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Genie ™ Monochrome Series Camera User’s Manual Genie Framework 1.20 M640 M1024 M1400 M1600 GigE Vision Area Scan Camera CA-GENM-MUM00 www.imaging.com[...]

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Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Contents • 1 Contents GENIE MONOCHROME SERIES OVERVIEW ..................................................................................... 5 D ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Genie [...]

2 • Contents Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Access Via Ca mExpert .................................................................................................................... 31 Power-up Conf iguration ......................................................................................................... ................. 32[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Contents • 3 S APERA S UPPORTED F EATURES L IST ...................................................................................................... 68 Accessing Features with Sapera++ LT .......................................................................................... 68 Feature Type STRING..[...]

4 • Contents Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Ethernet Switch Requirements ................................................................................................... ..... 98 Ethernet to Fiber-Optic Interface Re quirements ............................................................................ 99 EC & FCC D ECLARATION [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 5 Genie Monochrome Series Overview Description The Genie monochrom e camera fam ily form a seri es of affordable, easy to use digital cameras specifically engineered for industrial i maging appli cations. Genie cam eras combine standard gigabi t Ethernet technology with[...]

6 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Application Advantages • Compact, rugged design • GigE Vision 1.0 com pliant • Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) i nterconnection to a com puter via standard CAT5e or CAT6 cabl es • Connection to the host com puter NIC through a Gi gE network switch • Available [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 7 Product Part Numbers This manual covers t he five monochrom e Genie model s summ arized below. See " Cam era Performance Specifications " on page 8 for each Genie model. Camera Sensor Size Resolution Pixel size (µm) fps (full frame) Product Number Genie M64[...]

8 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Camera Performance Specifications Specifications for each available sensor are listed after the general Genie camera specifications. Camera Controls Synchronization Modes Free running and Triggered Synchronous and Reset mode Software trigger (through Ethernet) Exposur[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 9 Certifications CE EN55022, class A, Radio Disturbance Characteristics EN61000-4-2, Electrostatic discharge immunity test EN61000-4-3, Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test EN61000-4-4, Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test EN61000-4-6,[...]

10 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie M640-1/2 Specifications Item / Feature Specification Imager Format Full frame interline CCD area scan with square pixel Sensor Sony ICX414AL Resolution 640 x 480 pixels Minimum Frame Rate (free-running) 0. 1 fps (one frame every 10 seconds) Maximum Frame Rate ([...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 11 Genie M640-1/3 Specifications Item / Feature Specification Imager Format Full frame interline CCD area scan with square pixel Sensor Sony ICX424AL Resolution 640 x 480 pixels Minimum Frame Rate (free-running) 0. 1 fps (one frame every 10 seconds) Maximum Frame Rate ([...]

12 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie M1024 Specifications Item / Feature Specification Imager Format Full frame interline CCD area scan with square pixel Sensor Sony ICX204AL Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels Minimum Frame Rate (free-running) 0.1 fps (one frame every 10 seconds) Maximum Frame Rate (fre[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 13 Genie M1400 Specifications Item / Feature Specification Imager Format Full frame interline CCD area scan with square pixel Sensor ICX267AL Resolution 1360 x 1024 pixels Minimum Frame Rate (free-running) 0.1 fps (one frame every 10 seconds) Maximum Frame Rate (free-ru[...]

14 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie M1600 Specifications Item / Feature Specification Imager Format Full frame interline CCD area scan with square pixel Sensor Sony ICX274AL Resolution 1600 x 1200 pixels Minimum Frame Rate (free-running) 0.1 fps (one frame every 10 seconds) Maximum Frame Rate (fr[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Monochrome Series Overview • 15 Application Development Overview Sapera LT Library with optional Processing Sapera LT is a powerful development library for im age acquisition and control. Sapera LT provi des a single API across current and future DALSA hard ware. Sapera LT delivers a comprehensive [...]

