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China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch
MARS 10GigE Cameras
User Manual
Version: V1.0.8
Date: 2023-10-19

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  • Page 1 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch MARS 10GigE Cameras User Manual Version: V1.0.8 Date: 2023-10-19...
  • Page 2 All rights reserved. No parts of this manual may be used or reproduced, in any forms or by any means, without prior written permission of China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch. The right is also reserved to modify or change any parts of this manual in the future without prior notification. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 Preface We really appreciate your choosing of DAHENG IMAGING products. The MARS 10GigE series (MARS-GT) camera is DAHENG IMAGING's latest area scan industrial digital camera, featuring high resolution, high definition, high transmission bandwidth and extremely low noise. The camera is equipped with 10GigE interface, which is backward compatible with GigE network cards.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ........................1 1.1. Series Introduction ....................1 1.2. Naming Rules ......................1 1.3. About 10GigE ......................1 1.4. Standards ........................ 2 1.5. Document, CAD/Technical Drawing and Software Downloads ....... 2 2. Precautions ........................3 2.1. Safety Claim ......................3 2.2.
  • Page 5 4.11. MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S \ MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S .......... 25 4.12. MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR-S \ MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR-S ........26 4.13. MARS-5000-24GTM/C \ MARS-5000-24GTM/C-NF ........... 27 4.14. MARS-6500/6501-18GTM/C \ MARS-6500/6501-18GTM/C-NF ......30 5. Dimensions ......................... 32 5.1. Camera Dimensions ....................32 5.2. Optical Interface ....................36 5.3. Tripod Adapter Dimensions ................... 37 6.
  • Page 6 8.2.2. Acquisition Mode ....................... 62 8.2.3. Trigger Type Selection ...................... 63 8.2.4. Switching Trigger Mode ..................... 65 8.2.5. Continuous Mode and Configuration ................. 66 8.2.6. Software Trigger Acquisition and Configuration ..............66 8.2.7. Hardware Trigger Acquisition and Configuration .............. 67 8.2.8.
  • Page 7 8.4.2. Static Defect Pixel Correction ..................104 8.4.3. Light Source Preset ......................105 8.4.4. Auto White Balance ......................105 8.4.4.1. Auto White Balance ROI ................... 105 8.4.4.2. Auto White Balance Adjustment ................106 8.4.5. Color Transformation Control ..................107 8.4.6. Saturation ........................108 8.4.7.
  • Page 8 12.1. Contact Sales ....................139 12.2. Contact Support ....................139 © 2023 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    1.2. Naming Rules Details of the MARS 10GigE series (MARS-GT) camera are given in the general specifications below. Each camera model name is determined by its sensor's maximum resolution, maximum frame rate at maximum resolution, the color/monochrome type of the sensor, etc.

  • Page 10: Standards

    The camera follows the GigE Vision 1.2 standard and the GEN<i>CAM3.0 standard. 1.5. Document, CAD/Technical Drawing and Software Downloads Product related document, CAD/Technical drawing, tools and software can be downloaded from the Downloads of DAHENG IMAGING website. © 2023 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch...

  • Page 11: Precautions

    2. Precautions 2.1. Safety Claim Before installing and using DAHENG IMAGING products, please carefully read this manual and strictly comply with the usage requirements. And ensure to use the product in specified conditions, otherwise it may cause equipment malfunction. Our company will not bear any legal responsibility for any damage or injury caused by improper use of this product and disregard of safety instructions.

  • Page 12: Guidelines For Avoiding Emi And Esd

    2.Precautions Personal Safety It is strictly prohibited to perform device wiring, dismantling, maintenance and other operations while powered on, otherwise there may be a risk of electric shock. It is prohibited to touch the camera directly during using, otherwise there may be a risk of burns.

  • Page 13: Camera Mechanical Installation Precautions

    Note: If the screw assembly torque is too high, it may cause the camera thread to slip. 2.6. Certification and Declaration 1. CE, RoHS We declare that DAHENG IMAGING MARS 10GigE digital cameras have passed the following EU certifications: ...

  • Page 14: Installation Guidelines

    3.Installation Guidelines 3. Installation Guidelines 3.1. Host Preparation 3.1.1. Software Package The Software package of Galaxy SDK is used to control the MARS series camera to provide stable, real- time image transmission, and provides a free SDK and abundant development sample source code. The package is composed of the following modules: Driver Package (Driver): This package provides the MARS series camera driver program, such as: the GigE Vision cameras' Filter Driver Program.
  • Page 15 This interface is developed according to the standard of general transport layer in Gen<i>Cam standard, DAHENG IMAGING follows the Gen<i>Cam standard and provides the GenTL interface for the user, the user can use the GenTL interface directly to develop their own control program. The definition and usage of GenTL interfaces can be downloaded from the website of EMVA.

  • Page 16: Camera Power

    3.Installation Guidelines 3.2. Camera Power MARS-GT camera adopts external DC power supply mode. Connect the external DC power to the I/O interface through the I/O line to supply the camera. The power supply must use+12V (± 10%) ~ +24VDC (± 10%). Voltage outside of the specified range can cause damage.

  • Page 17: Open Device And Start Acquisition

    3.Installation Guidelines Connect the 10GigE camera to the network port of the current host. Open the 10GigE IP Configurator of the installation package. Click "Auto Configure IP" on the right side of the GigE IP Configurator to automatically configure the Figure 3-2 GigE IP Configurator 3.5.
  • Page 18 3.Installation Guidelines Click the icon on the Device Tree in the GalaxyView to refresh device list. After the device is enumerated, double-click the device enumerated in the device list. Click the icon on the Device Tree to perform the Start Acquisition operation on the current device. ©...

  • Page 19: General Specifications

    4.General Specifications 4. General Specifications 4.1. Explanation of Important Parameters 4.1.1. About Spectral Response QE: Quantum efficiency, which is the ratio of the average number of photoelectrons produced per unit time at a wavelength to the number of incident photons. Sensitivity: The change of the sensor output signal relative to the incident light energy.
  • Page 20 4.General Specifications Operating Temp. 0°C~+50°C Storage Temp. -20°C~+70°C Operating Humidity 10%~80% Camera Power 12VDC-10% ~ 24VDC+10% Requirements Power Consumption < 12.7W @ 24VDC Lens Mount Data Interface Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbit/s) or 10G Ethernet (10000Mbit/s) Dimensions 60mm × 60mm × 54mm (without C mount length) Weight 340g Operating System...

