Table of contents Warning Safety Information Package content IS-4K2 IS-4K3 Unpacking Intended use Symbols and conventions Instrument description IS-4K2 IS-4K3 Autofocus Camera Assembling IS-4K2 IS-4K3 8.2.1 Table fixing with clamp 8.2.2 Table fixing with through-hole 8.3 LED Anular ringlight (camera) Use of the base IS-4K2 IS-4K3 10. Use of the camera 10.1 Quick Instructions for C-HAF4K camera 10.1.1...
Warning This device is a scientific precision instrument designed to last for many years with a minimum of maintenance. It is built to high optical and mechanical standards and to withstand daily use. We remind you that this manual contains important information on safety and maintenance, and that it must therefore be made accessible to the instrument users.
Package content IS-4K2 ③ ⑦ ⑤ ⑥ ⑪ ⑫ ① ④ ⑩ ② ⑬ ⑮ ⑯ ⑭ ⑧ ⑨ ① Base ⑨ USB cable ② Pillar ⑩ Camera power supply ③ Horizontal arm ⑪ Power cord ④ Drop prevention ring ⑫ Monitor power supply ⑤ Camera mounting plate ⑬ Wireless mouse ⑥ Autofocus camera + LED anular ringlight ⑭ SD card...
Unpacking The device is housed in a moulded Styrofoam container. Remove the tape from the edge of the container and lift the top half of the container. Take some care to avoid that the optical items (objectives and eyepieces) fall out and get damaged. Using both hands (one around the arm and one around the base), lift the device from the container and put it on a stable desk.
Instrument description IS-4K2 MONITOR PILLAR AUTOFOCUS HORIZONTAL ARM CAMERA SLIDING LOCK LED RINGLIGHT HORIZONTAL ARM FIXING KNOB PILLAR CAMERA SWIVEL FIXING KNOB LOCK KNOB DROP PREVENTION RING HORIZONTAL ARM BASE Page 7...
Autofocus Camera TRIPOD CONNECTION HOLES LED RINGLIGHT CAMERA LENS USB2.0 SOCKET USB MOUSE HDMI SOCKET SOCKET USB VIDEO SOCKET LAN SOCKET POWER SUPPLY ON/OFF BUTTON SOCKET ON/OFF LED SD SLOT Page 9...
Assembling IS-4K2 1. Screw the pillar on the base. (Fig. 1) F ig. 1 ig. 1 2. Tighten the screw to lock the pillar. (Fig. 2) F ig. 2 ig. 2 3. Insert the drop preventing ring and fix it at the desired height by screwing the fixing knob.
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5. Connect the camera to camera holder. Using the provided screws attach the plate of the camera holder to the back side of the camera. (Fig. 5) F ig. 5 ig. 5 6. Insert the back part of the camera holder (silver round part) ③...
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10. Connect the USB receiver of the mouse to the “USB Mouse” ⑥ socket ⑥. 11. Insert the SD card into the slot ➆. 12. Connect the plug of the camera power supply ➇. 13. Connect the plug of the monitor power supply. 14.
IS-4K3 8.2.1 Table fixing with clamp 1. Attach the pillar (B) to the table clamp (C) using the three screws (T). (Fig. 10) F ig. 10 ig. 10 2. Attach the clamp holder (F) to the table clamp (C) using the three screws (S). (Fig. 11) 3.
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6. Insert the cable holder (D) in the pillar. 7. Insert the flexible arm (A) and tighten the fixing screw. (Fig. F ig. 14 ig. 14 8.2.2 Table fixing with through-hole 1. Drill a hole in the table where you mean to install the stand. 2.
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11. Install the HDMI monitor using the provided bracket and the provided screws. 12. Insert the provided knob ② into the monitor bracket, then screw it into the threaded hole of the horizontal arm. (Fig. 18) ② F F ig. 18 ig.
