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MS600V2 Universal Multi-Spectral
Camera User's Manual
MS600 V2 MultiSpectral
Camera User Manual
(v1.0)

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Content
1. Overview............................................................................................................................... 1
2. Use steps.........................................................................................................................2
2.1 Connection..................................................................................................................... 2
2.1.1 Insert Micro SD card................................................................................................ 2
2.1.2 Connect DLS module connection.............................................................................3
2.1.3 Power Connection.................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Use of cameras............................................................................................................. 4
2.2.1 Power on equipment.............................................................................................. 4
2.2.2 Power Off................................................................................................................ 4
2.2.3 LED status................................................................................................................. 4
3. Camera configuration and preview display............................................................... 5
3.1 Establish WiFi connections............................................................................................. 5
3.2 Monitoring page........................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Settings page............................................................................................................... 7
3.3.1 Timing Trigger Mode............................................................................................ 8
3.3.2 Overlap Trigger Mode.......................................................................................... 9
3.3.3 The Relationship between Head Overlap and High Ratio Constraints of
Aircraft Speed.................................................................................................... 10
3.3.4 External Trigger Mode...................................................................................... 10
3.3.5 Cascade trigger.................................................................................................. 11
3.3.6 Manual exposure.................................................................................................. 11
3.3.7 Advanced settings.............................................................................................. 11
3.4 Preview page............................................................................................................... 15
3.4.1 Preview function................................................................................................ 15
3.4.2 Trigger during preview.................................................................................... 16
3.4.3 Automatic gray board shooting function.................................................... 17
3.4.4 Manual exposure adjustment............................................................................ 18
3.5 Planning page............................................................................................................. 19
3.6 File storage............................................................................................................... 21
4. Data acquisition recommendation...........................................................................21
5. Firmware upgrade.........................................................................................................22
6. Installation and interface definition................................................................... 23

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6.1 Mechanical interface............................................................................................... 23
6.2 Electrical interface............................................................................................... 24
6.2.1 Host interface.................................................................................................... 24
6.2.2 DLS interface...........................................................................................................25
7. Parameter Description................................................................................................... 26
Ending page............................................................................................................................ 29

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Disclaimer
Our company aims to provide high quality products, create value
for customers, and maintain a serious and responsible attitude towards
customers. In order to facilitate customers' understanding of our
company and our better operation, our company carries out quality
assurance and disclaimer on this:
1.We guarantee to provide customers with fully qualified products,
if the product does have quality problems, after verification by our
company, we are responsible for it.
2. Customer should operate the instrument according to the
requirements of the product specification, our company will not be
responsible for the problems caused by the improper operation of the
customer.
3. Our company is not responsible for product performance
degradation or damage caused in the transportation or storage process,
4. Our company is not responsible for the damage caused by man-made,
natural disaster or irresistible factor;
5. We will not be responsible for any problems other than those
caused by product quality, and will not accept complaints from
customers for non-quality reasons.
6. Electronic products and electromagnetic storage media have
data loss in rare cases. Please be responsible for confirming the
status of the equipment before use, and back up data in time after
use. Our company does not bear any direct or indirect loss caused by
data loss.
Hereby declare!

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Identification Note
Note: Improper operation may result in improper use of the
equipment, but it will not damage the equipment.
Warning: Improper operation may result in improper use of the
equipment, and may cause damage to the equipment.
A description of the item, see the description will help to
understand the content.

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1. Overview
MS600 series camera is a light,compact and professional multi-spectral
camera available for drones, which includes 3 Version: MS600 V2, MS600 V2
Advanced and MS600 Pro.
MS600 series camera has 6 multi-spectral sensors with 1.2Megapixels to
recognize six specific bands of light including blue,green,red,dual red-
edge,near infrared and capture invisible images to meet the needs of
different industries such as crop condition monitoring,resource
investigation, water quality monitoring, river ecology, hazard assessment
and target recognition etc.（*17 optional Wavelength Bands, contact us to
customize).
Besides the multi-spectral camera, MS600 includes one downwelling light
sensor(DLS) which enables measurement of ambient light during flight for
more accurate data in varying light conditions; The DLS also has a built-
in GPS module to measure camera position and attitude during the flight
and record it in the image metadata for post-prosessing,so there is no
need to connect to a third-party GPS module by default.
USB-WIFI

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2. Use steps
2.1 Connection
The cables needed to connect the camera including camera COMM
cable, DLS cable, power cable, trigger cascade cable (if you do not
use external trigger function, you may not connect this line).

