Compix 320 Camera

[Kosmic]

So Compix is still somehow alive inside Meditherm and they are still supporting their old products. I was able to obtain a unlock code for WinTES2 and they still offer a calibration service.

Same screenshot of WinTES2 in action:

WinTES2 is principally a framework where you activate and chain plugins.



The main view of the Industrial Display plugin.



Example of multipoints.



Example of Regions.

[vdeny]

Kosmic, great that Compix have not abandoned support and you got your hands on a Software GUI.
Thanks for the screenshots for WinTES2 application. Its way different than original 4500AS Software GUI.
I believe Compix 320 is very specific to its purposes and will suit your needs. Im also looking for GUI that will allow modifying brigtness/contrast and E-Zoom settings on my 4500AS model.

[Kosmic]

Played a bit with the microscope lens. The magnification factor is impressive but depth of field is (as expected) really limited. Please note that the camera is only calibrated with the default lens but the data is still interesting.

The main board of a waveform generator.



Close up of a chip on the lower left section of the board.



Close up on one of the pin/pad of the chip.

[Fraser]

Excellent imaging.

You have yourself a really useful thermal camera. I saw that you had a “longer” lens but did not realise that it was a microscope. Excellent capability for electronics. I saw that the camera originally came from an RF module manufacturer so no surprise that they needed a thermal microscope.

Have you found a nice stand to mount the unit on for PCB work ? I have purchased photographic “copy stands” for such work and they are perfect for the task. I even used Enlarger units with the head removed and replaced with a copy stand camera bracket option offered by the manufacturer. Very stable and easy to adjust for height.

Well done finding this nice camera and for convincing the OEM to help you. It also says something positive about Compix.....many OEM’s can be really unhelpful when it comes to obsolete product information and software, especially if you are not the original purchaser of the equipment.

 

[vdeny]

Kosmic, what is the name or part number of second core that’s on your pictures? The one I see is 4525AS and the other one is much bigger on your pic. What is the name or part number of your second lenses?

[Fraser]

Vdeny,

The 4525AS is the specific cores designation and not a lens identity. L3 offered the 4500AS series cores with a choice of standard FOV lenses and an option to order custom lenses for specific customer needs. I strongly suspect that the microscope lens is a special order item as I have not seen one listed as a standard option for any Raytheon/L3 core. That lens would have been very expensive !

Fraser

[vdeny]

Im just curious. L3 also had 4512AS & 4505AS. I suppose I have 4525AS. Mine is not marked. It just says 4500AS.

[Kosmic]

Have you found a nice stand to mount the unit on for PCB work ? I have purchased photographic “copy stands” for such work and they are perfect for the task. I even used Enlarger units with the head removed and replaced with a copy stand camera bracket option offered by the manufacturer. Very stable and easy to adjust for height.

Funny that you are mentioning Copy Stand, I was just shopping for one

I quickly realized that my setup was far from ideal. Decided to extend my tripod though. Bought a tripod boom and macro slider. It's cheaper than the copy stand since I already have the tripod. Will see how it goes. Worst case I'm going to buy a copy stand in a month 

[Kosmic]

Kosmic, what is the name or part number of second core that’s on your pictures? The one I see is 4525AS and the other one is much bigger on your pic. What is the name or part number of your second lenses?

Nothing on the lens per se but you can find some info on the old Compix web site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161012192836/http://compix.com/320lenses.htm

It's the l06 lens. Apparently it as resolution of 6 microns.

[Kosmic]

So the camera has 2 modes (calibration?), you can select 250deg or 150deg. Talking about the model number of the microscope lens just made me realized why the 250deg mode was completely off 



So the 150deg mode appear to be calibrated for the normal lens and the 250deg mode for the microscope lens.

[Fraser]

 

[Kosmic]

So my unlock code eventually expired and was looking into fixing that problem permanently by disassembling the exe (Visual Basic app) and debugging in assembly. Trying to understand what's going in in VB from assembly is quite painful. Would have been easier if the software would have been coded in C or C++. Anyway that avenu led nowhere.

I ended up realizing you can just change the clock of you PC and use a temp unlock code 

You can use this code to unlock Wintes2: C98KCJW6 expires on 1/1/2020 (just set the clock of you PC before this date before starting the app)