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Unibrain Fire-i industrial firewire cameras Models: 501/511/601/701/702/810 User Operation Manual V ersion 3.0 July 2008.
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Before You Start This manual sho uld help you in insta llation and s etting of the cam era and we recommend you to carefully follow the ins truction described. T o ensure th at your warranty remains valid, read t he manu al careful ly before using the camera.
Table of contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Overview .....................................................................
3. Basic Operation and Features .......................................................................................... 27 3.1. Brightness .................................................................................................
4. Advanced Features .......................................................................................................... 47 4.1. Binning Mode ..........................................................................................
6.4. Fire-i 501/511 ............................................................................................................................... .......................... 72 7. Trouble Shooting .........................................
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Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 1 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview Unibrain’ s new Fire-i IIDC 1394a camera series opens up a new horizon on digital image pr ocessing by providing more features in a small and rob ust form factor while maintain ing the cost effectiveness and hig h quality .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 2 1.2. Dimensions and Description Camera Body Size : 64 (w) x 64 ( H) x 60 (D) mm Camera Body W eight: approx. 300 gram Operation T emperature: - 5°C ~ 45°C / Storage T emperature: -20°C ~ 65°C Avoid operation in environment of high humid ity over 90% and allow suff icient airflow.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 3 1.2.2. Trigger Connector Port The External T rigg er Connector provides the acces s to mult iple I/O and also provides power as a secondary source. The trigger pin lay out differs depending on the model: A) Fire-i 501/511/601: Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Power GND 7 Tx RS232 2 Ext.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 4 1.3. Electrical Operating Condition The new SXGA and UXGA models feature optocoupler (or Ph ot o-coupler) while the VGA/XGA model s still use T TL for trigger and stro b e. Trigger (Fire-i 501 /511/601): User Side T rigger Opto.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 5 Trigger (Fire-i 701 /702/810): Parameter Mi n Typical Max I 7 mA 10 mA 20 mA Ri - 270 Ω - Vd - 1.08 V - Risin g tri gg er dela y 2.24 us 3.34 us 3.36 us F allin g tri gg er dela y 2.62 us 3.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 6 1.4. Pixel Data The Unibrain Fire-i cameras comply with the IIDC 1394-Base d Digit al Camera Specif ication v1.31 where data packets are transmit ted by Firewire interface as isochronous pack ets.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 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+.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 8 <U, V> Each component has 8 bi t data. The data type is “Straight Binary” Signal Level (Decimal) Data (Hexadecimal) Highest(+) 127 0xFF 126 0xFE . . . . 1 0x81 Lowest 0 0x80 -1 0x7F .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 9 2. Unibrain Fire-i industrial camera specifications 2.1. Black and White Cameras 2.1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 10 2.1.2. Fire-i 701b Specification Features Image Sensor 1/2 ” Interline CCD (ICX205AL) Effective Pixels 1,450,000 pixels 1392(H) x 1040(V) Picture Size 1392x1040, 1280x960, 1024x 768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size 4.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 11 2.1.3. Fire-i 702b Specification Features Image Sensor 2/3 ” Interline CCD (ICX285AL) Effective Pixels 1,450,000 pixels 1392(H) x 1040(V) Picture Size 1392x1040, 1280x960, 1024x 768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size 6.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 12 2.1.4. Fire-i 601b Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/3 inch Interli ne CCD (ICX204AL) Effect ive pixels 800,000 pixe ls 1034(H) x 779(V) Picture Siz e 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 13 2.1.5. Fire-i 511b Specification Features Image Sensor 1/2-inch Interline CCD (ICX414AL) Effect ive Pixels 330,000 pix els 659(H) x 494(V) Picture Siz e 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Cell Size 9.