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JAI EL-2800C-CXP User Manual
Summary of EL-2800C-CXP
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1048e-1305 elite series el-2800m-cxp el-2800c-cxp 2.8m digital progressive scan monochrome and color camera document version:1.4 el-2800-cxp_ver.1.4_mar2014 user manual.
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 2 - notice t he material contained in this manual consists of information that is proprietary to jai ltd., japan and may only be used by the purchasers of the product. Jai ltd., japan makes no warranty for the use of its product and assumes no responsibility for any err...
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El-2800m-cxp supplement the following statement is related to the regulation on “ measures for the administration of the control of pollution by electronic information products “ , known as “ china rohs “. The table shows contained hazardous substances in this camera. Mark shows that the environment...
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El-2800c-cxp supplement the following statement is related to the regulation on “ measures for the administration of the control of pollution by electronic information products “ , known as “ china rohs “. The table shows contained hazardous substances in this camera. Mark shows that the environment...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 3 - - contents - introduction ....................................................................................- 6 - 1. General ....................................................................................- 7 - 2. Camera composition ..............................
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 4 - 6.3.1 1x-1y ........................................................................................... - 25 - 6.3.2 1x–2ye ......................................................................................... - 25 - 6.4 the relations between tap geometry and fr...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 5 - 8.2.1 gain selector .................................................................................. - 54 - 8.2.2 gain ............................................................................................. - 55 - 8.2.3 gain raw ................................
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 6 - introduction interface the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp employ coaxpress as an interface system. In order to connect the camera to a pc, it requires the use of a frame graber board and the appropriate coaxial cable(s). The maximum video transfer rate per coaxial ca...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 7 - 1. General the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp are new cameras in jai’s elite series. They provide high picture quality, such as high sensitivity and low noise, suitable for machine vision applications. The el-2800m-cxp is a monochrome progressive scan ccd camera and ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 8 - 3. Main features new elite series, 2/3 ” progressive scan camera intelligent body design for easy and flexible installation utilizes new coaxpress interface using a single coaxial cable aspect ratio 4:3, 1920(h) x 1440(v), 2.8 million effective pixels 4.54 μm square...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 9 - 4. Locations and functions 4.1 locations and functions lens mount c-mount (note *1) 10-pin connector connector for lens control led indication for power and trigger input 12-pin connector dc input and trigger input link 1 link status indication for cxp c...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 10 - 4.2 rear panel the rear panel mounted led provides the following information: amber: power connected – initiating this light goes off after initiating. Steady green: camera is operating in continuous mode flashing green: the camera is receiving external triggering ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 11 - 5. Input and output 5.1 coaxpress interface standard the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp use coaxpress as their interface. Coaxpress is a plug-and-play interface and connects the camera and the frame grabber board by coaxial cable(s). Its maximum transfer rate is 6.2...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 12 - 5.2 connectors and pin assignment 5.2.1 digital video output (75Ω 1.0/2.3 din receptacle) type: coaxpress connector (acx1785-nd amphenol connector or equivalent) cxp#1 pocxp compliant maximum bit rate per one coax: 6.25 gbps 5.2.2 12-pin connector type: hr10a-10r-1...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 13 - table – 3 hirose 10p pin assignment no i/o name note 1 o drive iris+ motorized lens 2 o drive focus+ motorized lens 3 o drive zoom+ motorized lens 4 o common motorized lens 5 gnd 6 o p-iris out a+ p-iris lens 7 o p-iris out a- p-iris lens 8 o p-iris out b+ p-iris l...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 14 - 5.3 output 5.3.1 digital output 5.3.1.1 output level table – 6 output level ccd out analog out (equivalent) digital out 8-bit 10-bit 12-bit black 0% setup 3.6%, 25mv 8lsb 32lsb 128lsb monochrome 574mv 100% 700mv 222lsb 890lsb 3560lsb color 386mv monochrome 662mv 11...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 15 - 5.4.2 line source line source signal is selected against the dedicated line selected in the line selector. Table – 8 line source 5.4.3 line mode indicates the status of the interface, input or output. 5.4.4 line inverter sets the polarity of the selected input or o...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 16 - 5.4.7.1 gpio block diagram basic block diagram is as follows. Soft trigger lval in fval in exposure active frame trigger wait frame active gpio 5 (opt in ) gpio 7 (trigegr packet) gpio 11 (lvds in) pixel clock cross point switch 12 bit counter inv inv inv n nand in...