UFG-07 Family USER MANUAL
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1. 19 Frame ur 29 METTRE 20 Other BI ed UEM 20 Special registry Seting 20 Appendix A Product SpecThcation rss 21 Analog Video 11610 E 21 Digital TMDS Video 21 S Video and Composite Video Input 21 AW Features RETE 21 Driver Propero RE RE 22 Ee E 22 Appendix B Supported Video Modes rss 23 Supported TMDS signal timings standards 23 Supported RGB signal timings standards 25 Supported YPbPr signal timings standards 26 U N R A F About this Manual 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Purpose This guide is the User Manual of UFG 07 Family of Frame Grabbers for use in a PC with Windows 8 Windows 7 or Windows XP operating system The purpose of this guide is to Give an overview of the product and its features Give instruction for the user on how to install the card Give instructions for the user on how to install the related software drivers and libraries in a PC Assist the user in configuring the capturing process with the user interface Give instructions for the user how to capture images Product and Driver Version This manual explains features found in product versions U2. 6 Product m 6 diets eE 6 identiying COMME GIONS AA 6 3 ipsis m r 7 NDARI u uama am 7 Driver e T L uuu 7 Driver Installation NER 8 aun Lm 9 4 Conng ratiON NR E 10 Configuration Dialog rss 10 MPU OUE TYPE P 10 ESS lais ETE 11 T 12 S Video and Composite Video 13 Overriding Capture Format ss 14 Adjusting Captured Colors rss 15 Advanced beela aA 16 Pete Zega T 16 gcc MM 16 A D Converter Calibraion ss 16 5 URIE 17 Previewing Video assa 17 Gela ilea izua RE t 17 Applications and Troubleshooting 18 Pi ID E TW MT T P 18 97 16 soe A 18 Windows Media Encoder 18 Mali BO u uu T 18 Performance sse ee eee eee ee 19 Calculating the Requested 19 Estimating the Bandwidh
3. You can control the image orientation when stored in the PC Fix Capture Format Fix Capture Format le Override resolution Custom Override resolution Custom Flip vert 1400 erren 1400 T 11050 Override FFS Override FPS 25 0 FPS Picture Brightness NI Contrast Ea Hue ma Saturation 256 Sharpness 12 Overscan Reset Picture Brightness L antrast 256 Saturation Ea Sharpness 1 2 Overscan Note Frame Locking is designed to operate for progressive and interlaced sources with 60 Hz and 50 Hz vertical frequencies and field frequencies respectively Note You will need over 20 fps capture speed for acceptable quality of moving objects Please lock 60 Hz input video to 30 fps SRC 2 or 20 fps FPS SRC 3 and 50 Hz input video to 25 fps SRC 2 You can have the UFG 07 output the captured bitmap flipped around vertically by selecting the Flip Vert check box This means that the image is stored upside down This is the default image for Windows and some applications operate properly with this format Please verify if your application accepts the state and leave it unchecked Please note that Flip Vert 18 only operational when Override Resolution 18 checked Fix Capture Format le Override resolution Custom gt Flip vert 1400 1050 Dwverride FPS 14 U N R A F Configuration Adjusting Captured Colors Note The Picture
4. Hw Revision O01 DOOR Fw Version 3 0 1 2 Calibrate ADC Repair Input Source Type You can select one of the four input types DVI HDMI RGB Component S Video and Video with Input Source Type section The Input Timing section provides slightly varying information for each of the three input types When switching between the Input Source types the last valid values in the Picture panel settings are stored 10 U N R A F Configuration RGB Input The timing detection function measures the horizontal and vertical frequencies of the input signal and matches them to known standard timings and timing rules It also detects the edges of the active video for correct positioning of the image Input timing 1600 1200 60 0 Hz Acjust Made is VALIDI L Mode iz Graphics Mode i a Standard made Timing parameters Hres 1600 1200 Htotal 2160 1250 Hire 75 0 kHz 60 0 Hz Hstart 496 49 Hactive 1600 M active 1200 Synichron H V Clicking the Adjust button you can fine tune the positioning by re detecting the image boundaries and the sampling phase For best results of the positioning please consider the following rules Please use a short and high quality video cable Please use a still image during adjustment no moving flickering etc Please use an image with light edges Please use an image with sharp vertical edges e g blac
