Unibrain 511 User Manual

Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual 

 

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FireWire based camera are operated in connection with system where user may encounter problems as they operate. 

These  problems  may  orient  either  from  the  camera  side  or  the  system  side  that  the  camera  is  being  used.  We 

recommend reading the manual carefully beginning from the installation to features in concern. Also some system may 

not have enough power to operate these cameras especially for high resolution and frame rate we recommend the 

system should be Pentium 4 or higher with 512 MB of System memory and Graphic Accelerator with 32 MB or more of 

video memory. When using Windows, due to high graphic requirements and DirectX support, we recommend using at 

least Nvidia or ATI graphics controllers. 

 

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Please  check  whether  the  LED  in  the  back  of  the  camera  is  ON.  If  LED  is  tuned  OFF,  please  check  camera 

connection. Please check the cable connection on both the camera and the PC. The LED status, when plugging in 

the camera is supposed to be normal when the LED light changes from an Orange light to a Red light. 

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If you haven’t installed the camera driver yet, please refer to the software installation and install the drivers and 

software provided.   

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Please reconnect the camera by plugging out the FireWire cable and plugging in the cable connected on the 

camera. 

 

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Please check the supplied voltage and ensure the supplied power is compliant to the operation manual.   

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Please check the firewire card and cable(s). 

As described in this manual the power of the camera is provided either by the FireWire cable or the external power 

through 12 Pin Trigger Port. Please be careful when using external power input through the trigger port and refrain 

from using power over +30V DC. In normal condition we recommend using +12V DC. Also please check the operation 

manual for the power connection pin assign for external power input to avoid damaging the camera.   

Check the “Status LED” if it appears Green. If Not, camera is not Isochronous enabled which means not transmitting 

any image and is in an idle stage.   

Check whether the lens is properly mounted and open the iris it to the maximum level.   

Check feature values such as shutter speed, gain and exposure. Also check whether the camera is in trigger mode.