Nano Series GigE Vision Camera Contents • v
NANO QUICK START __________________________________________ 92
TESTING NANO WITHOUT A LENS ....................................................................... 92
TESTING NANO WITH A LENS ........................................................................... 92
THE CAMERA WORKS — NOW WHAT .................................................................. 92
CONNECTING THE GENIE NANO CAMERA __________________________ 93
GIGE NETWORK ADAPTER OVERVIEW ................................................................. 93
Optimizing the Network Adapter used with Nano ...................................... 93
Optimizing Camera/System Performance ...................................................... 93
PAUSE Frame Support ......................................................................... 94
CONNECT THE GENIE NANO CAMERA .................................................................. 94
Connectors ......................................................................................... 95
LED Indicators .................................................................................... 96
Camera Status LED Indicator ...................................................................... 96
LED States on Power Up ............................................................................. 96
Genie Nano IP Configuration Sequence ................................................... 97
Supported Network Configurations............................................................... 97
PREVENTING OPERATIONAL FAULTS DUE TO ESD .................................................... 98
USING NANO WITH SAPERA API _________________________________ 99
NETWORK AND COMPUTER OVERVIEW ................................................................. 99
INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 100
Procedure ........................................................................................ 100
Camera Firmware Updates .................................................................. 100
Firmware via Linux or Third Party Tools ................................................ 100
GigE Server Verification ..................................................................... 101
GigE Server Status ............................................................................ 101
QUICK TEST WITH CAMEXPERT (WINDOWS) ....................................................... 102
About the Device User ID ................................................................... 103
OPERATIONAL REFERENCE ____________________________________ 104
USING CAMEXPERT WITH GENIE NANO CAMERAS .................................................. 104
CamExpert Panes .............................................................................. 104
CamExpert View Parameters Option ........................................................... 105
CAMERA INFORMATION CATEGORY ................................................................... 106
Camera Information Feature Descriptions ............................................. 106
Power-up Configuration Dialog ............................................................ 110
Camera Power-up Configuration ................................................................ 110
Load / Save Configuration ........................................................................ 110
SENSOR CONTROL CATEGORY ........................................................................ 111
Sensor Control Feature Descriptions ..................................................... 112
Offset/Gain Control Details (Sony sensors) ........................................... 115
Sony Sensors Gain Stage Diagram ............................................................. 115
Offset/Gain Control Details (On-Semi Python sensors) ............................ 116
On-Semi Python Sensors Gain Stage Diagram ............................................. 116
Bayer Mosaic Pattern ......................................................................... 117
OnSemi Python P1 Sensor Artifacts with Fast Readout Mode .................... 117
Fast Readout Mode Artifacts Correction ...................................................... 118
Exposure Alignment Control Modes ...................................................... 118
Synchronous Exposure Alignment Overview ................................................ 118
Reset Exposure Alignment Overview .......................................................... 119
Exposure Timing for Sony Models ........................................................ 119
Synchronous Mode – Single Frame Exposure ............................................... 119
Synchronous Mode – 2 Frame Burst Exposure ............................................. 119