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1. Welcome to the Lilap Installation CD Please read the following instructions Use the scroll bars if necessary Designed to operate with 32 bit versions of Windows Vista Windows sP or Windows 2000 This CD contains Camera Drivers for 32 bit versions of Windows The LiCap application Minimum Requirements Windows 2000 5P4 Windows XP SP1 Windows Vista 32 bit Continue lf the program does not auto run then you need to run the setup exe from the CD ROM To do this go to My Computer and right click on the CD Drive and choose Open or Explore this will show you the contents of the CD ROM where you can double click the setup exe icon in order to run it Read the Welcome screen carefully all the way to the bottom and when ready press the Continue button lf you do not have the correct Operating System specified you will get the following error message warning x MN Warning Only supports Windows 2000 Windows P or Vista Terminating and willnot be able to install XLi software An installation progress report will appear in the window El XLiCap Setup q 10 x LICap installed successtully Plug in the camera USB cable to start driver installation Continue Connect your camera to the USB 2 0 porton your PC Windows will detect the new hardware and display the Found New Hardware Wizard The behaviour of this wizard depends on the operat2. Note in Low Resolution mode the zoom is always Fit to Window a Fit to Window Scales the image to fit whatever size window is being used while maintaining the camera sensor aspect ratio db 1 1 Displays pixels one to one on the screen Flat Field Compensation When this button is red flat field is off when green flat field compensation is on Note Flat field is performed on a pixel by pixel basis in software More information can be found in the Camera Controls section Freeze Pressing this button will instantly freeze frame the image and the green traffic lights icon will change toa red light icon to indicate that the image is frozen When the image is frozen the still image can be saved emailed copied and drawn on using the appropriate buttons just as above Press the Freeze button again to resume live video The traffic lights icon will be green when the video is live Colour When this button is pressed the image will change to monochrome mode black and white and the buttons icon appears as grey stripes Press the button again to return to full colour mode and the button will appear as coloured stripes Note This button is disabled if you have a monochrome camera Invert Colours This button may be used to toggle between negative and positive images Camera Controls This button opens the Camera Controls dialog box as described later Luminance T
3. button on the toolbar had been pressed Factory Reset Button Freezes Image This option is only available on cameras with buttons If itis ticked then when the button is pressed the image willbe toggled from frozen to live If Button saves Image is also ticked the image will only be Saved on each transition from frozen to live Factory Reset By selecting this all settings will be returned to their factory defaults as seen when the camera was supplied This includes camera settings and program settings Devices This menu lists all supported camera devices that are Options Devices Help currently available to be viewed using the software The a device currently in use will be indicated To switch z between devices simply click the one you wish to view M 8 5 2000 Camera Help This will open up the About Quick Help dialog box as does the Help button on the Toolbar Context Menu lH Save Chrl 5 At any time you can right click on the viewing window to i save as call up the context menu Copy Ctrl C Email All the menu items here do the same as the DE corresponding items on the Toolbar button context sn oe l menus and Main Menu e Measure rea Pan The Button Saves Image and Button Freezes Image Devices options will be greyed out if the camera doesn t have a Resolutions button Free
4. When Reticule is pressed the selected reticule will be displayed as a graphics overlay on the viewing window Pressing the button again removes the reticule Several reticules are included with the program with the Scale reticule being the default one The Reticule button has a right click context menu to select alternative reticules Note each reticule is a file with extension gti that is stored in a sub directory to the main XliCap program called reticules c program files XLiCap reticules In addition to the supplied reticules itis possible for the user to create their own custom reticules by creating a new gti file and saving itin the reticules directory XLiCap will automatically add the new reticule to the existing list Peel b Colour bullseye grid grid hash hex scale test Further information on how to create your own reticule can be found by reading the readme txt in the reticule directory 4 ra RD ve Black Fed Green The reticule colour can be selected from the additional Colour drop down menu bullseye grid grid hash hex Blue Yellow scale test Mouse Mode Group Select When this button is depressed XLiCap is in Select Mode In this mode a click on a drawn line a text label or a measurement will select it for the duration of the button bring pressed See Draw and Measure
