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    GX1050 / GX10 50C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby, BC V5J 5E9 / Canada Technic al Man ual 700056 A April 7, 2010[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 2 T able of Content s Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 Precautions .........................[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 3 Legal notice For customers in the U.S.A. (FCC Complia nce Information) This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class A digital devic e, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfe rence when the equipment i[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 4 Contacting Allied Vision Technologies • Technical in formatio n: http://www. alliedvisiontec .com • Support: support@al liedvisiontec .com Allied Vision T echnolog ies GmbH (Headqua rters) Tasc henweg 2a 07646 Stadtr oda, Germ an y Tel.: +49.36 428.677-0 Fax.: +49.3 6428.677-28 e-m ail: info@alliedvisi ontec.com[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 5 Intr oduction The G X1050 series of cam eras are sen sitiv e, 1 12 f rames per s econd, 1 megap ixel, Gigabit E thernet cameras b ased on the Kodak K AI-01050 CCD sensor. The se cameras support the us e of 1 o r 2 gigabit E thernet ports in a LA G configuration for higher bandwidth requirem ents. Pre cautions READ I[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 6 Canada Inc. will n ot warranty pa rts which have b een dama ged through the obvious misuse of this product.[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 7 Specification s Sensor Type Kodak KA I-01050 Sensor Shutte r Type Progressive Interline Image Re solution 1024 x 102 4 pixels Pixel Size 5.5 µ m x 5.5 µ m Optical Fo rmat 1/2 inch Lens Moun t C-mount with ad justable back focus. Color Sen sor Filter Pattern † Bayer Full Resolut ion Frame Rate 112 fps I/O 2 isola[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 8 Supported Features Imaging Mod es free-runnin g, external trigger, fixed rate, softwa re trigger Fixed Rate Co ntrol 0.001 fps to maximu m frame rate External T rigger Delay 0 to 60 second s in 1 microsecond incremen ts External T rigger Event rising edge, falling e dge, any edge, level h igh, level low Exposure Tim[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 9 Mechanica l GX C-MOUNT[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 10 Connections GX CONNECTIO N DIA GR AM[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 11 GIGABIT ETHERNET P ORTS These ports confo rm to the IEEE 802.3 1000BA SE-T standard f or Gigabit Ethernet over copper. It is recommend ed that CAT5E o r CAT6 compatib le cabling and connectors be used for be st p erformance. Cable le ngths up to 100m are support ed. For higher bandwidth requirements, bot h ports ca[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 12 EXTERNAL POWER This connect ion p rovides the main p ower fo r the camera. T he camera opera tes f rom a DC voltage be tween 5V to 24V . Th e current capacity of t he power supply can be estimated by d ividing th e came ra ’ s po wer requiremen t by the external p ower volta ge. It is also recomme nded to factor [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 13 SYNC OUTPUT S (1 to 4 ) These signals are o ptically iso lated a nd require the user to p rovide a high voltage level ( USER VCC ) and sig nal co mmon ( USER GROUND ). USE R VCC can b e from 5V to 24V. ICC is a func tion of USER VCC and load resistor R. An example of the functiona l circuit is indica ted in the fol[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 14 These signals only function as outputs a nd can be configured as f ollows: Exposing Correspon ds to when camera is integrating light. Trigger Ready Indicates when the camera will accept a t rigger signal. Trigger Input A relay of the trigger input signal used to “ daisy chain ” the trigger signal for m ultiple [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 15 LENS CONTROL P ORT PIN FUNCTION 1 IRIS + 2 IRIS - 3 FOCUS + 4 FOCUS - 5 ZOOM + 6 ZOOM - 7 AUTO IRIS SIGNAL 8 GROUND LENS CONTROL P ORT AS SEEN FROM BACK OF CAMER A This connector provides the s ignals necessary to control the iris, f ocus, and zoom of most commercially a vailable TV Zoom lenses. The ca mera can be [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 16 Cleaning the Sensor DO NOT CONT A CT C LEAN SENSOR UNLES S ABSOLUTELY NECES SARY. Identifying Debris Debris on the image sensor or o ptical components will app ear as a darke ned area or smudge on the image t hat does not move as the camera is moved. Do not confuse this with a pixel defe ct which will appear a s a [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 17 Adjusting the C-mount THE C-MOUNT IS A DJUS TED AT THE FACTORY AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE AD JUSTIN G. If for some rea son, the C-mount require s adjustment, use the follo wing method. Loosen Lock ing Ring Use an adjustable wrench to loosen locking ring. Be ca reful not t o scratch the came ra. W hen the locking ring i[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 18 Network Card Configuration Operating G igE Vision GX cameras using multiple network adaptors The GX series cameras offer two Gigabit Etherne t ports for image data transfer and control. Users can c onnect one or both ports on the GX to Ethernet adap ter ports on a host computer. Connecting bo th ports will increase[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 19 5. Click on “ OK ” to validate your change (the “ Properties ” window will close). The Property list will be different between different types/brands of gigabit E thernet interface cards. If "Jum bo Frames" does not appear in this list , then your card pro bably does not support it. If your ca rd [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 20 adapter from others in your system. Click “ Next ” to co ntinue. 