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  • Page 1 [i-Nova3 Series] [User Manual] Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2.2. Handling And Cleaning ............................. 6 2.2.3. Installing ................................... 6 2.2.4. Performance and Lifetime ............................7 2.2.5. Connector ..................................7 2.2.6. Adjusting the C-mount ............................. 7 3. I-NOVA3 SERIES INTRODUCTION....................8 4. GETTING STARTED ..........................9 4.1. S ................................. 9 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 4.2.
  • Page 3 6.4.1. Limitation of MJPEG Image Size .........................31 6.4.2. Acquiring in VLC Player ............................32 6.5. F ..................................33 IRMWARE PDATE 6.5.1. How to update FW in Novitec Camera Viewer ...................33 7. FILTERS AND LENSES ........................34 7.1. F ILTERS 7.1.1. IR Cut Filter ...................................34 7.1.2. Bare Glass ..................................35 7.1.3.
  • Page 4 9.2.2. Quantum Efficiency ..............................52 9.3. D ....................................52 IMENSIONS 9.3.1. i-Nova3 Dimensions ..............................53 9.3.2. i-Nova3 Zoom Dimensions ...........................54 10. IMAGE INDEX ..........................55 11. SHEET INDEX ..........................57 12. REVISION HISTORY ........................57 13. CONTACT US ........................... 58 Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    1. About this manual This manual introduces how to prepare i-Nova3 cameras and start development for acquiring images. See other API manual and example projects for programming information. For more information, visit Novitec Support Community. (https://cafe.naver.com/novitecsupport) Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 6: Important Information

    Use the air blower or lens brush to remove dust in lens or optical filter. Do not disassemble front flange. Clean the case with soft dry cloth. Do not use the cleaner like Benzene, thinner, alcohol, water, or spray. 2.2.3. Installing Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 7: Performance And Lifetime

    Do not pull the wire to avoid breaking the connector. 2.2.6. Adjusting the C-mount i-Nova3 series is built with CS-mount. You can also use C-mount lenses by attaching an extension ring. <Image> 1. i-Nova3 mount (CS) and extension ring (CS to C)

  • Page 8: I-Nova3 Series Introduction

    [i-Nova3 Series] 3. I-Nova3 Series Introduction i-Nova3 Series is 4K high resolution ITS camera that supports ONVIF, GigE Vision and GenICam. Refer to chapter 9 Appendix for camera specifications. <Image> 2. i-Nova3 Camera <Image> 3. i-Nova3 Zoom Camera Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    4. Getting Started 4.1. System Requirements OS: Microsoft Windows 10(32bit / 64bit), Linux (32bit / 64bit / ARM64) (However, Novitec Camera Viewer for Windows is only supported 64bit OS.) H.265 hardware encoding supported graphics card 100Mbps or 1Gbps supported Ethernet card (Recommend Intel Ethernet Card for stable connection.)

  • Page 10: Camera Installation And Preferences

    5. Camera Installation and Preferences 5.1. Camera Ports There is power, I/O, Ethernet, HDMI and RS232 ports on the back side as below. <Image> 4. i-Nova3 Back Side Ports <Image> 5. i-Nova3 Zoom Back Side Ports Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 11 I/O Connector Pin Map <Image> 6. i-Nova3 Series GPIO Circuit 2 and 3 of the I/O ports are TTL. Use this port when using normal lighting. But, when using open collector lighting, use 4 and 5 of the I/O ports.
  • Page 12 ④ Status LED: Power LED is light up when power is connected. ⑤ HDMI: HDMI connector ⑥ Ethernet: Network port. Green LED lights up when network is connected, orange LED lights up when sending and receiving data. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 13: Connection

    (When using DHCP, connect network cable to router, switch, hub, and others with DHCP server available.) 5.3. SDK Installation Run the provided Novitec Camera SDK Installer to install the SDK. 5.4. Network Settings When the camera is connected at the first time, camera IP settings option is set to DHCP and LLA (Link Local Address) by default.
  • Page 14 Control Panel – Network Settings ③ Select and right-click network which camera connected in network list and click “Properties”. <Image> 9. Network Connection ④ Ethernet properties appears, select “Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)” and click “Properties.” <Image> 10. Ethernet Properties Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 15 IPv4 Properties 5.4.2.2. Camera IP Settings ① Run the Novitec Camera Viewer included SDK. ② After running the viewer, when clicking “Connect” button on the top menu, a list of connected cameras is displayed. If IP band set on camera and IP band on network adapter are different, it is displayed in red as below.
  • Page 16 (If the changed IP is not shown immediately, click “Update device list” button to update camera list manually.) <Image> 13. Novitec Camera Viewer -Connect (2) ④ After temporary IP address is assigned, the camera can be used immediately, but when the power is reset, IP settings are reset to default.

