Document Outline

• Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
• Introduction
  • Document history
  • Manual overview
  • Conventions used in this manual
    • Styles
    • Symbols
  • More information
  • Before operation
• STINGRAY cameras
• Conformity
• FireWire
  • Overview
    • Definition
    • IEEE 1394 standards
    • Why use FireWire?
  • FireWire in detail
    • Serial bus
    • FireWire connection capabilities
    • Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)
      • IIDC V1.3 camera control standards
    • Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800)
      • IIDC V1.31 camera control standards
    • Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b
      • Compatibility example
    • Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b
    • 1394b bandwidths
      • Requirements for PC and 1394b
      • Requirements for laptop and 1394b
      • Example 1: 1394b bandwidth of Stingray cameras
      • Example 2: More than one Stingray camera at full speed
    • FireWire Plug & play capabilities
    • FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions
    • Operating system support
• Filter and lenses
  • IR cut filter: spectral transmission
  • Camera lenses
• Specifications
  • STINGRAY F-033B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-046B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-080B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-125B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-145B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-146B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-201B/C (fiber)
  • STINGRAY F-504B/C (fiber)
  • Spectral sensitivity
• Camera dimensions
  • Serial numbers for starting new front flange
  • STINGRAY standard housing (2 x 1394b copper)
  • STINGRAY (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
  • Tripod adapter
  • Stingray W90 (2 x 1394b copper)
  • Stingray W90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
  • Stingray W90 S90 (2 x 1394b copper)
  • Stingray W90 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
  • Stingray W270 (2 x 1394b copper)
  • Stingray W270 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
  • Stingray W270 S90 (2 x 1394b copper)
  • Stingray W270 S90 (1394b: 1 x GOF, 1 x copper)
  • Stingray Compact
  • Cross section: CS-Mount
  • Cross section: C-Mount
  • Adjustment of C-Mount and CS-Mount
  • Stingray board level: dimensions
  • Stingray board level: CS-Mount
  • Stingray board level: C-Mount
• Camera interfaces
  • IEEE 1394b port pin assignment
    • Board level camera: IEEE 1394b port pin assignment
  • Camera I/O connector pin assignment
    • Board level camera: I/O pin assignment
  • Status LEDs
    • Normal conditions
    • Error conditions
  • Control data signals
    • Inputs
      • Triggers
    • Input/output pin control
      • IO_INP_CTRL 1-2
      • Trigger delay
    • Outputs
      • IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-4
      • Output modes
    • Pulse-width modulation (Stingray housing and Stingray board level models)
      • PWM: minimal and maximal periods and frequencies
      • PWM: Examples in practice
  • Pixel data
• Description of the data path
  • Block diagrams of the cameras
    • Black and white cameras
    • Color cameras
  • White balance
    • One-push white balance
    • Auto white balance (AWB)
  • Auto shutter
  • Auto gain
  • Manual gain
  • Brightness (black level or offset)
  • Horizontal mirror function
  • Shading correction
    • Building shading image in Format_7 modes
      • First example
      • Second example
    • How to store shading image
    • Automatic generation of correction data
      • Requirements
      • Algorithm
    • Loading a shading image out of the camera
    • Loading a shading image into the camera
  • Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function
    • Loading an LUT into the camera
  • Defect pixel correction
    • Building defect pixel correction image in Format_7 modes
      • First example
      • Second example
    • Flow diagram of defect pixel correction
    • Building defect pixel data
      • Grab an image with defect pixel data
      • Calculate defect pixel coordinates
      • Reset values (resolution, shutter, gain, brightness)
    • Activate/deactivate defect pixel correction
    • Store defect pixel data non-volatile
    • Load non-volatile stored defect pixel data
    • Send defect pixel data to the host
    • Receive defect pixel data from the host
    • DPC data: storing mechanism
  • Binning (only Stingray b/w and F-201C/504C)
    • 2 x / 4 x / 8 x binning (F-201C only 2 x vertical binning)
    • Vertical binning
    • Horizontal binning (F-201C only 2 x horizontal binning)
    • 2 x full binning/4 x full binning/8 x full binning (F-201C only 2 x full binning)
  • Sub-sampling (Stingray b/w and color)
    • What is sub-sampling?
    • Which Stingray models have sub-sampling?
    • Description of sub-sampling
  • Binning and sub-sampling access
  • Quick parameter change timing modes
    • Why new timing modes?
      • Standard Parameter Update Timing
      • New: Quick Format Change Mode (QFCM)
    • How to transfer parameters to the camera
      • Encapsulated Update (begin/end)
      • Parameter-List Update
      • Standard Update (IIDC)
  • Packed 12-Bit Mode
  • High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio)
  • Frame memory and deferred image transport
    • Deferred image transport
    • HoldImg mode
    • FastCapture mode
  • Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing)
  • Sharpness
  • Hue and saturation
  • Color correction
    • Why color correction?