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 17 - 5.4.7.2 in and out matrix table the following table shows the input and output matrix. Table - 9 gpio in and out matrix selector (cross point switch output) source signal (cross point switch input) low high line 4 - 12p ttl in line 5 - 12p opt in line 7 - trigger p...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 18 - 5.5 pulse generator the el-2800-cxp has a frequency divider using the pixel clock as the basic clock and four pulse generators. In each pulse generator, various clear settings are connected to gpio. The following shows pulse generator default settings. Table - 10 p...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 19 - fig.8 pulse generator pulse construction 5.5.3 pulse generator length set the counter up value (number of clocks, refer to table 12) for the selected pulse generator. If repeat count value is “0”, and if pulse generator clear signal is not input, the pulse generato...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 20 - fig.9 counter clear in async mode fig.10 counter clear in sync mode 0 clear ↓ pulse generator output pulse generator clear source in (example1) clear activation = rising edge, clear sync mode = async mode, clear inverter = false (example2) clear activation = rising...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 21 - 5.5.9 pulse generator clear source the following sources can be selected as the pulse generator clear signal. Table - 12 pulse generator clear source pulse generator clear source item description low connect low level signal to clear source for the selected pulse g...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 22 - 5.5.10 pulse generator inverter clear source signal can have polarity inverted. 5.5.11 pulse generator setting table table - 13 pulse generator setting parameters display name value clock pre-scaler 1 to 4096 pulse generator clock (mhz) [pixel clock:108mhz]÷[clock ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 23 - 6. Sensor layout, output format and timing 6.1 sensor layout ccd sensors used in the el-2800m and el-2800c have the following tap and pixel layout. 6.1.1 monochrome sensor fig.11 monochrome sensor layout 6.1.2 bayer color sensor fig.12 bayer color sensor layout tap...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 24 - 6.2. Sensor readout (sensor tap geometry) the following drawings show how the image is read out from the sensor. This is different from how the image is read out from the camera. 6.2.1 4 taps readout (1x2–2ye) fig.13 sensor readout 4-tap 6.2.2 2 taps readout (2xe–1...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 25 - 6.3. Camera output format and sensor readout system the following table shows the camera output format based on genicam s.F.N.C version 1.5.1. Table – 14 camera output format sensor readout output (sensor tap geometry) camera output format (tap geometry) reference ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 26 - 6.4 the relationship between tap geometry and frame rate in the el-2800-cxp, the frame rate is related to pixel format, sensor tap geometry (sensor readout system), tap geometry (camera output format), bit rate and link configuration. The following table 15 shows t...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 27 - 6.5.1.2 output format 1x–2ye (pixel clock: 108 mhz) vertical binning on ob ob ob 204 40 10 10 40 1920 1330clk = exposure start line 3350clk = exposure start line 1144clk = other line 3164clk = other line lval dval video (tap 1, tap2 /tap3, tap4)) exposure active (e...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 28 - 6.5.2 vertical timing 6.5.2.1 output format 1x–2ye vertical binning off ob ob 6l(min) 720l 1,2,3, 11,12,13 728,729,730 1460,1459 1449,1448,1447 733,732,731 18l 8l 10l fval dval video tap1 video tap2 fig.22 1x-2ye vertical timing (vertical timing off) 6.5.2.2 output...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 29 - 7. Operating modes the following controls are related to capturing the image. 7.1. Acquisition control (change the frame rate) 7.1.1 acqusition mode in the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp, the following three acquisition modes are available. Single frame : one frame ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 30 - the following diagrams show the single frame timing relationships. Conditions: acquisition mode: single trigger selector: acquisition start trigger mode: off fig.26 single frame timing (acquisition start off) note: signal in ( ) shows the internal operation inside ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 31 - conditions: acquisition mode: single trigger selector: acquisition start trigger mode: on fig. 27 single frame timing (acquisition start on) fval(sensor read out) acquisition trigger wait frame trigger wait acquisition active exposure active frame active (sensor ex...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 32 - conditions: acquisition mode: single trigger selector: frame start trigger mode: on fig. 28 single frame timing (frame start on) fval(sensor read out) acquisition trigger wait frame trigger wait acquisition active exposure active frame active sensor exposure stream...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 33 - 7.1.1.2 multiframe in this mode, the acquisitionstart command captures the number of frames which are specified by acquisitionframecount. ◆ normal multi-frame operation 1) acquisitionstart command is input 2) acquisitiontriggerwait becomes effective 3) acquisitiona...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 34 - the following diagrams show the multi frame timing relationships. Conditions: acquisition mode: multi trigger selector: acquisition start acquisition frame count: 2 trigger mode: off fig.29 multi frame timing (acquisition start off) fval(sensor read out) acquisitio...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 35 - conditions: acquisition mode: multi trigger selector: acquisition start acquisition frame count: 2 trigger mode: on fig.30 multi frame timing (acquisition start on) fval(sensor read out) acquisition trigger wait frame trigger wait acquisition active exposure active...