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A-CJS-100-01(1)
Intelligent Camera
Technical Manual
XCI-SX1
XCI-V3
2006 Sony Corporation
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Table of Contents Overview Features ..................................................................... 3 System Components................................................. 4 Connection Diagram ................................................. 4 Location and Function of Parts and Controls ........ 5 Front/Top/Bottom ........................................................ 5 Rear............................................................................ 6 Connecting the cables ................
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Overview Overview The XCI-SX1/V3 is a monochrome intelligent camera Partial scan that can capture and process pictures, and control peripheral devices by itself. The camera module can limit the effective video output area to achieve high frame rates, enabling high- speed image processing. Features Binning By binning two pixels that align vertically or High image quality horizontally, you can acquire a frame rate twice that of the normal mode vertically, and sensitivity twice that The XCI-SX1 (SX
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Overview System Components Intelligent camera Camera cables C-mount lens XCI-SX1/V3 CCXC-12P02N(2 m) XCI-SX1: High-resolution lens CCXC-12P05N(5 m) XCI-V3: VCL-50Y-M CCXC-12P10N(10 m) VCL-25Y-M CCXC-12P25N(25 m) VCL-16Y-M VCL-12YM VCL-08YM Camera adaptor LAN cable USB mouse/keyboard DC-700/700CE (UTP, category 5) Connection Diagram USB mouse/keyboard Monitor Host device (e.g., PC) Camera Abnormal electricity Groundelectric potential difference Groundelectric potential difference Power supply Abn
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Overview Location and Function of Parts and Controls Front/Top/Bottom 1 Lens mount (C-mount) Auxiliary reference screw holes (Top) 2 Tripod screw holes (Top) 3 4 Reference screw holes (Bottom) Tripod screw holes (Bottom) 5 1 Lens mount (C-mount) Attach any C-mount lens or other optical equipment. Note The lens must not project more than 10 mm (13/32 inch) from the lens mount. 2 Auxiliary reference screw holes (Top) 3 Tripod screw holes (Top) 4 Reference screw holes (Bottom) These precision screw
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Overview Rear 6 MONITOR (monitor output) connector (15-pin) 7 USB connector 6 7 54321 10 9876 1234 15 14 13 12 11 qa MONITOR POWER qa MODE switches qs qs POWER LED RESET STATUS qd qd STATUS LED qf RESET switch qf DC IN MODE SERIAL LAN q; LAN connector 89 q; 61 5 2 87654321 43 9 SERIAL connector 8 DC IN (DC power (6-pin) input) connector (12-pin) 6 MONITOR (monitor output) connector (15-pin) 7 USB connector You can connect a monitor cable to this connector to You can connect a USB mouse/keyboard
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Overview 9 SERIAL connector (6-pin) Connecting the cables You can connect a serial cable to this connector to control a camera from a camera control device (e.g., 76 1 PC). Pin No. Signal Pin No. Signal 1 TXD 4 ISO input + 2 2 RXD 5 ISO input – 3 Ground 6 XCI-SX1: NC XCI-V3: TTL output 2 3 4 q; LAN connector q; 8 9 You can connect a LAN cable to this connector to 5 output a video signal to the host device. 1 Monitor cable 6 MONITOR connector 2 USB cable 7 USB connector Pin No. Signal Pin No. Sig
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Functions Functions Input Specification About the camera functions The voltages and pulse widths are values that are measured by the DC IN (12-pin) and SERIAL (6-pin) This unit has the following camera modes. Set your connectors on the rear of the camera. required camera mode in the GUI application in Trigger input (DC IN 12-pin connector) accordance with your requirements. For details regarding operation of the GUI application, see page 13. 4.5 – 5.0 V (XCI-SX1) 4.5 – 24 V (XCI-V3) Mode Applic
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Functions Trigger mode Binning mode This mode can be set on the SHUTTER screen in the This mode can be set on the HIGH RATE SCAN GUI application for camera settings. screen in the GUI application for camera settings. In this mode video signals begin to accumulate by This mode is used to increase the frame rate and/or synchronizing with external trigger input. The video sensitivity by adding pixels in both vertical and signals are output after the exposure is finished. horizontal directions. The
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Functions Partial scan mode This mode can be set using the HIGH RATE SCAN units of one block separately or succesively, and 3 screen in the GUI application for camera settings. blocks to 10 blocks horizontally in minimum units of In this mode, the desired rectangle area is read out, and successive 3 blocks. For the XCI-V3, the effective area the redundant image area is transmitted at high speed is vertically divided into 16 areas and horizontally to raise the frame rate. The read out area can b
