Allied Manta Manual de Instruções

AVT Manta Camera ControlsV4.1.0 29 June 2011Allied Vision Technologies GmbHTaschenweg 2aD-07646 Stadtroda / GermanyAVT Manta Cameras

IntroductionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.010More informationIn this chapter you get more information on GigE Vision/GenICam, PvAPI, AVT accessories,

StatsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0100StatsCamera control Parameter DescriptionStats StatDriverType [Enum] R/VThere are two main types of drivers cu

StatsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0101Stats StatPacketsMissed [Uint32] R/VThe number of packets missed since the start of imaging.StatPacketsReceive

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0102IndexIndexNumbers1 ... 94settings specific to SyncOut1...

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0103Indexcircular buffer... 40color transformation equation ...

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0104IndexFrameRate... 35FrameReadout...

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0105Indexlow-light situations ... 65LUTloading into camera...

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0106Indexsignal-to-noise separation ... 21single image...

IndexAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0107WhitebalValueRed ... 78Width ...

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AVT Manta camera controlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.013AVT Manta camera controlsNoteSome features are not available for all camera models.Example

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.014InfoCameraNameDeviceFirmwareVersionCamera control Parameter DescriptionCameraName [String] R/WThe camera name ca

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.015DeviceModelNameDevicePartNumberDeviceScanTypeCamera control Parameter DescriptionDeviceModelName [String] R/WHum

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.016DeviceSerialNumberDeviceVendorNameCamera control Parameter DescriptionDeviceSerialNumber [String] R/CSerial numb

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.017FirmwareThese camera controls are read only.Relates to information about the firmware that is currently on the c

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.018SensorInformation about the image sensor.PartVersion [String] R/CCamera version. Part number version level.Seria

InfoAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.019UniqueIDCamera control Parameter DescriptionUniqueID [Uint32] R/CThe unique camera ID that differentiates the cu

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ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.020ImageModeThis camera control provides the binning and the decimation (sub-sampling) features.BinningDefinit

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.021• A brighter image, also resulting in an improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the imageSignal-to-noi

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.022BinningXBinningX increases the light sensitivity of the camera by adding together the values of two adjoini

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.023Decimation (sub-sampling)Decimation (also known as sub-sampling) is available for Manta b/w and color camer

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.024Description of decimationDecimation is used primarily for the following reason:• A reduction in the number

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.025 Figure 7: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 4 (color) Figure 8: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 8 (color) Figu

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.026Vertical decimation modesThe different decimation patterns are shown below. Figure 10: Vertical decimation

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.027H+V decimation modesThe different decimation patterns are shown below.NoteThe image appears vertically com

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.028 Figure 14: 2 out of 16 H+V decimation (b/w)2 out of 16 H+V decimation

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.029 Figure 15: 2 out of 4 H+V decimation (color) Figure 16: 2 out of 8 H+V decimation (color)2 out of 4 H+V de

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.03ContentsContacting Allied Vision Technologies ... 6Introduction ...

ImageModeAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.030 Figure 17: 2 out of 16 H+V decimation (color)2 out of 16 H+V decimation

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.031AcquisitionThis group of controls relates to the image acquisition.TriggerThis group of controls relates

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.032AcqEnd AcqEndTriggerMode [Enum] R/WSelects if the end of acquisition should be stimulated by an external

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.033AcqRecAn AcqStart hardware trigger signal, or the AcquisitionStart command, must be received before your

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.034AcqStartControls relating to the start of an acquisition stream. Frames are triggered within this acquisi

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.035FrameRateCamera control Parameter DescriptionFrameRate [Float32] R/WWhen FrameStartTriggerMode is set to

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.036FrameStartVarious methods and controls for starting image capture can be configured here. Controls are de

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.037FrameStart FrameStartTriggerMode [Enum] R/WDetermines how an image frame is initiated within an acquisiti

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.038AcquisitionAbortFrameStart FrameStartTriggerOverlap [Enum] R/WPossible values:Off, PreviousFrame• When O

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.039AcquisitionFrameCountAcquisitionModeThe acquisition modes determine how the camera handles frame triggers

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.04AcqEnd ...

