Raytrix R29 User manual

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TypeD R29 CameraLink Triggering Guide
Software setup
• Make sure any old software for interfacing with the Camera is uninstalled (RxLive 2.8,
ypeD 2.8 camera drivers, ypeCL 2.8 FrameGrabber drives, ConvCam 3, ConvCam 4)
• Make sure that the newest version of the Euresys MultiCam software for your Euresys
Grablink Full FrameGrabber is installed
• Install the newest version of RxLive, CL Euresys FrameGrabber drivers and ypeD
camera drivers
• Install the RxCalibData for your camera
Connecting the camera
• Connect the camera using the two supplied CameraLink cables
• Make sure the cables are connecting the camera and the FrameGrabber in the right
way:

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• he cables should connect the ports with the same numbers
• If the camera is not detected at all in RxLive, the first step is to check the
cables
• Connect the power supply cable to the camera

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Setup for external triggering
• Use the triggering cable supplied by Raytrix and connect it to the Hirose connector of
the camera (marked „C“ in picture below)
• he cable is wired to the connector as follows:
• Connect a power supply with 10V…25V DC to pins 1 and 2
• Connect the source of your trigger impulse to pin 5
• The trigger source must have the same ground potential as pin 1, a connection
from the negative or ground pin of the trigger source to pin 1 of the camera might
e necessary
• A trigger impulse voltage of 10V is sufficient to trigger the camera

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Configuration of RxLive
• Start RxLive
• Activate the „External Trigger“ Check ox in the camera control ta of RxLive:

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• Click on the teal slider icon to open the additional camera property window
• Set the external trigger mode to „Camera“
• If you wish to use the PIV mode, activate the check ox for PIV mode
• The R29 can e triggered in external trigger mode at up to 5.9 frames per second
• Using a faster trigger impulse frequency will result in lost frames
PIV mode
• In PIV mode, each trigger impulse will capture two images in a very short period of
time
• The delay etween the end of the first frame and the start of the second frame is
approximately 30 microseconds
• The exposure time of the first frame can e controlled y using the „Shtr.“ value in
RxLive to adjust the shutter time
• The exposure time of the second frame is fixed and can not e controlled in any way
• A timing diagram is shown in the next picture:
• The exposure (amount of light contri uting to the image) should e controlled y
using a very short pulse of light
• This can e generated with either a flash or a pulsed laser
• The camera system should e set up in a dark environment, so that the exposure is
only defined y the light impulse
• The maximum triggering frequency is reduced to elow 3 Hz, ecause no more than
5.9 frames can e transmitted y the sensor