5. please be sure to ground yourself You can do the grounding by wearing a special grounding strap or simply touching a grounded metal surface Driver Type Selection The UFG 07 family supports Microsoft 7 32 and 64 bit and Windows XP 32 bit operating systems The Installation CD includes two alternative drivers X64 drivers for 64 bit operating system x86 drivers for 32 bit operating systems The two drivers are located in separate folders in the installation CD Please make sure that you select the proper one for your operating system and the application that you are using QU lt Kukku F Drivers gt Search Drivers Organize v Share with v Burn New folder duen TN Favorites k ufg07_v1 1 1_x64 ufg07_v1 1 1_86 19 Libraries Computer Network 2 items 4 U N R A F Installation Driver Installation Note Note Power down your PC Insert UFG 07 card in a vacant PCI slot in your PC The hardware installation must be done before the software installation Please use a PCI Express 1 0 slot Boot the Windows system and log in System administrator s privileges are required for performing the installation The Plug and Play subsystem will detect the newly installed UFG 07 family board In the Welcome to the New Hardware Wizard click Cancel Please use the install exe routine for pre installation before the actual Windows installation Open the folder conta
6. kHz 71 6 kHz 101 6 kHz 60 0 kHz 85 9 kHz 64 0 kHz 80 0 kHz 91 1 kHz 47 7 kHz 97 5 kHz 64 7 kHz 65 3 kHz Mode Standard 640 x 350 85Hz 640 x 400 85Hz 720 x 400 85Hz 640 x 480 60Hz 640 x 480 72Hz 640 x 480 75Hz 640 x 480 85Hz 800 x 600 56Hz 800 x 600 60Hz 800 x 600 72Hz 800 x 600 75Hz 800 x 600 85Hz 800 x 600 120Hz RB 848 x 480 60Hz 1024 x 768 60Hz 1024 x 768 70Hz 1024 768 75Hz 1024 768 0 85Hz 1024 768 120Hz RB 1152 x 864 75Hz 1280 x 768 60Hz RB 1280 x 768 60Hz 1280 768 75 2 1280 x 768 85Hz 1280 x 768 120Hz RB 1280 x 800 60Hz RB 1280 x 800 60Hz 1280 x 800 75Hz 1280 800 85Hz 1280 x 800 120Hz RB 1280 x 960 60Hz 1280 x 960 85Hz 1280 x 1024 60Hz 1280 x 1024 75Hz 1280 1024 85Hz 1360 x 768 60Hz 1360 x 768 120Hz RB 1400 x 1050 60Hz RB 1400 x 1050 60Hz DMT ID 01h DMT ID 02h DMT ID 03h DMT ID 04h DMT ID 05h DMT ID 06h DMT ID 07h DMT ID 08h DMT ID 09h DMT ID 0Ah DMT ID OBh DMT ID DMT ID 0Dh DMT ID OEh DMT ID 10h DMT ID 11h DMT ID 12h DMT ID 13h DMT ID 14h DMT ID 15h DMT ID 16h DMT ID 17h DMT ID 18h DMT ID 19h DMT ID 1Ah DMT ID 1Bh DMT ID 1Ch DMT ID 1Dh DMT ID 1Eh DMT ID 1Fh DMT ID 20h DMT ID 21h DMT ID 23h DMT ID 24h DMT ID 25h DMT ID 27h DMT ID 28h DMT ID 29h DMT ID 2Ah 23 U N R A F Appendix B Supported Video Modes 1400 x 1050 75Hz 1440 x 900 60Hz RB 1440
7. the bottleneck of the system 17 UNIGRAF Usage Applications and Troubleshooting You might experience some issues in the tested applications Here are the procedures how to resolve them GraphEdit In GraphEdit insert the filter of the device usually UFG 07 Channel to the graph Right click on the single pin and choose Render Start the graph with the play button With GraphEdit SW packet you will receive several rendering filters Please experiment the performance of various filters in your set up Video Mixing Renderer 9 found in DirectShow filters group 18 a good alternative In some cases you may need using a Color Space Converter filter In this case insert Color Space Converter filter please find it DirectShow Filters group and re build the graph Click on Capture pin of DXFG filter and drag the end of arrow to point to Input pin of Color Space Converter Right click on XForm Out pin and choose Render Pin or attach it to the input pin of the selected renderer If you want to preview with a custom format disconnect the graph by clicking on the arrow coming out of the UFG 07 filter and pressing the Del key Right click on the filter and set the appropriate Override Resolution or Override FPS checkbox with the format Press OK and reconnect the graph If the picture appears upside down follow the previous steps but try to check also the Flip Vert checkbox AmCap AmCap is a sample capture application of Windows If you
