Instruction manual
Guppy PRO Technical ManualV4.1.0
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Auto shutter ................................................................................................................ 86
Auto gain.................................................................................................................... 87
Manual gain ................................................................................................................ 90
Brightness (black level or offset) ..................................................................................... 90
Mirror function (only Guppy PRO F-503) ............................................................................ 91
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function .......................................................................... 92
Loading an LUT into the camera .................................................................................. 94
Defect pixel correction
(only Guppy PRO F-503B/C) ............................................................................................ 95
Building defect pixel data .......................................................................................... 96
Grab an image with defect pixel data........................................................................ 97
Calculate defect pixel coordinates ........................................................................... 97
Reset values (resolution, shutter, gain, brightness).................................................... 97
Activate/deactivate defect pixel correction ................................................................... 98
Store defect pixel data non-volatile ............................................................................. 98
Load non-volatile stored defect pixel data..................................................................... 98
Send defect pixel data to the host................................................................................ 98
Receive defect pixel data from the host......................................................................... 98
Binning (only b/w cameras; F-503: also color cameras)........................................................ 98
2 x binning (F-503 also 4 x)........................................................................................ 98
Vertical binning ...................................................................................................... 100
Horizontal binning .................................................................................................. 102
2 x full binning (F-503 also 4 x full binning) ................................................................. 104
Sub-sampling (only F-503B/C and CCD cameras b/w) .......................................................... 106
What is sub-sampling?.............................................................................................. 106
Which Guppy PRO models have sub-sampling?............................................................... 106
Description of sub-sampling ...................................................................................... 106
Binning and sub-sampling access (F-503 only) .................................................................. 110
Packed 12-Bit Mode ..................................................................................................... 113
Color interpolation (Bayer demosaicing) .......................................................................... 114
Hue and saturation ...................................................................................................... 115
Color correction .......................................................................................................... 115
Why color correction? .......................................................................................... 115
Color correction in Allied Vision cameras ................................................................. 116
Color correction: formula...................................................................................... 116
GretagMacbeth ColorChecker................................................................................. 116
Changing color correction coefficients .................................................................... 116
Switch color correction on/off ............................................................................... 117
Color conversion (RGB to YUV)........................................................................................ 118
Bulk trigger................................................................................................................ 118
Level trigger............................................................................................................... 118
Controlling image capture.......................................................................... 119
Global shutter (CCD cameras only) .................................................................................. 119
Electronic rolling shutter (ERS) and global reset release shutter (GRR) (only Guppy PRO F-503) .. 120
Trigger modes ............................................................................................................. 121
Trigger_Mode_0 (edge mode) and Trigger_Mode_1 (level mode) ...................................... 121