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1. View HG Error Logs Delete HG Error Logs View HG Update Logs EB Camera Configuration 5 29 1 Copy Calibration file from CD Each camera is shipped with a calibration file For versions of Motion Studio below 2 07 04 the file is stored in the WINDOWS System32 directory WINNT System32 for Windows 2000 For versions of Motion Studio above 2 07 04 the file is stored in C Common Files IDT CameraFiles If the file is not stored in the local directory it may be copied from the camera CD 5 29 2 Download Calibration file from flash memory Giga Ethernet cameras have on board flash memory The calibration file is stored in the flash memory and may be downloaded and copied to the hard disk Users Manual Motion Studio 5 29 3 98 Camera Calibration To reduce the noise associated with CMOS sensors and improve the performance of the default calibration file Motion Studio offers a Calibration dialog box 1 Select Camera from the main toolbar 2 Select Advanced gt Camera Calibration To reduce the noise associated to the CMOS sensor and improve the performance of the default calibration file select the following options Enable background removal factory calibration it removes the background from any acquired images and reduces the noise Enable pixel sensitivity correction factory calibration it enables the compensation of differences in pixels sensitivity Enable noise reduc
2. Select the Internet Protocol TCP IP item and click Properties The following dialog box appears Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General You can get IF settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically IP address 192 168 10 11 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway btain DNS server address automatica Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server Select the Use the following IP Address option and enter the IP address and the subnet mask Make sure that your IP address is not duplicated in the network Otherwise the connection would be refused 180 Users Manual Motion Studio Click OK then OK again and wait a few seconds until the wireless connection shows its status as Connected see the picture below S Network Connections File Edit View Favorites Tools Advanced Help E Search Folders E Address Network Connections DEK ay i gt Ke A Name Type Network Tasks LAN or High Speed Internet E iee aA 1394 Connection LAN or High Speed Internet 2 Set up a home or small iw Wireless Network Connection LAN or High Speed Internet office network Local Area Connection LAN or High Speed Internet Change W
3. Video Output orma PC only 720p 60Hz E Sync Master F 1PPS Master The master camera drives the slaves acquisitions via the sync out signal The picture below shows how to configure a two cameras master slave layout Master Camera Slave Camera Trigger Master camera s Sync Out signal must be connected to slave camera s Sync In connector To provide simultaneous trigger to cameras circular and BROC mode master camera and slave camera should receive the same trigger signal Two Master synchronization modes are available 1 Sync Master Slave the master camera produces a synchronization signal whose frequency is the same as the master cameras frame rate The slave cameras are automatically configured to operate with external frame sync and all the cameras run at the same frame rate 2 1PPS Master Slave The master camera generates 1PPS sync out signal 1 Hz and operates with the internal sync clock The slave cameras are automatically 108 Users Manual Motion Studio configured to operate with external 1PPS sync and they align their internal sync signal to the external 1PPS reference In this fashion the slave cameras may operate at any frequency that is a multiple of the master s operating frequency The master sync signal is similar to a GPS reference signal that is used to align the acquisition frame rates This mode is not supported by all the camera models Users Manual 10
4. i Move up Move down Learn about setting up wireless network configuration The dialog box shows the available wireless network Click the Advanced button The following dialog box appears Advanced Networks to access O Any available network access point preferred O Access point infrastructure networks only C Automatically connect to non preferred networks Close Select the Compute to computer ad hoc networks only option to display only the dedicated connections The click Close and then click the Add button The following dialog box appears 178 Users Manual Motion Studio Wireless network properties Association Authentication Connection Network name SSID Wireless network key Network Authentication Data encryption Network key Confirm network key Key index advanced This is a computer to access point mynetw This network requires a key for the following Open WEP Y C The key is provided for me automatically computer ad hoc network are not used WITEIESS ox rE Edit the network name SSID uncheck the The key is provided for me automatically option enter the Network Key and then confirm it The network key is a password which is required to authenticate the connection You will be required to enter the same key when you will configure the Pocket PC
5. acquisition and start acquiring in the following sub segment until the memory segment is filled SSD option Frames 5 In the text box edit the number of frames to be recorded to the camera memory in a single acquisition The values can be set from 1 up to a maximum number depending on the amount of free memory and the number of rows on each frame Select the number of rows on each frame with the ROI setting OFF Backup Streaming Mission BROC Length If BROC mode is selected use the text box to type the number of frames of each sub segment If the number of frames is 1000 and the BROC length is 100 the camera will acquire 10 sub segments Frame Sync Sync Cfg Sync Configuration and Event Trigger configuration are separated Synchronize the camera with a pulse train and simultaneously issue an event trigger from the Trigger In BNC connector Use the drop down list to select Internal or External synchronization source If the Frame Sync is external use the Sync Cfg drop down list to select one of the following options edge high edge low pulse high and pulse low Trigger Cfg In Circular or BROC mode select from the following event triggers options e Edge High e Edge Low e Switch Closure Users Manual Motion Studio Trigger Adjust When the record mode is set to Circular or BROC the Trigger Adjust controls are active In this mode the camera acquires the set number of frames before the trigge
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7. reserved MRFFILE HEADER PMRFFILE HEADER Members Users Manual 191 Motion Studio szSign 8 a 8 char buffer which contains the signature IDT MRF It indicates that the file contains a valid Multiple Raw File nReserved this field is reserved for future use 9 1 12 2 Image header The file header is followed by the image header which contains general information about the images typedef struct _MRFIMG HEADER unsigned int nSize size of this header unsigned int nPages number of pages frames unsigned int nWidth image width unsigned int nHeight image height unsigned int nBPP bits per pixel unsigned int nReservedl reserved unsigned int nReserved2 reserved unsigned int nReserved3 reserved unsigned short nBayer the image is Bayer unsigned short nCFAPattern Bayer pattern unsigned int userData 59 user data array unsigned int nRecSpeed recording speed MRFIMG_ HEADER PMRFIMG_HEADER Members nSize size of the structure in bytes nPages number of images contained in the file nWidth width of each image in pixels nHeight height of each image in pixels nBPP number of bits per pixels reserved1 2 3 reserved values nBayer the image is Bayer nCFAPattiern color filter array pattern used to de bayer the image 0 GRBG 1 BGGR 2 RGGB 3 GBRG nRecSpeed the recording speed userData an array of 59 unsigned integer values
8. 4 Move the sliders to change the Y position of the handles 5 Click Reset to reset the lookup table to the original diagonal value Look Up Table Users Manual Motion Studio 5 10 Orientation The image may be rotated and or flipped 1 2 Select Image from the main toolbar Select Orientation from the drop down menu Edit the parameters Click OK Flip horizontally 90 Degrees Cw Flip vertically 180 Degrees Cw 90 Degrees CEW Reset 5 11 Image Info The main acquisition parameters may be displayed and edited 5 6 Select Image from the main toolbar Select Info from the drop down menu Edit the parameters Click OK to change the parameters on the acquisition Users Manual 51 Motion Studio 5 12 Color Map Adjustment for monochrome images The Color Map has controls for displaying black and white images in color using a pre loaded user defined color scheme Select Image from the main toolbar Select Adjust from the Image drop down list Select Color Map Select Base Color Map from the drop down list Change the RGB values and Point Index Click OK to change the image D o e o NS PointIndex 1 Control Point RGB Settings 255 Red km o Green 255 Blue 0 25 0 255 Redistribute Control Points Reset C tere at 52 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 13 Sharpen gamma brightness co
9. 90 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 28 1 2 Connection with Trigger In signal In some specific conditions it is convenient to connect the Trigger In signal to the Channel 1 of the data acquisition The Sync Out connector of the Analog Input section of the DAS back panel is connected to the Sync In connector of the camera The trigger signal is connected to the Trigger In connector of the camera and to the AIN 1 connector of the DAS In the software the option Trigger on Chn 1 must be selected Trigger signal Camera and DAS Data Acquisition Module Sync signal from DAS to camera Users Manual 91 Motion Studio 5 28 2 Analog Input Configuration 92 Camera Record Image DAS On Off Trigger on Channel 1 Sampling rate 10 KHz X Samples Frame 10 X Camera recording rate 1000 Hz Was SERRE Current channel V On Off Label Channel_1 Units M Conversion 1 000 the active channels number Camera recording rate On Off The acquisition module may be enabled and disabled If enabled the camera rate control is grayed out and the acquisition rate is automatically computed and configured See below Trigger In on Chn 1 Select this option and connect the trigger signal to the channel 1 input The sampling of the trigger signal will help synchronizing the images with the data Sampling Rate Select the number of samples per
10. Motion Studio r Open Cameras l 2 Select the cameras from the list below Camera Model Plus Serial IP Address Type Link v S 1 Os5 Camera MotionXtra Os5 4K No 03 0613 0002 10 10 10 252 color GigaBit v kal 2 Y8 S2 Camera MotionPro Y8 S2 No 28 0312 3174 10 10 10 174 mono GigaBit v S 3 NX3 53 Camera MotionXtra N3 S3 No 001 1010 0021 10 10 10 22 color GigaBit Refresh List Enum Filter Select all Deselect all Camera Info Camera Name Edit IP Address Activation Key Interface Expert g v Activate Camera List Reset camera s configuration Care Refresh List Click this button to restart the cameras detection procedure Enumeration filter The user can select which camera type is enumerated and listed in the camera wizard window 1 Click the Enum Filter button 2 Check or uncheck the camera models 3 Click OK Users Manual 37 Motion Studio 38 Check the camera types you wish to detect uncheck the others MotionPro X on USB 2 0 MotionPro X on Giga Ethernet MotionPro Y on USB 2 0 MotionPro Y on Giga Ethernet MotionXtra N on Giga Ethernet MotionScope M on Camera Link MotionXtra HG on Giga Ethernet MotionXtra Legacy on Giga Ethernet Co cancel Select Deselect All Click Select All to select all the cameras of the list click Deselec
11. Motion Studio 5 33 Annotations The Annotation button on the playback tab shows the annotation dialog box COCCI ee Annotations map io General annotation General note about the images 1 4 Data annotation Note about this data sample General annotation Add a general comment to the acquired sequence Images annotation A note may be added to the current image Use the playback button to locate an image and add the note Data annotation Add a note about data for future use The horizontal bar shows the positions of the notes black vertical lines and the position of the currently displayed image gray handle Buttons operations include the following e Use the arrow controls to locate the annotations e Reset all the annotations e Delete an annotation e Undo the latest edit of an annotation Users Manual 113 Motion Studio 5 34 TRACKING menu The Tracking Menu on the main toolbar offers an alternative to using the buttons and dialog box provided by the Docked Dialog menu including the following functions e Enable and disable tracking e Open the tracking configuration dialog e Add remove or reset the track points e Compute tracking e Show or hide the vectors the table graph dialog box and the correlation windows 114 Tracking Data View Tools Window Help gp Show Tracking amp Configuration Calibration kaj Save Data J New Trackpoint Reset
12. option left pane On Windows 8 the control panel can be open from the Metro start screen Select the Inbound rules item on the left pane and find the following rules in the list 1 Windows Vista Networking Echo Request ICMPv4 In 2 Windows 7 and 8 File and Printer sharing Echo request ICMPv4 In If they are disabled gray select them and click the Enable rule button on the right pane or right click on the rule and select the Enable rule menu item see below Inbound Rules A Name Group Profile o File and Printer Sharing Spooler Service File and Printer Sharing Domain Networking Echo Request ICMPv4 In LTE Rett Public oO Networking Echo Request ICMPv6 In f Public iSCSI Service TCP In Private iSCSI Service TCP In Domain Media Center Extenders HTTP Streamin Properties Domai Media Center Extenders qWave TCP In Hel Domai o Media Center Extenders qWave UDP In P Domai Media Center Extenders Domai Name Group e Profile Enab iv Distributed Transaction Coordinator TCP In Distributed Transaction Domain No File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPv4 In Enable Rule File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPv4 In rivate Yes File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPv4 In Cut Domain Yes v File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPw6 In Copy ublic No o File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPv6
13. s connected ERRO094 Unable to assign a specific IP address to the camera The automatic assignment of the IP addresses has failed Try with the manual configuration ERRO95 Data acquisition module over run A data acquisition module internal error has occurred ERR0O96 Data acquisition module under run A data acquisition module internal error has occurred ERRO097 Unable to download the camera calibration file from flash memory because the camera Calibration file is not stored in the flash Contact the technical support ERRO98 The calibration file download has been aborted The user has clicked the Abort button during the download ERRO99 Unable to set the IP address An error occurred in the procedure of setting the IP address starting from the camera MAC address Make sure that the MAC address is correct and the camera is connected to the network ERR100 Unable to save tracking data The error occurs because the program tries to save the tracking results to a file and it fails ERR101 Invalid file format The error occurs when a waveform file is not valid The file may be damaged or have invalid data ERR102 Unable to save to a file The error occurs when the program cannot save an image to the specified file format ERR103 Unable to save to a file The error occurs because the file is too large and the file format does not support that size ERR104 Unable to allocate enough computer memory for the acquisition T
14. Color the track point color Size the correlation area size in pixels The area is a square New click the button to add a new track point Reset click the button to reset all the computed positions Delete click this button to delete the current track point Tracking Configuration click this button to open the configuration dialog box Save click this button to save the tracking results in ASCII LabVIEW Tecplot or Excel format Calibration opens and closes the tracking calibration dialog box 116 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 36 Tracking procedure 5 36 1 Add anew track point and compute To add a new track point follow the steps below 1 Click the New button on the tracking tab The cursor will change into an arrow with a plus symbol 2 Move the cursor to the image and click on the position where the track point needs to be added The cursor will change to the standard arrow 3 The track point position may be changed by dragging the central cross see below 4 Then the point trajectory may be computed by clicking the green arrow buttons on the tracking bar Users Manual 117 Motion Studio 5 36 2 Edit the tracking configuration Click the Trk Config button on the tracking bar or select the Configuration item from the tracking menu The options are as follows z Tracking Configuration Sas Tracking V Set image intensity V Filter image __ Validate position le
15. PIXCI Driver Assistant t d d g Users Manual Motion Studio 3 2 5 Installing and configuring the Bitflow Karbon CL Frame Grabber First install the software by following the instructions below 1 Install the Bitflow SDK version 5 60 When the setup asks for serial number enter the value O It will install all the binary modules necessary to operate the camera 2 Install the Motion Studio software suite see the following topics Then power off the computer install the frame grabber in a PCI Express x8 or x16 available slot and power up the computer Follow the instructions on video when Windows detects the frame grabber When Windows asks to verify the driver click Install anyways Run the SysReg application from the desktop link When the utility starts it will show the frame grabber information Boards installed RRON R64 1 KBN PCE CL4 F YFG1 CL3 4 Board operation Other bus mastering devices E Program their latency Latency to program Camera configuration file path C BitFlow SDK 5 60 Config Users Manual 19 Motion Studio 3 2 5 1 How to attach the correct camera file to the frame grabber From SysReg utility click on the Configure button next to Board operation From the Board Details window that appears click the Add button In the Choose camera file dialog box that opens locate the Mak
16. Troubleshoot my network computer Use recommended settings What are the recommended settings m cx Home or work private networks Connected 4 Networks at home or work where you know and trust the people and devices on the network Windows Firewall state Off Incoming connections Block all connections to programs that are not on the list of allowed programs ee also n SA Active home or work private networks ik IDT internal Action Center Network and Sharing Center Notification state Notify me when Windows Firewall blocks a new program From the options list on the left select Advanced Settings and open the Windows Firewall and advanced security window Users Manual 33 Motion Studio File Action View Help lt gt Gia e Windows Firewall with Advance AYTTA EES ET EE ET cog EZ Inbound Rules E3 Outbound Rules Mu Connection Security Rules gt Monitoring a Pg Windows Firewall with Advanced Security provides network secu Overview Domain Profile Windows Firewall is off Private Profile is Active Windows Firewall is off Public Profile is Active Windows Firewall is off E Windows Firewall Properties Getting Started m Import Policy amp Export Policy Restore Default Policy Diagnose Repair View IG Refresh Properties Help Click the Windows Firewall Properties b
17. network adapters you may have different models on your Pocket PC select your wireless Adapter 182 Users Manual Motion Studio E 46409 Dell Axim X50 WLAN Wireless Adapter O Use server assigned IP address Use specific IP address IP address 192 168 10 11 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 S P he aalaleladalsisizisisiol l l4 Taol alal elel tdydulidoded OL CAPD ad stad tod bd i kd Ud sd Shite ab xdod vd bd ndod tdi Ete ae a dad Select the Use specific IP address option and enter the address and the subnet mask The subnet mask must be the same as the one entered in the host TCP IP configuration The IP address must be different from the host s Then click OK and disable enable the wireless card to let the configuration changes take effect When the new changes take effect the wireless connection starts and the message box below shows up New Network Detected mynetw network connects me to C The Internet Work If this network connects to work via a VPN select The Internet seins Select the Work option and click connect You will be asked to enter the network key as shown below Network Key Network mynetve may require a key If you have a Network key enter it and tap Connect Otherwise just tap Connect key Enter the network key you entered in the host connection configuration see above and click connect If the connection starts the
18. 30 Nodes 4 GridMode Free Grid Color Ready _ Calibrate 880x880 24 bit 100 fps Playback Image Extra Track caje e o 1 40 Start Stop _ Skip frms o o 39 0 V Show Tracking We B Point Color Size 0000 MM 8 New Reset Delete l Configuration Save The grid may be moved and resized The way the grid is resized is controlled by the Grid Mode in the calibration dialog e Zoom in this mode the handles are positioned over the four external corners of the grid The grid may be zoomed or moved e Constrained in this mode the handles are positioned over the four external corners of the grid The grid can be distorted e Free in this mode each point of the grid has its own handle and can be moved independently Grid Size X Y the user enters the dimensions in mm of the grid distance between the grid corners The distance between the points of the calibration target is known The values are in mm 1 inch 25 4 mm Grid Nodes X Y the user enters the number of nodes in the grid The minimum is 4 while the maximum is 20 The number of nodes depends on the calibration target Users Manual 125 Motion Studio 5 37 DATA menu When acquired data pane is visible and some data is displayed the DATA menu is active Use the Data menu to apply filters and mathematical operators to show or hide the
19. 9 cfg 1 Full res 1000fps To load a camera configuration select Load Camera Cfg from File menu then select one of the available configurations and click OK a Load Camera Configuration Name Cfg 1 Comment Full res 1000fps Cameras Camera Serial canera 19 1211 0209 Select Al Deselect All Configurations Comment Name a Cfg 1 Full res 1000fps Delete Delete all Coc cancel Users Manual 65 Motion Studio 5 21 Record Configuration 5 21 1 Record Tab 66 Use the Record tab on the Docked Dialog Camera Record Image box at the right of the image to set the Record mode Circular z record options Frames Len Record mode cts Ho Use the drop down list and select one of the Frame Sync Internal following options oe er e Normal the camera acquires and stops Leechs Edge High when the memory segment is filled Trigger Cfg Edge Low x e Circular the camera acquires and restarts e when the memory segment is filled The Trigger Adjust Advanced camera waits for an event trigger to q complete the acquisition e BROC Burst Record on Command the Pre Trigger Post Trigger memory segment is divided into sub 50 100 ms 50 50 100 ms segments the camera acquires in circular mode in a sub segment When the event NX5 1 2 trigger is issued the camera completes the
20. Camera MotionXtra N3 S3 No 01 1010 0021 10 10 10 22 color Gigabit Refreshtist EnumFilter Selectall Deselectall Camera Info Camera Name Edit IP Address Activation Key Interface Expert me v Activate Camera List Reset camera s configuration Ce The way the camera views are shown depends on the selected options If the Activate camera list option is not selected the program opens a separate window for each camera The windows are tiled and each camera can operate independently from each other Each camera may have different parameters from other cameras The cameras may be also configured as master slave 104 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 30 1 Activate camera list If this option is selected the program opens a vertical camera list bar From this bar the user may e Select a camera do a single click on the camera thumbnail to activate it Do a double click to activate the camera and start Live e Select a subset of the cameras check the check boxes at the left side of the camera thumbnail and operate the camera control bar Click Select All to select all the cameras click Deselect All to deselect all the cameras e Rename a camera right click on the camera icon and select the Rename option e Activate the Tools menu see below e Configure the Options see below e See the status of the cameras below th
21. MotionScope camera models have different Bayer patterns e X3 Y3 C Y3 HD N3 S1 N3 S2 and M3 have BG GR pattern e X4 X5 Y5 Y5 HD M5 and N5 have GR BG pattern e 6Y4 N4 Y3 S1 Y3 S2 N3 S3 N3 S4 Y6 Y7 NX7 Y8 NX8 have GB RG pattern The camera driver may perform six different interpolation algorithms demosaicing Advanced a new advanced method for high quality reconstruction Nearest the algorithm is based on nearest neighbor reconstruction Users Manual 205 Motion Studio 206 Bilinear for each missing pixel a weighted value of the surrounding four pixels is computed It s the simplest method and is non adaptive The indiscriminate averaging of neighboring pixel causes a blur effect Zipper Gradient A the interpolation is done using chrominance gradients in two steps First the luminance channel is interpolated green Then the color differences red minus green and blue minus green are interpolated Gradient B the interpolation is done using luminance gradients in a more adaptive way than algorithm B Gradient C the interpolation is done using a threshold based variable number of gradients Hue Transition A the algorithm is based on the assumption that the hue of the image cannot change abruptly and in an unnatural manner The term hue refers to the relation between luminance green and chrominance red blue Hue Transition B based on the same principles of A method but mor
22. NR4 NX4 cameras Disable hardware BROC on Y NR NX cameras Automatically arm the camera when Motion Studio opens it Get raw gray data from color cameras Convert color data to grayscale Network Performance g Fast Live While Record during a recording session the preview can be enabled on all cameras fully disabled or activated only on the camera window that has the focus Trigger Hot Key the software trigger can be sent to the cameras by clicking the Trigger button on the camera toolbar or by pressing a keyboard key The user can configure that key Exposure format the exposure may be displayed in microseconds or in degrees as shutter angle Maximize exposure if this option is selected the exposure is automatically set to the maximum every time the frame rate changes Disable 1024x1024 new Y4 and NR4 cameras have 1024x1024 maximum resolution while older ones have only 1016x1016 In a mixed environment the user may want to operate all the cameras with 1016x1016 maximum resolution This option disables the 10124x10124 resolution in new cameras Disable hardware BROC Y cameras with firmware 151 137 and newer and N NR NX cameras with firmware 159 134 and newer support hardware BROC With this feature BROC is executed in camera firmware and the maximum number of BROC segments is limited to 256 Software BROC supports 1024 segments so the may disable hardware BROC
23. NX8 S2 Camera tif Ji without FD J Track000 NX8 S2 Camera tif 5 di recordone_001 hd Y3 S1 Camera raw E 4 m CG Ready Left Pane the left pane is a tree view and displays the tree structure of the images database It shows images raw files and data acquisition files Right Upper Pane it s a list view and it shows the main parameters of the selected item If the item is a device it shows the device ID serial number etc If the item is an acquisition it shows all the acquisition parameters Right Lower Pane the pane is used to preview the first frame of a sequence or the data acquired with the data acquisition module 46 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 6 1 The viewer Toolbar New Database The selection of this item opens the Create New database dialog box The user may browse the existing directories in the hard disk or create a new directory If the OK button is pressed the root database files are copied in the new directory and the user can start saving new sequences in the new folder Open Database Browse the directories in the hard disk and locate a database folder The program recognizes as valid database locations the directories where the file xvdb mdb is found Changes to the currently selected database are reflected on the settings Refresh Click this button to refresh the viewer contents Open Item Click this button to open the currently selected item The button is enab
24. Programs X Search Contro Pane P Allow programs to communicate through Windows Firewall To add change or remove allowed programs and ports click Change settings What are the risks of allowing a program to communicate fa Change settings Allowed programs and features Name Home Work Private Public O iSCSI Service O Media Center Extenders Motion Inspector Motion Studio Image Acquisition and Processing Motion Studio Network Configuration O Netlogon Service Network Discovery C Performance Logs and Alerts readouttest exe Remote Assistance CO Remote Desktop C Remote Desktop RemoteFX anog anog DORROROR D00R0COOR i 30 Users Manual Motion Studio 4 6 2 How to allow incoming echo requests HG cameras HG cameras support the ICMP Internet Control message Protocol The cameras send a ping to the connected computer to check if the communication is still available If the firewall blocks such packets the communication between the camera and the computer fails For this reason adding Motion Studio to the list of allowed programs is not enough In addition ICMP echo requests should be allowed 4 6 2 1 Windows XP To detect if ICMP echo requests are allowed open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab Windows Firewall ICMP Settings General Exceptions Advanced Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP allows the computers on a network to share e
