Basler pilot User manual

Basler pilot
USER’S MANUAL FOR GigE VISION CAMERAS
Document Number: AW000151
Version: 16 Language: 000 (English)
Release Date: 17 June 2009

For customers in the U.S.A.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used
in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could
void your authority to operate this equipment.
The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in
order to comply with the limits for a computing device pursuant to Subpart Jof Part 15 of FCC Rules.
For customers in Canada
This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in Radio
Interference Regulations.
Pour utilisateurs au Canada
Cet appareil est conforme aux normes Classe A pour bruits radioélectriques, spécifiées dans le
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique.
Life Support Applications
These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where
malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Basler
customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and
agree to fully indemnify Basler for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale.
Warranty Note
Do not open the housing of the camera. The warranty becomes void if the housing is opened.
All material in this publication is subject to change without notice and is copyright Basler
Vision Technologies.

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Europe:
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Basler, Inc.
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1 Specifications, Requirements, and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Spectral Response for Mono Cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Spectral Response for Color Cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Mechanical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5.1 Standard Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5.1.1 Camera Dimensions and Mounting Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5.1.2 Sensor Positioning Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.5.2 90° Head Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.5.2.1 Camera Dimensions and Mounting Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.5.2.2 Sensor Positioning Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.5.3 Maximum Thread Length on Color Cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.5.4 Mechanical Stress Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.6 Software Licensing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.7 Avoiding EMI and ESD Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.8 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.8.1 Temperature and Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.8.2 Heat Dissipation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.9 Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2 Software and Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 Tools for Changing Camera Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1 The pylon Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 The IP Configuration Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3 The pylon API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4 Basler Network Drivers and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 The Basler Filter Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.2 The Basler Performance Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.3 Transport Layer Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5 Network Related Camera Parameters and Managing Bandwidth . . . . . . . . 43
5.1 Network Related Parameters in the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.2 Managing Bandwidth When Multiple Cameras Share a Single Network Path . . . . . . . 50
5.2.1 A Procedure for Managing Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 Camera Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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7 Physical Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.1 General Description of the Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.2 Connector Pin Assignments and Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.2.1 12-pin Receptacle Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.2.2 RJ-45 Jack Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.2.3 Pin Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.3 Connector Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.3.1 8-pin RJ-45 Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.3.2 12-pin Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.4 Cabling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.4.1 Ethernet Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.4.2 Standard Power and I/O Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.4.3 PLC Power and I/O Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.5 Camera Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
7.6 Ethernet GigE Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.7 Input and Output Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.7.1 Input Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.7.1.1 Voltage Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.7.1.2 Line Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.7.2 Output Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.7.2.1 Voltage Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.7.2.2 Line Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.7.3 Output Line Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8 Image Acquisition Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
8.1 Controlling Image Acquisition with Parameters Only (No Triggering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
8.1.1 Switching Off Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
8.1.2 Acquiring One Image at a Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.1.3 Acquiring Images Continuously (Free-run) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.2 Controlling Image Acquisition with a Software Trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8.2.1 Enabling the Software Trigger Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8.2.2 Acquiring a Single Image by Applying One Software Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.2.3 Acquiring Images by Applying a Series of Software Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3 Controlling Image Acquisition with a Hardware Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.3.1 Exposure Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.3.2 Setting the Camera for Hardware Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.3.3 Acquiring a Single Image by Applying One Hardware Trigger Transition . . . . 88
8.3.4 Acquiring Images by Applying a Series of Hardware Trigger Transitions . . . . 89
8.4 Exposure Time Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.4.1 Setting the Exposure Time Using "Raw" Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.4.2 Setting the Exposure Time Using "Absolute" Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.5 Overlapping Exposure and Sensor Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
8.5.1 Guidelines for Overlapped Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
8.6 Trigger Ready Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.7 Exposure Active Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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8.8 Acquisition Timing Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.9 Maximum Allowed Acquisition Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
9 Pixel Data Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
9.1 Setting the Pixel Data Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
9.2 Pixel Data Formats for Mono Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
9.2.1 Mono 8 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Mono 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
9.2.2 Mono 16 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Mono 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
9.2.3 Mono 12 Packed Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
9.2.4 YUV 4:2:2 Packed Format (Equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
9.2.5 YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
9.3 Pixel Data Output Formats for Color Cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9.3.1 The Bayer Color Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9.3.1.1 Color Filter Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9.3.2 Bayer GB 8 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Raw 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.3.3 Bayer BG 8 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Raw 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
9.3.4 Bayer GB 16 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Raw 16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9.3.5 Bayer BG 16 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Raw 16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.3.6 Bayer GB 12 Packed Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.3.7 Bayer BG 12 Packed Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
9.3.8 YUV 4:2:2 Packed Format (Equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.3.9 YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.3.10 Mono 8 Format (Equivalent to DCAM Mono 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
10 I/O Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
10.1 Configuring Input Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
10.1.1 Assigning an Input Line to Receive a Hardware Trigger Signal. . . . . . . . . . . 137
10.1.2 Using an Unassigned Input Line to Receive a User Input Signal. . . . . . . . . . 138
10.2 Configuring Output Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
10.2.1 Assigning a Camera Output Signal to a Physical Output Line. . . . . . . . . . . . 139
10.2.2 Setting the State of User Settable Output Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
10.2.3 Setting an Output Line for Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
10.2.4 Working with Timers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10.2.4.1 Setting the Trigger Source for a Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10.2.4.2 Setting a Timer Delay Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
10.2.4.3 Setting a Timer Duration Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
10.3 Checking the State of the I/O Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10.3.1 Checking the State of a Single Output Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10.3.2 Checking the State of All Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
11 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
11.1 Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
11.2 Black Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
11.3 White Balance (on Color Models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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11.4 Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
11.4.1 Digital Shift with 12 Bit Pixel Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
11.4.2 Digital Shift with 8 Bit Pixel Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
11.4.3 Precautions When Using Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11.4.4 Enabling and Setting Digital Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
11.5 Integrated IR Cut Filter (on Color Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
11.6 Area of Interest (AOI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
11.6.1 Changing AOI Parameters "On-the-Fly" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
11.7 Binning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
11.7.1 Considerations When Using Binning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
11.8 Reverse X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
11.9 Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
11.10Luminance Lookup Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
11.11Gamma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
11.12Auto Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
11.12.1Common Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
11.12.1.1 Modes of Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
11.12.1.2 Auto Function AOI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
11.12.1.3 Using an Auto Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
11.12.2Gain Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
11.12.3Exposure Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
11.12.4Auto Function Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
11.12.5Balance White Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
11.13Disable Parameter Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
11.14Debouncer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
11.15Trigger Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11.16Acquisition Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
11.17Chunk Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.17.1What Are Chunk Features? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.17.2Making the "Chunk Mode" Active and Enabling the Extended Data Stamp . 200
11.17.3Frame Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
11.17.4Time Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
11.17.5Trigger Input Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
11.17.6Line Status All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
11.17.7CRC Checksum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
11.18Event Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
11.19Test Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
11.20Device Information Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
11.21Configuration Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
11.21.1Saving User Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
11.21.2Selecting a Factory Setup as the Default Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
11.21.3Loading a Saved Set or the Default Set into the Active Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
11.21.4Selecting the Startup Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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12 Troubleshooting and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
12.1 Technical Support Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
12.2 Before Contacting Basler Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

