Allied International GX3300C manual

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    GX 3300 / GX 3300 C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby, BC V5J 5E9 / Canada Technic al Man ual 700060 A April 7, 2010[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 2 T able of Content s Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 Precautions .........................[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 3 Legal notice For customers in the U.S.A. (FCC Complia nce Information) This equipment has bee n tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pu rsuant to Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interfe rence when the equipmen[...]

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    GX3300 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 Gmb H (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.co[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 5 Intr oduction The GX3300 series of cameras are sens itiv e, 17 f rames per second, 8 m egapixel, Gigabit E thernet cameras b ased on the Kodak KAI-08050 CCD sensor. Th ese camera s 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 INST A[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 6 Canada Inc. will n ot warranty pa rts which have b een dam aged through the obvious misuse of this product.[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 7 Specification s Sensor Type Kodak KA I-08050 Sensor Shutte r Type Progressive Interline Image Re solution 3296 x 247 2 pixels Pixel Size 5.5 µ m x 5.5 µ m Optical Fo rmat 4/3 inch Lens Moun t F-mount with ad justable back focus Color Sen sor Filter Pattern † Bayer Full Resolut ion Frame Rate 17 fps I/O 2 isolate[...]

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    GX3300 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 increme nts External T rigger Event rising edge, falling e dge, any edge, le vel high, level low Exposure Tim[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 9 Mechanica l GX F-MOUNT[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 10 Connections GX CONNECTIO N DIA GR AM[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 11 GIGABIT ETHERNE T PORTS These ports confo rm to the IEEE 802. 3 1 000BASE-T standard for Gigabit Ethe rnet over copper. It is recommend ed that CAT5E or CAT6 com patible cabling and connectors be used for be st p erformance. Cable len gths u p to 100m are supported . For higher bandwidth requirements, bot h ports c[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 12 EXTERNAL P OWER This connect ion provides the main power f or the camera. T he camera operate s f rom a DC voltage be tween 5V to 24V . T he current capacity of t he power supply can be estimated by d ividing th e came ra ’ s po wer requireme nt b y the external power voltage. It is also recomme nded to factor th[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 13 SYNC OUTPUT S (1 to 4) These signals are o ptically iso lated a nd require the user t o p rovide a h igh voltage level ( USER VCC ) and sig nal co mmon ( USE R GROUND ). US ER VC C can be f rom 5 V to 24V. ICC is a func tion of USER VCC and load res istor R. An example of the functiona l circuit is indica ted in th[...]

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    GX3300 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 15 LENS CONTRO L PORT 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, focus, and zoom of most commercially av ailable TV Zoom lenses. The came ra can be c[...]

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    GX3300 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 appear as a darke ned area or smudge on the image that does not mo ve a s the camera is mo ved. Do not confuse this with a pixel defe ct which will appear a s a[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 17 Adjusting the F-mou nt THE F-MOUNT IS ADJUSTED AT THE F ACTORY AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ADJUSTING. If for some rea son, the F-mount re quires adjustment, use the following method. Attach F-mount compatible lens Use an F-mo unt compa tible le ns that allows an infinity f ocus. Attach th e lens to the camera using a co[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 18 assembly u ntil th e image is in f ocus. Carefully ti ghten the 3 se t screws. Recheck the focus.[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 19 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 20 5. Click on “ OK ” to validate your change (the “ Properties ” windo w 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 21 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 wi ll form our LAG or TEAM. Click “ Next ” to continue. 13. Cho ose “ Static Link Aggregatio n ” . Click “ Next ” to contin ue. 14. T he LAG gr[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 22 15. On ce completed the prop erties of the TEAM (LAG) that has just been created will appear. A new Network Connections Ico n corresponding 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 23 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 AVT/Pro silica Filter Driver. The Filte r Driver will improve CPU pe rformance and is recomme nded. o Plug in the GX ca mera[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 24 T rouble Shooting Is the camera getting po wer? 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 usin g a custom power ada ptor, be sure the adaptor su pports the voltage and power require ments of the camera . If the L ED still [...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 25 The following example is not on the same Subnet : NIC IP 169.250. 23 .2 Sub net Mask: 255.255.255. 0, CamIP 16 9.254. 13.0 Subne t 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 NIC I P to be in th e AutoIP rang[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 26 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 27 Addendum[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 28 GX IO Schema tic PIN 3. SY N C OU T 4 VDD +3.3 TL P281-4GB 7 8 10 9 PIN 9. R S-232 T X D CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OUT 2 CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OUT 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HI R OSE H R 10A-10R-12PB TL P281-4GB 5 6 12 11 100K CAMERA LOGIC SY N C IN 2 4.7K PIN 7. U SER GROU N D I F = 5 m A 442R 442R CAMERA LOGIC SY N C I[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 29 User T r igger Circuit Example This diagram indicates one exam ple of a 5V TTL based user t rigger circuit. 0.1 u 10V CAMERA POWER U SER LOGI C SY N C OU T 4 SY N C I N 2 SN74ABT244 APWR 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 VC C 2[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 30 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 - 8P- C ( 50 ) 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 31 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 POW ER 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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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 32 T rigger Timing Diagra m[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 33 Notes on T riggering Definitio ns 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 T rigger. o Exposure is h igh when the camera image sensor is integrating light[...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 34 Triggering durin g the Readout Stat e o For applications requiring the faste st triggering cycle t ime where by the camera image sens or is exposing a nd readin g out simultaneously, t hen the Use r T rigger signal shou ld be applied as soon a s a valid Trigger Ready is detect ed. o In this case, T rigger Lat ency [...]

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    GX3300 T echnical Manu al Page 35 Camera Controls For the latest, up to date camera controls, see AVT Camera and Driver Attributes.pdf at http://ww w.alliedvisiontec.com[...]