Camera Hardware Manual

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1 Camera Hardware Manual

2 Disclaimer Copyright by MYLAPS SPORTS TIMING (previously AMB i.t. B.V.) This publication is to be used for the Finish Camera. This publication has been written with great care. However, the manufacturer cannot be held responsible, either for any errors occurring in the publication or for their consequences. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the publisher. MYLAPS SPORTS TIMING Zuiderhoutlaan PJ Haarlem The Netherlands Phone: Fax: info@mylaps.com Web: Printed in the Netherlands Manual version: 1.0 Page 2 of 22

3 Table of Contents CAMERA HARDWARE MANUAL... 1 DISCLAIMER... 2 INTRODUCTION... 4 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT... 4 BASIC CONCEPT... 5 SYSTEM OVERVIEW... 6 FINISH CAMERA INSTALLATION... 7 CONNECTIONS... 7 NETWORK SETTINGS... 8 NETWORK SETTINGS FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION... 8 NETWORK SETTINGS FOR STATIC CONFIGURATIONS... 8 TRACK SIDE PLACEMENT... 9 OPERATING THE FINISH CAMERA CAMERA STATUS LED FRONT PANEL POWERING UP THE FINISH CAMERA POWERING DOWN THE FINISH CAMERA CONFIGURATION NETWORK SETTINGS STATIC NETWORK SETUP AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION SYNC UNIT SERIALNUMBER UPDATE FIRMWARE DIAGNOSTICS AND STATUS MAIN INFORMATION SCREEN VERSION AND STATUS SCREEN SYSTEM INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION CAMERA LINK STATUS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CAMERA DECODER SPECIFICATIONS CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS (2K LINES) CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS (10K LINES) STANDARDS CONFORMITY Page 3 of 22

4 Introduction About this document This document explains the installation and operation of the Finish Camera hardware.

5 Basic Concept This chapter describes the basic concept of the Finish Camera Hardware (here after called Finish Camera ). The Finish Camera consists of a Portable System Rack (PSR) or 19 rack mount solution containing a camera decoder, controller and TranX or ChipX decoder (here after called sync unit). A shielded weatherproof cable connects the PSR or rack mount solution to a weatherproof camera with an (optional) motorized lens and (optional) motorized alignment. The sync unit is used to time stamp the camera image data in MYLAPS time so that at the software level both image information and transponder information can be combined. The controller is used for synchronizing the sync unit to other decoders in the system setup. The camera is capable of capturing both full frame images which are used to align the camera to the finish line (here after called setup mode ) and single line images which are used for recording activity at the start/finish line (here after called recording mode ). When in recording mode the camera uses a fixed sample rate such as or line images per second, each of them time stamped in MYLAPS time, and stores them in a memory buffer. A sophisticated algorithm is then used to detect passing objects (a timestamp of such passing object is here after called a passing ) and sends these passings to the camera software. The PC software can then decide based on the camera passing and finish line decoder passing to get an image of the competitor passing the start/finish line and show the highlighted passing times on top of the image. Page 5 of 22

6 System overview The figure below shows the basic system setup of a PSR based Finish Camera System. Page 6 of 22

7 Finish Camera installation Connections Figure 1 PatchPanel Connect the supplied network cable between the Camera connection on the patch panel and the Cam connection on the camera. Make sure this is a direct connection and it is not connected through a network switch or hub. The connection is pictured in RED. Connect a network cable between the PC connection and your PC. This does not have to be a direct connection and can be routed through a network switch or hub. The connection is pictured in grey. Connect the power cable. Use the supplied Y-cable to make the connection. Both connections should be powered. Page 7 of 22

