Pco pco.edge 4.2 bi, pco.edge 4.2 bi UV User Manual
pco.
pco.
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edge 4.2 bi
pco.edge 4.2 bi UV
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Released: July 2019 © PCO AG
pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV) user manual V1.00 © PCO AG, Germany
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 4
1.1 INTENDED USE 4
1.2 CONVENTIONS 4
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 5
3. SYSTEM COMPONENTS 6
4. INSTALLATION 7
4.1 DRIVER 7
4.2 CAMWARE SOFTWARE 8
5. QUICK START 9
5.1 PREPARATION 9
5.2 START 9
5.3 FIRST IMAGE 10
6. ROLLING SHUTTER 11
7. CAMWARE 4 SOFTWARE 15
7.1 HARDWARE IO CONTROL 15
APPENDIX 17
A1 TECHNICAL DATA 18
A1.1 DATA SHEET 18
A1.2 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS 19
A1.3 REAR PANEL 20
A2 HARDWARE MOUNTING 21
A2.1 USB CARD INSTALLATION 21
A2.2 CABLE MOUNTING 22
A2.3 DIRECT CAMERA MOUNTING 23
A3 F-MOUNT ADAPTER 24
A3.1 PCO F-MOUNT ADAPTER 24
A3.2 CHANGE FROM F-MOUNT TO C-MOUNT 25
A4 WATER COOLING OPTION PCO.AQUAMATIC II 26
A4.1 SYSTEM COMPONENTS 26
A4.2 FIRST TIME INSTALLATION 27
A4.3 OPERATION 28
A4.4 DIMENSIONS 29
A4.5 YOUR OWN COOLING SYSTEM 29
A5 CUSTOMER SERVICE 30
A5.1 SERVICE 30
A5.2 MAINTENANCE 30
A5.3 RECYCLING 30
A5.4 TROUBLE SHOOTING 31
A6 INDEX 32
ABOUT PCO 33
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bold italics
Terms that can be found in the software pco.camware
Features
Heading within a chapter
A1.3
Bold chapter: hyperlink to a chapter
Numbers that help to find functions quickly
Notes that must be observed
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1. INTRODUCTION
Advantages of the pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV)
Features
Innovations aren’t always about having that one big new idea. Unique
technology also comes from evolution, combining existing and new
technology. When our tried and trusted pco.edge series pools forces
with modern back illuminated (bi) sensor technology, the result is our
pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV).
The adjustable cooling system allows the use of air or water to cool
the sensor down to -25 °C. At this temperature, the dark current is
reduced to 0.2 e-/pixel/s.
According to your application you can choose an input window
specialized either for the UV or VIS range. High resolution and 6.5 x
6.5 μm² pixel size guarantees high-quality images with quantum
efficiency up to 95 %. The pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV) incorporates a
powerful USB 3.1 interface complementing its performance.
Main Features
1.1 INTENDED USE
1.2 CONVENTIONS
• Resolution: 2048 x 2048 pixels
• Superior quantum efficiency up to 95 %
• 26667:1 dynamic range
• lowest dark current (typ.) 0.2 e-/pixel/s
• USB 3.1 interface
This camera system is designed for use by technicians, engineers
and scientists. It is a scientific measuring instrument, which provides
images. The camera may only be used according to the instructions
of this manual. The disclosures and operating conditions in these
operating instructions installation must be respected. Unauthorized
modifications and changes of the device are forbidden for safety
reasons.
The following typographic conventions are used in this manual:
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2 SAFETY
NOTICE
NOTICE
NOTICE
NOTICE
NOTICE
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
CAUTION
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read the safety instructions completely and follow them strictly.
DAMAGED POWER CABLE OR POWER PLUG
Danger to life due to electric shock.
Each time the camera is used, check the power cable for
damage.
ELECTRIC SHOCK WARNING DUE TO VOLTAGE PARTS INSIDE
Risk of injury due to electric shock.
Never slide any items through slits or holes into the camera.
MOISTURE
Risk of injury due to electric shock if moisture enters the camera.
To avoid the risk of water condensation, protect the camera
against extreme changes of ambient temperature.
TRIPPING HAZARD
Risk of injury from tripping over loose cables.
Never position the cable in a way that it could become a
tripping hazard.
HUMIDITY, DUST OR RADIATION
NOTICE
Humidity, dust or X-rays could damage the camera.
Never operate the camera in humid or dusty environments
or in places with high levels of x-ray radiation.
JOLT & VIBRATION
To avoid damaging the camera it must be firmly mounted and
protected against strong shocks or vibrations.
Use the camera's mounting threads to secure it.
LENS MOUNTING
Screw in the lens gently to avoid thread damage.
To protect the lens connector thread from damage, use
minimal force when attaching a lens to the camera.
LIQUIDS DAMAGE CAMERA
If liquids have penetrated the device.
Switch the camera off immediately, detach it from power and
contact PCO's customer support.
DAMAGED CAMERA HOUSING
If the camera has been dropped or the camera body is damaged.
Switch the camera off immediately, detach it from power and
contact PCO's customer support.
IF CAMERA IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY
In case all actions following this manual to get the camera working
properly were unsuccessful.
