Basler DART BCON SERIES User Manual

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Features AW0013690200090 Basler dart BCON11.6.2 Light Source PresetBy using a light source preset, you can correct color shifts caused by a specific light source.This also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor.You can set the following light source presets: Off - No alterations will be made to the pixel values. This also means that the camera does notcorrect color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor. Therefore, Basler does notrecommend using this setting. Tungsten 2800 K - The camera optimizes the white balance settings for a tungsten lightsource that has a color temperature of about 2800 K. If the pixel format is set to YCbCr422 orRGB8, the camera also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor. Daylight 5000 K / 6500 K - The camera optimizes the white balance settings for daylightlighting that has a color temperature of about 5000 K or 6500 K. If the pixel format is set toYCbCr422 or RGB8, the camera also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor.The standard alignment of the Bayer filter to the pixels in the images acquired bythe dart BCON color cameras is GB.If you are using dart model daA1280-54bc, this alignment is fixed.If you are using dart model daA1600-60bc or daA2500-14bc, the alignment willchange if you enable image mirroring: If you use the Reverse X feature to mirror the image horizontally, the effective Bayercolor filter alignment will be BG. the Reverse Y feature to mirror the image vertically, the effective Bayer colorfilter alignment will be RG. the Reverse X and the Reverse Y feature, the effective Bayer color filteralignment will be GR.For more information about image mirroring, see Section 11.9.1 on page 105 andSection 11.9.2 on page 106.If the balance white auto function is set to Off, you must set the white balanceparameters to neutral values before changing the light source preset. See theinstructions below.After camera power up or reset, the light source preset is set to "Daylight 5000 K"unless you define a startup set with a different light source preset. For moreinformation about the startup set, see Section 11.15 on page 126.