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1 Specifications, Requirements,
and Precautions
This section lists the camera models covered by the manual. It provides the general specifications
for those models and the basic requirements for using them.
This section also includes specific precautions that you should keep in mind when using the
cameras. We strongly recommend that you read and follow the precautions.
1.1 Models
The current Basler pilot GigE Vision camera models are listed in the top row of the specification
table on the next page of this manual. The camera models are differentiated by their sensor size,
their maximum frame rate at full resolution, and whether the camera’s sensor is mono or color.
The Basler pilot GigE Vision camera models are available in the following housing variants:
standard housing
90° head housing
The names for the housing variants other than the standard housing are appended to the camera’s
name, e.g. piA640-210gm/gc 90° head.
Unless otherwise noted, the material in this manual applies to all of the camera models listed in the
tables. Material that only applies to a particular camera model or to a subset of models, such as to
color cameras or a specific housing variant only, will be so designated.

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1.2 General Specifications
Specification piA640-210gm/gc piA1000-48gm/gc piA1600-35gm/gc
Sensor Size
(H x V pixels) gm: 648 x 488
gc: 646 x 486 gm: 1004 x 1004 gc: 1000 x 1000 gm: 1608 x 1208 gc: 1604 x 1204
Sensor Type Kodak KAI-0340M/CM Kodak KAI-1020M/CM Kodak KAI-2020M/CM
Progressive scan CCD
Optical Size 1/3" 2/3" 1"
Pixel Size 7.4 µm x 7.4 µm 7.4 µm x 7.4 µm 7.4 µm x 7.4 µm
Max. Frame Rate
(at full resolution) 210 fps 48 fps 35 fps
Mono/Color All models available in mono or color
Data Output Type Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s) or Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s)
Pixel Data Formats Mono Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Mono 16 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 16)
Mono 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
Color Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Bayer GB 8 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 8)
Bayer GB 16 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 16)
Bayer GB 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
ADC Bit Depth 12 bits
Synchronization Via external trigger signal or via software
Exposure Control Programmable via the camera API
Camera Power
Requirements +12 to +24 VDC, (min. +11.3 VDC, absolute max. +30.0 VDC ), < 1% ripple
4.5 W @ 12 VDC 4.2 W @ 12 VDC 4.8 W @ 12 VDC
I/O Ports 2 opto-isolated input ports and 4 opto-isolated output ports
Lens Adapter C-mount

