Allied Vision Stingray User manual

Technical Manual
V4.6.0
2016-June-30
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
Taschenweg 2a
D-07646 Stadtroda / Germany
Stingray

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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision...................................................................................9
Introduction........................................................................................................... 10
Document history ......................................................................................................... 10
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 22
Conventions used in this manual...................................................................................... 23
Styles .................................................................................................................... 24
Symbols ................................................................................................................. 24
More information.......................................................................................................... 25
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 25
Stingray cameras ............................................................................................... 27
Conformity ............................................................................................................. 28
CE ......................................................................................................................... 28
FCC – Class B Device .................................................................................................. 28
FireWire ................................................................................................................... 29
Overview..................................................................................................................... 29
Definition ............................................................................................................... 29
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 29
Why use FireWire?..................................................................................................... 30
FireWire in detail .......................................................................................................... 30
Serial bus ............................................................................................................... 30
FireWire connection capabilities.................................................................................. 31
Capabilities of IEEE 1394a (FireWire 400) ...................................................................... 32
Capabilities of IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800)...................................................................... 32
Compatibility between IEEE 1394a and IEEE 1394b.......................................................... 33
Image transfer via IEEE 1394a and IEEE 1394b ............................................................... 34
IEEE 1394b bandwidths ............................................................................................. 34
FireWire Plug & play capabilities.................................................................................. 36
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ................................................................ 37
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 38
Specifications ...................................................................................................... 39
Absolute quantum efficiency........................................................................................... 40
Spectral response plots.................................................................................................. 40
Stingray F-033B/F-033C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 41
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 43
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 43
Stingray F-046B/F-046C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 44
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 46
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 46
Stingray F-080B/F-080C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 47

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Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 49
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 49
Stingray F-125B/F-125C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 50
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 52
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 52
Stingray F-145B/F-145C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 53
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 55
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 55
Stingray F-146B/F-146C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 56
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 58
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 58
Stingray F-201B/F-201C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 59
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 61
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 61
Stingray F-504B/F-504C (including fiber variant)................................................................ 62
Absolute QE ............................................................................................................ 64
Spectral response..................................................................................................... 64
Camera dimensions.......................................................................................... 65
Serial numbers for starting new front flange .................................................................. 65
Stingray standard housing (2 x IEEE 1394b copper) ............................................................. 66
Stingray (IEEE 1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)......................................................................... 67
Tripod adapter ............................................................................................................. 67
Stingray W90 (2 x IEEE 1394b copper)............................................................................... 69
Stingray W90 (IEEE 1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper) .................................................................. 70
Stingray W90 S90 (2 x IEEE 1394b copper)......................................................................... 71
Stingray W90 S90 (IEEE 1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)............................................................. 72
Stingray W270 (2 x IEEE 1394b copper)............................................................................. 73
Stingray W270 (IEEE 1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)................................................................. 74
Stingray W270 S90 (2 x IEEE 1394b copper) ....................................................................... 75
Stingray W270 S90 (IEEE 1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)........................................................... 76
Cross section: CS-Mount................................................................................................. 77
Cross section: C-Mount .................................................................................................. 78
Adjustment of C-Mount and CS-Mount............................................................................... 78
Stingray board level: dimensions ..................................................................................... 79
Stingray board level: CS-Mount ....................................................................................... 80
Stingray board level: C-Mount ......................................................................................... 81
Filter and lenses................................................................................................. 82
IR cut filter: spectral transmission ................................................................................... 82
Camera lenses.............................................................................................................. 83
Stingray F-080, F-125 ............................................................................................... 83
Stingray F-033, F-046, F-146 ...................................................................................... 83
Stingray F-201......................................................................................................... 84
Stingray F-145, F-504 ............................................................................................... 84
Camera interfaces............................................................................................. 85