  • Page 21: Mars-900-120Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications Examples 2: When different Bayer color plane combined, maximum cluster size is 8 in any given 5×5 pixel array. Figure 4-3 MARS-561-207GTC clusters within different Bayer color plane distribution diagram Figure 4-4 MARS-561-207GTM/C sensor spectral response 4.3. MARS-900-120GTM/C Specifications MARS-900-120GTC MARS-900-120GTM...
  • Page 22 4.General Specifications Mono/Color Color Mono Pixel Formats Bayer GB8/Bayer GB12 Mono8/Mono12 Signal Noise Ratio 36.46dB 36.44dB Exposure Time 4μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period Gain 0dB~16dB. Default: 0dB, Step: 0.1dB Binning 1×1, 2×1 (No vertical Binning) Decimation Horizontal FPGA, Vertical Sensor: 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2 Synchronization Hardware trigger, software trigger 1 input and 1 output with opto-isolated, 1 bidirectional programmable GPIO...

  • Page 23: Mars-1261-90Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications 4.4. MARS-1261-90GTM/C Specifications MARS-1261-90GTC MARS-1261-90GTM Resolution 4096 × 3072 Sensor Type ON XGS12000, Global Shutter CMOS Max. Image Circle 1 inch Pixel Size 3.2μm × 3.2μm Frame Rate 89.9fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit Mono/Color Color Mono...

  • Page 24: Mars-1610-52Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications Dimensions 60mm × 60mm × 54mm (without C mount length) Weight 341g Operating System Win10 32bit, 64bit OS, 64bit OS is recommended Programmable Control Image size, gain, exposure time, trigger polarity, flash polarity Conformity CE, FCC, RoHS, GigE Vision, GenICam Figure 4-5 MARS-1261-90GTM/C sensor spectral response 4.5.
  • Page 25 4.General Specifications Standard: 3μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period (When decimation is on or exposure time is 3μs~20μs) / 1μs (When exposure time is above 20μs) Gain 0dB~24dB. Default: 0dB, Step: 0.1dB Binning 1×1, 2×1 (No vertical Binning) Decimation Sensor: 1×1, 2×2 Synchronization Hardware trigger, software trigger 1 input and 1 output with opto-isolated, 1 bidirectional programmable GPIO...

  • Page 26: Mars-1840-63Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications 4.6. MARS-1840-63GTM/C Specifications MARS-1840-63GTC MARS-1840-63GTM Resolution 4496 × 4096 Sensor Type Gpixel GMAX2518, Global Shutter CMOS Max. Image Circle 1 inch Pixel Size 2.5μm × 2.5μm Frame Rate 63.78fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit Mono/Color Color Mono...

  • Page 27: Mars-2020-42Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications Weight 340g Operating System Win10/Win11 32bit, 64bit OS, 64bit OS is recommended Programmable Control Image size, gain, exposure time, trigger polarity, flash polarity Conformity CE, FCC, RoHS, GigE Vision, GenICam The camera’s cluster distribution diagram refer to 4.2 section. Figure 4-7 MARS-1840-63GTM/C sensor spectral response 4.7.

  • Page 28: Mars-2440-35Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications Standard: 3μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period (When decimation is on or exposure time is 3μs~20μs) / 1μs (When exposure time is above 20μs) Gain 0dB~24dB. Default: 0dB, Step: 0.1dB Binning 1×1, 2×1 (No vertical Binning) Decimation Sensor: 1×1, 2×2 Synchronization Hardware trigger, software trigger 1 input and 1 output with opto-isolated, 1 bidirectional programmable GPIO...
  • Page 29 4.General Specifications Frame Rate 35.2fps @ 5328 × 4608 ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 10bit, 12bit Mono/Color Color Mono Pixel Formats Bayer RG8//Bayer RG10/Bayer RG12 Mono8//Mono10/Mono12 Signal Noise Ratio 39.95dB 39.93dB UltraShort: 1μs~2.4μs, Actual Steps: 1μs Exposure Time Standard: 3μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period (When decimation is on or exposure time is 3μs~20μs) / 1μs (When exposure time is above 20μs) Gain...

  • Page 30: Mars-2621-42Gtm/C \ Mars-2622-42Gtm/C

    4.General Specifications 4.9. MARS-2621-42GTM/C \ MARS-2622-42GTM/C MARS-2621-42GTC MARS-2621-42GTM Specifications MARS-2622-42GTC MARS-2622-42GTM Resolution 5120 × 5120 Sensor Type Gpixel GMAX0505, Global Shutter CMOS Max. Image Circle 1.1 inch Pixel Size 2.5μm × 2.5μm Frame Rate 41.8fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit Mono/Color Color...

  • Page 31: Mars-2621-42Gtm-Nir \ Mars-2622-42Gtm-Nir

    4.General Specifications Data Interface Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbit/s) or 10G Ethernet (10000Mbit/s) Dimensions 60mm × 60mm × 54mm (without lens adapter or connectors) Weight 340g Operating System Win10/Win11 32bit, 64bit OS, 64bit OS is recommended Programmable Image size, gain, exposure time, trigger polarity, flash polarity Control Conformity CE, FCC, RoHS, GigE Vision, GenICam...
  • Page 32 4.General Specifications Frame Rate 41.8fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit Mono/Color Mono Pixel Formats Mono8/Mono12 Signal Noise Ratio 35.54dB Exposure Time 14μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period Gain 0dB~16dB. Default: 0dB, Step: 0.1dB Binning 1×1, 2×1 (No vertical Binning) Horizontal FPGA, Vertical Sensor: 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2 (No vertical Decimation decimation)

  • Page 33: Mars-2621-42Gtm/C-S \ Mars-2622-42Gtm/C-S

    4.General Specifications Note: MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR is the Grade2 sensor, MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR is the Grade1 sensor. The only difference between the two cameras is the grade of the sensor. The difference between Grade1 and Grade2 sensors defined by sensor manufacturers is: Grade1 have no consecutive defect pixel cluster, and Grade2 may have up to 12 consecutive defect pixel cluster.

  • Page 34: Mars-2621-42Gtm-Nir-S \ Mars-2622-42Gtm-Nir-S

    4.General Specifications Camera Power 12VDC-10% ~ 24VDC+10% Requirements Power Consumption < 12.7W @ 24VDC MARS-GT-S: C Mount Lens Mount MARS-GT-S V8: Tilt angle (adjustable from 0 to 8° vertically) Data Interface Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbit/s) or 10G Ethernet (10000Mbit/s) Dimensions 40mm × 70mm × 76.05mm (without lens adapter or connectors) Weight 288g Operating System...