25. Trackpoint X lt Delete Trackpoint X Delete All Trackpoints backward DI One step forward To the stop frame Users Manual Motion Studio 5 35 Tracking control The tracking control tab appears on the main dialog bar if the Tracking option is enabled in the General Options Enable Motion tracking in the Miscellaneous Tab Users Manual 115 Motion Studio follows Playback Image Extra Track COCO eC CSCC 1 4 11 0 100000 s DEEE tart Stop Skip frms es ea Ga V Show Tracking V Manual Track 4k fal Ba Point Color Size 0000 MM 12 New Reset Delete Configuration Save Calibration ON Use the tracking tab to enable and configure the tracking points The options are as Show tracking enables or disables the display of the tracking point and trajectory If this option is unchecked no tracking can be computed Manual Track select this option to disable any automatic calculation and manually track the points Track computation buttons click the track buttons to compute tracking one step forward or backward to the start frame or to the stop frame Table Graph shows or hides the table graph window Vectors shows or hides the trajectory vectors Point select the track point to configure
26. Wide Web so it is fully stream able with a progressive display option PNG is robust providing both full file integrity checking and simple detection of common transmission errors Also PNG can store gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching on heterogeneous platforms PNG is a platform independent format that supports a high level of lossless compression alpha channel transparency gamma correction and interlacing It is supported by more recent Web browsers 9 1 5 TP2 format Type 2 format is the Redlake raw data format It s the format used to save raw image data 9 1 6 FBA format The FBA format is the Falcon eXtra raw data format It s the format used by Falcon eXtra software to save raw image data For further information please refer to falcon documentation 9 1 7 AVI Format The Microsoft AVI file format is a Resource Interchange File Format RIFF file specification used with applications that capture edit and play back audio video sequences In general AVI files contain multiple streams of different types of data Most AVI sequences use both audio and video streams A simple variation for an AVI sequence uses video data and does not require an audio stream The program supports uncompressed raw and compressed AVI The INDEO 5 11 codec is installed on 32 bit Windows 9 1 8 MOV Format The Apple Quick Time MOV file format is used with applications that capture edit and play back audio video seq
27. acquired image to be brighter and smaller but the resolution will be lower as a result Because the image is smaller the image transfer time is reduced significantly When you select a binning setting in your imaging software the camera combines data from several pixels in the camera s CCD into a single super pixel For example a 2x2 bin means that 2 pixels in the horizontal direction and 2 pixels in the vertical direction are combined to form one super pixel Bit Depth It s the color or gray scale of an individual pixel A pixel with 8 bits per color gives a 24 bit image 8 Bits x 3 colors are 24 bits 24 bit color resolution is 16 7 million colors BMP Bitmap It s a file format used to store images For further information refer to the Microsoft documentation BNC BNC is the acronym for Bayonet Neill Concelman for the inventors Paul Neill and Carl Concelman It s a twist and lock connector for coaxial cables used for electronic equipment and for wiring LANs Brightness It s the value of a pixel in an electronic image representing its lightness value from black to white It s usually defined as brightness levels ranging in value from 0 black to 255 white BROC Burst Record on Command It s one of the operating modes of a camera with on board memory The memory is divided into segments the camera acquires in circular mode in a segment When the event trigger is issued the camera completes the acquisitio
28. and allow the camera to acquire up to 1024 segments in software Automatically arm the camera when MS opens it if this option is selected Motion Studio puts the camera in record mode immediately after opening it 132 Users Manual Motion Studio Get raw gray data from color cameras grayscale images coming from the sensor are not converted into RGB format The frames are acquired and displayed as black and white images Convert color data to grayscale converts color RGB images into 8 bit grayscale images Network performance the network performance is a delay added to the data exchange between the cameras and the computer If there is traffic on your local network then move the slider to More reliable to avoid loss of data during the communication Users Manual 133 Motion Studio 5 39 3 Time Stamp Options To display frame information directly on the images check the corresponding boxes Be BX Download Cameras Time Stamp Miscellaneous E Comment Date Marker W Time Frame Number File Name Rate fps Exposure us F Camera Name E Time from record start IRIG GPS UTC 02 00 E Acquired DAS value Precision digits 3 v E Temperature Units Celsius T Time from Trigger Precision digits 6 s Browse E Run IRIG calibration after each acquisition T Add vertical offset to image to show time stamp oston Tomke coor M ront se Lox _ can
29. below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 mode Burst retriggered Trigger External Input 0 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 pulses 2 The external Input 0 serves as a trigger When the trigger goes high three pulses are generated by the output channel 0 The duration of the pulses is about 5 ms 50 of 100 Hz The pulses are generated each time the trigger goes high Trigger External input 0 COEN E S S R Output Channel 0 F 100 Hz DC 50 aes es Users Manual 149 Motion Studio 5 39 8 9 Signal generation Camera synchronization The Timing Hub may be used to synchronize a camera or other devices The Signal Generation options are e User the output signal synchronizes an external device No internal control is done by the program e Camera simple the label edit box will be converted into a list of open cameras In the camera dialog bar the Rate control will be disabled the Rate Sync control will be set to External and the camera operation frequency will be configured directly from the timing panel If the Sync Cfg value is set to Pulse High or to Pulse Low the camera exposure is controlled by the duty cycle of the external square wave In this condition the exposure edit box is grayed out and the value is automatically computed 1 If the Sync Cfg value is set to Pulse High the exposure is equal to the inverse of the output cha
30. box lists the components X Y Vx Vy Ax and Ay 120 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 36 4 Save the tracking data The tracking results are always saved in a default binary file and reloaded when the image sequence is open again The user may save the data in a different format 1 From the tracking bar click the Save button 2 Enter the folder name the file name and a comment optional 3 Select the file format e Binary file BIN e ASCII text file ASC e Tecplot Text file PLT e LabVIEW Measurement file LVM e Excel XML Spreadsheet file XML e Excel XLS Workbook file XLS 4 Click the OK button Fish Tracking test Excel XLS Workbook Data File x s Z Co Users Manual 121 Motion Studio 5 36 5 Calibration The tracking displacements are computed in pixels and can be converted into mm through a calibration Click the calibration button on the tracking tab to open the calibration window Create a new calibration folder Select an existing calibration folder Current calibration Calibration 1 Model Basic v Calibrate Before activating or computing a calibration a calibration folder must be created or selected New Click this button to create a new calibration folder with undefined parameters Browse click this button to select an existing calibration folder and load the current calibration settings Once a calibration fol
31. camera IP address and subnet mask By pressing the Test IP address button the user sends a PING command to the specified address and checks if it is available Users Manual 35 Motion Studio 5 Motion Studio 5 1 Open camera Wizard 36 This application allows the user to acquire save play back image records and control the camera in Single or Double Exposure modes It also allows the user to retrieve file images from previous acquisitions for display and further manipulation Upon execution the user can select to use the application to open a file images or to open a camera window r Main Menu IDT STUDIO Images Cameras Open a camera session acquire images and save them RAW Files Open and display a raw sequence before converting it Database Browse images folder and preview images Options Configure Motion Studio general options Language Change Motion Studio language Open a movie file or a sequence of saved images and process it Most recent files A discussion of the program interface as it applies to the live camera window is provided first Once the camera option is selected from the first menu the Camera Wizard is displayed This wizard allows the user to select which camera to control and access if more than one camera is attached to the computer system For each camera the attribute monochrome or color is displayed Users Manual
32. camera wizard is started Check Calibration file at start up if this option is selected the program checks the calibration file when the camera is open If the camera does not have a calibration file the option may be unchecked Allow multiple instances of Motion Studio if this option is selected more than one instance of MS may run at the same time otherwise only one instance may run Enable motion tracking this option enables and disables the motion tracking Save Tracking data with IRIG time if this option is selected the tracking data is saved with the IRIG time information Enable Camera Local Trace it logs each camera operation in a text file in the program directory for diagnostic purposes Enable Camera Remote Trace it logs the communication between the cameras and the client Palm when the remote connection server is active 136 Users Manual Motion Studio Delete Trace all the trace files stored in the local hard disk are deleted Show trace opens the folder where the trace files are stored Enable Remote Connection server if this option is selected the remote connection server may be started and the camera may be remotely controlled by a Pocket PC via the wireless LAN For more info see the Motion Studio Remote Control paragraph Reticle Color select the color of the reticule in the tools Users Manual 137 Motion Studio 5 39 5 Reticule The reticule is a pair of crossed lines drawn ov
33. can be sent through the Sync In connector or the Trigger In connector Users Manual Motion Studio 72 r Confiauration E Max Debounce y Width Value us 359511 Trigger In Debounce us J Delay ps 0 ka Sync In Debounce us 0 Delay us 0 ra E Inverted polarity Frequency Hz Pulse Wid us Ext Sync 0 0 Sync Out Mode sen Width us 0 H Delay tus 9 Marker Users Manual Motion Studio 5 21 5 Acquisitions Configuration and selection The acquisitions configuration dialog is activated by clicking the gear icon on the Camera or the Record tab A list of the current acquisition may be activated by clicking the List button on the right side see below E Acquisitions Configuration 2 Test session name Test_2014 01 M Assign the same name to the acquisition RAW download is on The RAW file will be downloaded and converted into the file type below Current Acquisition Aceusaltion Acquisition Test_2014 01 Overwrite folder C Test_2014 01 m Image prefix Os5 Camera V Camera Name M Test_2014 01 Comment Image acquisition Frames 100 0 200 s 500 fps Max frames 3352 Max Time File Type Single TIFF File tif Folder C Images Test2 Test_2014_01 Test_2014 01 New Delete Delete all Camera DDR Map Total Size 7 56 GB 7737 MB Legend Green free memory Red done
34. capturing the red green and blue light separately and then are re combined to create a full color image 220 Users Manual Motion Studio S Sensor It s an electronic device that converts the light allowed in by the shutter to an electrical signal Sensor Gain It s the amount of analog signal amplification The gain is factory optimized for the camera s maximum dynamic range Sharpness The clarity of detail in a photo Shutter It s the device in the camera that opens and closes to let light from the scene strike the image sensor and expose the image The three primary types used in digital photography are digital shutters iris shutters and focal plane shutter SDK Software Development Kit Its a programming package that enables a programmer to develop applications for a specific platform An SDK typically includes one or more APIs programming tools and documentation Spike It s a short pulse of voltage or current usually undesirable Square wave It s a periodic signal which changes instantaneously between two fixed levels The values are usually 0 and 5 V TTL or 0 to 3 3 V CMOS Switch Closure It s a type of external event trigger The trigger is detected when the poles of the trigger connector are shorted by a switch Synchronous Synchronous events occur at the same time or at the same rate or with a regular or predictable time relationship or sequence Users Manual 221 Motion Stu
35. dialog box below appears Users Manual 183 Motion Studio Connectivity Tha Internet PC connection Wi Fi mynetw Connected ull Settinas 184 Users Manual Motion Studio 8 4 Using the Motion Studio Remote Control 8 4 1 Starting the remote server on the Host 1 Run Motion Studio From the main menu select Options From the General Options dialog box select the Camera Tab and check the Enable Remote Connection server option Then click OK 4 Open a camera window From the Camera menu select the Start remote Connection Server item Users Manual 185 Motion Studio 8 4 2 Running the Remote control on the Pocket PC 1 From the Pocket PC Start menu select Programs 2 From the Programs window select the Motion Studio Remote Control application and start it Programs Ca gt nS 12 51 x G7 F Gamas Calculator Data Backup Pb D Fila Explorer Motion Remote Control U E Notes Pictures Messenger a w w Pocket Excel Pocket MSN Pocket Word Server IP Address 192 168 10 10 To start the connection to the host a valid IP address needs to be entered If the host connection is active and the server has been activated in Motion Studio the IP address is shown in the Servers list Otherwise click the Search button If no IP address appears in the servers list enter the address manually Then click connect and start the remote control The ap
36. each pixel by a weighted sum of its neighbors The matrix defining the neighborhood of the pixel also specifies the weight assigned to each neighbor This matrix is called the convolution kernel For each pixel Pap in an image the convolution kernel is centered on Pap Each pixel masked by the kernel is multiplied by the coefficient placed on top of it P becomes the sum of these products 200 Users Manual Motion Studio In the case of 3x3 neighborhood the coefficients of the kernel matrix can be indexed as follows Kis 4 1 KGj 1 Kasi Ki KG Kiisi K 1 j 1 Kije Kinje The grater the absolute value of a coefficient Kia the more the pixel Pia contributes to the new value of Pap If a coefficient Kia is 0 the neighbor Pia does not contribute to the new value of Pi 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 then Pap Pan Paap Pan p Paj If the kernel contains both negative and positive coefficients the transfer function is equivalent to a weighted differentiation and produces a sharpening or high pass filter like Laplacian Prewitt and Sobel filters If all coefficients in the kernel are positive the transfer function is equivalent to a weighted summation and produces a smoothing o low pass filer like Average and Gaussian filters 11 2 Linear sharpening filters Typical smoothing filters are Gradient filters A gradient filter highlights the variation of light intensity along a specific direction which has t
37. from 2 to 10 and step 2 only the following frames will be saved 2 4 6 8 and 10 Reset Numbering In Circular mode the frame number may be negative also the Step may be different from 1 Select the Reset Numbering Option to save images with numbers starting from 0 index and step 1 If data acquisition is connected and some data have been acquired with the images the user may select the file format Available formats are ASCII Tecplot LabVIEW Excel XML spreadsheet and Excel XLS workbook Users Manual Motion Studio Tile Images the data graph is printed and tiled to the bottom of the image Show colored graph if the camera is monochrome the images are converted into color and a colored data graph is tiled Print graph label a label with a description of each channel is added to the data graph Users Manual 77 Motion Studio 5 23 Download Options 78 The download options may be enabled from the Acquisition Configuration dialog box from the Save Acquisitions dialog box or from the General Options dialog box Images Download Folder C Images F Download and create AVI AVI Download Folder C Images Browse AVI Codec E Enable RAW download Delete RAW file after conversion Convert RAW file later v F Enable JPEG download if supported by cameras F Save acquisition data into the image file F Save ISO files MME MII Download images after ac
38. in current conditions the camera lens cap must be on The driver computes the background images for the current operating conditions If the sensor gain or the region of interest change after the calibration the correction may be wrong This option is disabled on new design cameras Acquire the PSC images in current conditions the lens must be removed and a constant light should illuminate the sensor The driver computes the pixel sensitivity correction coefficients for the current operating conditions If sensor gain and region of interest change after the calibration the correction may be wrong This option is disabled on new design cameras Reset current conditions file if this option is selected the current conditions calibration file is deleted and the current images and coefficients are reset Users Manual Motion Studio Users Manual F Enable pixel E oe eed V Enable noise reduction with dark colums factory calibration Click Acquire background to acquire all the background images in optimal conditions for all the sensor gains Click Reload factory to load the factory calibration file and restore default calibration Current Conditions Calibration E Enable current condition background removal F Enable current condition Pixel Sensitivity Correction Click Acquire background to acquire the background in current conditions Click Acquire PSC to acquire pixel sensitivity i
39. is going to be used the camera list interface may be activated For a more detailed description of camera list mode see the Multiple Camera Support topic Plus Mode The plus option can be activated on each camera independently Just click on the Plus cell in the camera list and select Yes or No The option is disabled if the camera does not support it In Plus mode the camera is capable of acquiring images at double speed and with double memory space See below Select the cameras from the list below Camera Model Plus Serial IP Address Type Link v fol 1 Y7 S2Camera MotionPro Y7 S2 No 27 0711 3158 10 10 10 158 mono USB2 0 v i 2 N4 5S1Camera MotionXtra N4 51 02 0311 0537 10 10 10 137 color GigaBit No Yes Reset camera configuration If this option is selected the configuration stored in the camera is reset and the camera is opened with default settings Users Manual 39 Motion Studio Once the Wizard competes the initialization procedure for the camera the application window for the active camera is open as shown below expert interface Ey Motion Studio 05 4K Camera 055 4K GigaBit tex Fie Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help e x Ua Ge SE uRzR eaaa Ready Live _ Playback o mam a V Acquisition Settings Camera Record Image e Rate Hz 1000 Ea Exposure ps 248 t Exposure Mode Single E Enable Auto e
40. particular case of max filter The output pixel is set to the maximum of the corresponding input pixel and its 8 neighbors The effect of dilation is to fill up holes and to thicken boundaries of objects on a dark background that is objects whose pixel values are greater than those of the background A Minimum Filter is a nonlinear filter that assigns to each pixel the minimum value of pixels in its neighborhood This has the effect to decrease the contrast of the image An Erosion of an image is a particular case of min filter The output pixel is set to the minimum of the corresponding input pixel and its 8 neighbors The effect of erosion is to remove spurious pixels such as noise and to thin boundaries of objects on a dark background that is objects whose pixel values are greater than those of the background Opening an image is a sequence of erosions followed by dilations The process of opening has the effect of eliminating small and thin objects breaking objects at thin points and generally smoothing the boundaries of larger objects without significantly changing their area Closing an image is a sequence of dilations followed by erosions The process of closing has the effect of filling small and thin holes in objects connecting nearby objects and generally smoothing the boundaries of objects without significantly changing their area 204 Users Manual Motion Studio 12 Appendix D Color Filter Arrays CFA The Co
41. saved Select a region of interest by pressing the Edit button 7 Select the Data Acquisition File Type if present Users Manual 43 Motion Studio 5 4 1 AVI and MOV Codec JPEG quality selection 44 The default codec used in Motion Studio to save AVI files is Uncompressed AVI If other codecs are installed the default codec may be changed each time a new sequence of images is saved in AVI format e Select the codec from the list e Select the compression quality with the slider 0 to 100 Also JPEG compression quality may be selected in the same dialog box The default is 100 Another format that allows codec selection is MOV The user may select RAW TIF or H264 codec Users Manual Motion Studio 5 5 Open RAW files The images saved with fast download in the RAW format may be open and reviewed e From the File menu select Open then RAW Files e Click Browse to select a different Images folder e Select the sequence from the list and click Open r Open Virtual Camera 2 IDT STUDIO Images RAW folder C Images IDT_RAW_Archive Name Model Serial Type Versior TE 2 2013_06_10_IDT_002 MotionPro Y5 20 0312 0168 color 1 04 g 3 2013_06_10_IDT_003 MotionPro Y8 S3 28 1211 0209 color 1 04 g 4 2013_06_10_IDT_004 MotionPro Y8 53 28 1211 0209 color 1 04 g 5 2013_06_10_IDT_005 MotionPro Y4 S1 19 1211 3170 mono 1 04 g 6 2013_06_10_IDT_006 MotionPr
42. the RAW converter topic below Jpeg download Some camera models HG and Y series support direct jpeg download The images are converted into jpeg by the camera firmware and sent to the computer The software reads the images and stores them to the hard disk without any conversion Save acquisition data The program saves acquisition data to the images file The data may include IRIG time temperature image index exposure rate and other information Save ISO files If this option is selected the MME MII files are generated in the acquisition folder Click Edit to modify some of the MME MII strings Download images after acquisition and stop If this option is selected Motion Studio stores the data to the hard disk immediately after each acquisition Download images after acquisition and restart N times If this option is selected Motion Studio stores the data to the hard disk immediately after each acquisition After saving the images the camera is armed The process is repeated N times Arm the camera and switch to next segment If the camera memory is segmented and this option is selected the software automatically switches to the next segment when the previous acquisition is complete Users Manual Motion Studio 5 24 Download Manager The download progress is reported in a window called Download manager Downloads are queued and executed in the correct order The status of each download is continuously updated
43. to 180 The default value is 0 Saturation color only It modifies the color saturation The range is from 0 0 to 2 0 The default value is 1 0 Default Click on the Default button to reset to the original values Users Manual 85 Motion Studio 5 27 1 Gamma The simple gamma slider has been replaced by a dialog box Gamma Eal Reset Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Gamma 1 Gamma 2 Level 1 Level 2 If we assume that the camera dynamic range is from 0 black to 1023 white that range is divided into three zones 1 Zone 1 from 0 to level 1 in this zone the gamma 1 value is applied 2 Zone 2 from level 1 to level 2 in this zone the gamma is a linear combination of gamma 1 and gamma 2 3 Zone 3 from level 2 to 1023 in this zone the gamma 2 value is applied 86 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 27 2 Automatic White Balance Edit color gains manually or use the automatic balance procedure 1 Select the Color tab from the Docked Dialog Bar 2 Select the User option in the Light Source drop down list 3 Click Reset and snap an image Stop button 4 Press the Target button A target will appear on the image 5 Click on the image to move the target Move the target over a gray non saturated area 6 Click the Apply button E Motion Studio 055 Camera 0s5 4K Gigabit eo a W File Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help Jex TaJ TIEL
44. tracking data and the vectors From the tracking bar click the Table Graph button The same dialog box shows the table with the computed values and the graphs r 4 Tracking Table Graph Graph Time ms 19700 000 19600 000 19500 000 19400 000 19300 000 19200 000 19100 000 19000 000 18900 000 18800 000 18700 000 Pti 1165 000 329 000 1136 766 278 159 1099 657 232 883 1062 927 190 932 1019 878 155 462 970 397 126 729 918 953 103 523 850 212 110 365 742 553 55 536 735 743 91 250 v1 282 344 508 408 371 084 452 760 367 303 419 508 430 491 354 700 494 804 287 331 514 441 232 063 687 410 68 420 1076 597 548 285 Al 887 402 556 485 37 805 332 518 631 873 648 079 643 134 673 688 196 368 552 679 1729 694 3004 836 3891 870 6167 055 10085 034 9054 202 The first column lists the frame number the second lists the time Then for each point there are listed the position in pixels or mm if the calibration is on the speed and the acceleration Calculate V and A click this button to calculate speed and accelerations of the tacking points Users Manual 119 Motion Studio r Tracking Table Graph Table Graph Each component of the data can be separately displayed in a graph The Point combo box lists the configured points and the Show combo
45. types of TIFF pictures 9 1 2 Bitmap Format Windows bitmap files are stored in a device independent bitmap DIB format that allows Windows to display the bitmap on any type of display device The term device independent means that the bitmap specifies pixel color in a form independent of the method used by a display to represent color The default filename extension of a Windows DIB file is BMP For further information refer to the Microsoft documentation Users Manual 189 Motion Studio 9 1 3 JPEG Format The name JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group the name of the committee that created the standard The JPEG standard specifies both the codec which defines how an image is compressed into a stream of bytes and decompressed back into an image and the file format used to contain that stream The compression method is usually lossy meaning that some visual quality is lost in the process and cannot be restored However there are variations on the standard baseline JPEG that are lossless 9 1 4 PNG Format PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless portable well compressed storage of raster images PNG provides a patent free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF Indexed color grayscale and true color images are supported plus an optional alpha channel Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications such as the World
46. your computer There are two ways to install the Remote Control 1 When installing Motion Studio the setup asks for the Setup type among Typical Full and Custom Select custom and check the Remote Control Option Then follow the on screen instructions Motion Studio Ver 2 06 00 Select Components Choose the components Setup will install Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Motion Studio 41284K Description LabVIEW Vis 2210K This component includes the MATLAB Interface 518K Heche er Client SDK files and examples 4996 K Twain Driver Remote Control ActiveX Control he Space Required on C 71704 K Space Available on C 26906028 K lt Back Cancel 2 Run the xstream_rem exe self extracting file from the Remote subdirectory of the Motion Studio CD and follow the on screen instructions Both the install options copy the remote Control Install files to the XRemote sub directory of the Microsoft ActiveSync application Users Manual 175 Motion Studio To install the Remote Control to the Pocket PC 1 Locate the XRemote subdirectory in the Microsoft ActiveSync folder 2 Run the CElnstall exe application and follow the on screen instructions Add Remove Programs Select a program s check box if you want to install it on your mobile device or clear the check box if you want to remove the program from your device Note If a program that you in
