Mikrotron CoaxPress MC258 Series User manual

Mikrotron GmbH
Landshuter Str. 20-22
D-85716 Unterschleissheim
Germany
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[email protected]
www.mikrotron.de
25CXP MC258x Camera Manual Rev. 1.00
Camera-Firmware: MC0000258x-V1.00.0-F1.00.000
Camera ID: MC258x
Copyright 2014 Mikrotron GmbH
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Table of contents
1 General............................................................................................................4
1.1 For customers in the U.S.A. ................................................................................................................................4
1.2 For customers in Canada....................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Life Support Applications.....................................................................................................................................4
1.5 Declaration of conformity ....................................................................................................................................5
1.6 Warranty Note .....................................................................................................................................................6
1.7 Remarks, Warnings.............................................................................................................................................6
2 Introduction ......................................................................................................7
2.1 Top level specifications........................................................................................................................................7
2.2 Differences between the camera types...............................................................................................................8
2.3 Using the camera ................................................................................................................................................8
3 Hardware .........................................................................................................9
3.1 CoaXPress® interface.........................................................................................................................................9
3.1.1 The GenICam standard.................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.2 GenTL .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2 Power supply.....................................................................................................................................................10
................................................................................................................................................................................10
4 Getting started................................................................................................ 11
4.1 First steps.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
5 Initial setup.....................................................................................................12
5.1 Serial number and firmware revision.................................................................................................................12
5.2 PowerUpProfile..................................................................................................................................................12
6 Configuration..................................................................................................13
6.1 Camera configuration........................................................................................................................................13
6.2 Bootstrap registers ............................................................................................................................................14
6.2.1 Standard......................................................................................................................................................... 15
6.2.2 Revision ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
6.2.3 XmlManifestSize ............................................................................................................................................ 15
6.2.4 XmlManifestSelector...................................................................................................................................... 16
6.2.5 XmlVersion[ XmlManifestSelector ]................................................................................................................ 16
6.2.6 XmlSchemaVersion[ XmlManifestSelector ] .................................................................................................. 16
6.2.7 XmlUrlAddress[ XmlManifestSelector ].......................................................................................................... 17
6.2.8 IidcPointer...................................................................................................................................................... 17
6.2.9 DeviceVendorName....................................................................................................................................... 18
6.2.10 DeviceModelName....................................................................................................................................... 18
6.2.11 DeviceManufacturerInfo............................................................................................................................... 18
6.2.12 DeviceVersion.............................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2.13 DeviceFirmwareVersion............................................................................................................................... 20
6.2.14 DeviceID....................................................................................................................................................... 20
6.2.15 DeviceUserID............................................................................................................................................... 21
6.2.16 LinkReset ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
6.2.17 DeviceLinkID................................................................................................................................................ 21
6.2.18 MasterHostLinkID......................................................................................................................................... 22
6.2.19 ControlPacketDataSize................................................................................................................................ 22
6.2.20 StreamPacketDataSize................................................................................................................................ 22
6.2.21 LinkConfig.................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.2.22 LinkConfigDefault......................................................................................................................................... 23
6.2.23 TestMode...................................................................................................................................................... 24
6.2.24 TestErrorCountSelector................................................................................................................................ 24
6.2.25 TestErrorCount[ TestErrorCountSelector ] .................................................................................................. 24
6.3 Acquisition Control............................................................................................................................................25
6.3.1 AcquisitionMode............................................................................................................................................. 25
6.3.2 AcquisitionStart .............................................................................................................................................. 25
6.3.3 AcquisitionStop............................................................................................................................................... 25
6.3.4 ExposureMode............................................................................................................................................... 26
6.3.5 ExposureTime................................................................................................................................................ 26

