User s Reference Ver July

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1 2003.July 1/22 IEEE1394 Live Monitor User s Reference Ver July Copyright(c) 1998 FA. System Engineering Co.,LTD.

2 2003.July 2/22 Preface This software is for IEEE-1394 (ilink, FireWire) uncompressed digital video cameras. Any camera conforming to 1394 Based Digital Camera Specification 1.30 (IIDC 1.30) or later will work with the Live Monitor. Real time monitoring, capturing still or moving pictures, and controlling optical parameters of the cameras are possible by just connecting the devices. The following cameras have been confirmed to function. Uncompressed Digital Video Cameras CCM-DS250 DFW-V300 DFW-V500 DFW-VL500 DFW-SX900 DFW-X700 DFW-SX900 DFW-X700 XCD-SX900 XCD-X700 CSB4000F CS8550DiF KY-F1030 KY-F75 A100/300/600 FWX-Series F-145B Osiris-Series DX10/20/1/2 (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (SONY) (Tokyo Electronic Industry Co., Ltd) (Tokyo Electronic Industry Co., Ltd) (JVC) (JVC) BASLER Vision Technologies BAUMER Optronic ALLED Vision Technologies SAC KAPPA opto-electronics IEEE1394 I/F OHCI (ilink, DV interface) The software handles a large volume of digital data. This will require the PC to have some high performance attributes (see section 1)

3 2003.July 3/22 Conditions for Use FA System Engineering Co., Ltd. asserts the following conditions for the use of the product: 1. Rights We have intellectual property rights on this software package such as copyrights and the like. 2. Limitations You may install and use one copy of the software product on a single computer, including a workstation, terminal or other digital electronic device. You may not reproduce or transmit in part or whole product without our written permission. You may not rent lease, or lend the product. You may not resell, or otherwise transfer for value, the product. 3. Warranty If you have registered with us per our instructions, you will receive information about any revisions or improvement when or if they become available. Your warranty limit shall be, at our option, replacement of the product that has a significant defect for use. 4. Indemnity We shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use of the product. 5. Warranty termination Our warranty begins on the date you receive the product. The warranty will be terminated if any breach of the agreement arises.

4 2003.July 4/22 Table of contents 1.Operation environment 5 2. Installation 6 3. Program initiation 7 4. Basic operations The name and function of each button on the basic screen Displaying live pictures from digital cameras Stop displaying live pictures from digital cameras Changing the camera modes Color adjustments Capturing still pictures Recording real-time pictures on HDD Playing recorded movies 17 Appendix-A Unique camera functions 21 A) WOI function on CSB400F (Tokyo Electronic Industry Co., Ltd) 21

5 2003.July 5/22 1. Operation environment The software requires the minimum computer hardware / performance: Personal Computer CPU Pentium III 1GHz or more recommended Display card Memory High speed full color display card (AGP or PCI slot) To achieve the maximum performance, the selection of the display card is very important. The business graphic mode, which is provided by on-board graphic function, is not recommended, for it may result in improper frame rate and coloring. We strongly recommend display cards equipped with the high performance graphic chips such as GeForce (NVIDIA), Quadra (NVIDIA), or RADEON (ATI). 256 MByte or more OS Windows 2000 Windows XP (Home Edition / Professional Edition) IEEE1394 I/F OHCI (ilink, DV interface)

6 2003.July 6/22 2. Installation There are two steps to install this software 2-1 Driver installation It is necessary to install an OHCI specification driver for IEEE1394 I/F to enable uncompressed digital cameras. Please refer to FASE OHCI Driver Setup Manual for the installation. 2-2 Software Installation A special installer will be used to install the software. 1) Open the <Live Monitor> folder found in the attached CD-ROM. 2) Double click the "Setup.Exe" file to initiate the installer. Follow the installer s instructions to finish the installation. 3) When installation is completed, it is ready to operate.

