Thorlabs Dcc 3240x User manual

CDD and CMOS Cameras

DCU223x, DCU224x

DCC1240x

DCC1545M, DCC1645C

DCC3240X

Operation Manual and SDK

2013

Version:

Date: 4.20

25.03.2013

Foreword
Contents 10
1 General Information 11
111.1 Safety 121.2 Ordering Codes and Accessories 121.3 Requirements 141.4 DCx Camera Family 151.5 Contents 161.6 What's New in this Version? 
2 Camera Basics 17
172.1 Operating Modes 172.1.1 Freerun Mode 192.1.2 Trigger Mode 202.1.3 Standby 212.2 Image Display Modes 232.3 Sensor 232.3.1 Sensor Sizes 242.3.2 Micro Lenses 262.3.3 Color Filter (Bayer filter) 282.3.4 Hot Pixels 302.3.5 Shutter Methods 332.3.6 Line Scan Mode 342.4 Reading Out Partial Images 342.4.1 Area of Interest (AOI) 372.4.2 Subsampling 382.4.3 Binning 392.5 Digitizing Images 392.5.1 Characteristics and LUT 412.5.2 Bit Depth and Digital Contrast Adjustment 442.6 Camera Parameters 442.6.1 Pixel Clock, Frame Rate, Exposure Time 442.6.2 Gain and Offset 452.6.3 Automatic Image Control 462.6.4 Applying New Parameters 462.7 Firmware and Camera Start 472.8 Digital Inputs / Outputs 472.8.1 Using Digital Inputs/Outputs 472.8.2 Flash Timing (Trigger Mode) 492.8.3 Flash Timing (Freerun Mode) 502.8.4 Serial Interface RS-232 (DC3240x only) 

9 USB Interface 512.9.1 History and Development 512.9.2 Structure and Topology 522.9.3 USB 2.0 Cabling and Connectors 522.9.4 USB 3.0 Cabling and Connectors 532.9.5 Data Transmission and Bandwidth 
Operation 54
1 uc480 Quick Start 563.2 Installation and Connection 563.2.1 System Requirements 583.2.2 DCx Driver Compatibility 583.2.3 Installing the uc480 Software under Windows 613.2.4 Installing the uc480 Software under Linux 613.2.5 Connecting a DCx Camera 633.3 Application Notes by Camera Model 633.3.1 DCC1240x / DCC3240x Application Notes 663.3.2 DCC1545M Application Notes 663.3.3 DCC1645C Application Notes 663.3.4 DCU223x Application Notes 663.3.5 DCU224x Application Notes 673.4 Installed uc480 Programs 673.4.1 uc480 Camera Manager 683.4.1.1 Camera List 683.4.1.2 Control Center 703.4.1.3 General Information 713.4.1.4 Camera Information 713.4.1.5 Creating a Support File 713.4.1.6 Additional Functions 743.4.1.7 Parameters 753.4.2 uc480 Viewer 763.4.2.1 Start Dialog 773.4.2.2 Toolbars 793.4.2.3 Status Bar 793.4.2.4 Opening a Camera 803.4.2.5 Menus 843.4.2.6 Dialog Boxes 923.4.2.7 Properties 1173.4.2.8 Creating profiles 1193.4.3 uc480 Player 1193.4.3.1 Loading an AVI file 1203.4.3.2 Overview of the Operation Controls 1223.4.3.3 Loop Mode

4.3.4 Video Window and Full Screen Mode 1233.4.4 uc480 Hotpixel Editor 
Programming (SDK) 126
1 First Steps to uc480 Programming 1294.2 How to Proceed 1294.2.1 Preparing Image Capture 1294.2.1.1 Querying Information 1304.2.1.2 Opening and Closing the Camera 1304.2.1.3 Allocating Image Memory 1324.2.1.4 Image Memory Sequences 1334.2.2 Selecting the Display Mode 1344.2.3 Capturing Images 1344.2.3.1 Image Capture Modes 1414.2.3.2 Event / Message Handling 1444.2.4 Setting Camera Parameters 1444.2.4.1 Setting and Getting Parameters 1474.2.4.2 Automatic Image Control 1484.2.4.3 Image Pre-processing 1484.2.4.4 Get Camera Status 1484.2.4.5 Using the Camera EEPROM 1494.2.5 Saving Images and Videos 1494.2.5.1 Saving and Loading Single Frames 1494.2.5.2 Capturing AVIs 1524.2.6 Using Inputs and Outputs 1524.2.6.1 Input/Output Control 1554.3 Function Descriptions 1564.3.1 is_AddToSequence 1574.3.2 is_AllocImageMem 1594.3.3 is_AOI 1674.3.4 is_AutoParameter 1704.3.5 is_Blacklevel 1724.3.6 is_CameraStatus 1744.3.7 is_CaptureStatus 1774.3.8 is_CaptureVideo 1794.3.9 is_ClearSequence 1804.3.10 is_ColorTemperature 1834.3.11 is_Configuration 1884.3.12 is_Convert 1904.3.13 is_CopyImageMem 1914.3.14 is_CopyImageMemLines 1924.3.15 is_DeviceFeature 1964.3.16 is_DeviceInfo 