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IEEE 1394b port pin assignment ...................................................................................... 85
Board level camera: IEEE 1394b port pin assignment....................................................... 86
Camera I/O connector pin assignment............................................................................... 88
Board level camera: I/O pin assignment........................................................................ 89
Status LEDs ................................................................................................................. 91
Normal conditions.................................................................................................... 92
Error conditions ....................................................................................................... 92
Control data signals ...................................................................................................... 93
Inputs.................................................................................................................... 93
Input/output pin control ........................................................................................... 93
Outputs.................................................................................................................. 97
Pulse-width modulation (Stingray housing and Stingray board level models) ...................... 102
Pixel data................................................................................................................... 104
Description of the data path ..................................................................... 111
Block diagrams of the cameras ....................................................................................... 111
Monochrome cameras .............................................................................................. 111
Color cameras......................................................................................................... 112
White balance ............................................................................................................. 112
One-push white balance ........................................................................................... 114
Auto white balance (AWB)......................................................................................... 115
Auto shutter ............................................................................................................... 117
Auto gain................................................................................................................... 118
Manual gain ............................................................................................................... 121
Brightness (black level or offset) .................................................................................... 121
Horizontal mirror function............................................................................................. 122
Shading correction ...................................................................................................... 123
Building shading image in Format_7 modes.................................................................. 124
How to store shading image ...................................................................................... 124
Automatic generation of correction data...................................................................... 126
Loading a shading image out of the camera .................................................................. 129
Loading a shading image into the camera..................................................................... 131
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function ......................................................................... 132
Loading an LUT into the camera ................................................................................. 133
Defect pixel correction.................................................................................................. 134
Building defect pixel correction image in Format_7 modes .............................................. 135
Flow diagram of defect pixel correction........................................................................ 135
Building defect pixel data ......................................................................................... 137
Activate/deactivate defect pixel correction .................................................................. 138
Store defect pixel data non-volatile ............................................................................ 138
Load non-volatile stored defect pixel data.................................................................... 138
Send defect pixel data to the host............................................................................... 139
Receive defect pixel data from the host........................................................................ 139
DPC data: storing mechanism..................................................................................... 139
Binning (only Stingray monochrome models and F-201C/504C) ............................................ 140
2 x / 4 x / 8 x binning (F-201C only 2 x vertical binning).................................................. 140
Vertical binning ...................................................................................................... 141
Horizontal binning (F-201C only 2 x horizontal binning)................................................. 142

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2 x full binning/4 x full binning/8 x full binning (F-201C only 2 x full binning).................... 143
Sub-sampling (Stingray monochrome and color models) ..................................................... 144
What is sub-sampling?.............................................................................................. 144
Which Stingray models have sub-sampling?.................................................................. 144
Description of sub-sampling...................................................................................... 144
Binning and sub-sampling access ................................................................................... 149
Quick parameter change timing modes............................................................................. 151
Stingray timing modes ............................................................................................. 151
How to transfer parameters to the camera .................................................................... 153
Packed 12-Bit Mode .................................................................................................... 156
High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio)......................................................................... 157
Frame memory and deferred image transport..................................................................... 158
Deferred image transport.......................................................................................... 158
HoldImg mode........................................................................................................ 158
FastCapture mode.................................................................................................... 160
Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing) ......................................................................... 161
Sharpness .................................................................................................................. 162
Hue and saturation ...................................................................................................... 164
Color correction .......................................................................................................... 164
Color conversion (RGB to YUV)........................................................................................ 167
Bulk Trigger................................................................................................................ 167
Level Trigger............................................................................................................... 167
Serial interface ........................................................................................................... 167
Controlling image capture.......................................................................... 173
Trigger modes............................................................................................................. 173
Bulk trigger (Trigger_Mode_15)................................................................................. 174
Trigger delay .......................................................................................................... 178
Software trigger...................................................................................................... 180
Debounce .............................................................................................................. 181
Debounce time........................................................................................................ 181
Exposure time (shutter) and offset .................................................................................. 182
Exposure time offset, minimum exposure time .............................................................. 183
Extended shutter..................................................................................................... 184
One-shot.................................................................................................................... 184
One-shot command on the bus to start exposure............................................................ 186
End of exposure to first packet on the bus .................................................................... 186
Multi-shot.................................................................................................................. 187
ISO_Enable / free-run .................................................................................................. 188
Asynchronous broadcast ............................................................................................... 188
Jitter at start of exposure .............................................................................................. 189
Sequence mode........................................................................................................... 190
How is sequence mode implemented?.......................................................................... 191
Which sequence mode features are available? ............................................................... 196
Points to pay attention to when working with a sequence ................................................ 197
Changing the parameters within a sequence ................................................................. 199
Points to pay attention to when changing the parameters ............................................... 199

