Vision Engineering VE Cam User manual

FM 557119
User guide
VE Cam
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NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS
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SERIAL NUMBER
Unit serial number
Unittype Serialnumber
VE Cam
Stand
S/N
S/N
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PREFACE
Copyright
Copyright © 2021 Vision Engineering Ltd., Galileo Drive, Send Road, Send,
Woking, Surrey GU23 7ER, UK All Rights Reserved.
Copyright in this document is owned by Vision Engineering Ltd. Any person is
hereby authorised to view, copy, print and distribute this document subject to
the following condions:
The document may be used for informaonal purposes only
The document may be used for non-commercial purposes only
Any copy of this document or poron thereof must include this copyright noce
Revision 1.0, published December 2021 by:
Vision Engineering Ltd.
Galileo Drive
Send Road, Send
Woking, Surrey, GU23 7ER, UK
www.visioneng.com
Disclaimer
This document is provided “as is” without any warranty of any kind, either express
or implied, statutory or otherwise; without liming the foregoing, the warranes
of sasfactory quality, tness for a parcular purpose or non-infringement are
expressly excluded and under no circumstances will Vision Engineering Ltd. be
liable for direct or indirect loss or damage of any kind, including loss of prot,
revenue, goodwill or ancipated savings. All such warranes are hereby excluded
to the fullest extent permied by law.
We have compiled the texts and illustraons as accurately as possible. However,
Vision Engineering Ltd. will not be responsible for the accuracy of the informaon
contained in this document, which is used at your own risk and should not be
relied upon. The informaon included in this manual may be changed without
prior noce.
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General
Safety
Before using your system for the rst me, please read the Health & safety
secon of the user guide.
Ensure that:
Your system and accessories are operated, maintained and repaired by
authorised and trained personnel only.
All operators have read, understood and observe the user manual, in
parcular the safety regulaons.
Servicing
Repairs may only be carried out by Vision Engineering-trained service
personnel. Only original Vision Engineering spare parts may be used.
Symbols used
Warning!
A potenal risk of danger exists. Failure to comply can cause i) a hazard
to personnel; ii) instrument malfuncon and damage. Please consult the
operang instrucons provided with the product.
Importantinformaon
This symbol indicates important informaon. Please carefully follow the
instrucons or guidelines.
Health & safety
 Unauthorisedalteraonstotheinstrumentornon-compliantuseshallinvalidate
allrightstoanywarrantyclaims.
Electrical safety
Disconnect your system from the electrical source before undertaking
any maintenance.
Avoid using any form of liquid near the system.
Do not operate your system with wet hands.
Only use with the power supply unit provided, in case of a lost or
damaged power supply, the correct replacement must be obtained from
Vision Engineering.
Illuminaon safety
Do not look directly at the illuminated LED’s. This may cause damage to
the eyesight.
Environmental consideraons
Avoid large temperature uctuaons, direct sunlight and vibraons.
Ensure electrical components are at least 10cm from walls and
combusble materials.
Posion the system on a rm, rigid and level table.
The equipment should be posioned so that access to the electrical input
connector is always available.
Avoid posioning your system where bright reecons may aect the image.
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Compliance statements
Vision Engineering and its products conforms to the requirements of the EC
Direcves on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restricon of
Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
This product conforms to the UKCA and CE marks, demonstrang that it meets the
requirements of the applicable direcves.
Operator wellbeing
The advanced ergonomic design and construcon of Vision Engineering
products are intended to deliver superior ergonomic performance, reducing
the exeron of the user to a minimum. Depending on the duraon of
uninterrupted work, appropriate measures should be taken to sustain opmal
operator performance. This could include: Opmal arrangement of workplace;
Variaon in task acvity; Training of personnel on workplace ergonomics and
general health and safety principles.
It is important to set-up and opmise your working environment correctly in
order to obtain maximum benet from the advanced ergonomic design of your
system. For more informaon visit: www.visioneng.com/ergonomics
Cleaning
Disconnect your system from the electrical source before cleaning.
Do not use any unsuitable cleaning agents, chemicals or techniques for
cleaning.
Never use chemicals to clean coloured surfaces or accessories with
rubberised parts.
Use a specialist lens cloth to clean opcal surfaces.