8 Network settings After the physical connections have been made there are two modes of network operation that can be used. If you are using a DHCP server to automatically assign IP address or you are using automatic network addresses (in the range of 169.x.x.x) then you need to use network settings for automatic configuration, otherwise you will need to use the network settings for static configuration. Network settings for automatic configuration Make sure that the Controller, ChipX/TranX decoder and Camera Decoder are all set to Automatic configuration. Verify that Controller, ChipX/TranX decoder and Camera Decoder all have a valid IP address which falls under the given network mask. Note: when a DHCP server is activated on a network which was already configured using APIPA (automatic network configuration without DHCP server) the Camera Decoder will automatically restart and run with the newly issued DHCP address. Network settings for static configurations Make sure that the Controller, ChipX/TranX decoder and Camera Decoder are all set to Static or Automatic Off configuration. Now you can enter the IP address, network mask and gateway for each of the devices. Make sure that the IP addresses of each of the devices fall in the same network mask. If you do not know the gateway you can simply use the IP address of the controller as the gateway address. Note: Do NOT use the IP addresses or as these are internally used. Also do NOT use these addresses as a gateway address. Page 8 of 22

9 Example configuration for a standalone network with a Finish Camera and single PC using local network x.x: PC network settings o IP address o Network mask o Gateway: Controller network settings o IP address o Network mask o Gateway: ChipX/TranX network settings o IP address o Network mask o Gateway: Camera Decoder network settings o IP address o Network mask o Gateway: Track side placement The camera comes with a mounting head that allows the camera to rotate around 3 axis. It can pan, tilt and roll. Tilt Rolll Pan However the most important thing about camera placement is to make sure that it is aligned correctly with the finish line. Pan, tilt and roll will not help to correctly line out a camera that has been placed incorrectly besides the track. Page 9 of 22

10 As can be seen in the upper picture when the camera is placed not on the finish line but slightly next to it then the timing results for competitors in the different lanes will have an offset in the results. In the above case the competitor in the most far away lane will have to travel a longer distance to cross the photo finish line than the competitor in the closest lane. To check that the camera is lined up with the finish line you can connect a plumb line to the mounted camera and then check if the plumb line hits the ground at the finish line. After the camera is lined up correctly to the finish line make sure that the 2d camera plane is at a 90 degree angle to the finish line. You can rotate (roll) the camera to align it correctly. Page 10 of 22

11 NOT OK OK NOT OK Track Finally make sure that all competitors can be viewed from top to bottom. This can be done by panning the camera up or down. Page 11 of 22

12 Operating the Finish Camera Camera status LED The camera is equipped with a dual color status LED indicating the current camera operating mode. LED blinking green the camera is attempting to get a connection with the camera decoder LED blinking red the camera is updating its firmware. LED solid green the camera is in setup mode LED solid red at power on the camera firmware is corrupt. This can be corrected by a firmware update LED solid red during recording the camera is in recording mode Front panel The Camera Decoder is equipped with a front panel housing an OLED display, an USB slot, 3 status LEDs and a rotary pushbutton. 1. The OLED display is used to show status/diagnostics information and to review and change settings. 2. The rotary pushbutton is used to navigate the menu options and to select/confirm an option. 3. The USB slot is used for firmware updates. 4. The PWR led is on when the Camera Decoder has power. 5. The SSD led is on when the Camera Decoder is reading or writing to the solid state device. 6. The POE led is on when the Camera is receiving power from the Camera Decoder. Page 12 of 22

13 Powering up the Finish Camera The Finish Camera is configured to automatically power up all hardware when the power plug is inserted. If the power plug is already inserted press and HOLD the rotary pushbutton on the Camera Decoder for 5 seconds. The Camera Decoder will now show a starting camera logo which will change to the main diagnostics screen when the Camera Decoder startup sequence has been completed. Powering down the Finish Camera Press and HOLD the rotary pushbutton on the Camera Decoder for 5 seconds. The Camera Decoder will now show a shutdown logo which will be displayed until the power down sequence is completed. For a complete power down the power plug should be unplugged. Page 13 of 22