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Secure image signature (SIS): definition and scenarios ....................................................... 200
SIS: Definition ........................................................................................................ 200
SIS: Scenarios ........................................................................................................ 201
Video formats, modes and bandwidth................................................. 202
Stingray F-033B/F-033C (including board level variants)..................................................... 203
Stingray F-046B/F-046C (including board level variants)..................................................... 205
Stingray F-080B/F-080C (including board level variants)..................................................... 207
Stingray F-125B/F-125C (including board level variants)..................................................... 209
Stingray F-145B/F-145C (including board level variants)..................................................... 212
Stingray F-146B/F-146C (including board level variants)..................................................... 216
Stingray F-201B/F-201C (including board level variants)..................................................... 220
Stingray F-504B/F-504C (including board level variants)..................................................... 224
Area of interest (AOI) ................................................................................................... 226
Autofunction AOI .................................................................................................... 227
Frame rates ................................................................................................................ 228
Frame rates Format_7 .............................................................................................. 233
Stingray F-033B/F-033C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 233
Stingray F-046B/F-046C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 234
Stingray F-080B/F-080C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 236
Stingray F-125B/F-125C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 237
Stingray F-145B/F-145C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 238
Stingray F-146B/F-146C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 240
Stingray F-201B/F-201C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 241
Stingray F-504B/F-504C (including board level variants): AOI frame rates .......................... 242
How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?................................... 244
Test images ................................................................................................................ 246
Loading test images................................................................................................. 246
Test images for monochrome cameras.......................................................................... 246
Test images for color cameras .................................................................................... 247
Configuration of the camera ..................................................................... 248
Camera_Status_Register ............................................................................................... 248
Example ................................................................................................................ 249
Sample program...................................................................................................... 250
Configuration ROM....................................................................................................... 252
Implemented registers (IIDC V1.31) ................................................................................ 255
Camera initialize register .......................................................................................... 255
Inquiry register for video format................................................................................. 255
Inquiry register for video mode .................................................................................. 256
Inquiry register for video frame rate and base address .................................................... 257
Inquiry register for basic function............................................................................... 266
Inquiry register for feature presence ........................................................................... 267
Inquiry register for feature elements........................................................................... 269
Status and control registers for camera........................................................................ 272
Inquiry register for absolute value CSR offset address ..................................................... 273
Status and control register for one-push ...................................................................... 274

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Feature control error status register............................................................................ 277
Video mode control and status registers for Format_7..................................................... 277
Temperature register................................................................................................ 279
Advanced features (Allied Vision-specific) ........................................................................ 279
Advanced registers summary ..................................................................................... 280
Extended version information register......................................................................... 283
Advanced feature inquiry .......................................................................................... 285
Camera status......................................................................................................... 287
Maximum resolution ................................................................................................ 288
Time base .............................................................................................................. 288
Extended shutter..................................................................................................... 290
Permanent Data Storage ........................................................................................... 291
Test images............................................................................................................ 294
Look-up tables (LUT)................................................................................................ 295
Shading correction .................................................................................................. 297
Deferred image transport.......................................................................................... 300
Frame information................................................................................................... 300
Defect pixel correction ............................................................................................. 301
Input/output pin control .......................................................................................... 302
Delayed Integration Enable (IntEna)........................................................................... 303
Auto shutter control ................................................................................................ 304
Auto gain control .................................................................................................... 305
Autofunction AOI .................................................................................................... 306
Color correction ...................................................................................................... 307
Trigger delay .......................................................................................................... 308
Mirror image .......................................................................................................... 308
Soft reset............................................................................................................... 309
High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) .................................................................... 310
Maximum ISO packet size .......................................................................................... 311
Quick parameter change timing modes ........................................................................ 312
Parameter-List Update ............................................................................................. 314
Format_7 mode mapping .......................................................................................... 315
Low noise binning mode (2 x and 4 x binning)............................................................... 316
Secure image signature (SIS)..................................................................................... 316
Software feature control (disable LEDs) ....................................................................... 322
User profiles........................................................................................................... 323
Pulse-width modulation (PWM): Stingray housing and board level cameras......................... 326
GPDATA_BUFFER ..................................................................................................... 326
Firmware update .............................................................................................. 328
Extended version number (microcontroller and FPGA)......................................................... 328
Appendix ............................................................................................................... 329
Sensor position accuracy of Stingray cameras.................................................................... 329
Index ........................................................................................................................ 330