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.040AcquisitionMode MultiFrame In this mode, a single trigger event will cause the camera to deliver a specif

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.041AcquisitionStartAcquisitionStopCamera control Parameter DescriptionAcquisitionStart [Command]Usage: start

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.042RecorderPreEventCountCamera control Parameter DescriptionRecorderPreEventCount [Uint32] R/WThe number of

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.043Trigger concept for advanced usersThe acquisition/frame conceptNoteFor an introduction into the general

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.044Scenario 1: Acquisition controlled by hardware trigger (Freerun) Figure 19: Trigger scenario 1: Acquisiti

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.045Scenario 2: Controlling exposure duration by external trigger Figure 20: Trigger scenario 2: Controlling

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.046Scenario 3: Recorder mode Figure 21: Trigger scenario 3: Recorder mode AcqStartTriggerMode/AcqEnd

AcquisitionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.047Which command controls frames?NoteYou have to distinguish between AcqStart and FrameStart.Only FrameStar

ImageFormatAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.048ImageFormatROIDefinition Region of Interest (ROI) defines a rectangular sub-region of the image. Selectin

ImageFormatAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.049PixelFormatThere are various pixel data formats that AVT Manta cameras can output. Not all cameras have e

AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.05LUTLoad...

ImageFormatAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.050TotalBytesPerFrameCamera control Parameter DescriptionTotalBytesPerFrame [Uint32] R/VThe total number of

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.051ControlsColorTransformationControl (only color models)The ColorTransformationControl section describes featu

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.052Color correction is done in the same color space (RGB).Gain21 Green contribution to the blue pixel (multipli

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.053ColorTransformationControlCamera control Parameter DescriptionColorTransformationControl ColorTransformation

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.054DSPThe automatic exposure, gain, and white balance features can be configured to respond only to a subregion

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.055EdgeFilter (only color models)Controls relating to the sharpness of images (picture edge sharpness).Camera c

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.056GammaCamera control Parameter DescriptionGamma If Gamma is enabled, LUT position 1 contains Gamma values. Th

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.057ExposureMinimum exposure time for the different Manta models can be found below. There is no exposure time o

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.058Owing to the well-known fact that an Interline Transfer CCD sensor has both a light sensitive area and a sep

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.059NoteThe camera must be acquiring images in order for the auto exposure algorithm to update.Camera control P

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ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.060Auto ExposureAutoAlg [Enum] R/WUse these algorithms to calculate auto exposure:MeanThe arithmetic mean of th

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.061Auto ExposureAutoRate [Uint32] R/WIn percent. 100% is auto-exposure adjustments running at full speed, 50% i

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.062ExposureModeExposure is known in the FireWire universe as shutter.Camera control Parameter DescriptionExposu

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.063ExposureValueGainAutoThis group of controls relates to the camera auto gain function.The auto gain function

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.064Camera control Parameter DescriptionGainAuto GainAutoAdjustTol [Uint32] R/WIn percent, from 0 to 50. Sets a

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.065GainModeGainValueCamera control Parameter DescriptionGainMode [Enum] R/WManual When set to Manual, the camer

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.066Hue (only color models)Iris(Firmware 1.44 or greater)All video-type auto-iris lenses have a default referenc

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.067Camera control Parameter DescriptionIris IrisAutoTarget [Uint32] R/WIn percent.Controls the general lightnes

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.068LUTControl(Firmware 1.44 or greater)With this control, the look-up table (LUT) related features can be contr

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.069 Figure 23: Loading an LUTSelect desired LUT:e.g.LUTSelector= LUT1Get value range for LUTIndex:0 … 4095Get v

IntroductionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.07IntroductionThe document AVT Manta Camera Controls describes the standard and advanced camera controls fo

