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1.45 Megapixel Progressive Scan Monochrome Camera

● We greatly appreciate your confidence choosing our TAKEX CCD Video Camera.

● Please read this manual and the attached guarantee certificate carefully and manage the camera properly.

Keep this manual at hand and reread it whenever you are uncertain about the operation.

1. Features ······························································································ 3

2. Outline ································································································· 3

3. Description of Each Component ······························································· 5

4. How to Operate ····················································································· 7

5. Various Settings ··················································································· 14

6. Operation using image display software ···················································· 19

7. How to change and confirm the settings ···················································· 22

8. Serial Communication Command ····························································· 35

9. GenICam API features ··········································································· 43

10. Timing Chart ························································································ 43

11. Accessories ························································································· 53

12. Notes ································································································· 54

13. Specifications ······················································································· 54

14. Illustration of positional accuracy of image sensor ····································· 56

15. External Dimensions ············································································· 56

Video Camera

GigE Vision compliant

FC1650GE

TAKENAKA SYSTEM CO., LTD

Document No.: M11517

FX1650GE Instruction Manual (1st version)

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Page 1: Table Of Contents
M11517;1/57 Video Camera Instruction Manual GigE Vision compliant 1.45 Megapixel Progressive Scan Monochrome Camera FC1650GE ● We greatly appreciate your confidence choosing our TAKEX CCD Video Camera. ● Please read this manual and the attached guarantee certificate carefully and manage the camera properly.
Page 2 M11517;2/57 [History of revision] Document Version Content of change Description Date Remark 1st version Initial version 2011-05-17 M11517 Ver.1.0 Description of special remarks used in this manual (Note) ················ Particulars which require the user’s attention are explained. (!) ················ Particulars which require the user’s close attention in terms of comparison with the conventional products are explained.
Page 3: Features
～～L (Continuous shutter and asynchronous shutter) Video output signal Digital 12/10/8 bit Gigabit Ethernet interface (GigE Vision compliant) Scanning mode Normal scan for all pixels (31 fps) Partial scan for central part (62 fps) ＯＢ（Optical Black） Analog Front-end GigE I/F １２／１０／８ｂｉｔ...
Page 4 M11517;4/57 （ Ty p i c a l v a l u e ）１．００．９０．８０．７０．６０．５０．４０．３０．２０...
Page 5: Description Of Each Component
M11517;5/57 3. Description of Each Component Operation indicator LED (3-1) Description of rear panel of camera Link speed indicator LED Camera connector Link status indicator LED The following parts are laid on the rear panel as shown on the right diagram.. ・Camera connector ・LAN connector ・Connector fixing screw...
Page 6 M11517;6/57 (3-4) Display LED Three indicator LEDs are laid on the rear panel ・Operation indicator LED (POW: Three colors: green/red/orange) It lights up (or brinks ) to indicate that the camera is powered. When the camera is set in the asynchronous shutter mode, It lights up in red for one shot in response to the input of the external trigger signal.
Page 7: How To Operate
M11517;7/57 4. How to Operate (4-1) Connection method ● Connection Refer to the connection example between the camera and peripheral devices (Fig. 4-1). (1) Remove the cover of the lens attachment section Trigger pulse Strobe lig ht and attach a lens (option). generating circ uit （...
