DEWESOFT DS-CAM-88c Product manual
DS-CAM-88c / DS-CAM-120c
TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
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1. Table of contents
1. Table of contents 2
2. About this document 3
2.1. Legend 3
3. Key features 4
3.1. System Requirements 4
4. Technical data 5
4.1. Specifications 5
4.2. Connections 6
4.2.1. Power/Trigger connector pinout 7
4.2.2. SIRIUS connection example 8
4.2.3. Connecting to existing DEWETRON systems 9
4.2.4. Connecting multiple cameras 10
4.2.5. Connections Overview 12
4.3. Benchmarks 13
5. Installation 14
5.1. DEWESoft Fullinstaller 14
5.2. Manual update (camera driver and DEWESoft) 15
5.2.1. Step-by-step instruction 15
6. FAQ 21
7. Warranty information 25
7.1. Calibration 25
7.2. Support 25
7.3. Service/repair 25
7.4. Restricted Rights 25
7.5. Printing History 26
7.6. Copyright 26
7.7. Trademarks 26
8. Safety instructions 27
8.1. Safety symbols in the manual 27
8.2. General Safety Instructions 27
8.2.1. Environmental Considerations 27
8.2.2. Product End-of-Life Handling 27
8.2.3. System and Components Recycling 27
8.2.4. General safety and hazard warnings for all Dewesoft systems 28
9. Documentation Version 31
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2. About this document
2.1. Legend
The following symbols and formats will be used throughout the document.
Important
It gives you important information about the subject.
Please read carefully!
Hint
It gives you a hint or provides additional information about a subject.
Example
Gives you an example of a specific subject.
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3. Key features
The DS-CAM-88c/DS-CAM-120c are a high-speed Gigabit-Ethernet cameras with following key data:
●DS-CAM-120c: 120 fps @ VGA (640x480)
●DS-CAM-88c: 88 fps @ VGA (640x480)
●Color
●Auto-gain
●Auto-shutter (also fixed shutter possible)
●Auto-white balance
●Triggered and free-run mode
●Standard C-Mount
●Small compact form factor
●Low power consumption
●Ruggedized (high-shock and vibration resistant, aluminium housing)
●Real-time data streaming with full resolution
The camera supports the high-performance industrial standard “GigE Vision”. The standard introduced
in 2006 provides a framework for transmitting high-speed video and related control over Ethernet
networks.
The benefits are: high speed data transfer rates up to 1GBit/s (based on 1000Base-T) connectible to every
standard GigE Ethernet port and cable lengths up to 100m.
Dewesoft uses Smartek GigE SDK for communication with cameras that support GigE Vision standard.
IMPORTANT : For best performance we recommended using a SSD for
storing data.
A disk write rate of 100 MByte/s should be established, especially if using
more than 1 camera!
3.1. System Requirements
●1 Gigabit-Ethernet port
●Good PC performance (Core i5 CPU or better recommended, 4 GB RAM)
●DEWESoft X or 7.1
●Smartek GigE Vision SDK 2.7.0.1
●DEWESoft GigE driver (cdv) 3.5
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4. Technical data
4.1. Specifications
DS-CAM-88
DS-CAM-120
Color option
Color
✓
✓
Monochrome
-
-
Optical specifications
Image sensor
Sony ICX414
Sony ICX618
Sensor type
CCD
CCD
Resolution
VGA 640x480
VGA 640x480
FPS
88 FPS @ 640x480
167 FPS @ 320x240
289 FPS @ 160x120
120 FPS @ 640x480
Optical size
1/2''
1/4''
Pixel size (in μm)
9.9 x 9.9
5.6 x 5.6
Dynamic range
35 dB auto gain function
32 dB auto gain function
Shutter
Full frame
Full frame
Shutter time
autoshutter function
autoshutter function
Color correction
Auto white-balance
Auto white-balance
Mechanical specifications
Operating temperature
+5 .. +45°C
+5 .. +45°C
Operating humidity
25% - 80% (no
condensation)
25% - 80% (no
condensation)
Dimensions
86.4 x 44 x 29mm
(3.40 x 1.73 x 1.14in)
86.4 x 44 x 29mm
(3.40 x 1.73 x 1.14in)
Lens mount
C-mount
C-mount
Connectors
Screw mount GigE RJ45
EIAJ (Hirose) 12 pin
Screw mount GigE RJ45
EIAJ (Hirose) 12 pin
Conformity
CE
FCC
RoHS
GigE Vision
GenICam (PoE IEEE 802.3at)
CE
FCC
RoHS
GigE Vision
GenICam (PoE IEEE
802.3at)
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Power specifications
Supply voltage
+8 to +30 VDC
+8 to +30 VDC
Power-over-Ethernet
option
option
Power consumption
3.6 W
3.6 W
Illustration 1: Dimensions
4.2. Connections
On the rear side of the camera there are two connectors. The 12pin HIROSE connector (matching part:
Hirose HR10A10P-12S(73)) contains the power, trigger and other digital pins. Ethernet connector pinout
according to the standard.
