Allied AVT GigE Pearleye Specifications

Technical ManualLWIR cameras with GigE interfaceV2.0.003 November 2011Allied Vision Technologies GmbHTaschenweg 2aD-07646 Stadtroda / GermanyAVT Pearl

IntroductionPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.010CautionEnvironmental conditionsOperate the camera in dry and dust free environment. The working tempera

ConformityPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.011ConformityAllied Vision Technologies declares under its sole responsibility that all standard cameras of t

SpecificationsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.012SpecificationsPearleye P-007 LWIR / P-007 LWIR High TempNoteThe warranty becomes void in case of unau

SpecificationsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.013Smart features Built-in correction data sets, bad pixel correction, background (FPN) correction, gain/

SpecificationsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.014Pearleye P-030 LWIRNote• The right polarization of the 12 V supply voltage must be assured.• The warr

SpecificationsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.015Power requirements + 12 V, -0% / +5%, max. 1.5 ADimensions With 18 mm f/1.0 lens: 133.7 mm x 90 mm x 8

SpecificationsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.016Spectral transmission Figure 1: Spectral transmission of Pearleye P-007 LWIR Figure 2: Spectral transm

Camera dimensionsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.017Camera dimensionsPearleye P-007 LWIR / Pearleye P-030 LWIR Figure 3: Camera dimensions: Pearleye P-

Camera dimensionsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.018LED Color DescriptionPower Green Power indicatorL2 Red Camera is operationalL3 Red Temperature stat

Start upPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.019Start upA Gigabit Ethernet port (1000Base-T) on the receiving computer is necessary.1. Connect the camera wi

Pearleye Technical Manual V2.0.02Legal noticeLife support applicationsThese products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or

Start upPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.020Serial communication operates in echo mode by default. This means that each character received by the module

Start upPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.021but no hardware handshake. Thus a sequence of commands should not be send to the camera without awaiting the

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.022Camera interfacesThis chapter gives you information on the control junction, inputs and outputs and

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.023Control connectorCamera I/O connector pin assignment (15-pin D-Sub jack)This jack is intended for t

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.024Power supply (Pin 1-4)The camera requires 12 V +5% DC and maximum 1.5 A.The voltage should not fall

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.025The current (1) which flows through the optocoupler and the integrated drop-ping resistor should be

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.026An indication of sensor temperature being too low results in a degradation of image quality and ine

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.027Pearleye P-007 LWIRPearleye P-030 LWIR The frame-sync output (active low) supplies approx. 900 mV a

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.028r: Resolution (for Pearleye P-030 LWIR standard version: 0.0075°C)o: offset for DN=0 (for Pearleye

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.029Note• Normally the background temperature can be assumed to be equal to the environmental temperat

Pearleye Technical Manual V2.0.03ContentsContacting Allied Vision Technologies ... 5Introduction ...

Camera interfacesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.030GigE interfaceThe Pearleye P-007 LWIR / Pearleye P-030 LWIR cameras are equipped with a 1000Base-T

Image processingPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.031Image processingThis chapter explains the function of the Pearleye P-007 LWIR / Pearleye P-030 LWIR

Image processingPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.032The main correction modules are in detail:•Two-point correction• Background correction• Bad pixel co

Image processingPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.033Correction dataEx factory camera specific correction data for each correction module are deter-mined

Image processingPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.034Short introduction: Two-point correction(A, B, E, J, K, N)The two-point correction is the most elabo

Image processingPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.035The reference images are stored in several files within the flash and are directly transferred into

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.036Basic parameters and commandsThis chapter illustrates the basic configuration options a

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.037Automatic calibration (k)Beside the manual selection of data sets with parameter S also

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.038S=0AM=87C8>The following Pearleye P-007 LWIR table shows an overview of the consumed

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.039The following Pearleye P-030 LWIR table shows an overview of the consumed time by the c

Pearleye Technical Manual V2.0.04Background correction...

