Description

The 3 acquisition units in each LgswUnit are based on AVT GC1350 cameras. The 12V power supply is installed in the MoCon. The ethernet cable is connected to the ElectronicRackLgsw

List of devices of this kind

Name	Serial Number	Location
Avt Camera #0	02-2130A-06628	ArgosCabinet0
Avt Camera #1	02-2130A-06764	OAA
Avt Camera #2	02-2130A-06777	OAA
Avt Camera #3	02-2130A-06762	LgswUnitSx
Avt Camera #4	02-2130A-06763	LgswUnitDx
Avt Camera #5	02-2130A-06761	LgswUnitDx
Avt Camera #6	02-2130A-06760	LgswUnitDx
Avt Camera #7	02-2130A-06774	LgswUnitSx
Avt Camera #8	02-2130A-06743	LgswUnitSx

Documentation

• GC1350_User_Manual.pdf: AVT/Prosilica GC 1350 User Manual
• GC1350-1350C_Datasheet_EN.pdf: GC1350-1350C_Datasheet_EN.pdf
• SONY-ICX205.pdf: SONY-ICX205.pdf

• A Technical note with a report about measured properties of first received camera is here: GC1350_test.pdf
• Similar results from MPE.

Known issues

These cameras show problems with booting at low temperatures (below about 0C). This is one of the reason why a liquid heat exchanger is used to keep the temperature of the cameras always above zero. These cameras must be connected to the RegulatedCoolingLine. We have evidences that an higher voltage in the power supply can mitigate the issue of boot at low temperature. The power supply in the MoCon is set at 14V (??)

Installation and maintenance

This device doesn't require to upload any firmware. The only required configuration is setting the IP address. See AvtCameraSoftware

In case of malfunctioning one can try to use alternative software: the AVT Viewer is available in AvtCameraSoftware.

For testing and easy-use without a complete ARGOS sw environment (e.g. from a laptop) there is also a custom developed IDL package to operate AVT cameras available in AvtCameraSoftware

Reference

This topic is referred in: AvtNumber0, AvtNumber1, AvtNumber2, AvtNumber3, AvtNumber4, AvtNumber5, AvtNumber6, AvtNumber7, AvtNumber8, RegulatedCoolingLine

Topic label

	AvtCamera
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