Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GE1900C Kodak
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Prosilica Inc. www.prosilica.com tel: 604.875.8855 fax: 604.875.8856 © 2006 Prosili ca Inc. All righ ts reserved. prosili ca USER MA NUAL November 1, 2006 GE1900 GE1900C.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. ii Table of Cont ents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1 Precautions ......................
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 1 Introduction The GE1900 series of cameras are sensitive, 30 frames per second, HDTV format, Gigabit Ethernet cameras based on the Kodak KAI-2093M CCD sensor . Precautions READ INSTALLATION G UIDE CAREFULLY.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 2 Specifications Sensor Type Kodak KAI-2093M (KAI- 2093CM for color) Sensor Shutter Type Progressive Interline Image Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Pixel Size 7.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 3 Supported Featu res Imaging Modes free-running, external trigger , fixed rate, software trig ger Fixed Rate Control 0.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 4 Mechanical 80.4* 57 13.9* 26 26 64 M3 3 MM DEEP 6 PLCS TYP 51.3 39.1 All dimensions are in mm. *Add 0.3mm for color cameras due to addition of IR blocking filter. Figure 1. GE SERIES m echanical dimensions.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 5 Connections 1 5 6 2 3 4 7 Figure 2. GE SERIES co nnection diagram..
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 6 Item 1: GIGABIT E THERNET PORT This port confor ms to the IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T standard for Gigab it Et hernet over copper. It is recommended that CAT5E or CAT6 compat ible c abling and connect ors be used for be st performance.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 7 Sync Out 2 and Sync Out 3 These signals only function a s outputs and can be configur ed as follows: Exposing Corresponds to when camera is integrating light. Trigger Ready Indicates when the camera wi ll accept a trigger signal.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 8 Item 4: Mini-SMB Sync O ut 1 This Mini-SMB port o n the camera uses an Amphenol 903-406J-51R connector . A sui table mating cable connector is Amp 413 985-3 which can be used with RG174 coaxial cable. Contact Prosilica to purchase cabling .
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 9 Item 7: AUXILIARY POW ER PORT This port is required to provide power to the camera. This port provides thre aded captivation of the power cable i f required. The ca ptivated cable mating conn ector is the Switchcraft 760K.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 10 Cleaning the Sensor DO NOT CONTACT CLEAN SENSOR UNLESS ABS OLUTELY NECESSA RY. Identifying Debris Debris on the image sens or or optical components will a ppear as a darkened area or smudge o n the image that does not move as the camera is moved.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 11 Adjusting the C-mount LOCK ING RING C M OUNT RING Figure 4. Camera Fro nt View. THE C-MOUNT IS ADJUSTED AT T HE FACTORY AND SHO ULD NOT REQUIRE ADJUSTING. If for some reason, the C-mount requires adjustment, use the following method.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 12 Camera Instal lation Computer Interfac e The Pros ilica GE Series cameras will work with any Gigabit Ethernet netwo rk card; however Prosilica strongly recommends using Gigabit Ethernet components t hat support Jumbo Frames.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 13 Gigabit Ethernet Se tup for Windows o Install network car d in computer. o Boot the PC and cancel the “Found new Hardware Wizard” wi ndow that may appear whe n Windows detects the new car d. o Install the driver that came with the network card.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 14 o Select the Interne t Pr otocol ( TCP/IP) c heck box and then se lect Pr operties . See Figure 6. Network card TCP/IP address.. Select th e Use the following IP address and enter an IP address of 169. 254.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 15 Figure 7. Turn off Fir ewall. o Return to the Gige Local Properties window as in Fi gure 5. Select the Advanced tab as in Figure 7 and disable th e Firewall for this device.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 16 Installing GigE Vi ewer for Testing o The latest Viewer softwar e can be downloaded from http://www.prosi lica.com/support.htm . o Run the GigE Viewer Installer.exe. This will install the Prosilica Digital Camera drivers as well as the Prosilica GigE Vie wer application program.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 17 System Optimi zation o Open the Network Connections Dialog a s follows: From the Windows desktop select start , then select Control Pane l , then double click on the Network Connecti ons icon.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 18 Figure 10. Network card advanc ed settings. o Set Maximum Frame Si ze or Jumbo Frames to t he maximum possible value. A t ypical value is 9000 . If t he list con tains a pro perty called Receive Descriptors , then change t his value to its maximum val ue.
GE1900 User Manu al 70-0028A-A Prosilica Inc. 19 Trouble Shoot ing Check the Basics o Is power avail able? Check the status LED 1. If th e LED is off, the camera is not getting power. Verify the connecti ons and cabling. o Is the LED orange? This occurs if t he firmware i s corrupt becau se a firmware update was interrupted.
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