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    Unibra in Fire wire-800 cameras, Juniper series Models: 580/780/785/980 User Operation Manual V ersion 1.3 January 2011[...]

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    L egal Notice For Customer s in U.S.A. This equipm ent has b een tested and found to c omply wi th the lim its for a Clas s B digital de vice, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are des igned to provide rea sonable prot ection ag ainst harm ful interference when the equip ment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipmen[...]

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    Before You Start This manual should he lp you in insta llation a nd setting of the ca mera and we rec ommend you t o careful ly follow t he instructio n descri bed. T o ensure that your warr anty remains valid, read the manual carefully before using the camera. DO NOT disassemble, m odify or repair the came ra since there is no user servicea ble pa[...]

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    Table of C ontents 1. Introduction ......................... ................................................... ...................................... 1 1.1. Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. Mechanical dim ens[...]

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    3 .7. Saturation ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 3.9. Gamma ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 3.[...]

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    4.8.3. SIO (RS232) specia l Commands ................................................................................................................... 49 4.9. Frame Save Function ......................................................................................................................................... 51 4.10. LUT (Lookup table) ...[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 1 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview Unibrain’ s new Fir e - i IIDC 1394b camera series opens up a new hori zon on digital image p rocessing by provi ding more f eatures in a small form f actor while maintaining the cost effective ness and high quality . All models are comprised of a wide rang[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 2 1.2. Mechan ica l dimensions 1.2.1. Fire - i 580 , Fire - i 785 Camera Body Size: 50 (w) x 50 (H) x 40 (D) mm Camera Body Wei g h t : 150 gra m 1.2.2. Fire - i 780 Camera Body Size : 50 (w) x 50 (H) x 40 (D) mm Camera Body Wei g h t : 150 gra m[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 3 1.2.3. Fire -i 980 Camera Body Size: 50 (w) x 50 (H) x 49 (D) mm Camera Body Wei g h t : 230 gra m[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 4 1.3. Camera Interface 1.3.1. FireWire - 800 Port The industry sta ndard Firew ire - 800 (IEEE - 1394b ) port has the follow ing pin assi gn ment . Da ta and control of the cam era are pro vided via 1394B and came ra powe r can al so be suppli ed by FireWire bus. Pin Signal 1 TPB- 2 TPB+ 3[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 5 1.4. Electrical Operating Cond ition The cameras feature a photo coupler as below: Trigger Parameter Min Typical Max I 7 mA 10 mA 20 mA Ri - 270 Ω - Vd - 1.08 V - Rising tr igger delay 2.24 us 3.34 us 3.36 us F alling trigger dela y 2.62 us 3.61 us 3.64 us Strobe Strobe Power Stro be fal[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 6 1.5. Pixel Dat a Juniper ser ies came ras compl y with the IIDC 1394 - Based Digital Camera Specif ication V1 .3 2 where data packets are transmitted b y Firewire interface as isochronous packe ts. Every vid eo format, mode and frame rate has different video data format. (Pixel data sou r[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag 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 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 8 < U, V > Each component has 8 bit data. The data ty pe is “ Straight B in a 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. T[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 9 2. Camera s pe cificati ons 2.1. Black and White Camera s 2.1.1. Fire -i 980 b Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 2/3- inch Interline CCD ( ICX 625 AL) Effec tive pixe ls 5,054,448 pixels 2456 (H) x 2058 (V) Pictur e Size 2448x20 48 , 1600x1200, 1280x960 ,1024x768, 800x600, 640x480[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 10 2.1.2. Fire -i 780 b Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 2/3- inch Interline CCD ( ICX2 8 5A L) Effec tive pixe ls 1,450,000 pixels 1388 (H) x 1040(V) Pictur e Size 1388 x10 40,1280 x960,1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 Cell Size(um) 6.45 x 6.45 Real Frame R ate 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.87[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 11 2.1.3. Fire -i 785 b Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1 /3 - inch Interline CCD ( ICX 445 AL) Effec tive pixe ls 1.2Mega pixels 1280 (H) x 964 (V) Pictur e Size 1288x96 4, 1280x960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x 480 Cell Size(um) 3.75 x 3. 