User Manual - Stemmer Imaging
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1. For the VisionAV F capture cards locate a vacant PCI Express slot x4 or higher on the motherboard and remove the blanking plate retain all screws If the VisionAV H is to be installed in a short form computer two locations are required The VisionAV H and the Audio Module should be installed adjacent to enable both cards to be connected together using the ribbon cable supplied The Audio Module does not require a slot on the mother board If you are in doubt consult your motherboard documentation to correctly identify a PCI Express slot If the card is forced into a 32 or 64 bit PCI or PCI X slot it will be irreparably damaged when the system is powered up and the warranty will be void Reconnect all cables to the PC then connect a DVI cable not supplied distributing the DVI source signal to the connector on the VisionAV capture card A standard definition signal can be connected to the RCA connector on the VisionAV An Audio feed can be connected to the Audio Module via the Audio Breakout Cable Power up the PC and commence the software installation How to Connect Input Sources The VisionAV F card has one DVI I and one RCA female connector and one RGB male connector on the Audio Module The DVI I connector supports DVI HDMI Component and RGB VGA inputs using the supplied adapters where required A DVI input is connected directly into the DVI I connector which accepts DVI D digital or DVI A analog inputs Dy1 Dil C2. g oe rr Ox oe co oe cr s 2and A p vr A FF g B e e Keh Weh fe ej ee ee Ke e ee wel mz on oo on DirectShow If you change the link ordering after installation you must run dplinks exe This program will update the existing input names used by the windows DirectShow interface To run the dplinks program open the Run by clicking on Start Run and type dplinks and then press Enter The program will run however no notifications are displayed Firmware Upgrades The VisionAV cards allow firmware upgrade to be completed on site rather than returning the card to Datapath Whenever a firmware upgrade is performed the J11 Link MUST BE FITTED on the VisionAV To perform the upgrade follow the step by step instructions provided by the upgrade application In the unlikely event that something goes wrong during the upgrade process e g System power outage it is possible to revert to the factory settings by powering down the system temporarily removing the J11 link then powering up the system with the link removed Once the system has rebooted replace the J11 link link whilst the system is powered up and restart the firmware upgrade process It should be noted that the latest driver installation program includes an automatic firmware update if required Therefore prior to installing the application and driver ensure that J11 link is fitted Software Installation The Vision software driver
3. AV ISION V T lt a Z O m Ti Q gt M LI O Z Li 2 T O x fi User Manual Version 2 0 1 Contents OO nn A E etre tr meee ere E E E ee re 1 Haraware CVS VI eee ee en ee ee ee ENEE EEES 2 Flexible Audio 0 dU ee nen een eee ee nee eee eee ee ee eee ee ers 2 Datapath Unified Vision Driver sise 2 MO ee ee ee ee ee er ee 2 SC INC BN ON Mag a ne ne ouigsoanmnecncpmet ees 3 DB S RIE E E A E 4 Installing the Capture Card iii 5 DVS CANIN VEN GS a E 8 Software ANS CAS 4 6 eee nent eae nee aera nen nen ee ene eee ee ee eer ee 9 OW S OVV O Re in 10 Video GAG a un 10 Vision SOT EW a CAD cl AIR iape anO EEEE EE EA EEOSE AEE OEE ER EEEE 10 PONS Ce E E E E E E E A E 11 Vision Application OO VOIR ee a nn 11 Using the card with other DATA DS DIODES ee en 12 DES DA ES eee eee ee eee oe 13 Introduction The VisionAV has two independent video capture channels one supporting HD capture and a second simultaneously decoding Standard Definition composite video The VisionAV also adds analog and HDMI audio capture which can be perfectly synchronised with either video capture channel e Asingle card solution for distance learning lecture capture and web casting e Viewing analog or DVI sources from a wide range of PCs MACs Industrial Medical equipment cameras and other video equipment e Videoconferencing DirectShow drivers for WDM Streaming driver supports the following applications to en
4. and application is installed by inserting the CD that was shipped with your card into your CD ROM drive The installation process should start automatically Should the CD fail to autorun use Explorer to browse the CD locate then double click on install exe file e g d install exe and click on Install Software and follow the installation wizard instructions as prompted Regular software updates are available from our website www datapath co uk Also available on the Datapath CD e The Release Notes The release notes contain the latest information on the VisionAV e Installation instructions e Release history e Known problems e Troubleshooting e The application Help File Instructions on how to use the application The help file is in d software vision chm The help file must be located on the local machine to view its content Software Overview All Vision capture cards are supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the format of the input sources and displaying the data Video Streaming DirectShow drivers for WDM Streaming driver supports the following applications to encode record and stream video over networks or the Internet e Microsoft Media Encoder e VLC VirtualDub Any other DirectShow encoding software For streaming applications Vision cards can be used with Windows Media Encoder to compress and stream captured video To replay the video use Windows Media Player Any ap