47. 00 11 2 LINEAR SHARPENING FILTERS 0scscccecessceceeenceeseeenseeeeeaneesensaseeeensneeeeets 201 11 3 LINEAR SMOOTHING FILTERS cccccccccccceeecesseceeeesuseeeeesseeeeeeeuseeeeeneeeeeeseeeees 202 11 4 NONLINEAR FILTERS 0ccccccesscceccesscececesseetecescesensnseeeeeencesecsaneeeentaneseensnes 204 12 APPENDIX D COLOR FILTER ARRAYS CFA 205 13 APPENDIX E EDR XDR sesesesisestcasunnsisesuensisusuansicniunnstsusnanstcusnansisushon 207 14 APPENDIX F GLOSSARY 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 209 6 Users Manual Motion Studio 1 Terms and Conditions For more detailed information see the Terms and Conditions as stated in the camera manual and the IDT web site Users Manual Motion Studio 2 System Overview 2 1 Software package Upon the installation of the Motion Studio software package several options are available to the user These options are easily accessed via the Program menu under the Windows Start button The programs and associated files are organized under the IDT MotionProX folder IDT MStudio64 for the 64 bit version The folder includes the programs and the associated documentation Other software components included in the package are copied into Public Documents IDT The path of Public Documents folder depends on the operating system Windows XP C Documents and Settings All Users Documents IDT Windows Vista Window 7 and
48. 1 000000 0 000000 Light Source r B 0 000000 0 000000 1 000000 R Gain 5 1 00 G Gain G 1 00 Color Matrix Units Ywv cea scan 1 00 Reset __ Color Balance White Balance 2 Aviv Reset 245 179 85 CFA Filter Sharpen G 0 2 Brightness 5 0 00 Contrast 1 00 Hue o Saturation 0 1 0 Gamma uT Default X 1354 Y 0 Users Manual 101 Motion Studio 5 29 6 IRIG Calibration X cameras This option is enabled only on X HS cameras when the IRIG B 120 item is selected in the Time stamp tab of the general options The calibration is a automatically started after each acquisition if the Run IRIG calibration after each acquisition option is enabled The IRIG precision is 1 s The calibration procedure checks the images IRIG flags in order to find a one second transition Once the transition is found the time precision is increased according to the acquisition rate 5 29 7 HG Logs HG cameras store error and update log files in the onboard flash memory The HG log menu items allow to e Download and show the error log files stored in the HG camera flash memory e Download and show the update log file stored in the HG camera flash memory e Delete the log error files from the HG camera flash memory 102 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 29 8 Image parameters Some advanced parameters may be changed r Advanced image parameters TNK 24 Anti ali
49. 1080 1920x1080 D 1280x720 1280x720 D 1024x1024 512x512 er Color Rendition Chart Center ROI Reset ROI X Origin 872 Y Origin 0 Width 2560 Height 2160 Max fps 1000 Stream fps 70 Max frames 3454 Max Time 3 4545 Canel 5 19 4 ROI for 7 and 8 series cameras Dynamic Magnification Some camera models allow dynamic magnification The zoom factor range is from 1X no zoom to 16X 16 times zoom The zoomed portion may be dragged in the full resolution window as in the picture below If the Dynamic Magnification is disabled the camera supports regular region of interest Users Manual 63 Motion Studio E Region of Interest 1280x960 640x480 Center ROI Reset ROI V Enable Dynamic Magnification Value X Origin 267 Y Origin 203 Max fps 6000 Stream fps N A Max frames 1 5X 1066 Height 800 34992 Max Time 5 8325 Co cane 64 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 20 Save and Load Save camera configuration To Save the current camera configuration select Save camera Cfg from File menu then select one of the available configurations or type a new name and comment Then click OK Configuration files may be also deleted E Save Camera Configuration s Name Cfg 1 Comment Full res 1000fps Cameras Camera Serial RI Camera 28 0312 3174 Select all Deselect all Configurations Name Comment
50. 3 1 IDT Cameras Installation 3 1 1 Software Installation Windows XP Vista 7 8 Before installing the software make sure that the computer has Windows XP Vista or 7 installed as operating system 1 Log into Windows with a username and password that has ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVILEGES 2 Insert the Motion Studio CD in the CD drive If the computer is configured to AUTORUN the installer will run automatically If not click on the Windows Start button Select Run from the menu Use the Browse button to locate the SETUP EXE file on the CD and click the OK button Select the Install option and follow the on screen instructions EXIT when the installation is complete and restart your computer 10 Users Manual Motion Studio 3 1 2 Hardware installation USB 2 0 A 24 VDC 1 Amp supplies the camera with the necessary power This power supply unit is included with the camera system package All communication and data transfer with the host computer is done via the USB 2 0 or the Giga Ethernet interface The USB 2 0 interface requires a single cable which is also supplied with the camera package External triggering and synchronization are done via the two connectors BNC type Triggering is expected to be done with a TTL pulse The synchronization signal is also TTL level NOTE Connect the camera to the computer before connecting the camera to the power source Windows XP Vista 7 8 1 Connect the USB 2 0 cable to an availab
51. 5 0 00 04 48 00 66 50 10 10 10 2 255 255 255 0 1500 Some of the parameters that can be configured are the same for all the camera models Users Manual 23 Motion Studio Network adapter the default value is broadcast i e the driver searches for cameras through each enabled network adapter If a specific adapter is selected the driver searches for cameras only through it Network performance it s a delay added to the data exchange between the cameras and the computer If there is traffic on your local network then move the slider to More reliable to avoid loss of data during the communication Network Connections click this button to open the Network Connections control panel applet and configure the network adapter s IP address Ethernet Datagram size see one of the topics below 4 2 Configuring the Y camera IP address 24 Y cameras are delivered with a specific IP address If the address is not compatible with your network parameters the camera is not able to establish a communication with the computer through the network To set the IP address for the first time please follow the instructions below e Connect the Y camera to the computer through the USB 2 0 cable e From the Motion Studio program group select Tools and run the Network Configuration e The Y camera will be listed as Camera Name MotionPro Y USB Select it and click the Edit IP Addr
52. 7 FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION AND EVENT TRIGGERING 167 7 1 OVERVIEW E E EE E E E ES 167 7 2 RECORD MODES AND TRIGGER CONFIGURATION 0 000 0eesseeseeeessesseeeseees 168 7 3 CHANGE THE SYNC AND THE TRIGGER ciiecdasieces fectseaucsmeesatterssacenstonaseeatagtiets 169 7 4 TRIGGERING THE CAMERA AND SYNCHRONIZING WITH STROBE LIGHT 170 7 4 1 Synchronizing via the leading edge of a pulse event Single exposure 170 7 4 2 Synchronizing via the trailing edge of a pulse event Single exposure 171 7 4 3 Synchronizing and controlling the exposure with an input pulse 00 172 7 4 4 Synchronizing in double exposure MOCE ccccceeeeeeeeteeteeeeeteeeeeeaeeneneeeeaees 173 8 MOTION STUDIO REMOTE CONTROL ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 174 8 1 OVERVIEW oxi EE cee lies age e sa a A NG 174 8 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ccccccccecccccsssecceeeceeeeeueceeeeeeseeeeeuseeeeeeueeeneeaeaeeeess 175 8 3 CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS CONNECTION cccccccccsceeseceeceeceeceeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 177 8 3 1 Configuring the NOSt eecccecceceeeceseeeeceeeeeeeaeeeeaaeenaeeeseaeeeeaaesseneeseaeesenaeesnees 177 8 3 2 Configuring the client Pocket PC ccceeesseeeeeeseeeeeeaeeeeeeeesaeeesaeeseeeseaees 182 8 4 USING THE MOTION STUDIO REMOTE CONTROL eeceeesseeeeereeeeeneeeeeneeees 185 8 4 1 Starting the remote server on the HOSt ccccseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeeseaeene
53. 875 Y 88 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 28 1 Data acquisition cables and back panel The picture below shows the data acquisition module back panel Power Connector USB 2 0 Connector oo PA be A EN o AL ORORO smeca mon An g A Pe FIN r OLLK g Analog Inputs Group Analog Outputs Group The BNC connectors are grouped in two groups Analog Inputs e AIN1 to AIN15 the analog input channels e Sync In the analog input external synchronization input e Trig In the analog input external event trigger input e Sync Out the analog input output signal Analog Outputs e AOUT1 to AOUTA4 the analog output signals e Sync In the analog output external synchronization input e Trig In the analog output external event trigger input Users Manual 89 Motion Studio For the connection of the DAS to the camera there are 2 possible scenarios 5 28 1 1 Simple connection The Sync Out connector of the Analog Input section of the Data Acquisition back panel is connected to the Sync In connector of the camera The Data Acquisition module generates the camera acquisition rate the camera acquires in External Sync In configuration Data Acquisition Module DAS Trigger signal Camera only Sync signal from DAS to camera NOTE The trigger signal must be connected to the camera Trigger In connector only not to the Data Acquisition module
54. 9 Motion Studio 5 31 Playback Controls The Playback controls work like other familiar media player controls The controls include the following e Directional play e Forward or reverse e Step forward and reverse e Skip to first or last frame e Stop play 5 31 1 Frame by frame review The frame number and corresponding time from the initial frame or from the event trigger frame if the mode is Circular or BROC are displayed in seconds Use the slider bar to browse through the frames In Circular or BROC acquisition mode when the pre trigger and post trigger have been selected a red marker shows the position of Frame 0 the trigger frame Indexes of frames before the trigger frame display Negative and indexes of frames after the trigger display Positive 110 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 31 2 Live Playback COLUSA pc only ss gt 720p 60Hz 255 246 1000 0 255070 s 1 313 s 499 ian Start Stop Skip frms l gt lo s0 9 o Actual rate fps Goto 1 30 60 Acq_A 1 1 E Annotations Playback rate Slider Playback Speed and Playback Settings Playback slider Move the slider to select a frame The red triangle indicates the position of frame 0 circular mode only Loop playback button Click on the button to continuously loop the acquisition Zero button Click this button to set the frame 0 position trigger Start Frame Type the number di
55. AP Drivers WinXP Run XCAP for Windows Enter the activation code and restart the application Users Manual Motion Studio 3 2 4 1 How to set the M3 or M5 camera as default To set M3 or M5 as default the board sub model must be changed 1 From the PIXCI menu item select PIXCI Open Close 2 If the Close button is grayed out click Open A window with a pre configured camera model will be open 3 From the PIXCI Open Close window click Board Info The dialog box below will appear PIXCI Board Info 4 Click Submodel Setup The PIXCI Maintenance dialog box will appear like in the picture below 5 From the Set new submodel list select IDT M 3 or M 5 6 Click OK B PIXCI Maintenance fe Users Manual 17 Motion Studio 3 2 4 2 How to increase the amount of memory allocated for the acquisitions 18 The PIXCI E4 drivers do not allow increasing the number of buffers to acquire via the XCLIB library It may be done only via the XCAP Imaging application The PIXCI driver allocates the memory when Windows starts up then each change is followed by a computer reboot 1 2 From the PIXCI menu item select PIXCI Open Close If the Close button is active click Close Click the Driver Assistant button and select the Set Frame Buffer Memory Size item Change the memory size in the Memory requested for Frame Buffers control
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57. FFT Power Spectrum window and to open the data graph configuration dialog box View Tools Window Help Math Show EFT View Tools Window Help Filter O d Configuration 0 B BO Low Pass Filter High Pass Filter Band Pass Filter Band Stop Filter Remove Average Filter a Show EFT 126 49 Configuration e lA l E Ld Square Root Negative Invert Square Users Manual Motion Studio 5 38 VIEW menu Use the View menu to magnify the image restore the original size 100 zoom or compute a zoom factor that fits in the window Use the View menu to select the toolbar options Acquired Data pane Annotations Users Manual 127 Motion Studio 5 38 1 Zoom Tools 128 The Zoom In and Zoom Out tools let you change the image magnification The Dynamic Zoom tool lets you zoom in or our by dragging the mouse or mouse wheel up or down To Increase or decrease magnification do one of the following e Select a magnification percentage from the toolbar Zoom menu e From the View menu select the Zoom In or the Zoom Out tool and then click the image To zoom in on a specific area use the Zoom In tool and draw a rectangle e From the View menu select the Dynamic Zoom tool and then drag up to zoom in to the area where you begin dragging or drag down to zoom out from that location To de
58. G H 264 Advanced Video Coding It is also known as MPEG 4 Part 10 or MPEG 4 AVC Advanced Video Coding The intent of the H 264 project was to create a standard capable of providing good video quality at substantially lower bit rates than previous standards without increasing the complexity of design so much that it would be impractical or excessively expensive to implement An additional goal was to provide enough flexibility to allow the standard to be applied to a wide variety of applications on a wide variety of networks and systems including low and high bit rates low and high resolution video and broadcast The MPEG H 264 format is supported only on a 32 bit Windows OS with installed QuickTime 9 1 12 Multi page Bayer Format MRF Multi page Bayer Format MRF is an uncompressed IDT proprietary file format Multiple raster images are stored in a single file The format is described below Each MRF file contains a file header an image header and an array of bytes that defines the image data bits The image raster data is not compressed and stored in the file as it is Mono images pixel depth may be 8 9 or 10 color images are stored in Bayer format 8 9 10 bit or in BGR format 24 27 30 bit The file structures are the following 9 1 12 1 File header A MRF file begins with a file header structure containing the IDT signature typedef struct _MRFFILE HEADER char szSign 8 IDT signature unsigned int nReserved
59. IMAQ driver software Install the Motion Studio software suite see the following topics Install the frame grabber in a PCle x8 or x16 slot and power up your computer Connect the camera see the following topics Run the NI Measurement and Automation utility and follow the instructions below Channel 0 IDT MotionScope M3 Measurement amp Automation Explorer DER File Edit View Tools Help Configuration E Save pP Revert I gt Snap P Grab PW Histogram lt Show Help a 9 My System Devices and Interfaces a NI IMAQ Devices S imgd NI PCIe 1429 gi Channel 0 IDT MotionSe aG Software E 9 Remote Systems Camera Description Manufacturer IDT Model MotionScope M3 Ea General P Acquisition Parameters 4 Camera Attributes From the left pane expand the Devices and Interfaces branch of the configuration tree Expand the NI IMAQ Devices branch Expand the NI PCI2 1429 branch Right click Channel 0 and select Camera From the menu locate IDT then MotionScope M3 or MotionScope M5 and select it Exit the measurement and Automation utility Users Manual Motion Studio 3 2 3 Configuring the NI 1429 frame grabber for 64 bit Operating Systems A firmware update is available for the NI 1429 device to allow non LabVIEW applications to run on 64 bit systems with more than 3 GB of physical memory To update the device fir
60. Imgs lmgB tif ImgAB full path of output image ex C Program Files IDT MotionProX Imgs ImgAB tif OutType output file type 1 TIF 2 BMP 3 JPG 4 PNG 11 MPT 12 MRF 13 AVI 16 MPG TileV O for horizontal tile 1 for vertical tile Rate output file rate only for file image formats that support the parameter ex AVI 155 Motion Studio 5 39 11 Ethernet cameras monitor r E GE Cameras Monitor Network adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller 2 10 10 10 5 Options Refresh Camera List Camera Serial Number IP Address Status Nx5 52 Camera N5 S2 03 0608 0001 10 10 10 101 Idle 05 4 Camera 05 4 03 06 13 0002 10 10 10 252 Armed Y7 52 Camera Y7 52 27 0312 3174 10 10 10 174 Ide The tool detects the Ethernet cameras connected to the network and updates their status in real time Some of the detection parameters may be changed Network adapter select the computer network adapter that is connected to the camera network Refresh Camera list click this button to reset the list and restart camera detection process The options that may be edited are shown below x Options Search for new cameras every 10 Poll for camera status every 1 V Monitor Y cameras V Monitor NX Os cameras V Monitor HG cameras ox ce Search for new cameras it configures the frequency of enumerating and detecting new cameras P
61. In File and Printer Sharing Echo Request ICMPv6 In File and Printer Sharing LLMNR UDP In File and Printer Sharing LLMNR UDP In File and Printer Sharing NB Datagram In oO File and Printer Sharing NB Datagram In File and Printer Sharing Public No Delete Note the rules should be enabled for every Profile used in the computer Private Public and Domain 32 Users Manual Motion Studio 4 6 3 How to disable the Windows Firewall To disable the Windows firewall the user needs Administrative privileges The firewall separately manages three profiles and it should be disabled on all of them e Domain profile e Private Profile e Public Profile To disable the firewall follow the instructions below From the Control Panel open the Windows Firewall dialog box K gt Control Panel All Control Panel Items Windows Firewall 44 Search Control Pane Control Panel H gt i 3 aa Help protect your computer with Windows Firewall Allow a program or feature Windows Firewall can help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your through Windows Firewall computer through the Internet or a network Change notification settings How does a firewall help protect my computer Turn Windows Firewall on or What are network locations off Restore defaults Update your Firewall settings g Advanced settings Windows Firewall is not using the recommended settings to protect your
62. Intensity dialog box displays the values of image intensity levels of gray in monochrome images and levels of red green blue or luminance on color images along the points of the focus line If the image is well focused you will see the intensity changing when the line crosses an edge of the image 1 From the main toolbar select Tools gt Focus Line Image Profile 2 Use the Type drop down list to select Focus Line or Image Profile 3 Use the Color drop down list to select the Focus Line color 4 To position the focus line drag the line handles and position them across the image edges Ey Motion Studio v8 52 Camera Y8 52 Gigabit Se Fie Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help e x Cao Wiem EEEREN Ready Live Playback Grent conoorert laama Line Color E Image profile Video Output ideo F 720p 60Hz Compression Q OFF MAX Focus Line Intensity Profile Acquisition Settings Sensor Gain Reset Rate Hz 100 X Ea Exposure ps 113 t Exposure Mode Single gt E Enable Auto exposure Edit E Enable Motion Trigger Edit Binning Pixel Depth x1 65t upper X ROI 1600x1200 aj Test 2014 01 E X 0703 Y 140 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 8 Timing Hub Control Motion Studio provides the controls for the MotionPro Timing Hub If a Timing Hub is detected the Ti
63. Lookup Table dialog box 53 Motion Studio 5 14 Remove background X4 camera only This tool is very useful to remove temporal noise background from images taken with the X4 camera It requires a very dark and uniform background 1 Select Image from the main toolbar 2 Select Adjust from the Image drop down list 3 Select one of the options e Subtract minimum value on each row the minimum value will be subtracted e Subtract value on column on each row the value on a specific column will be subtracted 4 Use the Zoom drop down list to inspect the image details np oi Subtract minimum value D Subtract value on column O Profile Zoom 100 54 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 15 FILTER menu The filter menu has several preset filters as well as user defined filters The filter menu for Windows differs from the Mac filter menu The Windows version offers two additional Effect filters Uniform Noise and Gaussian Noise A preview window with an image thumbnail is available and includes the filter kernel display box M Windows A From the main toolbar select Filter gt the desired filter submenu from the following e Sharpening filters Laplace Prewitt and Sobel e Smoothing filters Average Gaussian Smooth and Median e Effect filters Minimum Maximum Uniform Noise Gaussian Noise Erode Dilate Open Close MAC be From the main toolbar select Filter gt the desired filter sub
64. Motion Studio User Manual For Windows Motion Studio Software Release 2 12 Document Revision March 2014 Products Information http www idtvision com North America 1202 E Park Ave TALLAHASSE FL 32301 United States of America P 1 850 222 5939 F 1 850 222 4591 llourenco idtvision com Europe via Pennella 94 38057 Pergine Valsugana TN Italy P 39 0461 532112 F 39 0461 532104 pgallorosso idtvision com Eekhoornstraat 22 B 3920 Lommel Belgium P 32 11 551065 F 32 11 554766 amarinelli idtvision com Copyright Integrated Design Tools Inc The information in this manual is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice Integrated Design Tools Inc makes no warranty of any kind with regards to the information contained in this manual including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Integrated Design Tools Inc shall not be liable for errors contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages from the furnishing of this information No part of this manual may be copied reproduced recorded transmitted or translated without the express written permission of Integrated Design Tools Inc 2 Users Manual Motion Studio Table of Contents 1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 0 0 e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW wescicscscccsceesca
65. R119 The activation key cannot be sent to the camera Reboot the camera restart Motion Studio and try again ERR120 Read EEPROM error The camera cannot be initialized because the EEPROM data cannot be read ERR121 The HDMI output cannot be initialized ERR122 SD card download error Some cameras were not able to save the images to their SD card devices ERR123 Unable to save images communication error The HG camera is not able to switch to 1 Gbps speed and the images cannot be downloaded ERR124 the message appears when the cameras are configured a Master Slave and a time out occurs ERR125 When the user selects the Master Slave mode the software tries to understand if the cameras are properly connected If the detection procedure fails an error message is generated ERR126 the message appears when the user tries to open a raw file generated by old N cameras That file cannot be displayed by the RAW viewer but it can be converted by the RAW converter ERR127 some IP addresses such as loopback addresses or multicast addresses cannot be used to configure the camera ERR128 the log files cannot be downloaded from the HG camera flash memory ERR129 the log files cannot be deleted from the hard disk Make sure they are not used by some other application ERR130 the message appears when the user tries to close Motion Studio when one or more cameras are still downloading images to the hard disk The user should wait bef
66. Select from a list of the five most recently displayed images Initialize a camera window From the main menu select File gt Open gt Camera 5 3 2 Open File Images 42 From the main menu select File gt Open gt Images 1 C ProgramData ImgA avi 2 C ProgramData ImgA avi 3 C ProgramData ImgA avi 4 C ProgramData HGLOOK_ tp2 5 Y3 Italy_tif Exit Users Manual Motion Studio 5 4 Save images Each acquired sequence may be opened and saved in a different format 1 From the File menu select File gt gt Save The program will create a new acquisition folder in the current database and save the images and the acquisition settings For further information about the parameters please refer to the paragraph 5 20 Saving acquired images and data File Type Compressed AVI avi ma Codec Output Pixel Depth 24Bit Ratelfps 5 FromFrame 0 ToFrame 99 Step 1 Reset Frames Numbering Region Of Interest 0 0 1280x1024 Data Acq File Type ASCII Data File asc Click Browse to change the location of the database folder Enter the folder name the image prefix and the comment optional Select the file type and the rate If the file is compressed AVI select the codec Select start index stop index and step Select the Reset Frames Numbering option to change the start frame index to 0 OO Soe ws Also a subset of the sequence can be
67. T Ready Live Playback Heese Compression Q OFF MAX Acquisition Settings Camera Record Image R Gain 1 00 G Gain 5 1 00 B Gain 1 98 2 SASDA7 Sharpen Q 0 0 Brightness g 0 00 Contrast G 1 00 0 1 0 Gamma uut Default Users Manual 87 Motion Studio 5 28 Data Acquisition module The MotionPro Data Acquisition System is integrated in Motion Studio When a Data Acquisition module is detected the camera window is split in two panes and an Analog In tab is added to the Acquisition Settings Tab See the picture below i Arese a E Fie Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help Be por A QRA GW Ready Live Playback OG Video Output Video Format PcandHom 720p60Hz Acquisition Settings Camera Record Image DAS M on off Trigger on Channel 1 Sampling rate 10 KHe Samples Frame 10 bd Camera recording rate 1000 Hz EENE ELENE JelaHsE Current channel 7 on off Label Channel_1 h ColorChecker Color Rendition Chart Units M Conversion 1 000 Analog In Live Data wei AO Horizontal ms div Vertical V div ms z E z F Show data points an channels X 1 Ava 1 7mv StD 3533 7mv_ Data Idx Time Value s 4940 0 494000 4 044 Reset _ 4d gt l Ready X 0
68. T STUDIO Image A C Users Public Documents IDT MotionStudio Images Acq_N453_001 ImgA avi 1024x1024 24 bit 5 fps 20 Frames Browse Image B C Users Public Documents IDT MotionStudio Images Acq_N453_002 ImaA avi 1024x1024 24 bit 5 fps 20 Frames Browse Image A B C Users Public Documents IDT MotionStudio Images Test ImgAB avi 2048x 1024 24 bit 10 fps 20 Frames File Type Audio Video Interleaved avi Tile horizontally Tile vertically Status Creating Img A B file Tiling frame 9 45 Image A and Image B Click the Browse button to select the sequences that will be tiled Image A B Click the browse button to select the name of the output image sequence File Type Select the output image sequence type Codec If the file format supports the codec it may be selected Rate Edit the output rate AVI and MOV only Tile mode The images may be tile horizontally or vertically tiled Start Click this button to start the tile process The image tile utility can be used with command line parameters The syntax is below To display the help message 154 Users Manual Motion Studio XImgTile H To tile images XImgTile A ImgA B ImgB O ImgAB T OutType V TileV R Rate where Users Manual ImgA full path of Image A ex C Program Files IDT MotionProX Imgs ImgA tif ImgB full path of Image B ex C Program Files IDT MotionProxX
69. UDP Checksum Offload IPv6 5 From the property list locate the Jumbo Packet item or anything similar to that and change the value from 1500 to the maximum Users Manual 27 Motion Studio Configuring Jumbo packets on the camera 1 From the Motion Studio program group select Tools and run the Network Configuration 2 Make sure that the camera is listed and the Jumbo item in the camera list is set to 3 From the Ethernet Datagram Size list select any size that is smaller than the value selected in the network adapter configuration NOTE in some network environments the maximum datagram size might be not supported and the cameras may time out and or behave in a strange way To avoid that reduce the datagram size on both the adapter and the camera 28 Users Manual Motion Studio 4 6 Configuring the Windows Firewall All the cameras that support gigabit Ethernet communication may have issues if the Windows Firewall is installed They communicate through the UDP network protocol and need to open listening ports to receive the images In most of the cases the windows firewall shouldn t be disabled Motion Studio should be added to the list of the allowed programs and some other parameters should be configured in the firewall especially with HG cameras 4 6 1 How to add Motion Studio to the list of allowed programs When an Ethernet camera is operate
70. Windows 8 C Users Public Documents IDT 8 Users Manual Motion Studio 2 2 Minimum computer requirements MotionPro X Y MotionXtra N NR NX Os PC Win32 and x64 Operating System Windows XP Vista 7 and 8 Processor Pentium III or equivalent with 500 MHz processor RAM 4 GB USB 2 0 Port USB 2 0 port that is NOT shared with other devices X and Y Network adapter Giga Ethernet recommended or 10 100 Mbps Hard Drive 300 GB or greater hard drive recommended NOTE Use an USB 2 0 port on the computer or a Giga Ethernet port USB 1 1 DOES NOT support camera operation MotionScope M PC Win32 PC x64 Operating System Windows XP Vista 7 and 8 Windows XP Vista 7 and 8 Bitflow Karbon Processor Intel CORE 2 at 2 GHz Intel CORE 2 at 2 GHz RAM 4GB 4 GB Frame Grabber Coreco X64 Xcelera CL PX4 Coreco X64 Xcelera CL PX4 NI PCle 1429 NI PCle 1429 EPIX PIXCI E4 EPIX PIXCI E4 Bitflow Karbon Computer Slots One available x8 or larger PCI Express slot One available x8 or larger PCI Express slot Hard Drive 300 GB or greater hard drive 300GB or greater hard drive Users Manual Motion Studio 3 Installing the System This section specifies the minimum recommended computer requirements and gives the procedures needed to install the Camera Head Camera Cable Power Supply I O Cable and software