8. video 64 and 32 bit AVStream drivers x64 WOW64 X86 that are compatible with DirectShow compatible applications like Media Encoder VLC and VirtualDub e Supports Microsoft 7 32 and 64 bit and Microsoft XP 32 bit Function to force default format change for applications that does not have advanced HD Stream Format Dialog Supports Power Management on Windows 7 and Identifying Connectors The UFG 07 5 and UFG 07 STD boards have three connectors on their front panel S Video connector for S Video and Composite Video top e DVI I connector for digital HDMI and DVI input middle VGA connector Sub D 15 for analog RGB and Component Video bottom The UFG 07 HS Dual and UFG 07 HS Dual boards have three connectors on their front panel S Video connector for two Composite Video inputs middle Two DVI I connectors for digital HDMI DVI input and analog RGB and Component input top and bottom U N R A F Installation 3 INSTALLATION Unpacking The UFG 07 family frame grabber product shipment contains The UFG 07 card in an anti static bag The Utilities CD containing drivers for Windows operating system along with ready to use sample Windows applications An electronic copy of this User Manual is included Note The UFG 07 boards are highly dedicated electronic devices that contain ESD sensitive components Before opening the anti static bag and always before touching the card
9. 050 60Hz 64 7 kHz 101 0 MHz DMT ID 29h RB 1400 x 1050 60Hz 65 3 kHz 121 75 MHz DMT ID 2Ah 25 U N R A F Appendix B Supported Video Modes 1400 x 1050 75Hz 82 3 kHz 156 0 MHz DMT ID 2Bh 1440 x 900 60Hz RB 55 5 kHz 88 75 MHz DMT ID 2Eh 1440 900 60Hz 99 9 kHz 106 5 MHz DMT ID 2Fh 1440 x 900 75Hz 10 6 kHz 136 75 MHz DMT ID 30h 1440 x 900 85Hz 80 4 kHz 157 0 MHz DMT ID 31h 1600 x 1200 60Hz 15 0 kHz 162 0 MHz DMT ID 33h 1680 x 1050 60Hz 64 7 kHz 119 0 MHz DMT ID 39h RB 1680 x 1050 60Hz 65 3 kHz 146 25 MHz DMT ID 3Ah 1920 x 1200 60Hz 74 0 kHz 154 0 MHz DMT ID 44h RB All the CVT compliant timings that have pixel frequency lt 174 MHz with over scan supported YPbPr signal timings standards 26
10. FG 07 HS UFG 07 Dual UFG 07 HS Dual and UFG 07 STD Installation Package version 1 3 Driver version 1 3 3 Firmware 3 0 1 14 Please consult Unigraf for differences or upgrades of previous versions Notes On certain sections of the manual when important information or notification is given text is formatted as follows Please read these notes carefully Note This text is an important note U N R A F Introduction 2 INTRODUCTION Product Product Description UFG 07 Family board are PCI Express Frame Grabbers capable to capture digital HDMI and DVI analog RGB and Component Video and also S Video or Composite Video The input video performance of the three models is equal they differ mainly in the PCI bus interface UFG 07 HS PCI Express 4 lanes mechanically 8 lane UFG 07 HS Dual PCI Express 8 lanes 2 input channels UFG 07 Dual PCI Express 4 lanes 2 input channels UFG 07 STD PCI Express 1 lane Features Captures video formats from 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1200 Top down or bottoms up Auto detects VESA and CEA HDTV modes supports timings High capture frame rates achieved by efficient on board data handling and high speed bus interfaces pls refer to product specification for details Optional frame locking capture 1 1 1 2 1 3 or 1 4 of original frame rate In Dual models two fully independent capturing channels both of which HDMI DVI RGB Component or Composite
11. Revision 00100 Fw Version ERROR 3 0 1 1 should be 3 0 Firmware version mismatch ERROR Version 3 0 1 1 should be 3 0 1 2 Calibrate AR Update Fir Update Firmware w Advanced Hw Revizion O01 00000h o Fw Version 3 0 1 2 Calibrate ADC Update Firmware Fepair Repair Resets the UFG 07 unit Not needed in normal operation A D Converter Calibration The A D converter of the RGB input can be calibrated by using the Calib ADC button The calibration is done to adjust the variations of the integrated circuits The A D converter calibration is done during the initial set up of the board at Unigraf The user does not need normally to use this button In order to perform the calibration properly the