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JAI RMC-4200GE User Manual

Manual is about: Digital Monochrome/Color Progressive Scan, Interline-Transfer GE Camera

Summary of RMC-4200GE

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    Rm/tm-4200ge rmc/tmc-4200ge digital monochrome/color progressive scan, interline-transfer ge camera document version: e document p/n: 10394.

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    Disclaimer iii rm/tm-4200ge 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 whic...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series iv 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-4200ge series operation manual jai inc. 625 river oaks parkway san jose, ca 95134 tel:(40...

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    Table of contents v rm/tm-4200ge series table of contents disclaimer notice ........................................................................................................ Iii table of contents ....................................................................................................

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series vi disclaimer 4.3.6 interrupt moderation rate ..................................................................................... 37 4.3.7 calculating and setting inter-packet delay ................................................................. 37 4.3.8 confirm the filter dr...

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    List of figures vii rm/tm-4200ge series list of figures figure 1. 12-pin connector pinouts. ............................................................................. 12 figure 2. Gige ethernet connector ............................................................................... 12 figure 3. ...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series viii list of tables list of tables table 1 12-pin connector ........................................................................................ 12 table 2 scan area start points. ................................................................................. 20 table 3 ele...

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    Hardware introduction 9 rm/tm-4200ge series rm/tm-4200ge series hardware 1 hardware introduction 1.1 product description the jai inc. Tm-4200ge series is a gigabit ethernet output, high-resolution progressive scan ccd camera. 1 the interline-type ccd permits full vertical and horizontal resolution o...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 10 hardware introduction • electronic shutter the tm-4200ge has a substrate drain-type shutter mechanism which provides superb pictures at various speeds without smearing. • asynchronous reset the tm-4200ge captures async reset images and provides single-shot video output with si...

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    Installation 11 rm/tm-4200ge series 2 installation the following instructions will help you set up your camera quickly and easily. Jai suggests that you read through these instructions first, before you unpack and set up your camera system. 2.1 getting started 2.1.1 unpacking instructions jai recomm...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 12 installation figure 1. 12-pin connector pinouts. Pin #1 is ground and pin #2 is +12v dc. Table 1 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 (analog) 9 hd in (cc3 equiv) 4 analog vi...

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    Installation 13 rm/tm-4200ge 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-4200ge series 14 installation support a 2a to 2.5a in-rush current for approximately 200µs to prevent the voltage at the camera from dropping below the 10.8v minimum required. Dropping below this will result in the camera’s internal power supply lowering its impedance in an attempt to draw mor...

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    Operation 15 rm/tm-4200ge series 3 operation progressive scanning the tm-4200ge uses a state-of-the-art progressive scanning interline transfer ccd (kodak kai-16000) which scans all lines sequentially from top to bottom at one frame rate. Like a non-interlace computer monitor, it outputs a stable, c...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 16 operation for a color ccd, the upper-left bayer pattern changes, depending on the start point location. If the start point is the odd row, the upper-left bayer pattern is g. In rg if the start point is the even row, the upper-left bayer pattern is b in bg. Figure 5. Bayer 1 fi...

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    Operation 17 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 7. 2x2 binning 3.1.4 resolution proportional digital zoom tm-4200ge has four resolution proportional digital zoom selections: 1x, 1.3x, 2x, and 4x. Resolution proportional digital zoom (rpdz) is a patent-pending image post processing algorithm that enables the...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 18 operation 1x rpdz in 1x mode the output video uses every fourth pixel in every fourth line of the full 2048(h) x 2048(v) ccd to produce a 512(h) x 512(v) output. The image is effectively 1x digital zoom. Figure 9. 1x digital zoom 1.3x rpdz 1.3x mode produces an image that is e...

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    Operation 19 rm/tm-4200ge series 2x rpdz 2x mode produces an image that is effectively 2x digital zoom. Figure 11. 2x digital zoom 4x rpdz 4x mode produces an image that is effectively 4x digital zoom. Figure 12. 4x digital zoom note: the total zoom level will be the optical zoom established by the ...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 20 operation example: a lens that gives a 5x optical field of view in the rpdz 4x setting will give 20x total magnification. Example: a lens that gives a 5x optical field of view in the rpdz 4x setting will give 20x total magnification table 2 scan area start points. Scan area st...

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    Operation 21 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 13. 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-4200ge series 22 operation figure 15. Example of tmc-4200ge in default mode. 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 tool to a...

