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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...
  • Page 2 SMX-10M USB2.0 C ERIES AMERA UIDE Copyright © 2001-2007 Sumix Corporation...
  • Page 3 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Revision 1.4 Copyright © 2007 Sumix Corporation 3403 Southwood Dr. Oceanside, CA 92054 Tel.: (877)233-3385; Fax: (508) 300 5526 Email: camera@sumix.com www.sumix.com The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The software described in this document is furnished under a license and be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction......... . . 3 Camera Specification .
  • Page 6 Main Toolbar Controls ..............55 Appendix 4 Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras ..57 Use of C-mount Adapter with and without IR-cut Filter.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 NTRODUCTION SMX-10Mx series cameras are megapixel CMOS cameras with USB2.0 interface suitable for scientific and industrial application. The cameras are designed for capturing, streaming and storing high quality digital images. The cameras are available in two modifications: with 8 bit output and with 10 bit.

  • Page 8: Camera Specification

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Camera Specification Table 1-1 Output Video and Camera Control Characteristics SMX-10M1M SMX-10M2C SMX-10M3C Maximum 1280 x 1024, full 1600 x 1200, full 2048 x 1536, full resolutions of resolution mode resolution mode resolution mode...
  • Page 9 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Table 1-1 Output Video and Camera Control Characteristics SMX-10M1M SMX-10M2C SMX-10M3C Output window View port (from 1280 x View port (from 1600 x View port (from 2048 x modes 1024 to 8 x 8 with 2...
  • Page 10 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Table 1-2 Imaging Chip Characteristics SMX-10M1M SMX-10M2C SMX-10M3C Sensitivity 2.1 V/lux-sec 1.2 V/lux-sec (550nm) >1.0 V/lux-sec (550nm) Dynamic range 68.2dB >61dB 61dB Table 1-3 Camera Electrical Characteristics SMX-10M1M SMX-10M2C SMX-10M3C Supply voltage 5 V supplied by USB2.0 5 V supplied by USB2.0...

  • Page 11: Smx-10Mx Camera Kit

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Table 1-6 System Requirements SMX-10M1M SMX-10M2C SMX-10M3C Operating Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP System Professional SP1or SP2 Professional SP1or SP2 Professional SP1or SP2 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2...
  • Page 12 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Introduction: SMX-10Mx Camera Kit...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Installation

    Automatic Camera Installation Browse for the downloaded via URL SMX10MX_CD folder. Start setup.exe to start the SMX-10Mx series USB2.0 Software Package installation. Welcome to the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Setup Wizard will appear ( Figure 2-1 Welcome to the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Setup Wizard Figure 2-1 Welcome to the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Setup Wizard...

  • Page 14: Setup Wizard, System Information: Satisfactory System Configuration

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide ● Memory Size ● CPU Speed Each piece of system information will be marked according to compatibility with the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera. Current system information will be marked as one of the following: ●...

  • Page 15: Setup Wizard, System Information: Warning System Configuration

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-3 Setup Wizard, System information: warning system configuration The Fail status will be displayed in cases when the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera will not work at all with current system configuration ( see Figure 2-4 The SMX-10Mx Setup Wizard: failed to detect USB2.0 Host Controller...

  • Page 16: The Smx-10Mx Setup Wizard: Ready To Install

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-5 Error message when current CPU speed is less than required Note It is recommended to update your system configuration in the case of Warning status, otherwise the device might not work properly...

  • Page 17: Manual Hardware Installation

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide The Wizard will install the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Package and USB2.0 camera driver. When finished, in the Completing the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Setup Wizard window, select additionally: ● Create a desktop icon ●...

  • Page 18: Found New Hardware Message

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-8 Found New Hardware message Then the Found New Hardware Wizard will start up ( see Figure 2-9 Found New Hardware Wizard Figure 2-9 Found New Hardware Wizard Leave as it is suggested by default 'Install the software automatically (Recommended)' and click the Next button to go to the next step of the device installation.

  • Page 19: Completing The Found New Hardware Wizard

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-10 Found New hardware Wizard: searching for needed files You may be prompted for manufacturer's disk to be inserted ( see Figure 2-11 Found New Hardware Wizard: Insert Disk message Figure 2-11 Found New Hardware Wizard: Insert Disk message Browse for the SMX10X.inf file which is normally located in the Drivers folder of the...