  • Page 35: Mars-5000-24Gtm/C \ Mars-5000-24Gtm/C-Nf

    4.General Specifications Binning 1×1, 2×1 (No vertical Binning) Decimation Horizontal FPGA, Vertical Sensor: 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2 Synchronization Hardware trigger, software trigger 1 input and 1 output with opto-isolated, 1 bidirectional programmable GPIO Operating Temp. 0°C~+50°C Storage Temp. -20°C~+70°C Operating Humidity 10%~80% Camera Power 12VDC-10% ~ 24VDC+10%...
  • Page 36 4.General Specifications Frame Rate 24.7fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit Mono/Color Color Mono Pixel Formats Bayer GB8/Bayer GB12 Mono8/Mono12 Signal Noise Ratio 40.42dB 40.05dB Exposure Time 14μs~1s, Actual Steps: 1 row period Gain 0dB~16dB. Default: 0dB, Step: 0.1dB Binning 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2 Decimation...
  • Page 37 4.General Specifications Monochrome camera As shown below, allowed defect numbers in cluster are 2~4 (cluster with 4 consecutive defect pixels in a row is not allowed (NOK)). Figure 4-9 MARS-5000-24GTM \ MARS-5000-24GTM-NF clusters distribution diagram Color camera Examples 1: Maximum cluster size within same Bayer color plane is 4, but cluster with 4 consecutive defect pixels in a row is not allowed.

  • Page 38: Mars-6500/6501-18Gtm/C \ Mars-6500/6501-18Gtm/C-Nf

    4.General Specifications 4.14. MARS-6500/6501-18GTM/C \ MARS-6500/6501-18GTM/C-NF MARS-6500-18GTC MARS-6500-18GTM MARS-6501-18GTC MARS-6501-18GTM Specifications MARS-6500-18GTC-NF MARS-6500-18GTM-NF MARS-6501-18GTC-NF MARS-6501-18GTM-NF Resolution 9344 × 7000 Sensor Type Gpixel GMAX3265, Global Shutter CMOS Max. Image Circle 2.3 inch Pixel Size 3.2μm × 3.2μm Frame Rate 17.73fps ADC Bit Depth 12bit Pixel Bit Depth 8bit, 12bit...
  • Page 39 4.General Specifications Weight 540g Operating System Win10/Win11 32bit, 64bit OS, 64bit OS is recommended Programmable Control Image size, gain, exposure time, trigger polarity, flash polarity Conformity CE, RoHS, GigE Vision, GenICam Note: MARS-6501-18GTM/C is the Grade2 sensor, MARS-6500-18GTM/C is the Grade1 sensor. The only difference between the two cameras is the grade of the sensor.

  • Page 40: Dimensions

    5.Dimensions 5. Dimensions 5.1. Camera Dimensions The corresponding mechanical dimensions of each model of Mars-GT are shown in the table below. Models Mount Radiator Dimensions MARS-561-207GTM/C \ MARS-900-120GTM/C MARS-1261-90GTM/C \ MARS-1610-52GTM/C MARS-1840-630GTM/C \ MARS-2020-42GTM/C No active MARS-2440-35GTM/C \ MARS-2621-42GTM/C cooling MARS-2622-42GTM/C \ MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S \ MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S...
  • Page 41 5.Dimensions Figure 5-2 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions B Figure 5-3 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions C © 2023 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch...
  • Page 42 5.Dimensions Figure 5-4 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions D Figure 5-5 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions E © 2023 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch...
  • Page 43 5.Dimensions Figure 5-6 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions F Figure 5-7 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions G © 2023 China Daheng Group, Inc. Beijing Image Vision Technology Branch...

  • Page 44: Optical Interface

    5.Dimensions Figure 5-8 MARS-GT mechanical dimensions H 5.2. Optical Interface The distance of the lens installation reference plane to the sensor photosensitive surface, the acceptable lens thread length, and filter/substrate information are in the table below (if you need other lens interfaces, please contact sales or technical support for information).

  • Page 45: Tripod Adapter Dimensions

    5.Dimensions 5.3. Tripod Adapter Dimensions When customizing the tripod adapter, you need to consider the relationship between tripod adapter, screw length and step thickness of tripod adapter. Screw length = tripod adapter step thickness + spring washer thickness + Screwing length of camera screw thread Figure 5-9 Schematic diagram of screw specification, tripod adapter step thickness and spring washer thickness It is recommended that you select the screw specifications and the tripod adapter step thickness from...
  • Page 46 5.Dimensions C. Camera dimensions of 74mm × 74mm × 59mm Screw Tripod adapter step Spring washer Screwing length of camera specification thickness (mm) thickness (mm) screw thread (mm) M4*8 screw M4*10 screw If the screw specification and the thickness of the tripod adapter do not conform to the requirement above, it may cause the camera thread hole through or thread stripping.

  • Page 47: Filters And Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses 6. Filters and Lenses 6.1. Filters The MARS color models are equipped with IR filters. The thickness of the filter is 0.7±0.05mm, and the cut-off frequency is 700nm, which reduces the influence of invisible light on the image. The monochrome models are equipped with transparent glasses.

  • Page 48: Lens Selection Reference

    6.Filters and Lenses 6.2. Lens Selection Reference DAHENG IMAGING is a professional supplier for images and machine vision devices in China. In addition to industrial cameras, it also provides high-resolution, high-optical machine vision lenses for a wide range of industrial cameras on the market.

  • Page 49: Hn-2M Series Prime Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses by the following formula f = sensor size (horizontal or vertical) * Working distance / Field of View (corresponding to the horizontal or vertical direction of the sensor size) The corresponding lens is selected by the calculated focal length. 6.2.1.

  • Page 50: Hn-6M Series Prime Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses  Easy to install, there are 3 fixing holes on the lens barrel for fixing the iris and focusing. The best fixing hole can be selected according to the installation environment Models:  HN-0619-5M-C2/3X  HN-0816-5M-C2/3X  HN-1216-5M-C2/3X ...

  • Page 51: Hn-P-6M Series Prime Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses  Stable performance at different working distance by floating design  The housing is small and compact, up to 5G of anti-vibration performance  The definition is consistent from the center to the periphery, greatly improving the distance between iris and photography Models: ...

  • Page 52: Hn-P-10M Series Prime Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses 6.2.6. HN-P-10M Series Prime Lenses The HN-P-10M series lenses are 10 megapixels lenses for industrial, suitable for sensors with max. image circle of 2/3". This series of lenses has the following features:  10 megapixels resolution, 8~50mm focal length available ...

  • Page 53: Hn-P Series 8K ~ 16K Line Scan Lenses

    6.Filters and Lenses  25 megapixels resolution, 12~50mm focal length available  2.74μm small pixel size, F2.4 large aperture design  Small and compact  Ultra-low optical distortion Models:  HN-P-1224-25M-C1.2/1  HN-P-1624-25M-C1.2/1  HN-P-2524-25M-C1.2/1  HN-P-3524-25M-C1.2/1  HN-P-5024-25M-C1.2/1 6.2.9. HN-P Series 8K ~ 16K Line Scan Lenses Features of this series lenses are as follows: ...