5. copied to the clipboard This allows you to paste the image into another program Email When the Email button is pressed whatever the current display is showing will be captured and saved as if the save button had been pressed It will also be attached to a new email using the default email client of the PC You will be able to edit this email before sending it Graphics Overlay Group Annotation When Annotation is pressed the selected annotation will be displayed as a graphics overlay on the viewing window Pressing the button again removes the annotation The Annotation button has a right click context menu to display the Annotation or Text label dialog box FF EL e A Alternatively select Annotation from either the edit menu A the main context menu or by pressing Ctrl A Any of these will display the Annotation dialog box In the Caption field change the default word Caption to z the required text ES 1 1 i Colour Size To make your caption the base filename for image saving pue an select the Use as Filename checkbox see Save and T 66 99 M Show Caption Use as Filename save AS Jw Show Time Date Stamp The current time and date will be displayed when the Show Time Date Stamp check box is selected The size and colour of annotation text may be chosen using selection boxes provided Reticule
6. modes below The selected item will be highlighted in a dotted rectangle The selected item can be moved about the screen by dragging the mouse Use the delete key to remove any selected item you have to hit the delete key whilst still keeping the mouse left button depressed Change the angle of any selected text label Use the following keys whilst still keeping the mouse left button depressed Numeric keypad key or PGDn to rotate clockwise Numeric keypad key or PGUp to rotate anticlockwise The select button on the toolbar has its own right click context i menu to Erase All lines and measurements and text labels L Erase al o This will not erase the annotation caption Date Time stamp or reticule For convenience Select mode combines the feature of Pan mode see below but only if the mouse is clicked in open space away from drawn lines text labels or measurements In this case the mouse cursor switches to the following icon 4 and if the camera s image doesn t fitthe screen then the mouse can drag it around to that different areas can be displayed Draw When this button is depressed XLiCap is in Draw Mode You can draw lines in this mode by simply holding down the left mouse button and dragging This button has its own right click context menu from which you can choose a pen colour and pen size for drawing see below Note md ei we it E Any pen setting
7. the Acquire Twain option which will result in the following window being displayed Select Source X Sources o o Li Twain 1 0 32 32 Cancel 3 Highlight the XLi Twain source and click on Select 4 The TWAIN driver will start 5 The program displays a live viewing window LEE and allows the camera to be controlled File Help using the Resolution and Camera Controls button See previous sections for cS r details of individual camera control settings 6 Clicking on the Camera Image button or the Snap option in the file menu willcause the Twain window to close and transfer the current camera image back to the 3 party image application The Twain driver also allows you to have a twin viewing panel to compare captured images before transferring them back to the 3 party image application To enable this right click on the viewing window and select Twin Panel Single Panel Twin Panel 7 The leftpanel continues to display the live camera image When the Capture Image or File gt Snap button is now pressed the captured image is displayed in the right panel and the Transfer Stored Image button appears Transfer Stored Image File Help Bees tee oe te Sees estes 8 Any number of captures can be done until you are ready to transfer the desired captured image Clicking on the Transfer Stored Image button will cause Twain to c
8. the keyboard To do this click on the slider to be adjusted and using the arrow keys on the keyboard or the mouse wheel small increments can be made Main Panel Camera Controls X a A IE 3 Filter ees 50Hz 60Hz f Off I Default R G and B Sliders Used to set the colour balance of the camera by manually controlling the proportions of red green and blue in the image RST This button restores colour balance to the factory default without changing any other settings AGC The cameras gain can be set manually by unchecking the AGC auto box and dragging the slider or AGC automatic gain control can be activated by checking the AGC auto box If AGC is active then the manual slider is disabled but is updated in real time as the camera self adjusts the image AEC The cameras exposure time can be set manually by unchecking the AEC auto box and dragging the slider or AEC automatic exposure control can be activated by checking the AEC auto box If AEC is active then the manual slider is disabled but is updated in real time as the camera self adjusts the image The current exposure time in milliseconds is shown to the right of the slider LUM The Luminance target for AEC and AGC This can be left on automatic or manually adjusted by the user e Automatic When the auto box is checked the luminance target for the image is automatically set to an optimum level controlled by the driver e Manual W
