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JAI RM-2040GE Series User Manual

Manual is about: Progressive Scan Cameras

Summary of RM-2040GE Series

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    Rm/tm-2040ge rmc/tmc-2040ge progressive scan cameras document version: e document p/n: 10447.

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    Disclaimer i rm/tm-2040ge series disclaimer the material contained in this manual consists of information that is proprietary to jai inc., and may only be used by the purchasers of the product. Jai, inc. Makes no warranty for the use of its product and assumes no responsibility for any errors which ...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series ii disclaimer warning changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for fcc compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Rm/tm-2040ge series operation manual jai inc. 625 river oaks parkway san jose, ca 95134 tel:(40...

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    Table of contents iii rm/tm-2040ge series table of contents disclaimer notice ..................................................................................................... Iii table of contents .....................................................................................................

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series iv table of contents 4.3.1 verified network interface cards (nics) ........................................................... 27 4.3.2 video data rate (network bandwidth) .............................................................. 27 4.3.3 disable firewalls .....................

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    List of figures v rm/tm-2040ge series list of figures figure 1. 12-pin connector pinouts ............................................................................. 10 figure 2. Gige ethernet connector ............................................................................. 10 figure 3. 12p-0...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series vi list of tables list of tables table 1 12-pin connector ....................................................................................... 10 table 2 scan area start points ................................................................................ 16 table 3 asynchro...

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    Hardware introduction 7 rm/tm-2040ge series rm/tm-2040ge series camera hardware 1 hardware introduction 1.1 product description the jai inc. Tm-2040ge series 1 is a gigabit ethernet output, high-resolution progressive scan ccd camera. The interline-type ccd permits full vertical and horizontal resol...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 8 hardware introduction • electronic shutter the tm-2040ge has a substrate drain-type shutter mechanism which provides superb pictures at various speeds without smearing. • asynchronous reset the tm-2040ge captures async reset images and provides single-shot video output with sin...

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    Installation 9 rm/tm-2040ge series 2 installation the following instructions are provided to help you to set up your camera. We suggest that you read through these instructions before you unpack and set up the camera system. 2.1 getting started 2.1.1 unpacking instructions we recommend that you save...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 10 installation figure 1. 12-pin connector pinouts pin #1 is ground and pin #2 is +12v dc. Table 6 shows the pin-out table. Table 1 12-pin connector pin description pin description 1 gnd 7 vd in (cc4 equiv) 2 +12v dc 8 strobe output 3 gnd 9 hd in (cc3 equiv) 4 analog video 10 res...

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    Installation 11 rm/tm-2040ge series when wiring the pd-12uu and pd-12ue power supplies directly, please note the following: • the lead ends must be twisted together and tin-soldered for strength and electrical continuity. • shrink tubing or a similar insulator should be used to prevent exposed leads...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 12 installation note: if using a power supply other than the standard pd-12u series from jai, certain characteristics are required of the power supply and the wiring in order to properly power the camera. The camera requires 12v immediately upon start-up; no slow ramps. Once powe...

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    Operation 13 rm/tm-2040ge series 3 operation 3.1 progressive scanning the tm-2040ge uses a state-of-the-art progressive scanning interline transfer ccd which scans all lines sequentially from top to bottom at one frame rate. Like a non-interlace computer screen, it generates a stable, crisp image wi...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 14 operation for a color ccd, the upper-left bayer pattern changes, depending on the start point location. If the start point is an odd row, the upper-left bayer pattern is g in rg. If the start point is an even row, the upper-left bayer pattern is b in bg. Figure 5. Bayer 1.

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    Operation 15 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 6. Bayer 2 3.1.3 full scan area 2x2 binning tm-2040ge has 2x2 binning of the full scan area. In full scan 2x2 binning mode, pixel (i, j) includes all the information of pixel (2i-1, 2j-1), (2i-1, 2j), (2i, 2j-1) and (2i, 2j) in normal full scan mode (where i=1...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 16 operation table 2 scan area start points scan area start point effective area frame rate (fps) (line) (lines x pixels) dual tap single tap a full scan 1 1200 x 1600 34.15 17.084 b centered 600 lines 301 600 x 1600 58.69 29.34 c centered 300 lines 451 300 x 1600 90.58 45.29 d c...

