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Piranha4 4K and 2K
High Speed Dual Line CMOS Monochrome Camera
User's Manual
17 April 2013
03-032-20176-00
www.teledynedalsa.com

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  • Page 1 Piranha4 4K and 2K High Speed Dual Line CMOS Monochrome Camera User’s Manual 17 April 2013 03-032-20176-00 www.teledynedalsa.com...
  • Page 2 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual © 2013 Teled yne DALSA, Inc. All inform ation provid ed in this m anual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No responsibility is assum ed by Teled yne DALSA for its use. Teled yne DALSA reserves the right to make changes to this inform ation w ithout notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Contents 1. System Precautions and Cleaning ___________________________________________________________________ 6 Precautions ..............................6 Electrostatic Discharge and the CMOS Sensor ....................6 2. The Piranha4 Camera ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 Camera Highlights ................................7 Camera Performance Specifications ..........................
  • Page 4 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Verify Temperature and Voltage ............................31 Saving and Restoring Camera Settings ..........................32 Camera Link Configuration ............................... 34 TDI and Single Line Modes ..............................34 Sensitivity Modes and Pixel Readout ......................35 Trigger Modes ..................................
  • Page 5 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix B: ASCII Commands _______________________________________________________________________ 80 Port Configuration ............................81 Commands ..............................82 Appendix C: Quick Setup and Image Acquisition ___________________________________________________________ 92 Appendix D: The Sensor Window _____________________________________________________________________ 95 Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches ................

  • Page 6: System Precautions And Cleaning

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 1. System Precautions and Cleaning Precautions Read these p recau tions and this m anu al carefu lly before u sing the cam era. Confirm that the cam era‘s p ackaging is u nd am aged before op ening it. If the p ackaging is d am aged p lease contact the related logistics p ersonnel.

  • Page 7: The Piranha4 Camera

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 2. The Piranha4 Camera Camera Highlights Teled yne DALSA exp and s its Piranha4 d u al line CMOS cam era fam ily w ith 4K and 2K resolu tion m od els.

  • Page 8: Camera Performance Specifications

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Models The cam era is available in the follow ing configu rations: Table 1: Camera Models Comparison Piranha4 Dual Line Model Comparison Part Number Resolution Maximum Line Rates Pixel Size...

  • Page 9: Certifications And Compliance

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual  y (parallelism ) 0.08° or 100 µm ± 100 µm ± 100 µm ± 250 µm  z ± 0.2° Compliance Regulatory Com pliance CE, FCC, and RoH S; GenICam...

  • Page 10: Responsivity

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual For m ore inform ation see w w w .genicam .org. Responsivity The resp onsivity grap h d escribes the sensor resp onse to d ifferent w avelengths of light (exclu d ing lens and light sou rce characteristics).
  • Page 11 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Figure 2: Relationship between FPN and Temperature Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20176-00...

  • Page 12: Mechanicals

    DWG NO. PROPRIETARY ±0.2° THIS DOCUMENT AND THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS ARE PROPRIETARY TO TELEDYNE DALSA INC.. THIS DOCUMENT PART NO. MUST NOT BE DUPLICATED, OR ITS CONTENT USED OR DISCLOSED (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM TELEDYNE DALSA INC.
  • Page 13 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Figure 4: Nikon M58 to F-Mount Adapter Figure 5: Piranha4 Heat Sink Accessories Kit Optional Lens Mount and Heat Sink Accessories Part No. Description AC-LN -00002-A0-R M58 to F-m ount ad apter (12m m BFD), heavy d uty...

  • Page 14: Camera Mounting And Heat Sink Considerations

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Mounting and Heat Sink Considerations Up to tw o op tional heat sinks can be installed on the Piranha4 cam era. As illu strated , they are id eally p ositioned to allow close sp acing of the cam era s.

  • Page 15: Quick, Simple Steps To Acquire An Image

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 3. Quick, Simple Steps to Acquire an Image For u sers w ho are fam iliar w ith Cam era Link cam eras, have a basic u nd erstand ing of their im aging...