1984.3.17 is_DirectRenderer 2054.3.18 is_DisableEvent 2064.3.19 is_EdgeEnhancement 2084.3.20 is_EnableAutoExit 2094.3.21 is_EnableEvent 2114.3.22 is_EnableMessage 2134.3.23 is_ExitCamera 2144.3.24 is_ExitEvent 2154.3.25 is_ExitImageQueue 2164.3.26 is_Exposure 2214.3.27 is_ForceTrigger 2224.3.28 is_FreeImageMem 2234.3.29 is_FreezeVideo 2254.3.30 is_GetActiveImageMem 2264.3.31 is_GetActSeqBuf 2274.3.32 is_GetAutoInfo 2304.3.33 is_GetBusSpeed 2314.3.34 is_GetCameraInfo 2334.3.35 is_GetCameraList 2354.3.36 is_GetCameraLUT 2364.3.37 is_GetColorConverter 2374.3.38 is_GetColorDepth 2384.3.39 is_GetDLLVersion 2394.3.40 is_GetError 2404.3.41 is_GetFramesPerSecond 2414.3.42 is_GetFrameTimeRange 2424.3.43 is_GetImageHistogram 2444.3.44 is_GetImageInfo 2474.3.45 is_GetImageMem 2484.3.46 is_GetImageMemPitch 2494.3.47 is_GetNumberOfCameras 2504.3.48 is_GetOsVersion 2514.3.49 is_GetSensorInfo 2524.3.50 is_GetSensorScalerInfo 2534.3.51 is_GetSupportedTestImages 2554.3.52 is_GetTestImageValueRange 2564.3.53 is_GetTimeout 2574.3.54 is_GetUsedBandwidth 2584.3.55 is_GetVsyncCount 2594.3.56 is_HasVideoStarted 2604.3.57 is_HotPixel 2644.3.58 is_ImageFile 2674.3.59 is_ImageFormat 

2734.3.60 is_InitCamera 2764.3.61 is_InitEvent 2784.3.62 is_InitImageQueue 2794.3.63 is_InquireImageMem 2804.3.64 is_IO 2884.3.65 is_IsVideoFinish 2894.3.66 is_LockSeqBuf 2904.3.67 is_Measure 2924.3.68 is_ParameterSet 2944.3.69 is_PixelClock 2964.3.70 is_ReadEEPROM 2974.3.71 is_RenderBitmap 2994.3.72 is_ResetToDefault 3014.3.73 is_SetAllocatedImageMem 3034.3.74 is_SetAutoParameter 3104.3.75 is_SetBinning 3134.3.76 is_SetCameraID 3154.3.77 is_SetColorConverter 3174.3.78 is_SetColorCorrection 3194.3.79 is_SetColorMode 3224.3.80 is_SetDisplayMode 3254.3.81 is_SetDisplayPos 3264.3.82 is_SetErrorReport 3274.3.83 is_SetExternalTrigger 3294.3.84 is_SetFrameRate 3314.3.85 is_SetGainBoost 3324.3.86 is_SetGamma 3334.3.87 is_SetHardwareGain 3354.3.88 is_SetHWGainFactor 3374.3.89 is_SetImageMem 3384.3.90 is_SetOptimalCameraTiming 3404.3.91 is_SetRopEffect 3424.3.92 is_SetSaturation 3434.3.93 is_SetSensorScaler 3454.3.94 is_SetSensorTestImage 3474.3.95 is_SetSubSampling 3504.3.96 is_SetTimeout 3514.3.97 is_SetTriggerCounter 3524.3.98 is_SetTriggerDelay 3534.3.99 is_StopLiveVideo 3544.3.100 is_UnlockSeqBuf 3554.3.101 is_WaitEvent 3564.3.102 is_WaitForNextImage 