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    Operation 17 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 8. Bayer color filter response. 3.2.3 starting pixel configuration all manufacturers produce identical bayer cfas, but there are slight differences between the ccds produced by different manufacturers. The first line is generally r and g. The camera timing can...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 18 operation figure 10. Example of tmc-2040ge (same as tm/rm/rmc-2040ge) 3.2.5 camera functions accupixel color cameras perform all functions the same way as monochrome cameras. However, because of color characteristics, the lut (look-up table) is different. The lut is a powerful...

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    Operation 19 rm/tm-2040ge series all accupixel color cameras are carefully designed for maximum color performance. Jai inc. Strongly suggests that you use digital output for the best performance. Some software is used on board (fpga or dsp) to perform the interpolation. Other software simply uses th...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 20 operation 3.4 external sync and pixel locking the tm-2040ge accepts an external sync of standard hd and vd at ttl level for general locking to a system sync and clock. The frequency requirement is as follows: full progressive scan: fhd = 41.67 khz ± 2% fvd = 34.15 hz ± 2% (int...

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    Operation 21 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 12. External trigger timing. 3.5.3 asynchronous programmable exposure mode in asynchronous programmable exposure mode, when an external trigger is applied, the exposure starts after one discharge signal (vsub), which happens after the trigger’s active edge is ...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 22 operation figure 13. Asynchronous programmable external trigger 3.5.4 pulse width control mode in pulse width control (pwc) mode, the exposure time is controlled by the external trigger. When an external trigger is applied, one discharge signal (vsub) is generated right after ...

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    Operation 23 rm/tm-2040ge series 3.5.5 particle imaging velocimetry fixed exposure mode in particle imaging velocimetry (piv) fixed exposure mode, when an external trigger is applied, the first time exposure starts the same as in pwc mode. It lasts a very short period (8µs). The second time exposure...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 24 operation table 3 asynchronous mode chart asyn no shutter async preset and prog. Shutter pwc aa 6 clk ab 9.5 line (n+1) lines + 298 clk pulse width + 298 clk ac 370 clk piv fixe expo piv pwc unit pa 6 6 pb 200 200 pc 160 160 pixel pd 320 320 pe 20 20 pf 1 1 frame 3.6 camera ti...

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    Operation 25 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 18. Digital data output order for configuration figure 19. Field video timing--continuous mode 3.6.1 timing table table 4 tm-2040ge timing table timing scan mode a b c d u t ta dual 960 960 960 960 960 560 single 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1040 tb dual 800 800 8...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 26 operation timing scan mode a b c d u t te dual 80 80 80 80 80 120 single 80 80 80 80 80 120 tf 92 92 92 92 92 46 tg 190 190 190 190 190 95 th a, b, c, d, & u: n*ta + 290 (n=1, 2, 3, ...) t: n*ta + 145 (n=1, 2, 3, ...) tj dual 50 50 50 50 50 25 single 210 210 210 210 210 105 tk...

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    Functions & operations 27 rm/tm-2040ge series 4 function & operations 4.1 gige vision standard interface the tm-2040ge cameras are designed in accordance with the gige vision standard. Digital images are transmitted over cat5e or cat6 ethernet cables. All camera functions are also controlled via the...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 28 functions & operations note: 1 the mono10, mono12, bayergr10, and bayergr12 settings at full frame rate will exceed gige bandwidth. It is recommended to use mono10packed or mono12packed for max frame rate. For tm-2040ge cameras, the jumbo frame can be set at a maximum 16260 by...

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    Functions & operations 29 rm/tm-2040ge series (6) expand [network adapters]. (7) select target nic, right-click, and click [properties]. Note: the following procedure uses the intel(r) pro/1000 as an example. If a different nic is used, the setup tabs will likely be different. In that case, set the ...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 30 functions & operations (10)click [ok]. (11)close [device manager]. (12)close [system properties] clicking [ok]. 4.3.5 setting receive descriptors if the network connection properties list contains a property called receive descriptors, then change its property to the maximum v...

