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- Page 1 USER MANUAL COE-G Series GigE Camera USER MANUAL V1.1 CAMERAS...
- Page 2 User Manual About this Manual This Manual is applicable to Machine Vision GigE Camera. The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.
- Page 3 the purchase of equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collection points. For more information see: www.recyclethis.info. Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that the user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into ‘Warnings’...
- Page 4 Part Number Part number Description Type Structure COE-004-x-POE-021-yy-C CMOS, IMX287, 1/2.9", GIGE, 720x540, 6.9pix, Type I 291fps ,C-mount COE-013-x-POE-040-yy-C CMOS, 1/2", GIGE, 1280x1024, 4.8pix, Type I 92.8fps ,C-mount COE-016-x-POE-022-yy-C CMOS, IMX296, 1/2.9", GIGE, 1440x1080, 3.45pix, Type III 65.8fps ,C-mount COE-023-x-POE-060-yy-C CMOS, IMX249, 1/1.2", GIGE, 1936x1216, 5.86pix, Type I 40fps ,C-mount...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview ................................... 6 Introduction ........................... 6 Main Features ........................6 Camera Physical Interfaces ..................... 6 1.3.1 Camera Dimension ............................6 1.3.2 Rear Panel Introduction ..........................7 1.3.3 Power and I/O Interface Introduction ......................7 1.3.4 Installation Accessories .......................... - Page 6 3.9.7 Gamma Correction ............................ 34 3.9.8 Brightness, Hue and Saturation ........................ 35 3.9.9 Image Reverse ............................35 3.9.10 HDR Cycling Mode............................. 36 3.9.11 Test pattern ............................... 37 3.9.12 Binning ..............................38 3.9.13 Decimation ..............................39 3.9.14 Black Level ..............................39 3.9.15 Sharpness ..............................
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Page 7: Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 1 Overview Introduction The Machine Vision Camera is an image capturing device capable of real-time transmission of uncompressed image through a gigabit Ethernet interface. Remote image capturing and camera control, for example, the operating mode and the image parameters adjustment, are supported by client software. Main Features The gigabit Ethernet interface provides the bandwidth of 1 Gbps and reaches the maximum transmission distance ⚫... -
Page 8: Rear Panel Introduction
Type III Figure 1-1 Dimension of Other Models Note: The camera adopts the C-Mount lens interface. The flange back length of lens is 17.5mm±0.15mm. 1.3.2 Rear Panel Introduction The rear panel of the machine vision camera is shown in the figure below. Table 1-1 Description of the Rear Panel Description Lens Mount... -
Page 9: Installation Accessories
Table 1-2 Description Signal I/O Type Description DC 12V Opt-Iso In Line 0+ Opto-isolated input GPIO Line 2+ Can be configured as input or output Opt-Iso Out Line 1+ Opto-isolated output I/O Ground Opt- isolated I/O grounding Power and GPIO grounding For the MV-CA030-10GM/GC camera, Pin3 is in the Not Connect status. -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Camera Installation And Configuration
Chapter 2 Camera Installation and Configuration Installing the Camera Steps: Unpack the camera package and install the lens (optional) to the camera body by rotating the lens clockwise. Fix the camera to the desired position. Use CAT-5e or CAT-6 network cable to connect the camera with a switch or a network card. Choose a power supply method. -
Page 11: Camera Ip Configuration
Figure 2-1 IP Address Setting Click OK to save the settings. You also need to enable the jumbo frame of the NIC. For different operating systems, the path to setting the jumbo frame may be different. Here we take Windows 7 as an example. Click Start ->... - Page 12 Figure 2-2 Camera Network Parameters Setting (1) You can view the camera status and modify the settings. ⚫ If the camera status is Free, the camera is available and you can edit its IP address. ⚫ If the camera status is In Use, it means the client software or other processes are accessing the camera.
