Illunis MMV-2000

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I am hoping there is someone out there who has used this camera before and
has some information they can share with me. What I need is the timings for
the Camera Link communications. I am trying to configure a Matrox Meteor 2
CL board so a working .dcf would be like the ultimate gift but I will gladly
accept any information I recieve. Any insight into the camera command set
via serial comm would be a great thing too.

 

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"davemc" <someone@another.net> wrote in message
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> I am hoping there is someone out there who has used this camera before and
> has some information they can share with me. What I need is the timings
for
> the Camera Link communications. I am trying to configure a Matrox Meteor 2
> CL board so a working .dcf would be like the ultimate gift but I will
gladly
> accept any information I recieve. Any insight into the camera command set
> via serial comm would be a great thing too.
>
>
Have you tried this software? Found with Google.
http://www.datacube.com/customer/updates.htm

Says it supports your camera.
a.. Illunis MMV2000 (Full and Dual MaxRevolution)

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CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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Thanks but I don't have a Datacube card. I have a Matrox... Any other ideas?


"CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> "davemc" <someone@another.net> wrote in message
> news:106v094pb9g956e@corp.supernews.com...
> > I am hoping there is someone out there who has used this camera before
and
> > has some information they can share with me. What I need is the timings
> for
> > the Camera Link communications. I am trying to configure a Matrox Meteor
2
> > CL board so a working .dcf would be like the ultimate gift but I will
> gladly
> > accept any information I recieve. Any insight into the camera command
set
> > via serial comm would be a great thing too.
> >
> >
> Have you tried this software? Found with Google.
> http://www.datacube.com/customer/updates.htm
>
> Says it supports your camera.
> a.. Illunis MMV2000 (Full and Dual MaxRevolution)
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> --
>
>

 

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> Thanks but I don't have a Datacube card. I have a Matrox... Any other ideas?

Contact Matrox Imaging Technical Support...

 

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Ender, or do you perfer to be addressed as speaker, that is exactly what I
did today.

Great books BTW. At least I thought so.

"Ender.Wiggin" <wigginender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Thanks but I don't have a Datacube card. I have a Matrox... Any other
ideas?
>
> Contact Matrox Imaging Technical Support...

 

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> Ender, or do you perfer to be addressed as speaker,

Ha! Didn't think of that one...

> that is exactly what I did today.

Good, they really are the best ones to help you with your camera
interface. Good luck!

> Great books BTW. At least I thought so.

Yes, OSC is such a fine author, even his worst books are enjoyable.
Sadly, I can't find that many other authors that I like enough to
read, making my choices limited...

 

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Well Matrox did a great job thus far providing me with a .dcf but I still
have an issue with, what I am assuming is, the cameras current
configuration. If there is anyone who knows how to set the registers or talk
serial to it I would apprciate there input.

Ender, have you read anything from Jeffrey Carver?

"Ender.Wiggin" <wigginender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Ender, or do you perfer to be addressed as speaker,
>
> Ha! Didn't think of that one...
>
> > that is exactly what I did today.
>
> Good, they really are the best ones to help you with your camera
> interface. Good luck!
>
> > Great books BTW. At least I thought so.
>
> Yes, OSC is such a fine author, even his worst books are enjoyable.
> Sadly, I can't find that many other authors that I like enough to
> read, making my choices limited...

 

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> Well Matrox did a great job thus far providing me with a .dcf but I still
> have an issue with, what I am assuming is, the cameras current
> configuration. If there is anyone who knows how to set the registers or talk
> serial to it I would apprciate there input.

Dave,

You will need to use MdigControl(xxx, M_UART_WRITE_STRING,
(long)&string); to communicate with the camera. Refer to the camera
manual for the available camera control commands.

> Ender, have you read anything from Jeffrey Carver?

Not yet, which one do you recommend?

 

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Thanks again Ender.

This guy is a CameraLink camera so actually you talk to it through the
"clsermtx.dll" file on Matrox (clserxxx.dll in general speak). I already do
this with Pulnix cameras and it works just fine. The problem I have with the
Illunis camera is that I don't have the manual and I can't seem to locate
any references to the command structure. What I would like to do is to
change the mode from 10 bit dual tap to 8 bit single tap and back again,
toggle test pattern generation and tell the camera to flip the left tap when
in dual tap mode. The sensor used on this thing, Kodak KAI-2000 shifts the
data out left on the left and right on the right when in dual mode, meaning
the raw data has the right side of the image flipped horizontally from the
left. What I am doing now is flipping a child buffer and copying the
resulting image. This works fine but it takes some time and doesn't work in
continuous grab mode so the only way I found to do a continuous grab is to
loop grabbing and processing. I believe the camera can do the flip for me
which would get me back up to 30 FPS. I have seen screen shots of an Illunis
provided GUI for the serial commands so I know this stuff exists and can be
done I just don't know the camera specific language! Is there noone out
there who can share a few pages out of a manual with me?! Grrr frustrated...