captured video source needs to fulfill the following requirements The test image source has to be calibrated The test image must contain large fully white and fully black areas The test image must contain smooth horizontal transitions Please use a timing that is well detected and adjusted before color calibration Please use RGB video mode A D converter calibration is done during the initial set up of the board at Unigraf The user does not need to perform it with his video sources 16 UNIGRAF Usage 9 USAGE The driver software provided with the UFG 07 family frame grabbers is an AVStream WDM driver compatible with standard capturing applications supporting Microsoft DirectShow The driver is built for Microso
12. Sub D 2 x DVI I for UFG 07 Dual RGB or YPbPr 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1200 45 Hz to 120 Hz Input locking to 50 Hz and 60 Hz 25 MHz to 165 MHz 8 bits per color Automatically detect RGBHV RGsB RGBC Progressive interlaced Please refer to the list of supported video modes DVI I digital only 2 x DVI I for UFG 07 Dual RGB or YCbCr 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1200 automatic detection 45 Hz to 120 Hz Input locking to 50 Hz and 60 Hz 25 MHz to 160 MHz 8 bits per color component o Video and Composite Video Input Connector Supported standards HW Features PCI bus Capture Quality S Video Connector Integrated to RGB pins of DVI I in UFG 07 Dual PAL NTSC B W Automatic wide screen detection PCI Express 1 0 UFG 07 HS PCle 4 lanes 8 lanes mechanically UFG 07 HS Dual 8 PCle lanes UFG 07 Dual PCle 4 lanes 8 lanes mechanically UFG 07 STD 1 PCle lane Hardware driven frame rate Capable to lock to input frequency 50 Hz 60 Hz Capability to get every 2nd 3rd 4th frames No busy wait The capture and the control thread do not stall the CPU for significant times sync checking and notification U N R A F Appendix A Product Specification Driver Properties Operating Systems Windows 7 64 and 32 bit and XP 32 bit SW Interface 64 and 32 bit AVStream drivers x64 WOW64 X86 drivers with configuration dialog Output Format RGB32 Top down or vertically inverted Power Management Supports Power Manag
13. UFG 07 Family Frame Grabbers MF di USER MANUAL Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows XP UNIGRAF 5 U N R A F About this Manual Copyright This manual Copyright 2013 Unigraf Oy rights reserved Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part without written permission of Unigraf Oy 18 prohibited Notice The information given in this manual is verified in the correctness on the date of issue The authors reserve the rights to make any changes to this product and to revise the information about the products contained in this manual without an obligation to notify any persons about such revisions or changes Edition UFG 07 Family User Manual Rev 3 Document identifier Date 09 January 2014 Company information Unigraf Oy Piispantilankuja 4 FI 02240 ESPOO Finland Tel 4 358 9 859 550 mailto info Q unigraf fi http www unigraf fi U N R A F About this Manual Trademarks Unigraf and UFG are trademarks of Unigraf Oy Windows 7 and Windows XP are trademarks of Microsoft Inc other trademarks are properties of their respective owners Limited Warranty Unigraf warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials under normal use and service for twelve 12 months from the date of purchase from Unigraf or its authorized dealer If the product proves defective within the warranty period Unigraf will provide repair or re
14. ement on Win 8 7 and XP User Functions Allows setting manual timings Adjustable Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation separate for all three input types Function to force default format change for applications that do not have advanced HD Stream Format Dialog External firmware update capable Compatibility Tested with common applications as AmCap Windows Media Encoder Graphedit and VirtualDUB VLC etc General Module Size UFG 07 HS 146 x 97 mm UFG 07 HS Dual 257 x 105 mm UFG 07 STD 146 x 97 mm UFG 07 Dual 194 x 105 mm Power Consumption UFG 07 HS 6 5 W UFG 07 STD 5 7 W 22 U N R A F Appendix B Supported Video Modes APPENDIX B SUPPORTED VIDEO MODES oupported TMDS signal timings