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    Unibrain Ul tra Compac t firewire cam e ras Models: 530/630 /830 User Operation Manual V ersion 1.0 September 2008[...]

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    Legal Notice For Customer s in U.S. A. This equipm ent has be en tested and found t o com ply with th e limits for a Class B digital d evice, p ursuant t o Part 15 of the F CC Rules. The se limits a re des igned t o provid e reaso nable p rotectio n ag ainst harm ful inte rferen ce whe n the equ ipmen t is oper ate d in a commer cial e nvironme nt.[...]

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    Before You Start This manual should help you in installa tion and setting of the camera and we reco mmend you to car efully follow th e instru ction described. To ensure that your warranty remains valid, read the manual carefully before usin g the camera. DO NOT disasse mble, mod ify or repair the ca mera since t here is no user ser viceable part i[...]

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    Table of contents 1. Introduction ......................... ....... ......................... ......................................................... 1 1.1. Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. Dimensions an d De[...]

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    3.8. Gain ................................................................................................................................................................ . 24 3.9. T rigger & St robe ............................................................................................................................................... 24[...]

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    SIO (RS232) RX C ontrol Procedure .............................................................................................................................. 47 SIO (RS232) TX Control Procedure Me thod I ............................................................................................................... 48 SIO (RS232) TX Control Proce[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 1 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview Unibrain’ s ne w Fire - i ultra co mpact Industrial Fire wire camera s Series open s up a new horizon in digit al image processing ; by providing more features in a very small form facto r wh ile s ti ll ma in tai ning e xcellent c ost e ffe ctive ness and high[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 2 1.2. Dimensio n s and Description Camera Body S ize : 29 (w) x 29 (H) x 39 (D) mm Camera Body Wei g h t: approx. 63 gra m Operation T em perature: -5° C ~ 45°C / Storage T emperature: - 20 ° C ~ 65 °C Avoid operation in environment of high humidi ty over 90% and all ow suff icient airflow[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 3 1.4. Firewire Port The indu stry standard FireWire (I EEE - 1394) port has the followi ng pin assign ment . Data and control of the came ra and power ar e provided by the f irewire port. Pin Signal 1 VP 2 VG(Ground) 3 TPB - 4 TPB+ 5 TPA 6 T PA - CAUTION : DO NO T reverse the polarity . Thi s [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 4 1.5. Electrical O p era ting Condition Trigger Recommended T rigger Example 1 Recommended T rigger Example 2 User Side T rigger Opto. Coupler Camera Side FT Series  Camera External T rigger Pin GND Pin Recommended T rigger Example Electrica l Specif ication Ext. T rigge r signal Ext. tr[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 5 Strobe Recommended Strobe Example 1 Recommended Strobe Example 2 User Side Strobe Opto. Coupler Camera Side FT Series  Camera Strobe Pin Active High GND Pin GND 220 Ω Recommended Strobe Example Electrica l Specif ication Strobe signal Strobe GND App 2msec User can se t strobe du rat ion S[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 6 1.6. Pixel Dat a The Unibrain Fi re -i ultra comp act form Series com plies w ith the II DC 1394 - B ased Dig ital Camera Spe cif ication V1.31 where d a t a packets are tran sm itted by a FireWire TM interface as isochron ous pac kets . Ever y video forma t, mode and frame r ate has a differ[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 7 U- (K+Pn - 8) Y - (K+Pn - 8) Y - (K+ Pn - 7) V - (K+ Pn - 8) Y - (K+Pn - 6) Y - (K+Pn - 5) U- (K+Pn - 4) Y - (K+Pn - 4) Y - (K+Pn - 3) V - (K+ Pn - 4) Y - (K+ Pn - 2) Y - (K+Pn - 1) < Y(Mono) Format > Y - (K+0) Y - (K+ 1) Y - (K+ 2) Y - (K+ 3) Y - (K+4) Y - (K+5) Y - (K+6) Y - (K+7) Y -[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 8 < U, V > Each component has 8 bit data. The data ty pe is “ S traig h t Bina ry ” Signal Level ( De c imal) Data (Hexadecimal) Highest(+) 127 0xFF 126 0xFE . . . . 