9. Draw Try ert Measure olour Area Freeze Flat Field OOH Resolution The Toolbar is split into 7 different groups File Group Save When the Save button is pressed whatever image is currently being displayed will be captured as a still image The default location is the Desktop the default format is JPEG and the default file name is image For every subsequent press of the save button a new image will be captured with an incremental number suffixed e g image0 jpg followed by image jpg then image2 jpg and so on Save As When the Save As button is pressed the currently displayed image is captured and the standard save as dialog box opens Here you can specify a file name location and file type of the image to be saved Available file types are JPEG BMP and TIFF Once this has been done once this file name location and file type now become the default for the save button Every press of the save button now saves the image to the new location with the new name and format with an incremental suffix number e g Save as mypicture bmp then next time save is pressed a new image will be captured called mypicture0 bmp and then mypicture1 bmp mypicture2 bmp and so on untila new file name location and or file type is specified Copy When the Copy button is pressed the current displayed image will be captured and
10. Si 3000 Camera USER MANUAL Version 17 June 2008 Contents WECOME aR E E E A EEEE 2 Warnings and Precautions 3 System Requirements sssssssssssssssssssssssecccecccccscseseseee 4 Package Contents armuesarwiadaiviaceeciiansededdavanasaseseecedian 5 Installing Software and Drivers 6 D TECTE AOE 13 TOUDE SNOOUNS aperon OEE RERAN 30 WECIINGAWD GCA EE EE TEO EAE OR 33 SUDDO TARS aN E a E EA waueoar 34 ISTE TWAIN oee E O E A 35 Uninstalling Software and Drivers 2 37 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our high resolution USB2 0 camera We suggest you spend a few minutes carefully reading this user manual before installing and using your camera Please keep this user manual in a safe place for future reference Warnings and Precautions Precautions when using your camera Keep camera away from the following High temperatures and excessive humidity Direct sunlight or other heat sources Dust Extreme vibration Never attempt to clean your camera sensor filter with any fluids or use an air blower near the camera as this could damage or degrade the camera and invalidate your warranty Never touch the sensor with your fingers Do not allow the camera to come into contact with water or any other liquid If water or a foreign substance should get in the camera unplug the camera immediately and do not attempt to plug it in until after a long period of time t
11. applicable Also ensure that the port on the computer is USB2 0 Some computers may have separate ports for USB2 0 and USB1 1 Consult your computer s user manual Exclamation Marks or Question Marks in Device Manager Look in Device manager for any devices that have an exclamation mark or question mark These symbols indicate that a device hasn t installed correctly This is likely to be contributing to any problems you are having Check Device Manager for a Section named Imaging Devices Click on the plus sign to the left of this entry to list any cameras and scanners that are currently plugged into your system If the camera has installed without error you should see an entry named Si 3000 Camera for example If you don t see this entry or it is listed with an exclamation mark then drivers haven t installed correctly If there is an exclamation mark next to the entry right click on the Camera name and choose the option to update the driver from the CD After the update check Device Manager to ensure that the exclamation mark has gone USB Device Conflicts When there are a number of USB devices installed at the same time unexpected errors can arise The cause can be insufficient available USB2 0 bandwidth or possibly too much combined current being drawn by USB devices To test for these conditions you should uninstall and unplug as many other USB devices as possible This should help to rule out the above and eliminat
12. camera sensor On computer systems that struggle to operate with very high USB bandwidth products such as XL Imaging mega pixel cameras this slider can be used to reduce the frame rate to alleviate problems such as e Fix black screen problems e Fix horizontal rolling of the camera image in the viewing window e Fix poor frame rate problems the blue bar inside the slider indicates the actual frame rate being achieved If this is consistently less than the requested value it is indicative of a bad USB chipset or a slow CPU Try requesting a slower frame rate from the sensor until the requested rate and the achieved rate agree Additionally reducing the frame rate allows higher exposure values for greater sensitivity AUTO MAN This button is used to switch between AGC AEC and manual exposure and gain Filter Here you can select a mains banding filter that matches your local mains frequency 50Hz or 60Hz This is provided for use with low quality mains light sources that cause interference in the form of horizontal bands appearing on the image A quality light source won t exhibit this fault so filter may remain switched off As a general rule only select 60Hz if you are in Canada Korea Western Japan i e Osaka Kyoto Nagoya Hiroshima Saudi Arabia USA and possessions Central America or the northern part of South America i e Peru and Brazil and to the north of them If selected the banding filter forces