standards Pixel Frequency 31 5 MHz 31 5 MHz 35 5 MHz 25 175 MHz 31 5 MHz 31 5 MHz 36 0 MHz 36 0 MHz 40 0 MHz 50 0 MHz 49 5 MHz 56 25 MHz 73 25 MHz 33 75 MHz 65 0 MHz 75 0 MHz 78 75 MHz 94 5 MHz 115 5 MHz 108 0 MHz 68 25 MHz 79 5 MHz 102 25 MHz 117 5 MHz 140 25 MHz 71 0 MHz 83 5 MHz 106 5 MHz 122 5 MHz 146 25 MHz 108 0 MHz 148 5 MHz 108 0 MHz 135 0 MHz 157 7 MHz 85 5 MHz 148 25 MHz 101 0 MHz 121 75 MHz Horizontal Frequency 37 9 kHz 37 9 kHz 31 9 kHz 31 5 kHz 37 9 kHz 31 5 kHz 43 3 kHz 35 23 kHz 37 9 kHz 48 1 kHz 46 9 kHz 53 7 kHz 76 3 kHz 31 0 kHz 48 4 kHz 56 5 kHz 60 0 kHz 68 7 kHz 97 6 kHz 67 5 kHz 47 4 kHz 47 8 kHz 60 3 kHz 68 6 kHz 97 4 kHz 49 3 kHz 49 7 kHz 62 8
15. ft Windows 7 and XP Previewing Video You may preview the video captured by UFG 07 with applications like Windows Media Encoder VirtualDUB AmCap GraphEdit etc The driver has been tested with all standard DirectShow renderers The UFG 07 appears as a single DirectShow Filter UFG 07 Channel under the group Video Capture Sources in GraphEdit To gain best picture quality do not set 60 Hz for 50 Hz based signals Use the Override settings in the FG properties dialog if you need a custom format Some applications might need reconfiguration as this setting is applied when the graph is rebuilt The 5 5 2 SRC 3 SRC A frame rate settings give the best picture quality because they give a Frame Locked stream When you use them rebuild the graph each time the source frame rate changes Frame locking works with input signals only that have vertical frequency 50Hz or 60Hz When capturing the PCI bus bandwidth might be the bottleneck of the system especially if you use a high performance PCI Express graphics card Capturing Video The UFG 07 driver stores the captured images only as 32 bit RGB bitmaps In order to generate compressed stream formats a software tool with a compression codec is needed You can frame lock to every 2nd 3rd or Ath frame of the original video input to save PCI bus bandwidth and ensure a smooth video stream output When capturing video the CPU performance or the hard disk storage performance might be
16. ining the requested driver type included in the UFG 07 family Installation CD Run install exe application Select Allow whenever the operating system prompts for permission m Frame Grabber Updater Install Update Uninstall In the dialog click Install Update Press Continue and Apply whenever the operating system prompts for permission Click Close when the installation is completed The UFG 07 board is now ready for use U N R A F Installation Firmware Update Please check the firmware version loaded into the non volatile memory of the board The firmware version must match to the driver version used Open the Capture Filter Properties dialog of e g AmCap tool Select FG Properties tab The Advanced section of the dialog will indicate the mismatch between the firmware and the driver If a mismatch exists please click on Update Firmware button If firmware 18 OK click No If firmware does not match to the driver click Yes UFG 07 Channel Properties Video Decoder Video Proc Amp FG Properties Input Source type Fix Capture Format R amp B j Override resolution Custom E 1024 v 769 Input timing LL Override FPS 30 0 FPS NO SIGNAL Adiust Picture 0 E a Brightness Update Firmware 53 Contrast 256 sl 0 EX Firmware version mismatch ERROR ibi ES Version 3 0 1 1 should be 3 0 1 2 Saturation 256 Update Firmware Sharpness 12 e Overscan No Reset Advanced Hw Rev
17. ion of the Requested Frame Rate FPS and the Achieved Frame Rate fps On a certain FPS level the achieved fps drops to half of the requested FPS and stays there The FPS value jus below this point provides the optimum performance for the PC capturing setup 19 UNIGRAF Usage The reason why the achieved fps drops to the half of the requested FPS is based on the way how the PCI bus data transfer occurs During streaming the application requests a new frame based on the Requested Frame Rate FPS The pace is calculated from the PC real time clock Everything goes well provided that the whole frame data has been transferred from the frame grabber to the PC before the next request occurs e However if the Requested Rate FPS 1s too high the bus is not ready