71. acquisition Blue undone acquisition Sa The user may edit some of the acquisition parameters before recording add an acquisition or delete it The general download parameters are stored in the first page of the General Options dialog and may be activated by selecting Download options For a detailed description of the download options see the topics below The images are stored in a set of sub folders organized as below Images Folder Test Session Folder Acquisition Folder The Images folder is set in the Download options dialog and should not be changed frequently Users Manual 73 Motion Studio 74 Test Session Name This parameter is the name of the Test session folder and it is created before saving the images It will contain all the acquisition folders Assign the same name to the acquisition If this option is selected the acquisition folder name is the same of the session folder If more than one acquisition is saved a number is added to the folder name in order to avoid overwriting the images Acquisition Folder name This parameter is the name of the prefix of the acquisition folder Each folder name is created by adding a number to this parameter for example if the name is Acq the folders will be Acq_000 Acq_001 Overwrite folder If this option is unchecked the software creates a different folder each time the images are sav
72. al must be provided 3 In external mode the camera waits for an external sync input to acquire a frame Use the Sync Cfg drop down list to select from the following options e Select Edge High to trigger on the positive going slope of the signal e Select Edge Low to trigger on the negative slope of the signal e Select Pulse High mode to set the duration of the exposure to equal the trigger signal duration High state e Select Pulse Low mode to set the duration of the exposure to equal the trigger signal duration Low state The time delay between the trigger signal and the acquisition of the image is less than 20 ns If the record mode is set to Circular or BROC each acquisition requires an event trigger To set a trigger click on the Trigger button on the Camera Control tab for a software trigger or use an external trigger source 1 Select the Record tab 2 Use the Record Mode drop down list to select BROC or Circular 3 Use the Trig Cfg drop down to select from the following options Edge High Edge Low and Switch Closure Users Manual 169 Motion Studio 7 4 Triggering the camera and synchronizing with strobe light The camera cab is used together with a strobe for illumination In this case it is necessary to synchronize the illumination pulse event with the camera exposure Examples of methods that can be employed are presented in the following The schematics of various timing diagrams are include
73. allows the user to choose which colors are available for the computer to display The greater the number of colors the larger the data file becomes and more processing time is required to display your images If the system uses 24 bit color then over 16 7 million colors are included in the palette Peltier Cooler Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux between the junctions of two different types of materials This effect is commonly used in electronic components and small instruments There are no moving parts and such a device is maintenance free Pixel It s an individual element of either a sensor or a digital image PIV Particle Image Velocimetry Particle Image Velocimetry is an optical method used to measure velocities and related properties in fluids The fluid is seeded with particles which for the purposes of PIV are generally assumed to faithfully follow the flow dynamics It is the motion of these seeding particles that is used to calculate velocity information Plug in A file containing data used to alter enhance or extend the operation of a parent application program Plug ins both commercially and independently authored can usually be downloaded for free and are stored locally Plug ins come in different versions specific to particular operating systems PNG Portable Network Graphics It s a file format used to store images PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless portabl
74. anual Motion Studio 5 30 3 Options Enable automatic detection of cameras if this option is selected Motion Studio activates a timer that looks for connected cameras If a new camera is detected it willl be automatically added to the list Allow different exposure values on each camera if this option is selected the user may set different values of exposure in selected cameras otherwise the exposure is set to the same value in each selected camera Allow different trigger values on each camera if this option is selected the user may set different values of trigger configuration edge high edge low switch closure in selected cameras otherwise the trigger configuration is set to the same value in each selected camera r Camera List Options Enable automatic camera detection V Allow different exposure values on each camera Allow different trigger values on each camera Co cance _ Users Manual 107 Motion Studio 5 30 4 Master Slave operation modes In this operation mode one of the cameras acts as the master and the others as slaves The master camera controls itself and some of the configuration parameters of the slaves such as record mode acquisition rate etc To set one camera as master check the Master Camera check box on the Camera Control group in the camera control bar The check box is hidden when only one camera is connected Live Playback kay
75. as p 0 Sharpen threshold 25 DNR TNK Temporal Noise Killer the slider controls the time dependent noise reduction filter Each pixel value is compared with the same pixel value in images acquired before and after and the result is used to eliminate the component of noise that is not a fixed pattern Anti Alias Gaussian the slider controls the strength of the smoothing effect on the image The effect is a reduction of image noise and a reduction of details due to the blurring Sharpen Threshold The parameter is used in the sharpening algorithm and controls the minimum brightness change that is sharpened DNR Dynamic Noise Reduction reduce the effect of noise in the image not all the camera modes suppor tit JPEG compression some camera models support JPEG compression Move the slider to the right side to increase the compression ratio and reduce the image quality IDT recommends that those parameters are not changed The values should be always set to default optimized image quality Users Manual 103 Motion Studio 5 30 Multiple cameras support Motion Studio supports multiple cameras systems F Open Cameras Y IDT STUDIO Select the cameras from the list below Camera Model Plus Serial IP Address Type Link v ko 1 Os5 Camera MotionXtra Os5 4K No 03 0613 0002 10 10 10 252 color GigaBit v ko 2 Y8 S2 Camera MotionPro Y8 S2 No 28 0312 3174 10 10 10 174 mono GigaBit v 3 NX3 S3
76. ast squares Mode Rigid translation x Displacement range 24 exe 24 24 lt Y lt 24 Vectors Display vectors as Arrows Loc cancel Set Image intensity when a new track point is added the program computes the intensity range on the current image The current image will be considered as a reference image for the computations If the option is disabled no intensity is computed Filter image before each computation a set of sharpening filters is applied to the images The filters reduce the effect of the background on the computation If the option is disabled no filter is applied before the computations Validate position after the regular calculation of a track point a least squares algorithm is applied The algorithm is performed with the point and other four points two before and two after The result is used to correct validate the point position Mode the tracking algorithm can be adapted to different tracking conditions deformable translation rigid translation and rigid translation with rotation Displacement range the displacement from one point to the next may have a limited range Enter the values to avoid errors Display vectors the track point trajectory may be displayed as a sequence of arrows a continuous line or a dotted line The trajectory is shown is the Vectors button in the tracking bar is selected 118 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 36 3 Show the
77. cel _ Comment the acquisition comment Date the acquisition date Marker display the frame marker Time the acquisition time or current time during live Frame Number the frame index File Name the name of the file where the image is stored Rate and Exposure the values of rate and exposure during the acquisition Camera name the name of the camera Time from recording start it shows on each frame the time elapsed from the start of the acquisition IRIG GPS the IRIG or GPS date and time UTC since the IRIG time is always expressed in UTC time the user may add and offset to modify the time into his own time zone Acquired DAS value and precision the data acquired with the Data Acquisition module The number of decimal digits may be configured 134 Users Manual Motion Studio Temperature and units the camera board temperature and the units degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit Time from trigger and precision the elapsed time from the trigger frame The number of digits is configurable You may either display in seconds with up to 6 decimal digits or in milliseconds with up to 3 decimal digits Add Logo a bitmap can be displayed on the acquired frames and saved to the image files Click the browse button to locate a TIFF BMP or PNG file Run IRIG Calibration when this option is selected the program automatically starts an IRIG calibration after each acquisition Add vertical offset if
78. cient x is equal or greater than the sum of the absolute values of the outer coefficients If x is equal to that sum the filter extracts the pixels where significant variations of light intensity are found The presence of sharp edges boundaries between objects modification in the texture of a background noise and other effects can cause these variations The transformed image contains white contours on a black background If x is greater than that sum the filter detects the same variations as mentioned above but superimposes them over the source image The transformed image looks like the source image with all significant variations of the light intensity highlighted 11 3 Linear Smoothing filters A smoothing filter attenuates the variations of light intensity in the neighborhood of a pixel It smoothes the overall shape of objects blurs edges and removes details It is an averaging filters and its kernel uses the following matrix 202 Users Manual Motion Studio where a b c and d are positive integers and x 0 or x 1 Because all the coefficients are positive each central pixel becomes a weighted average of its neighbors The stronger the weight of a neighbor is The more influence it has on the new value of the central pixel A list of average smoothing kernels is shown below A Gaussian filter attenuates the variations of light intensity in the neighborhood of a pixel It smoothes the overall shape of objects and a
79. cycle the user may select the channel duty cycle in percentage 1 to 999 or duration of the high value of the channel in us Pulses if the mode is burst the user may select the number of pulses generated by the trigger Delay the output delay may be adjusted The range is from 0 to 9 s steps of 100 ns If the mode is external the delay steps are in external signal clocks Reset the delay may be reset to the default value 0 External Frequencies the external input channels frequency may be displayed by selecting the check box Signals buttons each channel may be turned on and off by clicking the corresponding button 142 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 8 2 Signal Display and lock O OE ee Time Base us 40000 v Auto The output channels signals are shown in the black window The user may select the Time base period If auto is selected the application shows four periods Lock two or more output channels may be locked by checking the lock check boxes If two or more channels are locked they are simultaneously turned on and off when one of the locked buttons is clicked Users Manual 143 Motion Studio 5 39 8 3 Internal Mode 144 Output waveforms are generated by the internal clock The user may adjust the internal frequency or period and the duty cycle The channel may be inverted and gated by another signal The gate can be selected among the external inputs O or 1 or among one of t
80. d This diagram assumes the use of an externally pulse s TTL to synchronize both the camera and the strobe 7 4 1 Synchronizing via the leading edge of a pulse event Single exposure The figure shows the timing signals in a single exposure configuration In the Record Tab the frame sync is set to External Edge High and the exposure mode is set to single The camera exposure is started by the leading edge of the pulse signal and the exposure duration is set in the Exposure control of the camera software panel Definitions e Input sync pulse is TTL level e Illumination pulse duration typical 7 10 ns for flash lamp and 100 150 ns for diode pumped lasers respectively e Camera exposure gt Illumination latency Illumination pulse duration KL INPUT Sync Pulse to camera and laser llumination Pulse gt k Strobe latency Exposure set in camera configuration gt Camera latency 15 20 nsec 170 Users Manual Motion Studio 7 4 2 Synchronizing via the trailing edge of a pulse event Single exposure The figure shows the timing signals in a single exposure configuration In the Record Tab the frame sync is set to External Edge Low and the exposure mode is set to single The camera exposure is started by the trailing edge of the pulse signal and the exposure duration is set in the Exposure control of the camera software panel Definitions e Input sync pul
81. d for the first time the Windows firewall detects the attempt to communicate through the network and tries to block it The message below appears O Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Windows Firewall has blocked some features of Motion Studio Image Acquisition and Processing on all public and private networks k Name Motion Studio Image Acquisition and Processing Publisher Publi IDT Inc Path C program files idt motionprox motionprox exe Allow Motion Studio Image Acquisition and Processing to communicate on these F Private networks such as my home or work network V Public networks such as those in airports and coffee shops not recommended because these networks often have little or no security What are the risks of allowing a program through a firewall The software will be allowed to communicate through the network if both the private and public options are selected Then click the Allow access button If the User Account Control UAC is disabled or you don t check both the options you may still allow the communication through the firewall e From the control panel start the Windows Firewall and select Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall e Scroll the list and make sure that Motion Studio is in and all the check boxes are selected see below Users Manual 29 Motion Studio x bf gt Windo Allowed
82. der has been created or selected select the model and click Calibrate see below If the calibration is loaded you may click On Off to activate or deactivate it or click Discard to discard it 5 36 6 Basic calibration model The basic model is the simplest The user is asked to drag a line on the calibration target and enter a distance in mm 122 Users Manual Motion Studio a a Motion Studio Calibration anm File Edit Image Filter Playback Tracking Data View Tools Window Help E X 6 a p I e oeg AS AG d O S o amp a 4 0 SSS Ready Basic Calibration s 880x880 24 bit 100 fps Scaling and Tilt Distance mm LJ em Tilt Angle degrees 0 1 40 Playback Image Extra Track Grid Color Start _ Stop Skip frms lo o 3 o amp J Show Tracking ul Ca Ba Point Color Size 0000 MM 128 New Reset Configuration The calibration grid has two handles The handles may be dragged over two reference points on the calibration image Users Manual 123 Motion Studio 5 36 7 Simplified calibration model This method requires that the calibration target is vertically aligned with the camera i e vertical lines in the target correspond to vertical lines on the target image The rectangular grid has four handles that may be dragged over four reference points of the calibratio
83. dio T TIFF Tagged Image File Format It s a file format used to store images TIFF pictures store a single raster image at any color depth TIFF is arguably the most widely supported graphic file format in the printing industry It supports optional compression and is not suitable for viewing in Web browsers Thumbnail I s a small low resolution version of a larger image file that is used for quick identification Trigger A trigger is something that causes a data acquisition system to start collecting data or a camera to start acquiring images It may be as simple as pressing a software button or a set of conditions which when met trigger data capture internal triggers or an externally generated hardware signal an external trigger Tripod A tripod is a three legged supporting stand used to hold the camera steady especially useful when using slow shutter speeds Another is the monopod single leg tripod TTL Transistor Transistor Logic A common semiconductor technology for building discrete digital logic integrated circuits For digital circuits logic 1 is obtained for inputs of 2 0 to 5 5 V and logic O for inputs of 0 to 0 8 V TWAIN It s a protocol for exchanging information between applications and devices such as scanners and digital cameras TWAIN makes it possible for digital cameras and software to talk with one another on PCs 222 Users Manual Motion Studio U Underexpo
84. ds is displayed 164 Users Manual Motion Studio 6 5 Lens Calculations Select the calculation of Focal length Field of View or Object Distance Select the lens aperture and the measurement units for length speed and resolution Calculations Item Value Output Object Distance Fed Width Height 60 000000 mm 33 750000 mm Field Width mm 60 Object Distance 349 813446 mm Focal Length 90 000000 mm Focal Length mm 90 Magnification 0 256667 Object Speed m s E o A Resolution 0 015625 mm pel 64 000000 pel mm Diagonal field angle of view 11 239231 deg Lens aperture F12 bd Horizontal field angle of view 9 803385 deg Image Diagonal 17 711374 mm Speed calculations Compatible Lens Types F mount Export data Object Movement per frame 1 000000 mm Object Motion blur 0 100000 mm AEE mm gt Object Pixel Blur 6 400 Hyperfocal distance 168750 000000 mm Speed units ms 7 Depth of Field 1 077173 mm ee eee Near focus limit 349 275665 mm Far focus limit 350 352844 mm Effective aperture 1 51 The result will be displayed in the pane at the right side including Field Height and Width Resolution Angle of View Image Diagonal Magnification factor and the compatible lenses types If the lens specifications shown are not compatible with your lens you need to lower the Horizontal and Vertical Resolution to avoid vignetting For fast moving object calculations enter the object speed in the selected units Th
85. e IDT Inc tree item Expand the tree to the bottom and select M3 or M5 camera file Select OK Board type model R64 0 KBN PCE CL4 F VFGO CL1 2 Master Board ID register 3 Board DMA latency Attached cameras fe ETeTSSSS iS 20 Users Manual Motion Studio 3 2 6 Connecting the M camera A 12 VDC 1 Amp supplies the camera with the necessary power This power supply unit is included with the camera system package All communication and data transfer with the host computer is done via the Camera Link interface The Camera Link interface requires two cables External triggering and synchronization are done via the three SMA connectors Triggering is expected to be done with a TTL pulse The synchronization signal is also TTL level NOTE Connect the camera to the computer before connecting the camera to the power source 1 Connect the camera to the Camera Link cable on the side with a single jack and 2 One the other side the cables are labeled A and B Connect the A cable to the frame grabber connector that is labeled Camera Link 1 or Camera Link Base or that is far from the PCl e edge connector Connect the B cable to the frame grabber connector that is labeled Camera Link 2 or Camera Link Med full or that is closest to the PCI e edge connector 3 Connect the camera to the power source PCle Slot Users Manual 21 Motion Studio 3 3 Disabling the User Acc
86. e Object movement per frame the object motion blur and the object pixel blur will be calculated If the object movement is too big increase the recording speed If the motion blur is too high decrease the exposure time Users Manual 165 Motion Studio 6 6 Speed calculations 166 Speed calculations include circumference speed and falling objects speed 7 Speed calculations Spinning speed rpm Object Diameter m Distance from ground m 0 523599 m s 14 004749 m s The object circumference speed can be calculated by entering the speed of the spinning object in rpm and the diameter of the object in the configured units The theoretical impact speed of a falling object may be calculated The starting speed of the object is assumed to be equal to 0 Input the distance from the object to the impact point in the correct units and the speed will be calculated Users Manual Motion Studio 7 Frame Synchronization and Event Triggering 7 1 Overview The camera and software enable external sync and triggering capabilities The camera is synchronized externally via a trigger source in the form of a TTL pulse The synchronization INPUT signals as well as a synchronization OUTPUT signal are handled through BNC connectors The synchronization signal is output for every frame that is acquired and can supply the time reference for other pieces of hardware for example a strobe for illumination Two opti
87. e well compressed storage of raster images PNG provides a patent free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF Indexed color grayscale and true color images are supported plus an optional alpha channel Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits Pulse It s a signal whose amplitude deviates from zero for a short period of time A pulse may be periodic pulse train and not periodic single pulse The Pulse Width is the time between the rising edge and the falling edge of a pulse If the pulse is periodic it has a period and a duty cycle Users Manual 219 Motion Studio Q Quantum Efficiency It s a quantity defined for a photosensitive device such as photographic film or a sensor CCD or CMOS as the percentage of photons hitting the photo reactive surface that will produce an electron hole pair It is an accurate measurement of the device s sensitivity It is often measured over a range of different wavelengths to characterize a device s efficiency at different energies R Resolution Resolution is expressed as either the number of pixels counted horizontally by the number of pixels counted vertically or by the number of mega pixels It can be expressed as one of the following formats QVGA 320 x 240 VGA 640 x 480 SVGA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768 UXGA 1600 x 1200 RGB Red Green and Blue The color system used in most digital cameras in which the image is separated by
88. e 100 000000 mm Object Motion blur 1 000000 mm ihc m Object Pixel Blur 0 384 Hyperfocal distance 2083 333252 mm Speed units ms 7 Depth of Field Infinity Near focus limit 1578 215454 mm Resolution units mm hd Far focus limit Infinity Effective aperture 1 20 Vidi Motion contains the most important specifications of the IDT cameras and a lens calculator With Vidi Motion you may e Show the main specifications of each camera model e Find the resolution that fits a specific frame rate e Print a table of resolution versus frame rate or frame rate versus resolution e Calculate amount of motion blur correct exposure time depth of field hyper focal distance etc e Calculate the speed at impact of a free falling object It is assumed that the object falls in vacuum thus no compensation for air resistance is included e Calculate the circumference speed of a spinning object Users Manual 161 Motion Studio 6 2 Camera information 162 e Select the camera Family e Select the camera model e Set the resolution memory size frame rate and exposure The right pane will show some camera specifications and e The maximum frame rate for the selected resolution in normal and in plus mode if supported e The maximum recording length in frames If the camera has onboard SSD the value is calculated for the disk e The maximum recording time for the selected frame rate e The streaming fps if t
89. e all of the parameters independently for each folder Defrag The acquisitions are defragmented in camera memory Delete and Delete All Delete a selected folder or all folders Users Manual Motion Studio 5 21 6 Direct write to disk Option M2D If the camera is an M series and the M2D option is active a license file is required the configuration dialog shows a write to disk section V Write to local disk Edit Delete Files Local Disk Map Total Size 41 13 GB Legend Green free memory Red done acquisition Blue undone acquisition Delete Files click this button to delete the files stored in the acquisition folder Edit click this button to change the write to disk settings we Write To Disk Disks Colors C Local Disk C 118 1 GB C Ss XP 32bit E 97 7 GB See Vista 32bit F 117 2 GB Local Disk G 132 8 GB Available free disk space for acquisition Folder name M2Disk_Acq 256 Memory Buffer Size MB v Memory Buffer Size it indicates the amount of computer memory allocated for the acquisition The camera acquires images in this memory buffer and the data is automatically saved to the hard disk in real time Disks select the disk drives used for the acquisition Folder type the name of the folder where the images will be stored 5 22 Saving acquired images and data The acquired images stored in different areas of the came
90. e camera name model and serial number the camera status is displayed Ready Live Recording e Exit the session Click the Exit button to exit the session r Ey Motion Studio 05 4K Camera Os5 4K GigaBit ea 0B File Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Jools Window Help Ce uP 1a a TIE ie a A A Tools Options _ Ext Ready Live Playback Gam 1 Y8 S3 Camera Y8 S3 28 0212 3173 10 10 10 10 ROI 1600 x 1200 1000 fps 450 us 100 imgs Circular Pre 50 Post 50 Trg SWC Ready 2 05 4K Camera Os5 4K 03 06 13 0002 10 10 10 61 ROI 2560 x 2160 4 600 fps 1663 ps 200 imgs j Circular Pre 50 Post 150 Trg SWC Ready E Sync Master Acquisition Settings Camera Record Image Sensor Gain 1 00 _ Reset 3 MotionXtra NX5 S2 a NX5 52 03 0608 0001 10 10 10 101 Rate Hz 600 i ROI 2336 x 1728 an 500 fps 1000 pis 200 imgs Exposure ps 1663 3 Circular Pre 50 Post 150 Trg SWC ebs s 4 Live Exposure Mode singe z Enable Auto exposure Edit Enable Motion Trigger Edit Binning Pixel Depth x r 24Bt upper z ROI 2560x2160 E Aca 1 1 SSD option D OFF Backup Streaming Mission uss wal L Ready X 1720 0860 L Users Manual 105 Motion Studio 5 30 2 Tools menu Click on the Tools button a popup menu will appear Copto
91. e camera sync configuration is set to external and the external sync signal is available ERR028 Camera acquisition time out The camera cannot acquire images and a time out occurs ERR033 Unable to open camera The program cannot start the communication with the camera Check the hardware and the cables ERR034 Unable to create a folder The program cannot create a new folder in the database for the storage of the acquired images Check your administrator privileges ERR035 not enough camera memory to add a new acquisition All the camera memory is filled with acquisitions A new acquisition cannot be added ERRO036 Unable to delete the current acquisition The program cannot delete the current acquisition from the camera memory configuration ERR037 Camera hardware generic error An error occurred in the communication through the USB or the Ethernet cable ERRO038 The buffer is too small The buffer allocated for the image snap is too small ERR039 Camera device I O error An error occurred in the communication through the USB cable Check the cables and the USB board ERR040 Camera O read error An error occurred while the program was reading an image from the camera Check the cables and the USB board ERR041 Cannot complete the operation because the camera is busy The camera is busy and cannot perform the requested operation Wait and try again 194 Users Manual Motion Studio ERR042 An error occurred dur
92. e pan window is enabled the user may drag the red rectangle and locate the area of the image to display 188 Users Manual Motion Studio 9 Appendix A Image Formats Motion Studio supports the image formats listed in the table below Format Ext Pixel Depth Notes Tagged Image File Format TIFF TIF 8 16 24 48 Gray Color Windows Bitmap BMP 8 24 Gray Color JPEG File JPG 8 24 Gray Color Portable network Graphics PNG PNG 8 16 24 48 Gray Color Type 2 Bayer TP2 8 Gray Bayer Falcon eXtra RAW FBA 8 24 Gray Color Multi Page TIFF MPT 8 16 24 48 Gray Color Multi page Raw MPR 8 16 24 48 Gray Color IDT proprietary Multi page Compressed MCF 8 16 24 48 Gray Color IDT proprietary Audio Video Interleaved AVI AVI 8 24 Gray Color Apple Quick Time MOV MOV 8 24 Gray Color Weinberger Sequence BLD BLD 8 24 Gray Color Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG MPG 8 24 Gray Color MPEG 1 MPEG H 264 Advanced Video Coding MP4 8 24 Gray Color MPEG 4 9 1 Formats Overview 9 1 1 TIFF Format TIFF pictures store a single raster image at any color depth TIFF is arguably the most widely supported graphic file format in the printing industry It supports optional compression and is not suitable for viewing in Web browsers The TIFF format is an extensible format which means that a programmer can modify the original specification to add functionality or meet specific needs This can lead to incompatibilities between different