3584.3.103 is_WriteEEPROM 3594.4 AVI Function Descriptions 3594.4.1 isavi_AddFrame 3604.4.2 isavi_CloseAVI 3604.4.3 isavi_DisableEvent 3614.4.4 isavi_EnableEvent 3624.4.5 isavi_ExitAVI 3634.4.6 isavi_ExitEvent 3644.4.7 isavi_GetAVIFileName 3654.4.8 isavi_GetAVIFileNameW 3664.4.9 isavi_GetAVISize 3674.4.10 isavi_GetnCompressedFrames 3684.4.11 isavi_GetnLostFrames 3694.4.12 isavi_InitAVI 3704.4.13 isavi_InitEvent 3714.4.14 isavi_OpenAVI 3724.4.15 isavi_OpenAVIW 3734.4.16 isavi_ResetFrameCounters 3744.4.17 isavi_SetFrameRate 3754.4.18 isavi_SetImageQuality 3764.4.19 isavi_SetImageSize 3774.4.20 isavi_StartAVI 3784.4.21 isavi_StopAVI 3794.5 Obsolete Functions 3824.5.1 is_ConvertImage 3834.5.2 is_DisableDDOverlay 3844.5.3 is_EnableDDOverlay 3854.5.4 is_GetCameraType 3864.5.5 is_GetCaptureErrorInfo 3884.5.6 is_GetDC 3894.5.7 is_GetDDOvlSurface 3904.5.8 is_GetExposureRange 3914.5.9 is_GetGlobalFlashDelays 3924.5.10 is_GetPixelClockRange 3934.5.11 is_HideDDOverlay 3944.5.12 is_LoadBadPixelCorrectionTable 3954.5.13 is_LoadImage 3964.5.14 is_LoadImageMem 3984.5.15 is_LoadParameters 4004.5.16 is_LockDDMem 4014.5.17 is_LockDDOverlayMem 4024.5.18 is_PrepareStealVideo 4034.5.19 is_ReleaseDC 

4044.5.20 is_ResetCaptureErrorInfo 4054.5.21 is_SaveBadPixelCorrectionTable 4064.5.22 is_SaveImage 4074.5.23 is_SaveImageEx 4094.5.24 is_SaveImageMem 4104.5.25 is_SaveImageMemEx 4124.5.26 is_SaveParameters 4144.5.27 is_SetAOI 4174.5.28 is_SetBadPixelCorrection 4184.5.29 is_SetBadPixelCorrectionTable 4204.5.30 is_SetBayerConversion 4214.5.31 is_SetBlCompensation 4234.5.32 is_SetConvertParam 4254.5.33 is_SetDDUpdateTime 4264.5.34 is_SetEdgeEnhancement 4274.5.35 is_SetExposureTime 4294.5.36 is_SetFlashDelay 4314.5.37 is_SetFlashStrobe 4334.5.38 is_SetHwnd 4344.5.39 is_SetImageAOI 4354.5.40 is_SetImagePos 4384.5.41 is_SetImageSize 4404.5.42 is_SetIO 4414.5.43 is_SetIOMask 4424.5.44 is_SetKeyColor 4434.5.45 is_SetLED 4444.5.46 is_SetPixelClock 4464.5.47 is_ShowDDOverlay 4474.5.48 is_StealVideo 4484.5.49 is_UnlockDDMem 4494.5.50 is_UnlockDDOverlayMem 4504.5.51 is_UpdateDisplay 4514.6 Programming Notes 4514.6.1 Programming in C/C++ 4524.6.2 Programming in C# 4524.6.3 Programming in VB.NET 4524.6.4 Programming in Delphi 4534.6.5 Programming with ActiveX 4534.6.6 Thread Programming 4544.7 Lists 4544.7.1 Complete List of All Return Values 4574.7.2 Error Codes of AVI Functions 4574.7.3 Linux: Not Supported Functions 

Specifications 458
1 Model Comparison 4605.2 Model Naming Conventions 4605.3 Camera and Sensor Data 4615.3.1 DCC1240x / DCC3240x 4645.3.2 DCC1545M 4665.3.3 DCC1645C 4685.3.4 DCU223x 4705.3.5 DCU224x 4725.4 Mechanical Specifications 4735.4.1 DCU223x, DCU224x 4745.4.2 DCC1240x 4755.4.3 DCC3240x 4765.4.4 DCC1545M, DCC1645C 4775.4.5 Flange Back Distance 4775.4.5.1 Calculating the Flange Back Distance 4785.4.5.2 Maximum Immersion Depth for Lenses 4805.4.6 Position Accuracy of the Sensor 4805.4.7 Filter Glasses 4805.4.7.1 Filter Types 4845.4.7.2 Mounting the Filter 4855.4.7.3 Cleaning the Filter Glasses 4865.4.8 Ambient Conditions 4875.5 Camera Interface 4875.5.1 DCU223x, DCU224x, DCC1240x 4875.5.1.1 I/O Connector - Pin Assignment 4885.5.1.2 Digital Input (Trigger) Circuit 4895.5.1.3 Digital Output (Flash) Circuit 4915.5.2 DCC3240x 4915.5.2.1 I/O Connector Pin Assignment 4925.5.2.2 GPIO Interface 4935.5.2.3 Digital Input (Trigger) Circuit 4945.5.2.4 Digital Output (Flash) Circuit 4955.5.2.5 RS-232 Serial Interface 4965.5.3 Camera EEPROM Specification 4975.6 Accessories for DCx cameras 4975.6.1 Accessories for DCU22xX / DCC1240X 4985.6.2 Accessories for DCC1x45X 4985.6.3 Accessories for DCC3240x 
Appendix 499
1 Troubleshooting/FAQ 5006.1.1 PCs with Energy Saving CPU Technology 