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Illustration 2: Connecting scheme
4.2.1. Power/Trigger connector pinout
Illustration 3: 12pin Hirose connector (matching part: Hirose HR10A-10P-12S(73)) on camera rear side
Pin #
Signal
1
GND (for Power and RS232)
2
Power (+8...+30 V DC)
3
-
4
Camera In 1 (TRIGGER)
5
-
6
Camera Out 1 (open emiter, max. 20 mA)
7
Camera In GND
8
RxD (RS232)
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TxD (RS232)
10
Camera Out Power (for digital outputs)
11
Camera In 2
12
Camera Out 2
4.2.2. SIRIUS connection example
In this picture you see a typical SIRIUS measurement instrument, consisting of one SBOX unit
(integrated PC) on bottom and one SIRIUS slice on top (from rear side).
The camera is directly connected to the Gigabit-LAN port. The second cable to the camera contains the
power (from SBOX Power out) and the trigger, connected to the SYNC port of the SIRIUS slice. The
camera frames are now in perfect sync with the analog data acquired by DEWESoftTM.
Note: Even if the camera is connected, synching to other SIRIUS devices is still possible, because there
are different pins used on the SYNC port for triggering/synching.
Illustration 4: SIRIUS SBOX with 1 SIRIUS slice connected to the DS-CAM-88c (or DS-CAM-120c) (per cable
H12f-L1B7m-L00B4m-3M)
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4.2.3. Connecting to existing DEWETRON systems
The DS-CAM-120c is also compatible with existing DEWETRON systems.
Please consider the system requirements:
●see chapter System requirements
●DEWETRON instruments must not have DI-ISO option (isolated inputs/outputs)! In this case
clocking is not possible, only free-run (the CLK pin is not available on the connector).
Free-run operation (without clocking, for low framerates) is easy, just connect the camera to the GigE
LAN port.
If you want to trigger the camera, you have to use a special cable for the trigger/clock line. Usually every
DEWETRON instrument is equipped with a 37pin DSUB connector, please see DEWETRON manual for
pinout, here for example is the pinout for the Orion-1622-100 (see Reference List (b)).
●Connect EXT_CLK1 (pin 17) to the CLK of the Lemo 00 connector of the camera (pin 3).
●Connect DGND (pin 37) to GND of the Lemo 00 connector (pin 4)
●Set the pin EXT_CLK1 to “Video” in DEWESoft hardware setup
Illustration 5: DEWETRON Orion-1622-100 DSUB 37 pinout
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Illustration 6: Clockout setup of EXT_CLK1 pin in DEWESoft
4.2.4. Connecting multiple cameras
Illustration 7: CAM-BOX2
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If you need to connect more than one camera, there is a special “CAM-BOX2” available, which consists of
●wide-range voltage input (9-36V)
●an industrial Gigabit-Ethernet-Switch (without Power-over-Ethernet! No supply for
DS-CAM-600!)
●Power and Sync distribution for up to 4 cameras.
●Small dimensions: 115 x 62 mm (front) and 135 mm deep
Illustration 8: CAM-BOX2 pinout
Illustration 9: CAM-BOX2 pinout
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4.2.5. Connections Overview
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4.3. Benchmarks
The following tests were done with SIRIUS SBOX and 1 to 4 cameras connected to the CAM-BOX2. Setup:
1 to 4 cameras connected over CAM-BOX2
SBOX: 128GB SSD -> max 190 MByte/s write rate
CPU: Intel Core i7 QM57; 2.0GHz; 4GB RAM
camera(s) clocked by SIRIUS
DEWESoft X1 SP7 b358 GigEVisionSDK Version 2.7.0.1
GigE Camera driver v3.5 (Plugin)
storing data to file, video buffer stable around 0..1%
with checked "optimize for switched network"
Achieved framerates (fps)
1 camera
x res
y res
DS-CAM-88c
DS-CAM-120c
640
480
88
120
320
240
165
195
320
120
280
300
2 cameras
x res
y res
DS-CAM-88c
DS-CAM-120c
640
480
88
120
320
240
165
195
320
120
280
210
3 cameras
x res
y res
DS-CAM-88c
DS-CAM-120c
640
480
88
90
320
240
165
195
320
120
280
210
4 cameras
x res
y res
DS-CAM-88c
DS-CAM-120c
640
480
88
60
320
240
165
195
320
120
280
210
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HINT : Results (FPS) should be considered only as approximate MAX values.