93. e precise Pixel Grouping the algorithm is based on the observation that natural scene images are usually composed of numerous groups of pixels and have approximately the same brightness and color Users Manual Motion Studio 13 Appendix E EDR XDR The Extended Dynamic Range EDR XDR is an IDT proprietary implementation that enhances the camera dynamic range Cameras with 8 bit pixel depth X series may increase the dynamic range to 11 bits Cameras with 10 bit dynamic range Y series and N series may increase the dynamic range to 13 bit Let s imagine a picture of a high contrast scene In the picture we may have a very bright portion almost saturated and a very dark portion that is almost black How can we change our exposure to have a good image If we try to increase the exposure to improve the dark details we saturate the bright area On the other side if we decrease to improve the bright area we reduce the light to the dark area and we loose information The solution is EDR XDR EDR is implemented in Y4 N4 cameras The sensor is capable of acquiring even and odd rows with different exposures The two half images are then interpolated to produce two different images with two different intensities XDR is implemented in all the camera models that support double exposure Then the pictures are linearly combined to obtain a third picture with increased sensitivity The ratio between higher exposure and low
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95. ect is computed only on horizontal lines while vertical line must be parallel to the rectangle vertical sides In the Calibration dialog box the Use Perspective option is ON X Y Dimensions the user enters the dimensions in mm of the rectangle The distance between the points of the calibration target is known The values are in mm Focal Length the camera focal length in mm Diagonal when the Use perspective option is off the user may check the Use diagonal check box and enter the rectangle diagonal length instead of Width and height Grid Color the color of the calibration grid may be changed Pixel size the user may edit the pixel size Click Find size to select the camera model and find the correct size 124 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 36 8 Generic calibration model The generic calibration considers different kind of distortion due to optical and or perspective issues The calibration grid is more complex than a rectangle is a multi point grid see below The points of the grid will be positioned over the marks of the calibration target Then the program computes the parameters of a third grade polynomial which maps the points of the image pixels into the points of the real space mm BDA be Ea Motion Studio Calibration Image B File Edit Image Filter Playback Tracking Data View Tools Window Help us A A AO Generic Calibration Grid Size
96. ed Acq_000 Acq_001 If the parameter is checked two options are available e The Download images after acquisition and restart option is not selected In this case the program saves the images in the same folder all the time Example the folder name is A then the program creates the folder A the first time and saves the images If subsequent acquisitions are done the program saves the images in the same A folder and overwrites them e The Download images after acquisition and restart option is selected In this case the program creates folder names from the acquisition name with 7 digits Example the acquisition name is A then the program creates A_0000000 then A_0000001 then A_0000002 and so on Image Prefix Type the image prefix into the text box If the Camera Name option is selected the image prefix is the name of the camera Comment Type a comment to the acquisition The comment will be saved in a configuration file with the images and may be also shown in the time stamp Frames Use this dialog box to set the number of frames to record Time It displays the acquisition record time File Type and Codec Use the drop down list to set the image type format for archiving files to the hard drive of the computer Some image formats support codec s The camera memory may be organized with multiple acquisitions New Create new acquisition folders to store a new sequence of images using the Configur
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99. en Tools and then run the Raw Converter Locate the args ini file in the acquisition directory and click OK n Open Raw Image Header file ProgramData IDT gt Images Acq_N4_001 v wy Organize v New folder z fl T Name Date Type Size jE Computer amp Local Disk C ca Local Disk D ca Local Disk E GP everyone idtsvr2 GA everyone idtsvrl GA vss Idteurope00 GP rma idteurope00 GB Release IDTEUROF GA Shared IDTEUROP args ini 12 23 2010 3 43 PM Configuration sett 4 Ki Network 4 m r File name args ini Raw Inifile ini gt Users Manual 81 Motion Studio Then select the conversion options The file format may be changed and the raw file can be kept and converted more than once r Raw Conversion Options c jmages 2013_06_10_idt_002 Output File Type Single TIFF File tif X A Codec ouput paei et Rate ps 4 T Reset frame numbering Delete raw file after conversion Camera MotionPro YS Resolution 2560 x 1920 Frames 20 10 to 9 Speed 100 fps 1414 us Some of the conversion options can be modified before the conversion file type codec and pixel depth and playback rate When the OK button is clicked the raw converter is started and the sequence queued in the conversion manager see below The con
100. er exposure gives the new pixel depth which can be 9 10 or 11 bits for 8 bit images or 11 12 and 13 bits for 10 bit images The resulting image may be converted back to 8 bits or 10 bits with a look up table The example below shows the result of EDR XDR The first image shows a dark area at the top left side If we increase the exposure the top left side becomes visible but the image saturates at the right side see below Users Manual 207 Motion Studio 9 Tamron Super Higt IGHA Lons 8 2Srumggrt e D MicroPublis w With XDR the two images are combined and the result is a uniform image without dark or saturated zones P 208 Users Manual Motion Studio 14 Appendix F Glossary A Ambient Light It s the available natural light completely surrounding a subject It s tight already existing in an indoor or outdoor setting that is not caused by any illumination supplied by artificial light source Aperture It s the lens opening The hole or opening formed by the metal leaf diaphragm inside the lens or the opening in a camera lens through which light passes to expose the sensor The size of aperture is either fixed or adjustable Aperture size is usually calibrated in f numbers the larger the number the smaller the lens opening Aperture affects depth of field the smaller the aperture the greater is the zone of sharpness the bigger the aperture the
101. er the image It may be used to vertically or horizontally align the camera The color of the cross may be edited in the general options To move the cross just click on the image al Motion Studio 05 4K Camera Os5 4K GigaBit Sex Fie Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help IR e A A A jQ eI x Agak Ready to Gaz ea Acquisition Settings Sensor Gain 1 00 vj Reset Rate Hz 600 bd E3 Exposure ps 1175 ar Exposure Mode Singe x E Enable Auto exposure Edit E Enable Motion Trigger Edit Binning Pixel Depth x1 24Bit upper Mi ROI 2560x2160 aj EJ Acq_A 1 1 SSD option Q OFF Backup Streaming Mission d If the reticule is shown in live and playback images and the images are saved the reticule is burned into the image data like the time stamp 138 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 6 Histogram The image intensity Histogram is used to set the camera exposure parameters and with the camera focusing to optimize the dynamic range Color cameras have three color components red green and blue and luminance For monochrome cameras the histogram is computed on the grayscale pixel values Users Manual r a Histogram Current Component Allchannels v Cumulative X Labels Min 0 Max 255 139 Motion Studio 5 39 7 Focus Line Image Profile The Focus Line
102. ess button e Enter the IP address and the subnet mask Then click OK and exit the configuration utility e Turn off the camera and turn it on The new IP address is stored and will be used by the camera in Giga Ethernet communication NOTE 1 the computer network adapter may not have a specific IP address because it s assigned by the DHCP If there is any problem for the software to detect the camera it s better to assign a specific IP address also to the computer adapter To do that open the Network Connections window and select the Properties of the network adapter Select the Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties button Select the Use the following IP address option and set the IP address and subnet mask values NOTE 2 if the camera IP address is not compatible with the adapter s IP address the camera will be listed with a yellow exclamation mark If you try to open a session the software will not be able to grab images from the camera and an error message will appear Users Manual Motion Studio 4 3 Configuring the N NR NX Os camera IP address N cameras are delivered with a specific IP address If the address is not compatible with your network parameters the camera is not able to establish a full communication with the computer through the network To set the IP address for the first time please follow the instructions below e Connect the camera to the computer via
103. fies or amplifies on low light level images Integration It s the active collection of photons as done by an image sensor Interpolation Method used to increase the resolution of an image map by adding pixels to an image based on the value of surrounding pixels This method can cause artifacts IP Address The Internet Protocol Address is a unique set of numbers used to locate another computer on a network The format of an IP address is a 32 bit string of four numbers separated by periods Each number can be from 0 to 255 i e 1 154 10 266 Within a closed network IP addresses may be assigned at random however IP addresses of web servers must be registered to avoid duplicates IRIG Inter Range Instrumentation Group Time code signals of various formats defined by the IRIG 200 98 standard time derived from GPS satellites Both require an optional receiver decoder generator module lris It s a diaphragm in the lens that opens or closes to set the aperture the amount of light that passes through the lens to the CCD Users Manual 215 Motion Studio L Laser Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation A laser is a cavity with mirrors at the ends filled with material such as crystal glass liquid gas or dye It s a device which produces an intense beam of light with the unique properties of coherence collimation and mono chromaticity LED Lig
104. g box see Acquisitions Configuration on the Record tab e Histogram window e Reticule display e Focus Line tool for help focusing the image e Timing Control for the generation of timing signals with the MotionPro Timing Hub e Analog output for the generation of analog waveforms with the MotionPro Data Acquisition System DAS e Ethernet cameras network configuration e Raw Image converter and Batch editor e Image tile utility e Vidi Motion Lens Calculator e Options dialog box e Language selection 130 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 1 Download Options ownload Images Download Folder C Images E Download and create AVI aE AVI Download Folder C Images Browse E Enable RAW download Delete RAW file after conversion Convert RAW file later x E Enable JPEG download if supported by cameras E Save acquisition data into the image file E Save ISO files MME MII E Download images after acquisition and stop E Download images after acquisition and restart times E After recording automatically arm the camera and switch to next segment The download options are described in the topic above Users Manual 131 Motion Studio 5 39 2 Camera Options Be 6X Download Time Stamp Miscellaneous Wve he ead QR Moger Hotkey a Maximize exposure when frame rate changes Disable 1024x1024 resolution on Y4
105. h some devices capable of recording sound and or video as well as photographs Double Exposure It s a capability of CCD and CMOS cameras to acquire two images within a 100 ns interval The first camera exposure may be controlled while the second exposure doesn t DLL Dynamic Linking Library A dynamic link library DLL is a collection of small programs any of which can be called when needed by a larger program that is running in the computer The small program that lets the larger program communicate with a specific device such as a printer or scanner is often packaged as a DLL program usually referred to as a DLL file The advantage of DLL files is that because they don t get loaded into RAM together with the main program space is saved in RAM Dynamic Range It s the ratio of the saturation level of the CCD to the readout noise of the CCD camera system Dynamic range is a measure of the ability of the camera to capture both bright and dark features in a single image In general the higher the camera s dynamic range the more information per pixel it can capture It s usually expressed in dB 212 Users Manual Motion Studio E Ethernet 10Base T It s a local area network LAN architecture developed by Xerox Corporation in cooperation with DEC and Intel in 1976 Ethernet uses a bus or star topology and supports data transfer rates of 10 Mbps Exposure The amount of time that light reaches the image senso
106. he absence of light intensity variations Spatial filters can serve a variety of purposes such as detecting edges along a specific direction contouring patterns reducing noise and detail outlining and smoothing Spatial filters fall in two categories High pass filters emphasize significant variations of the light intensity usually found at the boundary of object They are also called sharpening filters Low pass filters attenuate variations of the light intensity They have the tendency to smooth images by eliminating details and blurring edges They are also called smoothing filters In the case of a 3x3 matrix the value of the central pixel derives from the values of its eight surrounding neighbors A 5x5 matrix specifies 24 neighbors a 7x7 matrix specifies 48 neighbors and so forth If Pa Specifies the intensity of the pixel P with the coordinates i j the pixels surrounding Pa can be indexed as follows in the case of a 3x3 matrix Pii 1 j 1 Pij Piist i 1 Pit Pa Pin P 1 j 1 Pijn Pat jst A linear filter assigns to Pap a value which is a linear combination of its surrounding values For example Pap Panj Paj Pan j Paija Pajen Poirier A nonlinear filter assigns to Pap a value that is not a linear combination of the surrounding values For example Pap max P 1 1 Post j1 Petje Poiat jety 11 1 Linear filters Convolution filters A convolution is a mathematical function that replaces
107. he camera has onboard SSD the streaming fps is the maximum frame rate that allows streaming to the disk without overrun Item Value Sensor Orion II 16 9 GRBG Pixel Size um 4 02 Sensor Size mm 15 4x 8 6 Minimum Exposure us 1 option 200 ns Pixel Depth 10 Plus mode supported Yes SSD Yes Interface GE Max Frame Rate fps 1000 Plus 2000 Max Rec Length in DDR 2317 2s 317 ms Max Rec Length in SSD Max frames storage in SSD SSD Streaming fps 2358 2s 358 ms 78557 116 Users Manual Motion Studio 6 3 Find resolution from max rate e Click the Find resolution from max rate button e Type a frame rate and select Plus mode if required e Click OK The utility will calculate the resolution that fits the required frame rae If the canmera cannot support the frame rate an error message will appear i Find resolution from rate Type the rate and dick OK to find the resolution Rate fps 1000 E Plus Mode Lox cancel Users Manual Motion Studio 6 4 Resolution versus rate table Click the Resolution vs rate table button e Select the table type e Enter the minimum height or rate the maximum height or rate and the step e Click Refresh e Click Export table to save the table o a text file If the camera supports extra region of interest e g regions of interest that exceed the sensor resolution a table with extra ROI and spee
108. he effect of outlining edges and revealing texture A gradient convolution filter is a first order derivative Its kernel uses the following matrix a b c b xX d c d a Where a b c and d are integer coefficients and x 0 or x 1 This kernel has an axis of symmetry that runs between the positive and negative coefficients of the kernel and through the central element This axis of symmetry gives the orientation of the edges to outline Users Manual 201 Motion Studio There are two sets of pre defined gradient filters used in Motion Studio They are listed below The Prewitt filters have the following kernels The notations N north NE north east E east SE south east S south SW south west W west NW north west indicate which edges of bright regions they outline The Sobel filters are very similar to the Prewitt filters except that they highlight light intensity variations along a particular axis that is assigned a stronger weight They have the following kernels Laplacian filters A Laplacian filter highlights the variation of the light intensity surrounding a pixel The filter extracts the contour of objects and outline details Unlike the gradient filter it is omni directional The Laplacian filter is a second order derivative Its kernel uses the following matrix a d c b x b c d A where a b c and d are integers The Laplacian filter has two different effects depending on whether the central coeffi
109. he other output channels The diagram below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 no gate Output channel 1 F 50 Hz duty cycle 50 no gate Output channel 2 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 gate output channel 0 The output channel 0 frequency is 100 Hz The output channel 1 frequency is 50 Hz The output channel 2 frequency is 100 Hz but the channel is gated by the output 0 so the result is a signal which has 100 Hz frequency and a duty cycle of 25 Output Channel 0 100 Hz DC 50 2 ee eer EE Output Channel 1 50 Hz DC 50 O en Output Channel 2 100 Hz gate chn 0 S a ee ee E Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 8 4 External Mode Output waveforms are generated by an external signal The user may adjust the output channel divider and duty cycle The output channel may be inverted and gated by another signal The gate can be selected among the external inputs 0 or 1 or among one of the other output channels Let s assume that the external frequency is 200 Hz The diagram below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 external input 0 no gate Output channel 1 F 50 Hz duty cycle 50 external input 0 no gate Output channel 2 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 external input 0 gate output channel 0 The output channel O frequency is half the external frequency The
110. he steps will be automatically executed and the image stored in the SSD Once the mission is executed once the camera may be power cycled more times but the images will not be overwritten To display images acquired during the mission e Run Motion Studio and select the SSD mission mode e If the steps have been recorded and stored in the SSD they will be listed in the lower list of the mission dialog Users Manual 69 Motion Studio e Highlight one of the steps of the list and click Load step to camera memory If the step size is larger than the camera memory a drop down menu will appear showing a list of segments Select one of them to load the images To save images acquired during the mission e Check or uncheck the boxes on the left side of each step and click Download The images will be downloaded in RAW format 70 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 21 4 Advanced Sync Trigger Configuration Trigger In Y and N cameras can enforce a minimum time that the trigger input must remain continuously at its active level before it recognizes a valid trigger This parameter is called Debounce and can be used to reject noise pulses on the trigger input or to de bounce mechanical contacts used as trigger sources After it recognizes a valid trigger pulse the camera can wait for a few microseconds before issuing the trigger This parameter is called Delay Sync In The Debounce and Delay parame
111. he system is in Master Slave configuration check that the sync in connector of the slave camera is connected to the sync out connector of the master ERRO086 Unable to save calibration image The error occurs because the program tries to save a tracking calibration image Check your administrator privileges and try again ERR087 Unable to download the camera calibration file from flash memory Check the cables and try again ERR088 The command line passed to the raw converter to convert a file is not correct ERR089 Unable to find acquisition directory This error occurs when the Raw Converter tries to open an INI files but is not able to find it Check the command line path and try again ERR090 Invalid configuration file This error occurs when the Raw Converter tries to convert a sequence but the configuration file is not valid ERR091 Unable to read the RAW file This error occurs when the Raw Converter tries to convert a sequence but the raw file is not valid or damaged ERRO092 the raw file and the converter have different versions This error occurs when the Raw Converter tries to convert a sequence generated by an older version of the software ERR093 Unable to set the IP address This error occurs when the program tries to change the camera IP address and it fails Check that the selected IP address is 196 Users Manual Motion Studio compatible with the network adapter subnet mask and disconnect the USB cable if it
112. heck if the file is damaged ERRO067 Camera I O write error An error occurred while the program was trying to write a parameter to the camera Check the cables and the USB board ERR068 Unable to open camera driver The program cannot start the communication with the camera Check the hardware and the cables ERRO70 Invalid iTunes version The error occurs because the program is trying to communicate with the iPod through iTunes and the version is not valid Install a newer version of iTunes ERR071 iTunes Type library is not compatible The error occurs because the program is trying to communicate with the iPod through iTunes and the version is not valid Install a newer version of iTunes ERRO72 Unable to connect to iPod through iTunes There is a communication error between the program and the iPod Try again ERR073 More than one iPod found The computer is connected to more than one iPod Disconnect one of them and try again ERRO74 Unable to connect to iTunes There is a communication error between the program and iTunes ERR075 Not enough space on the destination database The error occurs because the program tries to synchronize with the iPod but the iPod disk has not enough space to store the database Users Manual 195 Motion Studio ERRO076 Unable to delete the iPod acquisition list The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it s not able to delete the previous acquisit
113. his error occurs when M cameras try to acquire a large number of images in computer memory ERR105 The camera cable has been disconnected ERR106 The program is unable to attach to the camera The program instance has been detached from the camera because the control has been taken by someone else ERR107 Unable to configure the camera for first use The procedure of setting up the camera for the first time failed ERR108 Aborted operation The error message occurs when the user aborts the raw conversion procedure ERR109 The selected region of interest is not supported by this file format ERR110 the application is not able to open a device in the Galileo network ERR111 the HG100K camera memory cannot be erased ERR112 a Galileo wireless device cannot be configured ERR113 a frame cannot be read from the camera during a procedure of sequence save Users Manual 197 Motion Studio ERR114 the compressed AVI codec is not valid and the sequence cannot be saved ERR115 memory allocation error The program cannot allocate enough memory to open and display a sequence of images ERR116 write to disk overrun When the program acquires in direct write to disk mode with M camera the memory allocated for buffering is not enough and it is overwritten ERR117 SD card download error The camera cannot download the images to the SD card ERR118 the time limited license has expired Contact IDT for a new activation code ER
114. ht Emitting Diode Light producing transistor used to display dots numeric and text slowly replacing by LCD display Lens One or more pieces of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and focus rays of light to form a sharp image on the sensor Lossless It s an image format which stores the image in a non compressed format or in a compressed format that don t loose information Lossy It s an image format that sacrifices a certain amount of image information in order to create a smaller compressed file Low G It refers to a general industrial environment with less than 10 G shock and 2 5 G vibration stresses 216 Users Manual Motion Studio MAC Address The Media Access Control address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network A MAC address is 48 bits long and is commonly written as a sequence of 12 hexadecimal digits for instance 48 3F 0A 91 00 BC MAC addresses are uniquely set by the network adapter manufacturer and are sometimes called physical addresses for this reason MCF Multi page Compressed Format Multi page Compressed Format MRF is a compressed IDT proprietary file format Multiple raster images are stored in a single file Micro lens To overcome the limitations of a low fill factor on certain sensors an array of micro lenses is placed on top of the pixel array in order to funnel the photons of a larger area into the smaller area of the light sens
115. ht capture With each pixel doing its own conversion uniformity is lower But the chip can be built to require less off chip circuitry for basic operation Contrast It s a measure of rate of change of brightness in an image Users Manual 211 Motion Studio D Dark Current The charge accumulated by pixels while not exposed to light Normally this charge is reduced or eliminated prior to capturing a picture Depth of Field The distance between the nearest and farthest points that appears in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph Depth of field varies with lens aperture focal length and camera to subject distance Diaphragm An adjustable device inside the lens which is similar to the iris in the human eye it s comprised of six or seven overlapping metal blades continuously adjustable from wide open to stopped down controls the amount of light allowed to pass through the lens and expose the sensor when a picture is taken It also controls the amount of depth of field the photograph will have Openings are usually calibrated in f numbers The more blades used will have a more natural and rounded spots Digitization It s the process of converting analog information into digital format Digital Camera It s an electronic device used to capture and store photographs electronically instead of using photographic film like conventional cameras Modern compact digital cameras are typically multifunctional wit
116. ial Windowing capability that can be selected and set via the software interface A region of interest for the image that is less than the total 62 Users Manual Motion Studio available area of the sensor may be selected This region can be interactively adjusted and can occupy any area of the sensor s active pixels 1 Click on the ROI button on the Camera Configuration Tab 2 From the Edit Region of Interest dialog box select the ROI by setting the numerical values for its origin and dimensions or by dragging the handles of the red box that highlights the ROI within the sensor area Once the ROI is configured only the active portion of the image is acquired and displayed It is important to note that the maximum framing rate of the camera is inversely proportional to the number of rows in the ROI The options are below Resolution select a resolution from the buttons on the left side or edit the values in the X Origin Y Origin Width and Height text boxes Center ROI click the button to center the current ROI Reset ROI click the button to reset to the maximum value Max fps frames time displays the maximum acquisition rate the max number of frames and the corresponding recording time for each ROI If the camera has onboard SSD it shows also the streaming fps e g the frame rate that allows continuous streaming on the disk without overrun a Edit Region of Interest a emt So 2560x1440 2560x1440 D 1920x
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118. indows Firewall settings u View available wireless networks F Disable this network device Q Repair this connection mj Rename this connection view status of this connection Status Connected Firewalled Connected Firewalled Connected Firewalled IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card Is The message below will appear from the status bar Wireless Network Connection is now connected x Connected to mynetw Signal Strength No Signal 6 18 PM NOTE if the wireless network connection is protected by a firewall make sure that the port 8164 is open to the TCP and UDP traffic Users Manual 181 Motion Studio 8 3 2 Configuring the client Pocket PC From the Windows Mobile Start menu select the Settings item Then select the Connection Tabs as shown below Settings E 46 4 08 tfo Beam Bluetooth Connections ie iz A E amp Dell WLAN Network Odyssey Utility Cards Client Personal System Connections C Select the Connections item The screen below appears Settings E daoo Configure Network Adapters My network card connects to Work v Tap an adapter to modify settings NE2000 Compatible Ethernet Driver L2TP NDISWAN Miniport AsyncMac NDISWAN Miniport PPTP NDISWAN Miniport Dell Axim X50 WLAN Wireless Adapter Bluetooth PAN User Driver Make sure that the My network card connects to option is Work Then from the list of
