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  • Page 1 CAVITAR Welding Camera C400-H Operating Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SUPPORT AND END OF LIFE ....................41 LIMITED WARRANTY ......................42 Cavitar Welding Camera, model C400-H Operating Manual, Revision 1.0.0 © 2022 Cavitar Ltd. All rights reserved. All unauthorized copying strictly prohibited. ® Cavitar is a registered trademark of Cavitar Ltd.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for choosing Cavitar Welding Camera C400-H (later: Welding Camera)! Welding Camera is a Finnish quality product developed and manufactured by Cavitar Ltd. We hope you will be satisfied with your product. Welding Camera is a highly compact and easy-to-use visualization system for the online monitoring of various welding processes, including MIG, MAG and TIG processes.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    ONLY A PERSON, WHO HAS CAREFULLY READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND THE REST OF THIS OPERATING MANUAL, IS QUALIFIED FOR USING WELDING CAMERA. CAVITAR LTD. IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER USE OF WELDING CAMERA.
  • Page 5 It is not allowed to dispose Welding Camera as unsorted municipal waste. The system must be returned to your vendor or to Cavitar for proper disposal at the end of their life. Alternatively one can consult local, state and federal regulations for proper disposal.
  • Page 6 CERTIFICATIONS AND COMPLIANCE • Cavitar Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company • CE declaration of conformity o Welding Camera, if installed and operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, is in conformity with the following European, harmonized and published directives and standards: ▪...

  • Page 7: Properties

    3 Properties Welding Camera C400-H system typically consists of the following components: CAMERA UNIT • laser aperture label • laser class 3R warning label • easy-to-replace protective window • adjustable working distance • mounting threads • integrated channels for air or liquid cooling TEMPERATURE WARNING UNIT (TWU) •...
  • Page 8 Table 3.1. Welding Camera C400-H specifications. Camera related Default working distance 200 mm (good image quality within ± 15 mm) Field of view (at default working distance) approx. 40 mm x 30 mm Max resolution 1440 pxl x 1080 pxl Max frame rate (at full resolution) Typically approx.
  • Page 9 If the mounting doesn’t enable efficient heat transfer from the camera to a larger heat sink and if the ambient temperature doesn’t exceed ~30…35 ºC, separate heat sinks mounted to camera sides can be applied (Cavitar offers dedicated heat sinks as optional items) c.
  • Page 10 Fig. 3.1. Camera unit (top view). Fig. 3.2. Camera unit (front view). Fig. 3.3. Camera unit (back view).
  • Page 11 In Figs. 3.1-3.3: Laser aperture label Laser warning label (laser hazard symbol and explanatory label) Camera unit device label Working distance adjustment screw (for more details see separate document “Guide for working distance adjustment”) Protective window (slide to either side to replace) Mounting threads (2x M4, see Fig.
  • Page 12 Fig. 3.5. Temperature warning unit (top view). Fig. 3.6. Temperature warning unit (front view). Fig. 3.7. Temperature warning unit (back view). In Figs. 3.5-3.7: POWER led (green) CAM OK led (green) CHECK COOLING led (orange) CRITICAL ERROR led (red) CAM ON/OFF button SOUND OFF button Connector for power supply (M12, A-coded, 8-pin, male) Connector for power cable (M12, A-coded, 8-pin, female)
  • Page 13 Fig. 3.8. Temperature warning unit mechanical drawing.

  • Page 14: Installation

    If applicable, please uninstall old software version completely before installing new software version! Insert the CAVITAR Capture-H software CD into the CD drive and run the setup file (if the setup doesn’t start automatically). In some cases it may be necessary to disable firewall and/or virus software. As an example, in Windows 10 the “Check apps and files”...
  • Page 15 Fig. 4.2. Close all other applications and click “Next” to start installation. Fig. 4.3. Click “I Agree” to continue.
  • Page 16 Fig. 4.4. Select “Support for two cameras” if two systems will be used with the same computer. Click “Next” to continue. Fig. 4.5. Choose install location and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 17 Fig. 4.6. Choose start menu folder and click “Install” to continue. Fig. 4.7. After installation is completed, click “Next” to continue.

  • Page 18: Hardware Installation

    (such as the body of machinery). Optimal thermally conductive sheets are offered by Cavitar as optional accessories. It is also beneficial to maximize the area between camera side(s) and mounting.
  • Page 19 (see Table 3.1 for more detailed specifications). If you feel uncertain about the correctness of the installation and/or about the suitability of the environment, please contact your vendor or Cavitar. Warranty does not cover damage caused by improper installation.
  • Page 20 Fig. 4.9. Welding Camera system after the connections have been made. CAUTION! • Do not connect other than the provided power supply to temperature warning unit. • Only connect the power supply to a wall socket with protective grounding. • Power supply can be disconnected from the mains supply by removing the power supply plug from the wall socket.

  • Page 21: Operation

    After this the operation of the cooling system should be examined in detail. If CRITICAL ERROR remains even if the camera is properly cooled, please contact your vendor or Cavitar. Table 5.1 summarizes the features of temperature warning unit.

  • Page 22: Cavitar Capture Software

    CAVITAR Welding Camera C400-H is named CAVITAR Capture-H. Before launching CAVITAR Capture, ensure that possible firewall or virus protection programs do not prevent the use of CAVITAR Capture (Welding Camera contains a GigE camera with a GigE interface). In some cases the following actions may be needed: •...

