bi-directional IO Grey IO_OUT0_P Output Line1+ Differential Output IO 0+ White IO_ OUT0_N Output Line1- Differential Output IO 0- Pink IO_ IN1_P Input Line3+ Differential Input IO 1+ Bright Green IO_ IN1_N Input Line3- Differential Input IO 1- www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 8: Installation And Setting

    There are Three files, include Drivers、Runtime and Service. Linux System (Currently ARM Systems are not supported) iDatum default installation path is opt/iDatum，after installation，the iDatum file contain subfolders as below： bin（Executable file） Include（SDK header file） Lib（SDK Lib file） Samples_Linux SDK（Samples Programs） www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 9 Please follow the prompts. Select the driver to be installed according to the connection mode of the camera (Multiple options are supported), then select the installation path and Click the “Next” to start the installation. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the network adapter in your computer and The other end of the cable into the GigE connector of the camera;  Plug the 12-pin connector of the cable from your power supply into the 12-pin connector of the camera;  Switch on the power supply above 12V 0.5A. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 11 Open “Advanced” in the properties, set “Jumbo Frame” as its maximum value:9014bytes, both of transmit buffer and receive buffer set as 2048bytes, the Interrupt Throttle Rate set as extremum value. These maximum values mentioned above depend on the specific network card. Shown as below: www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 12: Setting And Operating

    Control Tool Bar The control bar shown as ② in the Home Screen of Software，the icon meaning is shown in the figure below. The operation buttons in the tool bar can quickly and conveniently edit camera images. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 13 Information which list on the left side of iDatum, and the default state is expansion. In the “Collapse” state，the iDatum left side only display the searched cameras. The manual refresh function will appear when you move the mouse cursor to GigE、USB、CameraLink interface, take GigE interface for example as below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 14 The current iDatum client software can connect the camera via receive mode to read camera's parameter and image parameter. The current iDatum client software can connect the camera via receive mode to read Connected camera's parameter and image parameter. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 15 In this option, you can save or load the adjusted parameters program and set it as default program when open the iDatum. Note：For different models of camera, the above-mentioned setting steps may be different, please refer to the actual one you got. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 16: Main Function Description

    You can enter device name in the “Device User ID” bar, shown as below. In “Device Control” option，you can enable “Device Command”, “Device Reset” and “Device Temperature” as actual needed, shown as below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 17: Image Format And Frame Rate

    In the client software to find “Image Format Control” and expand it. To click “Pixel Format” you can view the pixel format supported by the current camera to select right output mode according to your actual demands. shown as below： www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 18: Image Acquisition

    The camera frame rate is proportional to the line frequency and inversely proportional to the height of the image, namely, Fps=Lps/Image Height. “Acquisition Line Rate(Hz)” in” Acquisition Control”, can set camera line frequency. shown as below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 19: Image Acquisition Mode

    Continuous Acquisition  Mode Select：Continuous  Working principle: After the camera starts to acquisition images, images can be continuously acquisition. The number of acquisition frames per second is determined by the real-time frame rate, and needs to be stopped manually www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 20: Trigger Mode

    Under this mode, only one line is exposed when a trigger signal is input. In “Trigger Source”, you can select the trigger source of line trigger. The range of trigger signal are Line0, Line2, Line3, Encoder Module Out and Frequency Converter. Shown as below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 21 The Trigger Source of frame Trigger can be selected by Trigger Source parameter. The optional range of frame trigger signal is Software, Line0, Line2, Line3, frequency conversion output signal, as shown below: www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 22 When “Acquisition Burst Frame Count =3”, That is one trigger signal output three frame images. Strobe output control is equivalent to single frame trigger mode. The frame trigger time is determined by line frequency and exposure. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 23 The number of line trigger signals between the prior frame trigger signals and the next frame trigger signals should be greater than or equal to the frame height register value set, otherwise the camera will not reach the frame rate desired by the user. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 24 Rising Edge, Falling Edge, Level High and Level Low. When the corresponding trigger signal is set, the camera will conduct image acquisition along with it. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 25: Trigger Source