119. ing the calibration procedure The error can occur during the camera background calibration or during the tracking calibration Restart the program and try again ERR045 Invalid range value The error occurs when the user tries to configure a parameter which is out of the allowed range Correct the value and try again ERR048 An error occurred during the color balance and or white balance procedure because one of the circular targets is outside the image Move the targets and try again ERR049 An error occurred during the color balance and or white balance procedure Move the targets and try again ERR055 Unable to create a new database The error occurs when the program tries to create a new database Check your administrator privileges and try again on a different folder ERRO056 Unable to delete folder The error occurs when the program tries to delete a folder acquisition calibration or tracking from the current database Check your administrator privileges ERRO059 Unable to create calibration folder The error occurs when the program tries to create a new calibration folder and save the calibration image ERR061 Unable to copy file The error occurs when the program tries to copy the camera calibration file from the distribution CD Check your administrator privileges and the CD integrity ERR0O65 Invalid camera calibration file The error occurs when the program tries to copy a camera Calibration file that is not valid C
120. ion list ERR0O77 Unable to delete the acquisition folder The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it s not able to delete one of the acquisition folders ERRO78 Unable to create the acquisition folder The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it s not able to create a new acquisition folder ERR079 Unable to copy the database system files The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it s not able to copy the database system files ERRO80 Unable to find images The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it cannot find images in the source database ERR081 Unable to add files to the iPod acquisition list The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it cannot add a sequence to the iPod list ERR082 Unable to add files to the iPod acquisition list The error occurs because the program is trying to synchronize with the iPod but it cannot add a sequence to the iPod folders ERRO083 Unable to convert the acquisition to the iPod format The error occurs because the program is trying to add a sequence to the iPod list but it cannot convert it to the proper iPod format ERR084 Multiple camera snap time out The error occurs because the program is trying to snap an image from a multiple camera setup One or more cameras failed check the cables If t
121. itch F1 100 Hz duty cycle1 50 F2 50 Hz duty cycle1 50 When the input 0 level goes high the output signal starts at 100 Hz When the input 1 level goes high the output 0 frequency switches to 50 Hz External Input 0 a ee External Input 1 eet ee Output Channel 0 F1 100 Hz F2 50 Hz eee a a ee a ee Users Manual 147 Motion Studio 5 39 8 7 Burst Single Mode In burst single mode one of the external inputs or one of the output channels is used as trigger to generate one or more pulses The frequency and the Duty cycle controls are used to determine the duration of the pulse The generation of the pulses may be also delayed Both the output signal and the trigger may be also inverted The diagram below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 mode Burst single Trigger External Input 0 F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 pulses 3 The external Input O serves as a trigger When the trigger goes high three pulses are generated by the output channel 0 The duration of the pulses is about 5 ms 50 of 100 Hz The pulses are generated once Trigger External input 0 Output Channel 0 F 100 Hz DC 50 PP LE LE LEE 148 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 8 8 Burst retriggered mode The Burst retriggered mode is equivalent to the burst single mode The pulses are generated any time the trigger signal goes high and not only once The diagram
122. itive photodiode Megapixel It means having a resolution of one million pixels MOV It s a file format used to store images The Apple Quick Time MOV file format is used with applications that capture edit and play back audio video sequences MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group It s a file format used to store videos MPEG is a name of family standards used for coding audio visual in a digital compressed format MPEG is a generic means of compactly representing digital video and audio signals for consumer distribution MRF Multi page Raw Format Multi page Raw Format MRF is an uncompressed IDT proprietary file format Multiple raster images are stored in a single file Users Manual 217 Motion Studio N NTSC National Television Standards Committee It s a standard for video broadcasting and recording in the US and Japan 0 Offset Its the offset value adjusts the CCD black level relative to the analog to digital converter zero lt is factory optimized for the camera s maximum dynamic range Optical Zoom It indicates that the camera has a real multi focal length lens as opposed to a digital zoom which magnifies the center portion of the picture 218 Users Manual Motion Studio P PAL Phase Alternation Line It s a standard for video broadcasting and recording in Europe Palette It s a thumbnail of all available colors to a computer or devices The palette
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124. le USB 2 0 port on your computer 2 Connect the other end of the USB 2 0 cable to the back of the camera 3 Connect the camera to the power source 4 Turn the camera ON OFF switch to the ON position and wait a few seconds for the camera to initialize it self 5 Follow the on screen instructions Click on the YES or Continue Anyway button when prompted by the operating system to proceed with the installation NOTE Use an USB 2 0 port on your computer USB 1 0 does NOT support camera operation Users Manual Motion Studio 3 2 MotionScope M camera installation 3 2 1 Installing the Dalsa Coreco X64 Xcelera CL PX4 frame grabber Install the frame grabber in a PCle x8 or x16 slot and power up your computer Install the X64 Xcelera CL PX4 driver for Sapera LT Image Library and follow the procedure below to update the firmware 1 From the All Programs gt DALSA gt X64 Xcelera CL PX4 Driver menu select the CorDeviceManager item Select the Firmware Update Tab From the Configuration combo select the 10 Taps Format 2 option Click the Start Update button Restart the computer Ore se 5 A4 DALSA Device Manager v 2 69 File Help Firmware Update Manager _ JlkD Board Field Value celera CL_P4_1 Serial Number 0061040 Board Version Al ACU DTE PCle x4 Interface 1 00 00 0127 Configuration Information Format 2 10 T ap configuration file for the cameralink Full boards See board man
125. led if the selected item is a Sequence or a camera Edit Item Click this button to edit the currently selected item The button is enabled if the selected item is an acquisition folder The user may change the folder name date time and acquisition comment Delete Item Click this button to delete the currently selected item The button is enabled if the selected item is an acquisition folder iPod Synchronization If your iPod is connected to the computer Motion Studio can detect it and allow you to transfer your acquired sequences You may transfer the sequences from iPod to the current database and vice versa You may also eject the iPod Users Manual 47 Motion Studio 5 7 EDIT menu The Edit menu contains UNDO and REDO for image operations It also has a Go To function for jumping to a particular frame in a sequence Image Filter Playback Tra 1 Undo Average Filter Redo Gaussian Filter Go To Ctrl G 48 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 8 IMAGE menu The Image menu contains the LUT operations It also allows flipping and rotating of the image If the Camera window is open and the Thumbnails bar is in use the Thumbnails Cfg option displays for Thumbnail view configuration options For more information refer to View Thumbnails Filter Playback Tracking Data View Tools Adjust Color Map i Look Up Table A Invert 4 Orientation Remove backg
126. lor camera uses a single image sensor Color imaging with a single sensor requires the use of a Color Filter Array CFA which covers the sensor array In this fashion each pixel in the detector samples the intensity of just one of the three color components i e red green or blue The recovery of full color images from a CFA based sensor requires a method of calculating values of the other color separations at each pixel These methods are commonly referred as color interpolation or color demosaicing algorithms In a single sensor camera varying intensities of light are measured at a rectangular grid of image sensors To construct a color image a CFA must be placed between the lens and the sensors A CFA typically has one color filter element for each sensor Obviously the color interpolation algorithms depend on the CFA configuration Many different CFA configurations have been proposed The one used in IDT cameras is the Bayer pattern A Bayer pattern consists of pixels on your sensor tinted green red or blue and set in a mosaic pattern Consider the figure below moving from left to right and then down you see that you have a GR BG pattern This is your Bayer pattern and is then placed all over the sensor to form the Bayer Mosaic Pattern This means that you have half of your pixels tinted with a Green sensitive element a quarter tinted with a Red sensitive element and a quarter tinted with a Blue sensitive element The MotionPro
127. mages in current conditions Reset Current Conditions File Factory Calibration File Yes Current Calibration File N A 99 Motion Studio 5 29 4 Flash Memory Diagnostics It s a tool to test the camera flash memory 1 Select Camera from the main toolbar 2 Select Advanced gt Flash Memory Diagnostics 3 Click Test Flash Memory to perform a test 100 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 29 5 Color Balance Adjustment Build user defined color tables with the Color Balance procedure 1 Select Camera from the main toolbar Select Advanced gt Color Balance Use the Color Balance Pad to create new color schemes Light Source Tables edit or delete them Default Click the button to load the default configuration Color Matrix Units Click the appropriate button to select either the RGB or YUV color matrix Color balance procedure 1 Drag the colored circles to the corresponding color area 2 Click the Color Balance button r gt Motion Studio Y8 S3 Camera Y8 S3 GigaBit File Edit Image Filter Camera Data View Tools Window Help a uP 50 2 QA g alk BQ Goren a a Ready Color Balance Pad m Live Playback User ana eel a OAA elete Default Video Output Video Format PCandHDMI v 720p60Hz v Temperature K o R G B Acquisition Settings R 1000000 0 000000 0 000000 Camera Record image G 0 000000
128. menu from the following e Sharpening filters Laplace Prewitt and Sobel e Smoothing filters Average Gaussian Smooth and Median e Effect filters Minimum Maximum Erode Dilate Open Close Users Manual 55 Motion Studio 5 16 Create a User defined filter The User filter utility has the flexibility to apply a custom filter and save the kernel for future use The filter kernel size anchor point and image divisor are custom configurable Once a custom filter has been created and saved the user defined filter is added to the Filter drop down list 1 Select Filter from the main toolbar 2 Select User from the drop down list Create your own filter kernel by editing the matrix then press the Save As button to add the filter to the list Once the filter is in the list you may select it from the Filters User sub menu Press the Save button to save any modification or Delete to remove it from the list Parameters Columns Rows 5 Anchor Point x 2 Anchor Point Y 2 Divisor 1 Preview o pili 2 3 ew 5 6 8 Click over the filter coefficient you want to edit 56 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 17 CAMERA Menu The Camera Menu on the main toolbar offers an alternative to using the buttons and dialog box provided by the Docked Dialog menu including the following functions Record Stop Play Playback Select Live mode Select pre
129. ming Control menu item is displayed in the Tools menu From the main toolbar select Tools gt Timing Control 5 39 8 1 Channels selection and controls Current channel Channel 0 7 Signal generation User 7 Label Channel 00 Mode intemal Z Invert Gate None Invert Frequency Hz v Duty Cycle 4 alala a a a Ly LyiLviL Leir ia eee Delay ps opooooo H fess Extemal Frequency A a a S vily SS 2 Extemal Frequency B Current channel select the channel you want to configure Signal generation see the Signal generation topic below Label The user may change the label of the output channel Mode The operating mode may be selected For a more detailed description of the modes refer to the topics below External In when the selected mode is external the user may select the external input channel 0 or 1 Gate each channel may be gated The gate channel may be one of the two external inputs 0 or 1 or one of the other output channels The gate selection is disabled if the mode is Start Stop or Rate Switch Invert the output signal the input signal external mode only and the gate signal may be inverted Users Manual 141 Motion Studio Frequency Period the user may select the frequency in Hz or the period in us of the selected channel Duty
130. mware launch the Measurements and Automation Explorer MAX and select Tools NI Vision Update NI IMAQ Device Firmware I NI IMAQ Device Firmware Updater Frame Grabber Smart Camera Refresh Devices Devices Available Bitstreams img0 NI PCle 1429 0x1444690 a CHInCh 32 bit support only i CHInCh 32 bit 64 bit support Apply Update Y Active Bitstream Version Selected Bitstream Version 06112908 06112908 From the Available Bitstreams window select the 32 bit 64 bit option then press Apply Update If the warning below appears select OK WARNING You are about to update the firmware of your device Rebooting your machine removing power or interrupting this process in any way could render your device unusable You will be prompted to power cycle your system once the update has completed Cancel Users Manual 15 Motion Studio 3 2 4 Installing and configuring the EPIX PIXCI E4 Frame Grabber 16 Install the software by following the instructions below 1 Install the XCAP Imaging Application for Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP Vista software 2 Install the Motion Studio software suite see the following topics Then power off the computer install the frame grabber in a PCI Express x8 or x16 available slot and power up the computer Install the drivers for the frame grabber form the location where XCAP has installed them The default is C Program Files EPIX XC
131. n Select All Select N cameras Select Y cameras ID eselect All Erase cameras memory Restore cameras memory Synchronize Parameters Store Parameters to Flash memory Sort cameras Detect Master camera e Select items the user may select or deselect all the cameras or select cameras of the same family Y N or HG When more than one camera is selected Motion Studio detects any conflict in the parameters and shows a red warning icon e Erase camera memory the camera memory is erased and the images deleted Actually the images are not physically erased from memory and may be restored later e Restore cameras memory Motion Studio tries to restore deleted images This option is not available on HG cameras e Synchronize parameters the parameters of the camera that is currently in foreground are copied to any other camera that is selected check box on the camera list The parameters that are not supported by other cameras are not configured and the corresponding item in the camera list is marked in red e Store parameters to flash memory the current configuration is stored in the camera flash memory If the camera looses power after this operation the configuration is loaded and applied the next time the camera is powered up e Sort cameras sort the cameras e Detect master camera if the cameras are connected in Master Slave mode the software is able to detect which camera is the Master 106 Users M
132. n image i hl File Edit Image Filter Playback Tracking Data View Tools Window Help x Bb Da OM b amp a 4 amp O Ready 880x880 24 bit 100 fps Calibration rectangle Playback Image Extra Track ua CSCC 0 1 40 0 000000 s X mm Y mm diag mm 20 30 Use diagonal Color J 39 Camera parameters na py gy Start Stop Skip frms ele 0 39 0 V Show Tracking Focal Length mm 50 Pixel Size um 12 0 Use Perspective Findsize Calibrate Exit a tj amp Point Color Size f 0000 M 22 New Reset Delete configuration _ save To achieve more precision the zoom factor may be set to 300 or 400 and the handles may be positioned upon the calibration target marks With the simplified calibration two options are available 1 The camera plane is parallel to the target plane and there is no perspective the calibration is just a way to find a constant value that will be multiplied by the pixel displacements to find the space displacements Both horizontal and vertical lines of the calibration target are perfectly parallel to the rectangle sides In the Calibration dialog box the Use Perspective option is OFF and the rectangle sides are parallel 2 The camera plane is not parallel to the target plane and there is a perspective effect The eff
133. n and start acquiring in the following segment until the memory is filled 210 Users Manual Motion Studio Cc C Mount A standard threaded lens mount used to attach a camera to a microscope or a separate lens to a camera CCD Charge Coupled Device It s the light sensitive silicon chip near the optical interface of the camera that converts light intensities into electrical signals Every pixel s charge is transferred through a very limited number of output nodes often just one to be converted to voltage buffered and sent off chip as an analog signal All of the pixel can be devoted to light capture and the output s uniformity a key factor in image quality is high Circular Mode It s one of the operating modes of a camera with on board memory The camera acquires and restarts when the memory is filled The camera waits for an event trigger to complete the acquisition CFA Color Filter Array The filter dyes placed directly over each pixel on the chip surface CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor It s the light sensitive silicon chip near the optical interface of the camera that converts light intensities into electrical signals Each pixel has its own charge to voltage conversion and the sensor often also includes amplifiers noise correction and digitization circuits so that the chip outputs digital bits These other functions increase the design complexity and reduce the area available for lig
134. nRecSpeed the recording speed multiplied by 1000 9 1 12 3 Data arrays The image header is followed by the images data Images are stored contiguously in uncompressed format 192 Users Manual Motion Studio 9 1 13 Multi page Compressed Format MCF Multi page Compressed Format MCF is a compressed IDT proprietary file format Multiple raster images are stored in a single file 9 1 14 Note on 16 bit grayscale formats 10 bit images acquired from the camera may be saved in different 16 bit formats These formats include TIF PNG MPT MRF and MCF Since 16 bit grayscale format is not a standard not all the applications for image processing may correctly display the saved images Users Manual 193 Motion Studio 10 Appendix B Error codes A list of Motion Studio error codes with a brief description is below ERRO01 Internal error The program has generated a severe internal error and must be restarted ERRO0O5 Invalid database path The program is trying to open a database from a wrong directory ERR011 Error opening file The program failed opening an image file because it is damaged or the format is not supported ERRO12 Error opening image sequence The program failed opening an image sequence because it is damaged or the format is not supported ERR023 Camera generic error Unspecified camera error ERR027 Camera play time out The camera cannot snap images and a time out occurred Check if th
135. neees 185 8 4 2 Running the Remote control on the Pocket PC cccesceeeeeeeesteeeeeneeeeees 186 9 APPENDIX A IMAGE FORMATS cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 189 Users Manual Motion Studio 9 1 FORMATS OVERVIEW aiem troa tite d tek nay deat a eluant tune oe E E 189 Oot TIP OnM atei iinne iad iinn alias vl lee aa aii aiia ais 189 94 2 Bitmap Format cesrsene Srinat anii eveen nls ee iE ANENA EE AE 189 9 123 JPEG Formatia a die a a a ai Aid 190 ota PNG FOMA aeoea AEE OE E E E AEE ENEE TE 190 9425 TPAO Se EE siete E N a 190 9 1 6 FBA TIME es eea E E EE E E E unde E E G 190 97 AVEFOM AL cniinn a dda aa aii iaa 190 Odi8 MOV Forma ae eoi ei EE AA causes a E E e a 190 9 19 BLED Formats siucmiean iia aiuda ai e i i 191 9 1 10 MPEG Formatii ensendi i i Avice a di a ai 191 9 1 11 MPEG H 264 Advanced Video Coding ccccccceeeseeeeeneeeeteeeeesaeeeeeeeees 191 9 1 12 Multi page Bayer Format MRP eecscceeeseeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaaeeeeeeaeeeeeenaeeeeeeaas 191 9 1 13 Multi page Compressed Format MCF ccccccceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeeeeeeeaes 193 9 1 14 Note on 16 bit grayscale formats ccccesceeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeseeeesaeeeeneeeeas 193 10 APPENDIX B ERROR CODES ssseeseseseseeseeseeeeeeseeseneees 194 11 APPENDIX C SPATIAL FILTERING scesscsessssessesessesessesesseserens 200 11 1 LINEAR FILTERS CONVOLUTION FILTERS EEEE 2
136. nnel frequency multiplied by the duty cycle 2 If the Sync Cfg value is set to Pulse Low the exposure is equal to the inverse of the output channel frequency multiplied by 100 duty cycle 150 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 9 Analog Data Output Motion Studio provides the controls for the generation of analog output with the MotionPro Data Acquisition System DAS The available analog output channels in the module are four From the main toolbar select Tools gt Analog Out 5 39 9 1 General parameters and channels configuration General Period us Rate Hz Sampling Source 100000 10 00Hz Internal v g Sampling Rate Trigger Source 10 KHz v Software v Channel Configuration Current channel Channel 0 v Waveform Square bc Amp mY Offset mY Phase deg 10 0 10 0 360 5 00 0 00 180 Period and Rate select the period of the generated waveform The corresponding rate in Hertz is displayed Sampling Source the sampling source may be the internal module clock or an external digital signal Sampling Rate select the sampling rate in Hz If the sampling source is external enter the external signal frequency Trigger Source the event trigger starts the waveforms output It may be software external edge high or external edge low Current channel select the channel you want to configure Waveform select the channel waveform squa
137. ns is focused on infinity usually expressed in millimeters Focus It s the process of bringing one plane of the scene into sharp focus on the image sensor Fps Frames per second It s used to describe how many frames a camera can acquire per second Frame One of the still pictures that make up a video Frame Grabber It s a device that lets you capture individual frames out of a video camera or off a video tape Frame Rate It s the number of frames that are shown or sent each second Live action relates to a frame rate of 30 frames per second 214 Users Manual Motion Studio G Gigabit Ethernet A version of Ethernet which supports data transfer rates of 1 Gigabit 1 000 megabits per second The first Gigabit Ethernet standard 802 3z was ratified by the IEEE 802 3 Committee in 1998 Gray Level It s the brightness of a pixel Gray Scale It s an image containing shades of gray as well as black and white GUI Graphical User Interface A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations called icons on the computer screen with a mouse H High G It refers to the Vehicle Impact Test or similar environment that includes up to 100 G shock and 5 G vibration stress Generally indicates ability to withstand extreme shock and vibration forces Image Intensifier It s an electro optical vacuum tube which intensi
138. nsaesannsiessansieannsincsin 8 2 1 DOP TWARE PACKAGE ss a e E a ty dee noua eae a eam EE 8 2 2 MINIMUM COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS ccccsssecceccessceteaeeseeceeeeseeteeneneetsneeeeets 9 3 JINSTALLING THE SYSTEM wissiccicticiictctctaticia catia 10 3 1 IDT CAMERAS INSTALLATION 000eececcceeeeeeeesesceceeeeeeeeeeeseuceeeesessanaennseeeeess 10 3 1 1 Software Installation arera Ai arae E ia aaa aaae e eiaeia s anak 10 3 1 2 Hardware installation USB 2 0 cece cece cence cece e reese eeeaeeteeeeeeaeeesaeeeeaeeseneeee 11 3 2 MOTIONSGCOPE M CAMERA INSTALLATION ccccccceeseeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseseanaesens 12 3 2 1 Installing the Dalsa Coreco X64 Xcelera CL PX4 frame grabbet 006 12 3 2 2 Installing the National Instruments PCle 1429 frame grabbet 0 ceee 14 3 2 3 Configuring the NI 1429 frame grabber for 64 bit Operating Systems 15 3 2 4 Installing and configuring the EPIX PIXCI E4 Frame Grabbetv 006 16 3 2 5 Installing and configuring the Bitflow Karbon CL Frame Grabber 06 19 3 2 6 Connecting the M Camera ccccccceeeeesceceeeeeeeaeeeeneeseeeeesaaeeesaaeseeeeeesaeeesaaeeeenees 21 3 3 DISABLING THE USER ACCOUNT CONTROL ON WINDOWS 7 UAC 22 4 CONFIGURATION OF GIGA ETHERNET CAMERAS ccseeeee 23 4 1 MOTION STUDIO NETWORK CONFIGURATION UTILITY cseseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 23 4 2 CONFIGURING THE Y CAMERA IP ADDRESS
139. ntrast hue saturation Some image adjustment controls have been added to the image vertical bar The parameters improve the image quality Playback Image Extra Track Eorna 5 6 20 0 012500 s 0 19 OCM Start Stop Skip frms o 0 19 0 Apply Reset GBRG WB R 1 00 G 1 20 B 2 64 CFA filter W Anti alias 5 4 Sharpen L 0 0 Sharpen Thr CG 0 Gamma Q 1 0 Brightness E 0 00 Contrast amp 1 00 Hue 5 0 Saturation 1 0 Users Manual CFA filter if the file is TP2 FBA or MRF the control configures the interpolation algorithm Anti Alias it reduces alias on edges with a Gaussian filter The range is from 0 to 1 0 the default value is 0 0 Sharpen Sharpen Threshold it sharpens the image edges The range is from 0 0 to 1 0 The default value is 0 0 Gamma introduces a gamma correction to the image The range is from 0 1 to 4 0 The default value is 1 0 Brightness it increases or decreases the image brightness The range is from 0 25 to 0 25 The default value is 0 0 Contrast it increases or decreases the image contrast The range is from 0 5 to 1 5 The default value is 1 0 Hue color images only it modifies the image hue The range is from 180 to 180 The default value is 0 Saturation color images only it modifies the color saturation The range is from 0 0 to 2 0 The default value is 1 0 LUT it toggles the
140. o Y4 S1 19 1211 3170 mono 1 04 g 7 2013_06_10_IDT_007 MotionPro Y8 S1 28 1211 3170 mono 1 04 g 8 2013_06_10_IDT_008 MotionPro Y8 S1 28 1211 3170 mono 1 04 g 9 2013_06_10_IDT_009 MotionPro Y5 20 0312 0168 color 1 04 g 10 2013_06_10_IDT_010 MotionPro Y5 20 0312 0168 color 1 04 g 11 2013_06_10_IDT_011 MotionPro Y5 20 0312 0168 mono 1 04 g 12 2013_06_10_IDT_012 MotionPro Y5 20 0312 0168 mono 104 4 w p Refresh List Selectall Deselect ali Interface Expert Cancel The sequence is open as a virtual camera with a single acquisition The user may playback the images and save them in any format Users Manual 45 Motion Studio 5 6 Database viewer The database viewer window browses the current Images folder and enumerates the acquisition folders It shows also the cameras and devices connected to the computer Timing Hub Data Acquisition The window has three panes a Motion Studio Database Viewer DB recordone_001 C Lo ti Eile View Database Tools Window Help Gag A cata BB 2 P gt 7X i Y4 Sl Camera raw Description Value 6 Acq A001 Bge 10 in Y7 S3 Camera raw Pixel Depth 8 Ep Acq_A_005 Ji Track000 NX8 S2 Camera tif NX8 S2 Camera raw S J bilder Acquired Images Preview blurred image png external trigger png 4 m r Ej internal trigger png large exposure png d nx8 with FD J Track000 B
141. oll for camera status it configures the frequency of polling cameras for status Camera series select which camera model should be detected and listed 156 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 12 Language Selection 1 From the Tools menu select Language 2 Select the language from the list and click OK Q Select the language from the list below ox cancel Currently the supported languages are English German Italian Japanese and Chinese Users Manual 157 Motion Studio 5 39 13 Vidi Motion For a detailed description of the Vidi Motion tool please refer to the Vidi Motion topic 158 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 40 WINDOW menu If more than a window is open in the Motion Studio program use the window menu to cascade tile horizontally tile vertically or select one of the windows 5 41 HELP menu This menu contains support options and information including e mail tech support and software and manual updates Contents Web Site Home page Te L 5 chnical Support Cameras info About Users Manual 159 Motion Studio 5 41 1 160 Camera Information Cameras Info displays a dialog box with the information about the cameras such as model type color or black and white ID and serial number The information may be saved in a text file by clicking the Save button From the main toolba
142. on In the camera panel the sync mode is set to External Edge High and the exposure mode is set to double The time between the two laser pulses must be larger than the sum of the first laser pulse duration and the camera frame transfer time The second exposure duration cannot be set and depends from the camera frame readout so the second laser pulse duration must be configured to the desired exposure time Alo Sync Pulse to camera and st laser 1st laser pulse 120 ns Sync Pulse to 2nd laser 2nd laser pulse Camera exposures exp laser pulse duration ll exp frame read out time Camera frame transfer time 100 ns Users Manual 173 Motion Studio 8 Motion Studio Remote Control 8 1 Overview The camera may be remotely controlled by a Pocket PC The requirements are 1 A Windows 2000 XP personal computer the host with the following items the camera and software a 10 100 1000 Ethernet network card or an 802 11b wireless network card 2 A pocket PC the client with the following items Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition the Motion Studio Remote Control software and an 802 11b wireless network card 174 Users Manual Motion Studio 8 2 Software installation To install Motion Studio on the host follow the instructions on the Quick Start Guide To install the Motion Studio Remote Control on the Pocket PC you need Microsoft ActiveSync installed on