  • Page 16: Software And Hardware Setup

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 4. Software and Hardware Setup Recommended System Requirements To achieve best system p erform ance, the follow ing m inim u m requ irem ents are recom m end ed : ...

  • Page 17: Step 1. Install And Configure The Frame Grabber And Software

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Step 1. Install and configure the frame grabber and software Install Frame Grabber Install a Full configu ration Cam era Link fram e grabber accord ing to the m anu factu rer‘s d escrip tion.

  • Page 18: Step 2. Connect Data, Trigger, And Power Cables

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Step 2. Connect Data, Trigger, and Power Cables N ote: the u se of cables typ es and lengths other than those sp ecified m ay resu lt in increased em ission or d ecreased im m u nity and p erform ance of the cam era.

  • Page 19: Data Connector: Camera Link

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Data Connector: Camera Link The cam era u ses tw o Cam era Link SDR26 cables transm itting the Cam era Link Base, Med iu m , or Fu ll configu ration.
  • Page 20 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual *Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends. Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at both ends of the cable. Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera...

  • Page 21: Camera Link Bit Definitions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Link Bit Definitions BASE Configuration Pixel Format Port A Port B Port C Bits 0 thru 7 Bits 0 thru 7 Bits 0 thru 7 Mono 8 Tap 1 LSB..Bit 7 Tap 2 LSB..Bit7...

  • Page 22: Camera Link Drive Capability

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Deca Configuration Pixel Format Port A Port B Port C Port D Port E Port F Port G Port H Port I Port K LSB… LSB… LSB… LSB… LSB…...

  • Page 23: Output Signals, Camera Link Clocking Signals

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual EXSYNC (Line Readout Trigger) Line rate can be set internally u sing the GenICam featu res. The external control signal EXSYN C is op tional and enabled throu gh the u ser interface. This cam era u ses the falling ed ge of EXSYN C to trigger p ixel read ou t.

  • Page 24: Leds

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual WARNING: When setting up the camera’s power supplies follow these guidelines:  Ap p ly the ap p rop riate voltages.  Protect the cam era w ith a 2 am p slow -blow fu se betw een the p ow er su p p ly and the cam era.

  • Page 25: Connect To The Camera

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Connect to the camera Start a new Sap era Cam Exp ert ap p lication (or equ ivalent Cam era Link com p liant interfa ce) by d ou ble clicking the d esktop icon created d u ring the softw are installation.

  • Page 26: Using Sapera Camexpert With Piranha4 Cameras

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual At this p oint you r host and cam era system shou ld be setu p and you can verify the cam era‘s op eration by retrieving a test p attern and setting the cam era‘s trigger and exp osu re tim e.

  • Page 27: Camexpert Panes

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual CamExpert Panes Figure 10. CamExpert’s Camera Control Window The Cam Exp ert ap p lication u ses p anes to sim p lify choosing and configu ring cam era files or acqu isition p aram eters for the installed d evice.
  • Page 28 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Acquisition control button: Click once to start live grab, click again to stop. Single frame grab: Click to acquire one fram e from d evice. Trigger button: With the I/ O control param eters set to Trigger Enabled , click to send a single trigger com m and .

  • Page 29: Camera Operation

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 4. Camera Operation Factory Settings The cam era ship s and p ow ers u p for the first tim e w ith the follow ing factory settings: ...
  • Page 30 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Figure 12. Image with in appropriate scan direction Figure 13. Image with proper scan direction 03-032-20176-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 31: Check Camera And Sensor Information

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Check Camera and Sensor Information Cam era and sensor inform ation can be retrieved via a controlling ap p lication —for exam p le, the Cam Exp ert GUI show n in the follow ing exam p les. Param eters su ch as cam era m od el, firm w are version, sensor characteristics, etc.

  • Page 32: Saving And Restoring Camera Settings

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Saving and Restoring Camera Settings The p aram eters u sed to select, load and save u ser sets are grou p ed together u nd er the Cam era Inform ation set of featu res.
  • Page 33 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Figure 15. Relationship between the Camera Settings Active Settings for Current Session The active setting for the cu rrent session is the set of configu ration s that are op erating w hile the cam era is cu rrently ru nning, inclu d ing all u nsaved changes you have m ad e to the settings before saving them .