Writing speed of the disk may be a limiting factor (we used SSD!). We
recommend to test cameras with your setup at about 0.8*max_FPS and
higher to find where corrupted image, frame lost or buffer overrun will
occur.
5. Installation
5.1. DEWESoft Fullinstaller
Usually all the drivers come with the DEWESoft Fullinstaller, if you select the option “GigE camera driver”
during installation. To check if the drivers are installed, go to Settings → Hardware setup → Video and see
if the checkbox “GigE” is visible. If not, execute the full installer again, select Modify and reinstall the
option.
The last DEWESoft X Fullinstaller can be downloaded here: http://www.dewesoft.com/download
Illustration 10: DEWESoft X – installing GigE camera driver
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5.2. Manual update (camera driver and DEWESoft)
Go to http://www.dewesoft.com/download and download GigE Camera drivers. (Zip file includes
Smartek GigE SDK 2.7.0.1 and DEWESoft GigECamera driver 3.5) latest DEWESoftX version
5.2.1. Step-by-step instruction
Install Smartek_GigEVisionSDK Note that you must be an administrator, not just a user with admin
rights! After installation be sure that “Smartek GigE Vision Filter Driver” is installed (picture 1) under Local
area Connection Properties.
HINT : Note that the “Filter Driver” filters out all packets that are not GigE
on hardware level, so the camera will work much faster than without the
filter.
Illustration 11: Installed Smartek GigE Vision Filter Driver.
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Connect the camera to the PC via Ethernet cable and Power/Trigger-cable. See connection example..
The DS-CAM-88c/120c supports DHCP, so just set your computer's IP address to automatic and wait
until the IP is assigned. To test if the camera is working you can run Smartek GigEVisionClient. By
right-click on the camera you can also set IP to fix, if you prefer.
Illustration 12: Example: OK, cameras can be used, close the GigEVisionClient and start DEWESoft.
To enable camera in Dewesoft, copy the file GigECamera.cdv into Dewesoft Addons folder, usually
located in Dewesoft7\Bin\V7_1\Addons
Copy and replace your existing DEWESoftX.exe with the one downloaded.
Start DEWESoft and go to Settings > Hardware setup > Analog. For triggered mode (DEWESoft is
clocking the camera), check if your device (such as SIRIUS for example) is set to Standalone or Master:
Illustration 13: Dewesoft > Settings > Hardware setup > Analog: Set device to Master Sync.
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Go to the Video tab and check »GigE Vision« and »Use trigger«, then click OK.
Illustration 14: Dewesoft: Hardware setup > Video: finds GigE camera(s).
For the “File types for storing” you can choose between:
●“DVI”, which is uncompressed DEWESoft video format (takes a lot of disk space, ~35 Mbyte / s /
camera @ 640x480 and 120fps, but no video size limit) – or
●“AVI”, the live compression will take CPU power, performance depends on the used computer;
but we have experienced good results with the Xvid codec (uses multiple cores); consider that
AVI will stop recording after video file size reaches 2 GB!
●“compress after measurement”: if you have a triggered measurement, you can use the pause
times to automatically compress a recorded video file after storing
For manual compression after the measurement set the appropriate compressor in “AVI file type for
compression”. We recommend the XVID codec. In Analysis mode you can then manually select your
datafile and click “AVI compress”.
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Illustration 15: AVI compress after measurement
Go to Ch. Setup, click the Video button, click the Unused button to enable the video channel.
Illustration 16: Dewesoft > Ch. Setup > Video: setup camera(s).
HINT: Ensure the firmware version of SIRIUS hardware is at least 3.1.0.16,
otherwise update the firmware. This is done with the “USB Firmware
Upgrade Utility” from http://www.dewesoft.com/download. Also the
Firmware File can be downloaded there. Close DEWESoft, start the Upgrade
Tool, select “DEWESoft USB” interface and firmware file and Start. After
finished, it is very important to unplug power AND USB cable and reboot the
SIRIUS device.
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Enter the channel setup. By now, already a picture should be shown. Please look up the “FAQ” section, if
you get e.g. a NO FRAMES RECEIVED error.
HINT : If you change the frame rate, after typing the value, the input field
gets a yellow color; confirm the value by pressing the Enter key.
Illustration 17: Camera settings in DEWESoft.
Use the “Advanced Settings”, if you want to change specific parameters of the camera, such as the
custom resolution (AOI, area of interest) for instance.
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Illustration 18: Advanced settings
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