143. ons are available 1 Cameras with 2 BNC connectors 1 input connector is used for synchronization and event triggering The output connector is used for sync out 2 Cameras with 3 BNC connectors a Trig In connector is used for event triggering a Sync in connector is used for external synchronization The output connector is used for sync out Users Manual 167 Motion Studio 7 2 Record Modes and Trigger Configuration On the Record tab the default Frame Sync source of the camera is set to Internal If in External the camera must have an external Sync signal TRIG IN use the Trigger in connector at the back of the camera for event triggering SYNC IN use the Sync In for external synchronization SYNC OUT use the Sync Out for sync out A Trigger In Record Mode Sync In Configuration Configuration keria Internal or external the BNC is Eongen Lest ele used to provide a sync signal teq trigger Internal or external the BNC is All values the camera Circular BROG used to provide a sync signal requires an event trigger 168 Users Manual Motion Studio 7 3 Change the Sync and the Trigger 1 Select the Record tab 2 Use the Frame Sync drop down list to select from the following options e Select Internal to acquire frames continuously at a rate that is dependent on the frame read out time and the exposure e Select External to wait for an external trigger input to acquire frames An external sign
144. ore the download is complete ERR131 the message appears when the information stored in the camera EEPROM cannot be retrieved If the software cannot read the proper information from the camera the camera should not be opened because the results are unpredictable Such error may appear when there is a communication problem between the camera and the computer through the Ethernet network 198 Users Manual Motion Studio ERR132 this message appears when the software is not able to send to the camera the command that stores the configuration in the flash memory It is a camera internal firmware error ERR133 in SSD mission mode the configuration cannot be stored into the camera flash memory ERR134 in SSD mission mode the SSD cannot be erased ERR135 in SSD mission mode a segment of the mission cannot be loaded from the SSD to the camera memory ERR136 in SSD mission mode the configuration cannot be stored into the camera flash memory and executed right away ERR137 in SSD mission mode the images cannot be read from the SSD to the camera memory ERR138 the specified file cannot be erased Users Manual 199 Motion Studio 11 Appendix C Spatial filtering Spatial filters alter pixel values with respect to variations in light intensity in their neighborhood The neighborhood of a pixel is defined by the size of a matrix or mask centered in the pixel itself These filters can be sensitive to the presence or t
145. ount Control on Windows 7 UAC 22 To disable the User Account Control on Windows 7 follow the instructions below 1 2 Open the Control panel and select the User Accounts option Enter the page that manages you account Click the Change User Account Control option Move the slider to the bottom like in the picture below to the never notify position Click OK and restart Windows Tell me more about User Account Control settings Always notify Never notify me when Programs try to install software or make changes to my computer I make changes to Windows settings Not recommended Choose this only if you need to use programs that are not certified for Windows 7 6 because they do not support User Account Control Never notify Users Manual Motion Studio 4 Configuration of Giga Ethernet cameras 4 1 Motion Studio Network Configuration Utility The network configuration utility is an external application that allows the user to configure the IP addresses of the cameras From Windows Start menu select All Programs then IDT then Motion Studio then Tools and then Network Configuration PC Network Adapter Network Performance 2694 O Fast Most reliable chee ataran se yes Cameras List Camera IP Address 889 7 52 camera MotionPro Y USB 10 10 10 158 10 10 10 137 Value 00 25 16 00 0D 78 10 10 10 137 255 255 25
146. output channel 1 frequency is one fourth the external frequency The output channel 2 frequency is equal to the external frequency but the channel is gated by the output 0 so the result is a signal which has half the external frequency and a duty cycle of 25 External Input 0 clock signal 200 Hz ea a Output Channel 0 100 Hz DC 50 E ee ee Output Channel 1 50 Hz DC 50 eae a Output Channel 2 200 Hz gate chn 0 T eee Ne i NS Users Manual 145 Motion Studio 5 39 8 5 Start Stop Mode The two external signals drive the output signals generation The input 0 starts the output while input 1 stops it The frequency and delay of the output are configured as in internal mode No gate is allowed When the stop signal level is high the output signal is truncated The diagram below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 mode Start Stop F 100 Hz duty cycle 50 External Input 0 a ee External Input 1 Bo Nee Output Channel 0 F 100 Hz DC 50 eee a eee ee eee 146 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 8 6 Rate Switch Mode The two external signals drive the output signals generation at two different frequencies Input O starts the outputs at the frequency 1 while input 1 switches the frequency to the Frequency 2 value The diagram below shows an example with the following configuration Output channel 0 mode Rate Sw
147. plication includes a configuration panel on the right a control bar on the bottom and a main toolbar Configuration panel 186 Users Manual Motion Studio 192 168 10 10 P 46 10 03 CD Exp us 95007 S AutoSave Intemal w Syme oo 1 1 DUU 5 c GretagMacbeth ColorChecker Color Rendition Chart q E b EF Eh Control Bar Main toolbar The Control Bar has camera control functions including the following e Record e Stop Snap a single image e Live play of images e Trigger e Camera selection if more than one camera is active on the host you may select which camera to operate The Configuration Panel allows configuring the main camera parameters such as e Exposure e Acquisition rate e Automatic save on images after acquisition auto save flag e Number of frames to record e Record mode e Sync mode e The Playback controls work like other familiar media player controls The controls include the following Directional play Forward or reverse Step forward and reverse Skip to first or last frame Stop play The Main Toolbar has controls for zoom and pan the image including the following e Zoom In e Zoom Out e Toggle the pan window Users Manual 187 Motion Studio 192 168 10 10 PE PETATE ok Biel 20097 S z Autosave Fames 100 SE TTE OU LL DUU 5 q bl jm hd M M he jakel Ready asaj st ja aei P When th
148. quisition and stop _ T Download images after acquisition and restart 1 times E After recording automatically arm the camera and switch to next segment Lox _ cancel _ Images Download folder The images folder is where the session folders the acquisition folders and the images are stored in raw or any other format Click Browse to change the folder name This folder should not be frequently changed Download and create AVI If this option is selected the software downloads an AVI file after the download of regular images The folder where the AVI is stored may be different from the regular images folder AVI codec Click this button to edit the AVI codec AVI download folder The folder where the AVI files are stored may be different from the folder where regular images are stored raw files included Click Browse to edit the name of the AVI folder Users Manual Motion Studio Enable RAW Download and Convert If this option is enabled the camera downloads the images in raw metadata format Once the raw download is activated and the raw data is saved the data may be converted into a standard image format The conversion process may be started automatically Convert after download option or postponed Convert later option If the Delete after conversion option is enabled the raw file is deleted after the conversion For more information about this topic refer to
149. r Users Manual 213 Motion Studio F F Number The ratio of the diameter of the opening to the focal length of the lens a large aperture is indicated by a small numerical f number The f number series is a geometric progression based on changes in the size of the lens aperture as it is opened and closed As the scale rises each number is multiplied by a factor of 1 4 The standard numbers for Calibration are 1 0 1 4 2 2 8 4 5 6 8 11 16 22 32 etc and each change results in a doubling or halving of the amount of light transmitted by the lens to the film plane Fast Ethernet 100Base T A newer version of Ethernet called also 100Base T which supports data transfer rates of 100 Mbps Field of View It s the area visible through the camera s optics Fill Factor The fill factor indicates the size of the light sensitive photodiode relative to the surface of the pixel Because of the extra electronics required around each pixel the fill factor tends to be quite small especially for Active Pixel Sensors which have more per pixel circuitry To overcome this limitation often an array of micro lenses is placed on top of the sensor FireWire IEEE 1394 High bandwidth 40 megabytes second 1394a 80 megabytes second 1394b interface for connecting digital imaging storage and other devices to host computers Focal Length The distance from the optical center of the lens to the image sensor when the le
150. r select Help gt Cameras Info GigaBit Ethernet 00 25 16 00 16 BF 10 10 10 174 255 255 255 0 00 04 4B 00 66 50 Value Y4 S3 Camera 19 0312 3174 Y4 53 Yes No Polaris II 9 145 154 916 186 66 MHz Users Manual Motion Studio 6 Vidi Motion Lens calculator 6 1 Overview B g Vidi Motion Camera oe Item Value me EA ie series aK Sensor Orion II 16 9 GRBG Resolution Pixel Size um 4 02 3840 2160 z Sensor Size mm 15 4x 8 6 ry Size GB Exposure us 1 option 200 ns Pixel Depth 10 Disk Size GB Plus mode supported Yes Rec Speed fps 100 X SSD Yes Interface GE Exp us 100 Max Frame Rate fps 1000 Plus 2000 Max Rec Length in DDR 2317 23s 170 ms Find resolution frommaxrates max Rec Length in SSD 78557 13min 5s 570 ms Resolution vs rate table Max frames storage in SSD SSD Streaming fps Calculations Item Value Output Object Distance z Field Width Height 10 000000 m 5 625000 m F Field Width m 10 000000 Focal Length 10 000000 mm Focal Length mm 10 000000 Magnification 0 001540 Object Speed m s 10 000000 Resolution 2 604167 mm pel 0 384000 pel mm Diagonal field angle of view 83 054192 deg Lens aperture F12 Z Horizontal field angle of view 75 324791 deg Image Diagonal 17 711374 mm Speed calculations Compatible Lens Types F mount Exporhalatnas Object Movement per fram
151. r event pre trigger and the remaining after post trigger the trigger event Use the slider to adjust the number of pre and post trigger frames or edit the pre trigger box Advanced Sync Trigger Configuration Use the Advanced button to open the Trigger Sync In and Sync Out configuration dialog Acquisitions Configuration Use the Wheel Icon button to open the Advanced Acquisitions Configuration dialog Select Acquisition Use the arrow buttons to select the previous or next acquisition Memory Indicator Bar The colored bar depicts the available memory Users Manual 67 Motion Studio 5 21 2 SSD Options 68 Os cameras are equipped with 8 GB RAM DDR and onboard solid state disk 256 or 512 GB The images may be recorded into RAM and or SSD in the modes listed below OFF the SSD is not used and the camera acquires images in the DDR like any other IDT camera without SSD Backup the DDR is used as a temporary buffer The images are acquired in the DDR and when recording is done the images are transferred to the SSD asynchronously The camera can record at any frame rate but the maximum number of frames that can be recorded in each acquisition is limited by the DDR size Streaming In SSD streaming mode the DDR is used as a temporary buffer The images are acquired in the DDR and synchronously transferred to the SSD Since the write to disk speed in frames per second is fixed and the write to DDR speed is configu
152. ra memory can be saved to the computer s hard drive Click the Save button on the main toolbar or select File from the main toolbar gt Save Acquisitions Users Manual 75 Motion Studio 76 e Session name 2013_05_09_ IDT Assign the same name to acquisition Available disk space 53 8 GB Name Frames i BitOut File Type v 2013_05_09_IDT 500 to 499 1 24 24 AVI Selected acquisition settings Acquisition 2013_05_09_IDT Image Prefix Y3 52 Camera Comment Generic image acquisition Fee Output Pixel Depth Rate fps 30 From Frame 500 ToFrame 499 Step 1 Reset Frames Numbering C Images 2013_05_09_IDT 2013_05_09_IDT Some of the parameters are described in the Acquisitions Configuration topic above Output Pixel Depth The output file pixel depth may be different from the original image s pixel depth Use the drop down list to select one of the mono or color pixel depths 10 30 bit images can be saved in 8 24 bit 9 27 bit and 10 30 bit image files TIFF PNG MPT MCF and MRF support both 8 24 bit and 10 30 bit BMP JPEG AVI and MOV support 8 24 bit only Color images are saved in BGR Windows format Rate fps If the sequence is saved in AVI or MOV format the playback rate may be configured From Frame To Frame Step Type the desired Start Frame Index Stop Frame Index and Step value directly into the text box For example if
153. rable the maximum number of frames that can be recorded depends on the difference between those two numbers The Streaming fps is the frame rate that corresponds to the write to disk speed If the frame rate is lower than streaming fps the max number of frames that can be acquired is limited by the SSD size If the frame rate is larger than the streaming fps the max number of frames is variable and it s calculated assuming that the record mode is normal If the record mode is circular and you wait too long before triggering you may receive a disk overrun error message Mission in mission mode the DDR is used as a temporary buffer For more information see the topic below Users Manual Motion Studio 5 21 3 SSD mission mode The mission mode has been designed to acquire images when the camera is disconnected from the computer The SSD may be divided into segments called steps each step may have different parameters such as exposure frame rate region of interest Each step is recorded in normal mode and the recording start may be automatic or generated by the trigger The picture below shows the interface F SSD DDR Steps Configuration Steps configuration in flash memory Event Trigger Polarity Duration s Fps Action at end Exposu Gain Resolution Auto exp AEROI AE Luma Yes Edgeiow 4 30 Stop 500 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 Yes 256 256 512x512 80 2 Yes Edge4ow 10 50 Auto ad
154. re sine triangle saw tooth or waveform file Amplitude Offset and Phase if a waveform is selected edit the amplitude the offset and the phase Users Manual 151 Motion Studio Browse if the File option is selected click the Browse button to open a data file The file will be played back Signals buttons each channel may be turned on and off by clicking the corresponding button General Period us Rate Sampling Src 100000 10 00Hz Internal v Sampling Rate Trigger Source 10 KHz software v Channel Configuration Current channel Channel 1 k Waveform File Waveform File AM wfm Rate 10 kHz Samples 1000 Time 100 000 ms Browse 152 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 39 9 2 Data display and lock Time Base ys M Auto The output channels signals are shown in the black window The user may select the Time Base period in us If auto is selected the application shows four periods Lock two or more output channels may be locked by checking the Lock options If two or more channels are locked they are synchronously turned on and off when one of the channel buttons is pressed Users Manual 153 Motion Studio 5 39 10 Image Tile Utility The Image Tile Utility is an external application that may be invoked by Motion Studio It allows the user to horizontally or vertically tile image sequences r ID
155. rectly into the Start Frame text box Stop Frame Type the number directly into the Stop Frame text box Skip frames Use to skip frames during playback Goto Button It opens a dialog box Enter the image index to be displayed Use to adjust the speed of the playback The actual playback rate depends on the processor speed and it is shown in box above the slider If the actual rate is slower than the desired one use the skip frames control to increase it Synchronize If two or more cameras have separate windows the user may synchronize the playback between some of them Select the Synchronize option on each camera window and click the playback buttons The Synchronize check box is not visible when the cameras are listedin a Camera List Users Manual 111 Motion Studio 5 32 PLAYBACK Menu 112 The Playback menu displays when file images are open When the program is in Camera mode access the Playback menu through the Camera Option on the main toolbar Standard operations include the following Play Forward or Backward Jump to First or Last frame Loop Through Playback Speed Playback s Start and End frames for loop through k First Frame Last Frame Previous Frame Next Frame Rewind wl K pl T Stop Rewind FF 4 gt Fast Forward ap Loop Sequence The items share their functionality with the docked button bar on the right side of the application window Users Manual
156. round Info If an image sequence is open the Image menu has an Image Info option for displaying and editing the acquisition settings The Adjust sub menu has controls for the following e Color Map for colorizing monochrome images e inverting e Background removing for monochrome images old MotionPro X4 only Users Manual 49 Motion Studio 5 9 Lookup Table 50 The lookup table LUT transformations are basic image processing functions that you can use to improve the contrast and the brightness of an image by modifying the dynamic intensity of region with poor contrast LUT transformations can highlight details in areas containing significant information at the expense of other areas A LUT transformation converts input gray level or color values 8 10 or 12 bit into other gray level or color values The transfer function has an intended effect on the brightness and contrast of the image Each input value is transformed into a new value by a transfer function Output value F input value Where F is a linear or nonlinear continuous or discontinuous transfer function defined over the interval 0 max In case of an 8 bit image a LUT is a table of 256 elements Each element of the array represents an input value Its content indicates the output value 1 Select one of the pre defined Lookup Tables A B C D or E or 2 Select the User option 3 Drag and drop the red handles in the curve window
157. rror and status information Select the requests for information from the Internet that this computer will respond to z D Allow incoming timestamp request Local Area Connection 2 D Allow incoming mask request D Allow incoming router request O Allow outgoing destination unreachable O Allow outgoing source quench Security Logging O Allow outgoing parameter problem You can create a log file for troubleshooting purposes O llow outgoing time exceeded O Allow redirect O Allow outgoing packet too big Network Connection Settings Windows Firewall is enabled for the connections selected below To add exceptions for an individual connection select it and then click Settings ICMP With Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP the computers on a network can share error and status information Messages sent to this computer will be repeated back to the sender This is commonly used for troubleshooting for example to ping a machine Requests of this type are automatically Default Settings allowed if TCP port 445 is enabled To restore all Windows Firewall settings to a default state Restore Defaults click Restore Defaults Description Click the ICMP settings and make sure that the Allow incoming echo requests option is selected Users Manual 31 Motion Studio 4 6 2 2 Windows Vista 7 8 From the control panel open the Windows Firewall and select the Advanced settings
158. se is TTL level e Illumination pulse duration typical 7 10 ns for flash lamp and 100 150 ns for diode pumped lasers respectively e Camera exposure gt Illumination latency Illumination pulse duration Jy INPUT Sync Pulse to camera and laser Illumination Pulse SE Strobe latency Exposure set in camera configuration c Camera latency 15 20 nsec Users Manual 171 Motion Studio 7 4 3 Synchronizing and controlling the exposure with an input pulse The figure shows the timing signals in a single exposure configuration In the camera panel the frame sync is set to External Pulse High and the exposure mode is set to single The camera exposure is integrated over the high part of the input pulse and the camera ignores the exposure value set in the Exposure control of the camera software panel Definitions e Input sync pulse is TTL level e Illumination pulse duration typical 7 10 ns for flash lamp and 100 150 ns for diode pumped lasers respectively e Camera exposure gt Illumination latency Illumination pulse duration INPUT Sync Pulse to camera and laser Illumination Pulse gt Strobe latency Exposure equal to trigger pulse duration gt lt Camera latency 15 20 nsec 172 Users Manual Motion Studio 7 4 4 Synchronizing in double exposure mode The figure below shows the timing signal in a typical double exposure PIV configurati
159. se the camera is supposed to connect to a DHCP server and receive a valid IP address Users Manual Motion Studio 4 5 Large datagram size Jumbo packets Some Giga Ethernet network adapters are able to send and receive large data packets The usual datagram size is 1500 bytes Large datagram packets called Jumbo packets are up to 9000 bytes If both the camera and the adapter can use jumbo packets the transfer speed is increased To activate jumbo packets do the following Configuring Jumbo packets on the Network adapter 1 From Windows Start menu open the Network Connections window and select the network adapter Right click and select the Properties menu item From the Properties dialog box click the Configure button From the network adapter configuration dialog select the Advanced tab NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller 2 Properties General Advanced Driver Details Power Management The following properties are available for this network adapter Click the property you want to change on the left and then select its value on the right Property Value Flow Control Interrupt Moderation IP Checksum Offload 1514 bytes folte Large Send Offload V1 Pv4 Sala aa na Large Send Offload V2 IPv4 Large Send Offload V2 IPv6 Network Address Priority amp VLAN Speed duplex settings TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 TCP Checksum Offload IPv6 UDP Checksum Offload IPv4
160. second The max sampling rate is 500 KHz Samples per frame Select the number of data samples per camera frame The value is used a divider of the acquisition rate to compute the camera acquisition rate The number is a multiple of The camera rate is automatically computed with the formula below Cam Rate DAS Sampling Rate Samples per Frame Channels selection Each channel may be independently enabled and configured Channel On Off Enables and disables the channel Label Units Conversion factor Enter the channel label the units and the conversion factor Users Manual Motion Studio 5 28 3 Analog Input Data Pane Horizontal ms div Vertical V div 50 j v Fittowindow J Show data points Allchannels 1 Avg 156 3 mV StD 5742 0mv v Data Idx Time Value s 1 0 000200 0 398 2 699 Reset 4 4_ p The acquired data is shown in a pane below the image window Navigation buttons first sample previous sample next sample last sample Data graph configuration see below FFT and Power Spectrum see below Data Processing Menu see below Data Information see below Horizontal resolution select the graph horizontal resolution in milliseconds per division Vertical resolution select the graph vertical resolution in Volts per division Show Data Points if this option is checked the data points are highlighted squares Channel select if
161. see below Acquisition Status Images Time 2013_06_10_IDT 2013_06_10_IDT_003 2013 Done 1 1 10 10 00 00 01 2013_06_10_IDT 2013_06_10_IDT_003 2013 Done 1 1 10 10 00 00 01 2013_06_10_IDT 2013_06_10_IDT_004 2013 Saving 1 1 94 100 00 00 06 Waiting 00 00 00 E Close this window when donwioads are complete The download process may be aborted at any time by clicking the Abort button Click the Close the window button to hide the manager window when downloads are complete 80 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 25 Raw Download and Raw Converter Once the raw download is activated and the raw data is saved the data may be converted into a standard image format The conversion process may be started automatically Convert after download option or postponed Convert later option 1 Convert after download the file is automatically converted after the download The raw converter runs in background and converts the file An icon is displayed in the tray notification area of Windows A red icon means that the conversion process is in progress a green icon means that the conversion has been completed The raw converter window may be displayed at any time by clicking on the tray area icon Raw Converter icon of 1 ts 12 07 2 Convert later the file is converted manually by the user From the Start menu select All Programs then IDT then Motion Studio th
162. select one of the Zoom tools press the ESC key on the keyboard Users Manual Motion Studio 5 38 2 View Thumbnails 1 Select View menu gt Thumbnails Toolbar Once an image sequence is opened or acquired the Thumbnail Toolbar is populated with images 2 Use the arrow buttons on the Playback Control tab to scroll through the images 3 Click on a Thumbnail in the sequence to select a frame for display The selected image is highlighted in the sequence Edit Image Filter Playback Tracking Data View Tools Window Help 2 Ek X emus A A A Q Ready 880x880 24bit 100 fps Playback Image Extra Track a fe bh 0 1 40 0 000000 s Start Stop Skip frms O 0 39 0o K Actual pb rate fps Goto E 1 15 Annotations l Synchronize views 30 Users Manual 129 Motion Studio 5 39 TOOLS menu The Tools menu has the General Options for the program and the Timing Hub control dialog If a Camera window is open the Tools menu contains the following options Window Help Download Manager Advanced Acquisitions Cfg Histogram Window AEF amp e Reticle Focus Line Image Profile Timing Control Analog Output a Network Configuration g RAW Converter g RAW Batch Editor 35 Image Tile Utility amp Vidi Motion Options Language e Download Manager e Advanced Acquisition Configuration dialo
163. stalled is not listed the program was not designed to be used on your mobile device o gt IDT Motion Studio Remote Control r Program description Motion Studio Remote Control Space required for selected programs 202 6 K Space available on device 29 245 2 K Install program into the default installation folder gt Remove from both locations To remove the selected program from both R your device and this computer click Remove _ 6move amr ues 176 Users Manual Motion Studio 8 3 Configuring the wireless connection In order to remotely control the camera from the client the wireless connection requires to be configured A wireless network may be of two types infrastructure usually used when a wireless router is present on a LAN and ad hoc computer to computer connection usually used when no wireless router is present on a LAN Both types of wireless connection may be used to remotely control the camera 8 3 1 Configuring the host The computer running Motion Studio can have more than one network card In this section we show the configuration of the wireless card in a computer to computer ad how connection We suppose that the host computer is connected to the corporate LAN via the Ethernet card and the wireless card will be used in a dedicated connection to the Pocket PC From the Start Menu select All Programs Accessories Communications and Network Connec
164. sure A picture that appears too dark because not enough light got to the imaging system USB Universal Serial Bus It s a serial bus standard for connecting devices It was designed for computers such as PCs and the Apple Macintosh but its popularity has prompted it to also become commonplace on video game consoles PDA cell phones It has a slow version USB 1 1 12 Mbps and a high speed version USB 2 0 480 Mbps USB 2 0 Finalized in 2001 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 is a complete overhaul of the Universal Serial Bus input output bus protocol which allows much higher speeds than the older USB 1 1 standard did The goal of the new serial bus is to broaden the range of external peripherals that can be used on a computer A hard drive can easily hit the USB 1 1 bottleneck whereas it now becomes more usable under USB 2 0 conditions USB 2 0 maximum speed is 480 Mbps V W White balance It s a function to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources X XDR Extended Dynamic Range It s an IDT proprietary implementation that uses the double exposure capability of the MotionPro series cameras Users Manual 223
165. t All to deselect them Camera Info Click this button to display the camera information Camera name Each camera has a name If the camera has flash memory the name is stored into it Cameras without flash memory have the name stored in a configuration file in the hard disk To change camera name click the Edit name button IP Address Click the Edit IP address button and manually assign an IP address to the camera MAC Address 00 25 16 00 0F 03 IP Address 10 10 10 4 Subnet Mask r 6 2 a E Lox cancel _ The user may edit and test the camera IP address and subnet mask disabled for X cameras By pressing the Test IP address button the user sends a PING command to the specified address and checks if it is available Activation Key Users Manual Motion Studio Some cameras have time limited license If the license has expired and you have a 16 digit activation key click the button and enter the key Camera interface Before opening camera windows the user may select the interface e Standard a limited set of controls are displayed in a vertical bar on the right side of the camera window e Digital Cinema a limited set of controls for recording and a full set of controls for image processing e Automotive the controls used in a typical automotive environment e Expert all the camera controls are displayed Activate Camera List If more than one camera
