Foxtech SYK-30 User manual

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SYK-30 AI-TIR EO/IR Dual Sensor Camera With 3-axis
Gimbal
User Manual

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Content
Warning and disclaimer............................................................................................................... 2
Brief Introduction ...........................................................................................................................3
Packing List ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Connection Pin Description ........................................................................................................5
Drawing and mounting hole diagram .....................................................................................6
Installation and network ..............................................................................................................8
Technical specification ..................................................................................................................9
Serial Command Protocol ......................................................................................................... 10
Warning and disclaimer

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In any cases （ not matter power on or not ） avoid aiming the camera at
extremely high-temperature radiation source (e.g. the sun), or else the sensor is
likely to be damaged.
Be sure not to adjust the pod or change its mechanical structure, installing the
pod on the aircraft before power on.
Please do not add other peripherals (filters, hoods, etc.) to the camera, please
use the original camera to avoid pod performance degradation or load imbalance
which may cause the damage to pod.
Ensure that your aircraft flight control system master works in the safest state
when powered. We strongly recommend that you remove the propeller from the
aircraft while setting the pod parameters, use a non-powered battery to power the
pod, and keep the child away from the preset flight area.
In view of our company can’t control the specific use of the user, installation,
assembly, modification (including the use of non-designated spare parts) and
improper use of the above caused by direct or indirect damage, Our company will
not bear the corresponding loss and free of liability.
This manual subjects to any change without notice.
Brief Introduction

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Thermal gimbal camera can be widely used in public security, firefighting,
electricity and other UAV applications, equipped with infrared thermal imaging
camera with extended feature for temperature measurement function, also can
save thermal imaging video and pictures on the front end.
This equipment is used for mounting on the aircraft, which can achieve
stabilization in three directions of yaw, roll and pitch direction, and adopt the
integrated design of shock absorption and pod, which can greatly reduce
mechanical vibration and ensure the stability of the image of the equipment during
the flight.
This pod supports lock and follow mode switch, one key to middle position; S.BUS
control and serial command control; Ethernet output.
Packing List
Pod ×1 TFcard ×1 8pin cable

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Connection Pin Description
1）RJ-TX+、RJ-TX- 、RJ-RX+ 、RJ-RX- for Ethernet，RJ-TX+ and RJ-TX- are pairs，
RJ-RX and RJ-RX- are pairs.
2）undefined for undefined pin.
3）GND for ground.
4）TX and RX for Serial command control.
5）SBUS for connection with SBUS signal receiver.
6）5V for out DC5v signal, use together with GND，for SUBUS receiver power.
7）Mini HDMI interface for output video.

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Drawing and mounting hole diagram

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Connection with flying platform

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Installation and network
1 Preparation
1.1 HDMI HD image transmission（1080P） or Network port HD image
transmission is a must
1.2 Choose the communication mode of the control pod, the pod can be
controlled by S.BUS, serial port and network, serial port and network need to
develop the corresponding software through the protocol by user.
1.3 Supported TF card types (this pod TF memory card does not support hot
swapping). Use a Class10 or UHS-1 and above TF card to ensure proper video
recording.
1.4 Power supply, the pod uses a power supply voltage of DC12v ~ 24v (3S ~
6S), in order to ensure the stability of the pod, it is necessary to ensure more than
30w power supply power, transient power to meet more than 60w.
2 Installation
2.1 The fixing kit, damping ball and pod main body are assembled together,
and different types of damping balls and quantities are selected according to the
size of the aircraft rotor etc.
2.2 After assembling the pod, then mounting it to the flight platform through
the fixing hole.
2.3 Insert TF card.
2.4 Video connection through network.
2.5 Connect the control interface, S.BUS or TTL serial port or network.
3. IP connection
The default IP address is 192.168.1.100, network video surveillance and IP
address modification can use IE; in addition, it also supports rtsp stream access, and
can use video software such as vlc media player (VLC) to monitor video.
RTSP stream address：
Main sterm: rtsp：// camera IP ：554/majorAV（e.g.：
rtsp://192.168.1.100:554/majorAV）
Sub stream : rtsp：// camera IP ：554/minorAV（e.g.：
rtsp://192.168.1.100:554/minorAV）

