Balluff - BVS CA-GV Technical Documentation
Technical Data

BVS CA-GVx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx

Dimensions

29 x 29 mm design

Figure 1: Connectors BVS CA-GV1-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
BVS CA-GV1-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
Size of body (w x h x l) 29 x 29 x 67.9 mm

40 x 40 mm design

Figure 1: Connectors BVS CA-GV2-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
BVS CA-GV2-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
Size of body (w x h x l) 40 x 40 x 69 mm

Connectors

I/O interface

Figure 2: 10-pin (male; top view), digital I/O, power;
Pin. Signal ImpactControlCenter numbering Description
1 GND
2 PWR_IN
3 OPTO_IN GND Ref. ground for opto-isolated input
4 OPTO_OUT PWR_IN Power for opto-isolated output
5 OPTO_IN line1 opto-isolated input, TTL/PLC
6 OPTO_OUT line0 opto-isolated output
7 GPIO1 line2 Configurable input or Open Collector output. Reference to GND.
8 GPIO2 line3 Configurable input or Open Collector output. Reference to GND.
9 RS232-TXD Serial interface RS232-TXD. Reference to GND.
10 RS232-RXD Serial interface RS232-RXD. Reference to GND .

Camera connector (male): Samtec TFM-105-02-L-D-WT or equivalent

The level of the digital inputs can be changed between TTL and mvPLC via the registry "LineFormat".

Note
- Pin 3 to Pin 6 are galvanically isolated from the camera electronics. - Pin 7 and Pin 8 are dual function pins.

Electrical characteristics of input voltage

Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
Power-In camera power supply 10.2 24 28 V
Power-In camera current supply 1.5 A

Electrical characteristics Opto DigIn

Opto DigIn TTL (via software)
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
UOpto DigIn_LOW / VIL (low level input voltage) 0 1 V
UOpto DigIn_HIGH / VIH (high level input voltage) 2.5 28 V
IOpto DigIn_HIGH / IIH (high level input current TTL with 5V) 5 mA
Figure 3: Opto DigIn TTL
Opto DigIn PLC (default)
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
UOpto DigIn_LOW / VIL (low level input voltage) 0 8 V
UOpto DigIn_HIGH / VIH (high level input voltage) 11 28 V
IOpto DigIn_HIGH / IIH (high level input current PLC with 24V) 8 mA
Figure 4: Opto DigIn PLC
Opto DigIn PLC / TTL Speed
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
Switching frequency 5 MHz

Electrical characteristics Opto DigOut

Opto DigOut
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
UOpto DIG_OUT_LOW / VOL (low level output voltage) 0 1 V
UOpto DIG_OUT_HIGH / VOH (high level output voltage) 3 28 V
USW(sat) at ILoad = 150 mA 0.69 1 V
ILoad Load current 150 mA
Figure 5: DigOut with example circuit
Switching characteristics
Characteristics Test Conditions Typ. Unit
tON Turn-On time at ILoad = 150 mA / VOH 24 V 4 us
tOFF Turn-Off time 131 us

Electrical characteristics GPIO1/2

GPIO as Input
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
UGPIO DigIn_LOW / VIL (low level input voltage) 0 0.5 V
UGPIO DigIn_HIGH / VIH (high level input voltage) 1.8 28 V
IGPIO DigIn_LOW / IIL (low level input current) 5 mA
IGPIO DigIn_HIGH / IIH (high level input current) 1 mA
Switching frequency 5 MHz
Figure 6: GPIO as input
GPIO as Output
Characteristics min. nom. max. Unit
UGPIO DIG_OUT_LOW / VOL (low level output voltage) 0 0.1 V
UGPIO DIG_OUT_HIGH / VOH (high level output voltage) 3 28 V
IDIG_OUT_LOW / IOL (low level output current PLC at 24 V) 20 50 mA
Attention
"Damage of the output"

If the output exceeds the maximum permissible value, the output may be damaged.

Never exceed the value of IDIG_OUT_LOW / IOL above 50 mA.
Figure 7: GPIO as open drain output
Switching characteristics
Characteristics Test Conditions nom. max. Unit
tON Turn-On time at ILoad = 20 mA / VOH 3.3 V 50 ns
tON Turn-On time at ILoad = 20 mA / VOH 24 V 70 100 ns
tOFF Turn-Off time 1.5 2 us

RJ45 Ethernet

With the -POE option, the camera is a class 2 compliant PoE device.

Figure 8: RJ45 pin numbering (female)
Pin. Signal I/O Comment
1 BI_DA+ bi data positive
2 BI_DA- bi data negative
3 BI_DB+ bi data positive
4 BI_DC+ bi data positive
5 BI_DC- bi data negative
6 BI_DB- bi data negative
7 BI_DD+ bi data positive
8 BI_DD- bi data negative
Note
The Ethernet signals are galvanically isolated from the camera electronics and camera housing.

RJ45 LED states

State Color
Green light on Link active
Yellow blink on Data transmission

Signal LED

The BVS CA-GV features a RGB LED. There are following states:

Typical start sequence (LLA)

See also
LLA
State LED color
FPGA loaded White on
Self-test running Green on
Waiting for Ethernet connection White blink
LLA (auto IP) Green blink
LLA got Green on
Waiting for client Blue on

Typical start sequence (DHCP)

See also
DHCP
State LED color
FPGA loaded White on
Self-test running Green on
Waiting for Ethernet connection White blink
DHCP request Blue blink
DHCP got Bright Blue
Waiting for client Blue on

Typical start sequence (Fixed IP)

See also
Fixed IP
State LED color
FPGA loaded White on
Self-test running Green on
Waiting for Ethernet connection White blink
Fixed IP Bright Green
Waiting for client Blue on

General behavior

State LED color
Starting ImpactControlCenter
Connected, streaming off Yellow on
Streaming on Green on
Error
Red on

Summary of components

Features BVS CA-GV G/C
Image Memory -
Proc. Memory 512 MB
Inputs 1
Type opto-isolated with current limiters
Outputs 1
Type opto-isolated
GPIO 2 (3.3 .. 24 V)
Ethernet 2500/5000 Mbit RJ45
Optics
Lens Mount (Focal Distance) C-mount (17.526 mm in air), optional TFL-mount
Lens Protrusion max. 8 mm
Environment
Ambient Temperature
Operation 0..45 deg C / 30 to 80% RH
Storage -20..60 deg C / 20 to 90% RH
  Protection class 1 IP40
Additional features temperature sensor
Weight without lens approx. 71 g
Power supply (PWR_IN)
DC 10 to 28 V
Pmax 4.85 W
Reverse polarity protection up to 28 V

1 not evaluated by UL

Summary of advanced features

The following table shows an excerpt of the advanced features.

For the complete list, please use the "Product Comparison" in Appendix B. Product Comparison .

Advanced features BVS CA-GV G/C
MultiFrame, etc.
Trigger Overlap
Temperature upper limit (<= 255 deg C)
lower limit (>= 0 deg C)
User Sets 5 config sets storable
User Data 512 byte of EEPROM data
"FPGA LUT" on the fly on the camera
Timestamp microsecond precise camera individual 64 bit counter
FFC full AOI, 14 bit to 14 bit (12 bit coeff.), pixel to pixel x
Counter / timer timers can be used for pulse width modulation 4 counters, 2 timers
AEC
AGC
White balance
Auto white balance
RGB-to-YUV conversion
CCM
Timestamp for inter-camera synchronization
Pretrigger x
Linescan mode x
Logic gates
Chunk Data
Multicast
Application switchover
Frame average x