75 Real Frame R ate 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.87[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 12 2.1.4. Fire -i 580 b Specification Features Image Sensor 1/3 - inch Interline C CD ( ICX424AL ) Eff ective P ixels 330, 000 pix els 659(H) x 494(V) Pictur e Size 656x488, 6 40x480 Cell Siz e 7 .40x7 .40 Real Frame Rate 60, 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.875 87 ( 656 x 488 , F ormat 7 mode 0, mon[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 13 2.2. Color Cameras 2.2.1. Fire -i 9 80 c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 2/3 - inch Interline CCD ( ICX 625 A QA ) Effec tive pixe ls 5,054,448 pixels 2456 (H) x 2058 (V) Pictur e Size 2448x20 48 , 1600x1200, 1280x960 ,1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 , 320x240 Cell Size(um) 3. 45 x3[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 14 2.2.2. Fire -i 780c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 2/3- inch Interline CCD ( ICX 285 AQ) Effec tive pixe ls 1,450,000 pixels 1392(H) x 1040(V) Pictur e Size 1388x10 36,1280x960,1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 , 320x240 Cell Size(um) 6. 45 x6. 45 Real Frame R ate 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 15 2.2.3. Fire -i 785c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/ 3- inch Interl ine CCD ( ICX 445 AQ) Effec tive pixe ls 1,250,000 pixels 1 296 (H) x 966 (V) Pictur e Size 128 8 x96 0, 1280x960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 , 320x 240 Cell Size(um) 3.75 x 3. 75 Real Frame R ate 30, 15, 7 .[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 16 2.2.4. Fire -i 580c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/3 - inch Interl ine CCD ( ICX424AQ ) Effec tive pixe ls 330,000 pixels 659(H) x 494( V) Pictur e Size 652 x 484, 6 40 x 480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 7 .40x7 .40 Real Fr ame Rate 60, 30, 15, 7 .5, 3. 75, 1.875 88 ( 652x484 , F [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 17 2.3. Spectral Sensitivity E xcludes lens a nd light s our ce character istic s. 2.3.1. Monochrome c ameras Spectral sensi ti vity for Fire - i 980b Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 780b[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 18 Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 785b Spectral Sens itivity for Fire - i 580b[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 19 2.3.2. Color Cameras Spectral sensi ti vity of Fire - i 980c Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 780c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 20 Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 785c Spectral Sensi t ivity for Fire - i 580c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 21 3. Basic Operatio n and F eatures The Unibrain cameras employ progressive scan CCD se nsor whic h provides feat ures accord ing to each mo del. Basic functions and features are sim ilar while ea ch camera of its range wou ld have their spec ific function sup port. The cameras - full y su[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 22 Status Control Register Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 800h BRIGHTN ESS Presence_ Inq [0] Presence of t his featur e 0:N/A 1:A vailable Abs_Contr ol [1] Absolute value c ontr ol 0: Control wi th value in Va lu e field 1: Contro l w ith value in A bsolute value CSR if this bi t = 1, [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 23 Read : Valu e=’1’ in operation V alue= ’0’ not in ope rat io n If A_M_Mode = 1, this b i t is ignored ON_OFF [6] Wri te : ON or OF F this feature, Read: read a stat us 0:OFF , 1:ON If this bit=0 , other fields wi ll b e read only . A_M_Mode [7] Write: set the mode, Read: read a c[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 24 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_Contr ol [1] Absolute value c ont rol 0: Control wit h value in the V alue field 1: Control with value in the Absolute value CSR If this bi[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 25 3.7. Saturation