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Page 13: Camera Configuration
If you set the IP type as Static IP, you can set the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. You can also edit the the camera name in Device User ID field. Click Save to save the settings. 2) Select the camera to be edited and click button. - Page 14 Figure 2-5 Main User Interface of the Client Software Table 2-1 Description of the Main User Interface Area Name Description Menu Bar Function modules including File, View, Camera, Settings, Tools, and Help. Contorl the image of live view including starting/stopping live view, Control Toolbar zooming in/out, recording, capturing, etc.
- Page 15 Figure 2-6 Attribute Page Device Control: In the Device Control attribute, you can view the camera details include device type, ⚫ version, manufacturer details, device ID, device alias, device temperature, etc. You can modify the alias and reset the device. Image Format Control: In the Image Format Control attribute, you can view the live view image ⚫...
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Page 16: Chapter 3 Functions
Chapter 3 Functions Device Control 3.1.1 Name Modification Run client software and click Device Control. You will see the device type, the version information, the device serial number and so on. Input the device name in Device User ID as shown in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 Device Name Modification You can turn on the heartbeat detection mechanism, reset the device and view the device temperature in Device Control, as shown in Figure 3-2. -
Page 17: Image Format And Frame Rate
Image Format and Frame Rate Support different image format and customized ROI setting. The specified ROI will increase the image frame rate in some models. Note: The following figures are for reference only. The actual format depends on the camera’s supported formats. -
Page 18: Frame Rate
The camera will capture 8 bit from Most Significant Bits just as MSB8 output, in order to maintain the grey level output of the image data. The bytes number corresponding to different formats are shown in Table 3-1. Table 3-1 Pixel Format Pixel Format Byte Number Mono 8, Bayer GB/GR/BG/RG 8... - Page 19 Figure 3-8 Frame Rate Setting The lowest frame rate within the three formulas is Resulting Frame Rate. Click Image Format Control and move. Select Width and Height. Adjust the ROI on the right side. The value in the Offset X and the Offset Y refer to the ROI starting point at the top left corner. The following figure shows the ROI setting.
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Page 20: Global Shutter And Rolling Shutter
Global Shutter and Rolling Shutter 3.3.1 Global Shutter Support global shutter camera. Exposure starts and ends in each line simultaneously. Data readout is after the exposure. The time for the sensor collecting exposure and for the data readout are the same, but as shown in Figure 3-10, different in the actual readout time. - Page 21 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Readout Line 4 Line 5 Offset=Readout Line n-1 Line n Exposure Readout Figure 3-11 Rolling Shutter The figure of rolling shutter’s signal readout under internal trigger mode ⚫ Intergration1 Intergration2 Intergration3 Frame 1 Frame 2 Readout Readout Figure 3-12 Internal Trigger Mode...
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Page 22: Sensor Shutter Mode
3.3.3 Sensor Shutter Mode The sensor shutter mode allows you to set the operating mode of the device’s electronic shutter. The shutter mode refers to the way in which the image data is captured and processed. In general, there are 3 sensor shutter modes, including Global Reset, Rolling and Trigger Rolling. Global reset means that all of the sensor's pixels start exposing at the same time, but stop exposing at different time. -
Page 23: Internal Trigger Mode
Select On or Off in Trigger Mode to select either internal trigger mode or external trigger mode. (Off refers to the internal trigger mode and On refers to the external trigger mode.) 3.4.1 Internal Trigger Mode The Camera can output one image or several images continuously in the internal trigger mode. Click Acquisition Control in the attribute list. -
Page 24: Strobe Output
trigger signal. As shown in Figure 3-19, the delay time can be set through Trigger Delay. The range is from 0 to 32000000 and the unit is μs. Figure 3-18 Signal Delay Principle Figure 3-19 Delay Time Setting (3) Triggering Anti-jitter The noise may exist in external trigger’s input signal and it may cause spurious triggering status if it goes into the camera. - Page 25 As shown in Figure 3-21, click Digital IO Control. Select Line Selector and choose output pin. Check Strobe Enabled and finish setting. Figure 3-21 Strobe Output Mode Available Strobe parameter setting: (1) Polarity setting Tick Line Inverter to set polarity external trigger’s output signal, as shown in Figure 3-22. Figure 3-22 Modifying Strobe Polarity (2) Strobe valid time As shown in Figure 3-23, Strobe is set to high level.