5. code record and stream video over networks or the Internet e Windows Media Encoder e VLC StreamPix e VirtualDub e Adobe Flash Encoder e AMCap e Any other DirectShow encoding software Hardware Overview Dual Channel Video Channel 1 Digital or Analog HD Video Channel 2 Composite Video Flexible Audio Capture Balanced XLR and Unbalanced RCA from optional module HDMI audio through HD Video Channel Datapath Unified Vision Driver Multiple cards per system 16 streams per channel Frame sync and time stamping Direct Show interface Datapath RGBEasy API Models VisionAV F VisionAV H VisionAV B Specification PCI Express x4 low profile card 68 9mm x 167 6mm Connectors main board DVI I RCA female Connectors audio board HD15 male for connection of supplied Audio Breakout cable tae line in 2 x RCA stereo balanced in 2 x XLR stereo line out 2 x 16 way header for connection to main board HDMI Capture Supports HDMI 1 3 to 225MHz including deep colour modes For HDCP support contact the Sales Dept at Datapath for more information HDMI audio can be selected as source for audio streaming Incorporates TMDS equalizer to support up to 20m cables Incorporates TMDS equalizer to support up to 20m cables Triple ADCs sampling up to 170Msps Full 4 4 4 sampling 8 bits per colour 5 wire 4 wire or sync on green signal formats Audio Capture Stereo Line In Stereo balanced inputs with p
6. d potential that this technology presents Technical Support Registered Users can access our technical support line using email and the Support page on the Datapath Web Site usually with a response within 24 hours excluding weekends Via Email Send an email to support datapath co uk with as much information about your system as possible To enable a swift response we need to know the following details e Specification of the PC including processor speed e Operating System e Application Software e Datapath Hardware Software e The exact nature of the problem and please be as specific as possible Please quote version and revision numbers of hardware and software in use wherever possible Copyright Statement Datapath Ltd England 2015 Datapath Limited claims copyright on this documentation No part of this documentation may be reproduced released disclosed stored in any electronic format or used in whole or in part for any purpose other than stated herein without the express permission of Datapath Limited Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information contained in this User Manual is correct Datapath Limited make no representations or warranties with respect to the contents thereof and do not accept liability for any errors or omissions Datapath reserves the right to change specification without prior notice and cannot assume responsibility for the use made of the information supplied All registered t
7. ine to render the data This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used the data can be transferred direct to the graphics card in a similar manner to the Datapath graphics card with the same benefit of non tearing captures When the data is displayed on a non Datapath graphics card the VisionAV sends the data to system memory or direct to the graphics card dependant on the software used for display 12 Datapath Limited Datapath has a long and very successful history in the computer graphics industry Datapath has been designing and supplying high performance high quality graphics display systems to the world s larg est and most demanding companies and institutions since 1982 Datapath was one of the founding companies of multi screen Windows acceleration using single and multi board solutions Now using the very latest display technology Datapath offers some of the world s leading multi screen graphics accelerators for the most demanding applications As new technology advances so we at Datapath improve the performance and functionality of both our hardware and software to give our customers more Following a continuous development pro gram we pride ourselves on our support and responsive nature towards all our customers and their changing needs As more sophisticated equipment and techniques become readily available so we are there to exploit the power an
8. onnector inputs oO Oo O B O 4 Oo An HDMI input is connected to the DVI I connector using the supplied DVI HDMI Adapter DVI I DVI HDMI Connector Adaptor e SM HM I Input A Component input is connected to the DVI I connector using the supplied DVI Component Adapter DVI I DYVI Component Connector Adapter Component Input An RGB VGA input is connected to the DVI I connector using the supplied DVI VGA Adapter CWI DVI VGA Connector Adaptor gt ROB VGA Input _ A Standard Definition input is connected directly into the RCA female connector on the VisionAV card RCA Connector SD Input RCA Cable Female not Supplied o Audio is connected to the Audio Module using the Audio Break Out cable provided 6 Audio OutRight S Installing Multiple Cards Multiple cards can be installed in a system providing a large number capture channels Combinations of Vision capture cards in the same machine are supported by the driver In order to control the order in which the driver uses the cards it is recommended when installing multiple cards that the Js links on the VisionAV are configured The example below shows the jumper link settings for up to 32 cards in a single system When two cards share the same link settings their order is determined by the PCle bus ist Card a7th BJ EL ae F Ww CL 19th 5 hal rt al