and the transfer of the following frame is cancelled A new frame is transferred only on the following request At this point the user sees the Achieved Frame Rate fps halved Frame Locking The achieved frame rate 1s not only dependent on the card to PC bus transfer speed It is also dependent on the CPU performance the memory bandwidth and the hard disk data rate specially when capturing non compressed video Please prefer the Frame Locked operation In this operation mode the hardware provides frames to the application only with a constant rate fixed to the input frame frequency This enables that the performance variations caused by e g software compression will not affec
18. ision 00100000h FW Version ERROR 3 0 1 1 should be 3 0 1 2 7 Calibrate apc Update Firmware Repair OK Close Please note that the firmware update will take about three minutes Advanced 5 7 Calibrate apc Repair Note For UFG 07 board to operate properly the driver and the firmware versions have to match U N R A F Configuration 4 CONFIGURATION Configuration Dialog The parameters that describe the input source can be configured by the Capture Filter Properties dialog The dialog contains three tabs Windows standard Video Decoder tab a Video Proc Amp tab and the FG Properties tab All capture properties for UFG 07 can be configured through the FG Properties tab The controls on the FG Properties panel are divided to five functionality sections Please find below the description each section UFG 07 Channel Properties Video Decoder Video Proc Amp Properties Input Source type Fix Capture Format AGE Override resolution Custom 1024 T 768 werride FPS 30 0 FPS Adiust 1600 1200p EUD Hz Picture Mode is VALID F Brightness 0 EI Mode is Graphics 25E x Made ts Standard made Contrast S Timing parameters Hue 0 Hres 1600 14 Were 1200 Saturation 296 EI Htota 2160 Vtotal 1250 Sh 2 H 75 0 kHz pd 60 0 Hz o F 496 Overscan 49 Hactive 1600 M active 1200 Synchroon H V oe
19. k text over white background A spread sheet tool or a word processor program maximized to full screen will provide a good image for positioning 11 U N R A F Configuration DVI Input DVI sources are set up automatically and they do not need any detection or calibration procedure UFG 07 Channel Properties Video Decoder Video Proc Amp Properties Input Source type Fix Capture Format EO Override resolution Custom 1024 T 768 Input timing Override FPS 30 0 FPS 1600 1200 53 8 Hz Picture is VALID Brightness l Mode tt Graphics Mode is a Standard made Contrast 256 Timing parameters Hue Hres 1600 Ver 1200 Saturation 296 Htotal 2160 Mak 1250 Sh n2 eg 74 7 kHz iub 69 8 Hz ei 555 Puis ie 47 Hactive 1600 Reset 1200 Synchroon H V Bee Hw Revision 001 ETEen 12 U N R A F Configuration o Video and Composite Video S Video and Composite Video CVBS sources are input through the S Video Line In UFG 07 Channel Properties Video Decoder Video Proc Amp FG Properties Input Source type Fix Capture Format S idea Override resolution Custom 768 576 Input timing Override FPS 25 0 FPS EE v BrE x 50 0 Hz Picture Made is VALID Brightness 10 Made is 5D Video ORE Video Image is embedded Contrast Made iz Standard mode Hue Timing parame
20. placement of the product Unigraf shall have the whole discretion whether to repair or replace and replacement product may be new or reconditioned Replacement product shall be of equivalent or better specifications relative to the defective product but need not to be identical Any product or part repaired by Unigraf pursuant to this warranty shall have a warranty period of not less than 90 days from the date of such repair irrespective of any earlier expiration of original warranty period When Unigraf provides replacement then the defective product becomes the property of Unigraf Warranty service may be obtained by contacting Unigraf within the warranty period Unigraf will provide instructions for returning the defective product CE Mark The UFG 07 Family frame grabbers meet the essential health and safety requirements is in conformity with and the CE marking has been applied according to the relevant EU Directives using the relevant section of the corresponding standards and other normative documents Please find a Declaration of Conformity attached to this document U N R A F About this Manual Table of Contents 1 About this Manual 5 IE e O N N 5 Product and Driver sss sese eee 5 piel 5 2 a gale 10 Io uuu c