The saturation re g ister at offset 8 14h allow s th e inten si ty of the color s t o be changed in the range of 0 ~ 25 5 . For Saturation contr ol i nquiry and status reg is ter , follow the same defin ition as “ BR IGHTNE SS” V alue 0 V alue 128 V alue 255 • Opera[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 26 3.9. Gamma Gamma con trol define s the function b etween incoming light level and output p icture level. Factory default setting fo r Gamma is set t o 1.0. Gamma value is adjustable in th e range of 0.45 ~ 1.65 as per the table below . For Gamma control inquir y and stat u s reg ister , [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 27 3.10. Shutter Shutter is define d as th e integrati on tim e of t he in coming light where both the Manual and Auto Shutter are supported . The shutter range varies from 1us ~ 3600 sec . Fo r Shutter con trol i nq uiry and sta tus regis ter , follow th e sa me d efin i tion as “ BRIGHT[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 28 3.11. Gain Gain refers to the amount of the CCD output signal amplification where gain and shutter h ave similar effec t on the image. Manual and Aut omatic gain mode ar e supported an d manual ad justment is possible f or the f ollowing r ange. For Gain control inquir y and stat u s reg[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 29 Control Register Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 830 h TRIGGER _MODE Presen ce_Inq 0 Presence of th i s feature 0:N/A 1:Av ailable Abs_Contr ol [1] Absolute value control 0: Control with value in the Value field 1: Control with value in the Absolute value CSR If this bit = 1, value i[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 30 3.12.1. Trigger and Strob e Signal Relation[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 31 3.12.2. Timing Diagram for External Trigger and Shutter an d 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 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 32 3.12.3. Trigger & Strobe delay For F ire - i 580 / 785 / 780 / 980 , the strobe s ignal star ting poin t is almost t he same as the e xposure star ting p o int . 3.12.4. Trigger Mode 0 Camera starts in tegration of the incoming light from external tr igger input falling edge. Integra[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 33 3.12.6. Trigger Mode 2 Camera starts integration of i ncoming light from first exte rnal tri gger input falling edge. At the N - th (parameter) external t rigger inpu t f alling edge, in tegrat ion will be s topped. A Par ameter is required and shall be two or more. (N >= 2) 3.12.7. T[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 34 3.12.9. Trigger Mode 5 This mode is “mu ltiple shu tter pulse widt h m o d e ”. The Camera starts integration of the i ncom ing light from the first external trig ger input falling edg e and exposes incoming light until the trigger is inactive. It r epeats this seque nce for the N - [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 35[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 36 3.13. Strobe Co ntrol Registe r Base Addre ss : 0xF 2F 23000 h Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 000h Strobe_CTRL _Inq Strobe_0_Inq [0] Presence of strobe 0 sign a l Strobe_1_Inq [1] Presence of strobe 1 sig nal Strobe_2_Inq [2 ] Pr ese nce of stro be 2 signal Strobe_3_Inq [3] Presence[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 37 3.14. Trigger Delay Control Based on external triggers users can delay image acquisitio n by the tr igger dela y contr ol featur e. Fire - i came r a series sup port the IIDC V1.3 2 specification for tr igger d e lay con trol as per the following ta bles. Trigger Delay Table M ode V alue[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 38 3.14.1. Strobe Delay / Duration Tab le The table shows the strobe index by i ncrement step through the strobe dela y time and the strobe duration time. The Increment Step is diffe ren t accord in g to strobe ind ex. Strobe Delay T able Strobe Index(Y) Increment Step Strobe Delay Time : T[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 39 3.15. Optical Fil ter Control Optical Fi lter co ntrol allow u ser to change the optica l filter o f the came ra lens function. You can change the Bayer patter ns by mov ing the starting posit ion which to outpu t pixel data by one posi tion up, down, right or left. ( Only for color mode[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 40 3.16. Color (Bayer) Patterns Co nversion Color sensor s capture images thr ough a n opti cal low pass fil ter which is coa ted over the individua l pixel s in