  • Page 17: Account Setup For First Using

    ID and password, video streaming is limited. 5.5.1. How to find camera IP 5.5.1.1. Search camera with Novitec Camera Viewer Launch Novitec Camera Viewer and click “Connect” button. Now, you can find connected camera and IP in camera selection list. <Image> 14.
  • Page 18 5.5.1.3. Search camera with UPnP When clicking “Network” tab in Windows Explorer, network device list is displayed. Click “i-Nova3” in “Other Devices” to access the camera web page. <Image> 16. Windows Explorer – Network Tab (Search with UPnP) Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 19: Id And Password Settings

    5.5.2. ID and Password Settings ① Open camera webpage. <Image> 17. Camera Web – ‘Register Account’ Page ② Enter ID and password to set and click ‘Submit’ button below. <Image> 18. Camera Web – ‘Register Account’ Page (2) Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 20 [i-Nova3 Series] ③ When “Device is activated!” message is displayed, camera can be used. <Image> 19. Camera Web – Activation Page Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 21: Operation

    [i-Nova3 Series] 6. Operation 6.1. Novitec Camera Viewer Novitec Camera Viewer is a demo application software for controlling camera settings and acquiring images. <Image> 20. Novitec Camera Viewer Main Screen 6.1.1. Screen Layout ① Menu Name Description File Connect camera, Snapshots, Close the application...

  • Page 22: Camera Connection

    A list of connected cameras is displayed when clicking “Connect” button on the top menu. And click camera to connect and click “Connect”. <Image> 21. Novitec Camera Viewer – Camera Connection ③ Click “Start” button on the top menu. Images are displayed in real time.

  • Page 23: Overlay

    Set object color to registered. (A value is transparency.) ⑥ Set object font family and font size to registered. (Text only.) ⑦ Set object text to registered. (Text only.) ⑧ Register the set object. ⑨ Remove selected objects. ⑩ Remove all registered objects. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 24: Histogram

    ④ The screen where the histogram displayed. 6.1.5. Exposure Tile Settings <Image> 24. Auto Exposure Tile Settings Set up calculation range of auto exposure. Exposure is calculated for the selected range. Refer chapter 8 to get more information. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 25: Scripts

    [i-Nova3 Series] 6.1.6. Scripts Script can control camera with Lua script. Example code of scripts is in Documents\Novitec Camera SDK\scripts. <Image> 25. Open Script Folder Click “Script” – “Open script folder” on the top menu and put it in the folder displayed, then click “Scan scripts”...

  • Page 26: Stream Settings

    6.2.2. Bitstream Control Bitrate control of each stream can be set to None, CBR or VBR. ① Constant Bitrate. This is a control method that always aims to output the same bitrate. Related Feature: StreamACBRBitrate Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 27 [i-Nova3 Series] ② Variable Bitrate. Adjust bitrate variably. It is a method of allocating a smaller bitrate for a static video and a higher bitrate for a dynamic video. Related Feature: StreamAVBRBitrateMin, StreamAVBRBitrateMax Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 28: Web Page

    When accessing the camera web, sign in page appears. In this page, you can login with ID and password. 6.3.2. Camera Information <Image> 28. Camera Web Camera Information Page When signing in the camera, camera information is displayed. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 29: Account

    In this page, you can check time set on the camera and time of PC and can sync the time. ① When clicking “Sync with NTP”, camera time is synced with an NTP server. ② You can set up an NTP server. 6.3.5. Network Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 30: Stream

    Encoding mode can be set in viewer and cannot be set in this page. Only MJPEG and H.264 encoding can be streamed on the web, H.265 can’t be streamed. For Internet Explorer, MJPEG encoding is supported only. 6.3.7. Other Menus Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 31: Rtsp Protocol

