Please check LED condition on camera(LED of cable connecting connector is light on Green or blinking green).
Some CoaXPress frame grabber board need to change firmware to change operation mode (1lane or 4lane).
Please check applicable firmware of CoaXPress frame garabber board with software tool provide by frame grabber manufacture.
STC-CMx401CXP and STC-CMx120ACXP cameras are CXP-6 fixed camera and cannot change this.
STC-CMx401CXP cameras are CXP-6 1lane camera (one DIN connector on camera).
The camera cannot change to CXP-6 4lane configuration.
The dll files of Sentech SDK is copied as below folder if installation folder did not change while Sentech SDK installation:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\OMRON_SENTECH
When starting StViewr, original image (x1 magnification image) is displaying and only some part of image is displaying with some camera.
It is necessary to use zoom function of StViewer to display whole image. Selects resize magnification to display whole image.
Selects resize magnification to display whole image with following procedure:
1. Right click on acquisition image then selects “Fixed Zoom” under “Zoom”.
2. “1/8”, “1/4” and “1/2” resize magnification are selectable.
The image can resize with zoom function of StViewer.
Only displaying image resize with zoom function and save image is original none resize image.
The displaying image can be resized with following procedure:
1. Right click on acquisition image then selects “Fixed Zoom” under “Zoom”.
2. “1/8”, “1/4” and “1/2” resize magnification are selectable.
The unit for shutter speed (exposure time) is us (microsecond).
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
Sentech SDK supports Python.
Please check version of Python then download necessary files from software download.
*It is necessary to install Sentech SDK to control camera with Python.
The camera settings on “Romote Device” are UserSet save settings.
The camera settings on other than “Remote Device” do not save to UserSet.
The camera settings on other than “Remote Device” need to set/select when it is necessary, or
it is necessary to make software with Sentech SDK, to save settings.