Contacting Allied Vision
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Contacting Allied Vision
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Introduction
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Introduction
This Stingray Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifications,
dimensions, all camera features (IIDC standard andAllied Vision smart features)
and their registers, trigger features, all video and color formats, bandwidth, and
frame rate calculation.
For information on hardware installation, safety warnings, and pin assignments
on I/O connectors and IEEE 1394b connectors read the 1394 Installation
Manual.
Document history
Note

Please read through this manual carefully.
We assume that you have read already the 1394 Installation
Manual (see: https://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/
technical-documentation) and that you have installed the
hardware and software on your PC or laptop (FireWire card,
cables).
Version Date Remarks
V2.0.0 31.03.2008 New Manual - RELEASE status
V2.1.0 23.05.2008 New CAD drawings due to new flange in Chapter Camera
dimensions on page 65
Added Appendix: Chapter Appendix on page 329
Added direct fiber technology in Chapter Stingray cameras on
page 27
Added fiber cameras (1 x copper, 1 x GOF) and fiber power
consumption in all tables in Chapter Specifications on page 39
Added Chapter Pulse-width modulation (Stingray housing and
Stingray board level models) on page 102
Added Chapter Horizontal mirror function on page 122
Added Chapter Shading correction on page 123
Table 1: Document history

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continued from previous page
V2.1.0 23.05.2008 Added 4 x and 8 x binning in
Chapter Binning (only Stingray monochrome models and F-
201C/504C) on page 140
Added 2 out of 8 sub-sampling in Chapter Sub-sampling
(Stingray monochrome and color models) on page 144
Changed Table 81 on page 150
Added fiber models in Table 56 on page 159
Added Chapter Temperature register on page 279
Added Shading control registers (0xF1000250, 0xF1000254,
0xF1000258) in Table 125 on page 280
Added Mirror image register (0xF1000410) in Table 125 on page
280
Added board level variants in Table 127 on page 284
Added Shading and Mirror image in Table 128 on page 285
Added Chapter Shading correction on page 297
Added Chapter Mirror image on page 308
Added Appendix Chapter Appendix on page 329
Added 0x09 PWM in Table 29 on page 100
Added Chapter Board level camera: IEEE 1394b port pin
assignment on page 86
Added Chapter Board level camera: I/O pin assignment on page
89
Added PWM feature in Chapter IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-4 on page 98
Added Table on page 102
Added PWM feature in Table 29 on page 100
Added board level in Table on page 202
Added board level (BL) in Table 127 on page 284
Added PWM in Table 128 on page 285
Changed resolutions of Format_7 modes in Chapter Video
formats, modes and bandwidth on page 202
Corrected RGB8 frame rates in Format_7 Mode_0 in Chapter
Video formats, modes and bandwidth on page 202
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