16 • Genie Monochrome Series Overview Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 17 Installing the Genie Camera Warning! (Grounding Instructions) Static electricit y can damage elect ronic components. Please discharge any static electrical charge by touching a grounded surface, such as the metal com puter chassis, before performing any ha rdware installa[...]

18 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Using Genie with a VLAN Ethernet Switch An Ethernet switch supporting VLAN (Virtu al Local Area Network) allows multiple isolated subnets to exist on the same switch. Within each VLAN group, the Genie camera and controlling com puter will behave identically as if connecte[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 19 Installation Overview • Inspect all cables and connectors prior to their use. Do not use faulty cables or connectors to avoid camera damage. • Before connecting power to the cam era, test all power suppl ies. Power supplies m ust meet the requirement s defined in sect[...]

20 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie CD Package Installation The Genie Framework software package and Sapera runt im e provides all components required t o control the Genie with the supplied Ca mExpert tool . Genie Framework software com ponents include t he Network Imaging dri ver, the Sapera GigE se[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 21 Connect the Genie Camera Connect a power supply to the Genie cam era and an Ethernet cable from the Genie to t he host computer. Once communication with the host computer is started the auto matic IP configuration seq uence will assign an LLA IP address as described in se[...]

22 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Status LED Codes The camera is equipped wi th a LED to display the operat iona l status of the camera. When more than one condition is active, the LED color indicates th e condition with the highe st priority (such as an acquisi tion in progress has more priority than a v[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 23 Typical LED States on Power Up The following LED sequence occurs when the Genie is powered up connected to a network with i nstalled Genie Framework software. Red power connect ed Flashing Blue waiting for IP Blue IP assign ed Green application connected Genie IP Configur[...]

24 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera In the event that the device is physically connected, but the Sapera GigE Server icon i s indicating that the connected device is not recognized, cli ck Scan Network to restart the discovery process. Note that the GigE server periodically scans the netwo rk automatically [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 25 Select NIC Advanced Configuration Properties • From the Start m enu go to Settings • Control Panel • Network Connections and select the NIC used to connect the Genie to. • Open the Properties for the Ethernet GigE NIC used with the Genie. • Click the Configure b[...]

26 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Jumbo Frames • Select the 'Jum bo Frames' property. • Change the value to the largest supporte d by the installed NIC . The Genie can then be configured to use its maxim um Jum bo Frames size (current ly 9000). In this exam ple the NIC value is set to 9014. [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 27 The Network Configuration Tools al lows you to: • Configure the Windows firewall excepti on list • Activate the Network Im aging driver use for im age acquisition on any NIC • Configure the NIC and camera IP settings Updating Genie Firmware The Genie firmware m ay n[...]

28 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera • The firmware update is com plete when the lower m essage output area says "Device reset complete". C lose the Device Manager program. • Genie cameras ma nufactured in 2007 or later will displa y the following status LED sequence while initializing with the[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 29 Quick Test with CamExpert When the Genie camera is directly connected to a Giga bit network adapte r on a host computer or vi a a network switch, testing the installatio n with CamExpert is a straightforward pr ocedure. • Start Sapera Cam Expert by double cli cking the [...]

30 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera About the User-Defined Camera Name The Genie can be programme d with a user-defined name to aid identifying m ultiple cam eras connected to the network. For instance, on an inspection syst em with 4 cam eras, the first camera m ight be labeled “top view”, the second ?[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 31 Operational Reference Camera and Sensor Information Camera and sensor i nformation can be retri eved via a c ontrolling application. Param eters such as camera m odel, firmware version, sensor characteristics, etc. are read to uniquely identify th e connected Genie device. All [...]

32 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Read Only Parameters Parameter Description Device Vendor For the Genie Monochrom e series, this is always DALSA. Device Model Name Displays the device model name (for example, Genie M640). Device Version Displays the device version. Firmware Version Displays the curre ntly load[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 33 Camera Information via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Ca mera and Sensor Information: Interface = {GigE Vision} DeviceVendorName = “DALSA” DeviceModelName = “Genie M640” for Genie M640 DeviceVersion = String representing the version[...]