13. d on the Toolbar This option is permanently disabled and checked if the camera is monochrome t Flip This flips the image from top to bottom Mirror This mirrors the image from side to side 4 Invert The Invert button flips the current curve right to left It effectively makes the camera generate photographic negatives It can allow a user to examine real photographic negatives naturally of course this function is also provided on the Toolbar FF Flat Field Compensation This is initiated by checking the Flat Field box or by selecting the FlatField Toolbar button It should be performed with the camera looking at a uniform white object Trouble Shooting WARNING Please do not attempt to open the camera case There are no user serviceable parts inside aLiLap Mo compatible camera was detected No Compatible Camera was detected error dialog box appears when trying to open software lf an error message appears similar to this whilst trying to open the program press OK The software did not detect any compatible devices and therefore will not open Check the device is plugged in correctly This error could mean that the camera is not connected properly drivers are not installed correctly and or that the USB2 0 port on the computer is not functioning correctly Check that the camera s cable is securely connected to the USB port of the computer and camera where
14. e possible conflicts with other cameras USB2 0 Port Problems The USB2 0 port may not be functioning correctly on your computer Check Device Manager found under system in the Control Panel We usually find that the USB2 0 drivers supplied with Windows or its Service Packs are the best to use with our camera If you have installed other USB2 0 drivers and you get a black screen with XLiCap try uninstalling the USB2 0 drivers and use the default Windows drivers If the program now works this indicates a problem with the previous drivers We have found this to be a problem with a number of motherboard supplied drivers Consult a suitable computer technician if in doubt get an error message when trying to install XLiCap Software If you receive the error message shown below then the most likely cause is that you do not have write access to your hard drive Please consult your computer administrator ini x Warning Falled to install lt LlCap Flug inthe camera USBe cable to start driver Installation Continue Image Problems Viewing window is black Check the camera LED is flashing if it is not then the camera is not outputting any data Check the lens iris is open and the camera is pointing towards some light source The luminance indicator bar in the camera controls dialog box will confirm if the camera is detecting any light If you still do not get an image try reducing your frame rate
15. el gt System or right click on My Computer and select properties from the context menu Click on the Hardware tab and then onto the button Device Manager Within Universal Serial Bus controllers USB controllers you will see a list of USB devices installed on your machine In this example the red arrow is indicating the USB2 0 device USB2 0 controllers may be labelled as USB2 0 controllers however they may also be labelled as Enhanced or Standard Enhanced controllers The so called Standard or Standard Universal controllers are for the slower USB1 x system Universal Serial Bus controllers e amp Intel r 82801DB DEM USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller 2400 e Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller amp Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller e amp Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller ISB Root Hub a USB Root Hub USB Root Hub e LISE Root Hub Package Contents 1 x Camera 1 x High Speed USB 2 0 Cable 1x CD ROM If any parts are missing from your package please contact your dealer On the base of the camera is a label containing the serial number Installing Software and Drivers The installation of this program requires administrator rights Insert the XLi CD ROM into your drive Do not connect your camera at this point The installation program should auto run and display the following Set up window 2 XLiCap Setup L Jol xi
16. exposure timing to be a multiple of half the period of the local AC supply If operating in manual exposure mode then the exposure slider will skip along in multiples of 10ms 50Hz mode or 8 3ms 60Hz mode Default Resets all program and camera settings to the factory settings as when originally supplied This is equivalent of clicking on Factory Reset from the context or main menu Image Panel Camera Controls x FO i 0 MD Poy Pa im cm con B hi rA m ES Ord m ha L tr a gt DT gt FT Default Main Image R G B These sliders can be used to control the individual colour channels of the camera Each channel can be set toa value between 0 and 255 which equates to 0 to 100 These sliders are intended to be used for image adjustment not colour balance Saturation This slider controls image colour saturation but is inactive if the camera itself is monochrome or if itis a colour camera in monochrome mode D Contrast The Contrast slider controls image contrast VA Gamma The Gamma slider can be used to apply a non linear correction factor from 0 45 to 1 00 A gamma value of 1 00 default is the same as no correction at all A value of around 0 62 is often suggested as providing the most natural real life images for viewing on computer monitors Mono checking this box changes to black and white mode this function is also provide