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Technical specification
SYK-30 AI-TIR EO/IR
Weight
1100g
Dimension
144mm×135mm×205mm ( L×W×H )
Operating voltage
3s～6s
Operating current
Static：600mA(@12V)；Dynamic：3000mA(@12V)
Pitch
Upward 15°，downward 90°
Roll
±40°
Yaw
±155°（360°Ethernet Version Only ）
Angle Jitter
±0.01°
Control interface
S.BUS or TTL
Camera（Thermal+Visible）
Camera
Thermal
Visible
Sensor
Uncooled FPA(ASI)
1/2.8" CMOS Sensor
Rsolution
640X480
1920X1080
Pixel pitch
17μm
/
Lens
25mm
30X optical zoom（4.3mm～129mm ）
Wavelength
8～14μm
/
(NETD)
/illuminance
≤50mk@30℃
Colour： 0.05Lux@(F1.6 ， AGC NO)
Black&whilte：0.01Lux@(F1.6 ，AGC
NO)
Video output
Network or HDMI（1080P）
Storage
Maximum 128G TF card；save avi video、JPG piture
Format
1080P（30fps）
Control
EO/IR Switch,Pseudo color switch, Pic-in-Pic Switch; Recording;
Snapshot
Extended feature
Temperature measurement, H/L/C/A/P Temperature Display,
-20℃ to +150℃ Range, ±2℃/2% Accuracy

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Serial Command Protocol
1. Send within 15 seconds after power on: EF 05 00 04 02 A0 4D 4D 4D 12 22, Need
to send more than 20 times, 1-10hz, baud rate 115200, 8 bit data, 1 bit stop, no
parity. Feedback: 4D 01 4D 04 FB FF 00 00 04 00 04 00 C8 FF 94 02 00 00 22 01 C8 00
08 00 00 26 00 5A 19 00 0A 08 00 00 12 00 00 28 64 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 4D, some
camera may be different, this used for SBUS mode switch to serial command
control.
2. Control information
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I1 &I2：pod mode, The data type is a 16-bit integer, with the high bit in front and
the low bit in the back, value 1500 for yaw follow mode，1024 for turn to middle
mode （Pitch and yaw return to their original position at boot time），value range
600~2400.
J1 &J2：pitch speed，The data type is 16-bit integer, the high position is in the front,
the low bit is in the back, and 1500 is the median position, indicating that the speed
is zero, and the value range is 600 to 2400.
K1 & K2：YAW speed，The data type is 16-bit integer, the high position is in the front,
the low bit is in the back, and 1500 is the median position, indicating that the speed
is zero, and the value range is 600 to 2400.
O1& O2; Checksum, the sum of all bytes from H1 to N2, the data type is 16-bit
integer, with the high bit before and the low bit after.
e.g.：
A）gimbal control

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Down rotation ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 05 DC 06 40 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 BC
Up rotation ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 05 DC 05 70 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 EB
Right rotation ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 05 DC 05 DC 05 70 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 EB
Left rotation ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 05 DC 05 DC 06 40 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 BC
Stop rotaion ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 76
（The schema data for this message is 0, not in the range of values, the schema
data is not updated, or the original schema）
Turn to middle ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 04 00 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 05 DC 04 7A
downward ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 03 F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 04
Follow mode ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 05 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86
Lock mode ：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58
（The schema data for this message is 0, not in the range of values, the schema
data is not updated, or the original schema）
B）Camera control
Zoom in： EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 60 00 75
Zoom out： EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 40 00 58
Recording/stop：EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 70 00 87
Snapshot： EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 D0 00 E7
Pseudo： EF 0F 00 04 02 A3 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 A5 00 BC
3. The underlying status query instruction
hexadecimal：EF 05 00 04 02 A0 4D 4D 0D 12 22
Feedback examples：4D 0A 08 01 00 00 8B EC 14 00 00 8C 01
Status feedback bytes
4D 0A 08 G1 A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 Q1
Message head/ The number of bytes /device numeber/ Firmware version number
/ROLL angel/PITCH angle/YAW encoder angle/ Gimbal working status /
D1 02
Checksums from bytes 4 to 11
Note：
1、Angle information：A1 A2 、B1 B2、D1 02 ,Double-byte signed integer data, with
the low bit in front of the high bit after；
ROLL angle、PITCH angle unit is 0.01 degrees，eg. A1=0x10，A2=0x0，Indicates that
the ROLL attitude angle is 0.16 degrees；
YAWThe encoder angle unit is 0.1 degrees，eg.C1=0x10，C2=0x0，Indicates that the
YAW encoder angle is 1.6 degrees;