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6.3.6 ExposureTimeMax ......................................................................................................................................... 26
6.3.7 AcquisitionFrameRate.................................................................................................................................... 27
6.3.8 AcquisitionFrameRateMax............................................................................................................................. 27
6.3.9 TriggerSelector............................................................................................................................................... 27
6.3.10 TriggerMode[ TriggerSelector ] .................................................................................................................... 28
6.3.11 TriggerSource[ TriggerSelector ] .................................................................................................................. 28
6.3.12 TriggerActivation[ TriggerSelector ].............................................................................................................. 29
6.3.13 AcquisitionBurstFrameCount ....................................................................................................................... 29
6.3.1 SoftwareTrigger.............................................................................................................................................. 29
6.3.2 TestImageSelector ......................................................................................................................................... 30
6.4 Device Control...................................................................................................................................................31
6.4.1 DeviceReset................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.5 Image Format....................................................................................................................................................31
6.5.1 Width.............................................................................................................................................................. 31
6.5.2 Height............................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.5.3 OffsetX ........................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.5.4 OffsetY ........................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.5.5 SensorWidth................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.5.6 SensorHeight ................................................................................................................................................. 33
6.5.7 WidthMax ....................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.5.8 HeightMax...................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.5.9 PixelFormat.................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.5.10 TapGeometry................................................................................................................................................ 34
6.5.11 Image1StreamID.......................................................................................................................................... 34
6.5.12 Image2StreamID.......................................................................................................................................... 35
6.6 User Set Control ...............................................................................................................................................35
6.6.1 UserSetSelector............................................................................................................................................. 35
6.6.2 UserSetLoad[UserSetSelector]...................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.3 UserSetSave[UserSetSelector]...................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.4 UserSetDefaultSelector ................................................................................................................................. 36
6.7 Analog Controller...............................................................................................................................................37
6.7.1 AFEGain......................................................................................................................................................... 37
6.7.2 ColumnGain................................................................................................................................................... 37
6.7.3 Blacklevel...................................................................................................................................................... 37
6.8 Custom features................................................................................................................................................38
6.8.1 DeviceInformationSelector............................................................................................................................. 38
6.8.2 DeviceInformation[DeviceInfoSelector].......................................................................................................... 39
6.8.3 PixelResetMode............................................................................................................................................. 40
7 Firmware update ............................................................................................41
8 Technical Data................................................................................................42
8.1 Resolution and Speed....................................................................................................................................... 43
8.2 Spectral response .............................................................................................................................................43
8.2.1 Typical Photovoltaic Response...................................................................................................................... 44
8.2.2 Spectral response for the MC2582/83 (color with Bayer Pattern filter) ......................................................... 44
8.3 Bayer pattern filter.............................................................................................................................................45
8.4 Connectors ........................................................................................................................................................46
8.4.1 CoaXPress® connector 5W5......................................................................................................................... 46
8.4.2 Circular power connector, 6-pin..................................................................................................................... 46
8.5 Mechanical dimensions.....................................................................................................................................47

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1General
1.1 For customers in the U.S.A.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class Adigital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec-
tion against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ-
ment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-
stalled 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 lim-
its for a computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules.
1.2 For customers in Canada
This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set out in Radio In-
terference Regulations.
1.3 Pour utilisateurs au Canada
Cet appareil est conforme aux normes Classe A pour bruits radioélectriques, spécifiées dans
le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique.
1.4 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. Mikro-
tron customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so at their own
risk and agree to fully indemnify Mikrotron for any damages resulting from such improper use
or sale.

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1.5 Declaration of conformity
Manufacturer: Mikrotron GmbH
Address: Landshuter Str. 20-22
85716 Unterschleissheim
Germany
Product: Camera MC2582 - MC2583
The dedicated products conform to the requirements of the Council Directives 2004/108/EG
for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic consistency.
The following standards were consulted for the conformity testing with regard to electromag-
netic consistency.
EC regulation
Description
EN 61000-6-3
Electromagnetic compatibility
EN 61000-6-1
Immunity
Unterschleissheim, February 09, 2014
Mikrotron GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Mindermann
President of Mikrotron

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1.6 Warranty Note
Do not open the body of the camera. The warranty becomes void if the body is opened.
1.7 Remarks, Warnings
This document contains important remarks and warnings. See the corresponding symbols:

Important remark

Attention, Warning

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2Introduction
Cameras of our new EoSens® 25CXP family are CoaXPress®compliant high speed CMOS
cameras with a 25 Megapixel sensor of 5120 (H) x 5120 (V) pixel. The cameras are widely
configurable and scalable to fit your needs. They are available in a monochrome and a color
version (Bayer Filter).
The new CoaXPress®high speed interface technology allows transfer rates up to 6.25 Gbps.
But our CoaXPress cameras support all CoaXPress Link Speeds from 1.25 Gbps to 6.25
Gbps.
Although the camera already offers a very high frame rate with 80 fps at full resolution, you
can get even 1000ths of frames by reducing the camera resolution. For this, you can define a
Region of Interest on the camera sensor that gives you an optimal relation between resolution
and frame rate which you may need for your task.
In this context the very high photo sensitivity of tbd ASA (monochrome) or tbd ASA (RGB) is
also a very important feature of the 25CXP cameras.
Configuring the camera to Full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080 with a frame rate of up to 880 fps
offers a wide field for new and exciting applications. Full HD recordings make it possible to use
the camera not only for industrial applications but also for applications like high speed, high
resolution documentary films or for commercial clips.
The camera electronic is enclosed in a very compact and solid full metal cage that is prepared
for using the camera in heavy industrial surroundings. This is also encouraged by the use of
shielded coaxial cables as used by the CoaXPress®standard.
The camera uses industry-standard F-Mount lenses.
2.1 Top level specifications
25 Megapixel high speed CMOS sensor
35 mm optical format
Very high resolution: 5120 x 5120 pixel
4.5 µm square pixels
monochrome or color (Bayer Filter)
10/8 bit/pixel
Up to 80 frames/s at full resolution
CXP Link Speed from 1.25 Gbps to 6.25 Gbps
Up to tbd ASA monochrome or tbd ASA color
Extended dynamic range up to 56 db
Arbitrary region of interest
“Freeze Frame” full frame shutter
More than 17000 frames/s with reduced resolution
Communication and image transfer via CoaXPress® interface
Small, compact housing
Wide power supply range

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2.2 Differences between the camera types
The 25CXP camera is available as the monochrome MC2582 version or as a
MC4083 color (Bayer Filter) version.All versions have the same sensor with a resolution of
5120 x 5120 pixel. The color version uses a Bayer Filter at the top of the sensor to code the
color information in the image pixels.
The table below shows the different camera models and their max. frame rate:
Type
Data width
(bits)
Color/ Mono
F-Mount lens adap-
tion
Link speed
max. frame-rate @
5120 x 5120
MC2582
8/10
M
F
CXP-6
80 fps
MC2583
8/10
C
F
CXP-6
80 fps
2.3 Using the camera
There are no serviceable parts inside the camera. The camera may not be opened, otherwise
guarantee is lost.
Use dry, soft lens-cleaning tissue for cleaning lenses and, if necessary, the sensors window.
Don't use tools that may harm the sensor. Clean lenses and sensor from dust before rubbing
the lens/sensor surface.

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3Hardware
3.1 CoaXPress®interface
CoaXPress®is a new high speed interface standard for digital machine vision components in-
cluding frame grabbers and cameras. CoaXPress®uses the GenICam standard for
host/camera communication.
Benefits of the new technology are
•High transfer rates between camera and host up to 6.25 Gbps
•Good scalability
•By using the “electronically manual” of the GenICam® specification, CoaXPress ®
grants compatibility and interchangeability between different CoaXPress hard- and software
components
•Connection between host and camera over (cheap) 75Ω Coax cables
•Max. Coax cable length can be influenced by selecting Link Speeds from 1.25 Gbps to
6.25 Gbps.
3.1.1 The GenICam standard
“The goal of GenICam is to provide a generic programming interface for all kinds of cameras.
No matter what interface technology the cameras are using or what features they are
implementing, the application programming interface (API) should be always the same
(GenICam Specification 1.0 ).”
Although CoaXPress do not support the full GenICam standard, it uses parts of the specifica-
tion to ease the interchangeability between different CoaXPress®compliant components. Eve-
ry camera must be provided with an 'electronically readable manual'. This manual can be read
and interpreted automatically by software components to control the features of a camera in a
generic way.
3.1.2 GenTL
GenTL is one part of the GenICam standard. It defines a hard- and software independent in-
terface that each CoaXPress®compliant frame grabber must support. One of the benefits that
GenTL offers to the user is a general and well defined interface to communicate with the cam-
era over the frame grabber hardware. So the user is not 'chained' to a software offered by the
frame grabber manufacturer. He can use the software of its choice select from all components
that supports the CoaXPress®and GenTL compliant interface.