17. hen the auto box is not checked the luminance target for the image is that specified by the user using the Luminance slider control The AEC AGC system will attempt to produce an image with the requested luminance target Exposure and gain are adjusted until luminance is as near to the the target is possible With both AGC and AEC checked the image will have an optimum level of exposure and gain for the desired target The Luminance bar also contains a light meter that indicates the amount of light the camera is detecting If the bar is empty then the camera is not detecting any light Likewise if the bar is completely filled blue the camera is detecting too much light saturating When using a manual luminance target the luminance bar has a slider that allows a target luminance value to be set as detailed above In this case you would expect the blue bar to be very close to the sliders thumb If this is not the case itindicates a problem achieving the desired luminance target Have we run out of exposure Or do we need more gain Or just need to get more light on the subject Looking at the camera controls should quickly answer these question and lead to a solution Exposure range can be increased by reducing frame rate The need for more gain can often be removed by increasing the sensitivity of the camera via the sensitivity control or just increase the light getting to the camera FPS This slider is used to control the frame rate of the
18. his slider controls the luminance target for automatic exposure and gain See the Camera Controls for more details AUTO MAN This button is used to toggle between AGC AEC and manual exposure and gain Sensitivity This up down control is used to select how sensitive the camera should be The higher the value the more more sensitive the camera will be Increasing sensitivity means that less exposure is needed to achieve a given luminance target Sometimes you may want to increase the minimum exposure so in such cases it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity This is often the case when using a mains banding filter Video Recording Group Record When this button is pressed the current live image will begin to be recorded Whilst recording all other functions are inactive The recording will be made in whatever resolution setting is currently selected Counter Once Record has been pressed and live video is being recorded the time elapsed will be displayed here Maximum time allowed per recording is 20 seconds Stop To stop the video being recorded press this button Once stopped the Save Movie As dialog box appears Here you can give the video a name and choose where to save it Default location is the Desktop AVI is the only format available Help This button opens the About and Quick Help screen showing release information which may vary from that shown below and shortcut keys for various fea
19. in the Size box Notice that you can Size 1000 pm I Scale Bar select whether to work in um or thou by means of the radio buttons provided Cancel Enter a meaningful name for the scale in to the Name box 10x was used for this example Once done click OK and Close If you select the Scale Bar check box then whenever this scale is being used see below then a scalebar representing in this case 1000um will be displayed as an annotation on the screen To try out our new scale right click on the measure button and choose the 10x scale which we just created from the DIR A ar 5 context menu Any future measurements will be displayed in aee micrometres and millimetres These values willbe accurate 10x for the 10x mag setting of the microscope We can add additional scales to the context menu to support more magnification modes by repeating the procedure above Note A change of magnification without selecting a new scale makes any measurements meaningless Area Measurement When this button is depressed XLiCap is in Polygon Area Measure Mode Click the left mouse button on a corner of an area to be measured then proceed around the shape clicking on every point where the perimeter changes direction Finish the polygon with another click on the Area Measure button or press the Esc key on the keyboard The last point on the polygon that you defined will be joined to the first the
20. ing system Windows XP and Windows 2000 The first window that appears in XP SP2 asks whether you want to use Windows Update on the Internet to find drivers for this new hardware providing you have not previously checked the Yes now and every time connect a device Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with pour permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software f Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device gt Mo not this time Click Next to continue lt Pack Cancel The option No not this time should be chosen otherwise Windows Update will spend a while searching for a non existent driver for the camera on Internet and will complain that it cannot find one Press the Next button Select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced button and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps vou install software for USB2 0 PC Camera IF your hardware came with an installation CD LES or floppy disk insert it now What do vou want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended f Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click West to contin
21. llation The actual driver name given in this screen and on some of the screens thereafter willhave the XXX replaced with the model of camera you are installing Press Continue Anyway when this window shows Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for 9 see Camera Click Finish to close the wizard lt Back ancel When Windows has finished installing the camera driver click finish Windows Vista Warning the New Hardware wizard on Windows Vista does not always appear on top of other windows that may be displayed on the screen Sometimes you have to spot the flashing button on the task bar at the bottom of the screen and click it to get the wizard on top and usable Once itis visible the wizard s first screen looks like this Windows will quide you through the process of installing driver software for your device Windows will ask again the next time you plug in your device or log on Your device will not function until you install driver software Choose Locate and Install Driver Software recommended If your machine is connected to internet Vista will now unavoidably go and search one of Microsoft s driver repositories for a suitable driver After about 30 seconds itshould give up and present you witha screen as follows F you have the disc that came with your device insert i