7 2003.July 7/22 3. Program initiation Select Start/Program/Live Monitor/LVMonitor or double click the top. The following control panel will be displayed. icon on the desk When a camera is already connected, the live moving pictures are automatically displayed on the Live Window 3-1 Control panel window The control panel window can be closed. To close the control panel window, click the x on the top-right corner. In this case, software will reside on the task tray of Windows and continue to display the real time images from the camera. To display the control panel, right-click on the icon in the windows task tray and select Open Control Panel." 3-2 Automatic camera recognition HotPlug enables the automatic camera recognition and initiates the video data transaction when the IEEE1394 terminal (ilink terminal, DV terminal) is connected. Live Monitor also recognizes the best video transaction format automatically for any camera in conformity to IIDC1.30. Disconnection of the camera will stop the video transmission and close the video window. 3-3 Multi-camera compatibility Live monitor allows the multiple camera connection and video transmission simultaneously. For each camera, a Live Monitor window will open. Note: When multiple cameras are connected, it is necessary to pay attention to the IEEE1394 bandwidth limitation. The best way to handle multiple cameras is to use multiple IEEE1394 Host Adapter Cards to divide the topologies.

8 2003.July 8/22 4. Basic operations 4-1 Following displays the name and function of each button on the basic screen. Live Window Camera selection pull-down menu 1- Start video transmission 4- Record movie 5- Setup 2- Stop video transmission 3- Capture still pictures

9 2003.July 9/ Displaying live pictures from digital cameras Usually, the live image display starts automatically by connecting a camera. However, if the camera mode has been changed or the HotPlug function has been turned off through option setup, the live image display can be started with manual operation. Click Start" button to start the live picture display. When multiple cameras are connected specify the camera first by selecting from the pull-down menu or by clicking the live monitor window to activate, and then click the Start button to start the live picture display. 4-3 Stop displaying live pictures from digital cameras Click the Stop button to stop the live picture display. When multiple cameras are connected, specify the camera first by selecting from the pull-down menu or by clicking the live monitor window to activate. Then click the Stop button to stop the live picture display.

10 2003.July 10/ Changing the camera modes When a camera is connected for the first time, the live picture will be displayed in the factory default modes. Resolution, color, frame rate, etc. are adjustable for most cameras by the following procedure: Click on Setup button on the Live Monitor Control Panel, and the following dialog box will appear Select the Format, Mode, and Rate. The available combination of Forma/Mode/Rate depends on the cameras connected. Live Monitor automatically provides the available combinations for the connected cameras in the pull-down menu and in the radio buttons. Select the Format Format0 VGA (Maximum 640 x 480) Format1 SVGA (Maximum 1024 x 768) Format2 XGA (Maximum 1600 x 1200) Format7 Partial Image Size Format Select the Mode Each Mode for each Format has deferent values. Select the Rate Select the Frame Rate in the unit of fps (Frame per Second) Apply the new setup by clicking on the Apply button. The live images will be displayed in the newly chosen Format/Mode/Rate. The size of the live display window with the combination of selected Format/Mode When changing, the size of a window is automatically resized by the suitable size. (It is reflected when Format/Mode/Rate is changed in the state of a live stop, and the live is start Carried out next time.)

11 2003.July 11/ About Format 7 (Partial Image Size Format) Format 7 is available for certain cameras. Format 7 allows you to select the desired regions of image window to activate when full size image is not necessary. By reducing the size of the data, this Partial Scan Mode will also reduce the CPU load. The shape of the region is rectangular. The size and position can be adjustable, though there are restrictions depends on the camera. (For example, the size can be adjustable in the increment of 100 dots, and the position can be adjustable in the increment of 10 dots.) Live Monitor is applicable to the Format 7. After selecting Format 7, specify the position and size of the live image regions on the Partial Scan Size dialog, and then click Apply. The Up/Down spin buttons facilitate the position and size settings, for they increment/decrement to the values available to the connected camera. Partial Scan

12 2003.July 12/ Color adjustments Optical parameters for the live video images are adjustable while monitoring the screen Click on Setup button on the Live Monitor Control Panel, and the following dialog box will appear. Select the Parameter tab Use the slider-bars and Up/Down spin buttons to adjust the each parameter. The changes will be reflected in the live images immediately. Adjustments Parameters Functions White Balance Red Adjusts the white balance. Blue Color Temperature Selects the color temperature depending on in-door or out-door use. Exposure Iris Adjusts the incoming light amount trough the lens. Exposure Sets up the level of automatic picture adjustment. Shutter Sets up the shutter speed. Gain Adjusts the Gain of video signal amplifier. Process Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of pictures. Gamma Sets up the Gamma value. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of whole pictures. Color Matrix Hue Adjusts color matrix. Saturation Adjusts color saturation. Lens Focus Adjusts focus. Zoom Sets zoom ratio. Pan Adjusts horizontal position. Tilt Adjusts vertical position Auto check box Auto check boxes are used for functions such as White Balance, Iris, Exposure, Gain, and Shutter. Auto check boxes automatically adjust respective values accordingly to the environmental conditions.