34 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Sensor Controls Genie provides a number of sensor cont rols to optim ize im age acquisitions for m ost im aging solutions. Followi ng is an overview of the Cam Expert controls di splaying this informat ion, followed by i ndividual control function descriptions and tables i ndic[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 35 User Set Parameters Parameter Description Frame Rate (in Hz) Specifies the internal tr igger frame rate for free run mode, in Hz. Possible values range from 0.1 to 64.0 Hz for Genie M640 in full scan mode. (Note: the Sapera SDK specifies the frame rate in milliHertz). The maxim[...]

36 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Gain and Black Level Controls The Genie series of monochrome cam eras provide gain a nd black level adjustm ents for the analog signal from each CCD pixel, before the analog t o digital conversion. The soft ware gain and black level controls can make sm all compensations to the[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 37 Partial Scan—Window ROI Partial Scan (vertical cropping) The Partial Scan m ode, also know as vertical cropping, re duces t he number of video lines grabbed for a fram e. By not scanning the full verti cal area of the sensor, the maxi mum possible acquisiti on frame rate i s [...]

38 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Partial Scan (horizontal cropping) Genie also can crop the acquisition hor izontally by grabbing le ss pixels on each horizontal line. Additionally a horizontal offset value will start the grab from any pixel count, as shown in the following figure. Note that horizontal croppin[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 39 Window ROI Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Partial Scan and Window ROI: Width = Buffer width in pixels Height = Buffer height in lines OffsetX = Horizontal Offset in pixels of th e leftmost pixel relative to the sensor OffsetY = [...]

40 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera CamExpert Image Buffer and ROI Parameters CamExpert provides controls to configure acqui sitions vi a the Im age Buffer and ROI Parameters tab. The im age buffer can be easily cropped as desired. Bel ow is the Cam Expert dialog and param eter descripti ons follow. Parameter Des[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 41 Binning Binning is the process where the charge on two (or more) adj acent pixels is combined. This results in increased light sensitivity since there is twice the sens or area to capture photons. The sensor spatial resolution is reduced but the improved low-light sensitiv ity [...]

42 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Binning Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Binning: BinningHorizontal = {Disabled = 1, 2 pixels = 2} BinningVertical = {Disabled = 1, 2 lines = 2} In CamExpert, these parameters are available under the “Sensor” tab. See " A[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 43 Exposure Controls Exposure Control m odes define the met hod and timi ng of how to control the sensor int egration period. The integration period is the amount of ti me the sensor is e xposed t o incoming li ght before the video fram e data is transmitted to the controlling co [...]

44 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera External Trigger Programmable Exposure • Also known as “Edge Pre-select” exposure. See the tim ing diagram below. • The external trigger edge initiates th e exposure process. The active external trigger edge can be selected as either the low-high or high-l ow transition[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 45 External Trigger Level-controlled Exposure • Also known as “Pulse Width Control” exposure. See t he timi ng diagram below. • The external trigger edge initiates th e exposure process. The active external trigger edge can be selected as either the low-high or high-l ow t[...]

46 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Synchronization Timing Genie supports two types of sensor sy nchronization used to ali gn the exposure to sensor tim ing: • Synchronous Mode : Exposure is synchronous to the line t iming of t he sensor. Exposure granularity is 1µs and the readout can be concurrent to the exp[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 47 Reset Mode • Exposure starts imme diately after a valid trigge r. There is no jitter on the start of exposure. • Exposure time i s programm able or controlle d by the trigger pulse widt h. • Minim um exposure is 100 µs – m axim um is 4 seconds, wit h control steps of 1[...]

48 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera CamExpert I/O Controls Dialog CamExpert groups the Genie I/O Controls Parameters i n one group. These parameters al low configuring the Genie inputs and outputs for ty pe of signal and signal polarit y . The screen capture below shows the Cam Expert I/O parameters di alog and i[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 49 General Inputs External Input Signal Opto-coupler & Debounce Circuit • Genie provides two sets of opto-coupled inputs for either RS422 or TTL si gnals. These can be used as external trigger sources. • See " 12-Pin Hirose Connector Signal Det ails " on page 90 [...]