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Attention
2.1.1 Insert Micro SD card
Ensure that the Micro SD card is inserted as shown below.
1) Micro SD card capacity not exceeding Max.128 GB;
2) Micro SD card file format :exFAT/FAT32;
3) Micro SD card write speed not less than 60 MB/s;

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Warning
Please complete the DLS module connection before powering on the camera,
if not it may cause damage to the DLS module.
2.1.2 DLS module Connection
The Type-C interface of the DLS cable is first inserted into the
CAM port of the DLS module, and the other end is connected with the
camera COMM cable. For details, please refer to DLS 6.2.2 interface
section.
DLS measuring the ambient light of the same wavelength as the
six channels of the camera and the position, attitude information of
the whole machine, the collected results are recorded in the
metadata of the captured image.
2.1.3 Power Cable Connection

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Warning
Insert the camera COMM cable into the camera, as shown.
The camera supply voltage is 6 V~30 V, Considering that the power supply
cable has a certain voltage drop, it is recommended that the minimum voltage
should not be less than 7V, and the maximum voltage should not be higher
than 30V, and ensure that the polarity is correct. Failure to follow this
rule will permanently cause damage to the camera and DLS module, and is not
covered by warranty. Please refer to the “6.2 Electrical Interface
section” for wire order definition.
2.2 Use of camera
2.2.1 Power on equipment
When the external power is connected,the camera is powered on.
When the camera is powered on, the camera status light and the
DLS status light are white and always on. After the initialization
is completed, it starts to flash according to the working state.
Please refer to the relevant information of "2.2.3 LED status
"section for specific status definition.
2.2.2 Power Off Equipment
Turn off the external power directly after the work is completed,
the camera will be powered off.
2.2.3 LED status
LED display status corresponds to the different working status
and fault information of the camera, which can be used as a judgment
before flight, as shown in the following table:

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Warning
Make sure the power is off before removing the SD card. Failure to
follow this action will result in errors and loss of files while the SD card
is still writing, and may never be restored.
Status
display
Color
Flashing
frequency
Meaning
Red
10Hz
System
temperature
is too high
Red
2Hz
GPS not connected or GPS no
signal
Red
1Hz
DLS not
connected
Red
0.5 Hz
SD card not inserted / SD card
full capacity
Red
Always
bright
Software
upgrade
failed
Yell
ow
1Hz
GPS signal quality poor
Yell
ow
0.5 Hz
SD card capacity is
insufficient
Blue
10Hz
SD card
clearance
Blue
2Hz
Software upgrade
Gree
n
10Hz
Write SD card
Gree
n
1Hz
Normal
Gree
n
Always
bright
Upgrade
success
Whit
e
Always
bright
Camera Initialization or Camera
Firmware anomaly

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3. Camera configuration and preview display
Make sure that the camera has been plugged into the USB-WiFi module that
comes with the camera, and then you can connect to the camera through any
device with WiFi function, and configure the camera and preview the image
through the device's browser.
3.1 Establish WiFi connections
The steps to connect the device by WiFi are as follow:
1) Connect and turn on the camera, wait for initialization to
complete as required;
2) Search WiFi, select hot spots named "MS600V2-XXXXXXXXXXX (X stand
for camera SN )" and connect;
3) Enter password: yusense2020, if the connection is not smooth,
please try again;
4) After connecting, open any browser input "192.168.18.1" to
access the camera WEB configuration page;
5) First enter the welcome page, you can choose Chinese and English
display, click the "click enter" button to enter the camera page.
USB-WiFi wireless card does not support hot plugging, and it needs
to be reconfigured.

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WEB configuration page includes four items:
3.2
Monitoring page
This page provides the main status of the camera system, including:
1) Storage status: Micro SD card total capacity, residual capacity,
working state information;
2) DLS status: DLS connection status, working status;
3) GPS status: current searching star number and signal quality;
4) Coordinate position: longitude and latitude;
5) Height: altitude and surface relative height;
6) Time: UTC time, when the GPS has no signal or signal quality
is poor, the starting time displayed has no practical reference
significance;
7) Temperature: camera internal temperature;
8) Capture status: shows the current effective automatic capture
mode, mainly for pre-flight reference judgment;
9) Image storage format: 16 bit TIFF,JPG;
10) Working band: displays the opening status of the current channel.