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Page 26: Acquisition Mode Under External Trigger
Figure 3-23 Strobe Valid Electrical Level Duration (3) Strobe output delay The camera supports the function of Strobe signal output delay to satisfy special application: as shown in Figure 3-24, when exposure starts, the Strobe output is not valid immediately. Instead, the Strobe output will delay according to the setting in Strobe Line Delay. - Page 27 Figure 3-26 Single Frame Mode The frame rate and exposure time decide to trigger the next frame or not when reading out camera data. If exposure is in progress, the camera will ignore another external trigger signal. You can set a longer exposure time to achieve Bulb Shutter.
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Page 28: Overlap Exposure And Non-Overlap Exposure
Overlap Exposure and Non-overlap Exposure To capture one frame of image includes the exposure and the readout. According to the overlap relationship between the exposure time and the readout time, cameras with different chips can be divided into overlap exposure and non-overlap exposure. 3.7.1 Non-overlap Exposure After completing the current frame’s exposure and readout, the next frame starts to expose and read out. -
Page 29: Counter Control
Figure 3-31 Internal Trigger Overlap Exposure Overlap exposure under external trigger mode ⚫ Figure 3-32 External Trigger Overlap Exposure Counter Control The counter can divide frequencies that from external inputting trigger signal. You can control the exposure depends on your expectations. Operation steps are as follows: As shown in Figure 3-33, click Acquisition Burst Frame Count and select Trigger Source. - Page 30 Figure 3-34 Counter Frequency Division Configuration Note: By default, Line 0 is signal input pin. Line 2 is configurable input and output pin. Configure Line 2 to input pin in Digital IO Control, as shown in Figure 3-35, in order to do frequency division for Line 2. Figure 3-35 Configuring Line 2 Pin to Input In Counter And Timer Control, you should set Counter Value.
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Page 31: Imaging Parameter Setting
Figure 3-37 Resetting The Counter Imaging Parameter Setting 3.9.1 Exposure Time Please refer to the camera technical index to acquire the supported exposure time. The exposure control supports manual mode, single mode and continuous mode. When setting trigger mode, the single mode and continuous mode are invalid. -
Page 32: Gain Control
Figure 3-39 Set Exposure Time under Once or Continuous Mode Note: ● If the device is under Continuous exposure mode, once external trigger mode is enabled, the device will automatically switch to Off exposure mode. ● Some models of the device do not support Once or Continuous exposure mode. You can enter Exposure Time (µ... -
Page 33: Set Digital Gain
3.9.3.2 Set Digital Gain Apart from analog gain, the device supports digital gain function. When analog gain reaching its upper limit and the image is still too dark, it is recommended to improve image brightness via digital gain. Click Analog Control, enable Digital Shift Enable, and enter Digital Shift according to actual demands. Figure 3-41 Set Digital Gain Note: When increasing the digital gain, the image noise will greatly increase too, which will severely... -
Page 34: Region Setting Of Auto Functions
Figure 3-42 White Balance Setting 3.9.5 Region Setting of Auto Functions The camera can adjust exposure time and white balance automatically to achieve your expectations. By default, the camera will adjust the brightness and the white balance of the whole image. In addition, you can also set an area of interest, which is called AOI. -