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    Functions & operations 31 rm/tm-2040ge series 4.3.6 interrupt moderation rate if the network connection properties list contains a property called interrupt moderation rate, then it is possible to set the preferred value. When it is changed from minimal, m high and extreme, number of interruption is...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 32 functions & operations at first, type in the frame rate of the connected camera. Tm-2040ge cameras (in dual-tap mode) are 34 fps. Set the bandwidth at 80%. Click the calculation tab. New value is calculated. Click ok. This value displayed is automatically transferred to the pa...

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    Functions & operations 33 rm/tm-2040ge series if it is not shown, confirm the setting in the “settings” window. Access the “settings” window by clicking on the icon to the left of the blue question mark icon. Refer to the “getting started guide” provided with the jai gige vision sdk and control tool...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 34 configuring the camera 5 configuring the camera the following sections describe the various features of the camera. 5.1 acquisition and trigger controls these controls affect exposure mode, exposure time, and image acquisition operations. Figure 20. Acquisition and trigger con...

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    Configuring the camera 35 rm/tm-2040ge series acquisitionstart: tells the camera to start acquiring images in the mode as specified by acquisitionmode. This also tells the camera to send one more image while in singleframereadout. Acquisitionstop: tells the camera to stop acquiring images. Acquisiti...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 36 configuring the camera figure 21. Analogcontrols category gainselector: select the video channel that gainraw will affect. Available choices: • all: entire image. • tap2: right channel. Gainraw: controls the gain value. Gainautobalance: use this feature to balance the left and...

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    Configuring the camera 37 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 22. Imagesizecontrol category sensordigitizationtaps: the camera can be configured to read out from the image sensor using either one or two channels. Possible options: • one: single tap. This mode will use one channel to read out images. The imag...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 38 configuring the camera • the resulting image is of size 600x100 with the upper left pixel offset by 20 pixel horizontally and 35 vertically figure 23. Image output example pixelformat: specifies the image type captured from the image sensor. Available options: monochrome: • mo...

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    Configuring the camera 39 rm/tm-2040ge series userscanareastart: sets the starting line of the user programmable scan area. First line has a value of 0 and corresponds to the top of the image sensor. For color cameras (tmc/rmc-2040ge) this value changes the bayer pattern of the captured image. Sets ...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 40 configuring the camera figure 24. Lookup table lutmode: controls which lut table to use. There are 2 predefined tables and 1 user configurable table. Available options: • linear: a linear mapping • gamma45: also known as gamma 0.45. • knee: you can specify the curve by control...

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    Configuring the camera 41 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 25. Usersets category usersetselector: selects which memory page to load, or save. Available options: • default: contains factory settings. • userset1: contains saved user settings. • … • userset6: contains saved user settings. Usersetsave: save t...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 42 configuring the camera figure 26. Deviceinformation category devicevendorname: shows jai, inc. Devicmodelname: shows the camera model name. Deviceversion: shows the current camera version. Deviceid: the device serial id. This is set at the factory and only available in expert ...

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    Configuring the camera 43 rm/tm-2040ge series 9. Set gevpersistentdefaultgateway to the ip address of your gateway. (ex: 0.0.0.0) figure 27. Gigevisiontransportlayer persistent ip 5.8.2 stream channel packet size gevscpspacketsize: images are sent via the streamchannel in gige vision terminology. Th...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 44 configuring the camera figure 28. Plc lut diagram note: ext_vd, ext_hd, evinit and intg_con all go the camera head. Ttl output (strobe) goes outside the camera via pin 8 of the 12-pin cable..

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    Configuring the camera 45 rm/tm-2040ge series figure 29. Plc 5.9.1 signalroutingblock the signal routing block is a group of switches that lets you route signals to the plc lookup table. There are a total of 8 input lines, numbered from i0 to i7. Each input line can accept a number of different sign...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 46 configuring the camera here are the possible input signals into the plc: signal source signal name / input pin description 12 pin external_trigger_in_pin6 external trigger signal. 12 pin external_vd_in_pin7 external vertical drive signal. 12 pin external_hd_in_pin9 external ho...