  • Page 20: Removing The Smx-10Mx Camera

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-13 Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Click the Finish button. Windows will warn you that the SMX-10Mx Camera driver does not contain Microsoft digital signature. In order to proceed with the camera...

  • Page 21: Removing The Hardware

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide ) and click the Change/Remove button. You will be displayed a message to Software confirm the removal ( see Figure 2-16 Removal Application Prompt Figure 2-15 Removing the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera Software Figure 2-16 Removal Application Prompt To remove the SMX-10Mx Camera Application, click the Yes button.

  • Page 22: Device Manager: Removing Smx-10Mx Series Usb2.0 Camera

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-17 System Properties dialog box The Device Manager window will open. Select Imaging devices and do the following: Right-click SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera and select Uninstall ( see Figure 2-18 Device Manager: removing SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera...

  • Page 23: Updating The Hardware

    Open the Device Manager window (click Start> Settings> Control Panel> Sys- tem> Hardware tab) Click Imaging devices Right-click SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera and select Update Driver... ( see Fig- ure 2-20 Device Manager: updating SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera driver Run the Hardware Update Wizard that will appear - follow easy-on-screen instruc-...
  • Page 24 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 2-20 Device Manager: updating SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera driver Figure 2-21 Hardware Update Wizard Note If you face problems during the camera installation, see chapter “Camera Installation Troubleshooter” Installation: Updating the Hardware...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Getting Started

    Chapter 3 ETTING TARTED To start the SMX-10Mx camera, connect it with the USB cable to the computer. Since the camera is already installed ( see chapter “Automatic Camera Installation” see chapter ), the corresponding icon will appear in the notification “Manual Hardware Installation”...

  • Page 26: The Smx-10Mx Camera Application

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 3-1 Starting SMX-10Mx Camera Software The SMX-10Mx Camera Application will start and you will see its main window ( Figure 3-2 The SMX-10Mx Camera Application Getting Started...
  • Page 27 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 3-2 The SMX-10Mx Camera Application To show video captured by the camera, press F5 or click the Start Video button: The View window will appear ( see Figure 3-3 The SMX-10Mx View Getting Started...
  • Page 28 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 3-3 The SMX-10Mx View The SMX-10Mx Camera Application consists of 3 main parts: ● Application main window ● Histogram ● Device Settings dialog box Application main window contain: ● Sensor Controls, Image Correction ●...
  • Page 29 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide ● Filtering Getting Started...
  • Page 30 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Getting Started...

  • Page 31: Chapter 4 Sensor Control

    Chapter 4 ENSOR ONTROL Exposure Camera Exposure parameter is similar to exposure notion in photography. It defines time for which the sensor elements are gathering the energy of the light. Use the Exposure slider to adjust the camera exposure time. The current exposure time in milliseconds (ms) is displayed above the control.

  • Page 32: Decimation

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Decimation Use the Decimation drop-down list to decimate (sub-sample) the picture by 2, 4, etc. Decimation means excluding pixels and rows from the scan process (e.g. every second pixel and second row for the 1:2 decimation). This mode thus allows viewing the full picture at a higher Frame Rate ( ).

  • Page 33: Image Correction

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Use one of the radio buttons in the Predefined section to set one of the predefined viewport sizes. Viewport rectangle position may also be changed by dragging the video image in the View window.
  • Page 34 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 4-2 The SMX-10Mx Camera Application: Color Balance controls To use Color Balance Controls, set the Enable check box - R, G and B sliders becomes editable. Use the White Balance button on the Color Balance tab to balance white color (or click Device>...

  • Page 35: Color Correction

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Color Correction Color Correction Controls are designed to adjust the intensity of the color properties (Brightness, Contrast and Saturation) of the image that is displayed by the camera. The controls are located on the Color Correction tab of the application window (...
  • Page 36 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 4-4 SMX-10M1M camera application’s main window Sensor Control: Color Correction...

  • Page 37: Chapter 5 Snapshots

    NAPSHOTS Snapshots Basics The SMX-10Mx Series Camera can work in one of two modes: Video or Snapshot. When the camera is not in Video mode, it is possible to take a Snapshot - to capture a still image. For the SMX-10Mx series cameras, a Snapshot can be triggered by software and by external hardware.
  • Page 38 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 5-1 The Snapshot View window Note In the Video mode, the Exposure slider controls exposure time for video. When video is stopped, the Exposure slider controls exposure time of the snapshot For continuous sequence of Snapshots, use the Loop option (...
  • Page 39 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Figure 5-2 Running the Snapshot Loop mode The stream of continuous snapshots will be displayed in the Snapshot View window ). This mode is useful for adjusting the picture see Figure 5-1 The Snapshot View window parameters for the Snapshot mode.