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7CONTENTS
Contents
SERIALNUMBER
Unit serial number 3
PREFACE
Copyright 4
Disclaimer 4
General 5
Safety 5
Servicing 5
Symbols used 5
Warning! 5
Importantinformaon 5
Health & safety 5
Electrical safety 5
Illuminaon safety 5
Environmental consideraons 5
Operator wellbeing 6
Cleaning 6
Compliance statements 6
INTRODUCTION
Introducon 8
UNPACKING
Unpacking the VE Cam 9
Unpacking the stand 9
ASSEMBLY
Aaching VE Cam to the stand 10
Connecons 10
OPERATION
Physical controls 11
Interfaces 11
Soware controls 11
Menu informaon bar 11
Image manipulaon 12
Soware funcons 12
TECHNICALDATA
Technical data 16
Opcal data 16
TROUBLESHOOTING
Troubleshoong 18
No video 18
No Wi-Fi 18
No Power 18
Unit can not be controlled. 18
Image looks blurred 18
SERVICING
Service record 19
WARRANTY 20
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8INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introducon
Congratulaons on your selecon of a VE Cam from Vision Engineering. Vision
Engineering Ltd. prides itself in designing and manufacturing products that
make a real dierence to your work.
VE Cam 50 and 80 are the next addions to a line of ground breaking products.
They oer a wide eld of view, small footprint, and ease-of use (with a number
of user set presets) to maximise your producvity.
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9UNPACKING
Unpacking the stand
u
Bench stand
v
Allen key
w
SX Microscope bracket
(not used)
x
Power cable
y
Round inserts For substage
(not shown)
u
y
vw
x
UNPACKING
Unpacking the VE Cam
u
VE Cam
v
Mouse (not shown)
Power supply (not shown)
HDMI cable (not shown)
USB sck (not shown)
v
u
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10 ASSEMBLY
Connecons
`Connect the power lead supplied to socket u.
`Connect either a touch screen or monitor to the HDMI socket v.
`Use the rear USB ports w to connect a mouse, oponal keyboard, or touch
screen control cable.
`Use the 2 USB connectors x (one each side) for any addional lighng opons
or USB sck during operaon.
 AUSBhubcanbeusedwiththesystemshouldmoreUSBsocketsberequired.
TheVECamhoweverwillonlysavetotherstconnectedUSBmemorydevice.
 Whenpowerisconnectedtheunitwillpowertostandby.
u
v
w
x
x
ASSEMBLY
Aaching VE Cam to the stand
`Insert the locaon spigot u on the rear of the VE Cam into the receptor v
on the stand.
`Ensure that the spigot is fully inserted, with the VE Cam objecve lens
poinng down, ghten the grub screw w unl the head is secure.
`Alignment can then be adjusted when the VE Cam is operaonal by slightly
loosening the grub screw and ghtening it back up when in the desired posion.
 ThefrontvercalseamoftheVECamshouldrunparallelwiththecolumnof
thestandwhenstraight.Howeverthecameracanbemountedatanangleif
required.
u
v
w
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11 OPERATION
OPERATION
Physical controls
`Turn the VE Cam on by pressing the On/O buon u on the front of the head.
`Use the slider v for Iris control and w for focus adjustment.
`All other system operaons are soware controlled.
Interfaces
The VE Cam is compable with several interface devices:
You can control the menu via mouse, keyboard, touch screen and the Vision
Engineering keypad.
For informaon on image manipulaon controls please see relevant secon.
w
v
u
Soware controls
`When the VE Cam is turned on, a splash screen will be displayed while the unit
boots up. A screen as below will then be displayed.
`The icons u to the right of the screen can be turned o (see Sliders on page 14).
`The menu informaon bar v displays the current magnicaon and exposure
sengs.
Menu informaon bar
`Click Menu on the menu informaon bar (shown below) to access the
soware funcons (see Soware funcons on page 12).
u
v
Menu 28.8 0
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12 OPERATION
Soware funcons
`When Menu is selected from the menu informaon bar, the main menu will be
displayed (see below).
`The following funcons can be selected from the main menu:
u Camera sengs (see page 13)
v Lighng control (see page 13)
w Record a screen image (see page 13)
x Images sengs (see page 13)
y Presets (see page 14)
z Crosshairs (see page 14)
{ Device sengs (see page 14)
 Inordertoindicatewhenafunconhasbeenselected,thearrowtoitsrightwill
changefrom to .