  • Page 54: Electrical Interface

    7.Electrical Interface 7. Electrical Interface 7.1. LED Light An LED light is set on the back cover of camera which indicates camera's status, as shown in Table 7-1. LED light can display 3 colors: red, yellow and green. LED status Camera status No power Solid red...

  • Page 55: I/O Electrical Characteristics

    7.Electrical Interface Camera external power POWER_IN Purple 12V (-10%) ~ +24V (+10%) Line2 Orange GPIO input/output RS232 Rx Pink RS232 serial port receiving* Line1- White Green Opto-isolated output - Line1+ White Blue Opto-isolated output + White Grey PWR GND & GPIO GND White Purple PWR GND &...
  • Page 56 7.Electrical Interface  Logic 1 input voltage: +5V~+24V (Line0+ voltage)  Minimum input current: 7mA  The status is unstable when input voltage is between 2.5V and 5V, which should be avoided  When the external input voltage is 5V, there is no need for circuit-limiting resistance in the external input.

  • Page 57: Line1 (Opto-Isolated Output) Circuit

    7.Electrical Interface  Rising edge delay: <50μs (0°C~45°C), parameter description as shown in Figure 7-4  Falling edge delay: <50μs (0°C~45°C), parameter description as shown in Figure 7-4  Different environment temperature and input voltage have influence on delay time of opto-isolated input circuit.
  • Page 58 7.Electrical Interface  Range of external voltage (EXVCC) is 5~24V  Maximum output current of Line1 is 25mA  Transistor voltage drop and output current of opto-isolated output circuit in typical application environment (temperature is 25°C) is as shown in Table 7-5 External voltage External resistance Transistor voltage drop...

  • Page 59: Gpio 2 (Bidirectional) Circuit

    7.Electrical Interface  Delay time (td): the response time from OUTPUT1 rises to 50% of amplitude to LINE1+ decreases to 90% of amplitude  Falling time (tf): the response time for LINE1+ to decrease from 90% of the amplitude to 10% ...
  • Page 60 7.Electrical Interface To avoid the damage of GPIO pins, please connect GND pin before supplying power to Line2. Line2 input trigger electrical level standard (Except MARS-GT-S series)  Logic 0 input voltage: 0V~+0.6V (Line2 voltage)  Logic 1 input voltage: +1.9V~+24V (Line2 voltage) ...
  • Page 61 7.Electrical Interface 3.3V External circuit Camera internal circuit Power+ Signal FPGA INPUT 2 output Line2 Pull- down resistor Figure 7-10 PNP photoelectric sensor connected to Line2 input circuit When Line2 is configured as input, if the corresponding output device is common-anode connected, pull- down resistor over 1K should not be used, otherwise the input voltage of Line2 will be over 0.6V and logic 0 cannot be recognized stably.
  • Page 62 7.Electrical Interface Parameter Test Conditions Value (μs) Storage time (ts) 0.17 0.18 Delay time (td) 0.08 0.09 Rising time (tr) 0.11 0.16 External power is 5V, pull-up resistor is 1kΩ Falling time (tf) 1.82 1.94 Rising time delay = tf+td 0.19 0.26 Falling time delay = tr+ts...

  • Page 63: Features

    8.Features 8. Features 8.1. I/O Control 8.1.1. Input Mode Operation Configuring Line as input The MARS-GT series camera has two input signals: Line0, Line2. In which the Line0 is uni-directional opto-isolated input, Line2 are bi-directional lines which can be configured as input or output. The camera's default input is Line0 when the camera is powered on.

  • Page 64: Output Mode Operation

    8.Features Input Signal Delay Time 1000 ms Trigger Delay Valid Signal Figure 8-2 Trigger delay schematic diagram Input Inverter The signal level of input lines is configurable for the MARS-GT series camera. The user can select whether the input level is reverse or not by setting "LineInverter". For the MARS-GT series camera, the default input line level is false when the camera is powered on, indicating that the input line level is not reversed.
  • Page 65 8.Features  Strobe In this mode the camera sends a trigger signal to activate the strobe. The Strobe signal is active low. After receiving the trigger signal, the Strobe signal level is pulled low, and the pull-low time is the sum of the exposure delay time and the exposure time.
  • Page 66 8.Features Trigger Signal Exposure line by line Readout after exposure Exposure Time ExposureActive Figure 8-6 Electronic rolling shutter "ExposureActive" signal schematic diagram This signal is also useful when the camera or target object is moving. For example, suppose the camera is mounted on a robotic arm that can move the camera to different position.
  • Page 67 8.Features the exposure transmission. When the transfer is completed, the "AcquisitionTriggerWait" signal will be pulled high. Signal1 Signal 2 Tri gg er Si gn al Image1 Image5 Image6 Image2 Image3 Image4 O utpu t Ima ge Acq ui sition Tri gge rWa it Si gn al Figure 8-8 "AcquisitionTriggerWait"...

  • Page 68: Read The Linestatus

    8.Features 8.1.3. Read the LineStatus Read the level of single line The MARS-GT series camera can get the line's signal status. A. MARS-GT-S models: When the device is powered on, the default status of Line0 is False, the default status of Line1 is True, the default status of Line2 is False and Line2 is as Input.

  • Page 69: Acquisition Stop

    8.Features  Continuous Acquisition Start Status Exposure Reading out Figure 8-10 Continuous acquisition process In continuous mode, a camera starts to expose and read out after receiving the AcquisitionStart command. The frame rate is determined by the exposure time, ROI and some other parameters. ...

  • Page 70: Acquisition Mode

    8.Features  Acquisition stop during reading out Stop command Stop time Complete stop Exposure Incomplete frame Reading out Figure 8-12 Acquisition stop during reading out As shown in Figure 8-12, when the camera receives an acquisition stop command during reading out, it stops transferring frame data immediately.

  • Page 71: Trigger Type Selection

    8.Features 1) When the trigger mode is set to On, the trigger type is arbitrary After executing the AcquisitionStart command, the camera waits for a trigger signal, which may be a software trigger or an hardware trigger of the camera. When the camera receives the trigger signal and acquires an image, the camera will automatically stop image acquisition.
  • Page 72 8.Features Figure 8-14 FrameStart trigger  FrameBurstStart trigger mode You can use the frame burst trigger to acquire a series of images ("continuous shooting" of the image). Each time the camera receives a FrameBurstStart trigger signal, the camera will start acquiring a series of images.

  • Page 73: Switching Trigger Mode

    8.Features 8.2.4. Switching Trigger Mode During the stream acquisition process, users can switch the trigger mode of the camera without the AcquisitionStop command. As shown below, switching the trigger mode at different positions will have different results.  Switch trigger mode during frame reading out Continuous mode Mode Trigger mode...