50 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Input Controls via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Tr igger Modes and General Inputs: TriggerDelayToIntegration = Delay in µs from trigger to exposure TriggerEnable = {FALSE, TRUE} TriggerSource = {Input 1 = 0, Input 2 = 1, Software = 2} Tr[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 51 Strobe and General Outputs Genie provides two sets of opto-coupl ed outputs (see " External Outputs " on page 92 ). These can be used as a strobe signal to control li ghting or to generate program mable pul ses when specific events are generated by the camera. They ca[...]

52 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera When an event mode is selected, i ts trigger output schem atic or signal timi ng diagram is displayed, as well as any other additional param eters for the m ode. For most event modes, the trigger outpu t signal can be set to eith er Active Open (that is high with the load conne[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 53 Pulse On Valid Trigger Event Mode The Pulse On Valid Trigger event mode generates an output signal when a valid input trigger is received. Pulse On Invalid Trigger Event Mode This event mode generates an output signal when an invalid input trigger is received. An invalid trigge[...]

54 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Pulse On Start of Readout Event Mode The Pulse On Start of Readout event m ode generates an output signal when the camera begins a readout operat ion from the sensor. Pulse On End of Readout Event Mode The Pulse On End of Readout event m ode generates an output signal when the [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 55 Pulse On End of Acquisition Event Mode The Pulse On End of Acquisition event mode generates an out put signal when the acquisit ion process is term inated using software. Pulse On Input 1 or Input 2 Event Modes The Pulse On Input 1 or Input 2 event m odes generate an output sig[...]

56 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Output Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Strobe and General Outputs. See " Accessing Features with Sapera++ LT " on page 68 . OutputSelectorOutput_x = {Open = 0, Close = 1, Strobe On : Start of Exposure = 2, Pulse On: Val[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 57 . . . . . . 0 1 2 3 252 255 254 253 255 254 253 252 2 1 0 3 Output Circuit Sensor & A/D Circuit Pixel Data Simplified Genie LUT Block Diagram (8-bit example) Programmed as Invert Function Simplified 8-bit LUT Block Diagram LUT Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications S[...]

58 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Flat Field (Image Shading) Correction Image Shading correcti on, also know as Flat Field Correct ion is the process of elim inating sm all gain differences between pixels in a sensor array. That sensor when exposed to a uniformly lit fi eld will have no gray level differences b[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 59 CamExpert Flat Field Calibration Menu • Click on the Advanced Setting button to change the default num ber of frames averaged for each calibration step. The default value is 10 fram es. • Setup the camera to capture a uniform black image. Black paper with no illumination an[...]

60 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Using Flat Field Correction From the Cam Expert m enu bar enable Flat Fiel d correction ( Pre-Processing • Flat Field Correction • Hardware ). Now when doing a live grab or snap, the incoming im age is corrected by the cu rrent flat field ca libration data for each pixel. U[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 61 Image Flip Horizontal The Genie supports a software controll ed horizontal fli p function as shown in the following fi gure. The process is done in hardware with no lo ss of acquisition frame rate. Horizontal Flip Vertical As shown in the following figure, a vertical flip func [...]

62 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Internal Image Test Patterns The Genie camera includes a built in test pattern generator th at can be used to confirm cam era Ethernet connections or driver installati ons, without the need for a cam era lens or proper lighting. The patt ern generator inserts video just after t[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 63 Test Image Select via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters for Image Test Patterns: TestImageSelector = {Off = 0, Grey Horizontal Ramp = 1, Grey Vertical Ramp = 2, Grey Diagonal Ramp Moving = 3, Purity = 4} In CamExpert, these parameters are availabl[...]