  • Page 23: Registration

    5.2.1 Registration When starting CAVITAR Capture for the first time, registration procedure will start (see Figs. 5.1 – 5.5). Proceed by following the instructions and email the registration file to your vendor or Cavitar. Fig. 5.1. Registration: step 1. Fig. 5.2. Registration: step 2.
  • Page 24 After receiving the registered file from your vendor or Cavitar, start CAVITAR Capture. The screen shown in Fig. 5.1 will appear. Click “Load” and select the file sent by your vendor or Cavitar. After this a notification appears (see Fig. 5.6) and CAVITAR Capture starts after pressing “OK”...

  • Page 25: Opening The Camera

    5.2.2 Opening the camera When CAVITAR Capture starts for the first time, it has to be connected with the camera. This procedure has to be repeated if a different camera is connected to the computer. However, as long as the same (previously selected) camera is connected to the computer, there should be no need to repeat this procedure.

  • Page 26: Overview Of Cavitar Capture

    5.2.3 Overview of CAVITAR Capture The typical graphical user interface (GUI) of CAVITAR Capture is shown in Fig. 5.10 (after Start-button has been pressed). The actual appearance of the GUI as well as the contents of the menus depend on the software version and selected features.
  • Page 27 The menus contain the following features (available features depend on software version): File Open camera… Close camera Open image… Save as… Exit View Show toolbar Show zoom tools Show preview fps buttons Show statusbar Show capture frame rate Show recording controls Show sources Show camera capture rate tune controls Show histogram...

  • Page 28: Camera Settings

    5.2.4 Camera settings After a connection to the camera has been established, it is time to adjust camera settings. To do this, select “Camera…” from “Settings” menu. This will open the window shown in Fig. 5.11 (the window shown in Fig. 5.12 can be opened by clicking “Image” tab). Fig.

  • Page 29: Image Adjustment

    “Image” tab (Fig. 5.12) contains the following features: • Bit depth (higher bit depth enables larger dynamic range but increases image file size) • Mode (different preset resolutions are available) • ROI (reducing the region-of-interest reduces image file size) It is also possible to set the ROI directly from the GUI in the following way: move the mouse cursor to the upper-left corner of the desired ROI →...
  • Page 30 In order to activate Image adjustment window, press “Enable” button shown in Fig. 5.13. Image adjustment feature is disabled by default since the feature requires the loading of look- up tables whenever software connects with the camera. This loading takes a few seconds and can make the operation of the camera less fluent in certain situations.

  • Page 31: Guidelines

    In Fig. 5.14 two red bars (1 and 2) can be seen in the “Current image” field. Bar 1 is at grayscale value “0” and bar 2 is at grayscale value “255”. These grayscale values are set to “0” and “255”, respectively, in the “Grayscale adjustment” field. Therefore they have no effect.
  • Page 32 Guideline properties can be adjusted by selecting “Guideline and grid properties…” under “Settings” menu. This will open the guideline and grid properties window (Fig. 5.16). Fig. 5.16. Guideline and grid properties.

  • Page 33: Calibration

    Guideline and grid properties window contains the following features: • Naming and rotation angle for horizontal guidelines • Naming and rotation angle for vertical guidelines • Calculation of distances between selected guidelines (up to 4 distances) • Options for how to display guidelines, guideline names and calculated distances on the screen •...
  • Page 34 Fig. 5.18. Calibration mode window. In calibration window the desired unit can be set (in Fig. 5.18 “mm” has been set). Calibration can be made based on measurement (as in Fig. 5.18 above) or as a conversion. Calibration based on measurement requires that two vertical and two horizontal guidelines have been placed to their correct positions (e.g.
  • Page 35 Fig. 5.19. Calibration data window. In order to enable the “Calibrate” button (in Fig. 5.19), all fields in the calibration data window need to be filled. When performing calibration for the first time, also the log file path has to be defined by pressing “Change file path” button. After all information has been successfully filled, the “Calibrate”...
  • Page 36 Fig. 5.21. View after calibration.

  • Page 37: Recording Settings

    5.2.8 Recording settings To define the recording settings, select “Recording…” from “Settings” menu. This will open the window shown in Fig. 5.22. The actual appearance of the window may depend on the software version in use. Fig. 5.22. Recording settings.

  • Page 38: Recording Images

    Recording settings contain the following features: • Saved images file format: available formats include .jpg, .bmp, .tif, .png and .webm • Saved images dynamic range: available options depend on Camera settings (larger dynamic range increases the size of the saved files) •...
  • Page 39 Fig. 5.23. Viewing recorded images. The image player controls for viewing recorded images as well as the “Export” button for saving the images to a desired location have been indicated in Fig. 5.23. It is also possible to move the slider with a mouse. If some or all of the recorded images need to be saved on a hard disk, the “Export”...

  • Page 40: Snapshot

    In the export window it is possible to: • determine which frames will be saved o pressing “Mark start” will set the current image as the first image to be saved o pressing “Mark end” will set the current image as the last image to be saved •...

  • Page 41: After Operation

    5.5 Troubleshooting Below are some instructions for solving certain situations if the system doesn’t appear to function as expected. If these instructions don’t help, please contact your vendor or Cavitar. Camera is not found by Windows • check control, power and GigE cables (cables intact and properly connected) •...

  • Page 42: Maintenance And Service Information

    (pay special attention to connectors). Other maintenance or service needs In case any other needs for maintenance or service appear, please contact your vendor or Cavitar (see Chapter 7 for more details).

  • Page 43: Support And End Of Life

    It is not allowed to dispose Welding Camera as unsorted municipal waste. The system must be returned to your vendor or to Cavitar for proper disposal at the end of their life. Alternatively one can consult local, state and federal regulations for proper disposal.

  • Page 44: Limited Warranty

    This limitation of liability does not apply to bodily injury or property damage for which Cavitar is held legally liable. In no event will Cavitar be liable for lost profits nor for incidental, consequential or other damages even if advised of the possibility of said damages.

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