Page 35: Gamma Correction
Figure 3-44 LUT Setting 3.9.7 Gamma Correction The camera supports Gamma Correction. Normally, the output of the camera chip and the number of photon that the sensor (on the chip) received are linear. And Gamma Correction provides a non-linear output. If the Gamma value is between 0.5 and 1, the image brightness decreases while the brightness of the dark area increases. -
Page 36: Brightness, Hue And Saturation
are only for reference. 3.9.8 Brightness, Hue and Saturation Brightness ⚫ You can adjust the brightness of the exposure target. The default value is 64. The larger the value, the brighter the image. ⚫ You can adjust the hue value in HSV. The default value is 128. Saturation ⚫... -
Page 37: Hdr Cycling Mode
Figure 3-48 The Comparison of ROI Output Before And After Mirroring 3.9.10 HDR Cycling Mode The camera supports HDR cycling mode: the camera can capture images in cycling mode depending on four groups of parameters. You can configure exposure time and Gain independently by setting parameters in each group. -
Page 38: Test Pattern
3.9.11 Test pattern Click Image Format Control in the attribute list. Select Test Pattern and set the parameter. The default test pattern is OFF, as shown in Figure 3-51. Figure 3-51 Test Pattern The camera provides four test patterns, including Mono Bar, Vertical Color Bar, Horizontal Color Bar and Checkboard as shown in the following four figures. -
Page 39: Binning
Figure 3-53 Vertical Color Bar Test Pattern Figure 3-54 Horizontal Color Bar Test Pattern Figure 3-55 Checkboard Test Pattern 3.9.12 Binning The purpose of setting binning is to enhance sensibility. With binning, multiple sensor pixels are combined as a single pixel to reduce resolution and improve image brightness. Click Binning Selector, and set Binning Horizontal and Binning Vertical according to actual demands. -
Page 40: Decimation
Figure 3-56 Set Binning The device also supports binning mode function if the binning is 2 × 2 and above. The binning mode defines how pixels are combined if the binning is 2 × 2 and above. Note: Configuring binning mode is supported when the device is acquiring images. 3.9.13 Decimation The decimation feature allows you to reduce the number of sensor pixel columns or rows that are... -
Page 41: Color Transformation Control
Go to Analog Control → Sharpness Enable, enable Sharpness Enable, and enter Sharpness according to actual demands. Figure 3-59 Set Sharpness 3.9.16 Color Transformation Control After the image is processed by the white balance, the overall image will be dark, and at the same time, various colors may deviate from their standard values to varying degrees. -
Page 42: 3.10 I/O Electric Feature
3.10 I/O Electric Feature 3.10.1 Line0 Opto-isolated Input Circuit In controlling camera I/O, Line0 input circuit can be shown in Figure 3-61. Figure 3-61 Input Circuit Logic 0 input level: 0~1VDC (OPTO_IN pin) Logic 1 input level: 1.5~24VDC (OPTO_IN pin) Maximum input current: 25 mA Please make sure the input voltage is not from 1V to 1.5V as the electric status among the two values is not stable. - Page 43 External Voltage External Resistor 510Ω 33Ω PTC OPTO_OUT(Line1) MMST3904 LTV-217 100Ω OPTO_GND OPTO_GND Figure 3-63 Output Circuit Maximum Line1 output current: 25 mA Internal Logic Logic 1 Output Level Logic 0 Output Level Figure 3-64 Output Logic Level Opto-isolated output electric feature can be shown in Table 3-3 (The external voltage is 3.3 V and the external resistance is 1 K.) Table 3-3 Output Electric Feature Parameter...