64 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Acquisition Device Ev ent Name (case sensitive strings) Description Start of Trigger Trigger is valid base d on the programmed trigger parameters Start of Exposure Exposure has started End of Exposure Exposure is complete Feature Value Changed Parameter value is changed Feature[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 65 Network Controls & GigE Vision Parameters This section describes how to opti mize the net work conf iguration for m aximum Genie bandwidth. Opti mizati on of these parameters is highly dependent on the num ber of cameras connected to a NIC, the data rate of each cam era and[...]

66 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Parameter Description Network Configuration Mode Specifies the Network Configura tion Mode as either Automatic, Manual, or Optimize. In general use Optimize mode. So me computers, es pecially laptops, may require manual optimization of network parameters. The following paramete[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 67 Genie Power-up Configuration On power up th e Genie camera initializes to a factory default state which sets th e camera with neutral parameters and in free run mode. The default st ate ensures that the camera is ready for acquisit ion. Genie also provides storage for one user-[...]

68 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Power-up Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Applications Sapera Genie Sapera parameters fo r Power-up Configuration: Power-upConfig = {Factory Default = 0, Camera Configuration 1 = 1} SaveCameraConfigurationSelector = {Camera Configuration 1 = 1} SaveCameraConfiguration = Write t[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 69 Feature Type STRING Feature Name Access Type Value Server Name RO STRING Genie_M640_1 ( example ) Number of Features RO STRING ( number dependent on firmware version ) DeviceVendorName RO STRING DALSA DeviceModelName RO STRING Genie M640 ( example ) DeviceVersion RO STRING 1452[...]

70 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera LUTFormat (dependent on camera model) RO ENUM Mono 8 - Unsigned = 16844800 Mono 8 - Signed = 285280256 Mono 9 - Unsigned = 16779520 Mono 9 - Signed = 285214976 Mono 10 - Unsigned = 16779776 Mono 10 - Signed = 285215232 RGB = 1124075520 TriggerSource RW ENUM Input 1 = 0 Input 2 [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 71 Feature Type INT32 The feature list for ty pe INT32 has an additional colum n 'Exponent' which defines the feature's nat ive unit. This exponent value is used as a unit multiplier so that the feature value is expressed as an integer, not a decim al number. • As[...]

72 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Note 1: not displa yed in Cam Expert; not saved i n a camera configuration fi le (CCF) Feature Type BOOL Feature Name Access Type Value LUTEnable RW BOOL True/False TriggerEnable RW BOOL True/False TriggerSoftware RW BOOL True/False FlatFieldEnable RW BOOL True/False SaveCamera[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 73 Trigger Enable - TRUE Software Input 1 Input 2 Frame Rate Trigger Delay to Integ ration Exposure Align ment Synchron ous Reset Exposure Mode Programmable Pulse Controlled Exposure Mode Progr amma ble Exposure Ti me Exposure Ti me TRUE Trigger Enab le Trigger Source Exposure Tim[...]

74 • Operational Reference Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Output Selector Output X Selector Output X Pulse Delay Output X Pulse Duration Output X Po larity Output X Pulse Delay Output X Pulse Duration Output X Po larity Open Close Strobe On: Start of Exposure Pulse On: Valid Trigger Pulse On: End of Exposure Pulse On: Invalid Trigger [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Operational Reference • 75 Pixel Format Pixel Format SaperaBufferFormat PixelSize LUTFormat 8-Bit 10-bit LUTNum berE ntries FlatFieldE nable Network Configuration Mode Network Configuration Mode Packet Size Heartbeat Timeout Inter-Packet Delay Autom atic Optimize Packet Siz e Heartbeat Timeout Inter-Pack[...]

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Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Network Tools • 77 Network Tools IP Configuration Mode Details The following descriptions provi de more inform ation on the IP configurat ion modes suppor t ed by Genie. In general automatic IP configuration assignment is sufficient for most Genie installations. Link-Local Address (LLA) • LLA is also k[...]