1 0x81 Lowest 0 0x80 -1 0x7F . . . . - 127 0x01 Lowest - 128 0x00 <Y (Mono16) > Y component has 16 bit data. The [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 9 2. Camera Sp ecific ations 2.1. Monochrome cameras 2.1.1. F ire -i 830 b Specification Fea t u re s Image Sensor T ype 1/1.8 - inch Interline CCD ( Sony I CX2 74 AL ) Effec tive pixe ls 2,010 ,00 0 pixels 1 628 (H) x 1236 (V) Pictur e Size 1600x1200, 1280x 960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 Cell[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 10 2.1.2. Fire -i 630 b Specification Fea t u re s Image Sensor T ype 1/ 3- inch Interline CCD ( Sony ICX204AL ) Effec tive pixe ls 800,000 pixels 1034(H) x 7 79(V) Pictur e Size 1024x768, 8 00x600, 640x48 0, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.65x4.65 Real Fr ame Rate 30, 15, 7 .5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 3[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 11 2.1.3. Fire - i 530 b Specificatio n Fea t u re s Image Sensor 1/3 - inch Interline CCD ( Sony ICX424AL) Eff ective Pix els 330,000 pixel s 659(H) x 4 94(V) Pictur e Size 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Cell Siz e 7. 4 0 x 7. 4 0 Real Frame Rate 60, 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 86 (640x480, F o[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 12 2.2. Color Cameras 2.2.1. Fire - i 830 c Spec i fic a tion Fea t u re s Image Sensor T ype 1/1.8 - inch Interline CCD ( Sony I CX - 274A Q) Effec tive pixe ls 2,010 ,000 pixel s 1 600 (H) x 1200 (V) Pictur e Size 1600x1200, 1280x 960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 Cell Size(um) 4. 4 x 4. 4 Real[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 13 2.2.2. Fire - i 630 c Specification Fea t u re s Image Sensor T ype 1/ 3- inch Interline CCD ( Sony ICX - 204A K) Effec tive pixe ls 800,000 pixels 1034(H) x 7 79(V) Pictur e Size 1024x768, 800x600, 640x48 0, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.65 x 4.65 Real Frame R ate 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.875 / Y8,[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 14 2.2.3. Fire - i 530 c Specification Fea t u re s Image S ens or T ype 1/3 - inch Interl ine CCD ( ICX - 424AQ ) Effec tive pixe ls 330,000 pixels 659(H) x 4 94(V) Pictur e Size 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Cell Size(um) 7. 4 0 x 7. 4 0 Real Fr ame Rate 60, 30, 15, 7 .5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16, YUV422[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 15 2.3. Spectral Sensitivity E xcludes lens a n d light sour ce c haracteris tic s. 2.3.1. B&W Cameras Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 830 b Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 630 b[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 16 Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 530 b[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 17 2.3.2. Color Cameras Spectral Sens it iv ity for Fire - i 830 c Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 630 c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 18 Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 530 c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 19 3. Basic Operatio n and F eatures The Unibrain cam eras em ploy a progress ive scan CCD sens or which provid es di fferent feat ure s fo r each model. Basic functions and features a re similar , w hile each camera has its own spec if i c function sup port. The cameras - fully support the IID[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 20 1: Control wi th value in Ab s olute value CSR if this bi t = 1, value in Va lue filed is ig nored - [2 ..4 ] Reserved One_Push [5] Wr ite ‘1’: begin to work(S elf clea r e d after operatio n ) Read : V alue= ’1’ in operation Va l u e = ’0’ not in operation If A_M_Mode = 1 , this[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 21 0:OFF , 1:ON If this bit=0 , other f ields will b e r ead only . A_M_Mode [7] Write: set the mode, Read : read a curre n t mod e 0: Manual, 1:Aut o - [ 8..19 ] Reserved Va l u e [ 20..31 ] Va l u e : Write the value in Auto m ode, this f iled is ignored . If “ReadOut” ca pability is no t[...]