I enjoyed both the Rapture Effect and The Infinity Link from Carver. The
Infinity Link doesn't move as fast as I would like in parts but all in all I
really enjoyed it.


"Ender.Wiggin" <wigginender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Well Matrox did a great job thus far providing me with a .dcf but I
still
> > have an issue with, what I am assuming is, the cameras current
> > configuration. If there is anyone who knows how to set the registers or
talk
> > serial to it I would apprciate there input.
>
> Dave,
>
> You will need to use MdigControl(xxx, M_UART_WRITE_STRING,
> (long)&string); to communicate with the camera. Refer to the camera
> manual for the available camera control commands.
>
> > Ender, have you read anything from Jeffrey Carver?
>
> Not yet, which one do you recommend?

 

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davemc,

The CameraLink spec is here -
http://www.machinevisiononline.org/public/articles/CameraLink_specification.pdf

The Matrox documents for writing DCFs (and having them help) are here -
http://www.matrox.com/imaging/cameras/home.cfm

Regards, Dave Gilblom
www.alt-vision.com


"davemc" <someone@another.net> wrote in message
news:106v094pb9g956e@corp.supernews.com...
> I am hoping there is someone out there who has used this camera before and
> has some information they can share with me. What I need is the timings
for
> the Camera Link communications. I am trying to configure a Matrox Meteor 2
> CL board so a working .dcf would be like the ultimate gift but I will
gladly
> accept any information I recieve. Any insight into the camera command set
> via serial comm would be a great thing too.
>
>
>

 

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Thanks Dave.
But as I wrote in my last post, what I need is the serial command structure
for the camera. That or a program that already knows what commands the
camera accepts.

"Dave Gilblom" <dave.gilblom@alt-vision.com> wrote in message
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> davemc,
>
> The CameraLink spec is here -
>
http://www.machinevisiononline.org/public/articles/CameraLink_specification.pdf
>
> The Matrox documents for writing DCFs (and having them help) are here -
> http://www.matrox.com/imaging/cameras/home.cfm
>
> Regards, Dave Gilblom
> www.alt-vision.com
>
>
> "davemc" <someone@another.net> wrote in message
> news:106v094pb9g956e@corp.supernews.com...
> > I am hoping there is someone out there who has used this camera before
and
> > has some information they can share with me. What I need is the timings
> for
> > the Camera Link communications. I am trying to configure a Matrox Meteor
2
> > CL board so a working .dcf would be like the ultimate gift but I will
> gladly
> > accept any information I recieve. Any insight into the camera command
set
> > via serial comm would be a great thing too.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 

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Dave,

Send me your email address and I will scan in the camera control
chapter from the preliminary manual that I have and send you a PDF.
Note that it is old (and was preliminary) so it may not work for you.

Just out of curiosity, why haven't you contacted Dave or Scott over at
Illunis? I know they are slow to respond but eventually they should be
able to supply you with a manual.

dave@illunis.com
scott@illunis.com
952.975.9203

> Is there noone out there who can share
> a few pages out of a manual with me?! Grrr frustrated...

 

[llllskywalker]

I'm not sure if this is the same Dave as "davemc" in the threads at:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/ce/Illunis-MMV-2000-ftopict13669.html

but if it is, you mentioned that you are currently using the clsermtx.dll to talk to a camera. i have been looking all over the net and can't find anyone who knows what structure matrox uses for the void** parameter in the four serial functions. there are a lot of questions about how that structure is defined, but no answers. is there any way i could get the source code that you used with clsermtx.dll -- or if you can't do that, a definition of the structure that matrox uses for the void** parameter? Or does that structure defined by the camera manufacturer instead of matrox?

thanks,

--luke

This guy is a CameraLink camera so actually you talk to it through the
"clsermtx.dll" file on Matrox (clserxxx.dll in general speak). I already do
this with Pulnix cameras and it works just fine. The problem I have with the
Illunis camera is that I don't have the manual and I can't seem to locate
any references to the command structure.