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- Page 1 GX1050 / GX1050C Technical Manual 700056A Updated 19 January 2010 Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby, BC V5J 5E9 / Canada...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
GX IO Schematic ...................... 26 User Trigger Circuit Example ..................27 TV Zoom Lens Connection ..................28 Video Iris Connection ....................29 Trigger Timing Diagram .................... 30 Notes on Triggering ....................31 Camera Controls ...................... 33 GX1050 Technical Manual Page 2... -
Page 3: Legal Notice
Allied Vision Technologies customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Allied Vision Technologies for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale. -
Page 4: Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
Contacting Allied Vision Technologies • Technical information: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com • Support: support@alliedvisiontec.com Allied Vision Technologies GmbH (Headquarters) Taschenweg 2a 07646 Stadtroda, Germany Tel.: +49.36428.677-0 Fax.: +49.36428.677-28 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby, BC, V5J 5E9, Canada... -
Page 5: Introduction
Introduction The GX1050 series of cameras are sensitive, 112 frames per second, 1 megapixel, Gigabit Ethernet cameras based on the Kodak KAI-01050 CCD sensor. These cameras support the use of 1 or 2 gigabit Ethernet ports in a LAG configuration for higher bandwidth requirements. -
Page 6: Specifications
TO MAINTAIN A REASONABLE OPERATING TEMPERATURE. IF THE CAMERA IS TO BE OPERATED IN A WARM ENVIRONMENT, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE CAMERA BE MOUNTED ON A HEAT SINK SUCH AS A METAL BRACKET AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT AIR FLOW. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 6... -
Page 7: Supported Features
*On monochrome versions only. ***VERTICAL BINNING AND VERTICAL ROI CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE CAMERA AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED INTERMITTENTLY AND WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF THE CAMERA. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 7... -
Page 8: Mechanical
Mechanical GX C-MOUNT GX1050 Technical Manual Page 8... -
Page 9: Connections
Connections GX CONNECTION DIAGRAM GX1050 Technical Manual Page 9... - Page 10 This connection must be provided to operate the camera. The conductor used for this connection must be adequate for the current consumption of the camera. For best performance the connection for POWER GROUND should be physically close to the EXTERNAL POWER connection. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 10...
- Page 11 5V TO 24V 1/10W IF = 5mA PIN 4. SY NC IN 1 MMBF4393LT1G TO CAMERA LOGIC 180R 5V TO 24V 1/10W IF = 5mA PIN 11. SY NC IN 2 HCPL-063L MMBF4393LT1G PIN 7. USER GND GX1050 Technical Manual Page 11...
- Page 12 12V 9.2mA 1.2KΩ 11.2V 101mW 1.5μs 11.2μs 2μs 20μs 12V 4.9mA 2.4KΩ 11.8V 58mW 1.5μs 8.5μs 17μs 55μs 24V 9.5mA 2.4KΩ 23.2V 217mW 1.5μs 22μs 2μs 37μs 24V 5mA 4.8KΩ 23.8V 120mW 1.5μs 12μs 17μs 105μs GX1050 Technical Manual Page 12...
- Page 13 See the SYNC section for more detail. To prevent parasitic coupling this connection should be OUTPUT physically close to the used SYNC OUT signals and USER GROUND. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 13...
- Page 14 This connector also provides the signals necessary to operate a video auto iris type of lens. The lens control connector is a Hirose 3260-8S3. The mating cable connector is Hirose 3240- 8P-C(50). This connector purchased from Canada Inc. from http://www.digikey.com. See Addendum for more detail. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 14...
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Page 15: Cleaning The Sensor
Repeat this process until the debris is gone. If this process fails to remove the debris, then contact AVT Canada Inc. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 15... -
Page 16: Adjusting The C-Mount
The distance required will depend on the lens used but typically 30 to 50 feet should suffice. Make sure the lens is firmly threaded onto the c-mount ring. Rotate the lens and c-mount ring until the image is focused. Carefully tighten locking ring. Recheck focus. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 16... -
Page 17: Network Card Configuration
(a) select “Jumbo Frames” and change the value to 9014 bytes or higher. (b) select “Receive Descriptors” on the same list and change the value to 512 (c) select "Performance Options" and set "Interrupt Moderate Rate" to "Extreme" GX1050 Technical Manual Page 17... - Page 18 “Team this adapter with other adapters and click on the “New Team” button. 11. Specify a name for the Team (Link Aggregate Group). This should be something that will distinguish this adapter from others in your system. Click “Next” to continue. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 18...
- Page 19 13. Choose “Static Link Aggregation”. Click “Next” to continue. 14. The LAG group will now be configured. You may be asked to permit the “AVT_Prosilica GigE Vision Filter Miniport” installation on the new LAG adapter. Click “Continue Anyway”. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 19...
- Page 20 15. Once completed the properties of the TEAM (LAG) that has just been created will appear. A new Network Connections Icon corresponding to the LAG group is created. You have now completed the Link Aggregate Group configuration. 16. Reboot the system and install GigE Sample Viewer. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 20...