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.070LUTControlLUTControl is a category that includes the LUT control feature.The use of one LUT allows any funct

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.071LUTModeHere you can select (depending on LUTSelector) on which pixels the LUT will be applied.LUTEnableCamer

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.072LUTIndexLUTValueLUTLoadCamera control Parameter DescriptionLUTIndex [Integer]Controls the index (offset) of

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.073LUTSaveLUTInfoThis control provides information depending on LUTSelector.Camera control Parameter Descriptio

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.074OffsetOffset is known in the FireWire standard as brightness (aka black level).Saturation (only color models

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.075WhiteBalanceWhitebalModeThere are three types of white balance:• Manual•Auto•AutoOnceWhite balance is applie

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.076The following flow diagram illustrates WhitebalMode AutoOnce. Figure 24: WhitebalMode AutoOncePause image ca

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.077AutoAuto algorithms use information from the camera’s current image and apply the following settings to the

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.078Manual The manual settings have the following range:WhitebalValueRedCamera control Parameter DescriptionWhit

ControlsAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.079WhitebalValueBlueCamera control Parameter DescriptionWhitebalValueBlue [Uint32] R/WBlue gain expressed as a

IntroductionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.08Manual overviewThe manual overview describes each chapter of this manual shortly.•Chapter Contacting Alli

EventControlAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.080EventControl(Firmware 1.44 or greater)The following table lists all the events supported by the camera:C

EventControlAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.081EventNotification [Enum] R/WTurns the selected event notification On or Off.EventSelector [Enum] R/WSele

ConfigFile (user sets)AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.082ConfigFile (user sets)AVT Manta cameras are capable of storing a number of user-specified conf

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.083GigEBandwidthCtrlModeCamera control Parameter DescriptionBandwidthCtrlMode [Enum] R/WSelect the desired mode of

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.084ChunkModeActive(Firmware 1.44 or greater)NonImagePayloadSize(Firmware 1.44 or greater)PayloadSizeCamera control

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.085StreamFrameRateConstrainEthernetCamera control Parameter DescriptionStreamFrameRateConstrain [Boolean] R/WPossib

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.086IPGvcpRetriesAVT Manta cameras have a sophisticated real-time resend mechanism that ensures a high degree of dat

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.087GvspDefinition Gvsp = GigE Vision Streaming ProtocolCamera control Parameter DescriptionGvsp GvspLookbackWindow

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.088HeartbeatIntervalHeartbeatTimeoutCamera control Parameter DescriptionHeartbeatInterval [Uint32] R/WIn millisecon

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.089MulticastMulticast mode allows the camera to send image data to all hosts on the same subnet as the camera.The h

IntroductionAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.09symbols). Furthermore you learn how to get more information on AVT accessories, available AVT software an

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.090PacketSizeCamera control Parameter DescriptionPacketSize [Uint32] R/WIn Byte.This parameter determines the Ether

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.091StreamBytesPerSecondCamera control Parameter DescriptionStreamBytesPerSecond [Uint32] R/WUsage: Use to moderate

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.092StreamHoldThis is an interesting feature for controlling when the camera sends data to the host computer. Normal

GigEAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.093TimestampAVT Manta cameras have a very accurate timestamp function for timestamping images.Camera control Parame

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.094IOThe control and readout of all camera inputs and outputs. The number of inputs and outputs will depend on your c

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0951 Strobe1Mode [Enum] R/WAssociates the start of strobe signal with one of the following image capture events:Acqui

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.096SyncIn1Use SyncIn1 as a general purpose input (GPI).SyncIn2Analogous to SyncIn1SyncLevelsCamera control Parameter

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.097SyncOutControls for configuring the output trigger used for synchronization with other cameras/devices or the came

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.098SyncOut1 SyncOut1Mode AcquisitionTriggerReadyActive once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is read

IOAVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.099SyncOut2SyncOutGpoLevelsNoteFor detailed information see the camera waveform diagrams in Chapter Trigger concept