  • Page 28

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 22 Status Control Register Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 80C h WHITE_BAL ANCE Presence_Inq [0] Presen ce o f this feature. 0 :N/A 1:Available Abs_Con t rol [1] A b solute value cont rol 0: Control wit h value in the V a lue f ield 1: Control with value in the Absolute value CSR If this bi[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 23 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Gamma Range T able Gamma Va l u e 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Gamma 0.4 0.5 0.6 0. 7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gamma Va l u e 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Gamma 1.5 1.6 1. 7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 24 2903~3304 100ms T= (Y - 2902)*1 00+5800 ms 5.9s ~ 46s 3305~3508 1s T= (Y - 3304)*1 000+46000 ms 47s ~ 250s 3509~3843 10s T= (Y - 3508)*1 0 + 250 s 260s ~ 3600s Shutter Speed Example Example Sh utter Speed Table 1394 Shutter Exposure Time 1394 S hutter Exposur e Time 1394 Shutter Exposure T i[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 25 3.9.1. Supported Trigger T rigger Edge Rising Edge or F alling Edge Mode 0, 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 14 , 15 Source External or Software T rigger Inquiry Register Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 530 h TRIGGER_I NQ Pr esence_Inq [0] Presenc e of this feature Abs_Contro l_Inq [1] Ca p ability of co[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 26 3.9.2. Trigger and Strob e Signal Relation[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 27 3.9.3. Timing Diagram for External Trigge r and Shutter and Strobe This diagram shows the nece ssary time related t o each sig nal for Exter na l trigger and Shutter and Strobe.[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 28 3.9.4. Trigger Mode 0 The Camera sta rts in tegration of the inco ming li ght from the extern al trigger input f alling edge. The Integr ation time is de scr ibed in the "Shutter " reg is ter . No parameter is needed . 3.9.5. Trigger Mode 1 The c amera starts the integratio n of th[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 29 3.9.7. Trigger Mode 3 Not suppor ted at Format 7 Mode This is an i ntern al tr igge r mode . T he c amera will issue a trigger internally and the cycle time is N tim es (parameter) the cycle time o f the fa stest frame rate. T he Integratio n time of the incoming light is descr ibed in the ?[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 30 3.9.9. Trigger Mode 5 This mode is the “multi ple sh utter pulse width mode” . The c amera starts the integration of the incoming light from the f irst external trig ger input falling edge and exposes the inc oming light unt il the trigg er is inactive. Repea t this sequence for the N - [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 31[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 32 3.10. Strobe Co ntrol Registe r Base Address: 0xF 2F 23000 h Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 000h Strobe_CTRL _Inq Strobe_0_Inq [0] Presence of stro be 0 signal Strobe_1_Inq [1] Presence of strobe 1 sig nal Strobe_2_Inq [2 ] Presence of str o be 2 signa l Strobe_3_Inq [3] P rese nce of s[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 33 active output, 1: High activ e output) Delay_V alue [8..19] Delay af ter start of exposure until the strobe signa l a s serts Duration_V alue [20..31] Duration of the strobe signal A value 0 means dessert at the end of exposure funct io n if required . 204h Strobe_1_Cn t Sam e d e f inition [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 34 3.11. Trigger Delay Control Based on the ext ernal triggers, the user ca n delay ima g e acquisitio n by the trigger delay control feature. Tri gger Delay Table M ode V alue range Trigger d elay Time : T DelayTime Range All Cameras 0 ~ 4000 T = Yus 0 usec ~ 4000 use c Inquiry Register Addres[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 35 The table shows the strobe index by the increment ste p through strobe dela y time and strobe dur ation time. Increment Step is diffe ren t according to s trobe index. Strobe Delay/Duration T ab le Strobe Index( Y) Increment Step Strobe Delay Time : T Delay Time Duration Time Ra nge 0 0us N.[...]