13 2003.July 13/ ) Push button for White Balance A click of the Push button adjusts White Balance based on the instant image when the button was clicked. Push reacts to the moment the button was clicked while Auto adjusts the White Balance all the time Available optical parameters depend on the camera. Ones not available will be grayed out and the slider-bar will not move There are cameras equipped with unique function parameters. Please refer to the Appendix-A Unique camera functions for details Clicking on either Apply or OK button will confirm the configurations of each optical parameter. The configuration will be memorized in the software and will be retrieved when the camera is connected next time Export and Import functions Export function: Presets of optical parameters can be saved as files. Import function: The saved preset files can be recalled when necessary.

14 2003.July 14/ Capturing still pictures While monitoring the live pictures, still pictures can be captured and saved to a file. Available file formats are either in JPEG or Windows Bitmap. In JPEG format, compression ratios can be selected. There are 3 capturing methods. A) Manual Captures a still picture for every push of the space bar. B) Auto Captures a still picture for every specified interval. C) External Captures a still picture for every external trigger pulse Click on Setup button on the Live Monitor Control Panel, and the following dialog box will appear. Select the Capture tab Specify the folder to save still pictures Specify Name to name the picture files. A) YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS Automatically names the picture files chronologically (YearMonthDay_HourMinitesSecond). B) File Name + No. Names the picture files in numerical order Specify Type to select the picture format. A) BMP Windows Bitmap format (24Bit DIB) B) JPEG JPEG format The compression ratio can be specified. 100 means uncompressed, and the lesser the percentage the lesser the picture quality.

15 2003.July 15/ Select the capturing method. A) Manual Captures a still picture for every push of the space bar. B) Auto Captures a still picture for every specified interval. (Specify the interval.) C) External Captures a still picture for every external trigger pulse Confirm the settings by clicking either Apply or OK button Clicking on Still picture button on the Live Monitor Control Panel will set to the stand-bye mode. Capture the still picture in the method selected in 4) Re-clicking on the Still picture button will exit the still picture capturing mode.

16 2003.July 16/ Recording real-time pictures on HDD Live Monitor allows the real-time recording directly onto the HDD. The saving format is unique to the Live Monitor, and the special software is prepared for the replay Click on Setup button on the Live Monitor Control Panel, and the following dialog box will appear. Select the Capture tab Specify Name to name the moving picture files. A) YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS Automatically names the picture files chronologically (YearMonthDay_HourMinitesSecond). B) File Name + No. Names the picture files in numerical order Sets up Raid (HDD configuration) Specify the folder to save the moving pictures. The maximum of 4 HDD split recording is possible. Note on the split recording: Because Live Monitor handles the uncompressed digital data, it requires the high speed and high capacity HDD(s). For example, to record 30fps in VGA resolution, it requires the minimum of 18Mbyte/s capability for the HDD. For higher resolution cameras, the requirement for HDD multiplies. In reality, it is very difficult task to prepare the fast enough PC for stream recording of uncompressed video. The split recording method splits the task and reduces the burden on each HDD by using multiple HDDs. Suppose there are two 1000rpm HDDs (D drive and E drive). The split recording will record the first frame in D drive, the second frame in E drive, the third frame in D drive, and so on. It will record alternatively and 66msec/frame becomes available (for 30fps, it requires the 33msec/frame). However, to record seamlessly without drop of a frame, the entire PC performance including PC Bus should be considered.

17 2003.July 17/ When Memory Cash Only button is checked, it will not record directly onto the HDD but will use the memory first to store the data as much as possible, and then the data will be saved in the HDD. Though the recording time will be limited to few seconds, seamless pictures will obtained Confirm the settings by clicking either Apply or OK button Clicking on Record button on the Live Monitor Control Panel will start recording Re-clicking on the Record button will exit the recording mode. 4-8 Playing recorded movies Special playback software YUVPlayer will be used to playback the recorded movies. Besides playing back the movies, YUVPlayer is equipped with the functions such as repeat play (start and end points can be specified with IN/OUT markers), AVI file conversion, sequential picture display in Bitmap format, and print out functions Select Start/Program/Live Monitor/YUVPlayer or double click the icon on the desk top. The following control panel will be displayed.