22. lose and transfer the captured camera image back to the 3 party image application Uninstalling Software and Drivers To uninstall the XLiCap Software and all drivers for our cameras go to add Remove Programs located in Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt fe Add or Remove Programs i OI x itl Currently installed programs FT Show updates Sort by Mame Change or Remove GF CD DVD Label Printer LPCW 100 Size 6 10MB EA C Media 3D Audio Size 9 65ME z i Command Prompt Here PowerToy Add Mew imal Easy CO Creator 5 Basic Size 17 07MB Programs Programs Ah Irfanview remove only Size 1 25MB Ta i Microsoft Visual Basic 6 0 Professional Edition Size 41 50MB 1 Add Remove E Microsoft Web Publishing wizard 1 53 Size 0 14MB Win dos Components Mozilla Firefox 1 0 4 Size 14 95M B openoffice org 1 1 4 Size 146 00M6 am i Send To Extensions PowerToy Set Program Fe ead i siS 6 61F4 760 741 M66iFs_h 60_My41 Defaults 7 sis 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver Size i Target Context Menu Remove Only 4 Tortoise Size 12 84M Ji TWAIN Toolkit For Delphi 3 6 Size 198 00ME i Tweak UI iE XLiCap To change this program or remove it From your computer click Changel Remove Change Remove E And select XLiCap from the list by clicking the Change Remove button For each camera driver removed you willget a confirmation message Uninstall Device x bo 1 Aa Camera Successf
23. o allow for drying This does not necessarily mean it will work again Do not open the camera case or attempt your own repairs Internal components may create risk of electrical shock or fire There are no user serviceable components inside Additionally the camera was assembled and cleaned in a Strictly dust free environment Any attempt to open the case will certainly contaminate the sensor degrade the image and will void the warranty Clean the outside of the camera by wiping witha clean dry cloth Never use harsh or abrasive cleaners or organic solvents on the camera or any of its parts If you notice smoke or a strange smell coming from the camera immediately unplug the camera and consult an authorised dealer System Requirements 32 bit PC with either Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP1 or later or Windows Vista DirectX 9 0 or later installed 3 0GHZ minimum processor USB 2 0 Port CD ROM drive 256 MB RAM Performance is dependent on your PC s graphics card processor and USB chip set USB 2 0 is only supported on Windows Vista XP and 2000 Do not try to use any other Microsoft operating system Please note that 64 bit platforms are not supported Windows 2000 must have Service Pack 4 or later installed and XP Pro must have Service Pack 1 or later installed in order for the camera to function correctly To check if you have USB2 0 installed on your computer go to Start gt Settings gt Control Pan
24. ode The Edit Mode View Options Devices current state is indicated by the dot mark le Select Item pees Dran d Draw This switches to draw mode The dot mark in Measure the sub menu indicates the current state Measure Area Pan Measure This switches to measure mode The current state is indicated by the dot mark in the sub menu Measure Area This switches to measure area mode described under the Toolbar options earlier Pan This is the default mouse mode in the viewing window for panning the camera image View Resolutions Selecting this opens a sub menu Mode view Options Devices Help showing the available resolutions for the current Ea Resolutions ap camera The current resolution is indicated by Freeze Ctrl F the check Camera Controls Freeze same as the Freeze button on the Toolbar When the image has been frozen this option willbe checked Camera Controls This willopen the Camera Controls dialog box where you can control settings of the camera This is discussed in more detail later Options Show Menu Display or hide the main menu bar view Options Devices Help Show Toolbar Display or hide the Toolbar au Po Button Saves Image This option is only available v Button Saves Image on cameras with buttons If itis ticked then when Sutton Frasas Mags the button is pressed and the image is live then the image will be saved to disk using the same rules as if the Save
25. polygon will be filled in on the screen and its area will be displayed As with linear measurements above the system has to be calibrated for this value to have any meaning Please do not try drawing shapes that involve the perimeter crossing itself as witha figure 8 or bow tie shape The results will not be meaningful Pan This is the default mouse mode Holding the left button on the mouse down over the viewing window changes the cursor to the following icon This allows the image in the viewing window to be panned around should not all of the camera image be visible such as in 1 1 zoom Hold down the left button and drag the image in the desired direction Notice that this facilityis also available in Select mode see above but in that mode it depends on the mouse being clicked away from any lines labels or measurements Camera Functions Group Resolution This button toggles between the high resolution and low resolution modes of the device High resolution is indicated by a fine grid of squares and low resolution mode is represented by a coarse grid To check what resolution you are running in you can hover the mouse over the resolution button and a tool tip will appear indicating the mode in which the device is running Zoom When in High resolution there are two zoom settings available Fit to Window and 1 1 Once the button is depressed each new click will toggle through these settings