  • Page 42

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 36 3.12. Optical Fil ter Control The Optical Fil te r contro l allows the user to cha nge the optica l f i lter of the camera . Y ou can c hang e the Bayer pattern by m oving the starti ng posi tion of th e pattern by one position up, do wn, right or lef t. (Only for color models) Inquiry Regis[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 37 3.13. Color (Bayer) Patterns Co nversion Color sensor s capture images th rough a n op tical low pass f ilter p laced over the individua l pixel s in a Bayer mos aic layout . The Imaged data is transferred to the PC where the color processing can save bandw idth gaining hig her frame r ate a[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 38 4. Advanced Features 4.1. Binning M od e Binning is d ef ined as reading neighboring pixe l s fro m the CCD and combining t hem to create one pixel v alue . Binning has an ad vantage in the following situation s as well as in v arious ap plications . Relative binning m ode per camera model i[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 39 4.1.3. Full Binning Full bin ning mode can be o btained by combin ing both v ertica l and horizon tal binning. First horizontal pixels are combined ; followed b y a vertical conjun ction of thes e pixels. This would increase lig ht sensitiv ity by a factor of 4 in the ca se of 2 x 2 (Horizon[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 40 4.2. Partial S ca n Cameras pro vide a cer tain resolu tion which is dictated b y the image s ensor . O ften , a certain region m ay be of interest to the u ser . P artia l s can mode provides the function to cap ture a certain region of intere st (ROI) w hich can provide an advantage in dat[...]

  • Page 47

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 41 4.3. Pan/Tilt Pan/Tilt is a funct ion used to move a camer a up and down or left and right. How ever , unl ike the me chanical Pa n /Tilt which is ca rr ied out by physic all y mov ing the ca mera up a nd down, th is funct ion by using a smalle r vid eo mod e than the CCD ’ s effect ive pi[...]

  • Page 48

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 42 Pan/Tilt Details for F ire - i 830b & Fir e -i 830c Imag e Size Movement Fire - i 830b Kh=22, K v=34 Fi re - i 830c Kh=20, K v=34 Range(Inc r. =1) Default Range(Inc r. =2) Default 320 x 240 Pan 160 ~ 1462 810 160 ~ 1460 810 Tilt 120 ~ 1114 616 120 ~ 1114 616 640 x 480 Pan 320 ~ 1302 810 [...]

  • Page 49

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 43 4.4. One- Shot and Multi - Shot This camera sup ports One - Sho t and Multi - Shot features. The camera should be i n ISO disabled mode bef ore the execution of the se command s . I f the ca mera is in I SO enabled mode , these com mands are ignored. One -S hot is used to grab only one fra m[...]

  • Page 50

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 44 4.5. Multi- Camera Auto -sync . Not supported in 3.75 fps In applicati on s incorporating M ulti - Camera , there is often a need to sync hronize the cameras. Multi - Camera Auto Synchronizatio n is supported utilizing the FireW ire bus time cycle register which is conne cted on the same Fir[...]

  • Page 51

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 45 4.7. Memory Channel Save / Load The setting of th e camera features (Shut ter , Gai n, e tc) and video mod e can be stored in a non - volatile memory . The camera supports 16 memo ry channels as per the table below f or the user to convenie ntly save and load different f eatures as wel l as [...]

  • Page 52

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 46 4.8. Time Stamp Register The Time stamp reg ister may be inquired from the Native FireWire Bus (I EEE - 1394.a) CYCLE_TIME r egisters as follows. Y ou may also get the same value from user def ined registers b ut we recommend this. Address Description( bit : m sb*) Read/Write 0xF0000200 CYCL[...]

