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GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. ii Table of Co ntents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ ii Introduction .
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 1 Introduction The GX1660 series of cameras are sensitive, 66 frames per second, 2 megapixel, Gigabit Ethernet cameras based on the Kodak KAI-02050 CCD sensor.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 2 Specifications Sensor Type Kodak KAI-02050 Sensor Shutter T ype Progressive Interline Image Resolution 1600 x 1200 p ixels Pixel Size 5.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 3 Suppor ted Features Imaging Modes free-running, external tri gger, fixed rate, software trigger Fixed Rate Control 0.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 4 Mechanica l GX C-MOUN T.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 5 Conne ctions GX CONNECTION DIAGRAM.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 6 GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS These ports confo rm to the IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T standard for Gigabi t Ethernet over copper. It is recommended that C AT5E or CAT6 compatible cabling and connectors be used for best performance.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 7 EXTERNAL P OWER This connection provides t he main power for t he camera. Th e camer a operates from a DC voltage be tween 5V to 24V. The current capacit y of the power suppl y can be estimated b y dividing the camera’s power requirement b y the ex ternal power vo ltage.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 8 SYNC OUTPUT S (1 to 4) These si gnals are opticall y isolated and requi re t he user to provide a hi gh voltage level ( USER VCC ) and si gnal comm on ( USER GROUN D ). USER VCC can be from 5 V to 24V.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 9 These signals only functi on as outputs and can be configured as follows: Exposing Corresponds to when ca mera is integrating light. Trigger Ready Indicates when the camera will accept a trigger signal.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 10 LENS CONTROL P ORT PIN FUNCTION 1 IR IS + 2 IR IS - 3 FOCUS + 4 FOCUS - 5 ZOOM + 6 ZOOM - 7 AUTO IRIS SIGNAL 8 GR OUND LENS .
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 11 Cleaning the Sensor DO NOT CONTACT CLEAN SENSO R UNLESS ABSOLUTE LY NECESSARY. Identifying Debris Debris on the im age senso r or optical component s will appear as a darken ed area or smud ge on the image that does not move as the camera is mo ved.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 12 Adjusting t he C-m ount THE C-MOUNT IS ADJUSTED AT THE FACTORY AND SH OULD NO T REQUIRE ADJUST ING. If for some reason, the C-moun t requires adjustment, us e the following method.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 13 Network Card Configuration Operating GigE Vision GX cameras using multiple network ad aptors The GX series cameras offer two Gigabit Et hernet p orts for image data transfer and control .
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 14 5. Click on “OK” to validate your change (the “Properties” windo w will close). The Property list will be different b etween different types/brand s of gigabit Ethernet inte rface cards.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 15 11. Specif y a name for the Team (Lin k Aggregate Group). This shou ld be something that will distinguish this adapter from others in your system . Click “Next” t o continue.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 16 15. Once com pleted the propert ies of the TEAM (LAG) that has just been created will a ppear. A new Network Con nections Icon co rresponding to the LAG group is created. You have no w completed the Link Aggregate Group configu ration.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 17 GigE Sample Viewer and F ilter Driver o Download GigE Sample Viewer from www.allied visiontec.com . This wil l install the Sample Viewer application program, drivers, and opti onall y the Prosilica Filter Driver.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 18 Trouble S hooting Is the camera gett ing power? The Green LED is the c amera power indicator. If u nlit, check the pow er adaptor. If possib le, swap with one that is known to work.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 19 The following example is not on the same Subnet: N IC I P 169.250. 23.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0, Cam IP 169.254. 13.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0 .0. This can happen if you use a non AutoIP ran ge on your N IC and it doesn’t have access to a DHCP server.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 20 All stats 0 while streami ng. Firewall likely blocking traffic • All stats 0. Likely a firewall is blocking incoming traffic. Disable your firewall. Check your camera trigger settings.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 21 Adde ndum.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 22 GX IO Schemati c PIN 3. SY N C OU T 4 VDD +3. 3 T LP281-4GB 7 8 10 9 PIN 9. R S-232 TX D CAMERA LOGI C SY N C OU T 2 CAMERA LOGI C 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 T LP281-4GB 5 6 12 11 100K CAMERA LOGI C SY N C I N 2 4.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 23 User Trigger Circui t Example 0. 1u 10V C AM ER A POW ER U SER LOGI C SY N C OU T 4 SY N C I N 2 SN74 ABT 244APWR 3 5 7 9 12.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 24 TV Zoom Lens Connection FO C U S+ Z O O 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 O O M.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 25 Video Iris Co nnection VI D EO SI GN AL LEN S GR OU N D 12V POW ER POWER GR OU N D V I D E O A U T O -I R I S LE N S 1 2 3 4.
GX1660 User Manual 70-0057A -A Allied Vision Techn ologies (Canada) Inc. 26 Trigger Timing Diagram User Trigger Logic Trigger Exposure Readout Trigger Rea d y Imaging Tpd Trigger Latency Interline Tim.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 27 Notes on Trigg ering Definitions o User Trigger is the trigger si gnal applied b y the user. o Logic Trigger is the trigger signal s een by the camera internal l ogic. o Tpd is the propagation del ay between the User Trigger and the Logic Trigger.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 28 Triggering during t he Readout Stat e o For applications requirin g the fastest triggering cycle time whereby the camera ima.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 29 Camer a Controls Note: Not all feat ures listed here are available o n all camera models. Acquisition This group of controls re lates to the acquiri ng of images. Trigger This group of controls re lates to how an image frame i s initiated or triggered .
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 30 EdgeAny – rising or falling edge LevelHigh – acti ve high signal LevelLow – active lo w signal AcqStartTriggerMode - Sel ects if the start of acquisition should be stimulated by an external hardware trigger.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 31 SingleFrame - After an a cquisition start event, the camera will only receive a single frame trigger event. Further trigge r events will be ignored until acquisition is stopped and restart ed.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 32 DSPSubregionLeft - defines the position of left edg e of the DSP subregion. Measured in pixel s from the left edge. Defaults t o zero. DSPSubregionRig ht - defines the positio n of the right edge of the DSP subregion as measured from t he left side of the imag e.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 33 Auto - The exposure time wil l vary continuously accordi ng to the scene illumi nation.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 34 Iris The GC series cameras sup port video-type auto iris lenses. This control will not appear o n GE series cameras which do not support auto i ris. All video-type auto iris lenses have a default refere nce voltage.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 35 WhitebalValueRed – Red g ain expressed as a percentag e of the camera default setting. WhitebalValueBlue - Blue ga in expressed as a percentag e of the camera default setting.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 36 does not suppo rt Jumbo Packets/Frames of at least 8228 Bytes (the camera default o n power up), then you will need to reduce PacketSize parameter to mat ch the maximum supported by your network adaptor.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 37 Mono16 - 16 bits pe r pixel, monochrome. On camera int erpolation, with luminance (Y) channel returned. For 10 bit (CMOS) or 12 bit (CCD) sensors, the data is least significant bit aligned within the 16 bit word.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 38 TimeStampFrequency – In Hz. All images ret urned from the camera are marked wit h a timestamp.
GX1660 User Manual 70-005 7A-A Allied Vision Technologies (Canada ) Inc. 39 FrameTrigger – Active when an i mage has been init iated to sta rt. Th is is a logi c trigger internal to the camera, which is initi ated by an external trigge r or software trigger event.
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