26. ra z E 2 E Pen Size Black changes will apply to i i Red subsequent drawing and measurements Fine Medium Bold Green Blue Yellow Line Measurement When this button is depressed XLiCap is in Line Measure Mode Hold down the left mouse button over a section of the image and drag to somewhere else in order to take a measurement The cursor changes toa pointing finger The Measure button has its own right click context menu Selecting Edit from this menu brings up the Scales dialog box From here we can add a new Scale edit an existing scale or delete an exiting scale Using Measure Mode Let s say we are using a microscope in a 10x magnification mode and prefer our measurements displayed in micrometres and millimetres and not pixels We focus on a 1000 micrometre reticule slide click the measure button to switch to Measure mode and measure the scale on the slide The line drawn will have a length in pixels as its value Now right click on the Measure button and select Edit from the context menu to bring up the Scale dialog box 99 Click the Add button to create the new scale The number of pixels that equates to your 1000 micrometre slide is automatically entered to the Pixels box 800 in this x example You can change it should you M fo Measurement Units wish to meas f Micrometres Enter the matching physical length of your Hes feo C Thou scale
27. rdware may mean that these rates cannot be achieved Supported APIs DirectShow The camera driver operates as a DirectShow source filter As such it can be used by other DirectShow application programs and is not limited to working with the supplied XLiCap application The camera supports the standard Microsoft DirectShow API and the Microsoft VFW Video for Windows API Documentation for the DirectShow and VFW API is available from Microsoft and other places DirectShow is supported by Microsoft Visual C and Borland Delphi programming languages Microsoft Visual Basic supports only a subset of the full DirectShow API Software Development Kit SDK A comprehensive SDK for the camera is included on the installation CD this allows the creation of your own custom application Please refer to the CD for the SDK manual and example programs TWAIN The camera driver additionally provides a TWAIN interface The camera will appear as a selectable image capture device within TWAIN based image manipulation software Thus software designed to work with a TWAIN camera scanner may use our cameras Further instructions on using our cameras with TWAIN can be found below Documentation for the standard TWAIN API is available from www twain org Using TWAIN 1 Make sure the camera is installed and connected to your computer 2 From your chosen 3 party image application select
28. re sorry but the camera is a high performance high bandwidth device and processors older than the Pentium III just won t work with it Assuming you see the screen above installation is now complete for this particular camera port If you have another camera or intend to use an an additional port plug the camera cable into your chosen port in order to install additional drivers via the Found New Hardware Wizard Once the installation is complete you should see a shortcut on your desktop called XLiCap In the Start gt Programs listing you will also see a folder for XLiCap The software is automatically installed for all users of the PC XLiCap will remember each users preferences Using XLiCap To open the XLiCap program double click the icon on your desktop The main window will be opened and the real time image from your camera will be displayed in the viewing window Initially the program shows a toolbar that allows quick access to most functions Additionally right clicking on the viewing window will pop up a context menu that can be used to control addition functions and enabling disabling the toolbar and main menu Toolbar Above the image display you willsee the Main Toolbar Emal Copy Sensitivity Fecord Save As pi otate Lock Gain amp Exposure ounter Saves r Reticule Luminance _ p top IH OIRS 47460 lt mBMgac s m Fr Select __ L Camera Controls Help
29. slider FPS on the camera controls Main Tab toa level that your computer system can cope with Camera Controls x R ps jio e Filter Senesitrvity HE Ge Che fos Default Image rolling horizontally This is normally due to insufficient computer system performance USB performance particularly Again try reducing your frame rate slider FPS on the camera controls dialog box to a level that your computer system can cope With Poor frame rate problems The blue bar inside the FPS slider on camera controls dialog box indicates the actual frame rate being achieved If this is consistently less than the requested value it is indicative of a bad USB chipset or a slow CPU Try requesting a slower frame rate from the sensor until the requested rate and the achieved rate agree Image freezes lf the camera image freezes check the camera LED is still flashing If itis then the computer system is struggling to maintain the USB rate and has Stalled for the camera Changing the camera resolution or performing a factory reset will restart the image streaming again If you experience frequent image freezes then itis recommended to reduce the requested frame rate as above Technical Data 13000 3 Mega pixel camera Colour 2048 x 1536 high resolution mode 1024 x 768 low resolution mode A CMOS Sensor 12 fps high resolution 27 fps low resolution Please note that stated frame rates are maximums Suboptimal computer ha