  • Page 40: External Trigger Connector Pinout

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide External Trigger Connector Pinout Common (GND) External trigger input External trigger output Figure 5-3 External trigger connector pinout Snapshots: External Trigger Connector Pinout...

  • Page 41: Chapter 6 Switching Between Cameras

    WITCHING ETWEEN AMERAS If you have more than one SMX-10Mx series camera connected to your PC, the SMX- 10Mx Camera Application allows you to switch between them. To switch between the multiple cameras, do the following: In the Device menu, select the Switch Multiple command. The 'Choose a Cam- era…' dialog box will appear (...
  • Page 42 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Switching Between Cameras...

  • Page 43: Chapter 7 Camera Device Settings

    Chapter 7 AMERA EVICE ETTINGS To open the Device Settings dialog box, press Alt+S or click Device>Settings… Figure 7-1 Device Settings dialog box for the SMX-10M3C Cameras Camera Info The Camera Info panel contains information about the currently installed camera. It consists of: ●...

  • Page 44: Flip Image

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide ● Monochrome mode forces transformation of sensor pixels data into monochrome stream ● Nearest Color mode: the Bayer matrix from sensor is transformed into destination stream using Nearest Color algorithm (the fastest algorithm that gives the worst image quality (comparing with other algorithms) ●...

  • Page 45: Average Frames

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Average Frames The Average Frames controls are used to increase the image quality by compensating the random noise of the sensor There are two averaging modes: ● Last N frames: the currently displayed frame is the average of the last N frames. The picture is updated every frame ●...

  • Page 46: Auto White Balance Hardware

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Auto White Balance Hardware Set Auto White Balance Hardware check box to perform White Balance (Hard) automatically every time when you change Image Corrections: Brightness, Contrast and Gamma sliders. Note Auto White Balance Hardware is disabled when running the SMX-10M1M Camera...

  • Page 47: Median Filter

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Enter the value you want in the Frame Rate text field Click the Set button Current frame rate value will correspond to the one you entered in the Frame Rate Control dialog box. Check it when running video: the frame rate value will be displayed in the bottom-right corner of the status bar in the main application window.
  • Page 48 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Camera Device Settings: Limit Gain...

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Profiles

    Chapter 8 ROFILES The SMX-10Mx Camera Application automatically stores all the camera and interface settings on exit and restores them on startup. You can also store current settings in the Profile files (*.pro) and load them whenever you need. Profiles are program settings saved as files. The number of stored profiles is not limited.
  • Page 50 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Profiles...

  • Page 51: Chapter 9 Capturing

    Chapter 9 APTURING The SMX-10Mx Camera Application allows the user to capture images from the camera and to store them as BMP or TIFF files. To open the Capture Options dialog box, do one of the following: ● Press Alt+C ●...
  • Page 52 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Note The sequence capture interval cannot be less than current frame exposure time. If it is less, an error message will be displayed when the user tries to perform the sequence capture The single frame capture procedure is performed by pressing F2.
  • Page 53 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Note For 10 bit camera models, the Save Video to Memory option is disabled Captured file can be saved as BMP or TIFF image file. Capturing with BMP format saves any 8 bit or 10 bit image as 8 bit BMP image.
  • Page 54 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Capturing...

  • Page 55: Appendix 1 Menu Overview

    Appendix 1 VERVIEW The menu bar of the application window consists of four menus. They are as follows. File Save Frame (F2) - saves a single frame as .bmp file to the location that is specified in Capture Options Save Sequence (F3) - saves a sequence of frames to the location that is specified in Capture Options Save Video (F4) - saves video as a video file to specific location that is specified in Capture Options...

  • Page 56: Help

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Zoom In (Num +) - zooms in view Zoom (Out Num -) - zooms out view Original Size Num * - returns view to the Zoom=1x Switch Multiple… - opens Choose a Camera… dialog box Settings…...

  • Page 57: Appendix 2 Keyboard Shortcuts

    Appendix 2 EYBOARD HORTCUTS Table 2-1 Main Keyboard shortcut operations Keyboard shortcut Description Help Captures a frame into bitmap file Captures a sequence of frames into bitmap files Captures a sequence of frames into AVI file Shift + F4 Capture a sequence of frames into the memory Starts live video display in the View window Shift+F5 Stops live video display and closes the View window...
  • Page 58 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Keyboard Shortcuts:...

