Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product XCI-V3 Sony
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2006 Sony Corporation Intelligent Camera A-CJS-100- 01 (1) Technical Manual XCI-SX1 XCI-V3.
2 Ta b le of Contents Overview Features ..................................................................... 3 System Components ................................................. 4 Connection Diagram ................................................. 4 Location and Function of P ar ts and Contr ols .
3 Overview Over vie w The XCI-SX1/V3 is a monochrome intelligent camera that can capture and process pictures, and control peripheral devices by itself. Features High image quality The XCI-SX1 (SXGA) has a progressive scan CCD of 1,450,000 pixels. The XCI-V3 (VGA) has a progressive scan CCD of 330,000 pixels.
4 Overview System Components Intelligent camera XCI-SX1/V3 Camera cables CCXC-12P02N(2 m) CCXC-12P05N(5 m) CCXC-12P10N(10 m) CCXC-12P25N(25 m) C-mount lens XCI-SX1: High-resolution lens XCI-V3: VCL-50.
5 Overview Location and Function of P ar ts and Contr ols Fr ont/T op/Bottom 1 Lens mount (C-mount) Attach any C-mount lens or other optical equipment.
6 Overview Rear POWER MONITOR ST A TUS MODE DC IN SERIAL RESET 89 61 6 54321 10 9876 15 14 13 12 11 43 2 5 q; 7 87654321 1234 qa qs qd qf LAN 6 MONITOR (monitor output) connector (15-pin) You can connect a monitor cable to this connector to display an image on a multiscan monitor supporting SXGA resolution.
7 Overview Connecting the cab les 1 Monitor cable 6 MONITOR connector 2 USB cable 7 USB connector 3 LAN cable 8 DC IN connector 4 Camera cable 9 SERIAL connector 5 Serial cable 0 LAN connector Connect the camera cable to the DC IN connector.
8 Functions Functions 4.5 – 5.0 V (XCI-SX1) 4.5 – 24 V (XCI-V3) 0.0 – 0.5 V 2 µ s or more Input Specification The voltages and pulse widths are values that are measured by the DC IN (12-pin) and SERIAL (6-pin) connectors on the rear of the camera.
9 Functions T rigger mode This mode can be set on the SHUTTER screen in the GUI application for camera settings. In this mode video signals begin to accumulate by synchronizing with external trigger input. The video signals are output after the exposure is finished.
10 Functions Pa r tial scan mode This mode can be set using the HIGH RATE SCAN screen in the GUI application for camera settings. In this mode, the desired rectangle area is read out, and the redundant image area is transmitted at high speed to raise the frame rate.
11 Functions Frame rate tables when V-binning is ON (XCI-SX1) Number of vertical effective lines (L) 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 256 384 130 122 114 107 102 96 92 87 83 80 76.
12 Functions Frame rate table when V-binning is OFF (XCI-V3) Number of vertical effective lines (L) 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 390 420 450 480 192 419 333 277 236 206 183 165 149 137.
13 GUI application GUI application This unit has a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to easily set camera functions and modes on an SXGA monitor.
14 GUI application Basic operation To operate the GUI application, connect and use a USB mouse (use left clicks only). When you connect a USB keyboard with this unit, shortcut keys can be used. Regarding specific shortcut keys for each screen, refer to the HELP information by clicking on the on upper right of the screen.
15 GUI application HOME screen This screen is used for displaying the system conditions and initializing each setting. 1 System information display area The following system information is displayed o.
16 GUI application SHUTTER screen This screen is used for setting the shutter mode and shutter speed. You can select one of the following two shutter modes: •M onitoring mode • Trigger mode 1 Moni.
17 GUI application Note When the cycle of the input trigger is smaller than the trigger delay value set, the image is not output correctly. Pay attention to this fact when you set the trigger delay value. 5 SOFTWARE TRIGGER button This button is used to capture an image immediately after pressing the button.
18 GUI application 5 FULL SCREEN button This button is used to display a camera image on the full screen. 6 ? (HELP) button This button is used to display HELP information.
19 GUI application 3 Horizontal binning/partial scan setting area Partial Scan check-off box: You can select a specific portion of the image by using the partial scan function. Check off this box to display 2 sliders in the outer frame of the camera image.
20 GUI application Shortcut keys When you connect a USB keyboard with this unit, you can use the following shortcut keys in the GENERAL screen: Shortcut Applicable button Alt + M Month Alt + S SAVE Alt + C CANCEL Alt + H HELP You can move between the items in the screen by pressing the tab key.