14 Configuration To go to the menu screens, rotate the rotary pushbutton clockwise. When on the menu screen rotate clockwise or counterclockwise to select an option and push the rotary pushbutton to confirm the selection. The main menu screen: The following menus and options are available: Network Settings o Static Network Setup Ip Address Netmask Gateway o Automatic Config On/Off o << (back to main menu screen) Sync Unit SerialNumber Firmware Update << (back to main information screen) Network Settings There are two main modes available for the network link between the camera decoder and the sync unit and camera software on the PC. It can be automatic which means that an IP address should be assigned either by a DHCP server or by APIPA, or static meaning that the IP configuration as set in the Static Network Setup should be used for the network configuration. Page 14 of 22

15 Static Network Setup The network settings that can be configured are IP address, net mask and gateway. Rotate the rotary pushbutton clockwise and/or counter clockwise to scroll through the settings. To edit a setting push the rotary pushbutton once to edit a digit then rotate clockwise and/or counter clockwise to select the digit and finally push the rotary button again to confirm the selection. To apply the settings push the rotary pushbutton when highlighting apply. To cancel the settings push the rotary pushbutton when highlighting cancel. If the networking mode is set to Automatic Config Off the network configuration change will take effect immediately. If the networking mode is set to Automatic Config On then the networking configuration will take effect when the networking mode is switched. Only the most elementary error checking is done for illegal network configurations. If the network setting is illegal then the camera decoder will simply not show up in the camera software. Caution: the camera decoder needs to be restarted when changing network configuration. Any connection to the camera decoder will be lost and any recording will be stopped. Caution: the IP addresses and are used for camera link communication between camera decoder and camera. Do NOT use these IP addresses in the static network setup. Automatic Configuration Automatic configuration allows switching between obtaining the network settings from a DHCP server (or APIPA) and using the static network setup for network configuration. Caution: the camera decoder needs to be restarted when changing network configuration. Any connection to the camera decoder will be lost and any recording will be stopped. Note: when a DHCP server is activated on a network which was already configured using APIPA (automatic network configuration without DHCP server) the Camera Decoder will automatically restart and run with the newly issued DHCP address. Page 15 of 22

16 Sync Unit SerialNumber The sync unit serial number is the serial number of the ChipX or TranX decoder that is used for time stamping the line images. Please see the ChipX or TranX decoder manual on how to obtain the serial number from the decoder. If the serial number is incorrect recording is not possible. Please check the Version and Status screen to verify that the connection to the decoder has been established. Caution: the camera decoder needs to be restarted when changing the sync unit serial number. Any connection to the camera decoder will be lost and any recording will be stopped. Update Firmware The camera decoder allows firmware updates through USB drives. Please check the information that comes with the firmware update on details of how to prepare the USB drive. To update the firmware insert the USB drive into the USB slot and then select Update. The message Update in progress will be displayed while the camera decoder is copying the updated firmware from the USB drive to the internal storage. When the data copy is completed the message Update done, rebooting. will be displayed. The USB drive can be removed from the USB slot at this point. Please allow up to 5 minutes for the camera to be restarted. To verify that the firmware has been updated check the version numbers on the Version and Status screen. Caution: Do not power off the camera decoder during the Update in progress message or the camera decoder may fail to start up due to firmware data corruption. Page 16 of 22

17 Diagnostics and status To cycle through the status and diagnostics screens, repeatedly push the rotary pushbutton when on any of the status and diagnostics screens. The information on the diagnostics screens is normally only used for troubleshooting. There is no need to monitor this information for normal operation of the camera. The following screens are available: Main information screen Version and Status screen System Information screen Network Information screen Camera link Status screen Main information screen The first line shows the status of the camera: Camera: Disconnected Camera: Setup Mode Camera: Recording Mode. The first character of the line switches between -, + and * symbols to show that the decoder is still alive. The third line shows the current IP address used by the Camera Decoder. The fourth line shows how the current IP address was obtained. Either by using the static settings or by obtaining an IP address the automatic way by DHCP or APIPA. An APIPA address is any IP address in the range of which is assigned if no DHCP address was assigned. Page 17 of 22

