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SWIR AREA CAMERA User's Manual ABA-013VIR ABA-003VIR...
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-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.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Before Beginning In this manual, the following safety symbols are used to guide the user to operate the product in a safe manner and to prevent the user from getting hurt or the product getting damaged. Before reading the manual, be sure to get the meaning of each symbol.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-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.
B) Life cycle of material for the repair In case the material is obsolete, the material is going to be stored at least 5 years more from the date of ABA-013VIR-GE obsoleting for repair service. 1-7 User Registration Model Name User needs to register the product to get warranty service, and following items are required for registration.
8, 10 or 12 bit. 2-1 Features Wavelength & Resolution Defect Pixel Correction ABA-013VIR Defect pixel can be compensated by defect pixel This model is built with InGaAs sensor that has correction function. If you want to use this function , wide spectral sensitivity between you can activate it by set On/Off.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) ・Defect pixels appear on specific frame only. 2-2 InGaAs Sensor’s Characteristics InGaAs sensor has unique characteristics and limitations accordingly, and while using SWIR camera you may see White Spot the phenomenon as described below due to the sensor’s characteristic and operating principles.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 2-3 List of Camera System To set the camera, following items are needed. InGaAs sensor on board VIS-SWIR Camera :ABA-013VIR SXGA :ABA-003VIR Camera If you need to mount the camera to tripod or others, Attach mounting plate(BVA-TB05, Option) to the bottom of camera housing.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 2-4 Configuration Diagram Following is the configuration diagram for each model. GPIO ABA-013VIR-GE Power Adapter AC Power Power Adapter (Option) Power 기성품 RJ45 C-mount Lens (Option) Network Card (Option) Mounting Plate (Option) LAN Cable(Option)
Open collector Output Line6 GPO[3] Open collector Output Power Voltage(DC IN): +12V~+24V±1V (ABA-013VIR, ABA-003VIR) NOTE In case of using +24V power with this camera, it is required to be considered for additional solution of heat emission such as FAN or etc.,...
⑥ Camera Link Connector(SDR) Camera Link Base configuration Mounting Plate Compatible Camera Camera Link SDR cable is connected to this port for BVA-TB05 ABA-013VIR, ABA-003VIR camera control and image data transmission. Signal Signal 2-5-4 Cable Connection ② XCLK- XCLK+ ④...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 2-5-5 Status LED Status LED positioned in rear panel is an indicator to display camera’s status with 2 LEDs(Power, Status). Green Orange Light On Fast flash alternate green / orange Flash Fast flash No change(Same as previous state) Camera Link LED Indication POWER...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 2-6 Image Correction Functions 2-7 Acquisition Control & Trigger The camera performs various image corrections as shown Acquisition Control is the function to control GPI/GPO below. signal and exposure synchronization for triggering signal to the camera.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) the packet size should be the same or less than MTU of 3. Connection the network device. Packet Delay 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.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 3-2 PC Network Configuration 3-2-3 Jumbo Packet Go to Advanced tab and find Jumbo Packet and set it to 3-2-1 Network Adapter 9014 bytes for your NIC(Network Interface Controller). If you do not set jumbo packet, it may occur decreasing Go to control panel to see the network connection and frame rate or other limitation.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 3-3 Camera Link Configuration 3-3-4 Terminal Setup Go to Setup menu and select Terminal on the menu, and 3-3-1 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 Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 3-3-6 CameraLink Tap 3-4 GPIO Connection Depending on camera’s output format, CameraLink tap GPI, GPO access is available on 12-pin power connector. and sampling clock is set as below. In case of connecting an external device to GPI, GPO, read carefully of the circuit’s details before use.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 3-4-2 GPI [2] Circuit Specification 3-5 Trigger Signal Pin 8 is assigned for GPI[2], and in case of using an 3-5-1 Trigger Selection external device connecting to GPI[2]. Please refer to the following circuit details. User can choose the trigger from GPI(Pin 4-5, 6-7, 8), GPO(9-12) from power 12-pin connector or CC1-4 via +3.3V...
1280 2TAP 1280 Unit of setting ; Offsetx, Offsety, Width, Height:4step unit 4-3 Frame Rate Offsetx Width Frame rate can be set within the range of below. ▪ ABA-013VIR Offsety command param Description 0.1~134.73 In 8bit output framerate 0.1~125.26 In 10bit output frame 0.1~71.52...