166. t an existing folder or create a new one Override images settings click this option if you want to convert all the raw files in a single file format set a single playback rate reset frames numbering in all the selected sequences The settings of each sequence will be overridden by the selected options Once the batch file is generated and saved you may launch the converter right away or save the batch file and convert it later To do that launch the raw converter and open the batch file All the sequences included in the batch file will be converted Users Manual 83 Motion Studio 5 26 Images Recovery 84 After each acquisition a local configuration file is saved in the database directory _nnn_recover xsv where nnn is the serial number of the camera The file contains the information about the latest acquisition If any error has occurred after an acquisition and the program has been restarted before the images have been saved the acquisition may be recovered 1 From the main toolbar select the File menu 2 From the drop down menu select the Images Recovery item 3 Select one of the options Warning The images recovery file has been detected Click Yes to load the acquisition configuration from the recovery file Click No to recovery images with the current acquisition configuration Click Cancel to return to camera control Cancel Users Manual Motion S
167. ters can be applied to the sync in source as well see above If an external sync source is connected to the camera the software is able to detect the rate and the pulse width of the signal If the user sets the frame sync parameter to external and no signal is active on the Sync In the program displays a warning message The polarity of the Sync In signal may be inverted Sync Out The sync out mode can be configured e Default the sync out signal follows the sync in internal or external The signal width is the exposure time e Inverted Default the signal follows the sync in as in the default but it s inverted e Configurable Width the user can define the width of the sync out signal e Inverted Configurable Width like in the option above but inverted e Disabled the sync out signal is disabled A Delay can also be added to the Sync Out signal Alignment when the auto exposure option is selected the exposure is done at the end of the acquisition period Then the period and exposure are not aligned The alignment option is used to decide whether the sync out will be aligned to the period or to the exposure Marker If this option is enabled the user can send to the camera a pulse that gets recorded in one frame The recorded pulse is a marker in the frame and lets the user know that something happened at that time The marker is shown in the frame if the Marker Time stamp option is selected The pulse
168. the Ethernet cable e From the Motion Studio program group select Tools and run the Network Configuration e The N camera will be listed as Camera Name MotionXtra N Select it and click the Edit IP Address button e Enter the IP address and the subnet mask Then click OK and exit the configuration utility e Turn off the camera and turn it on The new IP address is stored and will be used by the camera in Giga Ethernet communication NOTE if the camera IP address is not compatible with the adapter s IP address the camera will be listed with a yellow exclamation mark If you try to open a session in this condition the software will not be able to grab images from the camera and an error message will appear r Edit IP Address Camera N4 53 Camera MAC Address 00 25 16 00 0F 03 IP Address 10 10 10 4 Sinet Mek 255 255 0 ox cancel Users Manual 25 Motion Studio 4 4 Forbidden IP addresses 26 The following IP addresses are not allowed to be configured on the camera e Loopback addresses from 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 e Multicast addresses from 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 The following combinations of IP address and subnet mask are not allowed as well e Broadcast addresses IP_subnet_mask IP_address 255 255 255 255 e Sub network addresses IP_subnet_mask amp IP_address 0 0 0 0 The IP address 0 0 0 0 is allowed In that ca
169. this option is selected the time stamp is not printed on the image but on a horizontal black stripe set above or below the image The stripe is saved on the images when the frames are saved Font select the font for the time stamp Position select the display position Top left default top right bottom left or bottom right Color select the time stamp color If the image is monochrome the color will be converted into grayscale when the images will be saved Size select the font size Users Manual 135 Motion Studio 5 39 4 Miscellaneous Options Download Cameras Time Stamp Show Main Menu dialog at start up Prompt before closing camera windows Show cameras enumeration filter at start up Check calibration file at start up Allow multiple instances of Motion Studio Sssisi si Enable motion tracking Save tracking data with IRIG time ce canera aeai ace enh Enable camera remote trace rmtrace txt lols Enable Remote Connection Server Enable RAW download statistics display Reticle Color L v Show Main Menu dialog at start up it displays the main menu dialog box when Motion Studio is initialized Prompt before closing camera windows the program will prompt the user before closing any camera window Show cameras enumeration filter at start up if the option is checked the camera enumeration filter dialog is displayed when the
170. tion with dark columns the option enables or disables the use of masked dark columns to reduce the time dependent noise In some camera models the option is enabled and cannot be disabled Acquire the background images in the optimal conditions the camera lens cap must be on The driver acquires the background images in the optimal conditions for all the parameters exposure rate sensor gain and pixel gain The background images are not saved into the calibration file This option is disabled on new design cameras Reload factory calibration file the driver loads the default camera calibration file This option is useful if the user wants to reload the default background images To reduce the background noise in current conditions select the following options Enable current condition background removal if this option is selected the driver uses the background images that have been acquired in current conditions and corrects the images The background calibration data is saved in a file and reloaded when the program is launched This option is disabled on new design cameras Enable current condition pixel sensitivity correction if this option is selected the driver uses the coefficients that have been computed in current conditions and corrects the acquisitions The coefficients are saved in a file and reloaded when the program is launched This option is disabled on new design cameras Acquire the background images
171. tions The window below will appear Network Connections File Edit View Favorites Tools Advanced Help gt B PO Search Folders E Address Network Connections ni JPE Name Network Tasks LAN or High Speed Internet E Create anew connection 2k 1394 Connection 2 Set up a home or small ig Wireless Network Connection office network Local Area Connection Change Windows Firewall settings D View available wireless networks Disable this network device Qy Repair this connection il Rename this connection Change settings of this connection IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card Type LAN or High Speed Internet LAN or High Speed Internet LAN or High Speed Internet Status Connected Firewalled Not connected Firewalled Connected Firewalled If the wireless card is not connected to any wireless connection the wireless connection status is shown as disconnected Right click on the Wireless Network Connection item and select Properties Then select the Wireless Networks Tab Users Manual 177 Motion Studio 4 Wireless Network Connection Properties General Wireless Networks Advanced Available networks To connect to disconnect from or find out more information about wireless networks in range click the button below View Wireless Networks Preferred networks Automatically connect to available networks in the order listed below
172. ttenuates details It is similar to a smoothing filter but its blurring effect is more subdued Its kernel uses the following matrix a d c b xX b c d a where a b c and d are positive integers and x 0 or x 1 Because all the coefficients are positive each central pixel becomes a weighted average of its neighbors The stronger the weight of a neighbor is The more influence it has on the new value of the central pixel Unlike a smoothing kernel the central coefficient of a Gaussian filter is greater than 1 Therefore the original value of a pixel is multiplied by a value greater than the weight of any of its neighbors As a result a greater central coefficient corresponds to a more subtle smoothing effect A larger kernel size corresponds to a stronger smoothing effect Users Manual 203 Motion Studio 11 4 Nonlinear filters A nonlinear filter replaces each pixel with a nonlinear function of its surrounding pixels Like the convolution filters the nonlinear filters operate on a neighborhood A Median filter is a nonlinear low pass filter that assigns to each pixel the median value of its neighborhood effectively reducing isolated pixels and reducing details However the median filter does not blur the contour of objects A Maximum Filter is a nonlinear filter that assigns to each pixel the maximum value of pixels in its neighborhood This has the effect to increase the contrast of the image A Dilation of an image is a
173. tudio 5 27 Image Configuration The image tab includes controls for color reconstruction and white balance and controls for image improvement Sharpening gamma brightness and contrast are active for monochrome cameras also Camera Record Image Light Source User R Gain G 1 00 G Gain fy 1 00 B Gain 1 98 a App Reset CFA Filter p Sharpen 5 0 2 Brightness amp 0 00 Contrast 1 00 Hue k 0 Saturation L 1 2 Gamma LUT Default Contrast Light Source Use the drop down list to select the light source that best fits the current environment Select the User option to manually change the color gains or balance the colors with the White Balance automatic procedure RGB Gains If the User light source is selected use the Color Gain sliders to increase or decrease the corresponding color component red green or blue The range is from 0 5 to 2 5 CFA Filter The slider controls the CFA Interpolation from the left side no filtering to the right side full bilinear filtering Sharpen Sharpen the image edges The range is from 0 0 to 1 0 The default value is 0 0 Brightness Increase or decrease the image brightness The range is from 0 25 to 0 25 The default value is 0 0 It increases or decreases the image contrast The range is from 0 5 to 1 5 The default value is 1 0 Hue color only It modifies the image hue The range is from 180
174. ual Device Info Firmware Update Output 12 Users Manual Motion Studio Install the Sapera LT Image Library version 6 04 Then follow the procedure below to edit the camera serial port The configuration is necessary to correctly operate the camera 1 From the DALSA gt Sapera LT menu select the Sapera Configuration item 2 From the Maps to combo box in the Serial Ports group select the COM 4 option 3 Exit the program and restart the computer S Sapera Configuration Server List Index Name Serial Number System None celera CL_Px4_1 50061040 Contiguous Memory m Used for allocating buffers Used for allocating messages Requested Requested 5 MBytes 6 2 MBytes Allocated Allocated 5 MBytes E MBytes Serial Ports Physical Port Maps to Serial_O on celera CL_P4_1 a coma Ey Selected physical port is present Camera Link API port index 0 Save Settings Now NOTE if more than 1 frame grabber is installed you have to select a different COM port for each frame grabber COM4 for FG1 COM5 for FG2 etc Users Manual 13 Motion Studio 3 2 2 14 Installing the National Instruments PCle 1429 frame grabber Install the software by following the instructions below Install the NI VISION Acquisition software version 8 or later which includes the NI
175. uences In general MOV files contain multiple streams of different types of data The codec supported in Motion Studio are RAW TIF and H264 Apple QuickTime is required 190 Users Manual Motion Studio 9 1 9 BLD Format The BLD format corresponds to the file format RAW which is known from several applications Each BLD file needs a corresponding descriptor file in the DSC format In a BLD file all single frames of an image sequence are stored successively uncompressed in the block format The data is in binary raw data format e g for grayscale pictures 1 Byte per Pixel The descriptor file DSC belonging to the BLD file is a line orientated ASCII file in which values like e g resolution frames or date are stored The DSC file can be created with any text editor 9 1 10 MPEG Format MPEG which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group is a name of family standards used for coding audio visual in a digital compressed format MPEG is a generic means of compactly representing digital video and audio signals for consumer distribution The basic idea is to transform a stream of discrete samples into a bit stream of tokens which takes less space but is just as filling to the eye The graphic library implements the MPEG 1 format the standard on which such products as video CD and MP3 are based The compression decompression technique implemented in MPEG is lossy e g some amount of data information is lost 9 1 11 MPE
176. uto exposure When this option is selected the camera automatically adjusts the exposure to match a specified average luminance value The camera reacts to any change of external light intensity by changing the current exposure value 1 Click the Edit button and change the region of interest like in the picture below ceo i iretagMacbeth ColorChecker Color Rendition Chart Exposure limits E Configure min and max exposure 0 2 Select the Configure min and max exposure option to set limits to the exposure 3 Click OK and enable the auto exposure Users Manual 61 Motion Studio 5 19 2 Motion Trigger The motion trigger option activates the trigger when a change in the image is detected 1 Click the Edit button to open the configuration dialog Change the region of interest like in the picture below tf Trigger Condition Average Intensity change Sensitivity Start Test 2 Change the trigger condition and the sensitivity value from 1 less sensitive to 20 most sensitive 3 Click Start Test to test the parameters If the trigger condition becomes true the red frame turns into green 4 Click OK to enable the motion trigger A red thick frame will be displayed on the live image The frame cannot be moved or resized To change it click the Edit button 5 19 3 Region of Interest ROI The IDT cameras have a Part
177. utton and open the Properties dialog box Select the Domain Profile tab and set the Firewall State to off then select the Private Profile and set the Firewall State to off and then select the Public Profile and set the Firewall State to off domain State a aig Firewall state Inbound connections Block defaut Outbound connections Allow default Protected network connections Settings Specify settings that control Windows Firewall behavior Logging Specify logging settings for troubleshooting Domain Profile Private Profile Public Profile IPsec Settings Specify behavior for when a computer is connected to its corporate Y J v Customize Customize 34 Users Manual Motion Studio 4 7 Configuring the X camera IP address When a MotionPro X camera is powered up it does not have an IP address Without a valid IP address the camera can be enumerated but some parameters such as camera model serial number etc cannot be read The Configuration utility enumerates all the IDT GE cameras and shows each camera s IP address or none A camera without a valid IP address is listed with a red spot on the icon For each camera the user may click the Edit IP Address button If the camera has an IP address it may be edited and otherwise the application suggests a value The user may edit and test the
178. vance 400 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 No N A N A 8 No Edgetow 2 500 Stop 400 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 No N A N A Execute at next camera power cyde Res t steps l Default steps Add step Remove step Read from camera Write to camera Save steps to SSD Ready Steps recorded in SSD Event Trigger Polarity Duration Js Fos Actionatend Expos Gain Resolution Auto exp AEROI AE Luma VI 1 Yes Edge 4 120 ffms 0 2 GB 30 Stop 500 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 Yes 256 256 512x512 80 V z2 ves Edge 10 509 frms 0 6 GB 50 Auto advance 399 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 No N A N A V1 3 No Edge 2 10 0 frms 1 3 GB 500 Stop 399 1 00 0 0 1024x1024 No N A N A Statistics Erase SSD Read steps Cfg from SSD Load step to camera memory Download Steps in flash memory Steps acquired in SSD To configure the camera in mission mode e Click Reset Steps to clear the upper list e Click Add step as many times as the required number of steps e Edit the parameters by clicking on the corresponding field in the list If a step need to be automatically executed after the previous one select Auto advance in the Action at end column of the previous step otherwise select Stop e Select the Execute at next camera power cycle to enable the execution of the mission when the camera is powered up e Click Write to camera e Exit the program The next time the camera will be power cycled t
179. version process may be aborted at any time by clicking the Abort button z XRawCvt Raw Converter a Folder File Status Images Time Q acg_a_001 args ini 7 53 Camera000003 tif Converting 14 20 00 00 09 82 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 25 1 Raw converter batch files If the amount of raw sequences to convert is large the user may generate a batch file and run the conversion once From Tools menu select Raw batch editor RAW Converter Batch File Editor New File Convert to V Override images settings New batch file Open batch file Save batch file Single BITMAP File bmp Y Codec Playback rate fps 24 V Reset Frames numbering M Delete raw files after conversion Name Bit In J 2013_06_10_0T_001 30 8 2013_06_10_0T_002 24 G 2013_06_10_IDT_003 30 Bit Out 30 24 30 File Type New batch file click this button to reset the current batch and generate a new file Open batch file opens a previously generated batch file Save batch file save the changes in the current batch file or in a new file Add adds a sequence to the current batch file ARGS INI file Remove removes a sequence from the current batch file Remove all removes all the sequences from the list Convert to the files may be converted in a folder that is different from the source images folder Click Browse to selec
180. vert x Square Square Root Mathematical operations Negative Invert Square and Square Root If the filters or the mathematical operations are activated the operations list is filled with those operations The user may e Select the items in the list and activate the single operation e Reset the list and delete the operations 5 28 6 FFT and Power Spectrum The FFT dialog box appears if the FFT button is clicked The user may select the channel to display the FFT and the power spectrum Users Manual 95 Motion Studio 5 28 7 Data Information From the data pane click the data Info button General information about the data acquisition is displayed 5 28 8 Note about the Overrun error The Overrun error appears when the buffers allocated for the data acquisition are not enough and the acquisition is too fast The error appears more easily when large sampling rates are configured 100 KHz 250 KHz or 500 KHz To avoid the error increase the number of frames to acquire 96 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 29 Advanced Camera Configuration in Camera menu From the main toolbar select Camera gt Advanced to access operations for the noise calibration file management and the Advanced Color Balance Copy Calibration file from CD E Download Calibration file from flash memory Camera Calibration Flash Memory Diagnostics Color Balance IRIG Calibration Image parameters
181. vious and next acquisition settings Start and Stop the remote connection server see chapter 7 Edit Region of Interest ROI oN a fF OD gt Camera Data View Tools Window Help Record Em Stop b Play Trigger Previous Acquisition Next Acquisition O Edit ROL Start Remote Connection Server Advanced Users Manual Motion Studio 5 18 Camera Control Live The Camera Control Tab at the top of the Docked Dialog menu has camera control functions including the following 1 Record 2 Live play of images continuous 3 Trigger 4 Attach 5 Stop Live Playback 0 etic ara Video Output Video Format PCandhomi 720p60Hz Video Output This option enables or disables video output in X Y and MotionXtra Legacy cameras Y cameras the video output modes are listed below e PC only images are sent to the computer via GE or USB no HDMI output is produced e PC and HDMI any time an image is sent to the computer playback or live the same image is sent also to the HDMI output The live playback speed is reduced because a double output is done e HDMI only computer and HDMI operations are independent The user can do live on the computer and playback on HDMI or vice versa autonomously Live Playback speeds are independent This option is active on new design Y cameras only Video Format X and MotionXtra legacy select NTSC or PAL format Y cameras select one of si
182. wireless connection Then click OK The new network appears in the preferred networks list but it s still not active 4 Wireless Network Connection Properties PIX General Wireless Networks Advanced Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings Available networks To connect to disconnect from or find out more information about wireless networks in range click the button below Preferred networks Automatically connect to available networks in the order listed below View Wireless Networks amp mynetw Automatic Move up Learn about setting up wireless network configuration Users Manual 179 Motion Studio From the Wireless Network connection Properties dialog box select the General Tab as shown below 4 Wireless Network Connection Properties 3 General Wireless Networks Advanced Connect using E IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI This connection uses the following items E Client for Microsoft Networks vV JZ File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks v os Packet Scheduler m Internet Protocol TCP IP Uninstall Properties Description Transmission Control Protocol Intermet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity
183. x HDMI formats 720p 60Hz 720p with overlay 1080p 60 Hz 1080p 25 Hz 1080p 24 Hz or 1080p 30 Hz 58 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 19 Camera Configuration Expert Interface say Use the Camera Tab on the Docked Dialog Lecnneantnae menu at the right of the image to configure CE 1 00 x Reset the camera The configuration options are as follows Rate Hz 500 ne Sensor Gain Exposure us 1315 t set Use the sensor gain drop down list to select a Gain value from 1 00 to 2 82 Exposure Mode single KA ee Reset Enable Auto exposure Edit Click the Reset button if a Device IO Control S error message appears The Reset button Enable Motion Trigger Edit restores the camera from the error Binning Pixel Depth condition 1x4 248it upper 7 Rate Use the Rate drop down list to select a new ROI 2560x2160 oj Frame Rate value If the current exposure is pera S too large for the selected rate the program E NX5 1 1 automatically adjusts it to an acceptable value Low Light mode Click the button to set the rate to 25 Hz and SSD option the exposure to four times the current value g If the button is clicked twice or an acquisition is started the original values of OFF Backup Streaming Mission exposure and rate are restored The option is useful for preview in low light conditions Exposure Use the f stop buttons to select a new e
184. xposure edit E Enable Motion Trigger Edit Binning Pixel Depth ax 24Bit upper M ROI 2560x2160 a E aan ColorChecker Color Rendition Chart tagMacbeth SSD option Q OFF Backup Streaming Mission Along with the usual top bar menu structure the application also includes a docked dialog bar on the right side and a pan tool In this menu the main operational controls of the camera are grouped by function Camera Control Live and Playback Acquisition Settings Camera record and Color The function of these controls is in great part also accessible from the top menu bar 40 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 2 Motion Studio Menu structure The main menu bar contains the following options File Edit Image Filter Camera Playback Tracking View Tools Window Help The application also includes a docked dialog bar on the right side The Docked Dialog Bar has the main operational controls of the camera and they are grouped by function Camera Configuration Image Recording Configuration Color Configuration for color cameras only and Playback controls for acquired images Users Manual Motion Studio 5 3 FILE Menu 5 3 1 The file menu contains the following options Open previously acquired and filed images Open the camera window Open the RAW files Open the database viewer window Save images on the hard disk and close windows
185. xposure value The value is in microseconds Exposure Mode Use the drop down list to select either Single Double EDR or XDR exposure mode for XDR see the appendix Auto Exposure Select this option to activate the automatic exposure adjustment Motion Trigger Select this option to activate the motion trigger Binning Use the Binning drop down list to select a new value from 1x1 to 4x4 Pixels may be grouped to form a larger pixel which results in added SNR and sensitivity When this parameter is changed the Region of Interest ROI is reset The control is disabled when the camera is in live mode Pixel Depth Use the drop down list to select the pixel depth 8 9 or 10 bit for monochrome cameras 24 27 or 30 bit RGB for color cameras ROI Click on the ROI button to open the ROI dialog and change the current settings For more information see Set a Region of Interest ROI Users Manual Motion Studio Standard Interface If the Standard interface is selected only a subset of the controls is shown in the camera Tab Digital Cinema interface If the digital cinema interface is selected a subset of camera controls and image processing controls are shown in the camera Tab The exposure control allows the configuration of the shutter angle Automotive Interface The automotive interface includes the controls most frequently used in automotive environments 60 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 19 1 A
186. you want to be displayed all the channels or one single channel Average and Standard Deviation for each channel the average and the standard deviation are shown Data Index Time and value the index time and value of the currently selected data item Operations list see the Data Processing topic below Users Manual 93 Motion Studio 5 28 4 Data Graph Configuration From the data pane click the data graph configuration button z Data Graph Configuration Background color the data graph background color Grid color the data graph grid color Cursor Color the data graph cursor color vertical line Units Display the graph may be displayed in Volts or in converted units All channels conversion factor If all the channels are shown in the graph window select which conversion factor to use for the visualization Channel color select the channel and set the graph color 94 Users Manual Motion Studio 5 28 5 Data Processing Menu The acquired data may be processed in the current window To activate the filters or the mathematical operations click the Data Processing button Select the Filter submenu or the Math submenu Filter Low Pass Filter Math High Pass Filter Band Pass Filter Band Stop Filter Remove 4verage Filter operations low pass filter high pass filter Band Pass filter Band Stop filter or Remove average Filter gt Math Negative In
187. zone of sharpness is reduced The size of the aperture is indicated by its f number ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange an encoding system for converting keyboard characters and instructions into the binary number code that the computer understands Aspect ratio It s the ratio between the width and height of an image or image sensor Auto focus It s a system that automatically focuses the camera lens AVI Audio Video Interleaved It s a file format used to store video and audio For further information refer to the Microsoft documentation Users Manual 209 Motion Studio Bandwidth It s the capacity of a networked connection and determines how much data can be sent along the networked wires The bandwidth is particularly important for Internet connections since greater bandwidth also means faster downloads Bayer pattern A Bayer pattern consists of pixels on the sensor tinted green red or blue and set in a mosaic pattern Moving from left to right and then down the pattern may be GR BG This is the sensor s Bayer pattern and is then placed all over the sensor to form the Bayer Mosaic Pattern This means that half of the pixels are tinted with a Green sensitive element a quarter tinted with a Red sensitive element and a quarter tinted with a Blue sensitive element Binning Binning is a method of increasing camera speed and sensitivity to boost low signals Binning causes the

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