  • Page 34: Camera Link Configuration

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual N ote: By d efau lt, the u ser settings are set to the factory settings. Default Setting Either the Factory or one of the User settings can be u sed as the Defau lt Setting by selecting the set in the User Set Defau lt Selector.

  • Page 35: Sensitivity Modes And Pixel Readout

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Sensitivity Modes and Pixel Readout The cam era has the op tion to op erate in either TDI m od e or single line m od e. When in TDI m od e, the cam era u ses both line scan sensors and as a resu lt the resp onsivity increases (57%).

  • Page 36: Trigger Modes

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Trigger Modes The cam era‘s im age exp osu res are initiated by a trigger event. The trigger event is either a p rogram m able internal signal u sed in free ru nning m od e, an external inp u t u sed for synchronizing exp osu res to external triggers, or a p rogram m ed fu nction call m essage by the controlling com p u ter.

  • Page 37: Exposure Modes In Detail

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Timed The exp osu re d u ration tim e is set u sing the Exp osu re Tim e featu re and the exp osu re starts w ith the Line Start event.
  • Page 38 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 1. External Trigger Off, Internal Exposure Control Free running, not synchronized to an external signal Programmable Line Time >1us Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Programmable Exposure Sensor Sensor Sensor Readout...

  • Page 39: Set Line Rate

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Set Line Rate To set the cam era‘s line rate u se the line rate p aram eter, p art of the Cam era Controls set. This featu re can only be u sed w hen the cam era is in Internal m od e—that is, w hen the start line trigger is d isabled (Trigger...
  • Page 40 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Table 8: Line Rates vs AOI Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Max Line Clock of AOI Configuration Rates (KHz) Rate Base TDI: 41 MH z Area: 41 Med iu m...
  • Page 41 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Max Line Clock of AOI Configuration Rates (KHz) Rate Full TDI: 100 Area: 160 Deca TDI: 100 Area: 200 Base TDI: 41 MH z...
  • Page 42 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Max Line Clock of AOI Configuration Rates (KHz) Rate Deca TDI: 100 Area: 200 Base TDI: 41 MH z Area: 41 Med iu m...

  • Page 43: Set Exposure Time

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Number Line Rate Formula (Hz) Max Line Clock of AOI Configuration Rates (KHz) Rate Med iu m TDI: 81 Area: 81 Full TDI: 100 Area: 160 Deca TDI: 100...

  • Page 44: Set Image Size

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Set Image Size To set the height of the im age, and therefore the nu m ber of lines to scan, u se the p aram eters grou p ed u nd er the Im age Form at Control set.

  • Page 45: Pixel Format

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Pixel Format Use the Pixel Form at featu re, fou nd in the Image Format Control set, to select the form at of the p ixel to u se d u ring im age acqu isition, as either Mono 8, Mono 10, or Mono 12 bit d ep th.

  • Page 46: Camera Direction

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Direction When in TDI m od e ou can select either forw ard or reverse cam era d irection. Selectable or Area m od e y d irection accom m od ates object d irection change on a w eb and allow s you to m ou nt the cam era ―u p sid e d ow n‖.

  • Page 47: Resetting The Camera

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Resetting the Camera The featu re Camera Reset, p art of the Transport Layer set, resets the cam era. The cam era resets w ith the d efau lt settings, inclu d ing a bau d rate of 9600.
  • Page 48 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Digital Processing ( monochrome ) Video Output Filter Threshold Calibrate Video Calibrate FPN Offset Gain flatfieldCalibrationFPN ImageEnhancementStrength PRNU Gain ( ccf ) flatfieldCorrectionMode ( sft ) BlackLevel ( ssg )
  • Page 49 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Figure 23: Setting the camera’s timeout value 1. Flat Field This Flat Field set contains a nu m ber of featu res that are u sed to correct im age d istortion d u e to lens vignetting and u neven illu m ination .
  • Page 50 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Save average line (of ―flatfield CalibrationSam p leSize‖ row s). flatfield CalibrationFPN This is the first u ser correction ap p lied – it is su btracted from each line.