21. section contains controls for adjusting the color information Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation have unique values for all three input types The values are stored and re loaded when the corresponding input is selected The Reset button sets the factory default values In most cases these values give an optimum result Ficture Brightness O Contrast 296 Hue p Saturation 256 Sharpness 2 Overscan Reset Advanced The Saturation control is only functional in Component Composite and S Video inputs For RGB input you can additionally turn the captured image in Monochrome mode by sliding the ruler all the way to the left Saturation 0 In other positions the slider has no effect in RGB mode 15 U N R A F Configuration Advanced Controls Note The Advanced section contains controls for advanced features of the UFG 07 unit The user might need the functions after the installation of the unit but not during the normal operation Please use the features in this section with care When done improperly they may impair the correct operation of the UFG 07 unit Update Firmware Reset The on board firmware version must match to the driver version used If the firmware and the driver do not match you will be requested to update the firmware Firmware Update process is described in the Installation section earlier in this manual Advanced Update Firmware E Hw
22. sted Bandwidth Note When Previewing PCIe bandwidth of UFG 07 board will be the performance the bottleneck if you use a modern graphics engine Especially if GPU is behind a 16 lane PCIe bus You can calculate the data bandwidth needed to capture certain resolution image with the requested frame rate The bandwidth can be calculated using the formula W ResY FPS 4 Bytes where W 1s the bandwidth ResX is the captured horizontal resolution ResY captured vertical resolution FPS the captured frame rate frame per second For example a 1920 x 1080 signal with 20 fps needs a bandwidth of 1920 1080 20 4 158 2 MBytes s Please note that if you are using the hardware scaling and frame rate reduction with UFG 07 you should calculate the bandwidth with the selected Override Resolution and Override FPS values instead of the resolution and frame rate of the input video Estimating the Bandwidth You can estimate the current maximum bandwidth of a PC capturing setup by altering the capture parameters and at the same time monitoring the achieved capture performance Start with your requested resolution and a low frame rate Step by step increase the frame rate At a certain point the achieved frame rate will drop down to only half of the requested frame rate This point 16 the current capture bandwidth of the system for that resolution The following graph illustrates the situation fps FPS The graph above shows the relat
23. t the Achieved Frame Rate fps The result will be a smoother video stream compared to a situation when the fps constantly changes Other Limitations Please note that the data bandwidth of an ATA disk is only 40 MB ytes s Please consider using SATA drives instead The CPU performance is a typical bottleneck when creating a compressed video stream If Windows Media Encoder captures fewer frames than requested please check the CPU utilization If it is very high you should reduce the requested frame rate Memory bandwidth may also affect CPU utilization opecial registry setting The following registry parameter affect the behaviour on how the DFG device handles its parameters EnableLoad DWORD value 1 enables the driver to load the last configuration at boot time Registry key the registry path of DFG device HKLM System CurrentControlset Enum PCI VEN 1CO4 amp DEV 0001 amp SUBSYS 1 04 J ID Device Parameters where nnnn is the subsystem device id which 18 either 0010 0011 or 0012 UD A random number 20 U N R A F Appendix A Product Specification APPENDIX A PRODUCT SPECIFICATION Analog Video Input Connector Color Coding Input Resolution Range Horizontal Sync Range Pixel frequency Range Color Depth oync Modes scan Modes Video Modes Digital TMDS Video Input Connector Color Coding Input Resolution Range Horizontal Sync Range Pixel Frequency Range Color Depth 15