Page 8 The Vinit signal is input from Pin (4) of the “CAMERA” connector (6 pin connector) on the rear of the camera. (Note) Though the asynchronous trigger signal can be given by serial communication command via GigE interface, it is not suitable for real-time image capturing as it gets delayed following packet forwarding.
Page 9 M11517;9/57 ● Recommended timing of asynchronous shutter trigger signal (Vinit signal) for preset shutter/pulse width control Tvinit For the case of preset shutter mode, the negative logic pulse is applied within the width range from 1 H (1 horizontal synchronous Vinit For this case, the exposure interval) to 1ms as described below.
Page 10 None (4-7) Auto gain control function (AGC) Pream plifier Im age output to GigE I/F When AGC (Auto Gain Control) function is set to ON, the Com pare average value of the output signal is compared to the set reference...
Page 11 The average value of the output signal is compared to the set reference level (AGC set value), then the exposure time (electronic shutter time) is automatically controlled so that the reference level and the average output value get equal . Pream plifier Im age output to GigE I/F Com pare GAIN COMP...
Page 12 M11517;12/57 (4-9) Test pattern display function (Black and white data output) When initially connecting this camera to an image capture board, the use of the test pattern display function of the equipment makes it easier to confirm that the output timing of the camera and the details of the signal connection match the particulars of the capture board.
Page 13 M11517;13/57 [Conversion method from returned data to temperature in Celsius] The temperature in Celsius is computed as Tc from the following formula where Dt is the signed integer number converted from the above described 10 bit binary value of “Db=B’D9D8…D0”: Internal temperature of camera: Tc=Dt×0.5°...
Page 14: Various Settings
M11517;14/57 5. Various Settings (!) This camera is not equipped with the substantial shutter setting switch on the rear panel. “Shutter switch” or “Mode switch” described below means setting values of hypothetical shutter switch set on the memory inside the camera via serial communication command.
Page 15 M11517;15/57 (5-2) Setting of shutter speed The shutter speed is determined by assigning “0 - 9” to the shutter switch position or specifying the shutter speed in H (Horizontal scan time) unit. As this camera is not equipped with the substantive shutter setting switch, the shutter speed is specified by changing the Feature settings regarding the exposure time of GenICam API or using the serial communication command via serial communication software.
Page 16 M11517;16/57 (5-4) Gain setting of preamplifier ● Gain variable amplifier and integrated gain Pream plifier The image signal output from CCD is amplified inside the Fixed gain am plifier Variable gain amplifier camera through the fixed gain amplifier on the anterior stage and then through the following variable gain amplifier Integrated gain before being input into the A/D converter.
Page 17 M11517;17/57 (5-6) Output data bit format setting Image data Assignment of Output data (A/D output) 12 bit 10 bit 8 bit Three formats below are selectable as the output data format conforming AD13 to Camera Link. AD12 AD11 8 bit gray scale (Default) AD10 10 bit gray scale 12 bit gray scale...
Page 18 M11517;18/57 (5-8-2) Mode switch and Shutter switch settings change It can change settings by any of the following methods. Setting by GenICam feature ● It can be changed by changing GenICam feature settings as below when using the application software like GEVPlayer (that comes with attached SDK) which can set up and read out the GenICam feature.
Page 19: Operation Using Image Display Software
“eBUS-PureGEV Packge“(GenICam API-compliant development environment), as a trend shifting to GenICam API-compliant cameras becomes more common among third-party image processing software makers and many GigE camera makers. Except for particular reasons that iPORT interface or application software has been developed for years on the platform of Pleora’s “eBUS-Vision Package”, we recommend to develop the new application software using “eBUS-PureGEV Packge“...