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Functions Frame rate tables when V-binning is ON (XCI-SX1) Number of vertical effective lines (L) 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 256 384 130 122 114 107 102 96 92 87 83 80 76 73 71 68 66 63 512 124 115 108 102 96 91 87 83 79 76 73 70 67 65 62 60 640 118 110 103 97 92 87 83 79 75 72 69 66 64 62 59 57 Number of horizontal effective 768 112 105 98 93 88 83 79 75 72 69 66 63 61 59 57 55 pixels (PIX) when 896 107 100 94 89 84 80 76 72 69 66 63 61 58 56 54 52 horizontal partial
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Functions Frame rate table when V-binning is OFF (XCI-V3) Number of vertical effective lines (L) 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 390 420 450 480 192 419 333 277 236 206 183 165 149 137 126 117 109 102 96 91 86 256 396 315 262 224 195 173 156 141 129 119 111 103 97 91 86 81 Number of 320 376 299 248 212 185 164 148 134 123 113 105 98 92 86 81 77 horizontal effective 384 357 284 236 202 176 156 140 127 117 107 100 93 87 82 77 73 pixels (PIX) when 448 341 271 225 192 168 149 134 121 11
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GUI application GUI application This unit has a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to easily set camera functions and modes Before starting the GUI on an SXGA monitor. application The GUI application can be operated by a USB mouse connected with this unit. 1 Connect the following with this unit: The following settings can be accomplished by using • Camera adaptor DC-700/700CE this application: • Computer monitor compatible with SXGA images •Display of camera images (1280 × 1024) • Se
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GUI application Note Basic operation The ADMIN screen is exclusively for service personnel. If the CDS gain or pedestal level is To operate the GUI application, connect and use a changed, the performance of the camera may be USB mouse (use left clicks only). degraded. Refer all such adjustments to qualified When you connect a USB keyboard with this unit, service personnel. shortcut keys can be used. Regarding specific shortcut keys for each screen, refer 3 SETUP tool bar to the HELP information
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GUI application When you click the APPLY&SAVE button, the HOME screen current settings are applied and saved. The saved values are applied the next time you boot the system. This screen is used for displaying the system conditions and initializing each setting. Note Depending on your network setting, the message 5 1 “MAC Address: Unknown” may be displayed after selecting “Default (Network)” or “Default (All)” and clicking the APPLY&SAVE button. This is not malfunction. 3 REBOOT SYSTEM button Thi
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GUI application Note SHUTTER screen The SOFTWARE TRIGGER button is effective when the trigger polarity is set to Positive. This screen is used for setting the shutter mode and shutter speed. 1 You can select one of the following two shutter modes: 2 •Monitoring mode • Trigger mode 7 1 4 23 4 5 6 5 3 1 Monitoring (normal mode) setting area 1 Trigger mode selection radio button XCI-SX1: In normal mode all individual video signals [1280 (H) × 1024 (V)] are output continuously at 2 Shutter speed sel
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GUI application Note GAIN/LUT (Look Up When the cycle of the input trigger is smaller than the trigger delay value set, the image is not output Table) screen correctly. Pay attention to this fact when you set the trigger delay value. This screen is used for setting the camera gain and gamma. 5 SOFTWARE TRIGGER button This button is used to capture an image immediately after pressing the button. 6 1 3 SAVE button This button is used to save the currently set values. 4 CANCEL button This button is
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GUI application 5 FULL SCREEN button HRS (High Rate Scan) This button is used to display a camera image on the full screen. screen 6 ? (HELP) button This button is used to display HELP information. This screen is used for setting the partial scan function and binning of the camera. Shortcut keys 7 1 When you connect a USB keyboard with this unit, you can use the following shortcut keys in the GAIN/LUT screen: Shortcut Applicable button Alt + S SAVE Alt + C CANCEL Alt + F FULL SCREEN Alt + H HELP
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GUI application 3 Horizontal binning/partial scan setting area GENERAL screen Partial Scan check-off box: You can select a specific portion of the image by using the partial scan function. Check off this box to display 2 sliders in This screen is used for setting time, Web monitor the outer frame of the camera image. In order to functions and keyboard. specify the area for partial scan, drag any of the 2 sliders on the bottom sides of the image with the 6 1 mouse. Left and Right: These boxes d
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GUI application Shortcut keys NETWORK screen When you connect a USB keyboard with this unit, you can use the following shortcut keys in the GENERAL This screen is used for setting the XCI-SX1/V3 when screen: connecting it to a LAN. This screen consists of three areas for the following Shortcut Applicable button settings: Alt + M Month •LAN (Local Area Network) Alt + S SAVE •SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Alt + C CANCEL •NTP (Network Time Protocol) Alt + H HELP 7 1 You can move between