    When sending the image size of 2840x2160 pixels with RTSP, the resolution is reduced to 1792x112 because the size exceeds the max range in RTP Packet Header. To decode normally, add 2048 in received width and height and use. Refer “testRTSPClient_MJPEG4K” example to get more information. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 32: Acquiring In Vlc Player

    <Image> 34. VLC Media Player – Network Stream ⑤ Input the network address as below and click “Play”. <Image> 35. VLC Media Player – Open Network Stream ⑥ The stream is now played in VLC Player. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 33: Firmware Update

    6.5. Firmware Update Firmware file is provided for updating when the camera feature changed, or bugs are fixed. The file extension of the provided firmware is *.nfw. 6.5.1. How to update FW in Novitec Camera Viewer ① Run the Novitec Camera Viewer.

  • Page 34: Filters And Lenses

    [i-Nova3 Series] ④ Click “Open” and select firmware file and click “Update” to update. <Image> 38. Novitec Camera Viewer – Firmware Update Window ⑤ After the update process is finished, reset the camera power. 7. Filters and Lenses 7.1. Filters Filters out light in some wavelength bands that are input to the sensor, There are various types of filters for various effects, such as those that only accept light in a specific wavelength band.

  • Page 35: Bare Glass

    Motorized Zoom / Focus / Iris Focal Range 0.5m ~ INF(Wide) / 7.0 ~ INF(Tele) F-number F1.5(Wide) ~ F5.5(Tele) <Sheet> 10. i-Nova3 Zoom Lens Specification The zoom, focus and iris of the lens can be controlled. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 36: Features

    When exposure and gain work in auto, the min and max ranges to be controlled can be set separately. 8.1.1. Auto Exposure Additional Features ① Exposure Auto Speed: Set the amount of change in the exposure value that increases or Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 37: Ae Metering

    (When status is day filter is set IR Cut Filter, opposite, filter is set Bare Glass.) ⑥ Auto Flash Control Color Mode: Adjust filter switch in auto color mode when enabled. (When status is night, stream is gray scale.) Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 38: Trigger

    Acquire an image only when an external trigger signal is received. <Image> 42. One Shot Trigger Mode ③ Pseudo Trigger Mode When trigger signal is inputted while camera is working with specific FPS, it sends image close to the input timing. Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 39: Trigger Debouncing

    When the external trigger remains inactive for a specified amount of time, it is recognized as trigger termination. Any signal generated before the signal is maintained and becomes Inactive is recognized as noise and ignored. 8.4. Features List Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 40: Device Control

    Key to validate the action on Guru reception of the action protocol message. <Sheet> 15. Action Control Feature List 8.4.3. Image Format Control Feature Type Description Visibility Access WidthMax Integer Max Pixels of Width Expert Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 41: Stream Control

    StreamAJPEGQuality Integer Stream A JPEG Quality Expert StreamABitrateControl Enum Select Stream A bitrate Expert control (CBR, VBR) StreamACBRBitrate Integer Stream A CBR Bitrate Value Expert StreamAVBRBitrateMin Integer Min. value of Stream A VBR Expert bitrate Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 42 Stream C Frame Factor N Beginner ���������� �������� = 30 × (�� ÷ ��) StreamCFrameFactorM Integer Stream C Frame Factor M Beginner StreamCJPEGQuality Integer Stream C JPEG Quality Expert StreamCBitrateControl Enum Select Stream C bitrate Expert control (CBR, VBR) Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 43: Acquisition Control

    (Available when AE is enabled.) AutoFlashMaxExposure Integer Max. Exposure of AF Expert AutoFlashMinExposure Integer Min. Exposure of AF Expert AutoFlashIO Enum Set I/O in auto flash mode. Expert AutoFlashControlFilterSwitch Boolean Use filter switch in AF mode. Expert Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 44: Analog Control

    Float Max. value of auto gain. Expert WhiteBalanceAuto Enum Enable/disable auto white balance. Beginner WhiteBalanceR Integer White balance R value. Expert WhiteBalanceB Integer White balance B value. Expert WDREnable Boolean Enable/disable Wide Dynamic Range Beginner Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 45 [i-Nova3 Series] WDRStrength Integer Wide Dynamic Range strength Expert SharpeningStrength Integer Sharpening strength Expert ColorSaturation Integer Saturation Guru <Sheet> 19. Analog Control Features List Sheet Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 46: Digital I/O Control