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V2.1.0 23.05.2008 Added frame rates for binning and sub-sampling modes in
Chapter Video formats, modes and bandwidth on page 202
Added Chapter Appendix on page 329
Changed provisions directive to 2004/108/EG in Chapter
Conformity on page 28
V2.2.0 15.08.2008 Corrected Hirose connector in CAD drawings in Chapter Camera
dimensions on page 65
Added cross-reference from upload LUT to GPDATA_BUFFER in
Chapter Loading a shading image into the camera on page 131
Added cross-reference from upload/download shading image to
GPDATA_BUFFER in:
–ChapterLoading a shading image out of the camera on
page 129
–ChapterLoading a shading image into the camera on
page 131
Added little endian vs. big endian byte order in Chapter
GPDATA_BUFFER on page 326
Added detailed cross-reference in Chapter Camera I/O connector
pin assignment on page 88
Added detailed level values of I/Os in Chapter Camera I/O
connector pin assignment on page 88
Rounded shutter speeds in Chapter Specifications on page 39
Roundedoffsets in Chapter Exposure time (shutter) and offset on
page 182 and in Table 93 on page 187
Added new image of Stingray camera with two screws on either
side of the cameras for fixing the front flange:
– See title page
New Stingray photo on title page (with new screws on either side
of camera)
New photo of LED positions in Table 42 on page 91
V2.3.0 12.09.2008 New Stingray board level CAD drawing with new Molex 1.25 mm
Pitch PicoBlade Wire-to-Board Header (53047-1310) and new
cable lengths in Table 39 on page 87 and in Table 41 on page 90
V2.4.0 30.09.2008 New Stingray board level CAD drawing with new Molex 1.25 mm
Pitch PicoBlade Wire-to-Board Header (53047-1310) in:
–Table 34 on page 79
–Table 35 on page 80
–Table 36 on page 81
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

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V3.0.0 08.10.2008 New Stingray board level CAD drawing with name of screws
M2x14 ISO7045-A2 (2x):
–Table 35 on page 80
–Table 36 on page 81
New Stingray F-125B/C: Read information in the following
sections:
•Table 10 on page 46
•Table 56 on page 159
•Table 66 on page 183
•Table on page 183
•Table 93 on page 187
•Table 71 on page 189
•Table 82 on page 209
•Table 83 on page 211
•Table 127 on page 284
For Stingray F-125B/C output switching times (tp and minimum
shutter) see FireWire Hardware Installation Guide, subsection
Stingray delay
V4.0.0 21.10.2008 New Stingray F-504B/C: Read information in the following
sections:
•Table 14 on page 54
•Table 56 on page 159
•Table 66 on page 183
•Table 66 on page 183
•Table 93 on page 187
•Table 71 on page 189
•Table 90 on page 224
•Table 91 on page 225
•Table 127 on page 284
For Stingray F-504B/C output switching times (tp and minimum
shutter) see FireWire Hardware Installation Guide, subsection
Stingray delay
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

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V4.1.0 28.01.2009 All advanced registers in 8-digit format beginning with 0xF1to in
Chapter Advanced features (Allied Vision-specific) on page 279
and in Chapter Parameter-List Update on page 314
New CAD drawings (hexagon socket head cap screw ISO 4762):
•Table 34 on page 79
•Table 35 on page 80
•Table 36 on page 81
•Table 39 on page 87
•Table 41 on page 90
SEQUENCE_RESET register moved to SEQUENCE_STEP register
(0xF1000228) inTable on page 192 and inTable on page 280
Corrected CAD drawing in Table 26 on page 71
Revised Chapter White balance on page 112ff
Memory size (Internal FIFO memory) of Stingray F-125 is 12
frames in Table 10 on page 46 and in Table 56 on page 159
Revised Table 99 on page 237
Corrected black level increments in Chapter Brightness (black
level or offset) on page 121
New AOI frame rates of Stingray F-504 in Chapter Stingray F-504
frame rate as a function of AOI height [width=2452] on page 242
New Stingray F-125C RGB8 modes in Table 82 on page 209
New Stingray F-504C RGB8 modes in Table 90 on page 224
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

