Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GX1050 Allied International
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GX1050 / GX10 50C Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc. 101-3750 North Fraser Way Burnaby, BC V5J 5E9 / Canada Technic al Man ual 700056 A April 7, 2010.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 2 T able of Content s Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 2 Introduction .......................................................
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 3 Legal notice For customers in the U.S.A. (FCC Complia nce Information) This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class A digital devic e, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 4 Contacting Allied Vision Technologies • Technical in formatio n: http://www. alliedvisiontec .com • Support: support@al liedvisiontec .com Allied Vision T echnolog ies GmbH (Headqua rters) Tasc henweg 2a 07646 Stadtr oda, Germ an y Tel.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 5 Intr oduction The G X1050 series of cam eras are sen sitiv e, 1 12 f rames per s econd, 1 megap ixel, Gigabit E thernet cameras b ased on the Kodak K AI-01050 CCD sensor. The se cameras support the us e of 1 o r 2 gigabit E thernet ports in a LA G configuration for higher bandwidth requirem ents.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 6 Canada Inc. will n ot warranty pa rts which have b een dama ged through the obvious misuse of this product..
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 7 Specification s Sensor Type Kodak KA I-01050 Sensor Shutte r Type Progressive Interline Image Re solution 1024 x 102 4 pixels Pixel Size 5.5 µ m x 5.5 µ m Optical Fo rmat 1/2 inch Lens Moun t C-mount with ad justable back focus.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 8 Supported Features Imaging Mod es free-runnin g, external trigger, fixed rate, softwa re trigger Fixed Rate Co ntrol 0.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 9 Mechanica l GX C-MOUNT.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 10 Connections GX CONNECTIO N DIA GR AM.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 11 GIGABIT ETHERNET P ORTS These ports confo rm to the IEEE 802.3 1000BA SE-T standard f or Gigabit Ethernet over copper. It is recommend ed that CAT5E o r CAT6 compatib le cabling and connectors be used for be st p erformance.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 12 EXTERNAL POWER This connect ion p rovides the main p ower fo r the camera. T he camera opera tes f rom a DC voltage be tween 5V to 24V . Th e current capacity of t he power supply can be estimated by d ividing th e came ra ’ s po wer requiremen t by the external p ower volta ge.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 13 SYNC OUTPUT S (1 to 4 ) These signals are o ptically iso lated a nd require the user to p rovide a high voltage level ( USER VCC ) and sig nal co mmon ( USER GROUND ). USE R VCC can b e from 5V to 24V. ICC is a func tion of USER VCC and load resistor R.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 14 These signals only function as outputs a nd can be configured as f ollows: Exposing Correspon ds to when camera is integrating light.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 15 LENS CONTROL P ORT PIN FUNCTION 1 IRIS + 2 IRIS - 3 FOCUS + 4 FOCUS - 5 ZOOM + 6 ZOOM - 7 AUTO IRIS SIGNAL 8 GROUND LENS CONTROL P ORT AS SEEN FROM BACK OF CAMER A This connector provides the s ignals necessary to control the iris, f ocus, and zoom of most commercially a vailable TV Zoom lenses.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 16 Cleaning the Sensor DO NOT CONT A CT C LEAN SENSOR UNLES S ABSOLUTELY NECES SARY. Identifying Debris Debris on the image sensor or o ptical components will app ear as a darke ned area or smudge on the image t hat does not move as the camera is moved.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 17 Adjusting the C-mount THE C-MOUNT IS A DJUS TED AT THE FACTORY AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE AD JUSTIN G. If for some rea son, the C-mount require s adjustment, use the follo wing method. Loosen Lock ing Ring Use an adjustable wrench to loosen locking ring.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 18 Network Card Configuration Operating G igE Vision GX cameras using multiple network adaptors The GX series cameras offer two Gigabit Etherne t ports for image data transfer and control. Users can c onnect one or both ports on the GX to Ethernet adap ter ports on a host computer.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 19 5. Click on “ OK ” to validate your change (the “ Properties ” window will close). The Property list will be different between different types/brands of gigabit E thernet interface cards. If "Jum bo Frames" does not appear in this list , then your card pro bably does not support it.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 20 adapter from others in your system. Click “ Next ” to co ntinue. 12. Se lect the two Ethernet po rts to which the GX camera will be con nected. These po rts w ill form our LAG or TEAM. Click “ Next ” to continue.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 21 15. On ce completed the prop erties of the TEAM (LAG) that ha s just been created will appear. A new Network Connections Icon co rresponding to the LAG group is created. You have no w completed the Link A ggregate Group configuration.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 22 GigE Sample Vie wer and Filter D r iver o Download GigE S ample Viewer from www .allied visiontec.com . This will install th e Sample V iewer application program, d rivers, and optionally the Prosilica Filter Driver. The Filte r Driver will improve CPU pe rformance and is recommended.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 23 T rouble Shooting Is the came ra getting power? The Green LED is the camera pow er indicator. If unlit, check the power adapto r. If possible, swap with o ne that is known to work. If using a custom power ada ptor, be sure the adaptor su pports the voltage and power requirem ents of the camera .
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 24 The following example is not on the same Subnet : NIC IP 169.250. 23 .2 Sub net Mask: 255.255.255. 0, CamIP 169.2 54. 13.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 . This can happe n if you use a non A utoIP range o n your NI C and it d oesn ’ t have access to a DHCP server.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 25 All stats 0 while streaming. Fir ewall likely blocking traffic • All stats 0. Like ly a firewall is blocking incomin g traffic. Disable your f irewall. Check your camera trigger settin gs. Many camera trigger mo des require a software o r hardware trigger event to capture frames.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 26 Addendum.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 27 GX IO Schema tic PIN 3. SY N C OUT 4 VDD +3.3 TLP 281-4GB 7 8 10 9 PIN 9. RS -232 TX D CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OU T 2 CAMERA LOGIC SY N C OU T 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HI R OSE H R 10A-10R-12PB TLP 281-4GB 5 6 12 11 100K C AM ERA LOGIC SY N C I N 2 4.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 28 User T r igger Circuit Example This diagram indicates one exam ple of a 5V TTL based user t rigger circuit. 0.1u 10V CAMERA POWER USER LOGIC SY NC OU T 4 SY N C IN 2 .
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 29 TV Zoom Lens C onnection FO C U S+ Z OO M I RI S- FO C U S- C OM MO N FO C U S- FO C U S Z O O M- Z O O M+ C OM MO N Z OO M+ FO C U S Z O O M FO C U S+ C OM MO N H IR.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 30 Video Ir is Connectio n V ID E O A UTO- IR IS L E NS H I R OSE 3240-8P-C(50) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LENS POWE R POW ER GR OU N D POW ER GR OU N D VI D EO SI GN AL 12V_POWER .
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 31 T rigger Timing Diagra m.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 32 Notes on T riggering Definitions o User Trigger is the trigger signal applied by the user. o Logic Trigger is the trigger signal seen b y the camera internal logic. o Tpd is the p ropagation delay between the User Trigger and the Logic Trigger.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 33 Triggering dur ing the Readout State o For applications requiring the faste st triggering cycle time whereb y the camera image sens or is exposing a nd readin g o ut sim ultaneously, the n the User T rigger signal shou ld be applied as soon a s a valid Trigger Ready is detect ed.
GX1050 T echnical Manu al Page 34 Camera Controls For the latest, up to date camera controls, see AVT Camera and Driver Attributes.pdf at http://ww w.alliedvisiontec.
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