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 36 - conditions: acquisition mode: multi trigger selector: frame start acquisition frame count: 2 trigger mode: on fig.31 multi frame timing (frame start on) fval(sensor read out) acquisition trigger wait frame trigger wait acquisition active exposure active frame activ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 37 - 7.1.1.3 continuous mode in this mode, when the acquisitionstart command is set, the image is continuously output at the current frame rate. This is the default setting for the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp. 1) acquisitionstart command is input 2) acquisitiontrigger...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 38 - conditions: acquisition mode: continuous trigger selector: acquisition start trigger mode: on fig. 33 continuous timing (acquisition start on) fval(sensor read out) acquisition trigger wait frame trigger wait acquisition active exposure active frame active (sensor ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 39 - conditions: acquisition mode: continuous trigger selector: frame start trigger mode: on fig.34 continuous timing (frame start on) 7.1.2 acquisition frame count if acquisition mode is set at multi, the capturing frame number can be set. The setting range is 1 frame ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 40 - 7.1.3 acquisition frame rate with trigger off, which is self-running operation, it is possible to set a longer acquisition period than the time required to read out all pixels in the area set by the roi command. The setting is done in the acquisition control. In th...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 41 - 7.2. Exposure setting 7.2.1 exposure mode exposure mode sets which exposure mode is to be used. If the trigger is used, frame start must also be used. When exposure mode is set to timed or trigger width, the combination of exposure mode and frame start can set vari...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 42 - 7.2.3 exposure auto this is a function to control the exposure automatically. It is effective only for timed. Alc reference controls the brightness. There are three modes: off, once, and continuous. Off: no exposure control once: exposure adjusts when the function ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 43 - 7.3.4 trigger delay this function delays trigger signal against trigger input signal. The step is 1µs and the range for setting is 16bit, from 0 to 65,535µs. 7.4. Normal continuous operation (timed exposure mode/trigger mode off) this is used for applications which...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 44 - 7.5.1 if the overlap setting is “off” trigger ccd exposure fval exposure active exposure period t1 t2 t3 fig.35 overlap off 7.5.2 if the overlap setting is “readout” trigger ccd exposure fval exposure active exposure period t1 t2 t3 fig.36 readout t1 t2 t3 8.1us (t...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 45 - 7.6. Trigger width mode in this mode, the exposure time is equal to the trigger pulse width. Accordingly, longer exposure times are supported. Additional settings determine if the trigger pulse can be accepted during the exposure period. The frame rate of full pixe...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 46 - 7.6.2 if the overlap setting is “readout” trigger ccd exposure fval exposure active exposure period t3 t1 t2 t4 fig.38 readout t1 t2 t3 t4 1l(min) 1l 4l 1l + 8 µs.
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 47 - 7.7. Rct mode until the trigger is input, the camera operates continuously and the video signal for the auto-iris lens is output. At this moment, the video signal, fval and lval are output but dval is not output. When the trigger is input, the fast dump is activate...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 48 - 7.8. Piv (particle image velocimetry) the particle image velocimetry mode can be used in applications where 2 images need to be taken with a very short time interval. It can only be used with strobe flash as illumination. The first accumulation time is 10 sec to 2 ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 49 - 7.9. Sequential timed exposure mode 7.9.1 video send mode the sequential trigger mode has the following modes and it is selected in the video send mode. Video send mode: how to select the index trigger sequence: select the index by the frame start trigger signal. (...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 50 - table – 23 sequence index table (default) 7.9.2 sequence roi setting parameters setting parameters for sequence roi is as follows. (1) sequence roi index selector in sequence roi index selector, index 0 to 9 can be selected. Sequence roi – width, height, offset x, ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 51 - (8) sequence roi exposure time exposure time setting is available for each index. (9) sequence roi binning horizontal on or off of horizontal binning for each index can be set. (10) sequence roi binning vertical on or off of vertical binning for each index can be s...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 52 - 7.10. Operation and function matrix table - 24 operation and function matrix exposure operation trigger mode timed option v. Binning (note1) h. Binning (note1) exposure time roi (partial scan) auto white balance (note2) auto tap balance auto iris output auto gain a...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 53 - 8. Other functions 8.1 black level control this function adjusts the setup level. Variable range: -256 to 255 lsb (at 10-bit output) 8.1.1 black level selector the following factors can be set. El-2800m: digitalall/tap1all/tap2all/tap3all/tap4all el-2800c: digitala...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 54 - 8.2 gain control the el-2800m-cxp can adjust the gain level from 0db to +30db using 0db as the reference (factory default). In the el-2800c-cxp, the master gain can be adjusted from 0db to +27db and r and b gains can be adjusted in the range of -7db to + 12.99db us...