21 GUI application Community: Community name administrated by the SNMP manager Description: Description of this unit Location: Location of this unit Contact: Administrator contact information 3 NTP (Network Time Protocol) The protocol setting to synchronize the internal clock of this unit with the NTP server is made in this area.
22 External Control Commands External Contr ol Commands Overview The XCI-SX1/V3 can be controlled externally from a host device via a serial communication and telnet using such communication softwares as “HyperTerminal” or “Tera Term.
23 External Control Commands Note The password entered is replaced with “*” on the monitor. When you enter the correct password, the following message appears and the external command input is validated.
24 External Control Commands Command Specifications This section describes the details of control commands available for the XCI-SX1/V3, classified by category. The underlined words of the [Command] represent parameters. The bold words of the <Example> represent commands, and the others the response to the command.
25 External Control Commands <Example> • Example of settings for SNMP (1) setup snmp on/11.22.33.44/public/ Sony Smart Camera/Tokyo/ 9876<CR> setup save complete snmp<CR> setup applying new SNMP settings...<CR> • Example of settings for SNMP (2) setup snmp on////Shinagawa Office/mail@contact.
26 External Control Commands ■ Help of the Date Setting [Command] setup date - -help [Process] Displays the help of the Date Setting command. Note You can set the DATE settings when NTP setting is set to off. When NTP setting is set to on, the following messages are displayed.
27 External Control Commands Camera Administrator: Pedestal Level Setting ■ Pedestal Level Setting [Command] pedestal LVL [Parameter] LeVeL: 0 to 255 (1step) [Process] Sets the pedestal level.
28 External Control Commands Camera Shutter: Trigger Polarity Setting ■ Trigger Polarity Setting [Command] shutter -p POL [Parameter] POLarity: posi, nega [Process] Sets the polarity of the external trigger pulse.
29 External Control Commands ■ Transferring the LUT Binary [Command] lut transfer [Process] Transfers the binary file of 1024 bytes using the Kermit protocol. <Example> lut transfer<CR> G-Kermit CU-1.00, Columbia University, 1999-12-25 Escape back to your local Kermit and give a SEND command.
30 External Control Commands ■ Help of the Partial Scan Setting [Command] partial - -help [Process] Displays the help of the Partial Scan Setting command. Version Information Request ■ Version Information Request [Command] version [Process] Displays the model name and software version.
31 External Control Commands Loading the Camera Settings ■ Loading the Camera Settings [Command] load [Process] Loads the camera settings. Note After loading, the camera’s basic settings are reconfigured (except for the CDS gain, pedestal level, TRGINH and DMAINH).
32 External Control Commands ■ Help of the TRGINH Setting [Command] trginh - -help [Process] Displays the help of the TRGINH Setting command. Camera DMAINH Setting ■ DMAINH Setting [Command] dmainh VALUE [Parameter] VALUE: on, off on: Prohibits the camera block from transferring the image signal.
33 External Control Commands Camera GRAY Setting (XCI-V3 only) ■ GRAY Setting [Command] gray PATTERN [Parameter] PATTERN: -ccd, pscan, grad1 or grad2 ccd: Outputs CCD image. pscan: Outputs test pattern 1 grad1: Outputs test pattern 2. grad2: Outputs test pattern 3.
34 Specifications Specifications Specifications XCI-SX1 Imaging sensor system Pickup device Progressive scan 1/2 type CCD CCD effective picture elements 1392 × 1040 (horizontal/ vertical) CCD vertical drive frequency 15.995 kHz CCD horizontal drive frequency 27.
35 Specifications XCI-V3 Imaging sensor system Pickup device Progressive scan 1/3 type CCD CCD effective picture elements 659 × 494 (horizontal/vertical) CCD vertical drive frequency 31.37 kHz CCD horizontal drive frequency 24.47 MHz Cell size 7.4 × 7.
36 Specifications Spectral Sensitivity Characteristics (T ypical V alues) XCI-SX1 (Lens characteristics included, and light source characteristics excluded.) Relative Response 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 Wave Length [nm] 400 600 800 1000 500 700 900 XCI-V3 (Lens characteristics and light source characteristics excluded.
37 Specifications Dimensions Unit: mm (inches) POWER MONITOR ST A TUS MODE DC IN LAN SERIAL RESET Sony reserves the right to change specifications of the products and discontinue products without notice.
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