  • Page 53

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 47 4.9. Seri al Interface The cameras are equipped with the SIO (Seria l input/ output ) feature described in the II DC 1.31 sp ecif ication. By using the seria l interface, the user can execute commands by w riting data in a specif ic address in the Fire Wire address range. SI O can be further[...]

  • Page 54

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 48 STEP 3 Read RS232 RX data from S IO_Data_Register (addr. : F2F22100 ) STEP 4 If data is further required repeat from STEP1 Note that 1394 data consist of 32 bit data the data read sh ould B it 0 ~ Bit 7 : 1 st Data Bit 8 ~ Bi t 15 : 2 nd Data Bit 16 ~ Bit 23 : 3 rd Data Bit 24 ~ Bit 31 : 4 t[...]

  • Page 55

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 49 SIO (RS232) TX Control Proced ure Method II STEP 1 Check TX buffer size by reading TBUF _ST of the Transmit_Buff er_Status_Co ntrol register(Addr. : F2F220Ch) If ((TBUF_ST == Buf fer_Size_Inq) or (TB UF_TDRD ==1)) then TX is C OMPLETE else TX is INC OMPLETE TBUF_ST : Current TX Data buffer(U[...]

  • Page 56

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 50 4.9.2. SIO (RS232) Registers B ase address: F2F22000h, default baud rate is 57600 Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 000h Serial_Mode_Reg Baud Rate [0 ..7 ] Baud Rate Setti ng Write : Set baud rate Read : Get current baud rate 0: 300 bps 1: 600 bps 2: 1200 bps 3: 2400 bps 4: 4800 bps 5: 960[...]

  • Page 57

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 51 Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored PER [14] Recei ve data parity error Read : Current status Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored - [15] Reserved 008h R eceive_Buffer_Sta tus_Con trol RBUF_ ST [0..8] S I O receive buffer sta tus Read : V alid data siz e of current receive buffer Write : Ignored RB[...]

  • Page 58

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 52 4.9.3. SIO(RS232) Special Commands 0xF2F10018 Auto - Sync Mod e control regi ster Bit 31 : a uto syn c enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode ( 0 : Custom mode , 1 : IIDC v1.31) Bit 27 : a uto syn c comple te ( rea d only . 1 : ready , 0 : not yet a u to - sync) Read/Wri te Custom c ommands are val[...]

  • Page 59

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 53 S AF 0Bytes Z ‘G’ +18 Byte Read feature contro l value Return v a lue o rd er ‘G’ [Gain] [Shutter ] [Set/Clear auto gain and shutte r] [Auto Expo sure] [Gam ma] [Brightness] [Sharpness] [ISO] [T rigger] Ex) At Comma nd SAFZ, if return v alue is G001200132F2002 010 1, Gain : 0x001 Shu[...]

  • Page 60

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 54 4.10. Frame Save Function The Fire - i ultra compact f orm ser ies cameras can save their fram e s in the camera memory . Th e camera can be instruct e d to stop running when the maximum frames ar e saved in the mem ory . Max savable frame numbers are diffe ren t accor ding to models. The sa[...]

  • Page 61

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 55 4.11. LUT (Look up table) The cameras support a LUT , which p rovid es t he use r with an image with the u ser ’ s def ined dynam ic range. Through the LUT , the u ser can process t he images f rom s aturation to dark. The LUT can be used opt iona lly w ith Brightne ss , Sharpness and Gamm[...]

  • Page 62

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 56 T he u ser def i ned LUT save procedure is : 1. C heck the save ready bit (b it1) status o f the LUT save con trol registe r (0xF2F10140). If bit 1 is 0, wait. 2. W rite 1 at the LUT buf fer address init bit (bit7) of the LUT sav e control register (0xF 2F10140) : 0xF2F10140 ( <= 0x010000[...]