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Page 44: Line2 Configurable Bi-Direction I/O Circuit
2.4KΩ 915mV 4.6mA 4.7KΩ 975mV 4.9mA 3.10.3 Line2 Configurable Bi-direction I/O Circuit In controlling I/O, the configurable bi-direction non-isolated IO circuit of Line2 can be shown in Figure 3-65. Figure 3-65 Line2 Bi-direction I/O Circuit Note: The camera of MV-CA030-10GM/GC has no such function. Configure Line2 to input pin Logic 0 input level: 0~0.5VDC (GPIO2 pin) Logic 1 input level: 1.5~30VDC (GPIO2 pin) -
Page 45: 3.11 Transport Layer Control
Table 3-5 The Parameter of Output Logic Low Level VL（GPIO2） External Voltage External Resistor 3.3V 1KΩ 160mV 1KΩ 220mV 1KΩ 460mV 1KΩ 860mV 1KΩ 970mV When the external voltage of 1KΩ external resistance turns to 5V, features of output logic level and electric feature in GPIO2 configuration can be shown in Figure 3-67 and Table 3-6. -
Page 46: Efficient Bandwidth And Setting
Figure 3-68 The Transport Layer Control Interface 3.11.2 Efficient Bandwidth and Setting Packet Size and Packet Delay control the 1000M Ethernet’s actual bandwidth. The theoretical calculation of 1000M network port’s image loading bandwidth is: BandWidth=((PacketSize–(IP+UDP+GVSP Header))/(PacketSize + MACHeader+ CRC+ Packet-Delay)) * 1000M/bps. -
Page 47: 3.12 User Parameter And Preference Setting
3.12 User Parameter and Preference Setting 3.12.1 Parameters Saving and Loading The camera can save four groups of parameters, including one group of factory parameter and three groups of configurable parameters. You can save currently configured parameter and set corresponded default parameter when logging in at next time in User Set Control in the attribute list. - Page 48 Exposure time ⚫ Average brightness ⚫ White balance gain ⚫ Frame number ⚫ Trigger counter ⚫ ⚫ The above eight information will be embedded in the image data one by one according to the client. If the information is not available, it will not be embedded. The AOI will not affect the embedding.
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Page 49: File Access Control
takes one and a half bytes. The column coordinate is in the front of the row coordinate. The coordinate of the length and the width also consume one and a half bytes respectively. Click Image Format Control in the attribute list. Select Embedded Image Info Selector. Choose the parameter in the drop-down box and finish setting, as shown in Figure 3-73. -
Page 50: Event Control
3. Select a mfa file from local PC to import or select a saving path and enter file name to save and export. ● If User Set 1/2/3 is selected as device feature, you need to load the corresponding user set you selected to take effect. -
Page 51: Multicast Function
Figure 3-78 Event Monitor 4. Check Messaging Channel Event, and view the specific event after the device starts live view. Figure 3-79 Event Monitor Window 3.12.5 Multicast Function The multicast function enables multiple PCs to access the same device at the same time. At the same... -
Page 52: Set Multicast (Available Status)
time, the same device can only be connected by one client in controller and data receiver mode or controller mode, but can be connected by multiple clients in data receiver mode. The multicast mode of each device within the client is controlled individually. The description of three multicast modes is shown below. -
Page 53: Set Multicast (Connected Status)
Figure 3-81 Set Parameters 3. Click OK. 3.12.5.2 Set Multicast (Connected Status) Follow steps below to set multicast function if the device is in connected status. Steps 1. Right click the available device, and click Multicast Settings. Figure 3-82 Multicase Settings 2. -
Page 54: 3.13 Firmware Updating
● The IP address should be class D IP address, and the port ranges from 0 to 65535. Figure 3-83 Set Parameters 3. Click OK. 3.13 Firmware Updating Support firmware updating via LAN. After selecting available device in the device list, open Tool>Firmware Updating Tool in the Menu. -
Page 55: Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Indicator Status Definition Table 4-1 LED Indicator Status LED Status Definition Steady On The LED indicator keeps lights on all the time Unlit The LED indicator keeps unlit all the time Fast Flicker The LED indicator flickers every 200ms to 300ms Slow Flicker The LED indicator flickers every 1000ms. -
Page 56: Faq
Table 4-3 FAQ Problem Description Possible Reasons Solutions 1. The camera 1. The camera does not 1. Confirm if the power supply of camera is cannot be detected work properly. well connected (via LED indicator), and the by the client 2.
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