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 14 2.1.6. Fire-i 501b Specification Features Image Sensor 1/3-inch Interline CCD (ICX424AL) Effect ive Pixels 330,000 pix els 659(H) x 494(V) Picture Siz e 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Cell Size 7 .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 15 2.2. Color Cameras 2.2.1. Fire-i 810c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype /Scanning 1/1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 16 2.2.2. Fire-i 701c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/2-inch Interline CCD (ICX205AK) Effect ive pixels 1,450,000 pixel s 1392(H) x 1040(V) Picture Siz e 1388x1036,1280x960,1024x 768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 17 2.2.3. Fire-i 702c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 2/3-inch Interline CCD (ICX285AQ) Effect ive pixels 1,450,000 pixel s 1392(H) x 1036(V) Picture Siz e 1388x1036,1280x960,1024x 768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 6.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 18 2.2.4. Fire-i 601c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/3-inch Interline CCD (ICX204AK) Effect ive pixels 800,000 pixe ls 1034(H) x 779(V) Picture Siz e 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 19 2.2.5. Fire-i 511c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/2-inch Interline CCD (ICX414AQ) Effect ive pixels 330,000 pixel s 659(H) x 494(V) Picture Siz e 640 x 480 Cell Size(um) 9.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 20 2.2.6. Fire-i 501c Specification Features Image Sensor T ype 1/3-inch Interline CCD (ICX424AQ) Effect ive pixels 330,000 pixel s 659(H) x 494(V) Picture Siz e 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Cell Size(um) 7 .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 21 2.3. Spectral Sensitivity Excludes lens and light source characteristic 2.3.1. B&W Cameras Spectral Sensitivity for FIRE-i 810b S.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 22 Spectral Sensitivity for Fire-i 702b Spectral Sensitivity for Fire-i 601b.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 23 Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 511b Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 501b.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 24 2.3.2. Color Cameras Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 810c Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 701c.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 25 Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 702c Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 601c.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 26 Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 511c Spectral Sensitivity for Fi re-i 501c.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 27 3. Basic Operation and Features The Unibrain cameras employ progressive scan C CD sensor which provides features according to each m odel. Basic functions and features are similar while each camera of its range would have their specif ic function support.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 28 Status Cont rol Register Address Name Field Bit Description 800h BRIGHTNESS Presence_Inq [0] Presence of this feature 0:N/A 1:Availab.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 29 - [2..4] Reserved One_Push [5] Write ‘1’ :begin to work (Self cleared after operation) Read: V alue=’1’ in operation Value=.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 30 Status Cont rol Register Address Name Fie ld Bit Descriptio n 80Ch WHITE_BAL ANCE Presence_I nq [0] Presence of this feat ure.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 31 3.7. Gamma Gamma contro l def ine s the function betwe en incoming lig ht level and outpu t picture level. F a ctory default setti ng for Gamm a is se t to 1.0 . Gamm a val ue is a djust able in the r ang e of 0.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 32 3.8. Shutter Shutter is def ined as the integration time of the incom ing light whe re both Manual and Auto Shutter are supported. The shutter r ange varies from 1usec ~ 3600 sec. F or Shutter control inquiry and st atus register , follow the same def init ion as “BRIGHTNESS” .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 33 3.10. Trigger & Strobe The cameras support external trig ger by receiving i nput through th e external tri gger port. The falling edge and rising edge can be detected as t rigger according to the modes it su pports as per the following t able.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 34 3.10.1. Trigger and Strobe Signal relation.