  • Page 63

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 57 4.12. One Pixe l S now Noise Rem ove With this functi o n, it is p oss ible to average the value of sn ow noi se pixel by using th e neig hbo ri ng p ixels values. The formula used is: I f ((Pi - Pi - 1) > Thr eshold*16) and ((Pi - Pi+1) > ( Threshold *16)), Pi is bad pixel. T he purpo[...]

  • Page 64

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 58 4.13. PIO Control R e g ister Short for P rog ram m ab le Input/Output , PIO provide s a set of IO ports which can be co nf ig ured by the def ined address . The PI O con trol reg iste r by 1394 addres s , for strobe and trigger signal , is as follow s. Address D escription (bit 0: m sb) Rea[...]

  • Page 65

    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 59 5. User D efined (custom) FIREWIRE Registers User def ined registers are featur es undef ined in the IIDC specif ication which Unib rain camer as are capable of . The u ser can utilize extended features of the specif i c F i reWire register for an applicatio n. Note : F or users who have had[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 60 0xF2F10018 Mode control register Bit 31 : a uto syn c enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode (0 : Custom m ode , 1 : IIDC v1.31) Bit 27 : auto syn c com p lete (read onl y . 1: ready , 0 : not yet auto - sync ) Read/Wri te 0xF2F1001C 1394 time stamp regi ster(msb:bit0) We recommend using native CYC[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 61 image command 0xF2F1012C 4 step knee LUT run control register LUT knee 1st point re gister Bit 0 : prese nce i nquiry (rea d only) Bit 1 : LUT regeneration command (self cleared) Bit 2~Bit4 : reserved Bit 5 : enable b rightness , sharpnes s, g amma fea ture with k nee funct ion Bit 6 : On/Of[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 62 0xF2F10150 Snow noise remove t hreshold register Bit 0 : presence inquiry (read only) Bit 1 ~ Bit 5 : reserved Bit 6 : on/off Bit 7 : grid noise f ilter enable mode f or mono800 at co lor camera (0:d isable, 1: enable) Bit 8~Bit23 : reserved Bit 24~Bit31 : Thres hold V alue (T) : If Pix el d[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 63 6. Video Formats and M o des IIDC 1.31 def ines sev eral video form at s which d eterm ine the video data outp ut from th e camera. An over vie w of those for ma ts is :  Format 0: Vid eo formats up to VG A ( 640 x 480) resolu tion.  Format 1: Vid eo formats for SVGA ( 800 x 600) and X[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 64 6.1. Fire -i 830 b / Fire -i 830 c Format Mode Resolution 60fps 30fps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75fps 1. 875fps 0 0 160 x 120 YUV 444 1 320 x 240 YUV 422 2 640 x 480 YUV 411 3 640 x 480 YUV 422 O O O 4 640 x 480 RGB 5 640 x 480 Mono 8 O O O 6 640 x 480 Mono 16 O O O 1 0 800 x 6 00 YUV 422 O O 1 800[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 65 6.2. F ire -i 630 b / F ire -i 630 c Format Mode Resolution 60fps 30fps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75fps 1. 875fps 0 0 1 60 x 120 YUV 444 1 320 x 240 YUV 422 2 640 x 480 YUV 411 3 640 x 480 YUV 422 O O O O 4 640 x 480 RGB 5 640 x 480 Mono 8 O O O O 6 640 x 480 Mono 16 O O O O 1 0 800 x 600 YUV 422 O[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 66 6.4. Trouble Sh oot in g FireWire based camera s are operated in connection with system w here the user may enco u nter problems as the y operate. The se problems may ori ent e ither from the camera side or the system side that the camera is being used . W e recommend re adin g the ma nual c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 530/630/8 30 Operation Manual Pa g e 67 7. Technical S upport We ensure the conformity of our product to be reli ab le and free from defects during manufacturing by testing al l the cameras before rel ease . However unexpected problems and technical issues may come up due to the complexity of the product. In ca se you require te c[...]