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    Configuring the camera 47 rm/tm-2040ge series plc_ctrl0 x x x x x x plc_ctrl2 x x x x plc_ctrl3 x x x plc_q2 x x x x plc_q3 x x x x plc_q6 x x x x plc_q7 x x x x counter1gt x x x counter1eq x x x timer1out x x x x(d) timer2out x x x x(d) timer3out x x x(d) x timer4out x x x 5.9.2 controlbits there a...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 48 configuring the camera 5.9.3 plc lookuptable the plc lookup table lets you connect any input signal i0-i7 to any lookup table output signal q0-q17. You can manipulate your inputs using simple or complex boolean operations. Each q output results from the boolean operations of 4...

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    Configuring the camera 49 rm/tm-2040ge series • one: high signal. • plc_i0 • … • plc_i7 • plc_i0_not: a not operation is applied to the signal. • … • plc_i7_not: a not operation is applied to the signal. Operator0 and operator2 can have the following boolean operations: • and • or • xor • andparenth...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 50 configuring the camera figure 33. Plc special configurations figure 34. Countersandtimerscontrols.

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    Configuring the camera 51 rm/tm-2040ge series 5.9.5 counters the general purpose counter lets you maintain a count between 0 and 2 32 -1 (long integer). You can use different inputs to increment, decrement, or clear the counter value. The general purpose counter outputs two separate signals that ind...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 52 configuring the camera • plc_q17_levelhigh: increment when the signal is at the high section. • plc_q17_levellow: increment when the signal is at the low section. Counterresetactivation: select the signal event type that will reset the counter. The counter will be reset to 0. ...

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    Configuring the camera 53 rm/tm-2040ge series timerfrequency: a read-only field that shows the frequency of the pulse in hz. Timergranularityfactor: a multiplier value used to scale the delay and the duration in increments of 30 nsec. Timerperiod: shows the timer’s period in units of nsec. Timertrig...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 54 configuring the camera ii set plc_q4_variable0 to plc_i0 (trigger line) iii set plc_q5_variable0 to one. (integration signal always on.) example 2: setting the camera to accept internal trigger signal generated via timer 1: set exposuremode to one of asynchronous modes. Setup ...

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    Configuring the camera 55 rm/tm-2040ge series category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level acquisitionrecordingwraparound rw true false false expert blockbuffercount ro expert blockbuffercurrentindex wo 0 to blockbuffercount- 1 expert exposuremode rw off continuousprogra...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 56 configuring the camera category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level timertriggeractivation rw risingedge levelhigh fallingedge anyedge levellow risingedge beginner timertriggersource rw plc_q continuous plc_q beginner counterselector rw counter1 co...

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    Configuring the camera 57 rm/tm-2040ge series category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level gigevisiontransportlayer gevscpspacketsize rw 72 - 16260 1428 expert gevpersistentipaddress rw 000.000.000.000 - 255.255.255 000.000.000.000 expert gevpersistentsubnetmask rw 000.0...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 58 configuring the camera category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level testimageselector rw off devicespecific ipenginetestpattern off beginner lut lutmode rw linear gamma45 knee linear beginner kneex1 rw 0 - 255 255 beginner kneey1 rw 0 - 255 255 beg...

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    Troubleshooting 59 rm/tm-2040ge series 6 troubleshooting 6.1 problems and solutions following are troubleshooting tips for common problems. In general, the problems listed in this section are solved by following these instructions. If there is no solution listed to the problem you are encountering, ...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 60 troubleshooting 6.1.5 information and support resources for further information and support: north american technical support phone 408-383-0300 e-mail: camerasupport.Americas@jai.Com european technical support phone: +45 4457 8950 e-mail: camerasupport@jai.Com japan/asia tech...

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    Appendix 61 rm/tm-2040ge series 7 appendix 7.1 specifications table 5 tm-2040ge camera specifications table feature tm-2040ge imager 1" progressive scan interline transfer ccd (kai-2020) active area 11.84mm x 8.88mm active pixels 1600 (h) x 1200 (v) cell size 7.4μm x 7.4μm display mode (active pixel...

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    Rm/tm-2040ge series 62 appendix 7.1.1 tm-2040ge physical dimensions figure 35. Physical dimensions caution: when mounting the camera to any fixture, do not use screws that extend more than 5 mm into the camera housing to avoid possible damage to the internal circuitry. For attaching the tripod mount...

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    Appendix 63 rm/tm-2040ge series 7.1.2 spectral response figure 36. Monochrome spectral response figure 37. Color spectral response.

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