USB2.0 cameras cannot save camera settings onto camera. It is necessary to make setting file on PC.
USB2.0 board cameras (STC-SB/SCxxxUSB) cameras can save camera settings onto camera, save setting file on PC.
USB2.0 board cameras have defective pixel detection function and coordination of defective pixel can be save onto camera.
*The coordination of defective pixel cannot save to setting file.
The camrea settings can save to file with StCamSWare by below procedure.
How to save settings file on PC with StCamSWare
1. Selects “Setting” on “Option” on menu.
2. Selects “Save” button on “Setting” window.
3-1. When selecting “Yes” on “Save As Initial Setting For This Camera Type?” message, saving camera settings file loads and applys automatically from power on camera next time.
The camera settings load and apply automatically is not necessary, please delete below file.
StCamSWare.cfg at C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\Sentech\StCamSWare
3-2. When selecting “No” on “Save As Initial Setting For This Camera Type?” message, sets filen name and selects saving folder then camera settings file saves onto PC.
Please selects “Load” button on “Setting” window then selects camera settings file to load when loading saved camera settings file.
How to save settings onto camera
1. Selects “Setting” on “Option” on menu.
2. Selects “EEPROM” tab on “Setting” window.
3. Selects one of five button to save/load camera settings.
[Save[Standard]]:The camera settings excluding coordination of defective pixels, save onto camera.
[Save[Defect Pixel Position]]:The coordination of defective pixels save onto camera.Please save coodination of defective pixels after detected defective pixles.
[Load[Standard]]:The camera settings excluding coordination of defective pixels, load from camera.
[Load[Defect Pixel Position]]:The coordination of defective pixels load from camera.
[Reset Facotry Default]:The factory default camera settings loads and save onto camera.
The camera operates with camera settings that save onto camera.
If StCamSWare.cfg file exists on “C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\Sentech\StCamSWare”, camera power on with settings of “StCamSWare.cfg” automatically even changed camera settings were save to camera.
To power on camera with camera settings, “StCamSWare.cfg” file should not exist on “C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\Sentech\StCamSWare”.
The camera settings of USB2.0 can go back to factory default settings with StCamSWare by below procedure.
1. Selects “Setting” under “Option” on menu.
2. Selects “Reset” button on “Setting” window.
The frame rate of USB2.0 camera can be reduce to “1/2” or “1/4” with StCamSWare.
* The frame rate of USB2.0 camera cannot change to variable frame rate as USB3 Vision cameras.
1. Selects “Setting” under “Option” on menu then selects “Advanced” button on “Setting” window.
2. Opens “Other” tab then selects “1/2” or “1/4” at “Clock”.
USB/GigE Vision cameras use Bayer CMOS image sensor.
The greenish image is acquired when selecting “OFF” at white balance or white balance settings are not appropriate.
Please adjusts white balance by following procedure:
The following is white balance adjustment procedure with StViewer (for USB3 Vision and GigE Vision)
1. Selects “Once” or “Continuous” at “Balance White Auto” under “AnalogControl” under “RemoteDevice” after stop image acquisition.
“Once”: White balance adjust automatically once
“Continuous”: White balance adjust continuously
The following is white balance adjustment procedure with StCamSWare (for USB3.0 and USB2.0)
1. Selects “Setting” under “Option” in menu of StCamSWare, then selects “Advanced” button on setting window.
2. Selects “WhiteBalance” Tab then selects one of “Manual”, “FullAuto” and “OneShot”.
“Manual”: White balance adjust manually
“FullAuto”: Whita balance adjust continuously
“OneShot”: White balance adjust automatically once