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Attention
3.3 Settings page
This page is used to configure the automatic capture mode of the
camera, including timing trigger, overlap rate trigger, external
trigger and so on.
After setting the automatic capture mode, the capture status and related
parameters on the home page can be confirmed. The mode setting will be
automatically saved as the default setting, and it will be remained after the
camera restarting.

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Attention
3.3.1 Timing Trigger Mode
1) Auto capture mode drop-down menu select "timing trigger ";
2) Set timing trigger interval;
3) Set timing trigger enable height;
4) Save confirmation after setting up;
5) Start triggering.
After the timing trigger mode is set, the camera will start to trigger the
photo after the aircraft takes off to the expected relative height, in order to
avoid the large amount of redundant image data before the flight mission is
performed.
Set timing trigger cycle interval not less than 1 second.

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3.3.2 Overlap Trigger Mode
1) Select "overlap rate trigger " in automatic capture mode drop-
down menu ;
2) Enter the target flight altitude;
3) Enter the target flight velocity value;
4) Sets the course overlap rate of the two triggered images in drop-
down menu ;
5) Save confirmation after setting;
6) Start triggering.
Attention
According to the pre-flight situation, the user can modify the default
value of the flight speed to avoid the actual work in the overlap rate
trigger mode, which exceeds the limit of the camera's fastest capture rate.
Once exceeded, the user can use the method of increasing flight altitude, or
reducing flight speed, or reducing overlap rate.

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Warning
The altitude in overlap rate mode must be consistent with the altitude of
the UAV when it executes the route, referring to the altitude relative to the UAV
takeoff point, not altitude above sea level.
In order to avoid the camera triggering to generate redundant image data
during the drone's ascent or descending process, the camera will stop
triggering when it is lower than the “set flight altitude (meters) minus 50
meters” condition. Please pay attention to the flight settings in the WEB.
The altitude matches the actual flying altitude, otherwise the camera may
not take pictures.

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Attention
3.3.3 The relationship between the course overlap and the speed-to-height
ratio of the aircraft
The minimum shooting interval of MS600 V2 multispectral camera is 1 second, the
shooting interval is less than this value, the phenomenon of missed shooting will
occur. In order to avoid this situation, we can refer to the following table.
The speed in the above table refers to the speed relative to the ground, and
the flight altitude refers to the altitude of the UAV, generally relative to the
altitude of the take-off point.
3.3.4 External Trigger Mode
1) Before the external trigger mode is used, ensure that the
effective trigger signal is properly connected to the camera;
2) Select "external trigger " in Auto capture mode drop-down menu;
3) The drop-down menu includes three trigger settings, as follow:
Flight
altitude
(m)
heading
overlap
(%)
Maximum speed
(m/s)
Ground resolution
(cm/pixel)
view angle
(㎡)
40
80
70
3.2
4.8
2.88
37×28
80
80
70
6.4
9.6
5.77
74×55
120
80
70
9.6
14.4
8.65
110×83
160
80
70
12.8
19.2
11.54
148×111
200
80
70
16
24
14.42
185×138
300
80
70
24
36
21.63
277×208
500
80
70
40
60
36.06
426×346
Settings
Note
Rising edge
The camera is photographed according to the rising edge of
the pulse
Falling edge
The camera is photographed according to the falling edge of
the pulse
PWM
The camera will trigger when it switches from less than the
threshold to greater than the threshold.

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1) PWM trigger mode also needs to set threshold time T, range 0<T
<20ms ,PWM signal frequency range: 50 Hz-400Hz;
2) Confirm and save;
3) The external trigger function of the camera can be checked by
setting the external trigger source.
3.3.5 Cascade trigger
Cascade trigger is mainly used for synchronous shooting of 2 or
more multispectral cameras. The camera is divided into two parts,
master camera and slave cameras, The PWM_OUT pin of the main camera
is connected to the PWM_IN pin of the slave camera, See 6.2.1 camera
interface for details; The main camera sets the shooting mode
according to the normal process, slave cameras set to external
trigger mode (signal type: PWM, temporal threshold:1.5 ms).After the
setting is completed, the flight mission will be executed. The master
camera will trigger all the slave cameras to take pictures
synchronously when shooting. The event interval between the master
and slave cameras is less than 1ms.
3.3.6 Manual exposure
Check the manual exposure option in each trigger mode, you can adjust the
exposure time and gain corresponding to each channel uniformly or
independently on the preview page. See 3.4.3 for details.
3.3.7 Advanced settings
The advanced settings menu includes image storage format, channel

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strobe, SD card formatting, DLS information, calibration function,
recovery of factory settings and other functions.