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Vzense DCAM560C ToF Camera
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DCAM560C Pro
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  • Page 1 Vzense DCAM560C ToF Camera User Manual DCAM560C Pro DCAM560C Lite...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6.1.1 DCAM560C Pro Installation Steps ..........24 6.1.2 DCAM560C Lite Installation Steps ..........24 6.1.3 POE Mode Installation (For DCAM560C Pro) ....... 25 Software Installation ................26 6.2.1 How to get ..................26 6.2.2 Graphic Tool on windows .............. 26...
  • Page 3 Camera Control ..................38 8.5.1 Mode switch ................. 38 8.5.2 Range change ................38 WDR ...................... 39 DCAM560C Accessories and Package ............. 42 Customization Service ................44 Appendix ......................... 44 ROHS Declaration .................... 44 Laser Specification ................... 44 Manufacturer ..................... 44 Factory ......................
  • Page 4: General Information

    DCAM560C series have two configuration, DCAM560C Pro and DCAM560C Lite. DCAM560C Pro can be powered either by DC power or Power over Ethernet, and IP67 rating enclosure to resist dust and water. While DCAM560C Lite can only be powered by DC power and NOT IP67 rating.
  • Page 5  To remove tough stains, use a soft cloth dampened with a small amount of neutral detergent(Pure water or alcohol); after that wipe dry;  Make sure no any residual detergent after cleaning, before reconnecting the camera to power Read the manual Do read the manual carefully before using the camera.
  • Page 6: Precautions

    Eye safety is only guaranteed when the camera is used properly Power The DCAM560C series products can work with either Power over Ethernet or external DC power. For PoE power source, the PSE device shall apply the PoE+ standard ( 802.3at...
  • Page 7: Usage

    Usage Don’t try to open the camera housing. Each camera has been calibrated at the factory to achieve precise measurements. Touching internal components may damage the camera and cause calibration data lost. Incorrect plugging in and unplugging of the camera’s power cable can damage the camera.
  • Page 8: Specifications And Requirement

    940nm ,2 x 2W Vcsel DCAM560C Pro:105mm*65mm*64.6mm Dimension(L*W*H) DCAM560C Lite: 105mm*65mm*60mm DCAM560C Pro: 550g Weight DCAM560C Lite: 520g DCAM560C Pro: PoE+ or DC power Power Supply DCAM560C Lite: DC power Interface Gigabit Ethernet and RS485 Digital I/O 1in/1out (Exposure Control, Synchronization etc.)
  • Page 9: Electrical Specifications

    Electrical Specifications 3.2.1 Recommended Operating Conditions Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ. Units DC Power Digital I/O Vout Work (Exposure_timing) mode Digital I/O (Ext_Trigger) RS485 Operating Temperature ° C Operating humidity Storage humidity Storage temperature ° C 3.2.2 Power Consumption Parameter Conditions Average Units...
  • Page 10: Dcam560C Pro Dimension

    DCAM560C Pro Dimension This drawing contains information about the dimensions and user mounting location of the ToF Camera. Front View Back View Bottom View Top View Unit: mm Left View Right View Unit: mm Fig. 3.1: ToF Camera Dimensions:...
  • Page 11: Dcam560C Lite Dimension

    DCAM560C Lite Dimension This drawing contains information about the dimensions and user mounting location of the ToF Camera. Front View Back View Bottom View Top View Left View Right View Fig. 3.2: ToF Camera Dimensions: Unit: mm...
  • Page 12: Optical Specifications

    The definition of HFOV and VFOV can be exchanged, i. e. we can rotate the camera sensor to have larger FOV at vertical direction. Typical FOV of DCAM560C Series is 69° *51° , we can do FOV customization if the customer requires, and reasonable NRE fee shall be charged.
  • Page 13: Working Condition Requirements

     64-bit Windows 7/10 (recommended)  Linux (x86, x64)  Android 5.0 or above Vzense ToF Driver The Vzense ToF Driver software is available for Windows, Linux and Android operating systems and includes the following:  SDK code   Sample code ...
  • Page 14: Coordinate Of The Camera System

    provide an air flow over the camera. 3.6.4 Coordinate of the Camera System There are two coordinate system need to be understood, one is camera coordinate system (CCS), one is world coordinate system (WCS). CCS: CCS describe the two-dimensional data, the origin of coordinates is the optic center.
  • Page 15: Interface With Host

