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Unibrain Fire-i industrial firewire cameras
Models: 501/511/601/701/702/810
User Operation Manual
Version 3.0 July 2008
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Legal Notice For Customers in U.S.A. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference
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Before You Start This manual should help you in installation and setting of the camera and we recommend you to carefully follow the instruction described. To ensure that your warranty remains valid, read the manual carefully before using the camera. DO NOT disassemble, modify or repair the camera since there is no user serviceable part inside and may void warranty. For prevention of fire or electric shock DO NOT remove screws or cover from the camera. Operation in wet are is NOT reco
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Table of contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Dimensions and Description................................................................................................................................
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3. Basic Operation and Features .......................................................................................... 27 3.1. Brightness .............................................................................................................................................................. 27 3.2. Auto Exposure Control ............................................................................................................................................ 28 3.3. Sharpness .
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4. Advanced Features .......................................................................................................... 47 4.1. Binning Mode ......................................................................................................................................................... 47 4.1.1. Vertical Binning ................................................................................................................................................. 47 4.1.2. Horizon
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6.4. Fire-i 501/511 ......................................................................................................................................................... 72 7. Trouble Shooting ............................................................................................................. 73 7.1. Hardware Related Issues ......................................................................................................................................... 73 8. Technica
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 1 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview Unibrain’s new Fire-i IIDC 1394a camera series opens up a new horizon on digital image processing by providing more features in a small and robust form factor while maintaining the cost effectiveness and high quality. All models are lined up by a wide range of resolution equipped with Firewire interface and trigger to suit the need for every application. Large selection of cameras is availab
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 2 1.2. Dimensions and Description Camera Body Size : 64 (w) x 64 (H) x 60 (D) mm Camera Body Weight: approx. 300 gram Operation Temperature: -5°C ~ 45°C / Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 65°C Avoid operation in environment of high humidity over 90% and allow sufficient airflow. 1.2.1. FireWire Port The industry standard Firewire (IEEE-1394) port has the following pin assign. Data and control on the camera is operated vi
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 3 1.2.2. Trigger Connector Port The External Trigger Connector provides the access to multiple I/O and also provides power as a secondary source. The trigger pin layout differs depending on the model: A) Fire-i 501/511/601: Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Power GND 7 Tx RS232 2 Ext. Power (+12V) 8 GND 3 GND 9 NC 4 NC 10 Ext. Trigger 5 GND 11 Strobe 6 Rx RS232 12 GND Note: NC pins must have no connection B) Fire-i 701/702/
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 4 1.3. Electrical Operating Condition The new SXGA and UXGA models feature optocoupler (or Photo-coupler) while the VGA/XGA models still use TTL for trigger and strobe. Trigger (Fire-i 501/511/601): Recommended Trigger Example Camera Side User Side External Trigger Pin FT Series Camera Trigger GND Pin Opto. Coupler Electrical Specification Strobe (Fire-i 501/511/601): Recommended Strobe Example Camera Side User
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 5 Trigger (Fire-i 701/702/810): Parameter Min Typical Max I 7 mA 10 mA 20 mA Ri - 270 Ω - Vd - 1.08 V - Rising trigger delay 2.24 us 3.34 us 3.36 us Falling trigger delay 2.62 us 3.61 us 3.64 us Strobe (Fire-i 701/702/810): Strobe Power Strobe falling delay Strobe rising delay 5 V 26.8 us 2.16 us 12 V 7.6 us 2.8 us 24 V 3.6 us 3.4 us
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 6 1.4. Pixel Data The Unibrain Fire-i cameras comply with the IIDC 1394-Based Digital Camera Specification v1.31 where data packets are transmitted by Firewire interface as isochronous packets. Every video format, mode and frame rate has different video data format. (Pixel data source: IIDC V1.31 Specification) Isochronous Data Block Packet Format 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 23 24 - 31 Data Length tg channel tCode Sy Header CRC
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 7 U-(K+Pn-8) Y-(K+Pn-8) Y-(K+Pn-7) V-(K+Pn-8) Y-(K+Pn-6) Y-(K+Pn-5) U-(K+Pn-4) Y-(K+Pn-4) Y-(K+Pn-3) V-(K+Pn-4) Y-(K+Pn-2) Y-(K+Pn-1) Y-(K+0) Y-(K+1) Y-(K+2) Y-(K+3) Y-(K+4) Y-(K+5) Y-(K+6) Y-(K+7) Y-(K+Pn-8) Y-(K+Pn-7) Y-(K+Pn-6) Y-(K+Pn-5) Y-(K+Pn-4) V-(K+Pn-3) Y-(K+Pn-2) Y-(K+Pn-1) High Byte Low Byte Y-(K+0) Y-(K+1) Y-(K+2) Y-(K+3) Y-(K+Pn-4) Y-(K+Pn-3) V-(K+Pn-2) Y
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 8 Each component has 8 bit data. The data type is “Straight Binary” Signal Level (Decimal) Data (Hexadecimal) Highest(+) 127 0xFF 126 0xFE . . . . 1 0x81 Lowest 0 0x80 -1 0x7F . . . . -127 0x01 Lowest -128 0x00 Y component has 16 bit data. The data type is “Unsigned Short(big-endian)” Y Signal Level (Decimal) Data (Hexadecimal) Highest 65535 0xFFFF 65534 0xFFFE . . .
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 9 2. Unibrain Fire-i industrial camera specifications 2.1. Black and White Cameras 2.1.1. Fire-i 810b Specification Features Image Sensor /Scanning 1/1.8 ” Interline CCD (ICX274AL), Progressive Scan Effective Pixels 2,010,000 pixels 1628(H) x 1236(V) Picture Size 1600x1200, 1280x960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size 4.40 um x 4.40 um 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 16 (1600 x 1200, Format 7 mode 0) Real Fram
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 10 2.1.2. Fire-i 701b Specification Features Image Sensor 1/2 ” Interline CCD (ICX205AL) Effective Pixels 1,450,000 pixels 1392(H) x 1040(V) Picture Size 1392x1040, 1280x960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size 4.65 um x 4.65 um 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 20 (1388 x 1040, Format 7 mode 0) Real Frame Rate 35 (1388 x 520, Format 7 mode 0) 37(688 x 516, Format 7 mode 1 2x2 binning) 37(1384 x 516, Format 7 mod
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 11 2.1.3. Fire-i 702b Specification Features Image Sensor 2/3 ” Interline CCD (ICX285AL) Effective Pixels 1,450,000 pixels 1392(H) x 1040(V) Picture Size 1392x1040, 1280x960, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size 6.45um x 6.45 um 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 20 (1388 x 1040, Format 7 mode 0) Real Frame Rate 35 (1388 x 520, Format 7 mode 0) 37(688 x 516, Format 7 mode 1 2x2 binning) 37(1384 x 516, Format 7 mode
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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual Page 12 2.1.4. Fire-i 601b Specification Features Image Sensor Type 1/3 inch Interline CCD (ICX204AL) Effective pixels 800,000 pixels 1034(H) x 779(V) Picture Size 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240 Cell Size(um) 4.65 um x 4.65 um 30, 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.875 / Y8, Y16 36 (1024 x 768, Format 7 mode 0) Real Frame Rate 63 (1024 x 384, Format 7 mode 0) 69 (512 x 384, Format7 mode 1, 2x2 binning) 69 (1024 x 384, Format7 mode 2, 1x2