  • Page 51: Appendix A: Genicam Commands

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix A: GenICam Commands This ap p end ix lists the available GenICam cam era featu res. Access these featu res u sing the Cam Exp ert interface. Featu res listed in the d escrip tion table bu t tagged as Invisible are typ ically reserved for Teled yne DALSA Su p p ort or third p arty softw are u sage, and not typ ically requ ired by end u ser ap p lications.

  • Page 52: Camera Information Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Information Feature Descriptions The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu tes and in w hich version of the d evice the featu re w as introd u ced . Ad d itionally the Device Version colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (u sing the tag D FN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).
  • Page 53 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Firm w are Version DeviceFirm w areVersion Disp lays the cu rrently load ed firm w are 1.00 version nu m ber. Firm w are files have a Beginner u niqu e nu m ber and have the .cbf file...
  • Page 54 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View UserSet6 UserSet6 Select the User-d efined Configu ration sp ace UserSet6 to save to or load from featu res settings p reviou sly saved by the u ser.

  • Page 55: Camera Configuration Selection Dialog

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Configuration Selection Dialog Cam Exp ert p rovid es a d ialog box w hich com bines the featu res to select the cam era p ow er u p state and for the u ser to save or load a cam era state from Genie m em ory.

  • Page 56: Camera Control Category

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Control Category The P4 cam era controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p s sensor sp ecific p aram eters. This grou p inclu d es controls for line rate, exp osu re tim e, scan d irection, and gain.

  • Page 57: Camera Control Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Camera Control Feature Descriptions The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).

  • Page 58: Digital I/O Control Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Direction sensorScanDirectionSou rce 1.00 Sou rce Internal Direction d eterm ined by valu e of Beginner SensorScanDirection External Direction control d eterm ined by valu e on CC3...
  • Page 59 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Trigger Sou rce Trigger Sou rce Defines the sou rce of external trigger (RO) 1.00 DFN C Beginner Trigger Trigger Selector Defines w hat the trigger initiates (RO) 1.00...

  • Page 60: Flat Field Category

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Flat Field Category The P4 Flat Field controls, as show n by Cam Exp ert, grou p p aram eters u sed to configu re cam era p ixel form at, and im age crop p ing.
  • Page 61 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View FPN and flat field coefficients Beginner d isabled . FPN and flat field coefficients DFN C enabled . Initialize Initialize Reset all FPN to 0 and all flat field coefficients to 1.

  • Page 62: Region Of Interest (Roi)

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description Device Version & View Calibrate FPN flatfield CalibrationFPN Initiates the FPN calibration 1.00 p rocess Beginner DFN C Calibrate PRN U flatfield CalibrationPRN U Initiates the PRN U or Flatfield 1.00...
  • Page 63 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20176-00...

  • Page 64: Image Format Control Feature Description

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Image Format Control Feature Description The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era firm w are version requ ired .

  • Page 65: Binning

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Binning Binning is the com bining of tw o or m ore im age sensor p ixels to form a new com bined p ixel. A binned im age u sing the sam e exp osu re settings as a non-binned im age w ill show an im p roved signal-to-noise ratio, red u ced scanning tim es (d u e to low er sp atial resolu tion) and save as a sm aller im age file size com p ared w ith a non-binned im age, at the exp ense of low er im age resolu tion.
  • Page 66 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual The AOI featu re allow s from one to fou r sp ecific areas of the p ixel line to be sp ecified w here im age d ata w ill be ou tp u t.
  • Page 67 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual In order to initiate operation of the AOI once setup: The AOI m od e m u st be changed to Active. Be su re to set the fram e grabber im age w id th to the su m of all AOI w id ths set u p in the cam era.