  • Page 74: Continuous Mode And Configuration

    8.Features As shown in Figure 8-18, the camera with trigger mode OFF begins after receiving an AcquisitionStart command. At point 1, the camera gets a command of setting trigger mode ON while it is in wait state. The trigger mode is not active until the 3 frame is finished (including exposure and reading out), i.e., point 2.

  • Page 75: Hardware Trigger Acquisition And Configuration

    8.Features are ignored and the current frame rate is lower than trigger frequency. The trigger delay feature can control the camera delay interval between your triggers and the camera acquiring frames. The default value of trigger delay time is zero. 8.2.7.

  • Page 76: Triggercache

    8.Features one in the MultiSourceSelector, then make the MultiSourceEnable selection as True or False to decide whether this trigger source is multi source or not. For example, when your settings are as follows: MultiSourceSelector=Line0, MultiSourceEnable=True, MultiSourceSelector=Line2, MultiSourceEnable=True, MultiSourceSelector=Software, MultiSourceEnable=False. That means you’ve set both Line0 and Line2 as trigger source and the PC will process these two signal simultaneously, which is different from the normal trigger mode that only one trigger source can be processed.

  • Page 77: Overlap Exposure And Non-Overlap Exposure

    8.Features Firstly, set the TriggerMode as On. Choose one as TriggerSource from Line0, Line2, Software or MultiSource (see details in 8.2.8), then set TriggerCacheEnable as true, and the trigger signals of the current trigger source will be buffered, and the number of the signals is consistent with the frame memory depth.
  • Page 78 8.Features Non-overlap Non-overlap Frame N Frame N+1 Frame N+2 Sensor Exposure Frame N Blank Blank Frame N+1 Sensor Readout Time Figure 8-19 The exposure sequence diagram in non-overlap exposure mode  Trigger acquisition mode If the interval between two triggers is greater than the sum of the exposure time and readout time, it will not occur overlap exposure, as shown in Figure 8-20.

  • Page 79: Set Exposure

    8.Features  Continuous acquisition mode If the exposure time is greater than the frame blanking time, the exposure time and the readout time will be overlapped. As shown in the Figure 8-21.  Trigger acquisition mode When the interval between two triggers is less than the sum of exposure time and the readout time, it will occur overlap exposure, as shown in Figure 8-22.
  • Page 80 8.Features Figure 8-23 The sequence diagram in rising edge trigger of Timed exposure mode  If falling edge triggering is enabled, exposure starts when the trigger signal falls and continue until the exposure time has expired, as shown in Figure 8-24 Hardware trigger signal Exposure = Exposure Time...

  • Page 81: Set Sensor Exposure Mode

    8.Features Avoid overtriggering in TriggerWidth exposure mode. If the TriggerWidth exposure mode is enabled, do not send trigger signals at too high a rate. Otherwise, trigger signals will be ignored, and a FrameStartOvertrigger event will be generated. The trigger signal width of the hardware triggering should not be shorter than the value of the entered ExposureOverlapTimeMax parameter.
  • Page 82 8.Features  Electronic Rolling Shutter Exposure line by line Readout after exposure Exposing Exposure time Reading Readout time Time Figure 8-28 Electronic rolling shutter  Global Reset Release Shutter As the sensor starts exposure line by line, all of the pixels in the sensor start exposing at the same time. However, the end time of upper lines and lower lines of the same frame of image is different when capturing fast moving objects, so the distortion will occur.

  • Page 83: Set Exposure Time

    8.Features The time width of the flash signal can be got by the following formula: - ( N-1 ) ×T strobe exposure 8.2.11.3. Set Exposure Time According to the length of the exposure time, two exposure time modes of the MARS-GT camera are available: Standard exposure time mode and UltraShort exposure time mode.
  • Page 84 8.Features Trigger Signal fix_delay Strobe Signal exposure_delay Exposure Stage Figure 8-30 The exposure delay sequence diagram in overlaping exposure mode When a hardware trigger signal is received to the sensor to start exposure, there is a small delay, which is called the exposure delay and consists of four parts of time, as shown in Figure 8-31 T1: The delay introduced by the hardware circuit when the external signal passes through the optocoupler or GPIO.
  • Page 85 8.Features T2 is calculated as 0μs. T3 is calculated as 0μs. T4 is calculated according to the ROI settings and features of each sensor. The exposure delay data is as follows: Model Exposure delay (μs) Non-overlap Exposure: 5μs Overlap Exposure: MARS-561-207GTM/C When pixel format is BayerGB8/Mono8: 4405μs~6605μs When pixel format is BayerGB10/Mono10: 8805μs~13205μs...

  • Page 86: Gain

    8.Features When pixel format is BayerGB10：45.75μs~49.825μs When pixel format is BayerGB12：61.3μs~66.93μs When pixel format is Mono8（BPP8） ：67.528μs~71.436μs When pixel format is Mono10：53.9μs~57.975μs When pixel format is Mono12：72.56μs~78.19μs MARS-2621-42GTM/C MARS-2622-42GTM/C MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR Non-overlap Exposure: 5μs MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR Overlap Exposure: MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S When pixel format is BayerGB8/Mono8: 9305μs~13955μs MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S When pixel format is BayerGB12/Mono12: 18605μs~27905μs MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR-S...

  • Page 87: Sensor Bit Depth

    8.Features Figure 8-32 The cameras response curve 8.3.2. Sensor Bit Depth By setting the "Sensor Bit Depth", the user can change the bit depth of the sensor output data. Reducing the sensor bit depth improves the camera frame rate, and increasing the sensor bit depth improves the image quality.
  • Page 88 8.Features  Mono8 When the pixel format is set to Mono8, the brightness value of each pixel is 8bits. The format in the memory is as follows: …… …… …… Among them Y00, Y01, Y02 … are the gray value of each pixel that starts from the first row of the image. Then the gray value of the second row pixels of the images is Y10, Y11, and Y12…...
  • Page 89 8.Features  BayerRG8 When the pixel format is set to BayerRG8, the value of each pixel in the output image of the camera is 8 bits. According to the location difference, the three components of red, green and blue are respectively represented.
  • Page 90 8.Features  BayerGR8 When the pixel format is set to BayerGR8, the value of each pixel in the output image of the camera is 8 bits. According to the location difference, the three components of red, green and blue are respectively represented.
  • Page 91 8.Features  BayerGB8 When the pixel format is set to BayerGB8, the value of each pixel in the camera's output image is 8 bits, which represents the red, green, and blue components based on positional differences. The arrangement format in memory is as follows: ……...

  • Page 92: Roi

    8.Features 8.3.5. ROI By setting the ROI of the image, the camera can transmit the specific region of the image, and the output region's parameters include OffsetX, OffsetY, width and height of the output image. The camera only reads the image data from the sensor's designated region to the memory, and transfer it to the host, and the other regions' image of the sensor will be discarded.