Bayer mosaic layout. Imag ed data are transf erred by p assing col or process ing which can save bandw idth gaini ng higher frame[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 41 4. Advanced Features 4.1. Binning M od e Binning is de fined as reading neighboring p ixel from the CCD and comb ining them to create one pixel v alue . Binning has an advantage in the follow ing situa tion s as well as in various applicat ions. Relative binn ing mode per camera model is[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 42 4.1.3. Full Binning Full binning mode can be obtain ed by combi ning both vertical and horizontal binni ng. First horizontal p ixels are combined ; followed by a vertical con junction of these pixels. This would increase lig ht sensi tivity by a factor of 4 in case of 2 x 2 ( Horizon tal[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 43 4.2. Partial S ca n Cameras pro vide a certain resol ution whi ch i s dicta te d b y the im age sensor . O ften , a certain reg ion may b e of inter e st to the user . P artial scan m ode provides t he fun cti on to captu re a certain regi on of inte res t (ROI) wh ich can provide a n ad[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 44 4.3. Pan/Tilt Pan/Tilt is a f uncti on used to move a camera u p and down or left and right. However unlike the mechanical P an /Tilt which is carr ied out by physi cally moving the camera up and dow n, this function s by using a smaller vid eo mode tha n the CCD ’ s effe cti ve p ixe [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 45 T o uti lize Auto - sync, please set Bi t 31 to Auto - sync Enab le , and then c heck the B it 27 to verify whether it is ready . Please refer to the details in the fo ll owing tab le. 0xF2F10018 Auto - Sync Mod e control regi ster Bit 31 : auto sync enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode ( 0 :[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 46 4.7. Time Stamp Register The Time stamp reg ister may be inquired from the f i reWire b us . CY C LE_TIME regi ster can be configured as shown in the table below. Y ou may also get the sa m e value from the user def i ned , but we recommend using t hi s. Address Description( bit : m sb*)[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 47 4.8.2. SIO Registers B ase address: F 2F 22000 h , defa ult baud rate is 57600 Address Name Field Bit Descriptio n 000h Serial_M ode_Reg Baud Rate [0 ..7 ] Baud Rate Setting 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: 96[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 48 Read : Current status Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored PER [14] Recei ve data parity erro r Read : Current status Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored - [15] Reserved 008h Receive_Buffer_Sta tus_Con trol RBUF_ ST [0..8] SIO receive bu ffer s ta t us Read : V alid data size of current recei v[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 49 4.8.3. SIO (RS232) special Co mmands SIO (RS232) special command s are non IID C c omplian t and are s pecific mod e for the F i re - cam eras. 0xF2F10018 Auto - Sync Mod e control regi ster Bit 31 : auto sync enab le Bit 30 : SIO enable mode ( 0 : custom mode , 1 : IIDC v1.32 ) Bit 27 :[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 50  SIO(RS232 ) Comm ands STX Command Data Length ETX Retu rn Va l u e Function S A0 3Bytes Z G Gain control (0x0 00 ~ 0x30F(BW Model) or 2D3(Color Model)) (see gain mapping gr aph) Ex) SA0200Z : Gain index value 51 2 (18dB) S A1 3Bytes Z G Shutter spe ed contro l (0x001 ~ 0xCFB) (see sh[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 51 4.9. Frame Save Function The Fire - i came ra series cameras can save fram e s in t he memory . The user can ins truct the camera to stop integrating when the maximum numb er of frames, that can b e sto r ed in the mem or y , has been reached. The number of frames tha t can be saved in m[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 52 4.10. LUT (Look up table) The Fire - i industr ial cameras sup port a LUT (200 8 production m odels or new er), whic h is providi ng users w ith an image with the user ’ s defined dynamic range. Through the LUT , u sers ca n process th e images from saturation to dark. The LUT can be u[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 53 T he u ser defined LUT save procedure is as follows: 1. C heck the save ready bit (b it1) statu s o f the LUT save con trol regist e r (0xF2F10140). If bit 1 i s 0, wait . 2. W rite 1 at the LUT b uffer addres s i nit bit ( b it7) of the L U T s av e control register (0xF2F10140): 0xF2F1[...]

