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8 8  
9 9  == General Camera info ==
10 10  
11 -several [[different camera types>>url:https://ttfinfo.desy.de/FLASHWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Camera%20server||shape="rect"]] can be easily integrated into DOOCS.
10 +**several [[different camera types>>url:https://confluence.desy.de/display/MCS/DOOCS+Camera+Server||shape="rect"]] can be easily integrated into DOOCS. **
12 12  
13 13  The details of the available control parameters depends on the camera type. here is a typical view of
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16 16  
17 17  the Standard view:                                                                                   the controls view:                                                                                                and the Expert view with all available control features
18 18  
19 19  [[image:attach:image2019-9-19_12-28-30.png||height="400"]][[image:attach:image2019-9-19_12-29-14.png||height="400"]][[image:attach:image2019-9-19_12-29-44.png||height="400"]]
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24 24  
25 25  == Troubble shooting / Restarting the camera server ==
26 26  
27 -If there are problems occurring with the camera ( no image is shown, no update, camera server crashes ...) then it is** mainly 2 reasons:**
23 +If there are problems occurring with the camera ( no image is shown, no update, camera server crashes ...) then it is** mainly 2 reasons:**
28 28  
29 29  * **There is no trigger connected to the camera → check with trying to run the camera untriggered ...**
30 30  * **the server has problems -> restart the server.**
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37 37  [[image:attach:image2019-9-24_16-1-16.png||height="400"]]
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40 40  
41 41  If the restart (several times ...) does not help there is an option to make a "deeper restart". This option uses a restart script which includes power cycling of the camera ( for ethernet cameras)and reloading a standard configuration.  One has to be logged in at a linux computer in order to run the script.
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44 44  
45 45  [[image:attach:image2019-9-24_16-3-48.png||height="400"]]
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50 50  
51 51  == Monitoring system ==
52 52  
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60 60  
61 61  == Camera server general info ==
62 62  
63 -[[info from the DOOCS pages~[~[image:url:http://hasfweb.desy.de/pub/TWiki/TWikiDocGraphics/external-link.gif~|~|width="13" height="12"~]~]>>url:https://ttfinfo.desy.de/FLASHWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Camera%20server||shape="rect"]]
55 +[[info from the DOOCS pages>>url:https://ttfinfo.desy.de/FLASHWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Camera%20server||shape="rect"]]
64 64  
65 65  For the (% class="twikiNewLink" %)CeYAG(%%) camera in the FL1 tunnel Gerhard implemented a feature that during a restart a camera_server.conf.default file is copied as conf file to always have the same settings. if one wants to change something permanently one has to edit the default file. e.g. cp /export/doocs/server/camera_server/camera_server.conf.default /export/doocs/server/camera_server/camera_server.conf
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68 68  
69 69  == scaling the image / spectra ==
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76 76  
77 77  The camera server can fit the vertical and horizontal averaged data  with a Gaussian fit and provides the corresponding parameters ( height, centroid and width) which have a history and can be used as for optimizing a signal ...
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81 81  [[image:attach:image2019-9-19_15-3-23.png||height="400"]]
82 82  
83 83  "Spectrum" of the whole image. this can lead to a wrong fitting ...         
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88 88  
89 89  [[image:attach:image2019-9-19_15-5-29.png||height="400"]]
90 90  
91 91  For a useful fit it is better to look at the "spectrum" of a ROI which can be set to the desired region. Note that the ROI has to be filled (Width = 0) to be correctly averaged!
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96 96  
97 97  [[image:attach:image2019-9-19_15-4-20.png||height="250"]]
98 98  
99 99  For some cameras we also have dedicated Beam profile viewers.
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104 104  
105 105  == working with ROIs ==
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109 109  [[image:attach:image2019-9-19_13-2-26.png||height="400"]]
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112 112  
113 113  * Define in ENVIRONMENT file the environment variable "(% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)export FLASH_CAM_ROI_NUM_ENV=xxx(%%)" . With xxx the maximum number of ROIS one needs in a camera controlled by the camera server. (The ENVIRONMENT file is under e.g. export/doocs/hasvuvblfw2/server/camera_server). after editing the ENVIRONMENT file one has to restart the camera server.
114 114  * NOTE the file os owned by doocs adm. to edit it one can use (% class="twikiNewLink" %)WinSCP(%%) and log in as doocsadm.
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117 117  
118 118  * now all cameras have maximum ROIs. if you need less for some cameras read below:
119 119  * Set the required number of ROIs for every camera in the property ROIS.NUM in the configuration file. The way how it's done is the following. On the camera server re-start xxx number of ROIS will be created for every camera. But after reading the configuration file the non-required ROIS will removed for every camera separately according to ROIS.NUM.
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122 122  
123 123  == saving images "locally" ==
124 124  
125 -The tool writes images of either bmp or an image depemdent format to the specified folder. The folder is on the computer on which the camera server is running (!) and the path starts from the camera server path (!)options
126 -The typical location of the camera server is /export/doocs/server/camera_server/. . if you put "./" in the field Camera Directory. the images in the camera_server directory. It is better to have a separate directory as subfolder like "CameraImages". on some computers this is already installed.
106 +The tool writes images of either bmp or an image depemdent format to the specified folder. The folder is on the computer on which the camera server is running (!) and the path starts from the camera server path (!)options
107 +The typical location of the camera server is /export/doocs/server/camera_server/. . if you put "./" in the field Camera Directory. the images in the camera_server directory. It is better to have a separate directory as subfolder like "CameraImages". on some computers this is already installed.