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3.2 Power supply
The camera needs a DC supply voltage between 12 … 24V at a power consumption of tbd
Watt max.
The power supply unit is connected to a dedicated connector at the back side of the camera.
Please take attention to the pin wiring of the connector as described below.

Before applying power to the camera we strongly recommend to verify the used
pins of the power connector, the polarity (+/-) of the leads and the supply voltage.
The camera may only be used with a supply voltage according to the camera
specification. Connecting a lower or higher supply voltage,AC voltage, reversal
polarity or using wrong pins of the power connector may damage the camera. If
doing so, the warranty will expire immediately.

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4Getting started
Before starting to operate the camera, make sure that the following equipment is available:
Camera MC258x
F-Mount lens
Mikrotron Support CD
Image processing system, e.g.: PC and software
Completely installed CoaXPress frame grabber (Device Driver, Software,...)
CoaXPress® cable according to the CoaXPress specification

Take care, that all components of the camera/host chain (camera,
grabber, software) are fully CoaXPress®compliant.

For a detailed cable description read the according section below.
4.1 First steps
Switch off the image processing system
Connect the camera to your CoaXPress® frame grabber with an appropriate
CoaXPress® cable.
Connect a power supply to the camera.
Unscrew dust protection cover from the camera and screw in a lens.
Switch on the image processing system and the external camera power supply

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1Initial setup
The MC258x is delivered with initial parameters and therefore does not need to be configured
via the host software.
1.1 Serial number and firmware revision
Serial number and firmware revision is provided in MC258x non volatile memory. Use the ac-
cording GenICam feature to read the serial number and firmware revision from the camera
(see feature list below). The serial number is also marked on the type plate of the camera.
1.2 PowerUpProfile
A Power Up Profile, permanently stored in the non-volatile memory of the camera, gets loaded
automatically if the camera is powered up. The profile consists of a number of camera settings
that configures the camera to a defined operation state. So no configuration from the host may
necessary to bring the camera to a good working condition. This includes values like the sen-
sor resolution or the frame rate, for example.

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2Configuration
2.1 Camera configuration
The MC258x is based on the CoaXPress® specification. CoaXPress® itself uses elements of
the GenICam standard to configure and control the camera. GenICam assumes that the cam-
era uses a flat register layout for configuration. For example if you want to change the expo-
sure time of the camera, you have to write the according value to the camera register repre-
senting the exposure time (e.g. 0x1100).
All camera registers are described and summarized in an 'electronically readable manual' file.
A register element in this manual is also called a feature. The file itself is coded in ASCII using
the Extensible Markup Language (XML) to describe each register as a XML feature knot.
Each knot consists, at least, of the type of the feature (command, string, integer,...), its access
mode(R/W), a descriptive name ('friendly name') of the feature, the corresponding register ad-
dress and a short description of the feature in plain ASCII text. There are also a number of ad-
ditional elements that make out a complete feature description. For example the min. and max.
values for a feature or its default value. Please refer to the GenICam documentation for further
details.
The features itself in the XML file are grouped according to their meaning (e.g. Bottstrap regis-
ters, Image format,...).
The XML file itself can be saved (compressed or uncompressed) in the camera or can be an
external file on the local computer or an remote host. The path (URL) to the file can be read
from the camera feature 'XmlUrlAddress' (see feature list below).
The features exposed by the camera and described in the XML file can be roughly subdivided
in four groups:
In a set of 9 mandatory features for a basic camera control as described in the
CoaXPress® specification.
In a set of mandatory boot registers, used by the host software to connect itself to the camera,
to do some connection related settings and to get the path to the XML file and read out the
camera feature list. This features are also a part of the CoaXPress specification. The boot reg-
isters are the only camera registers that have the same address for a specific register on eve-
ry CXP compliant camera, no matter who manufactured it.
Not mandatory camera features, which names and meanings are defined in the GenICam
'Standard Features Naming Convention' (SFNC).
Custom features, which names and meaning are special to a manufacturer/camera.
A camera must implement all mandatory features and all boot registers as described in the
CoaXPress® specification to be CoaXPress® compliant. Some of them are defined in the
GenICam and in the CoaXPress® standard, some of them are CoaXPress® specific.