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 35 3.10.2. Timing Diagram for External Trigger and Shutter and Strobe This diagram shows the nece ssary time related t o each signal for External trigger and Shutter and Str obe.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 36 3.10.3. Trigger & Strobe delay For Fi re-i 501/511/601, the strobe signal st arting point is almost the same as t he exposure starting point. Fo r Fire-i 701/702/810, the strobe signal st arting point is al most the same as t he external trigger starting point.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 37 3.10.5. Trigger Mode 2 Camera starts integration of inco ming light from f irst ex ternal trigger input f alling edge. At the N-th (par ameter) external trigger input f alling edge, inte gratio n will be stopped.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 38 3.10.8. Trigger Mode 5 This mode is “multiple shut ter pulse width mode” . The came ra starts int egration of the in coming light from the first external trigger input f alling edge and ex poses incoming light until the trigger is inacti ve.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 39 3.10.10. Trigger Mode 13 T rigger mode 13 is only supported on Fire-i 701/702/810 cameras . The user can capture the multi fr ame rates with one trigger signa l. The users can con trol the Gain and Shutter by the Par ame ter T a ble which has a range from 1 to 255.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 40 3.10.12. Trigger Mode 15 T rigger Mode 15 pr ovides the new functions which are a vailable in latest (end of 2007) f irmwar e. Users can capture as many images as they want with one ex ternal trigger signal.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 41 3.11. Strobe Control Register Base Address: 0xF2F23000h Address Name Fie ld Bit Des cription 000h Strobe_CTRL_Inq Strobe_0_Inq [0 ] P.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 42 3.12. Trigger Delay Control Based on external t riggers users can delay image acquis ition by the trigger delay contr ol feature. Fire-i camer a series support the IIDC V1. 31 specif ication for trigger delay cont rol as per the followin g tables.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 43 3.13. Strobe Delay / Duration Table The table shows the st robe index by increment step t hrough the strobe delay time and th e strobe durati on time. The Increment Step is different accordi ng to strobe index.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 44 Strobe Dur ation T able Strobe Index(Y) Increment Step Strobe Duration Time : T Duration Time Ran g e 0 N.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 45 3.14. Optical Filter Control Optical Filter co ntrol allow user to chang e the optical f ilter of the camera lens function. Y ou can change the Bayer patterns by moving the starting positi on which to output pix el data by one position up , down, right or left.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 46 3.15. Color (Bayer) Patterns Conversion Color sensors c apture images through a optic al low pass f ilter placed over the individual pixel in Bayer mos aic layout.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 47 4. Advanced Features 4.1. Binning Mode (B/W models and Fire-i 810c Model) Binning is def ined as reading neighbo ring pixel and combi nin g directly from the CCD of the camera.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 48 4.1.3. Full Binning Full binning mode can be o btained by combining vertic al an d horizontal binning. First hor izontal pixels are combined f ol lo w ed by a v er t ic a l co n ju nc t io n of t h es e pi x e ls .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 49 4.2. Partial Scan Cameras are def ined of a certain resoluti on according to the image sens or whil e often a certain region maybe of an interest to the us er .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 50 4.3. Pan/Tilt P a n / T i l t i s a f u n c t i o n u s e d t o m o v e a c a m e r a u p a n d d o w n o r l e f t a n d r i g h t .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 51 512 x 384 Format 7 Mode 1 Pan 512 ~ 520 516 - - Tilt 384 ~ 392 388 - - 1024 x 384 Format 7 Mode 2 Pan 512 ~ 520 516 - - Tilt 384 ~ 39.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 52 4.4. One-Shot and Multi-Shot This camera supports One-Shot and Multi -Shot features. Th e camera s hould be in a Iso_disabl ed mode before the execution of those commands. If th e camera is Iso_enabled mode alre ady , those commands are ignored.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 53 4.6. Asynchronous Broadcasting Asynchronous broadcast ing is supported where using node 63 o f the FireWire bus is used as a target node for asynchronous write request. This enable s all the cameras to be triggered by s oftware simultaneo usly .
