Document Outline

• Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
• Introduction
  • Document history
  • Manual overview
  • Conventions used in this manual
    • Styles
    • Symbols
  • More information
  • Before operation
• Guppy PRO 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 Guppy PRO cameras
      • Example 2: More than one Guppy PRO 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
  • Guppy PRO F-031B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-032B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-033B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-046B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-095C
  • Guppy PRO F-125B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-146B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-201B/C
  • Guppy PRO F-503B/C
  • Spectral sensitivity
• Camera dimensions
  • Guppy PRO standard housing (1 x 1394b copper)
  • Tripod adapter
  • Cross section: C-Mount
  • Adjustment of C-Mount
• Camera interfaces
  • IEEE 1394b port pin assignment
  • Camera I/O connector pin assignment
  • Status LEDs
    • Normal conditions
    • Error conditions
  • Control and video data signals
    • Inputs
      • Triggers
    • Input/output pin control
      • IO_INP_CTRL 1
      • Trigger delay
    • Outputs
      • IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-3
      • Output modes
    • Pulse-width modulation
      • PWM: minimal and maximal periods and frequencies
      • PWM: Examples in practice
  • Pixel data
    • Description of video data formats
• 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)
  • Mirror function (only Guppy PRO F-503)
  • Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function
    • Loading an LUT into the camera
  • Defect pixel correction (only Guppy PRO F-503B/C)
    • 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
  • Binning (only b/w cameras; F-503: also color cameras)
    • 2 x binning (F-503 also 4 x)
    • Vertical binning
    • Horizontal binning
    • 2 x full binning (F-503 also 4 x full binning)
  • Sub-sampling (only F-503B/C and CCD cameras b/w)
    • What is sub-sampling?
    • Which Guppy PRO models have sub-sampling?
    • Description of sub-sampling
  • Binning and sub-sampling access (F-503 only)
  • Packed 12-Bit Mode
  • Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing)
  • 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 to YUV)
  • Bulk Trigger
  • Level Trigger
• Controlling image capture
  • Global shutter (CCD cameras only)
  • Electronic rolling shutter (ERS) and global reset release shutter (GRR) (only Guppy PRO F-503)
  • Trigger modes
    • Trigger_Mode_0 (edge mode) and Trigger_Mode_1 (level mode)
      • Guppy PRO F-503, Trigger_Mode_0, electronic rolling shutter
      • Guppy PRO F-503, Trigger_Mode_0, global reset release shutter
    • Bulk trigger (Trigger_Mode_15)
    • Trigger delay
      • Trigger delay advanced register
    • Software trigger
    • Debounce
    • Debounce time
  • Exposure time (shutter) and offset
    • Exposure time of Guppy PRO F-503 (CMOS)
    • Exposure time offset
    • Minimum exposure time
      • Example: Guppy PRO F-031
    • 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
• Video formats, modes and bandwidth
  • Guppy PRO F-031B / Guppy PRO F-031C
  • Guppy PRO F-032B / Guppy PRO F-032C
  • Guppy PRO F-033B / Guppy PRO F-033C
  • Guppy PRO F-046B / Guppy PRO F-046C
  • Guppy PRO F-095C
  • Guppy PRO F-125B / Guppy PRO F-125C
  • Guppy PRO F-146B / Guppy PRO F-146C
  • Guppy PRO F-201B / Guppy PRO F-201C
  • Guppy PRO F-503B / Guppy PRO F-503C
  • Area of interest (AOI)
    • Autofunction AOI
  • Frame rates
    • Frame rates Format_7
    • Guppy PRO F-031: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-032: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-033: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-046: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-095: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-125: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-146: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-201: AOI frame rates
    • Guppy PRO F-503: 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)
  • 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
    • 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
    • Maximum ISO packet size
    • Format_7 mode mapping (only Guppy PRO F-503)
      • Example
    • Low-noise binning mode (2 x and 4 x binning) (only Guppy PRO F-503)
    • Software feature control (disable LED)
      • Disable LEDs
    • User profiles
      • Error codes
      • Reset of error codes
      • Stored settings
    • Pulse-width modulation (PWM)
    • Global reset release shutter (only Guppy PRO F-503)
    • GPDATA_BUFFER
      • Little endian vs. big endian byte order
• Firmware update
  • Extended version number (FPGA/µC)
• Appendix
  • Sensor position accuracy of AVT Guppy PRO cameras
• Index