    To select “Input” in “Line Mode”. Selecting hardware trigger as camera trigger source, that is when select “Line0, Line2 or Line3” in “Trigger Source”, the command to trigger an image is given to the camera by an external device. Shown as below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 26 One trigger signal can be set as to acquire multi-line or multi-frame, and its ratio can be adjusted. Under “Encoder Control”, You can set the parameters in “Encoder Source A” and “Encoder Source B”. Shown as below. The specific implementation of encoder module function is shown as below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 27 Under “Frequency Converter Control”, you can select “Line0”, “Line3” or “Encoder Module Out”.  Trigger Source：Frequency Converter The frequency converting module including three subsequences, they act on the source signal in turn. They are predivider, multiplier and post divider. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 28 The postdivider reduces the frequency of the signal by an integer divisor and uses the signal with new frequency as the camera trigger signal. The signal processed by the above mentioned three modules is the final trigger signal for the camera. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 29: Trigger Parameters

    “Acquisition Control”, you can set specific value in “Acquisition Burst Frame Count”. Its range is 1~1023. When burst count is 3, Input one trigger signal to output three frames images. The sequence diagram is shown below. When burst count is 1, it is single trigger mode. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 30 The “Trigger Activation” selected as “Level Low”.  Parameter Option：Level Low.  Working Principle：trigger signal is active at level low, that is as long as the trigger signal is at level low, the camera will maintain the exposure acquisition status. Trigger Activation setting as below. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 31 When set trigger direction as Ignore Direction, the forward, backward or repeated back and forth triggers will be counted. When set trigger direction as Forward Direction, The forward trigger once will be counted once, and the backward trigger will be counteracted and reset www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 32 Thus, it is necessary to debounce the external trigger signal. Under “Digital IO Control”, you can set specific parameters in “Line Debouncer Time”. Shown as below. Its sequence diagram is shown below. The trigger signal will be ignored when Debouncer Time greater than Trigger Signal Time. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 33: Trigger Output

    Strobe signals enable the camera to directly output I/O signals to external devices when event source occurs. In “Line Source”, you can set the event source of Strobe signal. At present, the camera only supports exposure pattern, that is “Exposure Start Active”. In “Strobe Enable”, you can set Strobe signal. Shown as below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 34: O Electrical Features And Wiring

    Line0 Differential Input Circuit Line0 is the differential input signal in I/O signals of 2K and 4K line scan cameras The Line0、Line1 circuit of the 2k line is shown below The Line0、Line1 circuit of the 4k line is shown below www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 35 When the output-end connected to the input-end of RS-622 standards device, the resistance network needs to be added to the output position of the camera. To ensure the normal operation of the output circuit of the camera, it is necessary to connect the camera ground signal with the external ground signal. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 36 Input Falling Delay <1us  Make sure the input voltage is not from 0.5 VDC to 1.5 VDC as the electric status between these two values are not stable.  The breakdown voltage is 30 VDC, and keep voltage stable. www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 37 When the voltage of external resistance (1KΩ) is pulled up to 5V, the logic level and electrical feature of configuring GPIO2 as output are shown below. Parameter Name Parameter Symbol Value 0.06us Output Rising Time 0.016us Output Falling Time 0~4us Output Rising Delay <1us Output Falling Delay www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 38 Circuit in use and the same as Line1 differential output, the specific content can refer to Line1 differential output circuit chapter. RS232 Circuit The 4K line scan camera has one full-duplex RS232 interface. The circuit diagram is shown below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 39: 2K I/O Wiring

    Differential signal source can choose 5V, 12V or 24V to output differential signal, the specific wiring is shown below： 5V Differential Signal Source Output 12V、24V Differential Signal Source Output With different voltage of differential signal, the corresponding resistance is shown below. Voltage VCC Resistance R1 Resistance R2 R1=6.2k R2=4.7k R1=18k R2=4.7k www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 40 Differential Source Output Single-ended Signal 5V,12V, 24V Differential Signal Source Output Single-end Signal  NPN Output 12V, 24V Differential Signal Source Output Single-end Signal www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 41 5V、12V、24V Single-end Source Output Single-end Signal  NPN Output 5V、12V、24V Single-end Source Output Single-end Signal 12V、24V Single-end Source Output Single-end Signal With different voltage of differential signal, the corresponding resistance is shown below. Voltage VCC Resistance R3 R3=1k R3=4.7k www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 42: I/O Wiring Typical Cases