30. t now Windows will automatically search the disc for driver software I don t have the disc Show me other options You just hit Next at this point and the wizard will look at the supplied CD ROM It will find the driver but Vista s security system will want confirmation that it can load It K Windows can t verify the publisher of this driver software Don t install driver software You should check your manufacturer s website for updated driver software for your device Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s website or disc Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information See details Select Install this Driver Software anyway and click on it The wizard will now complete the process of loading the driver and present a box looking like this Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device hee i TH AAAA Camera If you have several of our cameras the wizard will loop around and install the others in a similar way Windows Vista XP or 2000 It is unlikely but you might get an error report on this final screen if the driver found that it couldn t run Error code 10 is where the camera driver started up but failed to find the camera hardware Please contact the Dealer where you purchased the camera if this happens Error code 37 is where the driver detected a Pentium II or earlier processor type We
31. tures About XLiCap D xj LICap Version 17 S3000 Camera Driver Version 1 5 0 0 2008 06 03 SDR Version 17 0 Copyright 2008 Li Copy image to clipboard CTRL S Save the current image CTRL H Displays this window ALT Enter Toggles Fullscreen Mode Right mouse button Brings Up popup menu CTAL F Freeze Image Main Menu By default the Main Menu is not shown Most of the main menu functions are directly accessible by the standard toolbar If desired it can be enabled by right clicking on the viewing window and checking Show Menu from the context menu The main menu has the following options File Save same as the Save button on the Toolbar File Edt Mode View Options Save As same as the Save As button on the Toolbar a n no Email same as the Email button on the Toolbar Email Exit Exit Click on Exit to close the program Note Always Exit the program before unplugging the camera system crash may result otherwise Edit ae ee Copy same as the copy button on the Toolbar FS Edt Mode EM Options Devices Tue trl Erase All This deletes all drawing and hh Copy ctre H measurements from the display Faste krl Edit Annotation This opens a dialog box Fesa Al allowing the annotation to be edited SHO SOR me Annotation is discussed above in the Toolbar section Mode Select Item This switches to selection m
32. ue Back Cancel Select the radio button Search for the best driver in these locations Tick the Search Removable Media checkbox untick the Include this location in the search checkbox and click the Next button Found New Hardware Wizard 4 Please choose your search and installation options sy Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local path and removable media The best driver found wall be installed W Search removable media floppy CD ROM T Include this location in the search r Browse Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for pour hardware lt Back Cancel You willsee the following warning Hardware Installation a AN The software you are installing for this hardware ewe Camera has not passed Windows Logo testing to very its compatibility With Windows P ell me why this testing is Important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anpa STOP Insta
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34. ze Ctrl F 1 Camera Controls w Show Menu i Show Toolk Show Menu When checked this enables the main durs aoe menu which by default is not displayed Text Label s Button Saves Image Button Freezes Image Show Toolbar When checked this enables the toolbar ae which by default is displayed x Text Label A click here will display the Text A Label dialog box This allows us to select the text size and colour of a new text label en To change the default colour and size for text Bue x jo x Boies labels simply select new values from the dialog box selectors Future text labels including those used for measurements will have these attributes Just like any other lines and measurements a label once created can be selected and moved about the screen or be deleted The initial position for a newly created label is the point on the picture where the right click happened to bring up the context menu in the first place Full Screen Display To toggle fullscreen mode you can press Alt Enter keys at the same time Camera Controls dialog box The camera controls dialog box contains 2 tabbed panels that give the user full control over camera settings The dialog box can be left open if desired and the main XLiCap window can continue to be used as normal All sliders and setting values are displayed in real time giving live feedback on the camera Sliders can be adjusted finely using
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