12. Se lect the two Ethernet po rts to which the GX camera will be con nected. These po rts w ill form our LAG or TEAM. Click “ Next ” to continue. 13. Cho ose “ Static Link Aggregation ” . Click “ Next ” to contin ue. 14. T he LAG gro[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 21 15. On ce completed the prop erties of the TEAM (LAG) that ha s just been created will appear. A new Network Connections Icon co rresponding to the LAG group is created. You have no w completed the Link A ggregate Group configuration. 16. Reb oot the system and in stall GigE Sample Viewer.[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 22 GigE Sample Vie wer and Filter D r iver o Download GigE S ample Viewer from www .allied visiontec.com . This will install th e Sample V iewer application program, d rivers, and optionally the Prosilica Filter Driver. The Filte r Driver will improve CPU pe rformance and is recommended. o Plug in the GX came ra Ether[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 23 T rouble Shooting Is the came ra getting power? The Green LED is the camera pow er indicator. If unlit, check the power adapto r. If possible, swap with o ne that is known to work. If using a custom power ada ptor, be sure the adaptor su pports the voltage and power requirem ents of the camera . If the L ED still d[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 24 The following example is not on the same Subnet : NIC IP 169.250. 23 .2 Sub net Mask: 255.255.255. 0, CamIP 169.2 54. 13.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 . This can happe n if you use a non A utoIP range o n your NI C and it d oesn ’ t have access to a DHCP server. Either cha nge your NI C I P to be in the AutoIP range[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 25 All stats 0 while streaming. Fir ewall likely blocking traffic • All stats 0. Like ly a firewall is blocking incomin g traffic. Disable your f irewall. Check your camera trigger settin gs. Many camera trigger mo des require a software o r hardware trigger event to capture frames. • Packets are in coming, but al[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 26 Addendum[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 27 GX IO Schema tic PIN 3. SY N C OUT 4 VDD +3.3 TLP 281-4GB 7 8 10 9 PIN 9. RS -232 TX D CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OU T 2 CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OU T 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HI R OSE H R 10A-10R-12PB TLP 281-4GB 5 6 12 11 100K C AM ERA LOGIC SY N C I N 2 4.7K PIN 7. US ER GRO UN D I F = 5m A 442R 442R C AM ERA LOGIC SY N[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 28 User T r igger Circuit Example This diagram indicates one exam ple of a 5V TTL based user t rigger circuit. 0.1u 10V CAMERA POWER USER LOGIC SY NC OU T 4 SY N C IN 2 SN7 4ABT 2 44APWR 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 17 15 13 11 8 6 4 2 20 19 10 1 2Y 4 2Y 3 2Y 2 2Y 1 1Y 4 1Y 3 1Y 2 1Y 1 2A4 2A3 2A2 2A1 1A4 1A3 1A2 1A1 VCC 2OE G[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 29 TV Zoom Lens C onnection FO C U S+ Z OO M I RI S- FO C U S- C OM MO N FO C U S- FO C U S Z O O M- Z O O M+ C OM MO N Z OO M+ FO C U S Z O O M FO C U S+ C OM MO N H IR O SE 32 40 -8 P- C (5 0 ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 T V Z O O M L EN S U N I PO L AR T YPE Z OO M- I RI S I RI S T V Z O O M L EN S BI POL AR T YPE H IR O SE 3[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 30 Video Ir is Connectio n V ID E O A UTO- IR IS L E NS H I R OSE 3240-8P-C(50) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LENS POWE R POW ER GR OU N D POW ER GR OU N D VI D EO SI GN AL 12V_POWER J EI T A C ON N EC T OR 1 2 3 4 LEN S GR OU N D 1 2 3 4 12V POW ER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 H I R OSE H R 10A-10P-12S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 31 T rigger Timing Diagra m[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 32 Notes on T riggering Definitions o User Trigger is the trigger signal applied by the user. o Logic Trigger is the trigger signal seen b y the camera internal logic. o Tpd is the p ropagation delay between the User Trigger and the Logic Trigger. o Exposure is h igh when the camera image sensor is integrating light. [...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 33 Triggering dur ing the Readout State o For applications requiring the faste st triggering cycle time whereb y the camera image sens or is exposing a nd readin g o ut sim ultaneously, the n the User T rigger signal shou ld be applied as soon a s a valid Trigger Ready is detect ed. o In this case, Trigger La tency an[...]

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    GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 34 Camera Controls For the latest, up to date camera controls, see AVT Camera and Driver Attributes.pdf at http://ww w.alliedvisiontec.com[...]