Menu
Camera Settings
0
u
v
w
x
y
z
{
Image manipulaon
The live image can be manipulated in several ways:
Mouse
Use the scroll wheel to zoom a live image and once zoomed use the le mouse
buon to pan. Two nger pinch zoom is also supported on mouse pads (if they
oer this feature).
Touch Screen
Two nger pinch zoom is supported via a touch screen. Once zoomed, the live
image can be panned by sliding a nger on the screen.
Vision Keypad
Zoom funconality of the Vision Engineering Keypad is supported.
USB Keyboard
The following keys produce the following:
‘+’+‘CTRL’ Zoom image in
‘-’+‘CTRL’ Zoom image out
‘1’ Zoom image to 1x (fully zoomed out)
‘2’ Zoom image to 1.33x zoom
‘3’ Zoom image to 2x zoom
‘4’ Zoom image to 4x zoom
‘5’ Zoom image to 5x zoom
‘Le’ Pan image le
‘Right’ Pan image right
‘Up’ Pan image up
‘Down’ Pan image down
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13 OPERATION
Lighng control
`To adjust the illuminaon level, click on the icon shown above and the lighng
slider will be displayed.
`Click on the slider and use it to adjust the ringlight’s illuminaon to the required level.
Record a screen image
`Click the icon shown above to save the image on screen to a le. File locaon
can be set in the Image sengs menu (internal memory is set by default).
 Tosetthepreferencesforasavedimage,seeImagesengsbelow.
Image sengs
`Click on the icon shown above to display the following preferences:
Camera sengs
`Click on the icon shown above to display the opons.
`When any funcon below has been selected and viewed or altered, return to
the main menu by clicking an icon (to open that menu) or navigate using the
back arrow. To close the menu, click on Menu in the menu informaon bar.
Exposure
`Click on the icon shown above to select either manual or automac
exposure.
`If manual exposure is selected, the gain and exposure me
icons will be displayed with their adjustment sliders.
`Click on the appropriate slider and adjust it to the required value.
One buon White Balance
`Place a white object under the camera and click on the icon shown
above to perform a one buon press white balance.
Focus assist on/o
This funcon gives an on screen indicaon indicator to help manually focus
the subject.
`Click on the icon shown above to display two window sizes.
`Click on the window size required. The focus assist will analyse the focus
within the window. The relave focus level is indicated in the focus assist bar.
`Click on the focus slider and use it to alter the focus value. A maximum
value will be reached when the object is in focus. If the object starts to
go out of focus then the value decreases.
Magnier window on/o
`Click on the icon shown above so an area of the screen is magnied 2x
greater than at the current magnicaon. This area can be selected out
of two sizes.
Image le format
`Click on the icon shown above and then select either PNG or JPG as the
format in which the image le will be saved.
Time stamp
`Click on the icon shown above so that a me stamp is displayed in the
corner of the image.
Graphics opon
`Click on the icon shown above to save image with menu over the top or
image with no graphics (other than me stamp if turned on).
File manager
`To select where an image is stored, click on the icon shown above and
then click on . The USB or internal opons will then be displayed.
`Click on the required opon.
Image playback
`To select an image to view on the screen. When clicked a le explorer will
open and the le locaon can be chosen.
`If using a mouse, right clicking on a le will give you the opon to rename
the le using an on screen keyboard (or USB keyboard if aached).
`Saved images can also be deleted.
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14 OPERATION
Magnicaon
`Click the icon shown above and then to alter the screen size.
`Click on the slider and use it to adjust the screen size as required.
Display
`Click the icon shown above to show the aspect rao choices.
`Click to select to show the camera in the nave 4:3 format, or to
select the full screen 16:9 rao.
 16:9llsthescreenbutlosesasmallamountofimagetopandboom,
decreasingtheeldofviewvercally.
Sliders
`Click the icon shown above to display the dedicated controls that can be acvated to
appear on screen. The controls that can be acvated or deacvated are as follows:
Zoom
(slider)
Lighng (slider)
Magnier (see Magnier window on/o, page 13)
Capture image
Hotkeys P1 to P6. Any preset can be assigned to any of the programmable
keys. The rst 3 hotkeys (P1 to P3) are also available on P1 to P3 of the
Vision Engineering keypad.