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V4.2.0 28.05.2009 Calculated effective chip size for all sensors (with resolution of
Format_7 Mode_0) in Chapter Specifications on page 39
SIS feature: standardized terminology, added examples in
Chapter Secure image signature (SIS): definition and scenarios
on page 200
Stingray cameras do not support storing shading image data
into non-volatile memory, see Table 137 on page 297
(0XF1000250 bit 8 to 10)
Corrected drawing in Table 112 on page 303
In SIS chapter: added cycle time examples: Chapter Examples:
cycle time on page 318
Stingray update round (SUR):
• Only glass optical fiber (GOF) models: new LED signals
(asynchronous traffic and signal detect) in Table 20 on
page 92
• Stingray F-504 cameras are also available with 64 MB
internal FIFO memory (instead of 32 MB):
–Table 14 on page 54 and
–Table 56 on page 159
• All Stingray models: added defect pixel correction:
–ChapterDefect pixel correction on page 134
–Table 141 on page 301
• All Stingray models: added low noise binning mode:
–Table 157 on page 316
• All Stingray models: added software trigger:
– In inquiry register 530h on page 270 added:
Value_Read_Inq [7],
Trigger_Source0_Inq [8] and
Software_Trigger_Inq [15]
– In inquiry register 62Ch on page 272 added:
Software_Trigger
• All Stingray models: added disable LEDs function:
–ChapterSoftware feature control (disable LEDs) on page
322
• All Stingray GOF models: added two new LED signals
– Only GOF: asynchronous traffic on page 92
– Only GOF: GOF signal detect on page 92
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

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V4.2.0 28.05.2009 Stingray update round (SUR):
• All Stingray models: added debounce feature:
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000840 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000850 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000860 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000870 on page 282
–ChapterDebounce on page 181
–Table 65 on page 182
• WaitingForTrigger signal for outputs
–Table 27 on page 97
– Output mode: trigger ID 0x0A on page 100
–Table 45 on page 101
V4.3.0 15.09.2009 Minor corrections:
• Notice about connection between temperature at sensor
and temperature at camera housing on page 279
• Corrected registers for IO_OUTP_PWM2/3/4 in Table 30 on
page 102 and in Table 125 on page 280
• Revised Chapter Conformity on page 28
• New drawings to show maximum protrusion: Table 32 on
page 77 and Table 33 on page 78
• New values for maximum protrusion: tables in Chapter
Camera dimensions on page 65
• Corrected addresses of debounce registers:
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000840 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000850 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000860 on page 282
– Advanced register summary 0xF1000870 on page 282
–Table 65 on page 182
• Stingray cameras with serial numbers S/N greater
09/17-285831532 have a heat sink and thus the mass of
the camera increases from 92 g up to 108 g: see Chapter
Specifications on page 39
2x/4x/8x binning:
• Stingray F-504C has now also the usual 2x/4x/8x binning
(no color binning): see Chapter Binning (only Stingray
monochrome models and F-201C/504C) on page 140 and
Chapter Binning and sub-sampling access on page 149 and
Table 14 on page 54
Version Date Remarks
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V4.3.0 15.09.2009 New front flange:
• Title page: new Stingray photo
•NewCADdrawings:
– All CAD drawings in Chapter Camera dimensions on page
65
– Cross section drawings in Table 32 on page 77 and Table
33 on page 78. Adjustments by means of the
adjustment spacer(s) have to be done in the Allied
Vision factory. Contact Allied Vision support.
–Table 39 on page 87
–Table 41 on page 90
V4.4.0 12.07.2010 Improvements:
• HSNR description, see Chapter High SNR mode (High Signal
Noise Ratio) on page 310
New Stingray front flange:
• Serial numbers for Stingray camera models starting new
front flange: Chapter Serial numbers for starting new front
flange on page 65
Corrections:
• Corrected Note on BitsPerValue, seeTable on page 296
New Stingray Compact:
•ChapterCross section: CS-Mount on page 77
New storage temperature:
• 70 °C, see Chapter Specifications on page 39
New links to new Allied Vision website:
•ChapterContacting Allied Vision on page 9 and many others
New measured sensitivity curves:
•chapterAbsolute quantum efficiency on page 56
Added RGB8 in fixed formats:
•Table 76 on page 203
•Table 78 on page 205
•Table 84 on page 212
Added Full support Windows 7 for IEEE 1394a/IEEE 1394b:
•Table 6 on page 38
Corrected trigger diagram:
•Table 45 on page 101
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