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
All integer values are interpreted as 32 bit unsigned integers, if not other men-
tioned.
All Strings are NULL terminated and consists of 8 bit chars.
2.2 Bootstrap registers
CoaXPress® compliant Devices must support a number of bootstrap registers as defined in
this chapter. In contrast to other CXP camera features, each bootstrap register is assigned to
a fixed camera address which is defined in the CoaXPress® specification.
The Bootstrap registers are defined for device information and to allow the frame grabber to
establish and maintain the connection between the host and the camera. The connection to
the camera is handled by the frame grabber in the 'background' and is normally not in the
scope of an application developer. So namely the registers for establishing and maintaining
the grabber/camera connection may be not of interest for the 'normal' application programmer.
Name
Address
Access
Length(bytes)
Interface
Standard
0x00000000
R
4
IInteger
Revision
0x00000004
R
4
IInteger
XmlManifestSize
0x00000008
R
4
IInteger
XmlManifestSelector
0x0000000C
R/W
4
IInteger
XmlVersion
[XmlManifestSelector]
0x00000010
R
4
IInteger
XmlSchemaVersion
[XmlManifestSelector]
0x00000014
R
4
IInteger
XmlUrlAddress
[XmlManifestSelector]
0x00000018
R
4
IInteger
IidcPointer
0x0000001C
R
4
IInteger
DeviceVendorName
0x00002000
R
32
IString
DeviceModelName
0x00002020
R
32
IString
DeviceManufacturerInfo
0x00002040
R
48
IString
DeviceVersion
0x00002070
R
32
IString
DeviceFirmwareVersion
0x00002090
R
32
IString
DeviceID
0x000020B0
R
16
IString
DeviceUserID
0x000020C0
R/W
16
IString
LinkReset
0x00004000
W/(R)
4
IInteger
DeviceLinkID
0x00004004
R
4
IInteger
MasterHostLinkID
0x00004008
R/W
4
IInteger
ControlPacketDataSize
0x0000400C
R
4
IInteger
StreamPacketDataSize
0x00004010
R/W
4
IInteger
LinkConfig
0x00004014
R/W
4
IEnumerate

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Name
Address
Access
Length(bytes)
Interface
Chapter
LinkConfigDefault
0x00004018
R
4
IInteger
TestMode
0x0000401C
R/W
4
IInteger
TestErrorCountSelector
0x00004020
R/W
4
IInteger
TestErrorCount
[TestErrorCountSelector]
0x00004024
R/W
4
IInteger
Start of manufacturer specific register space
0x00006000
-
-
-
2.2.1 Standard
Description:
This register provides a magic number indicating the Device implements the CoaXPress® stand-
ard.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
-
Out:
0xC0A79AE5
Remark:
2.2.2 Revision
Description:
This register provides the revision of the CoaXPress® specification implemented by this Device.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
-
Out:
Bits
Description
31-16
Major Revision
15-00
Minor Revision
Remark:
For version 1.5 → 0x00010005
2.2.3 XmlManifestSize
Description:
This register returns the number of available XML manifests. At least one manifest must be avail-
able.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
-
Out:
1 ... N
Remark:

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2.2.4 XmlManifestSelector
Description:
This register selects the required XML manifest registers. It holds a number between 0 and
XmlManifestSize –1.
Access
Read / Write
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
0 … XmlManfiesSize-1
Out:
0 … XmlManfiesSize-1
Remark:
A link reset sets the value to 0x00000000.
2.2.5 XmlVersion[ XmlManifestSelector ]
Description:
This register provide the version number for the XML file given in the manifest referenced by
register XmlManifestSelector.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned Integer
In:
-
Out:
Bits
Name
Description
31-24
Reserved
Shall be 0
23-16
XMLMajorVersion
The major version number of the XML file
15-8
XMLMinorVersion
The minor version number of the XML file
7-0
XMLSubMinorVersion
The sub-minor version number of the XML file
Remark:
2.2.6 XmlSchemaVersion[ XmlManifestSelector ]
Description:
This register provides the GenICam schema version for the XML file given in the manifest refer-
enced by register XmlManifestSelector
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned Integer
In:
-
Out:
Bits
Name
Description
31-24
Reserved
Shall be 0
23-16
SchemaMajorVersion
The major version number of the schema used by the XML file
15-8
SchemaMinorVersion
The minor version number of the schema used by the XML file
7-0
SchemaSubMinorVersion
The sub-minor version number of the schema used by the XML file
Remark:
2.2.7 XmlUrlAddress[ XmlManifestSelector ]

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Description:
This register provides the address of the start of the URL string referenced by register
XmlManifestSelector.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
-
Out:
Register address
Remark:
Reading from the returned register address returns N chars representing the name, the register
address and the length of the GenICam XML file stored in the flash memory of the camera.
The format of the address string is:
Field
Description
Local
Indicates the XML file is stored in non-volatile memory in the Device.
<Filename>
The name of the XML file. The file name has no meaning if the XML file is stored in the camera.
<Extension>
“xml” indicates an uncompressed text XML file.
“zip” indicates a ZIP format compressed text file.
<Address>
The start address of the file in the Device memory map, given in hexadecimal form without
a leading “0x”. The address string can be read from this address.
<Length>
The length of the file in bytes, given in hexadecimal without a leading “0x”.
Example: “Local:Mikrotron_MC4080_Rev1.xml;B8000;33A”
References an GenICam XML file in the flash memory of the camera.
The file can be read starting at address 0xB8000 and has a length of 0x33a Bytes.
The returned string could also reference a XML file located on the vendors Homepage. This loca-
tion ist not used by our cameras.
2.2.8 IidcPointer
Description:
The register provide the address of the start of the IIDC register space.
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned integer
In:
-
Out:
0x00000000.
Remark:
Not supported

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2.2.9 DeviceVendorName
Description:
This register provides the name of the manufacturer of the Device as a NULL-terminated string.
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...32]
In:
-
Out:
Vendor name
Remark:
Example: “Mikrotron GmbH”
2.2.10 DeviceModelName
Description:
DeviceModelName
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...32]
In:
-
Out:
Model name
Remark:
Example: “MC2582”
2.2.11 DeviceManufacturerInfo
Description:
This register provide extended manufacturer-specific information about the Device as a NULL-
terminated string.
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...48]
In:
-
Out:
Manufacturer information
Remark:
Example: “Mikrotron GmbH”

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2.2.12 DeviceVersion
Description:
This register provides the version of the camera hardware as a NULL-terminated string.
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...32]
In:
-
Out:
Device version string
Remark:
Format of the version string (Byte numbers from left to right):
Byte
Description
Sample
0
Hardware tag
“H”
1-3
Hardware version major number
“000”
4
“.”
5-7
Hardware version minor number
“001”
8
“.”
9-13
Hardware version sub minor number
“00000”
So the sample row would result in the device version string:
“H000.100.00000”

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2.2.13 DeviceFirmwareVersion
Description:
This register provides the version of the firmware in the Device as a NULL-terminated string.
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...32]
In:
-
Out:
Firmware version string
Remark:
Format of the version string (Byte numbers from left to right):
Byte
Description
Sample
0
Controller software version tag
“V”
1-3
Software version major number
“000”
4
“.”
5-7
Software version minor number
“013”
8
“.”
9-13
Software version sub minor number
“00007”
14
Delimiter
“-”
15
FPGA program version tag
“F”
16-18
FPGA version major number
“000”
19
“.”
20-22
FPGA version minor number
“015”
23
“.”
24-28
FPGA version sub minor number
“00304”
So the sample row would result in the device version string:
“V000.013.00007-F000.015.00304”
2.2.14 DeviceID
Description:
This register provides the serial number of the camera as a NULL-terminated string.
Access
Read
Type:
String[0...16]
In:
-
Out:
Serial number of the camera
Remark:
Example: “000000000000157”