  • Page 68: Instructions On Using The Camera Scan Direction To Control Camera Parameters

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Instructions on using the camera scan direction to control camera parameters The cam era is cap able of ad ju sting cam era p aram eters on -the-fly based on the scan d irection of the cam era.
  • Page 69 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Save to a user set choice. The next step is to p u t the cam era in the forw ard d irection. This can be d one u sing a forw ard signal throu gh CC3 and the Direction Sou rce set to external or by having the Direction Sou rce set to Internal and the Internal Direction set to forw ard .
  • Page 70 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Forw ard d irection user set and d efault user set m ust be the sam e. Save to a d ifferent user set than the one selected for reverse d irection .

  • Page 71: Transport Layer Control Category

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Transport Layer Control Category Param eters in gray are read only, either alw ays or d u e to another p aram eter being d isabled . Param eters in black are u ser set in Cam Exp ert or p rogram m able via an im aging ap p lication.

  • Page 72: Transport Layer Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Transport Layer Feature Descriptions The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era firm w are version requ ired . Ad d itionally the firm w are colu m n w ill ind icate w hich p aram eter is a m em ber of the DALSA Featu res N am ing Convention (DFN C), verses the GenICam Stand ard Featu res N am ing Convention (SFN C not show n).

  • Page 73: Acquisition And Transfer Control Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Acquisition and Transfer Control Feature Descriptions The follow ing table d escribes these p aram eters along w ith their view attribu te and m inim u m cam era firm w are version requ ired .

  • Page 74: Serial Port Control Category

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Serial Port Control Category The Serial Port control in Cam Exp ert allow s the u ser to select an available cam era serial p ort and review its settings. This section also d escribes the Genie TS Fram ew ork Virtu al Serial Port Driver and the u se of the Genie TS serial p ort as an interface from an Ethernet netw ork to a serial p ort control system for other d evices.

  • Page 75: File Access Control Category

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description View N one N one Parity checking is d isabled DFN C Data Size d eviceSerialPortDataSize Sets the bits p er character (bp c) to u se (RO).

  • Page 76: File Access Control Feature Descriptions

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual File Access Control Feature Descriptions Display Name Feature Description View File Selector FileSelector Selects the file to access. The file typ es w hich 1.00 are accessible are d evice-d ep end ent.

  • Page 77: File Access Via The Camexpert Tool

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Display Name Feature Description View File Op eration Statu s FileOp erationStatu s Disp lays the file op eration execu tion statu s. 1.00 (RO). Gu ru Su ccess...

  • Page 78: Download A List Of Camera Parameters

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual From the File Selector d rop m enu , select the cam era m em ory location for the u p load ed d ata. This m enu p resents only the ap p licable d ata locations for the selected file typ e.
  • Page 79 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20176-00...

  • Page 80: Appendix B: Ascii Commands

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix B: ASCII Commands The follow ing com m and s can be u sed to control the Teled yne DALSA Piranha4 cam eras. Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC) To access the TLC an ASCII-based com m u nications interface ap p lication, su ch as H yp erTerm inal.

  • Page 81: Port Configuration

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Notes on Using Alternatives to HyperTerminal  If you are u sing interfaces other than H yp erTerm inal, the ASCII character, ESC, is d ecim al 27 and need s to be issu ed .