  • Page 93: Auto Gain

    8.Features Offset is the offset value that relative to the upper left corner of the image. The step of AAROIOffsetX and AAROIWidth is 16. The step of AAROIOffsetY and AAROIHeight is 2. The setting of the AAROI depends on the size of the current image and cannot exceed the range of the current image. That is to say, assuming the Width and Height are parameters for users captured image, then the AAROI setting need to meet the condition 1: AAROIWidth+ AAROIOffsetX≤Width...

  • Page 94: Auto Exposure

    8.Features will continuous adjust the gain value according to the data of the AAROI, so that the data in the AAROI is kept near to the expected gray level. The expected gray value is set by the user, and it is related to the data bit depth. For 8bit pixel data, the expected gray value range is 0-255, for 10bit pixel data, the expected gray value range is 0-1023, and for 12bit pixel data, the expected gray value range is 0-4095.
  • Page 95 8.Features Figure 8-34 Gray gradient test image  SlantLineMoving In the moving diagonal gray gradient test image, the first pixel value of adjacent row in each frame increases by 1, until the last row. When the pixel gray value increases to 255, the next pixel gray value returns to 0.

  • Page 96: User Set Control

    8.Features Figure 8-36 Static diagonal gray gradient test image 8.3.8. User Set Control By setting various parameters of the camera, the camera can perform the best performance in different environments. There are two ways to set parameters: one is to modify the parameters manually, and the other is to load parameter set.
  • Page 97 8.Features stored in the non-volatile memory of the camera, so when the camera is reset or powered on again, the effective configuration parameters will not be lost, and these parameters cannot be modified. The user configuration parameters (UserSet): The effective parameters are stored in volatile memory of the camera, so when the camera is reset or powered on again, the effective configuration parameters will be lost.

  • Page 98: Device User Id

    8.Features  BalanceWhiteAuto, AWBLampHouse  AWBROIOffsetX, AWBROIOffsetY, AWBROIWidth, AWBROIHeight  BalanceRatio(R/G/B) Load parameters (UserSetLoad): Load the vendor default configuration parameters or the user configuration parameters into the effective configuration parameters. After this operation is performed, the effective configuration parameters will be covered by the loaded parameters which are selected by the user, and the new effective configuration parameters are generated.

  • Page 99: Timestamp

    8.Features Set by calling the software interface, for details please see the Programmer's Guide. When using multi-cameras at the same time, it is necessary to ensure the uniqueness of the user-defined name of each camera, otherwise, an exception will occur when the camera is opened.
  • Page 100 8.Features Figure 8-39 Vertical color Binning by 2 When the horizontal Binning factor and the vertical Binning factor are both set to 2, the camera combines the adjacent 4 sub-pixels of the same color according to the corresponding positions, and outputs the combined pixel values as one sub-pixel.

  • Page 101: Decimation

    8.Features Sum: The values of the affected pixels are summed and then output as one pixel. This improves the signal- to-noise ratio, but also increases the camera’s response to light. Average: The values of the affected pixels are averaged. This greatly improves the signal-to-noise ratio without affecting the camera’s response to light.
  • Page 102 8.Features On color cameras, if you specify a vertical Decimation factor of n, the camera transmits only every n pair of rows. For example, when you specify a vertical Decimation factor of 2, the camera skips rows 1 and 2, transmits rows 3 and 4, skips rows 5 and 6, and so on.
  • Page 103 8.Features Horizontal Decimation does not (or only to a very small extent) increase the camera's frame rate.  Configuring Decimation To configure vertical Decimation, enter a value for the DecimationVertical parameter. To configure horizontal Decimation, enter a value for the DecimationHorizontal parameter. The value of the parameters defines the Decimation factor.

  • Page 104: Reverse X And Reverse Y

    8.Features 8.3.13. Reverse X and Reverse Y The Reverse X and Reverse Y features can mirror acquired images horizontally, vertically, or both.  Enabling Reverse X To enable Reverse X, set the ReverseX parameter to true. The camera mirrors the image horizontally. Figure 8-46 The original image Figure 8-47 Reverse X enabled ...

  • Page 105: Digital Shift

    8.Features portions of the image depending on whether the Reverse X or the Reverse Y feature are enabled: Figure 8-52 The original image Figure 8-53 Reverse X enabled Figure 8-54 Reverse Y enabled Figure 8-55 Reverse X and Y enabled ...
  • Page 106 8.Features bi t 11 bi t 10 bi t 9 bi t 8 bi t 7 bi t 6 bi t 5 bi t 4 bi t 3 bi t 2 bi t 1 bi t 0 Raw pi xel value: 22 Bi na ry bi t 11 bi t 10...

  • Page 107: Acquisition Status

    8.Features 8.3.15. Acquisition Status The Acquisition Status feature can determine whether the camera is waiting for trigger signals. This is useful if you want to optimize triggered image acquisition and avoid over triggering. To determine if the camera is currently waiting for trigger signals: Set the AcquisitionStatusSelector parameter to the expected trigger type.
  • Page 108 8.Features Gain 0~16 0~24 Auto Gain 0~16 0~24 Black Level -1023~1024 -1023~1024 Sharpness 0~63 Exposure 37~1000000 37~15000000 Auto Exposure 37~1000000 37~15000000 Gain 0~16 0~24 Auto Gain 0~16 0~24 MARS-1261-90GTM/C Black Level -4095~4095 -4095~4095 Sharpness 0~63 White Balance 0~15.998 0~31.998 component factor Auto White 1~15.998...

  • Page 109: User Data Area

    8.Features MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S Gain 0~16 0~24 MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S Auto Gain 0~16 0~24 Black Level -512~1023 -512~1023 Sharpness 0~63 White Balance 0~15.998 0~31.998 component factor Auto White 1~15.998 1~31.998 Balance Exposure 14~1000000 14~15000000 Auto Exposure 14~1000000 14~15000000 MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR Gain 0~16 0~24 MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR-S Auto Gain 0~16 0~24...

  • Page 110: Counter

    8.Features specific event or signal and goes low after a specific duration. After a trigger source event that starts the TimerTrigger Source occurs, it starts to delay for a specified time. When the delay has expired, the timer output signal is enabled and stays high for the duration. When the duration has expired, the timer output signal is disabled and goes low, and the timer is cleared at the same time.

  • Page 111: Image Processing

    8.Features AcquisitionTrigger signals of the counter statistics refer to the signals that have been triggered for filtering without a trigger delay. If CounterValue is enabled, the statistical data can be inserted into the frame information and output with the image. The counter can be reset by an external signal.

  • Page 112: Static Defect Pixel Correction

    8.Features 8.4.2. Static Defect Pixel Correction Due to the technical defects of the image sensor, the camera has more or less defect pixels. Some of these defect pixels are fixed at the same gray value and do not change with the scene, which are called dead pixels.