Introduction
Stingray Technical Manual V4.6.0
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V4.4.1 07.01.2011 • Minor corrections
• Converted FrameMaker files from FM7 to FM9
• Added required minimum number of GrabCount value (2) for
HIGH_SNR ON in Table 150 on page 310
• Added info that for 8-bit video modes, the internal HSNR
calculations are done with 14-bit: Chapter High SNR mode
(High Signal Noise Ratio) on page 157
• Changed tripod drawing: added dimensions of three big
holes (M6 and UNC 1/4-20) in Table 23 on page 68
• Added Windows 7 support and revised Windows XP/Windows
Vista in Chapter FireWire and operating systems on page 38
V4.4.2 15.04.2011 • Added sensitivity curves for Stingray F-125B/F-125C:
see Table 11 on page 60 and
see Table 12 on page 60
C-/CS-Mount no more adjustable, for modifications contact
Allied Vision support and send camera to Allied Vision:
• See Chapter Specifications on page 39
• See Chapter Adjustment of C-Mount and CS-Mount on page
78
Stingray firmware update round:
• Defect pixel correction: you do not need to set value for
brightness to maximum any more: see Table 64 on page 136
and Chapter Grab an image with defect pixel data on page
137
• Besides in Mono8 mode defect pixel correction is also
possible in Raw8 mode: see note in Chapter Building defect
pixel data on page 137
• Revised Chapter Defect pixel correction on page 134
• Image is shot internally during calculating a mean value:
see note in Chapter Calculate defect pixel coordinates on
page 137
• Activate HSNR mode to improve defect pixel correction: see
note in Chapter Building defect pixel data on page 137
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

Introduction
Stingray Technical Manual V4.6.0
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V4.4.2
[continued]
15.04.2011
[continued]
Stingray firmware update round:
• Added descriptions for defect pixel correction in F7 modes:
see Chapter Building defect pixel correction image in
Format_7 modes on page 135
• Shading correction in Format_7 mode 0 (Mono8) is only
available up to S400: see note in Chapter Building shading
image in Format_7 modes on page 124
Some smaller corrections:
• At register 0xF1000200 changed width and height: see
Table 130 on page 288
• YUV8: deleted description of data type straight binary: Table
48 on page 109
• Y (Mono8/Raw8) are Allied Vision own formats: see Table 35
on page 107
V4.4.3 15.03.2012 Some smaller corrections:
• User sets changed: LUT and on/off bit can be stored in user
settings: see Chapter Stored settings on page 325
• Stingray F-504C provides 2 out of 8 horizontal sub-
sampling: see Figure 74 on page 145
• Corrected: maximum gain for Stingray F-504B/C is 670 and
not 680, see Chapter Manual gain on page 121
• Corrected: Stingray F-504B/C: range in dB is 0 to 24.053
(not 24.4), see Chapter Manual gain on page 121 and
Chapter Stingray F-504B/F-504C (including fiber variant)
on page 62
• Changed: number of steps from ± 40 to ± 128 in steps of 1/
12.8° in Chapter Hue and saturation on page 164
Changed fixed format modes and Format 7 modes:
•Table 80 on page 207
•Table 96 on page 234
•Table 97 on page 235
•Table 98 on page 236
•Table 99 on page 237
•Table 100 on page 239
•Table 101 on page 240
•Table 102 on page 241
•Table 103 on page 242
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)

Introduction
Stingray Technical Manual V4.6.0
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V4.4.3
[continued]
15.03.2012
[continued]
More smaller corrections:
• Removed Active FirePackage in the last line fo spefication
tables in Chapter Specifications on page 39
• Added explanations to H, p and q abbreviations in Chapter
Frame rates on page 228
• Added hyperlinks to Stingray compact in Chapter Camera
dimensions on page 65
•AddedTable 38 on page 108
• Added Raw12 format in sharpness Note on page 163
• Added arrow for Raw8/12/16 in Table 51 on page 112
• High SNR mode: Added note to set grab count and
activation of HighSNR in one single write access:
– see Chapter High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) on
page 157
–ChapterHigh SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) on
page 310
V4.4.4 31.05.2012 New frame rates for Stingray F-033/F-033 BL:
• See Chapter Stingray F-033B/F-033C (including board level
variants): AOI frame rates on page 233
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history (continued)