78 • Network Tools Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) • This Genie IP configuration m ode requires a DHCP serv er to allocate an IP address dynam ically. The Genie must be configured to have DHC P enabled. This is the factory default settings. • The DHCP server is part of a m anaged network. [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Network Tools • 79 Network Configuration Tool The Network Configuration t ool provides inform ation on a ll network adapters installed in the system and an y connected GigE Vision devices. For the Geni e, the tool allows a sim ple m ethod to assign a User-Defined nam e and also to set a Persistent IP add[...]

80 • Network Tools Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie IP Configuration System Information and Configuration Select the system icon (the com puter sym bol) in the left pane to displ ay current system informat ion which m ay be required when documenti ng Genie installati ons. There are no user changeable fields in the Sy stem Inform a[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Network Tools • 81 Network Card Information and Configuration Select a network card icon in the left pane t o see the NI C configuration param eters. The Net work Configuration tool ensures that no two NIC devices instal led in the comput er are on the same subnet, si nce that would create a confli ct. A[...]

82 • Network Tools Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera After installation, all system NIC devices have the Sapera Network Imaging driver enabled. Only the NIC connected to a Genie camera requires the Network Imagi ng driver enabled to capture images from Genie. The Network Imaging driver streams im age data efficiently to image buffers. Se[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Network Tools • 83 • If the camera requires a persistent IP address, select the bullet to assign a persistent IP immediately with recovery. Enter the new IP addre ss and clic k on Recover Came ra. Important: Any changes made with this tool will update the Genie flash memory. Do not remove power from th[...]

84 • Network Tools Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Status Window Description User Name User assigned identification Manufacturer Manufacturer for this device Model GigE Vision device model Serial Number Device serial number Firm Ver Device firmware revision number MAC adddress Device MAC address Camera IP Device current IP address NIC [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Sapera CamExpert Guide • 85 Sapera CamExpert Guide Using CamExpert with Genie Monochrome Cameras CamExpert i s the camera int erfacing tool supported by t he Sapera library. When used with a Genie cam era, CamExpert allows a user to test all Genie operating m ode s. Additionall y CamE xpert saves the Gen[...]

86 • Sapera CamExpert Guide Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera CamExpert Panes The CamExpert application uses 5 windows to sim plify choosing and configuring cam era files or acquisition parameters for the installed device. • Device pane : View and select from any installed Sapera acquisition device. Once a device is selected CamExpert [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Sapera CamExpert Guide • 87 • Control Buttons : The Display pane includes C amExpert control buttons. These are: Acquisition control button: Click once to start live grab, click again to stop. Single frame grab: Click to acquire one frame from device. Software trigger button: With the I/O control param[...]

88 • Sapera CamExpert Guide Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera 10-bit Invert LUT CamExpert avai lable LUT exam ples are briefly described bel ow. The LUT function graphic sim plifies understanding the operation especi ally when user settings m odify the LUT function. • Normal (default ): modifies al l LUT entries using a li near mapping[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 89 Technical Specifications Mechanical Specifications The figure below defines the Genie family mechan i cal specifications. Addi tional notes foll ow.[...]

90 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Notes: Genie supports a screw lock Ethernet cable (see " Ruggedized RJ45 Ethernet Cables " on page 97 ). For information on Genie lens requirements see " Optical Considerations " on page 93 . Lens flange focal distance = 17.52 mm. The camera top also has [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 91 Genie Signal Electrical Details • Power Supply (pin 2) : +12V DC nomi nal. Operating tolerance +10% to –10%. Over voltage and rev erse voltage pro tection circuit built in. Th e protection circuit is reset b y shutting dow n or disconnecting the power supply. • The 12-[...]

92 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera External Outputs • Programm able output m ode such as strobe, event notificat ion, etc. (see " Output Control via Sapera LT or GenICam Appli cations " on page 56 ). OUT+ OUT- Genie side User side Hirose-12 Connector p ins NEC PS2805-1 OUT 680 75 The opto-coupler [...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 93 Camera Status LED The Genie has one multicolor LED to p rovide a simple visible indication of the operatio nal status of the camera. When more than on e condition is activ e, the LED color indicates the co ndition with th e highest priority. Th e following table sum mari zes[...]