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Page 21: Gige Sample Viewer And Filter Driver
In Sample Viewer, select the wrench icon to change camera settings. See the Camera Controls Addendum for description of each setting. Select the eye icon to stream images. If the camera is not imaging, see the Trouble Shooting section of this document. Figure 1. GigE Viewer application window. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 21... -
Page 22: Trouble Shooting
169.254.23.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0, Camera IP: 169.254.43.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. The following example is not on the same Subnet: NIC IP 169.250.23.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0, CamIP 169.254.13.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. This can happen if you use a GX1050 Technical Manual Page 22... - Page 23 Is the camera listed in SampleViewer but can’t acquire images? Reset your camera settings to factory default: with ConfigFileIndex = Factory, click the ConfigFileLoad button. While streaming, check your Stats: All stats 0 while streaming. Firewall likely blocking traffic GX1050 Technical Manual Page 23...
- Page 24 • All packets completing as normal, but black image. Check ExposureValue, ExposureMode, and be sure your scene is suitably lit. If you are still having problems acquiring images, please send your camera settings file (click on the disk icon in SampleViewer) to support@alliedvisiontec.com. Saving camera setting file GX1050 Technical Manual Page 24...
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Page 25: Addendum
Addendum GX1050 Technical Manual Page 25... -
Page 26: Gx Io Schematic
GX IO Schematic GX1050 Technical Manual Page 26... -
Page 27: User Trigger Circuit Example
User Trigger Circuit Example This diagram indicates one example of a 5V TTL based user trigger circuit. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 27... -
Page 28: Tv Zoom Lens Connection
TV Zoom Lens Connection GX1050 Technical Manual Page 28... -
Page 29: Video Iris Connection
Video Iris Connection GX1050 Technical Manual Page 29... -
Page 30: Trigger Timing Diagram
Trigger Timing Diagram GX1050 Technical Manual Page 30... -
Page 31: Notes On Triggering
For applications requiring the shortest possible Trigger Latency and the smallest possible Trigger Jitter the User Trigger signal should be applied when Imaging is false and Idle is true. o In this case, Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter are as indicated in the Specifications section. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 31... - Page 32 Trigger Ready is detected. o In this case, Trigger Latency and Trigger Jitter can be up to 1 line time since Exposure must always begin on an Interline boundary. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 32...
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Page 33: Camera Controls
Disabled – an external trigger does not control the start of a Recorder event AcqStart AcqStartTriggerEvent – What kind of external input trigger will stimulate the start of acquisition. EdgeRising – rising edge trigger EdgeFalling – falling edge trigger EdgeAny – rising or falling edge GX1050 Technical Manual Page 33... - Page 34 MultiFrame - After an acquisition start event, the camera will receive AcquisitionFrameCount number of triggers. Further trigger events will be ignored until acquisition is stopped and restarted. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 34...
- Page 35 Defaults to a huge number much larger than the maximum number of sensor columns. DSPSubregionTop - Defines the top edge of the DSP subregion defined as the number of pixels from the top edge of the full image. Defaults to zero. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 35...
- Page 36 SyncIn2. This feature is supported in version 1.36 firmware and above. It is not available on any of the CMOS-based cameras. ExposureValue – In microseconds. The sensor integration time. 15000 corresponds to 15 ms integration time, 1000 corresponds to 1ms, etc. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 36...
- Page 37 IrisVideoLevel – In 10 mV units. This attribute reports the strength of the video signal coming from the camera. IrisVideoLevelMax - In 10 mV units. Limits the maximum driving voltage for closing the lens iris. Typically this will be 150, however it may vary dependent on the lens reference voltage. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 37...
- Page 38 DeviceEthAddress - The current IP address of the camera HostEthAddress - The current IP address of the host network interface. GvcpRetries - The maximum number of resend requests that the host will attempt when trying to recover a lost packet. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 38...
- Page 39 StreamHoldCapacity - Read only. The total number of image frames that can be stored in the camera memory. Dependent on the camera internal memory size and TotalBytesPerFrame. StreamHoldEnable - Enables StreamHold functionality. When disabled, the image data will be released to the host computer. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 39...
- Page 40 When quoting the serial number to AVT Canada Inc, use the PartNumber - PartVersion - SerialNumber format, ie. 2201A-060512. PartNumber – Camera part number.Prosilica part number for the camera model. PartRevision – Camera revision. Part number revision level PartVersion – Camera version. Part number version level SerialNumber – Camera serial number. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 40...
- Page 41 AcquisitionTriggerReady – Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start acquisition. FrameTriggerReady – Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 41...
- Page 42 StatPacketsRequested – The number of resend requests since the start of imaging. When an expected packet is not received by the driver, it is recognized as missing and the driver requests the camera to resend it. StatPacketsResent - The number of packets resent by the camera since the start of imaging. GX1050 Technical Manual Page 42...
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