Dalsa QuickCam User manual

QuickCam User’s
Manual
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Contents ______________________________________________________________1
DALSA QuickCam ________________________________________________________5
Getting Help ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Customer Feedback and Support....................................................................................................................5
Installing, Connecting, Detecting, and Saving ____________________________________7
2.1 Installing QuickCam and Camera Drivers...................................................................................................................7
Installing Drivers for Your Camera.................................................................................................................7
2.2 Running QuickCam......................................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Connecting, Detecting and Acquiring Images .............................................................................................................8
Detecting a Camera........................................................................................................................................8
Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Camera....................................................................................................9
Acquiring Images............................................................................................................................................9
Stopping Image Acquisition............................................................................................................................10
Rebooting a Camera....................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Saving and Restoring Camera Settings.......................................................................................................................10
Saving Camera Settings .................................................................................................................................10
Restoring Camera Settings.............................................................................................................................11
Restoring Factory Settings..............................................................................................................................11
Saving Camera Configuration to an XML File................................................................................................11
Loading Camera Configuration from an XML File .........................................................................................12
Saving, Loading, and Resetting Pixel Coefficients .........................................................................................12
Saving Images................................................................................................................................................13
Viewing, Resizing, and Moving the Image_______________________________________15
3.1 Viewing an Image......................................................................................................................................................15
3.2 Viewing a Saved Image..............................................................................................................................................15
3.3 Resizing the Image......................................................................................................................................................15
3.4 Zooming In or Out of an Image..................................................................................................................................16
3.5 Moving the Image in the Window...............................................................................................................................16
Configuring Image Readout ________________________________________________17
4.1 Overview: Configuring Image Readout.......................................................................................................................17
4.2 Setting the Camera's Sensitivity Mode ........................................................................................................................17
4.3 Selecting the Camera's Bit Depth................................................................................................................................18
4.4 Changing the Camera's CCD Shift Direction................................................................................................................18
4.5 Using Horizontal Binning............................................................................................................................................18
Exposure Control ________________________________________________________21
5.1 Exposure Control .........................................................................................................................................................21

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Overview: Exposure Control ...........................................................................................................................21
Setting the Camera's Exposure Mode.............................................................................................................21
Setting the Camera's Line Rate and Exposure Time ......................................................................................22
GPIO Control___________________________________________________________23
6.1 The GPIO Control Block...............................................................................................................................................23
GPIO Input Labels .......................................................................................................................................... 24
GPIO Output Labels........................................................................................................................................25
6.2 GPIO Control Block Programming Language.............................................................................................................27
6. 3 Configuring the GPIO (With Examples) .....................................................................................................................29
Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 29
6.4 GPIO Look-Up Table...................................................................................................................................................35
6.5 Pulse Generator ..........................................................................................................................................................37
6.6 Rescaler.......................................................................................................................................................................40
6.7 Counter........................................................................................................................................................................42
6.8 Input Debouncing........................................................................................................................................................44
6.9 GPIO Control Bits ........................................................................................................................................................45
6.10 GPIO Configuration...................................................................................................................................................47
6.11 Timestamp Counter...................................................................................................................................................48
6.12 GPIO Interrupts.........................................................................................................................................................49
6.13 Delayer......................................................................................................................................................................49
Performing Image Processing _______________________________________________51
7.1 Processing Chain Description ......................................................................................................................................51
7.2 Setting a Region of Interest ........................................................................................................................................53
7.3 Viewing a Region of Interest.......................................................................................................................................53
7.4 Performing Flat Field Correction ................................................................................................................................53
7.5 Adjusting Analog Gain and Offset...............................................................................................................................54
7.6 Adjusting Digital Gain, Offset, and Background Subtract...........................................................................................55
7.7 Enabling and Disabling Coefficients ...........................................................................................................................55
7.8 Setting Individual Pixel Coefficients............................................................................................................................56
7.9 Using Calibration Macros ............................................................................................................................................56
Recording a Camera Calibration Macro..........................................................................................................56
Loading a Camera Calibration Macro ............................................................................................................57
Troubleshooting ________________________________________________________59
8.1 Troubleshooting: Cannot Detect the Camera.............................................................................................................. 59
8.2 High Performance Driver is Missing in Device Manager.............................................................................................59
8.3 My Frame Rate is Lower than Expected ......................................................................................................................60
8.4 Troubleshooting: Creating an Error Report................................................................................................................60
Example Error Report..................................................................................................................................... 61
8.5 Troubleshooting: Switching Between Video and Test Patterns...................................................................................61
8.6 Troubleshooting: Using the Diagnostics Tab ............................................................................................................. 62
Communications and Verify Parameters........................................................................................................62
Verify Voltage................................................................................................................................................. 62
Verify Temperature ........................................................................................................................................62
Workspace Tour_________________________________________________________64