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    Operation 23 rm/tm-4200ge series 3.2.6 interpolation software the color interpolation can be performed in the framegrabber or by using the host computer’s cpu. Most major framegrabbers with processing capability provide tools for color interpolation. Software vision packages also provide color inter...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 24 operation when n=0, the exposure time is the minimum exposure time. It is equal to: in this mode the maximum exposure time is equal to the setting for one frame. If the user specified exposure time is longer than the time allowed for one frame, it will be ignored by the camera...

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    Operation 25 rm/tm-4200ge series 3.3.4 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 off. Because the discharge signal (v...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 26 operation 3.3.5 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 the active edge of the trigger. The exposure starts wh...

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    Operation 27 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 19. Piv exposure timing table 3.3.7 pwc piv mode the pwc piv mode is based on piv fixed exposure. In this mode, the first time exposure is controlled by the pulse width of the external trigger, which is similar to pwc mode. The real exposure time of the first ...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 28 operation table 4 asynchronous mode chart asyn no shutter async preset and prog. Shutter pwc aa 6 clk ab 9.5 line (n+1) lines + 1024 clk pulse width + 1024 clk ac 1024 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 3.4 dynami...

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    Operation 29 rm/tm-4200ge series at a specific gain setting, the offset (minimum level.... Dark point) and a/d reference top voltage (maximum level... Saturation point) are set to 12-bit a/d input so that the full dynamic range of the ccd is utilized at 12- bit references as the input and the lut ou...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 30 operation timing scan mode unit a b c d u t z tk 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 tl dual 76 76 76 76 76 116 700 single 78 78 78 78 78 117 702 tm 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 1024 512 tn 2080 1100 620 385 1040 650 tp 2048 1000 500 250 1024 512 tq 32 100 120 135 16 138 tr tu-3 ts tw+6 tt...

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    Operation 31 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 23. Digital data output order for configuration figure 24. Field video timing--continuous mode table 6 video output scan area data clock horizontal (pixels) vertical (lines) a b c d e k l m n o a 40mhz 25 ns 1300 276 1024 0 0 2080 32 2048 0 0 b 1100 100 1000 c...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 32 operation table 7 external hd locking and external vd reset scan area pixel clock horizontal external hd locking timing (pixels) vertical vertical vd reset timing (lines) freq. (khz) time (μsec) ea eb ec ed ee freq. (hz) time (msec) ef eg eh ei ej a 40mhz 25ns 30.77 32.5 0 14....

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    Functions & operations 33 rm/tm-4200ge series 4 functions & operations 4.1 gige vision standard interface the tm-4200ge series 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...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 34 functions & operations note: the mono10, mono12, bayergr10, and bayergr12 settings at full frame rate will exceed gige bandwidth. It is recommended to use mono8, bayergr8, mono10packed or mono12packed for max frame rate. For tm-4200ge series cameras, the jumbo frame can be set...

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    Functions & operations 35 rm/tm-4200ge series (6) expand [network adapters]. (7) select target nic, right-click, and click [properties]. Note: the following procedure uses the intel ® pro/1000 as an example. If a different nic is used, the setup tabs will likely be different. In that case, set the i...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 36 functions & operations (9) select jumbo frames under property, and select the desired value. This setting defines the maximum gevscps packet size the camera can use. (10)click [ok]. (11)close [device manager]. (12)close [system properties] clicking [ok]. 4.3.5 setting receive ...

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    Functions & operations 37 rm/tm-4200ge 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-4200ge series 38 functions & operations at first, type in the frame rate of the connected camera. Tm-4200ge series cameras are 15 fps. Set the bandwidth at 80%. Click the calculation tab. New value is calculated. Click ok. This shown value is automatically transferred to the packet delay colum...

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    Functions & operations 39 rm/tm-4200ge 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..

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 40 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 25. Acquisition and trigger con...

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    Configuring the camera 41 rm/tm-4200ge series exposuremode: specifies mode of operation for the exposure control (or shutter). All async modes, and pulsewidthcontrol require a trigger signal. The possible options are: • off: no shutter. • continuouspreset1 • … • continuouspreset9 • continuousprogram...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 42 configuring the camera 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 right channel’s gain values. Make ...