94 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera • Some light sources age such that over their life span t hey produce less light. This aging may not be uniform—a light source m ay produce progressively le ss light in som e areas of the spectrum but not others. Filters CCD cameras are extrem ely responsive t o infrared[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 95 Example: An acquisition syst em has a 512 x 512 elem ent, 10 μ m pixel pitch area scan camera, a lens with an effective focal length of 45m m, and requi res that 100 μ m in the object space correspond to each pixel in the image sensor. Using the preceding equation, the obj[...]

96 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Cleaning the Sensor Window Even with careful handling, the sensor wi ndow may need cleani ng. The following steps describe various cl eaning techniques to clean minor dust partic les to accidental finger touches. • Use compressed air to blow off l oose particles. This st e[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 97 Ruggedized RJ45 Ethernet Cables Components Express Inc. has avail able an industrial RJ45 CAT6 cable that on one end has a m olded shroud assembly wi th top/bottom thumbscrews, whi le the other end has a standard RJ45. Thi s cable is recom mended when Genie is install ed in [...]

98 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Computer Requirements for Genie Cameras The following inform ation is a guide to com puter and net working equipment required to support the Genie cam era at maxim um performance. The Genie cam era series complie s wit h the current IPv4 Internet Protocol , therefore current[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Technical Specifications • 99 Ethernet to Fiber-Optic Interface Requirements In cases of camera-to-PC separati ons of more than 100 m ete rs but an Ethernet swi tch is not desired, a fi ber-optic media converter can be used. The Fl exPoint GX from Om nitron System s ( http://www.omnitron-system s.com/ ) [...]

100 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera EC & FCC Declaration of Conformity[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 101 Troubleshooting Overview In rare cases an installation may fail or there are problem s in controlling and usi ng the Genie camera. Thi s section highlights issues or condit ions which m ay cause insta ll ation problem s and additionall y provides inform ation on computers and networ[...]

102 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Device Not Available A red X over the GigE server tray icon indi cates that the Genie device i s not found. This indicates ei ther a major camera fault or condition such as disconnected power, or a network issue where there is no com munication. • Review the section " Install[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 103 Installation Issues and Functional Problems This section covers issues indi cated by the GigE server tray i con shows a warning symbol . GigE Server Warning Example 1a: IP error with multiple NICs The screenshot below shows an IP conflict error due to two (o r more) NICs that are al[...]

104 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera GigE Server Warning Example 1b: IP error with multiple NICs As a second example, the screenshot bel ow shows an IP conflict error sim ilar to the exam ple above but the second NIC has no camera connected (or only an Ethernet switch). • The following illustration shows an example o[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 105 GigE Server Warning Example 2: Subnet Mask or IP error The screenshot below shows that the Ge nie device is not accessible. This IP e rror is an example of the Genie being assigned a persistent IP address wit h an incorrect subnet ma sk. • This example error was m ade using the DA[...]

106 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera • Information about the CorSnid driver is also avai lable from Network Configuration t ool. Device Available with Operational Issues This section considers issues with cabling, Ethern et switches, multiple cam eras, and camera exposure. Firmware Updates As a general rule any Genie[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 107 Power Failure During a Firmware Update–Now What? Don't panic! There is far greater ch ance that the host com puter OS is dam aged during a power failure than any permanent problems with the Genie. Wh en electrical power returns and the hos t com puter system has started, the [...]

108 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Turning Windows Firewall Off With a computer that i s not behind a corporate firewall an alternative is t o disable Windows firewall only for t he network adapter dedicated for the Genie camera. Such a com puter would have two or more net work adapters where one NIC only connects to[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 109 Test a Genie Using Internal Test Patterns The Genie test pattern m ode allows quick veri fication of an instal lation without the need for correct lighting or l ens. Troubleshooting physical connect ion issues or comm unication probl ems is m ade easier knowing t hat the camera can [...]