127 127  Another aproach is to write the files to a home directory. One may put e.g. "/home/vuvfuser/CameraImages/" in the Camera Directory to save on the home directory.
128 128  
129 129  * aquire single images: just press "writing once"
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132 132  
133 133  note that youor login has to have the permissions to write in the specified field!
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136 136  
137 137  == Saving images in the DAQ ==
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143 143  if the timing of the sender is not configured correctly it often occurs that the images are saved by one bunch ID "too late"  (-1 has to be substracted by the bunch ID of the camera). one can finetune the sending by optimizing the USR1 time.
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145 -Depending on the binning, bit depth, image size the correct USR1 setting may be different. but typically 80 is a good number
125 +Depending on the binning, bit depth, image size the correct USR1 setting may be different. but typically 40-80 is a good number
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147 147  [[image:attach:image2023-3-2_14-48-51.png||height="250"]]
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129 +one can check the mismatch easily by comparing the GMD and the integrated counts on the camera. here an example for USR1 time = 0. (for USR1 >= 20 the correlation is present without bunch ID shift )
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131 +[[image:attach:image2023-3-7_13-49-59.png||thumbnail="true" height="400" width="341"]]
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149 149  Here a report where the image saving in the DAQ is investigated in more detail:
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151 -{{view-file att--filename="Report-K.Kharitonov-05.09.2017.pdf" height="250"/}}
135 +{{view-file att--filename="Report-K.Kharitonov-05.09.2017.pdf"}}{{/view-file}}
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137 + and a more recent "studies"
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139 +{{view-file att--filename="statistic_2023_2.pdf" height="250"/}}
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141 +{{view-file att--filename="Camera_bunchID_shift_V2023_3.pdf" height="250"/}}
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155 155  == Installing new cameras ==
156 156  
157 157  To install an additional camera to a DOOCS camera server perform the following steps:
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162 162  [[image:attach:Clipboardadd_camera.jpg||height="400"]]
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164 -*
153 +*
165 165  ** use action: add
166 166  ** chose FCT code (812 in our case)
167 167  ** add name
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172 172  [[image:attach:screenshot.png||height="400"]]
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176 176  1. First you'll have to open the camera location overview from the watchdog panel
177 177  1*. Enable the camera you wanna edit. If the check mark can't be enabled, you can't talk to the camera.
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187 187  While the camera is running one can go to the WD -> locations -> properties ... and then change the NAME to the desired one (NO SPACE CARACTERS IN THE NAME !!!) and press enter ... thats it
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190 190  
191 191  == special topics ==
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195 195  * it is important that the values for negative offset are 0. otherwise the subtraction does not work (experimental finding by Stefan ...) . For the Basler A311 cameras the mode has to be 5 . for mode 7 the Background subtraction does not work... (no resources left)
196 196  * For Basler ethernet camera's the offset needs to be zero in any case, otherwise the server will crash. Also note, you have to make a reference image, that you have to stop/start the image acquisition before you can enable the background-subtraction in jddd.
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199 199  
200 200  ==== Power Over Ethernet ====
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213 213  ))).
214 214  * Calling (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)//doocs start camera_server// (%%)will include the
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216 -{{code language="none"}}
217 -PRE_START
218 -{{/code}}// //script, which is by default set to (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)///export/doocs/server/script/reload_CAMERA_Server// (%%).
202 +//{{code language="none"}}PRE_START{{/code}} //script, which is by default set to (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)///export/doocs/server/script/reload_CAMERA_Server// (%%).
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219 219  * You can also use the (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)//!restart!//(%%)button from watchdog server overview. This will execute (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)///export/doocs/server/script/reload_CAMERA_server //(%%)directly.
220 220  * The (% class="WYSIWYG_TT" %)//reload_CAMERA_server s//(%%)cript will usually:
221 221  ** Stop capturing on all cameras (optional)
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224 224  ** Restore a default configuration (optional)
225 225  ** Start the camera_server
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228 228  
229 229  == FAQs ==
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231 231  1. //How can I save some images?// you can save images of the camera locally on the computer you are running jddd by clicking the right mouse button and use "save as png..."
232 232  1. //How can I save many images?// goto camera "control" -> "Write images" - a new window opens. With this you can save images (set best to BMP) with timestamp to the computer on which the camera server is running !! (hasftunnelcam1). here the directory in which it safes is : hasftunnelcam1: /export/doocs/server/camera_server/images (if you have the standard setting "./images/" in the directory field). you can get the images with e.g. (% class="twikiNewLink" %)WinSCP(%%). See also help in the "write images" window for more info.
233 233  1. //No images are shown / no update - what to do?// Check if the camera is on (right upper part: Images. the checkbox should be green). If not activate the check box. if this is on but the frames are not counting the trigger might be off. you can check this going to
234 -1. //The cameraserver is unavailable - what to do? See Restarting Server
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218 +1. //The cameraserver is unavailable - what to do? See Restarting Server//
236 236  
237 237  == Troubleshooting ==
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244 244  
245 245  * [[Basler ace GigE Users Manual>>attach:Basler_ace_GigE_Users_Manual.pdf]]
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248 248  
249 249  * [[ Prosilika User_Manual.pdf>>attach:700013A_-_GE1350_User_Manual.pdf]]
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252 252  
253 253  * [[Basler A311f user manual .pdf>>attach:Basler_A311f.pdf]]
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256 256  
257 257  * [[PCO user manual.pdf>>attach:PCO.pdf]]
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260 260  
261 261  * Link to PCO status Sept 2015
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