Following table is an example data based on theoretical ・It may show few μs difference due to an impact from calculation, and it may not match perfectly when the sensor’s internal frequency. camera runs. ■ ABA-013VIR 4-5 Frame Rate & Exposure Time Max. Frame Rate [fps] Height 8Bit...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-7 Shading Correction 4-7-1 FFC Procedure Following is brief instructions of FFC procedure. Shading Correction is performed by Flat Field Correction Please refer to separate application note for the details of (FFC), and FFC also compensates Dark level Non FFC.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-9 LUT step5:Perform PRNU, Lens Shading Correction Enter White target level and perform PRNU and lens shading correction. In the camera, there is a luminance value conversion table which makes the process of gamma correction and command param Description...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-9-3 LUT Settings The output value from 0 to 4095 against the input value from 0 to 4095 can be configured. command param param2 param3 8bit:0~255 8bit:0~255 1:LUT1 10bit:0~1023 10bit:0~1023 2:LUT2 12bit:0~4095 12bit:0~4095 LUTIndex 0~4095 ―...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-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 Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-11-5 Acquisition Reset All parameters in the acquisition control are reset to the factory default value. command param acquisition-reset ― acreset AcquisitionPreset Default 4-11-6 Exposure Mode Exposure mode can be set by below command. command param Description...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-12-1 Trigger Selector Select the trigger source to be used in Acquisition Control. command param Description AcquisitionStart AcquisitionEnd trg-selector AcquisitionActive ExposureActive AcquisitionStart AcquisitionEnd TriggerSelector AcquisitionActive ExposureActive Acquisition Start , Acquisition End , Acquisition Active Operation of acquisition is controlled by commands Acquisition**.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-12-4 Trigger Mode In Trigger Mode, user can configure enable or disable following functions. ・Trigger Source ・Trigger Activation NOTE This is the setting parameter to the trigger source programmed in TriggerSelector. command param Description Disable trigger mode trg-mode...
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Timing ※ Frame Rate CL:1/framerate(frame) command Setting GV:1/AcquisitionFrameRate Frame Rate※ ※ Exposure CL:exposure(exp) command Setting .GV:ExposureTime Exposure※ Exposure Active 1H~3H 1H may vary according to data bit size. 8bit:6.95μs, 10bit:7.47μs, 12bit:13.09μs Sensor Exposure 1068H (max) Image Data Input ※...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-13-2 Acquisition Trigger & Timed Mode In case Acquisition(Start, End, Active) Trigger is enabled, image acquisition is performed for the active time for trigger condition. ・Acquisition Start Trigger to start acquisition. ・Acquisition End Trigger to stop acquisition.
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Timing Power Connecter 2Pin 40ns (max.) GPI Signal 2H×2 Data Buffer Delay Line0 0.14μs+Trigger Delay Frame Active 1068H (max.) Exposure Active Sensor Exposure min. Exposure+17μs 0.04μs Image Data Input Image Processing 1H may vary according to data bit size. 1μs (min) (Data 2Line) 8bit:6.95μs, 10bit:7.47μs, 12bit:13.09μs...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-13-3 Exposure Trigger & Timed Mode In case Exposure Active Trigger is enabled, 1 frame is acquired during the time meeting the trigger active condition. ・Exposure Active is a trigger to indicate exposure active time. If exposure mode is set to Timed, exposure time is configured by exposure/exp, ExposureTime.
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Timing Power Connecter 2Pin 40ns (max.) GPI Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(μs)+80ns Min. Exposure+17μs 1μs(min.) Line0 0.14μs+TriggerDelay Frame Active 0.04μs ※ Exposure CL:exposure(exp) command Setting GV:ExposureTime Exposure Active Exposure※ Sensor Exposure 1H~3H Image Data Input 1H may vary according to data bit size.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-13-4 Exposure Trigger & TriggerWidth Mode In case Exposure Active Trigger is enabled and Exposure Mode is set to Trigger Width, it performs exposure during the time meeting trigger active condition. In case of this, programmed value of exposure/exp, Exposure Time and framerate/frame, Acquisition Frame Rate are ignored.