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 55 - 8.2.2 gain the gain can be adjusted in the following range. El-2800m: analogall：0.7079～32.1 digitalall：0.7079～1.4125 digital tap2all：0.8912～1.1220 digital tap3all：0.8912～1.1220 digital tap4all：0.8912～1.1220 el-2800c: analogall：1.0～22.7 digitalall：0.7079～1.4125 digi...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 56 - 8.2.4 gain auto this function automatically controls the gain level. This function is effective only for frame trigger off and rct modes. This is controlled by the command alc reference. There are three modes. Off: adjust manually. Once: operate only one time when ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 57 - 8.3.2 lut index the number of lut data elements is 256. The lowest level is index 0 and the highest level is index 255. 8.3.3 lut value there are 256 lut data elements to which a value can be assigned. The minimum lut value is 0 and the maximum lut value is 255. Th...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 58 - there are two methods of correction. Flat shading correction: the method to compensate the shading is to measure the highest luminance level in the image and use that data as the reference. Luminance levels of other areas are then adjusted so that the level of the ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 59 - 8.6. Blemish compensation the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp have a blemish compensation circuit. This function compensates blemishes on the ccd sensor (typically pixels with extremely high response or extremely low response). This applies to both monochrome and col...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 60 - fig.51 color interpolation concept drawing 8.8 lens the el-2800-cxp can be used with 4 different types of auto iris lenses, in addition to standard lenses with manual iris control. If an auto iris function is to be utilized, the lens type used must be selected in l...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 61 - 8.8.2.1 p-iris lens select select the lens used. At present time, the following two lenses are available for these cameras. P-iris lens select description control step number open f value lm16jc5mm kowa 16mm 2/3-inch 74 f1.4 lm35jc5mm kowa 35mm 2/3-inch 73 f2.0 8.8...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 62 - 8.8.3.2 zoom wide: while this command is supplied, the zoom will continue to move towards wide angle. Tele: while this command is supplied, the zoom will continue to mode towards telephoto. Stop: when this command is supplied, the zoom operation stops. 8.8.3.3 focu...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 63 - 8.8 alc in the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp, auto gain, auto shutter and auto iris functions can be combined to provide a wide ranging automatic exposure control from dark to bright or vice versa. The functions are applied in the sequence shown below and if one fu...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 64 - 9. Camera setting in the el-2800m-cxp and el-2800c-cxp, control of all camera functions is done by the jai sdk and control tool software. All controllable camera functions are stored in an xml file inside of the camera. The jai sdk and control tool software can be ...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 65 - 10. External appearance and dimensions fig. 54 outside dimensions (c mount).
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 66 - 11. Specifications 11.1 spectral response fig. 55 spectral response (el-2800m-cxp) fig.56 spectral response (el-2800c-cxp).
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 67 - 11.2 specifications table table - 26 specifications table specifications el-2800m-cxp el-2800c-cxp scanning system progressive scan, 4-tap synchronization internal interface coaxpress (jiia nif-001-2010 coaxpress standard first edition) el-2800m-cxp: 3.125 gbps , 1...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 68 - trigger selector acquisition acquisition start / acquisition end exposure frame start trigger option acquisition start / acquisition end overlap: off frame start overlap: off / readout except “timed option : off”, only “overlap: off” is available trigger input sign...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 69 - operating temperature -45 c to +70 c humidity 20 – 80% (non-condensing) storage temp. / humidity -45 c to +70 c/20% to 80 % (non-condensing) regulation ce (en61000-6-2 and en61000-6-3), fcc part 15 class b, rohs, weee housing dimensions 62 x 62 x 55.5 mm (w x h x d...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 70 - appendix 1. Precautions personnel not trained in dealing with similar electronic devices should not service this camera. The camera contains components sensitive to electrostatic discharge. The handling of these devices should follow the requirements of electrostat...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 71 - if you mount the tripod mounting plate, please use the provided screws. 5. Exportation when exporting this product, please follow the export regulation of your own country. 6. References 1. This manual can and datasheet for el-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp can be downlo...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 72 - manual change history date revision changes nov. 2013 1.0 new release nov. 2013 1.1 add chapter 6.4 the relations between tap geometry and frame rate. Correct typo. Nov. 2013 1.2 add the description for 54.6fps for rgb output at quad tap in section 1 and 3 and also...
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El-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp - 73 - user's record camera type: el-2800m-cxp / el-2800c-cxp revision: …………….. Serial no. …………….. Firmware version. …………….. For camera revision history, please contact your local jai distributor. User's mode settings. User's modifications. Company and product names menti...