    Vzense software or SDK method. 4 Interface with Host DCAM560C Pro Interface DCAM560C Pro is equipped with two 12 aviation connectors at the back of its housing as shown in below figure. For more information about pin assignments and connector types, see the following sections.
  • Page 16 10 pin Multiple Functional Interface Designation Ext_OUT RS485-A RS485-B Ext_Trigger Exposure_timing IP RESET Direction Designation Description Power DC 12-24V Ext_OUT OUTPUT Control signal output from processor RS485-A RS485-A RS485-B RS485-B Ext_Trigger INPUT External trigger input(3.3V-20V) Exposure_timing OUTPUT Control signal output Pull high (3.3V-20V) for 10 seconds then the IP RESET INPUT...
  • Page 17 EXT_Trigger Frame start Frame start Camera Exposure The requirement to T1 should be from 100us to 2ms. Exposure_timing Pin Description This pin is an output indicates the whole exposure period of the camera. The internal circuit of this pin with a pull-up resistor 430Ω.The pull up voltage is 5V. At low level, the pull-down resistor is 100Ω.
  • Page 18: Dcam560C Lite Interface

    DCAM560C Lite Interface DCAM560C Lite is equipped with RJ45, LED, 6pin connector, IP reset button at the back of its housing as shown in below figure. For more information about pin assignments and connector types, see the following sections. Fig. 4.2: Camera Connectors...
  • Page 19 Pin Description Direction Designation Description RS485-A RS485-A RS485-B RS485-B INPUT Ext_Trigger External trigger input(3.3V-20V) Exposure_timing OUTPUT Control signal output System ground OUTPUT Ext_OUT Control signal output from processor Hardware Trigger Function Hardware trigger mode is available only when the camera works at slave mode, in slave mode the camera will wait for the hardware trigger signal on Ext_Trigger.
  • Page 20 Exposure RJ45 Ethernet Connector for DCAM560C Lite DCAM560C Lite has the standard RJ45 interface for Ethernet transmission. IP Reset Button for DCAM560C Lite A hidden button hole is for IP reset, a pin shall be used to press the button.
  • Page 21: Led Indication

    LED Indication An LED at the back side of the camera indicates the camera status. The LED animation table is shown as below: Ethernet Broadcast, no connection established, BLUE LED blinking repeatedly Ethernet connection established, BLUE LED constantly on IP RESET, Press the IP RESET button for 5 seconds, PURPLE LED is on for 5 seconds and blink twice then the product reset itself.
  • Page 22: Principle Of Time Of Flight

    5 Principle of Time of Flight Vzense ToF Principle Vzense DCAM560C product principle is based on range-gated imaging ToF solution, and the sensor inside is based on Panasonic CCD sensor MN34906. Fig. 9 Noise Factors 5.2.1 Ambient Light Because the ToF distance measurement relies on the reflection of light sent out by the camera, any additional light, e.g.
  • Page 23: Reflectivity Of The Target

    To eliminate the multipath effect, you should: 1. Keep the camera working environment as clean as possible; 2. Avoid the camera be placed at concave forms environment, like corners of a room or inside of a narrow space; 3. Highly-reflective object shall be removed far away from the measurement target; Reflectivity of the Target Please note that different reflectivity of the target may cause measurement result deviation, objects which have 20% to 80% reflectivity to 850nm or 940nm infrared light...
  • Page 24: Installation

    The steps are as below: 1. Mount the camera in an appropriate fixture, e.g. a camera bracket; 2. Connect the DCAM560C Pro ToF camera to the host processor with the Ethernet cable(Order NO. 814000600003), the standard RJ45 socket locates at the back of the DCAM560 Lite camera;...
  • Page 25: Poe Mode Installation (For Dcam560C Pro)

    PoE switch or injector shall be in use to support the PoE feature. For Vzense DCAM560C camera, the POE Switch or POE injector needs to support IEEE 802.3at-2009 standard also known as PoE+, which can provide up to 25.5W, or IEEE 802.3bt-2018 standard also known as PoE++, which can provide up to 60W.
  • Page 26: Software Installation

    Please chose the suitable version based on the product and system. Windows SDK, Linux SDK have different project repository. 6.2.2 Graphic Tool on windows Vense uTool is a graphic tool on windows for the all Vzense ToF products. Download or clone uTool evaluation tool from our GitHub /Gitee: China:https://gitee.com/Vzense/UTool Oversea:https://github.com/Vzense/UTool...
  • Page 27: Frameviewer