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.040Electromechanical shutter (I)The Pearleye P-007 LWIR / Pearleye P-030 LWIR models are e

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.041The camera is equipped with an internal temperature sensor. The temperature can be disp

Basic parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.042Current parameter settings (Y)The command Y=1 shows the actual set parameter values.Sho

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.043Advanced parameters and commandsThis chapter is to illuminate the advanced configura

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.044ExampleActivate the two-point correction>E=1[CR]The parameters A and B define bot

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.045ExampleLoading of correction data at low reference temperature into the active corre

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.046Bit position 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0Value (12-bit)21121029282726252423

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.047Background correction (U, M)The module background correction is closely related to t

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.048ExampleIntegration of 32 images simultaneously to the output of the actual integrati

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.049The parameter M defines the offset value that is added to every pixel if the backgro

Contacting Allied Vision TechnologiesPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.05Contacting Allied Vision TechnologiesInfo• Technical information:http://www.all

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.050Bad pixel correction (C, F)The configuration of the bad pixel correction is executed

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.051Temperature drift compensation (m, n, o, p)The output data of a microbolometer syste

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.052Look-up table (LUT) (D, G)The temperature data of the microbolometer sensor is gener

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.053Integrator and image store (H)The integrator / image store (integrator) module is in

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.054The table below illustrates the possible values for the individual bit groups:Exampl

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.055Pearleye P-007 LWIR ...wait for at least 36 image cycles (34 + 2 frames jitter buffe

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.056ExampleSet the factory default (115200 Baud and activate serial interface via Gigabi

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.057Save parameters in flash (X)By means of the command X=1 all parameter values are sto

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.058The command Q=<p8> is used to transmit files to the module. <p8> is an 8

Advanced parameters and commandsPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.059If an error occurs during transmission, the operation will instantly be aborted. The

IntroductionPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.06IntroductionThis Pearleye Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifications, dimensions, a

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.060AppendixCommand referenceThis chapter describes the general command reference of the Pearleye P-007 LWIR / P

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.061At the beginning of a command sequence it is good practice to check the serialcommunication by sending just

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.062h=<p16> : Internal mode and control register. (*) <**kk_jjih_gfed_cbaa>

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.063 10 -> 12 bits fast (e.g. NIR-300F,

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.064 | | method. | +-------f: Operation mo

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.065 represented in 16 bits fixed point two's complement notation. See pa

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.066 | GigE interface only). | 11 ->

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.067 correction. Changing this parameter or the contents of the specified file

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.068 shares its memory with the background correction (U=<p8>). This mea

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.069 All set values are loaded together from the flash file N=<p8>. Cha

IntroductionPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.07•Chapter Camera dimensions on page 17 provides CAD drawings of stan-dard housing models (2D drawings), tr

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.070T=1 : Show sensor temperature warning state. <***b_***a>

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.071U=<p8> : Operation mode of the background correction module. May automaticly

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.072GigE Vision feature mapping to serial commandsThe following table shows the assignment of the available GigE

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.073GigE Vision feature description for AVT Goldeye camerasDeviceInformationFeature DescriptionDeviceModeName Na

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.074ImageSizeControlAcquisitionControlFeature DescriptionSensorWidth Maximum width of the sensor in pixels.Senso

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.075CameraSpecialFeaturesFeature DescriptionAutoCalibrateOnce Start the automatic calibration once.(k=0 command)

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.076CameraSpecialFeatures\TwoPointCorrectionCameraSpecialFeatures\BackgroundCorrectionCameraSpecialFeatures\LUTF

AppendixPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.077CameraSpecialFeatures\IntegratorAndImageStoreCameraSpecialFeatures\BadPixelCorrectionFeature DescriptionIIS_

Pearleye Technical Manual V2.0.078IndexIndexNumbers15-pin D-Sub jack ... 23Aautomatic calibration(k) ...

Pearleye Technical Manual V2.0.079IndexOoptocoupler input... 23optocoupler output...

IntroductionPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.08SymbolsUpper case Register REGISTERItalics Modes, fields ModeParentheses and/or blue Links (Link)NoteThi

IntroductionPearleye Technical Manual V2.0.09Before operationWe place the highest demands for quality on our cameras.Target group This Technical Manua