18 Version and Status screen The version information for Camera Box and Camera Unit are indicated on this screen. The version number display can be used to confirm a successful firmware update. Trigger Unit: OK or FAIL. If the trigger unit status is FAIL then operation of the motorized lens and motorized alignment is not possible. It is also not possible to start recording. Possible causes: Cable fault in the cable between camera and camera decoder Firmware version mismatch between the camera and camera decoder. Sync Unit: OK or FAIL. If the sync unit status is FAIL then it is not possible to do recording. The sync unit is the ChipX or TranX decoder in the TSB Possible causes: Incorrect Serial Number configured for the sync unit. Go to the sync unit Serial Number menu to correct. Network connection between sync unit and camera decoder is not possible. Check the network addresses and subnet masks on camera decoder and sync unit. System Information The system information screen gives information on system temperature and resource usage. The Peak temperature indication gives the highest temperature reached since the last restart of the camera decoder. Please check the chapter on technical specifications to see the absolute maximum ratings for the temperature. The Load of the system should stay below If the load goes above this value there is a risk of losing data in recording mode. Check the Lines Lost statistic in the case of the load going above Memory use and disk use should stay below 100%. Please note that the disk is automatically cleaned of all temporary data when the system is restarted. Page 18 of 22

19 Network Information The network information screen gives information the network interface that is used to communicate between the camera decoder and the camera software, sync unit and the rest of the PC network. IP and how it was obtained is the same information as on the main information screen. Link: Down means there is no network connection. No cable is plugged in or the cable is damaged 100M means the network link runs at 100Mbit. 1000M means the network link runs at gigabit speed. Rx and Tx give the average network utilization by the camera decoder. When the link is connected at 100Mbit the maximum effective bandwidth can be as low as 8 MBps so be careful not to overload the network link. Note: The controller contains a 100Mbit switch, so in configurations where the Camera Decoder is connected through the controller the maximum speed on the network link is 100Mbit. Camera Link Status The camera link status screen gives information about the interface that is used to communicate between the camera decoder and the camera. Link: Down means there is no network connection. No cable is plugged in or the cable is damaged. 100M means the link runs at 100Mbit. Cable is damaged or not plugged in correctly. 1000M means the link runs at the correct speed. Rx and Tx give the average network utilization between the camera and camera decoder. Errors are the amount of network packets that were rejected due to data corruption. This statistic is reset when the camera decoder is restarted. Total gives the total amount of network packets transferred so far. This statistic is reset when the camera decoder is restarted. Lines Lost gives the amount of recorded lines that were lost due to network packet errors. This statistic is reset at the start of each recording. Page 19 of 22

20 In the best case there should not be any error during operation of the camera decoder. However with long cables which are routed next to sources of electromagnetic noise such as power lines it is possible that the occasional error occurs (such as 1 error packet per 1 million total packets). The camera decoder uses error detection and data resend/recovery techniques to avoid losing recording data due to network problems. If lines are lost and there are no error packets, it could be due to excessive system load. Check the system information screen for load information. Page 20 of 22

21 Technical Specifications Camera Decoder Specifications Operating Temp. Humidity Power Consumption 0 to 60 degrees Celsius 0 to 80% relative 100 VA; 90/240 VAC; 50/60 Hz Camera Specifications (2K lines) Resolution 640 x 480 Operating Temp. 0 to 50 degrees Celsius Humidity 20% to 80% relative Camera Specifications (10K lines) Horizontal Resolution 1280 x 1024 Operating Temp. 5 to 50 degrees Celsius Humidity 0 to 80% relative Specifications are subject to change without notice Page 21 of 22

22 Standards conformity The finish camera has been tested with the supplied power cable and the supplied network cable. We recommend using the supplied cabling to ensure standards compliance. FCC conformity The finish camera complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. CE conformity The finish camera complies with the requirements of the European EMC directive (EN55022 Class A Radiated emissions). Page 22 of 22