  • Page 113: Light Source Preset

    8.Features 8.4.3. Light Source Preset MARS-GT cameras support light source preset function, and provides Off mode, Custom mode, and four specified common color temperature light source modes. The camera provides the corresponding white balance coefficient and color transformation coefficient in the four specified color temperature light source modes.

  • Page 114: Auto White Balance Adjustment

    8.Features depends on the current image and cannot exceed the current image range. Assuming the current image width is Width, the image height is Height, then the ROI setting need to meet the following condition 2: AWBROIWidth+ AWBROIOffsetX≤Width AWBROIHeight+ AWBROIOffsetY≤Height If condition 2 is not met, the user cannot set the ROI.

  • Page 115: Color Transformation Control

    8.Features The auto white balance feature can also select the color temperature. When the color temperature of the selection is "Adaptive", the data in ROI always adjusting the red, green and blue to the same. When selecting the specific color temperature, the camera adjusts the factor according to the light source, so that the hue of the ROI is the same as the hue of the light source.

  • Page 116: Saturation

    8.Features Color conversion: It enabled when set to true.  Camera which support light source preset function There are only default mode (RGBtoRGB) for configuring color transformation. Custom: Set the ColorTransformationValueSelector parameter to the expected position in the matrix, e.g., Gain00. Enter the expected value for the ColorTransformationValue parameter to adjust the value at the selected position.

  • Page 117: Gamma

    8.Features 2) Configuring saturation Enter the expected value for the Saturation parameter and the range is 0 to 128. By default, the parameter is set to 64 (no saturation perform) 3) How it works The saturation adjustment is performed by a 3 × 3 matrix. When the saturation intensity is modified, the saturation can be changed by modifying the adjustment matrix A.

  • Page 118: Sharpness

    8.Features Gamma = 1.0: the overall brightness remains unchanged. Gamma < 1.0: the overall brightness increases. Gamma > 1.0: the overall brightness decreases. In all cases, black pixels (gray value = 0) and white pixels (gray value = maximum) will not be adjusted. If you enable Gamma correction and the pixel format is set to 12-bit pixel format, some image information will be lost.

  • Page 119: Flat Field Correction

    8.Features  Sharpness adjustment Adjust the sharpness value to adjust the camera’s sharpness to the image. The adjustment range is 0-3.0. The larger the value, the higher the sharpness. 8.4.9. Flat Field Correction During the use of the camera, there may be various inconsistencies in the image, which are mainly reflected in the following aspects: Inconsistent response of individual pixels.

  • Page 120: Plugin Calibration

    8.Features 8.4.9.1. Plugin Calibration Figure 8-71 FFC Plugin interface For cameras that support flat field correction, except for plug-ins, the camera properties can be set to enable or disable flat field correction. When it is set to enable, the flat field correction coefficient saved in the camera will be used to correct the image.

  • Page 121: Camera Calibration

    8.Features Acquisition frame count: frame count of acquisition frames of bright field image. It is not a necessary step, generally the default value is used. If the image noise is high, it is recommended to increase the acquisition frame count. Acquisition of bright field images: perform this function to complete the bright field image acquisition.
  • Page 122 8.Features [FFCFlashLoad] Load the FFC coefficient value which is set in the FFCCoefficient to the camera from Flash. [FFCExpectedGrayValueEnable] OFF: enabled. On: enable. [FFCExpectedGray] The expected average gray value after setting FFC, which is effective when the FFCExpectedGrayValueEnable is On. [FFCROIWidth] Set the width of FFC region of interest.

  • Page 123: Lookup Table

    8.Features 8.4.10. Lookup Table When the analog signal that is read out by the sensor has been converted via ADC, generally, the raw data bit depth is larger than 8 bits, it is 12 bits. The feature of lookup table is to replace some pixel values in the 8 bits and 12 bits images by values defined by the user.

  • Page 124: Noise Reduction

    8.Features 8.4.11. Noise Reduction Digital images are often interfered by the noise of imaging equipment and external environment during the process of digitization and transmission, which will generate noise contained images. The process of reducing or suppressing noise in digital images is called image noise reduction. Adjust the noise reduction value to adjust the noise reduction intensity of the cameras’...
  • Page 125 8.Features  The camera's exposure time The calculation of the camera's acquisition time The camera's acquisition time is related to the OffsetY and the height of the ROI. When the OffsetY and height of the ROI is changed, it will affect the front-end acquisition frame period of the camera, then affect the acquisition frame rate.
  • Page 126 8.Features =3.594 2×32 =79.1 When the pixel format is Mono12 or BayerRG12, row period (unit: μs): 2×230 =7.188 2×32 =158.2 Camera acquisition time (unit: μs): =(Height×BinningVertical)×T MARS-1610-52GTM/C When the Decimation is Off: When the sensor bit depth is BPP8, row period (unit: μs): =6.038 When the sensor bit depth is BPP10 row period (unit: μs): =8.834...
  • Page 127 8.Features Note：The calculation of the row period is rounded up. MARS-1840-63GTM/C When the pixel format is Mono8 or BayerGB8, row period (unit: μs): 2×152 =3.8 =51.3 When the pixel format is Mono12 or BayerGB12, row period (unit: μs): 2×304 =7.6 =102.6 Camera acquisition time (unit: μs): =(Height×BinningVertical+16)×T...
  • Page 128 8.Features When the sensor bit depth is BPP12, row period (unit: μs): =5.630 Camera acquisition time (unit: μs): =(Height×BinningVertical+124)×T Note：The calculation of the row period is rounded up. MARS-2440-35GTM/C When the Decimation is Off: When the sensor bit depth is BPP8, row period (unit: μs): =6.038 When the sensor bit depth is BPP10 row period (unit: μs): =8.834...
  • Page 129 8.Features MARS-2621-42GTM/C\ MARS-2622-42GTM/C MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR \ MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S \ MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR-S \ MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR-S When the pixel format is Mono8 or BayerGB8, row period (unit: μs): 3×124 =4.65 =23.25 When the pixel format is Mono12 or BayerGB12, row period (unit: μs): 3×248 =9.3 =46.5 Camera acquisition time (unit: μs):...

  • Page 130: Stream Channel Packet Size

    8.Features 11) The camera's acquisition frame rate In addition to the maximum allowable bandwidth of the network and the time limit for camera acquisition, the exposure time can also affect the frame rate. For example: for MARS-2621-42GTM/C camera, when the exposure time is 200ms, the corresponding frame rate is 5fps. In conclusion, the frame rate of the camera takes the minimum of the maximum allowable frame rate of the network, the acquisition frame rate and the exposure frame rate.