24. ters 5 7GB Saturation 296 Vres B76 864 Ch 2 H Vita 312 SHE 15 6 kHz 22011 50 0 Hz Overscan Hstart 4 24 Hactive 720 V active 288 Swnchron H V Advanced INTERLACED Hw Revision O01 00000h Fw Version 3 0 1 2 Calibrate ADC Update Firmware In the nput Source Type please select Video for Composite video and S Video for 5 Video type The Input Timing section shows the detected source timing Please find below a schema of the connection of Composite and S Video signals to the RGB signal inputs of the DVI I in UFG 07 Dual and the corresponding pins in a VGA connector for reference GND Composite GND RGB Green Composite Video Y RGB Blue S Video RGB Red S Video Y 13 U N R A F Configuration Overriding Capture Format The Fix Capture Format section is used for overriding capture frame size and frame rate that UFG 07 capture pin provides for the capturing application By selecting the Override Resolution checkbox the dimension selected in the combo box or the X and Y fields will be forced for the capture pin even if the host application requests another format The Apply button saves the custom values e You can frame lock to every 2 34 or 4 frame of the original video input to save PCI bus bandwidth and ensure a smooth video stream output You can limit the captured frame rate to an arbitrary fps value
25. want to capture to a different resolution than the default open the FG Properties window check Override Resolution and select the desired format To apply this setting to the preview window open the Video Capture Pin dialog and press Cancel If you use the Override FPS function in AmCap you cannot set the frame rate in the Capture Set Frame rate menu Windows Media Encoder Windows Media Encoder is a standard reference application for DirectShow There are no known issues with the use of UFG 07 with WME Please note that WME is very sensitive to CPU performance When storing to wmv file format this might be the bottleneck VirtualDUB VirtualDUB is a freeware video capture software application originally written to capture Video for Windows sources The recent versions are already compatible with DirectShow The tested version is 1 9 11 VirtualDUB normally cannot accept top down RGB images which are default in UFG 07 for performance reasons To avoid this open the menu Video Set Custom Format and set the Use Custom Size fields to for example 640x480 instead of the default values Some VirtualDUB codecs have problems when using with UFG 07 output streams 18 UNIGRAF Usage Performance The achieved capture rate depends on several performance factors of the capturing PC and the frame grabber Some remarks have been mentioned above when reviewing the applications Some general rules apply to all SW Calculating the Reque
26. x 900 60Hz 1440 x 900 75Hz 1440 x 900 85Hz 1600 x 1200 60Hz 1680 x 1050 60Hz RB 1680 x 1050 60Hz 1920 x 1200 60Hz RB 1366 x 768 60Hz 1920 x 1080 60Hz 640 x 480 59 94Hz 120 x 480 59 94Hz 1280 x 720 60Hz 1920 x 1080i 60Hz 1440 x 480i 59 94Hz 1440 x 240 60Hz 1440 x 480 59 94Hz 1920 x 1080 60 Hz 120 x 576 50Hz 1280 x 720 50Hz 1920 x 1080i 50Hz 1440 x 576i 50Hz 1440 x 288 50Hz 1440 x 576 50Hz 1920 x 1080 24Hz 02 3 kHz 55 5 kHz 55 9 kHz 70 6 kHz 80 4 kHz 15 0 kHz 64 7 kHz 65 3 kHz 74 0 kHz 47 7 kHz 67 5 kHz 31 469 kHz 31 469 kHz 45 0 kHz 33 75 kHz 15 734 kHz 15 734 kHz 31 469 kHz 67 5 kHz 31 25 kHz 37 5 kHz 28 125 kHz 15 625 kHz 15 625 kHz 31 25 kHz 27 0 kHz EIE SEE 1065 M 13675 MHz EITE 1620 M 180 Mi 146 25 MHz 1540 Mi GOIE 148 5 Mi 25475 Mi 77 0 Mi 7425 MHz 74 25 M2 Me GIE 18 5 Mi SUE 74 25 MHz 7425 MHz 77 0 Mi GOIE 54 0 Mi 7425 MHz 1920 x 1080 25Hz 28 125 kHz 74 25 MHz 1920 x 1080 30Hz 33 75 kHz 74 25 MHz All the CVT compliant timings that have pixel frequency lt 174 MHz with over scan 24 U N R A F Appendix B Supported Video Modes oupported RGB signal timings standards 1024 x 768 120Hz 97 6 kHz 115 5 MHz DMT ID 14h RB 1280 x 768 120Hz 97 4 kHz 140 25 MHz DMT ID 1Ah RB 1280 x 800 120Hz 101 6 kHz 146 25 MHz DMT ID 1Fh RB 1360 x 768 120Hz 97 5 kHz 148 25 MHz DMT ID 28h RB 1400 x 1
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