    I/O Wiring Typical Cases Typical cases of I/O wiring with line trigger, frame trigger and line+frame trigger for 2K scan cameras. Line Trigger 5V Encoder Differential Source Frame Trigger 5V Encoder Differential Source www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 43 With different voltage of differential signal, the corresponding resistance is shown below. Voltage VCC Resistance R3 R3=1k R3=4.7k  The figure below shows 12V differential signal source output 12V single-end signal frame trigger and 12V，24V encoder signal line trigger www.contrastech.com...
  • Page 44 R3=4.7k  The figure below shows 12V、24V differential signal source output 12V single-end signal frame trigger and 12V，24V encoder signal line trigger With different voltage of VCC, the corresponding resistance is shown below. Voltage VCC Resistance R3 R3=1k R3=4.7k www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 45: Image Control

    The Width value plus Offset X value should not be larger than Width Max parameter value, Height value plus Offset Y value should not be larger than Height Max parameter value  For different models of camera, the above-mentioned setting steps may be different, please refer to the www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 46: Image Reverse

    RGB8 through pixel interpolation algorithm. Bayer GR, Bayer GB, Bayer BG, Bayer RG, etc. are shown below： Bayer GR Bayer GB Bayer BG Bayer RG The corresponding numbers of bytes to different formats are shown below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 47: Binning

    You can set binning as shown below. Binning Horizontal refers to the image’s width, and Binning Vertical refers to the image’s height. If the camera's Vertical resolution is 1, there is only Horizontal Binning Horizontal parameter and no Vertical Binning Vertical parameter. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 48: Exposure Mode

    In Off Mode, to find “Exposure Time” in “Acquisition Control” and enter appropriate parameter to finish the setting. Shown as below. When the exposure mode is set as Once or Continuous, the exposure time should be within the range of Auto Exposure Time Lower Limit and Auto Exposure Time Upper Limit. as shown below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 49: Gain

    The higher the digital gain is, the more obvious the image noise is, which has a serious effect on the image quality. It is preferred to set the analog gain. If the analog gain is not satisfied, adjust the digital gain. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 50: Black Level

    It implements an algorithm that finds possible gray areas in the Bayer data. Under the Analog Control, find Balance White Auto and Balance Ratio Selector, select the White Balance state and the corresponding parameters, and the setting can be completed as shown below. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 51: Gamma Correction

    You can also define rectangular areas according to your needs. Select AOI 1 or AOI 2. Enter proper value in Auto Function AOI Width, Auto Function AOI Height, according to actual demands. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 52: Lut

    LUT and Gamma are mutually exclusive. When setting, the user visibility needs to be set to Guru, Enable LUT Enable, and then adjust the corresponding parameter value, as shown below. Shading Correction The camera supports Shading Correction function. The Shading Correction property can be set as shown below： www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 53: User Settings

    “User Set Control”> “User Set Selector” to select one parameter set. Then click “Execute” in “User Set Load” to import parameters into the device.  Setting default active parameters: In the left area, under “User Set Control”, to select one parameter set as default parameters in “User Set Default”. www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 54: Faq

    Check the cable connection is normal under the trigger mode.  Preview and trigger signal are normal but cannot acquire the images.  Reason: The image output format does not match.  Solution: Check the image format, adjust the image output format in the client software www.contrastech.com...

  • Page 55: Technical Support

    How severe is the issue? Please connect the camera directly to PC and use iDatum Camera parameter setting to make note of the parameter when the issue occurred. Hangzhou Contrastech Co., Ltd. Phase II C-5F, Xiyuan 8 Road, West Lake District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

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