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Specification piA640-210gm/gc piA1000-48gm/gc piA1600-35gm/gc
Size (L x W x H)
(standard housing) 86.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without lens adapter or connectors)
98.5 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (with lens adapter and connectors)
(90° head housing) 104.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without front module or connectors)
110 mm x 44 mm x 41.8 mm (with front module and connectors)
Weight
(standard housing) ~ 220 g (typical)
(90° head housing) ~ 240 g (typical)
Conformity CE, FCC, GenICam, GigE Vision; IP30
Table 1: General Specifications

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Specification piA1900-32gm/gc
Sensor Size
(H x V pixels) gm: 1928 x 1084
gc: 1926 x 1082
Sensor Type Kodak KAI-2093M/CM
Progressive scan CCD
Optical Size 1"
Pixel Size 7.4 µm x 7.4 µm
Max. Frame Rate
(at full resolution) 32 fps
Mono/Color All models available in mono or color
Data Output Type Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s) or Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s)
Pixel Data Formats Mono Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Mono 16 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 16)
Mono 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
Color Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Bayer GB 8 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 8)
Bayer GB 16 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 16)
Bayer GB 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
ADC Bit Depth 12 bits
Synchronization Via external trigger signal or via software
Exposure Control Programmable via the camera API
Camera Power
Requirements +12 to +24 VDC, (min. +11.3 VDC, absolute max. +30.0 VDC), < 1% ripple
4.4 W @ 12 VDC
I/O Ports 2 opto-isolated input ports and 4 opto-isolated output ports
Lens Adapter C-mount

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Specification piA1900-32gm/gc
Size (L x W x H)
(standard housing) 86.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without lens adapter or connectors)
98.5 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (with lens adapter and connectors)
(90° head housing) 104.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without front module or connectors)
110 mm x 44 mm x 41.8 mm (with front module and connectors)
Weight
(standard housing) ~ 220 g (typical)
(90° head housing) ~ 240 g (typical)
Conformity CE, FCC, GenICam, GigE Vision, IP30
Table 2: General Specifications
Note
The sensor characteristics of the piA1900-32gm/gc cameras do not entirely
conformto the qualitystandardsgenerallyadheredto byBasler. Thesensitivity
to light for clusters of up to six contiguous pixels may deviate significantly from
the sensitivities of normal pixels.

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Specification piA2400-12gm/gc piA2400-17gm/gc
Sensor Size
(H x V pixels) gm: 2456 x 2058
gc: 2454 x 2056
Sensor Type Sony ICX625ALA/AQA
Progressive scan CCD
Optical Size 2/3"
Pixel Size 3.45 µm x 3.45 µm
Max. Frame Rate
(at full resolution) 12 fps 17 fps
Mono/Color All models available in mono or color
Data Output Type Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s) or Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s)
Pixel Data Formats Mono Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Mono 16 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 16)
Mono 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
Color Models: Mono 8 (equivalent to DCAM Mono 8)
Bayer BG 8 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 8)
Bayer BG 16 (equivalent to DCAM Raw 16)
Bayer BG 12 Packed
YUV 4:2:2 Packed (equivalent to DCAM YUV 4:2:2)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) Packed
ADC Bit Depth 12 bits
Synchronization Via external trigger signal or via software
Exposure Control Programmable via the camera API
Camera Power
Requirements +12 to +24 VDC, (min. +11.3 VDC, absolute max. +30.0 VDC ), < 1% ripple
5.4 W @ 12 VDC 5.9 W @ 12 VDC
I/O Ports 2 opto-isolated input ports and 4 opto-isolated output ports
Lens Adapter C-mount

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Specification piA2400-12gm/gc piA2400-17gm/gc
Size (L x W x H)
(standard housing)
(90° head housing)
86.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without lens adapter or connectors)
98.5 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (with lens adapter and connectors)
104.7 mm x 44 mm x 29 mm (without front module or connectors)
110 mm x 44 mm x 41.8 mm (with front module and connectors)
Weight
(standard housing) ~ 220 g (typical)
(90° head housing) ~ 240 g (typical)
Conformity CE, FCC, GenICam, GigE Vision, IP30
Table 3: General Specifications

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1.3 Spectral Response for Mono Cameras
The following graphs show the spectral response for each available monochrome camera model.
Fig. 1: piA640-210gm Spectral Response
Note
The spectral response curves exclude lens characteristics and light source
characteristics.
Wave Length (nm)
Absolute Quantum Efficiency

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Fig. 2: piA1000-48gm Spectral Response
Fig. 3: piA1600-35gm Spectral Response
Wave Length (nm)
Absolute Quantum Efficiency
Wave Length (nm)
Absolute Quantum Efficiency

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Fig. 4: piA1900-32gm Spectral Response
Fig. 5: piA2400-12gm and piA2400-17gm Spectral Response
Wave Length (nm)
Absolute Quantum Efficiency
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Wave Length (nm)
Wave Length (nm)
Relative Response