    SDK APIs. It has a pre-build version app in Tools folder, the source code is in Samples folder. See the document for the details. Firmware Upgrade Download the VzenseUpgradeTool from below link: China: https://gitee.com/Vzense/VzenseUpgradeTool Oversea: https://github.com/Vzense/VzenseUpgradeTool Please read the Vzense_UpgradeTool_User_Guide.pdf before upgrading firmware.
  • Page 29: Product State Machine

     System Upgrade: product is in upgrading of firmware Software Command Set DCAM560C support different work mode like depth_30, IR_30, depth&IR_30. Four default ranges: range0(0.35m~1.5m), range1(0.5m~2.8m), range2(0.8m~4.4m), range5(1.2m~6.0m). User can use Frameviewer to try the different command or can use the APIs to control...
  • Page 30: Features

    1.2m~6.0m Please do NOT use uncalibrated modes, the measurement data will not be guaranteed. If you need other range mode requirement, you can ask Vzense team to do range customization, reasonable NRE fee will be charged. One range mode of the Vzense DCAM560C camera can fulfill furthest distance be at most 5 times to nearest distance.
  • Page 31 One range mode of the Vzense DCAM560C camera can fulfill furthest distance be at most 5 times to nearest distance. For example, if the near limitation is 0.4m, then the furthest distance in this mode can reach about 2m.
  • Page 32: Data Filtering

    Flying pixel removing; IR Image Besides the depth image, Vzense DCAM560C camera can also output a VGA resolution IR image. And the IR image is exactly timing synchronized with the depth image. Pixel to pixel mapping is also exactly aligned.
  • Page 34: Camera Operation On Frameviewer

    8 Camera Operation on Frameviewer Please refer to 6.2.1 for the SDK downloading. Function Description 2D image show depth image colorize Camera hardware information show like SN, version Image store Depth 30 depth image in 30fps IR 30 IR image in 30fps Mode Switch Depth&IR 30 both depth and ir in 30fps...
  • Page 35: Image Area

    8.1.1 Image area Image area is the area of showing depth image, IR image. 8.1.2 Command and information area Frameviewer use CMD shell for camera control and information output. Like the image below: switch mode, change detect range, save 3D image and so on.
  • Page 36: Connect Devices

    Connect devices Frameviewer will auto-connect the device, and output the base information on the window. 2D view The display area can show different type image. 8.3.1 Depth Image Depth image is covert to a rainbow image for real distance showing. COLORMAP_RAIN 8bit Color_Map_Mi...
  • Page 37: Ir Image

    8.3.2 IR Image 3D image store When the depth image is showing, input ‘s/S’ to store the point cloud file. User can use CloudCompare to viewer the 3D image.
  • Page 38: Camera Control

    Range 0 0.35m~1.5m Range 1 0.5m~2.8m Range 2 0.8m~4.4m Range 5 1.2m~6.0m Please do NOT use uncalibrated modes, the measurement data will not be guaranteed. If you need other range mode requirement, you can ask Vzense team to do range...
  • Page 39: Wdr

    Use range 0 and 2 WDR can match this requirement.  Configure the WDR mode: If you have some particular requirement and want to use WDR mode, you can contract with Vzense FAE first.  Change mode to WDR mode:...
  • Page 40 Depth image in range 0: Depth image in range 2:...
  • Page 41 Merged depth image in WDR mode...
  • Page 42: Dcam560C Accessories And Package

    In package item list: DCAM560C Pro Part No. Description Picture DCAM560C Pro Vzense DCAM560C Pro Depth Camera Module -CAT5e Ethernet Cable, 24AWG 4 Pair, shielded Twisted Pair; -Aviation Connector to RJ45 814000600003 -Cord Length: 3m -9pin Multiple Functional Cable -Cord Length: 2m...
  • Page 43 BLACK Ext_OUT VZENSE-UG560C User guide You can ask Vzense to do customization to the cable for any reason, for example extending the cable length. Please do NOT use the accessories from other parts except Vzense Company, otherwise warranty will void.
  • Page 44: Customization Service

    10 Customization Service Vzense team has rich experience in ToF product design and delivery, we welcome customer to send customization requirement besides the standard module. Reasonable NRE fee shall be charged depends on the requirement. Appendix ROHS Declaration Laser Specification...
  • Page 45: Factory

    Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Vzense Technology for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
  • Page 46: Revision History

    Revision History Revised on Version Description Approved by 22-Dec-2021 Add appendix with laser spec and manufacturer information per requirement by compliance test...

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