18 2003.July 18/ The name and function of each button on the basic screen 1- Live Window 2- Counter 4- Frame Reverse 6- Pause 8- Set IN point 3- Stop 5- Play 7- Frame Forward 9- Set OUT point 13- IN point marker 14-OUT point marker 10- Jump to IN point 11- Jump to OUT point 12- Time slide-bar File Menu Control Menu Convert Menu

19 2003.July 19/22 Names Function 1 Live window Area displaying recorded image 2 Counter Displayed in orange is the frame counter, and displayed in green is the time counter of the video. 3 Stop button Stops playback 4 Frame reverse button Each press of this button in pause mode displays previous frames. 5 Play button Starts playback. Pressing this button in pause mode starts playing again. 6 Pause button Pauses live playback. Pressing this button in pause mode starts playing again. 7 Frame forward button Each press of this button in pause mode displays following frames. 8 Set In point button Sets the starting point of a section. Used for subject range in repeated playing or converting to AVI/BMP. The position can be changed any time during play or pause. Pressing IN point mark button changes the Jump to In button below it to red. 9 Set Out point button Sets the end point of a section. Used for subject range in repeated playing or converting to AVI/BMP. The position can be changed any time during play or pause. Pressing OUT point mark button changes the Jump to Out button below it to red. 10 Jump to In point button Jumps to IN point set. Pressing this during play jumps to IN point set and starts playing. Pressing this in pause jumps to IN point set and pauses. 11 Jump to Out point button Jumps to Out point set. Pressing this during play jumps to Out point set and starts playing. Pressing this in pause jumps to Out point set and pauses. 12 Time slider-bar Indicates the current playing position. The playing position can be changed with drag and drop. Clicking after or before the playing position can jump frames. 13 In point marker Indicates IN point position 14 Out point marker Indicates OUT point position. 15 Open Opens files stored 16 Print Prints current frame 17 Printer setup Selects and sets up a printer 18 Recent file Displays history of files used recently 19 Exit Exits the program 20 Repeat Playing repeatedly 21 Selection Only Play repeatedly from the IN point to the OUT point 22 Clear IN/OUT Point Clears the IN point and OUT point 23 to AVI Converts section from IN point to OUT point to an AVI file. 24 to BMP files Converts section from IN point to OUT point to a BMP file.

20 2003.July 20/ Playing back movies Select the desired file from File/Open menu. Movie files that are split recorded need to be saved in the same drive configuration at the time of recording. When the file is transferred properly, the playback time of the file will be displayed in the counter. Clicking on Play button or selecting Play in the Control Menu starts playing the file. Clicking on Stop button or selecting Stop in the Control Menu stops playing the file. Clicking on Pause button or selecting Pause in the Control Menu pauses the playback Repeat Play Repeat Play plays the selected section of the video file repeatedly. Select the desired section to playback repeatedly. Pause at the starting point of the repeated play section and mark it by clicking on Set In point button. Mark the end point in the same manner. Check Repeat and Selection Only in Control Menu. Checking only Repeat will repeat the whole file, while checking both Repeat and Selection Only will repeat the selected section AVI conversion and sequential picture display in Bitmap format Select the section of pictures with IN point marker and OUT point marker. Select to AVI or to BMP files from the Convert Menu. Conversions are available only when the video is not in play.

21 2003.July 21/22 Appendix-A Unique camera functions A) WOI (Window of Interest) function on CSB400F (Tokyo Electronic Industry Co., Ltd) When CSB400F is connected, the Live Monitor automatically adds the below WOI setting page to the setting dialog box. The WOI function allows you to cut out the maximum of 16 rectangular sections from the entire CCD image to display on the Live Window. (Please refer to the CSB400F manual for details.) 1) Specify X, Y, Width, Height. 2) Specify the display position. 3) Lists up the sections by clicking Add button. 4) Delete button deletes the unnecessary listed sections. Rectangular sections cannot overlap, and sections outside the CCD cannot be selected. Entire CCD image Live Window image

22 2003.July 22/22 User s Reference Third Edition FA System Engineering Co., Ltd 1-26 Kitafujiwara-cho Matsuyama Ehime Japan faseinfo@fase.co.jp FAX TEL Reproduction in whole or in part without our permission is prohibited.