Manual: CMOS Industrial Camera LOGLUX® i5

Version 1.08 (04/07)

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Question: In what format are the single images stored?

Answer: The LuxWare configuration tool offers four standard formats for storing single camera frames:

∙ *.TIFF format: the lowermost eight bits (MSB) per pixel are stored.

∙ *.PNG format: In 8-bit images, the lowermost eight bits (MSB) of each pixel are stored; in 10/12/14/16-bit images, 16 bits (MSB) are stored.

∙ *.PGM format: In 8-bit images, the lowermost eight bits (MSB) of each pixel are stored; in 10/12/14/16-bit images, 16 bits (MSB) are stored. In addition, the PGM file contains a file header in which, among others, the pixel format and the image geometry are stored.

∙ *.PPM format: the RGB values are stored as ASCII data.

Question: How does the LuxWare software communicate with the camera?

Answer: The software uses a scriptable ASCII log; for the description see chapter 'Description of the LOGLUX® i5 CL communication log'.

Question: What does the error message „Invalid value read, maybe camera not initialised“ mean?

Answer: A register read by the LuxWare configuration software contains an invalid value. In this case, you should initialize the active profile using the values of one of the pre-defined profiles, or copy the values of another profile to the active profile.

Question: Is framegrabber 'xyz' supported?

Answer: CameraLink™ framegrabbers are supported in two ways. KAMERA WERK DRESDEN GmbH offer several CameraLink™ framegrabbers which are supported by the LuxWare configuration tool. Other CameraLink™ framegrabbers may be used to configure the

LOGLUX® i5 CL camera by means of the INI file of the LuxWare configuration tool (see Adding a non-supported CameraLink™ framegrabber').

Question: Why does my supported framegrabber communicate so slowly or faultily?

Answer: Depending on the framegrabber used, more or less faults occur as regards the framegrabber's support of the serial API. This may result in a slow-down of the communication or in a faulty communication with the camera. The remedy is to use the serial COM port of the LOGLUX® i5 CL camera (see 'Using software-supported framegrabbers on the serial COM port of the LOGLUX® i5 CL camera ').

Question: My LOGLUX® i5 CL camera is connected but not detected. Why?

Answer: First check if the host system (PC/IPC) and camera as well as camera and power supply unit are properly connected. Moreover, make sure the system load on the hardware of the

host system is as low as possible during the LOGLUX® i5 CL search process since too heavy a load might result in an exceeding of the communication time.

Adding a non-supported CameraLink™ framegrabber

If your CameraLink™ framegrabber is not supported by the LuxWare configuration tool, the INI file of

the software may be used for configuring the LOGLUX® i5 CL camera.

To this end, modify the INI file 'LuxConfig.ini' - it is found in the same directory as the configuration tool - as follows, and add the following lines, using a simple text editor:

[GenericCameraLinkDevice]

InterfaceLibrary=clser<xxx>.dll

MinPortId=<MinPort>

MaxPortId=<MaxPort>

Description=<My own powerful framegabber> Explanation of the individual lines:

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