Page 20 M11517;20/57 (6-2) Setting procedure of the camera using demonstration display software <Setting procedure using “GEVPlayer”> This camera supports GenICam API established by EMVA(European Machine Vision association). Display software “GEVPlayer” included in the attached SDK ”eBUS-PureGEV Package” is GenICam API-compatible. And it can change most of set contents (e.g. Gain setting, Shutter speed etc.) by directly specifying parameter value for each prescribed feature from this software.
Page 21 μ Further details of each numerical number vary with the type of camera. The above example shows the case of FC5200GE(5 megapixels/GigE) (Example6) Image output format setting The example of the way to switch the image output format from 8 bit (default) to 10 bit is shown below.
Page 22: How To Change And Confirm The Settings
M11517;22/57 7. How to change and confirm the settings This camera is not equipped with the substantial switches. Camera setting such as shutter speed, gain, offset or operational mode setting can be done by changing parameter setting for each Feature (item: gain setting, shutter speed etc.) using the attached display demonstration software “GEVPlayer”...
Page 23 M11517;23/57 [Example] To set shutter switch to “2” Transmit as follows Transmission from host: STX: “WSSW”: “2”: ETX Right figure shows the example of transmitting the command using the TAKENAKA’s communication software for evaluation (FCTool) (Note) STX(=H’02) and ETX(=H’03) are automatically inserted before and after the input character string in the case of using FCTool.
Page 24 M11517;24/57 [Cancellation of external designation in shutter setting] The shutter switch position set by “S command” or the external designation of the shutter exposure time (above two methods) is applied ahead of (hypothetical) shutter switch position. These shutter setting (the external designation of the shutter switch position and the shutter exposure time) is cancelled by transmitting “0000”...
Page 25 M11517;25/57 (7-4) How to set Gain “G” command is used for gain setting. Transmission from host: STX : “G” : MGC set value : AGC set value : (VRT set value) : (VRB set value) : OFFSET set value : ETX Return by camera: STX : ACK : ETX (transaction completion) or STX : NAK : ETX (transaction rejection) MGC gain setting …...
Page 26 M11517;26/57 (7-5) Internal flag register and configuration register There is RAM area inside the camera consisting of flag register (FR) (2 bytes) and configuration register (CR) (2 bytes) which defines the operational mode of the camera. It is possible to recognize the current operational status with these register contents and to change multiple operational modes at a time by rewriting the register contents using serial communication command.
Page 27 M11517;27/57 (Note) Any of set items of FR are only stored on the nonvolatile memory by saving those to any of program page “A” to “F” using “WA” to “WF” command (Write into page memory A to F) before turning the power off. Also set items of CR are stored on the nonvolatile memory inside the camera by executing “SMC”...
Page 28 M11517;28/57 Setting of flag register (FR ) by serial communication command ● Setting ,reading and saving of FR in this camera are all executed using serial communication command. Command “WMF” ● Function: Command for writing on the flag register (Write Mode Flag) Transmission from host: STX : “WMF”...
Page 29 M11517;29/57 (7-6) Setting of program page The setting operations for the program pages are roughly divided into 2 groups: save (writing the current setting into the program page) and load (reading out the setting that was previously saved in the program page as the current setting). More specifically, “save”...
Page 30 M11517;30/57 (7-7) Description of menu display by OSD (On Screen Display) This camera is equipped with the OSD function of superimposing a character information on the output digital image signal. Using this function, the current setting status of the camera can be displayed over the image of OSD display area the capture board in menu-driven form.