8.3 LED Anular ringlight (camera) 1. Install the LED ringlight by aligning the pins ① on the ringlight ② with the holes ② on the camera. (Fig. 21) ① F ig. 21 ig. 21 2. Tighten the two fixing screws ③. (Fig. 22) NOTE: Brightness adjustment is done only through •...
Use of the base IS-4K2 Moving the horizontal arm ① 1. Unlock the knob on the right side of the horizontal arm ①. (Fig. 23) F ig. 23 ig. 23 2. The arm can be extended or shortened according to specific needs. (Fig. 24) F ig. 24 ig.
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F ig. 27 ig. 27 Tilting the camera ④ 1. Slightly loosen the locking screw ④ and tilt the camera to the desired angle, then lock the screw again. (Fig. 28) F ig. 28 ig. 28 Rotating the horizontal arm 1. Loosen the horizontal arm locking knob ⑤ and rotate the arm, then retighten the knob.
IS-4K3 ① Adjusting the horizontal arm tension • If the horizontal arm tends to drop automatically, the ten- sion may need to be adjusted to match the total weight of the system. 1. Using 6mm Allen wrench (P) tighten the screw ① to increase the resistance of the horizontal arm bracket. (Fig. 30) • Counterclockwise rotation increases the tension, while clockwise rotation reduces it. F ig. 30 ig. 30 Swinging the camera •...
10. Use of the camera C-HAF4K is a multiple interfaces (HDMI + USB2.0 + LAN + WiFi + SD card) CMOS camera. HDMI, USB2.0 and LAN are used as the data transfer interface to HDMI display or computer. For HDMI output, the Camera Control Panel + Measurement Toolbar and Camera Control Toolbar are overlaid on the HDMI screen when the mouse moves to the related region.
10.1.3 WLAN Mode (AP mode) The PC should be a WLAN enabled one. • For Windows user (Windows 7/8/10 [32/64 bit]), use ProView. • For Mac OS and Linux user (Mac OS 10.10 or above or Linux distributions with kernel 2.6.27 or higher), use LiteView. ④...
10.1.4 LAN Ethernet Mode This mode uses the camera as the network camera. User must configure the IP of the camera and PC manually and ensure their IP addresses are in the same net. The subnet mask and gateway of the camera and PC must be the same. ④...
10.1.5 Connecting multi-cameras to a router via LAN / WLAN STA In LAN/WLAN STA mode, the camera connects to router LAN/WLAN by LAN port / WLAN STA mode. If a router with LAN/WLAN capability is used, users could connect the router with Ethernet cable/WLAN and control the camera.
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3. Install ProView or LiteView on your PC. • Plug the Ethernet cable into the camera’s “LAN” port and the other end to the PC (for those connected to router with WLAN STA mode). • Or plug the USB WLAN adapter into the camera’s “USB2.0” port (for those connected to router with WLAN STA mode). 4.
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The data transfer of the HDMI 4K camera in LAN or WLAN is not encrypted. Anyone who is connected to the network and has installed the Optika software, can see the live image of all active cameras. Operate the camera with the ProView software, if you want to make sure that nobody in the network can see the camera’s live image.
11. Camera User Interface (UI) and its Functions The C-HAF4K User Interface shown in Fig. 40 includes a Camera Control Panel on the left side of the video window, a Measurement Toolbar on the upper side of the video window, a Camera Control Toolbar on the bottom of the video window and an Auto Focus Control Panel on the right side of the video window.
11.1 The Camera Control Panel The Camera Control Panel controls the camera to achieve the best image quality according to the specific applications. It will pop up automatically when mouse cursor is moved to the left side of the video window (in measurement status, the Camera Control Panel will not pop up.
11.2 The Measurement Toolbar The Measurement Toolbar will pop up when moving mouse cursor to any place near the upper side of the video window. Icon Function Float/ Fix switch of the Measurement Toolbar Define measuring object in Show up/ Hide mode Select the desired Measurement Unit Select Magnification for Measurement after Calibration Object Select...