  • Page 59: Appendix 3 Toolbar Overview

    Appendix 3 OOLBAR VERVIEW Main Toolbar Controls The most common menu commands are duplicated on the application toolbar: Starts live video display in the View window Stops live video display and closes the View window Brings up the Viewport Setup dialog box Captures a frame into BMP/TIFF file Captures a sequence of frames into BMP/TIFF files Starts saving Video to a file...
  • Page 60 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Toolbar Overview: Main Toolbar Controls...

  • Page 61: Appendix 4 Basic Guidelines On Using The Smx-10Mx Series Usb2.0 Cameras

    IR-cut filter characteristics IR-cut filter is a color filter that blocks the infrared light. The IR-cut filter characteristics are as follows: ● Diameter = 20 mm ● Thickness = 2 mm Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...

  • Page 62: When To Use C-Mount Adapter With Ir-Cut Filter

    In general, color cameras are one factor less sensitive compared to monochrome (depending on the sensor). This is primarily due to the IR-cut filter. Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...

  • Page 63: Using Smx-10Mx Camera As Cs-Mount

    CS-mount: without C-mount adapter Using the SMX-10Mx cameras as C-mount Using the SMX-10Mx camera as C-mount means using it with the C-mount adapter or with the C-mount adapter with IR-cut filter: Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...

  • Page 64: Converting The Smx-10Mx Camera From Cs-Mount To C-Mount, From C-Mount To Cs-Mount

    It is recommended to screw in (as well as screwing out) the C-mount adapter/C-mount adapter with IR-cut fil- ter, lens or the camera's cover when the camera is facing down or when the camera is in horizontal position - to prevent the sensor contamination Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...
  • Page 65 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...

  • Page 66: Use Of Tripod Adapter With Smx-10Mx Cameras

    The SMX-10Mx camera may go with the Tripod adapter already put on: To remove the tripod adapter from the camera: Loosen the screw of the adapter Remove it from the camera: Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...
  • Page 67 To put the tripod adapter on the camera, do the following: Loosen the screw of the adapter Put the Tripod adapter on the camera. Locate the tripod on the camera as shown in the image below: Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...
  • Page 68 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Basic Guidelines on Using the SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Cameras...

  • Page 69: Appendix 5 Camera Installation Troubleshooter

    Appendix 5 AMERA NSTALLATION ROUBLESHOOTER Before following recommendations of this chapter make sure that you follow all instructions and recommendations that are described in the “Installation” section on page 9 If you face problems with installation and detection of the camera, use this Troubleshooter.
  • Page 70 Properties, then go to the Hardware tab, and click Device Manager) In Device Manager, select one of the following: ● Imaging devices> SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera with Warning status, if it is available: ● Universal Serial Bus controllers> Unknown device (in case if no SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera with Warning status is present in the Imaging devices):...
  • Page 71 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Right-click and select 'Update Driver…': In the Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard, select ‘No, not this time’ and click the Next button: Camera Installation Troubleshooter: Camera was not Detected or Recognized...
  • Page 72 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Run the Hardware Update Wizard the same way as the Found New Hardware Wizard selecting 'Install the software automatically (Recommended)': Learn the ‘Manual Hardware Installation’ chapter of the SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera User Guide and follow its instructions on this step ( see chapter “Manual Hardware...

  • Page 73: Cannot Install The Hardware

    SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Cannot Install the Hardware If the Found New Hardware Wizard\Hardware Update Wizard failed to install the hardware (the Wizard that starts after the first connection of the camera or the Wizard that starts for updating the hardware; failure appears after you browse to the needed...
  • Page 74 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Browse to the Drivers folder - from the SMX-10Mx Camera CD or from the Sumix\SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera folder (located on the hard disk where you installed the SMX-10Mx Camera Software, normally it is C:\Program Files\Sumix\SMX-10Mx USB2.0 Camera)

  • Page 75: Figures

    System Properties dialog box ............18 Device Manager: removing SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera ......19 Confirm Device Removal prompt .
  • Page 76 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Running the Snapshot Loop mode ............35 External trigger connector pinout .

  • Page 77: Tables

    ABLES Output Video and Camera Control Characteristics ........4 Imaging Chip Characteristics .
  • Page 78 SMX-10Mx Series USB2.0 Camera User Guide Tables...

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