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Timing Power Connecter 2Pin 40ns (max.) GPI Signal Digital Noise Filter Setting(μs)+80ns Frame Rate Exposure Line0 0.14μs+Trigger Delay Frame Active 0.04μs 0.04μs Exposure Active Sensor Exposure 1H~3H Image Data Input 1068H(max.) Image Processing (Data 2Line) Data Buffer Delay ROI Circuit...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-14 Digital IO Control 4-14-1 Line0~Line2(CC1~CC4) Line0, Line1, Line2 are accessible in GPI circuit, and it is Digital IO Control is for GPIO control. for the input signal only. Digital IO Control is named as below. Please refer to the section 3-4 GPIO Connection for the...
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SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) AcquisitionControl Trigger Signal Grid DigitalIOControl LineInverter UserOutputValue UserOutput3 LineSource UserOutputSelector UserOutput4 LineStatus UserOutput5 Line3-6 LineSelector UserOutputAllMask UserOutput6 Selector Line0-2 UserOutputAll Inverter GPI* Inverter Inverter - 38 -...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-14-2 Line3~Line6 Output 4-14-3 User Output Line3, Line4, Line5, Line6 are accessible in GPO circuit, In case User Output* is selected as Line Source, it is able and it is for the output signal only. to select User Output* in User Output Selector and set the Please refer to the section 3-4 GPIO Connection...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-14-4 Digital Noise Filter(DNF) Digital Noise Filter(DNF) is able to reduce noise in unit of 1μ is equipped in GPI input in the power connector. Noise reduction period can be specified independently to High/Low.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-15 Encoder 4-15-1 Trigger Selector 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 Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-15-3 Phase Decoder 4-15-4 Divider Convert signal of phase A, B to Up/Down signal. Divide the counter output, and rounded down to an integer is going to be output as next output mode data. command param command...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-15-6 Reset Functions 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 by Encoder Reset Trigger Source/Encoder Reset Activation. (1)Moving Forward (2)Moving Backward Regardless of hardware or software, the value...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-16 Test Pattern Various type of test pattern is available in the camera. command param Description 0:Off Sensor image output 1:White tpmode 2:Black 3:GreyHorizontalRamp 4:GreyVerticalRamp White Black 5:GreyHorizontalRampMoving GreyHorizontalRamp TestPattern GreyVerticalRamp GreyHorizontalRampMoving GreyVerticalRampMoving GreyDiagonalRamp GreyDiagonalRampMoving 6:GreyVerticalRampMoving...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-17 Temperature CL Example ②: Load saved values stored in User set 2 >userset-load 2 4-17-1 Cooling Function Save Exposure time(3ms) to UsedSet 2. >userset-save 2 In order to maintain sensor’s temperature, Pelitier/TEC module is integrated into the camera housing.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 4-21 Camera Information User can check camera’s various information such as model name, firmware version and etc., command Description info model vendor version firmwareversion Camera information is queried. DeviceModelName DeviceVendorName DeviceVersion DeviceFirmwareVersion 4-22 Help Command User can get the information about details of each comman by adding “?”...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 5. Camera Control Commands 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 not alphabet case-sensitive, and use command string format as shown below. Input format:...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 5-6 Setting Range and Limitation Recommended Range Threshold Name Command Unit Min. Max. Min. Max. CL : exposure 10,000 ※1 Exposure time 9,990,000 μs GV : ExposureTime CL : gain Default Offset 12 ※2 Gain GV : Gain Sensor...
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-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 1) In case of using CL interface camera, please use 3 party Terminal Software(or TeraTerm™, freeware hyper terminal tool) for camera setting and communication.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) 7. Appendix 7-1 Sensor Cleaning Be sure to use the professional cleaning tool and delicate handling when cleaning the sensor. In case dust or particle is placed on sensor’s surface, please take the following procedure and precaution. Use a blow designed for the sensor cleaning, and remove the particle by the blower on the sensor.
SWIR Area Camera Series User’s Manual (OM200000003A-EN) Contact Information 1. Basic Information AVAL GLOBAL CO., LTD. +82-70-7019-1420 C-607, Gwanggyojungang-ro, Suji-gu, Yongin-si, sales@aval-global.com Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 16942 2. Website Information FAQ Web Page Link Product Information Product Web Page Link Contact Web Page Technical Request or Inquiry Web Link 3.
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