  • Page 60

    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 54 4.11. One Pixe l S now Noise Rem ove With this functio n, it is possibl e to average the value of snow noise pixel by using the neighbo ring pixels values. The formula used is: If ((Pi - Pi - 1) > Thr eshold*16) and ((Pi - Pi+1) > (Thre shold*16)), Pi is ba d pixel. T he purpose of[...]

  • Page 61

    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 55 4.12. PIO Control R e g ister Short for P rogrammed Input/Output , PIO provid e s a set of IO ports whi ch can be conf igured by the defined address . The PIO contro l registe r by 1394 addr ess , for strobe and trig g er signal, i s as follows . Address D escription (bit 0: m sb) Read/W[...]

  • Page 62

    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 56 5. User Defined Fir eWire R egister s User defined registers a re fea tures unde f ined in th e I IDC speci f i cation whi ch Fire -i cameras are capable of . User can utilize extended features of these specifi c f ire w ire register s for ap plication . 5.1. User Defined FireWire Addre [...]

  • Page 63

    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 57 Bit 31 : a uto syn c enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode ( 0 : custom mode , 1 : IIDC v1.32 ) Bit 27 : auto syn c com p lete (read onl y . 1: ready , 0: not yet auto - sync) 0xF2F1001C 1394 time stamp register(msb:bit0) We recommend using native CYC LE_TIME reg ister in Chap. 5 .7. Read onl [...]

  • Page 64

    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 58 0xF2F10128 Defer Image control (Frame save) Bit 0 : p resence inquiry ( read only ) Bit 6 : de fer im a ge On/Off con tr ol ( 1: image hold mode, 0 : normal real time mode) Bit 7 : send image command : If bit 6 is on statu s, this bit i s send image c om mand from cam era to PC. Bit 16 ~[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 59 Bit 7 ~ Bit 11 : reserv ed Bit 12 ~ Bit 15 : run LUT index Bit 16 ~ Bit 31 : reserve d 0xF2F10140 LUT save con tr ol reg iste r Bit 0 : save command Bit 1 : save ready status( read only) Bit 2 ~ Bit 6 : res e r ve d Bit 7 : set LUT write buf fer address to 0 Bit 8 ~ Bit 11 : save LUT ind[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 60 6. Video Formats and Mo des IIDC speci ficatio n d efines se veral vid e o form a ts. An overvie w o f those forma ts is:  Format 0: Video formats up to VG A (640 x 480) res olution.  Format 1: Video formats for SVGA (800 x 600) and XGA (1024x768) res olution.  Fo rmat 2: Video [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 61 According to different mod e l s of the Fi re - i camera serie s supported video format, modes and frame rate are diff erent. Notes: C ol or Models o utputs Raw Bayer Pattern wh ich is converted by software. : U n supported Mo de as per IIDC 1.3 2 Specifica tion 6.1. Fire - i 980 Format [...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 62 2448 x 1020 15 fps 1 x2 binnin g , mono 16 for B&W Mod el 6.2. Fire - i 780 Format Mode Resolution 60fps 30fps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75f ps 1.875fps 0 0 160 x 120 YUV 444 1 320 x 240 YUV 422 2 640 x 480 YUV 411 O O O 3 640 x 480 YUV 422 O O O 4 640 x 480 RGB 5 640 x 480 Mono 8 O O O O 6[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 63 6.3. Fire - i 785 Format Mode Resolution 60fps 30fps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75f ps 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 O 6 640 x 480 Mono 16 O O O 1 0 800 x 600 YUV 422 1 800 x 600 RGB 8 - 2[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 64 6.4. Fire - i 580 Format Mode Resolution 60fps 30fps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75f ps 1.875fps 0 0 160 x 120 YUV 444 1 320 x 240 YUV 422 2 640 x 480 YUV 411 O O O O 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 O 6 640 x 480 Mono 16 O O O O 7 0 656 x 484 8 7. 1 fps (m o[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 65 7. Trouble Shooting FireWire based camera are oper ated in connection with system where user may encounter problems as they operate. These problems may orient either from the camera side or the system side that t he camera is being used. W e recommend rea ding the manual ca refully be gi[...]

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    Unibrain Fire - i 580/780/785/980 Oper ation Manu al Pag e 66 8. Technical S upport W e ensure the conformity of our product to b e reliable and free from defects during m anufacturing by testing all the cameras before release. However unexpected problems and techn ical is sues may co me up due to the comp lexity of th e product. In case you requir[...]