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    Configuring the camera 43 rm/tm-4200ge series heightmax: shows the current valid maximum value for height. Width: sets the width of the output image. When scanmode is changed it is necessary to set this value to equal to or less than widthmax. Height: sets the height of the output image. When scanmo...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 44 configuring the camera • bayerbg10: 10-bit bayer pattern with blue and green pixels in first row. • bayergr12: 12-bit bayer pattern with green and red pixels in first row. • bayerbg12: 12-bit bayer pattern with blue and green pixels in first row. Scanmode: controls the image s...

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    Configuring the camera 45 rm/tm-4200ge series • whiteblemishcalibration: this is done to calibrate the camera so blemish compensation can be run. This is only necessary after a camera has been powered off and restarted. Cover the lens with the lens cap before calibrating. 5.5 lut (look up table) the...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 46 configuring the camera figure 30. Usersets category usersetselector: selects which memory page to load, or save. Available options: • default: contains factory settings. • userset1: contains saved user settings. Usersetsave: save the camera settings to the currently selected m...

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    Configuring the camera 47 rm/tm-4200ge series 5.8 gigevisiontransportlayer more advanced controls for setting ip address, gige vision stream channel settings, etc… a complete explanation of gige is out of the scope of this manual therefore the user should seek out various online guides about: persis...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 48 configuring the camera 5.8.2 stream channel packet size gevscpspacketsize: images are sent via the streamchannel in gige vision terminology. The camera is able to adjust the size of the data packets sent on this channel. The minimum value of 1428 is required to get images with...

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    Configuring the camera 49 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 33. 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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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 50 configuring the camera figure 34. 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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    Configuring the camera 51 rm/tm-4200ge series 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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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 52 configuring the camera 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 are 3 control bits: plc...

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    Configuring the camera 53 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 37. Plc q output the q output allows the following boolean operations: • variable0 op0 variable1 op1 variable2 op2 variable3 • (variable0 op0 variable1) op1 variable2 op2 variable3 • variable0 op0 variable1 op1 (variable2 op2 variable3) • (variabl...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 54 configuring the camera • 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 • andparenthesis: creates a “(variable0 & var...

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    Configuring the camera 55 rm/tm-4200ge series figure 38. Plc special configurations figure 39. Countersandtimerscontrols.

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 56 configuring the camera 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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    Configuring the camera 57 rm/tm-4200ge series • 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. Available options: • off: no decrement events • risingedge: increment w...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 58 configuring the camera 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. Timertriggeractivation: select the signal state of the triggersource to start the timer....

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    Configuring the camera 59 rm/tm-4200ge series set exposuremode to one of asynchronous modes. Setup the timer (pulse generator) a. Set timerselector to timer1. B. Set timertriggersource to continuous. C. Set timerdurationraw, timerdelayraw, timergranularityfactor according to values below. I these ar...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 60 configuring the camera category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level exposuremode rw off continuouspreset1 … continuouspreset9 continuousprogrammable asyncnoshutter asyncpreset1 … asyncpreset8 pulsewidthcontrol fixedexposurepiv pwc_piv asyncprogramm...

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    Configuring the camera 61 rm/tm-4200ge series category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level timertriggersource rw plc_q continuous plc_q beginner counterselector rw counter1 counter1 beginner counterdecrementeventsour ce rw off plc_q16_risingedge plc_q16_fallingedge plc_q...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 62 configuring the camera category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level gevpersistentipaddress rw 000.000.000.000 - 255.255.255 000.000.000.000 expert gevpersistentsubnetmask rw 000.000.000.000 - 255.255.255 000.000.000.000 expert gevpersistentdefaultg...

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    Configuring the camera 63 rm/tm-4200ge series category / feature read/ write value range default value visibility level lut lutmode rw linear gamma45 knne linear beginner kneex1 rw 0 - 255 255 beginner kneey1 rw 0 - 255 255 beginner kneex2 rw 0 - 255 255 beginner kneey2 rw 0 - 255 255 beginner lutin...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 64 troubleshooting 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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    Appendix 65 rm/tm-4200ge series 7 appendix 7.1 specifications table 9 tm-4200ge camera specifications table feature tm-4200ge imager 1.2" progressive scan interline transfer ccd (kai-4021) active area 15.15mm x 15.15mm active pixels 2048 (h) x 2048 (v) cell size 7.4μm x 7.4μm display mode (active pi...

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 66 appendix 7.1.1 tm-4200ge physical dimensions figure 40. 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 mounti...

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    Appendix 67 rm/tm-4200ge series 7.1.2 spectral response figure 41. Tm-4200 spectral response figure 42. Tmc-4200 spectral response.

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    Rm/tm-4200ge series 68 appendix.

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