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Curve Scale Bar Arrow Execute Calibration to determine the corresponding relation between magnification and resolution, which will establish the corresponding relationship between measurement unit and the sensor pixel size. Please refer to Chapter 10.2.1 for detailed steps in performing the calibration. Export the Measurement to CSV file(*.csv) Measurement Setup Delete All the Measurement Objects...
11.2.1 Calibration procedure User needs to prepare a Calibration Object such as ruler before Calibration. 1. Move the mouse to the upper side of the video window, the Measurement Toolbar will appear. 2. Click Calibration button on the Measurement Toolbar to start the calibration. 3.
11.3 Icons and Functions of the Camera Control Toolbar Icon Function Icon Function Zoom In the Video Window Zoom Out the Video Window Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Color / Gray Video Freeze Display Cross Line Image Overlay Auto Focus Control Panel LED Brightness Control Compare Image with the current video Browse Images and Videos in the SD Card Settings Check the HDMIPRO Version...
11.3.2 Setting > Network > LAN Fig. 42 - LAN Network Settings Page Dynamic host control protocol allows DHCP server to automatically assign IP information to the cam- DHCP era. Only in Sec. 10.1.4 LAN networking this item should be checked, so that cameras can automati- cally get IP information from routers/switches to facilitate networking operation Unicast/Multicast By default, Unicast function is used.
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Uncheck the DHCP and select the Unicast item, user still need to set the IP address, Subnet mask and Default Gateway as shown below: Fig. 43 - Manual DHCP in Unicast Settings Page Uncheck the DHCP and select the Multicast item, user still need to set the IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway as shown below: Fig.
11.3.3 Setting > Network > WLAN Fig. 45 - WLAN Network Settings Page AP/STA mode to select WiFi Mode Channel for the AP mode and SSID for the STA mode. Here, the SSID is the router’s SSID Channel/SSID Camera Password for the AP mode. Router Password for the STA mode Password 11.3.4 Setting >...
11.3.5 Setting > Magnification This page’s items are formed by the Measurement Toolbar --> Calibration command. Fig. 47 - Magnification Settings Page Name Names such as 4X, 10X, 18X are based on magnification of the digital microscope. Pixels per meter. Devices like microscopes have high resolution value Resolution Clear All Click the Clear All button will clear the calibrated magnifications and resolutions...
11.3.7 Setting > Video Fig. 49a - Video Settings Page - Playback Fig. 49b - Video Settings Page - Video Encode Fast Forward/Reverse interval in second units for Video Playback Playback Select the Video Encode format. It can be H264 or H265. Video Encode Compared with H264, H265 has a higher H265 compression ratio which is primarily used to further reduce the design flow rate, in order to lower the cost of storage and transmission...
11.3.8 Setting > Storage Fig. 50 - SD Card / USB Flash Disk Settings Page List the file system format of the current storage device FAT32 The file system is FAT32. The maximum file size of single file is 4GB File System The file system is exFAT.
11.3.10 Setting > Time Fig. 52 - Time Settings Page User can set Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Second in this page Time 11.3.11 Setting > Language Fig. 53 - Language Settings Page English Set language of the whole software into English Set language of the whole software into Simplified Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese...
11.3.12 Setting > Miscellaneous Fig. 54 - Miscellaneous Settings Page Check this to show the Clarity Factor on the video window screen and inform if the camera is correctly Clarity Factor focused or not Ruler Select to display the ruler in the video window, otherwise not to display the ruler Select to display the measurement toolbar in the video window, otherwise not to display the measure- Measurement ment toolbar...
11.4 The Auto Focus Control Panel The Auto Focus Control Panel controls the autofocus performances of the camera. It will pop up automatically when mouse cursor is moved to the right side of the video window. Control Panel Function Description Move the Zoom Slider to change the zoom ratio, the value will be dis- Zoom Slider played below the slider.
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