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QuickCam Application Windows........................................................................................................................................64
Camera Configuration Window ......................................................................................................................64
Image Output Window ...................................................................................................................................71
Message Window ............................................................................................................................................71
Network Device Finder .................................................................................................................................. 71
Camera Display Window ................................................................................................................................72
Time-outs & Packets Dialog Box....................................................................................................................73
Virtual Serial Port ..........................................................................................................................................74
Menus _______________________________________________________________76
Menu Bar Commands........................................................................................................................................................76
File Menu Commands.....................................................................................................................................76
Configure Menu Commands ...........................................................................................................................76
View Menu Commands ...................................................................................................................................77
Window Menu Commands..............................................................................................................................77
Help Menu Commands ...................................................................................................................................77
Toolbar Commands...........................................................................................................................................................78
Index ________________________________________________________________81

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DALSAQuickCam
elcome.The DALSA QuickCam application allows you to quickly control
and view output from a DALSA camera. Among the many available
options are controlling camera exposure, sensor readout and performing flat
field correction.
GettingHelp
The QuickCam application provides context-sensitive help on all dialog boxes,
providing descriptions of specific fields as well as conceptual information related
to those fields.
You can find help from the accompanying user guide or directly from the
QuickCam Help.
•For context sensitive help, place your cursor in the field where you want
more help and press F1.
or
•Click the Help button on the tab in QuickCam where you want more
information.
•For the complete Help, select HelpÆQuickCam Help on the QuickCam
menu bar. You can find topics from the Help by using the table of contents
and search tool.
CustomerFeedbackandSupport
For additional information or support, contact us at:
Address 605 McMurray Road
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2V 2E9
Voice [phone]
Fax [phone]
E-mail
Customer Support ([email protected])
Sales ([e-mail])
Web http://www.dalsa.com/
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Installing,Connecting,
Detecting,andSaving
2.1InstallingQuickCamandCameraDrivers
To install QuickCam:
1. Insert the camera CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start on the
Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type D:\Setup, where Dis the letter that
corresponds to your CD drive.
2. Click Install QuickCam and follow the online instructions to complete the
installation.
InstallingDriversforYourCamera
If you are using a Spyder3 GigE camera, you must install drivers before
running QuickCam.
Before installing drivers, ensure that your PC is equipped with a GigE network
interface (also referred to as a network adapter) based on Intel’s 82540 chip.
Many motherboard manufacturers are designing this chip directly into their
board in “LAN on the motherboard (LOM)” implementations. Alternately, an
Intel 82540-based network adapter, also known as a network interface card, can
be slotted into a PC.
To install Spyder3 GigE drivers:
1. Open the Driver Installation Tool. On the Windows task bar click Start,
point to Programs ÆDALSA QuickCam ÆTools ÆLaunch Driver
Installation Tool.
If you are using an Intel PRO/1000 adapter:
a) On the Pro 1000 Adapters tab, right click on an Intel PRO/1000
network interface card adapter with no installed driver (i.e. when
the Device Class is Ethernet Controller).
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b) Choose Install High Performance IP Device Driver to install the
QuickCam High Performance IP Device Driver.
If you are NOT using an Intel PRO/1000 adapter:
a) On the Universal IP Filter Driver tab, click, Install Filter Driver…. This
button installs the QuickCam Universal IP Filter Driver on ALL network
adapters installed on the system that are using a network driver. This
excludes PRO/1000 adapters on which the QuickCam High
Performance Driver has been installed.
2.2RunningQuickCam
To run QuickCam:
1. On the Windows task bar, click the Start button, point to Programs Æ
DALSA QuickCam ÆDALSA QuickCam
2.3Connecting,DetectingandAcquiring
Images
DetectingaCamera
When you first open the QuickCam application, and after powering up the
camera, QuickCam automatically detects all cameras on the network and asks
you to set an IP address for each (or accept the suggested default). If you have
multiple cameras on your network, ensure you give each one of them a unique IP
address.
If you need to change the device’s IP or name after initial setup, use the Network
Device Finder dialog box (menu bar: Configure ÆAdvanced Connection…).
To access the advanced controls, right click on the device you want to configure.