Page 31 M11517;31/57 ③ Save CR data to enable the settings at next start-up. As the CR data set on are stored only on RAM, it will be lost at ② the time of power-off. It is needed to send the “SMC” command and to save the set values into the internal nonvolatile ROM(EEPROM) to enable CR data even after next start-up.
Page 32 M11517;32/57 <MENU2> Display content * M E N U 2 M E N U PWC: Whether the pulse width operation mode is ENABLED or ( R e s e r v e d ) DISABLED in the asynchronous shutter mode when the ( R e s e r v e d ) P W C D I S A B L E D...
Page 33 The ID code and other information set by the user for each camera can be stored in the camera (The setting is executed through the serial communication.). The settable maximum number of characters are 15, and FC1650GE ID: CAMERA-1 alphabets (both upper and lower cases), numbers and some special...
Page 34 M11517;34/57 (7-9) Read out of factory default This procedure is for reading out the factory default (initial setting before shipment) in order to initialize the setting that was changed by the user after purchase. The factory default is shown by the table below. [Factory default of each register] Storage area (Register) Factory default...
Page 35: Serial Communication Command
M11517;35/57 8. Serial communication command This camera can be externally controlled by the serial interface via Ethernet. (Note) When the operation modes of the camera are changed by the communication functions, it takes some time to switch the modes. Carefully note that normal image may not be obtained from the signal for one frame each before and after transmitting a command.
Page 36 Return by camera: STX: ACK: “R”: “Takenaka SYS.FC1650GE VX.XX TXXXXX”: ETX * The underlined values show the control program version number of the camera and a file name. These values and the number of characters vary by program version. Use it when confirming the communication mode of the camera and obtaining internal information of the camera.
Page 37 STX: ACK: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) (!) Nevertheless FC1650GE does not use the values in parentheses, it is not regarded as error even when the value in parentheses is input. The received set value is neglected.
Page 38 M11517;38/57 (9) Command “L” Function: Command for reading out operation mode (Load) Transmission from host: STX: “L”: reading page (“A” to “H”): ETX Return by camera : STX: ACK: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) The factory default is stored in the Page H, which will be used when restoring to the default setting. (10) Command “WMC”...
Page 39 M11517;39/57 (16) Command “BCMC” Function: Command for clearing the specified bit of configuration flag register (CR) (Bit Clear Mode Configuration) Transmission from host: STX: “BCMC”: specified bit(4 characters) : ETX Return by camera: STX: ACK: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) The specified bit of the mode flag register is cleared (reset).
Page 40 M11517;40/57 (23) Command “RTMP” Function: Command for reading data of internal temperature of camera (Read TeMPerature) Transmission from host: STX: “RTMP”: ETX Return by camera: STX: ACK: “RTMP”: internal temperature data: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) The current contents of the internal temperature data of the camera are returned in the hexadecimal system.
Page 41 M11517;41/57 (31) Command “ARESET” Function: Command for operation reset (All Reset) Transmission from host: STX: “ARESET”: ETX Return by camera: STX: ACK: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) This command is used to restore the camera to the initial power-on state. (Note) This command corresponds to the operation when the camera is restarted after the power is turned off.
Page 42 M11517;42/57 (37) Command “RVSUB” Function: Command for reading out Vsub value (CCD substrate voltage) (Read VSUB) Transmission from host: STX: “RVSUB”: ETX Return by camera: STX: ACK: “RVSUB”: Vsub set value: ETX (transaction completion), or STX: NAK: ETX (transaction rejection) The data of “Vsub set value”...
Page 43: Genicam Api Features
M11517;43/57 9. GenICam API features This equipment meets GenICam API established by EMVA (European Machine Vision Association). The Feature(Item) and that content of GenICam API are described below. Feature (Item) Content (Set value) Read/ Write <AcquisitionAndTriggerControls> AcquisitionMode Sets the acquisition mode of the device. Continuous :Frames are captured continuously.
