ecamguvcview Build & Installation Guide

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e-con Systems India Pvt Ltd 17, 54 th Street, Ashok Nagar Chennai-600083 www.e-consystems.

1 e-con Systems India Pvt Ltd 17, 54 th Street, Ashok Nagar Chennai ecamguvcview Build & Installation Guide Revision 1.0 Friday August 17, 2012 Customer/Partner NA Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 6

2 Contents 1 Revision History Introduction Setting up your Machine Install gtk package Install sdl package Install portaudio package Install libavcodec package Install libv4l2 package Identifying the Deliverables Building ecamguvcview Install ecamguvcview Install Pre-built Binaries Known Issues and Limitation Support Conclusion Subject to change without notice Page 2 of 6

3 1 Revision History Rev No Date Major Changes Edited By 1.0 August 17 th, 2012 Initial Draft Camera Dev. and QA Team Subject to change without notice Page 3 of 6

4 2 Introduction This document describes how to build and install ecamguvcview for e-cam51_usb in linux test system. This application forms the basic testing tool for all e-con s USB webcams. 3 Setting up your Machine There are some tools (like gtk, glib etc.) essential to build ecamguvcview software package. We tested this package in The dependencies may vary for ubuntu's distribution. Make sure that the test pc's should meet the requirements. Package requirements 1. gtk+-2.0 >= glib-2.0 >= gthread gdk-2.0 >= sdl >= portaudio libpng 8. libavcodec 9. libv4l2 3.1 Install gtk package The gtk+-2.0 package can be installed by running the command sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev Note: This will also install other dependency packages like glib-2.0, gthread-2.0, gdk-2.0, libpng. 3.2 Install sdl package The sdl package can be installed by running the command sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev 3.3 Install portaudio package The portaudio package can be installed by running the command sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev 3.4 Install libavcodec package The libavcodec package can be installed by running the command sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev Subject to change without notice Page 4 of 6

5 3.5 Install libv4l2 package The libv4l2 package can be installed by running the command sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev 4 Identifying the Deliverables The release package e-con_guvcview_app_package_xxxx.tar.gz is compressed (i.e. tar.gz) file which will provide the GUI UVC XU control application binary, src and user manual document etc.. Use the command tar for uncompressing this release package tar -xvzf <path to tar file>/e-con_guvcview_app_package_xxxx.tar.gz After uncompressing this package a directory is created in the name econ_guvcview_app_package_xxxx. 5 Building ecamguvcview 1. The above step will extract the source in to ecamguvcview-src folder. Enter in to the source directory by the command cd e-con_guvcview_app_package_xxxx/src/ecamguvcview-src-1.4.1/ 2. Run the command './configure' to configure the ecamguvcview source as follows. This configuration is required to check the presence of the dependent packages and creating the makefiles. To create a static application, pass the given LDFLAGS as argument to configure. If user wants to change the binary installation directory (default /usr/local/bin) add --prefix = <path_to_install> For more information try./configure --help../configure --prefix=/usr/local/ecam Note: If configuration is failed, then contact the ubuntu's webpage to know how to install any required packages. 3. After the successful configuration, run the command 'make' to build the ecamguvcview application from the source. make 6 Install ecamguvcview To install the built application, run the command 'make install'. This will install the application in the location /usr/local/ecam/bin. Subject to change without notice Page 5 of 6

6 sudo make install Note: Add the binary path to the variable $PATH as export PATH=/usr/local/ecam/bin:$PATH 7 Install Pre-built Binaries To install the pre-built binaries, refer README in the delivery package. 8 Known Issues and Limitation 1. This ecamguvcview UVC XU Control Application is tested in Ubuntu Linux Distribution only. 2. If we unplug and plug the Webcam while it is running, the application will be crashed and this situation is not handled. 3. For the system having kernel less than , ecam XU controls will work only when the application launch in superuser privilage mode. 9 Support Please contact techsupport@e-consystems.com for further support. 10 Conclusion This document provides detailed information on how to build ecamguvcview provided by e-con systems. Subject to change without notice Page 6 of 6

e-cam51_usb Linux Application User Manual

e-con Systems India Pvt Ltd 17, 54 th Street, Ashok Nagar Chennai-600083 www.e-consystems.com e-cam51_usb Linux Application User Manual Revision 1.0 Friday August 17, 2012 Customer/Partner NA www.e-consystems.com