Switch the camera off immediately, detach it from power and
contact PCO's customer support.
INSTRUCTIONS
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• Power connector
Mounting Thread
USB 3.1 Cable
Power Supply & Power Cord
3. SYSTEM COMPONENTS
The camera system includes the following parts.
Camera
• F-mount / C-mount optical connection
• For standard C-mount / F-mount lenses and adapters
Rear Panel
• USB 3.1 Type C connector
• LED indicates camera status (see A1.3)
• SMA connectors
Serial Number Tag
• 1x 1/4"- 20 UNC
• USB Type A / USB Type C screwable cable
• Length 3 m
USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1 Interface Card
• 2x USB Type A socket
• PCI Express x1 V2.0
• Output: 24 VDC / 36W / 1.5A
• Connector: Lemo FGG.0B
• Voltage input: 115 VAC - 230 VAC; IEC 60320 C14 plug
• Power cord IEC 60320 C13
Digital Camera Tools (USB flash drive content)
• pco.camware: software for camera control & image acquisition
• Camera driver & tools
• Software Development Kit (SDK) & demo programs in C and C++
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4 INSTALLATION
• Intel® Core™ i7
• Full-HD resolution display
• RAM > 8 GB DDR3
• USB 3.1 Gen1
• Windows 7 or higher
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4. INSTALLATION
You find all necessary files on the accompanying USB flash drive.
You may also download the latest versions of our software, camera
driver and third party software drivers from our Website
(www.pco.de).
Minimum System Requirements:
4.1 DRIVER
Install PCO USB 3.0/3.1 Driver
Always install the latest USB driver version. After these two screens
the driver is completely installed.
NVIDIA Cuda Driver
Only relevant if an NVIDIA graphics card is used! GPU Processing is
only working with NVIDIA graphics cards.
Update your NVIDIA driver for pco.camware. In case of an old driver
version GPU Processing is not working. Therefore image processing
is slow.
Check if GPU Processing is activated by having
a look into the Proc config settings in the
Convert Control window (see pco.camware
manual).
If GPU Processing is disabled and greyed out,
update your NVIDIA driver.
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4.2 CAMWARE SOFTWARE
The pco.camware application software enables to control every
camera parameter or setting. Images can be displayed on a monitor
and may be downloaded and stored. The USB flash drive contains
the installation files for the software for latest Windows operating
systems in 32 & 64 bit.
After a successful installation, you find the program file Digital
Camera Toolbox in your program directory and a pco.camware 32 /
64 button on your desktop.
To uninstall the pco.camware program, use the software feature
under Windows’ system control.
Follow the Installation Wizard
• Install as admin to install to program folder, otherwise it is
installed only to user folder
• Choose install directory
• Choose components: select additional drivers (not recommended
for pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV))
• After the next two screens installation is complete
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5. QUICK START
5.1 PREPARATION
START
In order to get familiar with your new camera and software it might be
helpful, if you first aim at an object that is easy to focus and that can
be seen at standard light conditions.
• Computer is turned on
• Installation is finished (see chapter 4)
• An appropriate lens is attached (remove cap) or the camera is
attached properly to the microscope, spectrograph or other
scientific device
• Camera is connected to the PC
5.2 START
Start pco.camware and the graphical user interface starts up:
NOTE
Always install latest pco.camware version to be able to use full
function of your camera (www.pco.de/support
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5.3 FIRST IMAGE
Follow the Instructions
• pco.camware must be started
• A View Window is shown automatically or open a new one
• Start Live Preview
• Right-click in the view window & apply Continuous Auto Range
• You may adjust Exposure time , aperture and focus of the
mounted lens
• Now you should clearly see the object in the window
To change Exposure time (e.g. the
image is still either too dark or too
bright) and to record and save
images, see pco.camware manual
for detailed information.
NOTE
Live preview: useful for fast and easy camera adjustment and
focusing.
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6 ROLLING
pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV)
NOTE
exposure and
delay time can be
adjusted in steps of
6. ROLLING SHUTTER
The pco.edge 4.2 bi (UV) uses the rolling shutter mode. In this mode
the pixel reset and exposure start is carried out line by line. Each line
has the same exposure time, but a different start and end of
exposure. Within one line, the exposure starts simultaneously for all
pixels.
The exposure time of each line starts with the corresponding reset of
the line. Then after a predefined time (exposure time), the exposure is
stopped. The light induced accumulated charge carriers of the pixels
in a line are recorded into memory in a low noise (readout) mode. This
way the content of the pixels is assembled in the memory to form the
complete image.
The diagram shows different signal timing settings (see chapter 7.1).
During Show common time of ‘All Lines’ the image sensor is
completely exposed to light. The labels Show time of ‘First Line’
and ‘Last Line’ are the setting for the first / last exposed line and
Show overall time of ‘All Lines’ for the entire exposure period.
There are two different timing cases for rolling shutter mode, which
are explained on the following pages:
• exposure time > sensor readout time
• exposure time < sensor readout time
Rolling Shutter General Timing Diagram
SHUTTER
The
one line time.
Timing
Camera Exposure time Delay time Line time
USB 3.1
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10 μs … 20 s 0 … 5 s 12.174 μs
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