Page 44 M11517;44/57 Feature (Item) Content (Set value) Read/ Write <AnalogControls> GainRaw Sets the gain set value in MGC mode. (0 to 255) GainAuto Sets the AGC operation Off : AGC = OFF Continuous : AGC = ON AgcGainRaw Sets the gain set value in AGC mode. (0 to 255) BlackLevelRaw Sets the black level (Image offset level)
Page 45 All the synchronization signals described in this chapter are internal signals as the synchronization signal (FVAL,LVAL,CLK etc.) is not output to the outside in the case of GigE camera. ● Horizontal timing (Common in each operation mode) １７９０...
Page 46 M11517;46/57 Vertical timing: Continuous shutter, No shutter ● Vertical timing １vertical perio d（１Ｖ）＝１fra me time 1068 ＶＤ（I nterna l v erti cal syn chr onous sig nal ）ＨＤ（Internal horizontal synchronous signal ） 898×PCLK En d o f e xpo sur e （S en sor g a te ）...
Page 47 M11517;47/57 Vertical timing: High speed/Pulse width control/Asynchronous shutter/Without H-reset ● Vertical timing ｎＶｉｎｉｔＨＤ (Internal horizontal synchronous signal) End of expos u re (SG) 287×PCLK E xposure ti me 898×PC LK 10 69 ｎ＋２ Camera Link Ｆ...
Page 48 M11517;48/57 ● Vertical timing: High speed /Preset shutter/Asynchronous shutter/With H-reset Vertical timing Ｖｉｎｉｔ 1～2×PCLK ＨＤ (Internal horizontal synchronous signal) ｎ E nd of e xposure (SG) 287×PCLK Exposure time（ｎＨ） 898×PCLK ｎ＋２ 1069 Camera Link ＦＶＡＬ Image output Effective image duration(1040) ＳＴＲＢ...
Page 49 M11517;49/57 ● Vertical timing: High speed /Pulse width control/Asynchronous shutter/With H-reset ｍ×PCLK Vertical timing Ｖｉｎｉｔ 1～2×PCLK 1～2×PCLK ＨＤ（Internal horizontal synchronous siignal） En d of ex posure （Sensor gate ） 287×PCLK Exposure time 898×PCLK 1069 Camera Link ＦＶＡＬ Image output （...
Page 50 M11517;50/57 ● Vertical timing: Continuous shutter,No shutter/Partial scan Vertical timing １Vertical p erio d（１Ｖ）＝１fr ame time ＶＤ（ I n te rn a l ve r t ic a l sy n ch ro n ou s s i gn a l ）ＨＤ...
Page 51 M11517;51/57 ● Vertical timing: High speed/Preset shutter/Asynchronous shutter/Partial scan/With H-reset Vertical timing Ｖｉｎｉｔ 1～2×PCLK ＨＤ（Internal horizontal synchronous signal）ｎ E nd of e xposure （Senso r gate ） 287×PCLK Exposure time（ｎＨ） 898×PCLK ｎ＋２ Camera Link ＦＶＡＬ Image output Ef f e ct i ve im a ge du r a ti o n （４４０）１...
Page 52 M11517;52/57 ● Vertical timing: Low speed (long exposure)/Preset shutter/Continuous Long exposure timing 1V=1068 ＶＤ（Internal vertical synchronous signal ） E x po s ur e t im e （ｎＶ） E xp o su r e ti m e （ｎＶ） I mage(P) / Expo sure ti me Image(P +1) / E xposure time Camera Link...
Page 53: Accessories
(External dimensions → the diagram below) <Heat-sink> Optional heat-sink for heat generation Product name Type Remarks Heat-sink for GigE camera HS500 Recommended to use when heat dissipation from camera mount is insufficient. (External dimensions → the diagram below) U nit ：mm...
Page 54: Notes
M11517;54/57 12. Notes [General notes] ● This equipment is not allowed to be used for medical purposes, detection of hazardous materials or any other operations of which performance may exert influence on human lives or safety. ● We assume no responsibility whatsoever for any incidental damages (loss of business interests, business interruption, change in data, loss of data etc.) resulting from the user’s use of this equipment or performance failure.
Page 55 Minimum subject illuminance 1 Lx at F1.4 50dB or more Progressive scanning: 31 fps Digital output: 10 or 8 or 12 bit Video output signal GigE Vision compliant (Gigabit Ethernet) 10bit/8bit/12bit Switchable External sync input None 1/23000sec. 1/31 sec. (no shutter) Long exposure.
Page 56: Illustration Of Positional Accuracy Of Image Sensor
*Th e ro tatio n ac curac y of the imag e pic kup area for H,V d irec tion is ±1.5 °aga inst th e re feren ce p lane for mount ing. (In cludin g the accu racy of in dividua l CCD ±1 °) FC1650GE Illustration of positional accuracy of image sensor - 56 -...
Page 57 (On ly on bot tom fa ce) (Note) D o no use the fixing screw the le ngt h of w hich excee ds the value designate d in this dia gram It m ay ca use the failure FC1650GE External Dimensions - 57 -...