When acvated these controls will appear on the right hand side of the screen.
Presets
The current sengs can be saved as one of 10 preset les. These sengs can
then be recalled or cleared as follows:
`Click on the icon shown above to display the 10 presets.
`Select a preset and then click on one of the following icons:
to save seng to the selected preset
to save the current preset to USB
to load the preset from USB into the selected preset
Crosshairs & grids
`To turn crosshairs and grids on or o, or alter their appearance, click on the
icon shown above and proceed as follows:
`Click to change to the following:
Short crosshair
Long crosshair
Course grid
Fine grid
Turned o
`Click to select the required crosshair colour.
Device sengs
`Click the icon shown above to change the following system sengs:
Magnicaon
Display
Sliders
User interface
WIFI
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15 OPERATION
Wi-Fi
`Click on the radial buon next to the Wi-Fi icon to enable a Wi-Fi hotspot
within the device.
`When clicking on the Wi-Fi icon two QR codes will be shown on the screen.
`When scanned with a QR scanner on your mobile device, the rst QR code will
prompt you to connect to the VE Cam’s hotspot (entering the password for you).
Once connected, the second QR code when scanned will prompt you to go to
the local URL where the live image can be streamed.
`Once the portable device is showing the website, the live image playback can be
acvated by pressing the play buon.
`If you do not have a QR code reader then the SSID and password details are
included below the QR code. Once connected, open a Internet browser and
navigate to 192.168.0.1.
 TheWi-FiPasswordcanbechangedtoanalphanumericstringcontaining8or
morecharacters.
Set up
Click on the icon shown above to make the following system changes:
Time
Date
Factory reset
Import Sengs - imports a sengs le from a USB memory sck
Export Sengs - Exports the current sengs of the VE Cam to a le on a memory
sck so that they can be ported to another VE Cam or recalled at a later me.
Upgrade – Vision Engineering may provide a soware upgrade for the VE Cam
to enhance the performance of the product. To do this place the
upgrade folder (supplied by Vision Engineering) onto a memory device
and insert the memory device into one of the USB ports on the VE Cam.
When upgrade is selected from the menu the VE Cam will look for the
upgrade le and will prompt with an on screen message to start the upgrade.
User interface
`Click the icon shown above to select a language or the posion of the
informaon bar.
`To select a language, click on Language and click on the required language
from the following list:
English
Deutsch (German)
Français (French)
Español (Spanish)
Italiano (Italian)
Portugues do Brasil (Brazilian/Portuguese)
中文 (Chinese)
日本語 (Japanese)
Русский(Russian)
한국어 (Korean)
`To alter the corner posion of the Informaon bar, click on and select
the required opon from the following list:
Up le
Up right
Down le
Down right
O
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16 TECHNICALDATA
Funcon    VECam50 VECam80
Maximumsubjectheightwhenmountedtoastand
S240 - Bench Stand with Illuminaon 75mm 90mm
S206 - Boom Stand 87mm 102mm
S241 - Double Arm Boom Stand 230mm 245mm
S242 - Double Arm Boom Stand with Base 375mm 390mm
S207 - Arculated Arm Stand 505mm 520mm
Camerainformaon
Camera resoluon 8Mp 8Mp
Capture resoluon 3280 x 2464 3280 x 2464
Display resoluon 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Opcalresoluon
(Line pairs per mm) 22.63 16
Framerate
Maximum 15 fps 15fps
Monitormountopons Accessory available
Mouseinterface USB USB
Keyboardinterface USB USB
Touchscreencompable Yes Yes
Imagecaptureformats jpg/png jpg/png
Savedimagesizes(MB) 1-3 Mb 1-3 Mb
USBsckcompability FAT32 FAT32
Timestamp DD/MM/YY DD/MM/YY
HH:MM HH:MM
TECHNICAL DATA
Technical data
Opcal data
Funcon    VECam50 VECam80
FiledOfView
MinimumMagnicaon
Horizontal FOV 40mm 64mm
Vercal FOV 30mm 48mm
Diagonal FOV 50mm 80mm
Magnicaon using 24” screen 9.97 6.23
Maximummagnicaon
Horizontal FOV 8mm 12.8mm
Vercal FOV 6mm 9.6mm
Diagonal FOV 10mm 16mm
Magnicaon using 24” screen 49.9 31.15
Zoomrao
Digital zoom rao 5:1 5:1
Lensfocustravel 30mm 25mm
Workingdistance
(Distance from front of lens to
subject in focus) 163mm 148mm
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17 TECHNICALDATA
Systemweight
VECamSystem Weight
Head weight VE Cam50 = 520g VE Cam80 = 504g
Stand weight (S240) 3.72kg
Total system VE Cam50 =4.24kg VE Cam80 = 4.22kg
 Allweightsarenet.