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 54 4.8. Time Stamp Register The Time stamp regi ster may be inquired fr om the f ireWire bus. CYCLE_TIME register can be conf igured as shown in the table below . Y ou may also get the same v alue from the user def ined, but we recommend using this.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 55 4.9.2. SIO Registers Base address: F2F22000h, default baud rate is 57600 Address Name Fie ld Bit Description 000h Serial_Mode_Reg Baud Rate [0.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 56 Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored FER [13 ] Receive data framing error Read : Current status Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored PER [14] Receiv e data parity error Read : Current status Write : 0: Clear flag 1: Ignored - [15] Reserv ed 008h Receiv e_Buffer_Sta tus_Contro l RBUF_ST [0.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 57 4.9.3. SIO (RS232) special Commands SIO(RS232) special commands are non IIDC compliant an d are specif ic mode for the Fire- camer as. 0xF2F10018 Auto-Sync Mode control regi ster Bit 31 : auto sync enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode ( 0 : custom mode , 1 : IIDC v1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 58 z SIO (RS232) C ommands STX Command Data Length ETX Return Va l u e Function S A0 3Bytes Z G Gain control (0x000 ~ 0x30F(BW Model) or.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 59 4.10. Frame Save Function The Fire-i camera series cameras can save frames in th e memory . The user can instruct the camera to stop integrati ng when the maximum number of frames, that can be stored in the memor y , has been reached.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 60 4.11. LUT (Lookup table) The Fire-i industrial camer as support a LUT (2008 production models or newer), which is provi d ing users with an image with the user’s def ined dynamic range.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 61 The user def ined LUT save procedure is: 1. Check the save ready bit (bit1) status of the LUT sa v e control register (0xF2F10140).
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 62 4.12. One Pixel ‘Snow Noise’ removal With this f unction, it is possible to average the v alue of snow noise pix el by using the neighboring pi xels values. The formula used is: If ((Pi-Pi-1) > Threshold*16) and ((Pi-Pi+1 ) > (Threshold*16)), Pi is bad pixel.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 63 4.13. PIO Control Register Short for Programmed Input/Output, PIO provide s a set of IO ports which can be co nf igured by the defined address. The PIO control register by 1394 a ddress, for strobe and trigger s ignal, is as follows.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 64 5. User Defined (custom) FireWire Registers User def ined registers are features undef ined in the IID C speci f ication wh ich Fire-i cameras are capable of . User can uti lize extended featur es of these specific f ire wire registers f or application.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 65 0xF2F10018 Mode control register Bit 31 : auto sync enable Bit 30 : SIO enable mode (0 : custom mode, 1 : IIDC v1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 66 (1: 0xF2F1015C command enable, 0: no operation) Bit 8 : Gain/Shutter table acces s ready (r ead only: 1: ready , 0: not ready) Bit 10.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 67 Bit 1 : LUT regeneration command (self cleared) Bit 2~Bit5 : reser ved Bit 6 : reserved Bit 7 : reserved Bit 8~Bit 19 : X coordinatio.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 68 (AE_SY) Bit 20 ~ Bit 31 : DAC or AE Y-axis wi dth at current display image (AE_WY >= 4) 0xF2F10150 Snow noise remove threshold reg.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 69 6. Video Formats and Modes IIDC specif ication def ines several video formats. An overview of those formats is: z Format 0: Video formats up to VGA (640 x 480) r esolution. z Format 1: Video formats for SVGA (800 x 600) and XGA (1024x768) resolution.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 70 According t o different models of the Fire-i camera s eries supported video f ormat, modes and frame r ate are different. Notes: Color Mo dels outputs Ra w Bayer Pat tern which is con verted by softw are.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 71 6.2. Fire-i 701/702 For m a t Mode Reso lut ion 60fps 30f ps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75fps 1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 72 6.3. Fire-i 601 For m a t Mode Res olu tio n 60fps 30f ps 15fps 7. 5 f p s 3.75fps 1.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 73 7. Trouble Shooting FireWire based camera are operated in connection with system where user may encounter problems as they operate.
Unibrain Fir e-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation M anual Page 74 8. Technical Support W e ensure the conformity of our product t o be reliable an d free from def ects during manufacturing by test ing all the cameras bef ore release. However unexpected pr oblems and tech nical issues may come up due to the complexity of the product.
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If you have not bought Unibrain 501 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Unibrain 501 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Unibrain 501 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Unibrain 501 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
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