  • Page 82: Commands

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Commands Full N ame Calibrate User FPN Mnemonic  # of lines to average Argument(s) 2048  4096 D escription Calibrate u ser FPN d ark flat field coefficients...
  • Page 83 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame D evice Scan Type Mnemonic D ST Argument(s) Mod e Line Scan Area Scan D escription Use this com m and to sw itch betw een Area and Single Line m od es.
  • Page 84 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame D isplay Camera Configuration Mnemonic Argument(s) D escription Disp lay cu rrent valu e of cam era configu ration p aram eters USER>gcp N otes Model...
  • Page 85 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Help Mnemonic Argument(s) D escription Disp lay list of three letter com m and s USER>h N otes P4 (03-081-20271-00): Command Line Interpreter Oct 15 2012, 10:14:26 - Calibrate User FPN <2048|4096>...
  • Page 86 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Load Pixel Coefficients Mnemonic Set selector Factory set Argument(s) 1-8. User sets D escription Load u ser set  N otes Load s FPN coefficients and PRN U coefficients from a u ser set ( only...
  • Page 87 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Set AOI Count Mnemonic N u m ber of AOI‘s Argument(s) 1 to 4 D escription Set AOI Cou nter N otes Full N ame Set AOI Selector...
  • Page 88 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Set Binning Vertical Mnemonic Argument(s) Single p ixel Binning of 2 p ixels D escription Set vertical binning  N otes Mu st be in Single line m od e (stg 1) ...
  • Page 89 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Pixel Format Mnemonic Argument(s) Selector 8 bits 10 bits 12 bits (only available w ith Base or Med iu m Cam era Link configu rations) Set p ixel form at...
  • Page 90 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame External Trigger Mnemonic Internal (―Tim ed ‖) Argument(s) Mod e External (―Pu lsWid th‖) D escription Set trigger m od e  N otes In internal m od e line rate is controlled by SSF com m and ...
  • Page 91 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Full N ame Save User Set Mnemonic Argument(s) Set selector 1 to 8 D escription Save u ser set  N otes Saves all the cu rrent settings listed by the GCP com m and p lu s the u ser FPN...

  • Page 92: Appendix C: Quick Setup And Image Acquisition

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix C: Quick Setup and Image Acquisition If you are fam iliar w ith the op eration of Cam era Link cam eras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging fu nd am entals, the follow ing step s w ill show you how to qu ickly se t u p this cam era and begin acqu iring im ages.
  • Page 93 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual 3. Setting Up Your Optical Configuration Typ ically, the first thing you w ant to d o is to evalu ate the cam era‘s im age qu ality u nd er op erating cond itions sim ilar to those that you are likely to u se in you r ap p lication.
  • Page 94 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual  The cp a com m and has 3 p aram eters. The first p aram eter is a selection betw een:  ‗0‘ – Per p ixel FFC calibration ...

  • Page 95: Appendix D: The Sensor Window

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix D: The Sensor Window Cleaning and Protecting Against Dust, Oil, and Scratches The sensor w ind ow is p art of the op tical p ath and shou ld be hand led like other op tical com p onents, w ith extrem e care.

  • Page 96: Cleaning The Sensor Window

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Cleaning the Sensor Window Recommended Equipment  Glass cleaning station w ith m icroscop e w ithin clean room .  3M ionized air gu n 980 (http :/ / solu tions.3m canad a.ca/ w p s/ p ortal/ 3M/ en_CA/ WW2/ Cou ntry/ ...

  • Page 97: Appendix E: Camera, Frame Grabber Communication

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Appendix E: Camera, Frame Grabber Communication Setting Up Communication between the Camera and the Frame Grabber Teled yne DALSA Cam era Link cam eras su p p ort the GenCP Cam era Link stand ard s.
  • Page 98 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Start the Cam Exp ert ap p lication. In the D evice tab, select CameraLink Medium Color RGB #1. Mod ify the cam era and fram e grabber p aram eter settings as requ ired . At p resent, w hen u sing GenCP cam eras, the cam era and fram e grabber p aram eters m u st be ad ju sted sep arately.

  • Page 99: Emc Declaration

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual EMC Declaration The CE Mark Evalu ation of the Teled yne DALSA P4-CM-0xKxxD-00-R Cam eras, w hich are m anu factu red by Teled yne DALSA Inc., m eets the follow ing requ irem ents:...

  • Page 100: Revision History

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Revision History Revision Number Change Description Revision Date Initial release. 17 April 2013 03-032-20176-00 Teledyne DALSA...

  • Page 101: Index

    Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual Index external frame rate, programmable exposure time, externally controlled, 37 antibloom ing, 9 internally controlled, 37 exposure m od es descriptions of, 36 exposure tim e baud rate, 44...
  • Page 102 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual pixel form at, 45 current, 33 default, 34 pow er factory, 29, 33 connector, 23 loading, 32 connectors, 23 saving, 32 guidelines, 24 user, 33 pinout, 23 setup precautions, 6...

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