110 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Grab Remains Black While using Cam Expert to test a Genie i nstallation, t here are no obvious installat ion problems. B ut when Grab is clicked in Cam Expert, a grab failure occurs. The grab rem ains black and an Abort m essage is display ed. • Typically t his problem occurs when[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 111 Grab has Random Bad Data or Noise – Case 2 • This problem has been seen wi th network adapters using the Real tek RTL8169 chip and associated l ow-level driver. In this case the NIC reports a false maxim um jumbo fram e size. • In the NIC configu ration, set the ju mbo frame s[...]

112 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Configuration Recommendations with Laptops • In the NIC configuration, keep the jum bo frame size set to the maxim um allowed. See " Increasing Adapter Buffers and Jumbo Fram es " on page 24 . • If VPN software is instal led, most l ikely the VPN driver m ust be disabl[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 113 Problems with Disconnecting NICs Genie cameras instal led in environm ents with physi cal motion, vi brations, or high EMI m ay be disconnected by the NIC. The following items need to be reviewed to solve the problem. • Motion or vibrations may cause data loss because the Et herne[...]

114 • Troubleshooting Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Camera Exposure Issues No camera exposure when expected. • Verify by using the cam era in free-running m ode. Do not use external trigger m ode when testing a cam era setup. • If using free-running mode, veri fy that the exposure peri od is set to the maxi mum possible for the s[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Troubleshooting • 115 Verifying Network Parameters DALSA provides the Network Configurati on tool to verify and configure network devices and the Genie network parameters. See section " Network C onfiguration Tool " on page 79 if there were any problems with the automatic Genie software install[...]

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Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera DALSA Contact Information • 117 DALSA Contact Information Genie Sales Information Visit our web site: http://www.imaging.com/ Email: mailto:info@dalsa-coreco.com International/Canada DALSA — Montreal office 7075 Place Robert-Joncas Suite #142 St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada H4M 2Z2 Tel: (514) 333-1301 Fax:[...]

118 • DALSA Contact Information Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Genie Technical Support Any support question or request can be submitted via our web site: Technical support form via our web page: Support requests for imaging product installations, Support requests for imaging applications http://www.i maging.com /support Product litera[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Glossary of Terms • 119 Glossary of Terms ARP Address Resolution Protocol provides a way to retrieve the MAC address associated to an IP address. Bandwidth Describes the measure of data transfer capacity. CAT5e Ethernet cable Category 5e was designed for t ransmission speeds of up to 1 gi gabit per secon[...]

120 • Glossary of Terms Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera GenICam specification Specification of the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA, www.emva.org ). Defines the capabilities of any GigE Visio n device. Grab Acquiring an im age frame. Grayscale In image processing, t he range of available brightness l evels, displayed i n shade[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Glossary of Terms • 121 SAT Saturation Output Am plitude. SAT is the average maxim um out put level for a specified l ight input. Scatter Gather Host system mem ory allocated for fram e buffers is virtually contiguous but physical ly scattered t hroughout all available memory. SNR Signal to Noise Ratio. [...]

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Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Index • 123 Index 1 12-pin male Hirose connector, 90 8 8/10-bit LUT, 56 A Acquisition events, 63 administrator, 19 AUTORUN, 19, 20 B back focal length, 94 Binning, 41 binning modes, 41 C cable mating connector, 90 camera configuration, 32 camera interfacing tool, 85 camera parameters, 67 camera state LED[...]

124 • Index Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera high EMI, 109, 112 Hirose HR10A-10P-12S, 21 histogram tool, 58 horizontal and vertical binning, 41 horizontal crop, 38 hot mirror, 94 HTML help, 7 I I/O signal specification, 90 image buffer, 40 image cropping, 40 image exposures, 42 image processing, 7 incoming image packets, 24 industrial R[...]

Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Index • 125 sensor specification, 9 sensor specifications, 8 sensor synchronization, 46 signal debounce circuit, 49 software triggers, 42 spatial resolution, 41 Static electricity, 17 static IP address, 78 status LED sequence, 23 strobe light, 51 subnet, 20, 81, 109 synchronization timing, 43 T test patt[...]