  • Page 131: Bandwidth Reserve

    8.Features = ( 1500×8 ) 10,000,000,000 ⁄ =1.2us data The effective network bandwidth is: BandW =(1464×8×(1-0.2))/(1.2us+1us)=4259Mbps avial Note: Each stream packet contains 36 bytes of network header data, and a packet with the size of 1500 bytes contains only 1464 bytes of valid data. Example 2: The packet size is 8192, the packet delay is 2000, the reserved bandwidth is 20%, and the link speed is 10Gbps.
  • Page 132 8.Features When using the event feature, you need to enable the corresponding event firstly and set the port of the event channel, the timeout of the event retransmission, and the number of times the event retransmission to the camera. When the retransmission timeout of the event is set to 0, the event sent by the camera will not require the host to return the reply packet.

  • Page 133: Exposureend Event

    8.Features 8.6.1. ExposureEnd Event If the ExposureEnd Event is enabled, when the camera’s sensor has been exposed, the camera sends out an ExposureEnd Event to the host, indicating that the exposure has been completed. 8.6.2. BlockDiscard Event When the average bandwidth of the write-in data is greater than the average bandwidth of the read-out data, the frame buffer may overflow.

  • Page 134: Framestartwait Event

    8.Features 8.6.7. FrameStartWait Event When the camera is in FrameTrigger mode, the camera starts acquiring images, and if it does not receive the FrameTrigger signal, the camera will send a FrameStartWait event to the host. 8.6.8. FrameBurstStartWait Event When the camera is in the AcquisitionTrigger mode, the camera starts acquiring images. If the camera does not receive the AcquisitionTrigger signal, the camera sends a FrameBurstStartWait event to the host.

  • Page 135: Example

    8.Features [SequencerSetLoad] Click "SequencerSetLoad", the values of sequence set parameters are overwritten and replaced by the values stored in the selected sequence set. [SequencerSetActive] When "SequencerMode" is set to "On", displays the sequence set number currently in use, as shown below. The advance from one sequence set to the next occurs automatically as FrameStart trigger signals are received.

  • Page 136: Sequence Support

    8.Features Set the "SequencerSetNext" to 0. Before "SequencerMode" set to "On", the auto gain, auto exposure and auto white balance functions must be set to "Off". Sequencer parameters can't be saved in user set. 8.7.3. Sequence support Summary of sequence support Model Max.sequence Sequence support function...

  • Page 137: Software Tools

    9.Software Tools 9. Software Tools 9.1. GigE IP Configurator You can set the IP Address and IP Configuration by GxGigEIPConfig.  Guidance Menu bar → Tools → GxGigEIPConfig, see Figure 9-1: Figure 9-1 See GxGigEIPConfig interface as Figure 9-2: Figure 9-2 GxGigEIPConfig interface The left side of the interface is device list, showing all searched GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) When GigE is selected, all GigE cameras will be shown in the right side.
  • Page 138 9.Software Tools The essential information are listed in the right side, click “ ” in the top right-hand corner to set.  Status and operations Status: Available, Read Only, Occupy, Unreachable, Unknown. Operations: Auto Configure IP, Modify IP Address, Release Occupation, Reset Device. Icon Status Description...
  • Page 139 9.Software Tools Note: If the host network card IP is invalid, then after Auto Configure IP operation, it will be valid.  Modify IP Address Users can double click the row of the camera in the list, the window as Figure 9-4: Figure 9-4 Modify IP Address The default setting is Static IP, and in here, users can set IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway.
  • Page 140 9.Software Tools Users can set Static IP, DHCP or LLA according to their needs. IP Configuring Type Description Default configuration, which is saved in the camera Flash sensor and cannot Static IP be changed while power on/off When start with DHCP, please ensure that DHCP server is configured in your network environment, otherwise, the camera will restart in LLA address after DHCP waiting DHCP server assign IP overtime.

  • Page 141: Frame Rate Calculation Tool

    9.Software Tools 9.2. Frame Rate Calculation Tool Figure 9-8 Frame rate calculation tool The frame rate calculation tool is currently provided in the form of Excel. When using it, firstly select the camera model in the table, and then achieve the expected frame rate by modifying the parameter of the camera.
  • Page 142 9.Software Tools transmission, which is 2% by default. The BandwidthReserveMaxValue represents the maximum reserved bandwidth that can be set under the current parameters. 10) The GevFramerateABS represents the maximum value of the GevFramerateAbsEn when GevFramerateAbsEn is enabled. Whether the maximum value can be reached depends on whether the camera is affected by other acquisition parameters.

  • Page 143: Faq

    10.FAQ 10. FAQ General Question Answer Confirm that the camera packet size is greater than 1500, generally the packet size is set to be the maximum. If the host is not in jumbo frame mode, modify the maximum size of the IP packet to jumbo frame mode.
  • Page 144 10.FAQ General Question Answer Method 1: Modify the parameter of the stream layer MaxNumQueueBuffer (the maximum buffer number of acquisition queue). Method 2: modify the size of the transmitted data block StreamTransferSize (the size of the data block divided by the acquisition queue Buffer). By default, Buffer needs a data block with a full image size, but when the system is used for a period of time, the continuity of memory is greatly affected...

  • Page 145: Revision History

    11.Revision History 11. Revision History Version Changes Date V1.0.0 Initial release 2023-02-20 Modify 2.5.Camera Mechanical Installation Precautions Add models of: MARS-2621-42GTM/C-S-VF8 MARS-2622-42GTM/C-S-VF8 MARS-2621-42GTM-NIR-S-VF8 MARS-2622-42GTM-NIR-S-VF8 V1.0.1 2023-04-26 and function description in 8 section Update 5.1.Camera Dimensions and 5.3.Tripod Adapter Dimensions Add lenses of HN-P-6M Series (1/1.8"), HN-P-20M Series Prime Lens (1.1"), HN-P Line Scan Series Update 7.3.2.3 section of electrical level standard Add models of: MARS-5000-24GTM/C, MARS-6500-...
  • Page 146 11.Revision History Version Changes Date Update 8.4.9.2 section Add 8.8.Fan Control MARS-1261-90GTM/C model related information V1.0.6 2023-09-13 Update the UI interface and usage description related to the software V1.0.7 Update section 2.5, section 5.1 and section 5.2 2023-09-19 Add MARS-1610-52GTM/C, MARS-2020-42GTM/C, V1.0.8 2023-10-19 MARS-2440-35GTM/C model related information...

  • Page 147: Contact Us

    If you need to order products or inquire product information, please contact our sales: Tel: +86 10 8282 8878-8081 Email: isupport@daheng-imaging.com 12.2. Contact Support If you have any questions in using DAHENG IMAGING products, please contact the experts on our support team: Tel: +86 10 8282 8878 Email: isupport@daheng-imaging.com...

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