    Command Save lens preset. Beginner (Cannot save in preset name of “default”) LensPresetDefault Enum Set preset load by default. Beginner (Load selected preset when booting the camera.) <Sheet> 22. Optics Control – Zoom Features List Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 47: Uart Control

    Expert GevDeviceModeIsBigEndian Boolean Endian of bootstrap register Guru True: Big Endian False: Little Endian GevDeviceClass Enum Device class Guru GevDeviceModeCharacterSet Enum Char Set of bootstrap register Guru (Reversed, UTF8) GevInterfaceSelector Integer Network interface selector Beginner Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.
  • Page 48 (ms) GevGVCPExtendedStatusCodesSelector Enum Select GEV version to control Guru extended status code. GevGVCPPendingAck Boolean Enable PENDING_ACK Guru command generation. GevPrimaryApplicationSwitchoverKey Integer Key for primary application Guru switchover requests activation. GevCCP Enum Control channel privilege Guru Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 49: User Set Control

    Load settings. Beginner UserSetSave Command Save current settings Beginner (Cannot save in “Default”.) UserSetDefault Enum Set channel to load by Beginner default. (Load selected UserSet when booting the camera.) <Sheet> 27. User Set Control Features List Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 50: Appendix

    Filter switcher / DC iris IR-cut filter On/Off Image processing White Balance, WDR, Sharpening Protocol RTSP (MJPEG, H.264, H.265), GenICam, ONVIF Viewer and example code for Novitec Camera API(C++, C#) Certificate <Sheet> 28. I-Nova3 Specification Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 51: I-Nova3 Zoom Camera

    Filter switcher IR-cut filter On/Off Image processing White Balance, WDR, Sharpening Protocol RTSP (MJPEG, H.264, H.265), GenICam, ONVIF Viewer and example code for Novitec Camera API (C++, C#) Certificate KC, CE <Sheet> 29. i-Nova3 Zoom Specification Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 52: Ev2S8M9

    [i-Nova3 Series] 9.2. EV2S8M9 9.2.1. EV2S8M9 Sensor Information <Image> 45. EV2S8M9 Sensor Information 9.2.2. Quantum Efficiency <Image> 46. Quantum Efficiency 9.3. Dimensions Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 53: I-Nova3 Dimensions

    [i-Nova3 Series] 9.3.1. i-Nova3 Dimensions <Image> 47. i-Nova3 Dimensions Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 54: I-Nova3 Zoom Dimensions

    [i-Nova3 Series] 9.3.2. i-Nova3 Zoom Dimensions <Image> 48. i-Nova3 Zoom Dimensions Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 55: Image Index

    VLC Media Player – Open Network Stream ..........................32 <Image> 36. VLC Media Player – Playing ................................33 <Image> 37. Novitec Camera Viewer – Firmware Update Menu ......................33 <Image> 38. Novitec Camera Viewer – Firmware Update Window ......................34 <Image> 39.
  • Page 56 Pseudo Trigger Mode ..................................39 <Image> 44. Trigger Debouncing ....................................39 <Image> 45. EV2S8M9 Sensor Information ................................52 <Image> 46. Quantum Efficiency ....................................52 <Image> 47. i-Nova3 Dimensions ..................................... 53 <Image> 48. i-Nova3 Zoom Dimensions ................................54 Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 57: Sheet Index

    <Sheet> 29. i-Nova3 Zoom Specification ................................51 <Sheet> 30. Revision History ....................................... 57 12. Revision History Date Version Description Note 2022.03.30 V1.0 Initial Release 2022.06.27 V1.1 Change to the latest viewer image. <Sheet> 30. Revision History Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

  • Page 58: Contact Us

    • Address : 30-18, Baekjegobun-ro 39-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea • T L : +82-70-7122-1000 • F A X : +82-70-7159-1315 • Website : https://www.novitec.co.kr • Email Tech Support – support@novitec.co.kr Estimation Support – sales@novitec.co.kr Copyright ©2022_Ver.1 NOVITEC Co., Ltd.

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