9. plication compatible with Windows DirectShow technology can use Vision capture cards due to their built in WDM support Vision Software Capabilities Timestamp support for streaming synchronisation e Synchronisation of multiple inputs across multiple cards Synchronise systems using network clock synchronisation e For edge blending and other applications Flexible and configurable EDID Management e Allows programming of custom EDID parameters for capture cards Low Input to Output Capture Latency DMA to third party graphics vendors back and front buffers via Direct3D e Compatibility with AMD DirectGMA e Compatibility with Nvidia GPUDirect User Mode filter for source selection e Enables cropping support in DirectShow on all inputs e Supports Start and Stop trigger interface on all Vision inputs Datapath Unified Vision Driver e Multiple cards per system 16 streams per input Frame sync and time stamping 10 e DirectShow interface e The RGBEasy API for advanced audio and video control e Fully integrated for use with Datapath Wall Control software for video wall applications Multistream Datapath s MultiStream feature is available on all Datapath capture cards and enables multiple independently formatted video streams to be setup in parallel Each stream can be formatted completely independently and individual selection of resolution colour space and cropping region can be set for each stream This maximizes bandwidth u
10. rademarks used within this documentation are acknowledged by Datapath Limited 13 Index A Application 11 Audio 7 Audio Break Out cable 7 Audio feed 5 Audio Out 7 B Balanced XLR 2 Balanced XLR Input 7 C Component input 6 Copyright Statement 13 D Datapath 13 Datapath CD 9 Datapath Limited 13 Direct3D 12 DirectShow 9 DirectShow interface 9 dplinks program 9 DVI input 5 F Firmware upgrade 9 H HDMI 5 HDMI input 6 Help File 9 Input Sources 5 Installing the Capture Card 5 J J11 link 9 M Multiple cards 8 Multiple Cards 8 Multistream 11 p packing box 4 R RGBEasy API 2 RGB VGA input 6 S Software 9 Standard Definition 6 Standard Definition input 6 Technical Support 13 14 U Unbalanced Input 7 Unbalanced RCA 2 Unpacking 5 V Video buffer 12 15
11. rogrammable gain 12dB 16 24 bit sampling at 44 1kHz ATS a line out at up to 64kHz sampling sourced from Analog input or HDMI stream Video Capture Memory 256MB high bandwidth frame buffer supports triple buffering of HD and SD video Local storage of complex scatter gather tables for DMA engine eliminates read overhead Video Processing Polyphase FIR scaling engine 7x5 for hardware downscaling and upscaling Colour space conversion allows captured data to be transferred in any format e RGB 16 bit 5 5 5 5 6 5 24 bit 8 8 8 or 32 bit 8 8 8 alpha e YUV 16 bit 4 2 2 e Mono 8bit DMA Engine Direct DMA to physical or virtual memory buffers with full scatter gather support DMA bandwidth up to 800MB s 16 independent DMA streams e Any mix of HD and SD sources colour space cropping and scaling parameters Operating System Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Support Windows Server 2012 Windows 7 Windows 8 and Linux support not audio See www datapath co uk for updates Power Requirements Max current at12V 0 5A Max current at 3 3V 0 2A Thermal dissipation 6 5W Operating Temperature o to 35 C 32 to 96 F Storage Temperature 20 to 70 C 4 to 158 F Relative Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing 3 years We are continuously developing the technology used within our product ranges delivering outstanding innovative solutions therefore the specifica
12. tilisation of the capture card PCle interface and also simplifies development tasks for application developers who do not need to implement video stream reformatting separately Vision Application Overview The application displays the connected source in a window it has the following features Scales the data to fit in the window e Ability to set up sources accurately settings automatically saved Save a single frame to a file in one of the following formats BMP JPEG GIF TIFF PNG Printa single frame e Maintain the aspect ratio of the displayed captured data e Cropping e Display text over the data on screen display e Command line interface HDCP supported e Help file documenting all features Note The supplied drivers and software require that you are using e Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 x86 and x64 Operating Systems Windows 8 or Linux audio not supported e CD DVD ROM Drive 11 Using the card with other Datapath products The VisionAV captures data and stores it in an on board video buffer This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display storage or streaming When a Datapath graphics card is used VisionAV transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance The VisionAV sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics eng
13. tion may change from time to time Unpacking Your packing box should contain the following items PL VisionAV F VisionAV H VisionAV B Base VisionAV Card 1x Full height bracket V base V Sat base y One qe to each 1 x Ribbon Cable Long Se 1 x Ribbon Cable Short 4 Fitted to base card X 1 X Audio Breakout TN PT PIN 1 X DVI VGA 1x DVI VGA Adapter 1 x DVI Component Adapter 1 x DVI HDMI Adapter Installation CD Note All plug in cards are static sensitive and are packed in anti static material Please keep the card in its packaging until you are ready to install It is recommended that you do not discard the packing box until you are completely satisfied with the VisionAV capture card and it is fully installed and working correctly We also recommend that you make a note of the serial number of the card in a prominent place before the card is plugged into the computer This should hasten any query should you need to contact our Technical Support Department The serial number is displayed on the card itself and the box label e Installing the Capture Card You are likely to need a flat blade and or a cross head screwdriver for the installation of the VisionAV card it would be useful to have these to hand before you begin Power down the PC including peripherals switch off at the mains and disconnect all the cables connected to the computer noting the positions for accurate reconnection Remove the PC cover
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