Systempower
Input Output
100-240V AC 50/60Hz 10W
 Onlyusewiththesuppliedpowersupply.
Funcon    VECam50 VECam80
Menulanguages English
German
French
Spanish
Italian
Brazilian/Portuguese
Chinese
Japanese
Russian
KeyboardShortCuts
F1=P1
F2 = P2
F3 = P3
F4 = up arrow
F5 = down arrow
F6 = Light +
F7 = Light -
F8 = Zoom +
F9 = Zoom -
F10 = Save image
F11 = le arrow
F12 = right arrow
`+’ + `CTRL’ = Zoom image in
`-’ + `CTRL’ = Zoom image out
`0’ + `CTRL’ = Zoom image to 1x (fully zoomed out)
`1’ = Zoom image to 1x (fully zoomed out)
`2’ = Zoom image to 1.33x zoom
`3’ = Zoom image to 2x zoom
`4’ = Zoom image to 4x zoom
`5’ = Zoom image to 5x zoom
`Le’ = Pan image le
`Right’ = Pan image right
`Up’ = Pan image up
`Down’ = Pan image down
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18 TROUBLESHOOTING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Troubleshoong
No video
Check HDMI connecons.
Power buon should be illuminated green
No Wi-Fi
Check that Wi-Fi is enabled in the menu
Scan local Wi-Fi signals. Your VE Cam should be listed.
No Power
Check that jack plug is fully home in the socket.
Check that power buon is red when power is applied.
Unit can not be controlled.
Check that controller is connected into a USB socket on the VE Cam
Image looks blurred
Adjust focus using the ne adjustment of turning the objecve lens
The lens could be dirty. The lens can be cleaned gently with a so, dry cloth. A
damp or course cloth can damage the coang and polished surface on the lens.
 NeverlookdirectlyattheLEDlightsourceforanyprolongedperiodofme.
Use only the supplied power supply and inspect the cabling regularly for damage.
 VECamcontainsasmallbaerytoenablemeanddatesengstobe
retainedwhiletheunitispoweredo.Shouldthebaeryneedreplacing
pleasecontactyourVisionEngineeringrepresentavewhowillbeableto
adviseyou.
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19 SERVICERECORD
SERVICING
Service record
Service Comments Dateofservice Dateofnextservice Company Signature
All product specicaons and data are subject to change without noce
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20 WARRANTY
WARRANTY
WARRANTY
This product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of invoice to the original purchaser.
If during the warranty period the product is found to be defecve, it will be repaired or replaced at facilies of Vision Engineering or elsewhere, all at the opon of
Vision Engineering. However, Vision Engineering reserves the right to refund the purchase price if it is unable to provide replacement, and repair is not commercially
praccable or cannot be mely made. Parts not of Vision Engineering manufacture carry only the warranty of their manufacturer. Expendable components such as
fuses carry no warranty.
This warranty does not cover damage in transit, damage caused by misuse, neglect, or carelessness, or damage resulng from either improper servicing or
modicaon by other than Vision Engineering approved service personnel. Further, this warranty does not cover any roune maintenance work on the product
described in the user guide or any minor maintenance work which is reasonably expected to be performed by the purchaser.
No responsibility is assumed for unsasfactory operang performance due to environmental condions such as humidity, dust, corrosive chemicals, deposion of oil
or other foreign maer, spillage, or other condions beyond the control of Vision Engineering.
Except as stated herein, Vision Engineering makes no other warranes, express or implied by law, whether for resale, tness for a parcular purpose or otherwise.
Further, Vision Engineering shall not under any circumstances be liable for incidental, consequenal or other damages.
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