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4.Pass-Through protocol
The pass-through transmission protocol is a one-way serial port " pass-through
protocol" that is input from the external serial port of the YAW board, and the
external output of the PITCH board, which is generally used for the customer's
custom control of the camera core. It requires the customer to package the
messages that need to be transmitted to the camera core before they are sent. The
format of a packet is as follow.
（The following numbers are hexadecimal）
EF
XX
00
04
02
D0
XX
XX
XX
O1
O2
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bytes to
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examples：
1、Need to pass-through：81 01 04 07 26 ff，daylight zoom，then：
EF 06 00 04 02 d0 81 01 04 07 26 ff 01 b2，Bytes 6，Checksum：
0x81+0x01+0x04+0x07+0x26+0xff = 0x1b2 。
2、Need to pass-through：f8 00 12 02 08 00 00 1c，IR pseudo color，then：
EF 08 00 04 02 d0 f8 00 12 02 08 00 00 1c 01 30 Bytes 8，Checksum：
0xf8+0x12+0x02+0x08+0x1c = 0x1b2 。
3、Zoom pass-through query：EF 05 00 04 02 d0 81 09 04 47 FF 01 d4 feedback
example：90 50 03 0D 0F 01 FF
4、focus pass-through query：EF 05 00 04 02 d0 81 09 04 48 FF 01 d5 feedback
example：90 50 07 0C 01 0C FF
Dual vision camera core serial port function
Note ： The following functions need to be implemented through the
pass-through transmission protocol, and some functions are already available
on the gimbal protocol
Pseudo color：
Iron red： f8 00 12 02 00 00 00 14
amber： f8 00 12 02 01 00 00 15
White-hot： f8 00 12 02 08 00 00 1c

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Red alarm： f8 00 12 02 09 00 00 1d
Black hot： f8 00 12 02 0b 00 00 1f
Snapshot/recording：
JPEG snapshot： f8 00 80 01 00 00 00 81
Recording： f8 00 82 01 00 01 00 84
Stop recording: f8 00 84 01 00 01 00 86
Temperature data snapshot： f8 00 80 02 00 00 00 82
IR image zoom：
AA ： Integer part （1 ～ 16） Recommended 4X
BB ： Fractional part （0 ～ 99）
e.g.：F8 00 30 01 00 00 00 31 //1X
F8 00 30 02 00 00 00 32 //2X
F8 00 30 02 03 00 00 35 //2.3X
OSD related control（Time、Yaw、Pitch）：
f8 00 12 04 01 02 00 19 （PITCH angle shown）
f8 00 12 04 01 1d 00 34 (PITCH angle hidden)
f8 00 12 04 01 10 00 27 （Time shown）
f8 00 12 04 01 0f 00 26 （Time hidden）
Visible camera control：
Sony camera visca aprotocol control，our main board only for pass-through
command
Visa related protocol
Stop： 8x 01 04 07 00 FF
Tele (Standard) ： 8x 01 04 07 02 FF
Wide (Standard)： 8x 01 04 07 03 FF
Tele (Variable) ： 8x 01 04 07 2p FF p=0 (Low) to 7 (High)
Wide (Variable)： 8x 01 04 07 3p FF p=0 (Low) to 7 (High)
Sony camera set to 1080P 25Hz： 81 01 04 24 72 00 08 FF
Frame
head
Type
Command
Data1
Data2
Data3
Data4
CRC
0xF8
0x00
0x30
AA
BB
00
00
XX