    • Color correction in AVT cameras
    • Color correction: formula
    • GretagMacbeth ColorChecker
    • Changing color correction coefficients
    • Switch color correction on/off
  • Color conversion (RGB à YUV)
  • Bulk Trigger
  • Level Trigger
  • Serial interface
• Controlling image capture
  • Trigger modi
    • Bulk trigger (Trigger_Mode_15)
    • Trigger delay
      • Trigger delay advanced register
    • Software trigger
    • Debounce
    • Debounce time
  • Exposure time (shutter) and offset
    • Exposure time offset
    • Minimum exposure time
    • Extended shutter
  • One-shot
    • One-shot command on the bus to start of exposure
    • End of exposure to first packet on the bus
  • Multi-shot
  • ISO_Enable / free-run
  • Asynchronous broadcast
  • Jitter at start of exposure
  • Sequence mode
    • How is sequence mode implemented?
      • Setup mode
      • Sequence step mode
      • SeqMode description
      • Sequence repeat counter
      • Manual stepping & reset
    • Which sequence mode features are available?
      • Setup mode
      • I/O controlled sequence stepping mode
      • I/O controlled sequence pointer reset
      • I/O controlled sequence stepping mode and I/O controlled sequence pointer reset via software command
    • Points to pay attention to when working with a sequence
    • Changing the parameters within a sequence
    • Points to pay attention to when changing the parameters
  • Secure image signature (SIS): definition and scenarios
    • SIS: Definition
    • SIS: Scenarios
• Video formats, modes and bandwidth
  • Stingray F-033B / Stingray F-033C and board level F-033B BL / F-033C BL
  • Stingray F-046B / Stingray F-046C and board level F-046B BL / F-046C BL
  • Stingray F-080B / Stingray F-080C and board level F-080B BL / F-080C BL
  • Stingray F-125B / Stingray F-125C and board level F-125B BL / F-125C BL
  • Stingray F-145B / Stingray F-145C and board level F-145B BL / F-145C BL
  • Stingray F-146B / Stingray F-146C and board level F-146B BL / F-146C BL
  • Stingray F-201B / Stingray F-201C and board level F-201B BL / F-201C BL
  • Stingray F-504B / Stingray F-504C and board level F-504B BL / F-504C BL
  • Area of interest (AOI)
    • Autofunction AOI
  • Frame rates
    • Frame rates Format_7
    • Stingray F-033/F-033 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-046/F-046 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-080/F-080 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-125/F-125 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-145/F-145 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-146/F-146 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-201/F-201 BL: AOI frame rates
    • Stingray F-504/F-504 BL: AOI frame rates
• How does bandwidth affect the frame rate?
  • Example formula for the b/w camera
  • Test images
    • Loading test images
    • Test images for b/w cameras
    • Test images for color cameras
      • YUV4:2:2 mode
      • Mono8 (raw data)
• Configuration of the camera
  • Camera_Status_Register
    • Example
    • Sample program
      • Example FireGrab
      • Example FireStack API
  • Configuration ROM
  • Implemented registers (IIDC V1.31)
    • Camera initialize register
    • Inquiry register for video format
    • Inquiry register for video mode
    • Inquiry register for video frame rate and base address
    • Inquiry register for basic function
    • Inquiry register for feature presence
    • Inquiry register for feature elements
    • Status and control registers for camera
    • Inquiry register for absolute value CSR offset address
    • Status and control register for one-push
    • Feature control error status register
    • Video mode control and status registers for Format_7
      • Quadlet offset Format_7 Mode_0
      • Quadlet offset Format_7 Mode_1
      • Format_7 control and status register (CSR)
    • Temperature register
  • Advanced features (AVT-specific)
    • Advanced registers summary
    • Extended version information register
    • Advanced feature inquiry
    • Camera status
    • Maximum resolution
    • Time base
    • Extended shutter
    • Test images
    • Look-up tables (LUT)
      • Loading a look-up table into the camera
    • Shading correction
      • Reading or writing shading image from/into the camera
      • Automatic generation of a shading image
      • Memory channel error codes
    • Deferred image transport
    • Frame information
    • Defect pixel correction
    • Input/output pin control
    • Delayed Integration Enable (IntEna)
    • Auto shutter control
    • Auto gain control
    • Autofunction AOI
    • Color correction
    • Trigger delay
    • Mirror image
    • Soft reset
    • High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio)
    • Maximum ISO packet size
    • Quick parameter change timing modes
      • Standard Parameter Update Timing
      • Quick Format Change Mode
      • Automatic reset of the UpdActive flag
    • Parameter-List Update
    • Format_7 mode mapping
      • Example
    • Low noise binning mode (2 x and 4 x binning)
    • Secure image signature (SIS)
      • Advanced register: SIS
      • Examples: cycle time
      • Advanced register: frame counter
      • Advanced register: trigger counter
      • Where to find cycle time, frame counter and trigger counter in the image
      • Where to find all SIS values in the image
    • Software feature control (disable LEDs)
      • Disable LEDs
    • User profiles
      • Error codes
      • Reset of error codes
      • Stored settings
    • Pulse-width modulation (PWM): Stingray housing and board level cameras
    • GPDATA_BUFFER
      • Little endian vs. big endian byte order
• Appendix
  • Sensor position accuracy of AVT FireWire cameras
• Firmware update
  • Extended version number (FPGA/µC)
• Index