LBP2 User Guide Document No: 50306-001 Rev G 3/12/2020 Page 27
For cameras that employ phosphors or other wavelength conversion materials
the gamma of the material should be entered here to convert the nonlinear
response back to a linear one.
Newport’s Phosphor coated cameras (IR models) require Gamma to be set to
1.95.
2.2.2.7 Camera/Firmware Info
This panel provides some basic information about the camera source. Various
kinds of information may appear. In the above example, the native camera
pixel scale (pixel pitch) in the X and Y axes is shown, as well as the firmware
versions running in the camera.
2.2.2.8 Video Trigger
This dropdown control will enable and set the threshold for the Video Trigger.
This feature permits only those frames of data that contain a laser pulse to be
captured. The setting value will set the sensitivity of the trigger based on the
cameras number of bits per pixel. For example: A camera set to 12 bits per
pixel, 4095 counts full scale, and a threshold of ¼, will trigger on a beam that
has a peak amplitude >1023 counts.
2.3 Beam Display Ribbon and Panel Controls
The Beam Display Ribbon provides all of the standard controls for managing the
presence and content of the 2D and 3D display windows. The Tools panel allows the
user to display and hide the following items: