PCO camera
Introduction
PCO camera systems
PCO develops specialized fast and sensitive video camera systems, mainly for scientific applications; which covers digital camera systems with high dynamic range, high resolution, high speed and low noise. PCO home page
Product overview and technical data of the PCO cameras supported in LIMA
PCO.dimax: High speed 12 bit CMOS camera with fast image rates of 1469 frames per second (fps) at full resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixel. (tech data pcodimax)
PCO.edge: Extremely low noise sCMOS camera with fast frame rates (100 fps), wide dynamic range (1:27000), high quantum efficiency, high resolution (2560 x 2160) and large field of view. (tech data pcoedge)
PCO.2000: High resolution (2048 x 2048 pixel) and low noise 14bit CCD cooled camera system with internal image memory (camRAM), allows fast image recording with 160 MB/s. The available exposure times range from 500 ns to 49 days. (tech data pco2000)
PCO.4000: High resolution (4008 x 2672 pixel) and low noise 14bit CCD cooled camera system with internal image memory (camRAM), allows fast image recording with 128 MB/s. The available exposure times range from 5 us to 49 days. (tech data)
Interface buses
Cameralink: used by PCO.dimax and PCO.edge
Cameralink HS: used by PCO.edge
USB3.0: used by PCO.edge
GigE: used by PCO.2000 and PCO.4000
Type of applications
Mainly used in scientific applications.
OS supported
Win7 Professional (english) 64 bits SP1.
Prerequisites
Required software packages
download links
md5 checksum and size of packges used (maybe not updated)
Silicon Software Runtime 5.4.4
f8317c5145bac803f142c51b7c54ba27 RuntimeSetup_with_Applets_v5.4.4_Win64.exe
pco-sdk 1.20
eb73ab0495a66c068c408344e20c8ad9 read_me.txt
69a8f5667b71a8cf206d782e20f526ab SW_PCOSDKWIN_120.exe
CAMWARE v403_1
a9f8b2e465b7702ff727ba349ef327e8 SW_CAMWAREWIN64_403_1.exe
VC++ compiler
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1
Installed Edition: Professional
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 91605-270-4441125-60040
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
Python
8d10ff41492919ae93a989aba4963d14 numpy-MKL-1.8.1.win-amd64-py2.7.exe
5a38820953d38db6210a90e58f85548d PyTango-8.0.4.win-amd64-py2.7.exe
b73f8753c76924bc7b75afaa6d304645 python-2.7.6.amd64.msi
pco edge CLHS / for firmware upgrade to 1.19
9790828ce5265bab8b89585d8b8e83a9 pco.programmer_edgeHS.exe
b9266e03a04ac9a9ff835311f0e27d94 pco_clhs_info.exe
7e2f767684fb4ffaf5a5fac1af0c7679 sc2_clhs.dll
2ed778785489846fd141f968dca3735b README.txt
6bdb7a27b0d7738762c878a33983dada /FW_pco.edge_CLHS_020_V01_19.ehs
UTILS
38ba677d295b4b6c17368bb86b661103 FileZilla_3.22.1_win64-setup_bundled.exe
0377ccd0a3283617d161f24d080fb105 Git-1.9.0-preview20140217.exe
3cbd2488210b6e7b3e7fa1baf05022d4 MobaXterm_Setup_7.1.msi
Enviroment variables
system variables
===> add manually the python path (it is not set by the installation program)
PATH -> C:\Python26;
===> used for some utility batch files
PATH -> C:\blissadm\bat;
user variables
TANGO_HOST -> <host>:20000
Installation & Module configuration
Follow the generic instructions in Build and Install. If using CMake directly, add the following flag:
-DLIMACAMERA_PCO=true
For the Tango server installation, refers to PyTango Device Server.
Post installation actions
enable/disable PCO logs
===> rename file extensions (C:\ProgramData\pco):
.txt (disabled) / .log (enabled) ----+
camware.log <---- created by hand
PCO_CDlg.log
PCO_Conv.log
SC2_Cam.log
Command prompt console (Visual Studio)
> All Programs
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
> Visual Studio Tools
> Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt
TODO
After installing PCO modules Installation
And probably Tango server PyTango Device Server
Configuration
TODO