Sony XCD-MV6 - Manual

Ove rvi ew 5 Connection Diagram Note To enable S1600 (1.6 Gbps (1600 Mbps) high-speed transmission, you will require a S1600-compatible host adapter card and IEEE1394b cable. For details, contact your Sony dealer.In addition, this equipment is exclusively for beta mode use, so it is not possible to ...

Ove rvi ew 6 Location and Function of Parts and Operation Front/Top/Bottom 1 Lens mount (C-mount) Attach any C-mount lens or other optical equipment. Note The lens must not project more than 10 mm (13/32 inch) from the lens mount. 1 Lens mount face 2 10 mm (13/32 inch) or less 2 Auxiliary holes (top...

Ove rvi ew 7 Installation Fitting the lens 1 Remove the lens mount cap. 2 Screw in the lens (not supplied), and turn it until it is secured. Note Clean the optical filter with a commercially available blower brush to remove dust. Connecting the camera cable Connect a commercially available IEEE1394b...

Ove rvi ew 8 Notes on Operation Power supply Power is supplied to the camera module via the IEEE1394b cable connected to a PC. If the power supply is insufficient, use the DC-700/700CE that supplies stable power with less ripple or noise. Foreign bodies Be careful not to spill liquids, or drop any f...

Ove rvi ew 9 Strobe/GPIO Circuit Strobe Output / GPIO Circuit The Strobe output and GPIO circuit is configured as follows. Be sure to take note of this before use. Strobe output circuit This is a strobe output circuit diagram.This is a standard CMOS level output (5 V).The camera is equipped with a p...

F u ncti ons 10 Functions Shutter This camera allows users to set manual shutter speeds.The variable range extends from 20 microseconds to 1 seconds; relative values are indicated by a 12-bit integer, and absolute values are indicated using a 32-bit floating point value.When setting an exposure time...

F u ncti ons 11 Trigger Mode This camera support 2 trigger modes: 0 and 1. Trigger mode 0 Trigger mode 0 starts exposure by detecting the edge of a trigger signal. The exposure time is determined by the shutter parameter. Trigger mode 1 Trigger mode 1 controls the exposure time by the width of the t...

F u ncti ons 12 Broadcast Command The normal 1394 communication method specifies the node number at the host side so that only a specified camera responds to the command.If the node number is set to 63, all the cameras connected to the same bus can receive the command simultaneously, i.e., only one ...

F u ncti ons 13 Pan Pan is a function used to move a camera left and right. However this camera supports a video mode much smaller than the image sensor’s effective pixels by cutting out images from the whole screen. You can specify the portion to be cut out using Pan commands. The variable range di...

F u ncti ons 14 Partial Scan The partial scan is a function for outputting part of a whole image as a region of interest on the whole image. Based on the unit cell as the unit, continuous parts can be selected. Only rectangles can be selected. The screen cannot be cut in convex and L shapes. The min...

F u ncti ons 15 Pseudo-Binning Mode This feature compresses images in units of 2 pixels and multiplies the frame rate speed in the vertical direction only.There are two types of binning: 1 × 2 binning when the output image is compressed in the vertical direction only, and 2 × 2 binning when the imag...

Cont ro l 16 Control Camera Command Status Register This camera complies with IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera Specification, Version 1.32 (hereinafter referred to as IIDC v1.32).The standards document can be purchased from 1394TA (the 1394 Trade Association). As it is very helpful in understanding th...

Cont ro l 17 ConfigurationROM The ConfigurationROM is normally used for the OS to identify the device.The serial number and firmware version of the camera are stored in ConfigurationROM to be used when required. Note that the setting method for the serial number and firmware version information is o...

Cont ro l 19 Control Base Address Every register address is decided based on the base address found in the CommandRegsBase field of ConfigrationROM. F0F00000h is the control base address on this camera. Inquiring about Supported Video Modes First, we will find out what video formats are supported. N...

Cont ro l 21 Control of IIDC Standard Features Before transmitting the control command, check the variable ranges of settings and if there is an automatic mode for each feature.As the variable ranges of the settings vary with video modes for the Pan and Tilt features, be sure to check them if the vi...

Cont ro l 23 Control of IIDC Optional Features Check if the camera is equipped with optional features by reading bit 3 of BASIC_FUNC_INQ. Check the supported feature by reading Opt_Function_Inq. PIO control Check the offset address of PIO. F0F20400h indicates the address of the PIO output port.F0F20...

Cont ro l 24 Control of Sony’s Unique Features Displaying the Test Chart Displaying the gray scale Write the following three commands in sequence. Turning off the test chart Write the following three commands in sequence. User Free Memory Enabling User free memory Write the following three commands ...

Cont ro l 25 5 Generate the dataWrite the following 3 commands in sequence. 6 Regenerate the moving image.Specify the following - Format7 Mode0 Mono8 768 × 480 Packet Size 3072. 7 Save the dataWrite the following 3 commands in sequence. Enabling blemish correction (default data) Write the following ...

Cont ro l 26 Flipping Images Horizontally and Vertically Enabling images to be flipped vertically Write the following 3 commands in sequence. Disabling vertical flipping of images Write the following 3 commands in sequence. Enabling images to be flipped horizontally Write the following 3 commands in...

Cont ro l 27 7 Read F0F40000 to check the recording status.01000000 indicates during recording, and 010100nn indicates recording has stopped. 8 Set trigger mode to OFF. 9 Secure the isochronous resource and start video.The recorded images are output continuously.If trigger mode remains ON, one image...

Cont ro l 28 This is attributable to the basics of the image sensor and is not a malfunction. Pseudo-binning mode sensitivity Binning mode included in XCD-V60/SX90/U100 can increase sensitivity because it adds a vertical direction signal. In contrast, the pseudo-binning mode included in this camera ...

S pec if ic at ions 30 Video Modes Supported Fixed format Format Mode Image Size Color Coding Frame Rate XCD-MV6 0 5 640 × 480 Mono8 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 60 6 640 × 480 Mono16 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 60 1 2 800 × 600 Mono8 7.5 15 30 5 1024 × 768 Mono8 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 6 800 × 600 Mono16 3.75 7.5 15...

S pec if ic at ions 31 S800 band is required. Free format The frame rates indicate the values in 8-bit mode and under S800 conditions. To operate with a frame rate of 120 fps, the shutter speed should be faster than 1/120 s.To operate with a frame rate of 60 fps, the shutter speed should be faster t...

Appe ndix 32 Appendix Spectral Sensitivity (Relative Response) Parameters XCD-MV6 Spectral sensitivity (relative response) parameters (without lens and light source parameters) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 40 0 50 0 60 0 70 0 80 0 90 0 100 0 Relat iv e Respons e Wave Length [nm]

Appe ndix 33 Dimensions 12 ( 1 / 2 ) 2 - M2, depth 3 14.1 ( 9 / 16 ) 29 (1 3 / 16 ) 29 (1 3 / 16 ) 31 (1 1 / 4 ) (12 ( 1 / 2 )) (8.9 ( 3 / 8 )) 20 ( 13 / 16 ) Unit: mm (inches) 2 - M3, depth 5 3 - M3, depth 3 19 ( 3 / 4 ) 4.9 ( 7 / 32 ) 27 .3 ( 1 1 / 8 ) 27. 6 (1 1 / 8 ) 16 ( 21 / 32 ) (14.7 ( 19 / ...