IDCam User Manual
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1. F Record F9 Record with memory and post recording Leff Right PreviousNext frame Up Down E Previous Next evaluation marker Page Up Down PreviousNext record marker Space Toggle show last recording automatically Fl2 Focus here 14 52 33 9 Pressing and holding F8 records the current frame to disk not taking memory frames or post record frames just the ones that arrive while pressing F8 IDCam User Manual dbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Press F9 and release is treated like a lightbeam impulse and also records pre and post record frames By using left and right arrow key one can navigate back and forth individual frames When having setup the correct order of arrival in the settings menu left and right match to the expected navigation either forward or backward in time Up and down arrows navigate from one evaluation marker to the next or previous Page up and down are the most important ones as they allow navigation between record markers During competition the operator simply jumps from record marker to record marker and visually checks if all athletes are tagged with the correct evaluation marker Pressing space enables or disables the jump to last record marker on new impulse feature IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Reliable software for your sport When using a keyboard with a numeric block which is highly recommended2. PC Timer Por comia Baudrate 9600 z Device Eil MyLaps F3 Protocol IP Adress 192 168 0 1 Timy USB W Program Stopwatch Record channel Defines the channel on which a lightbeam impulse is registered Impulses on this channel are added to so called record markers including the time of day and trigger a recording Evaluation marker Defines the channel on which identified bibs are reported Impulses on this channel are added to so called evaluation markers including the time of day and bib and are used for overlapping with recordings Timing devices If using memory mode only one TdC 8000 should be defined otherwise the timing device that is connected to lightbeam and the transponder system should be specified Timy Usb Also a Timy that is connected via USB to the computer can be used for being connected to the lightbeam IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Software setup ig Settings Pre Record Time 0 00 01 0000 Post Record Time 0 00 02 0000 Show last recording immediately Matching evaluation marker interval Arrival Direction Live preview during recording Webcams Camera Type Axis IP Address 192 168 0 92 Credentials User root Password root Motion Detection C High Sensitivity Frame Time Offset 0 00 00 4000 Pre record time Frames are stored in memory memory buffer as long as they are not older
3. one can use the following shortcuts for an even better experience by only using the keypad Num lock Press and hold recording F8 needs to be always on 7 Record marker Last record left marker 4 Frame left Last frame 1 Evaluation marker Last evaluation left marker O Paste Toggles jump to last record marker immediately IDCam User Manual Focus away from textboxes to allow keyboard shortcuts 9 Brings up dialog for adding missingevaluation marker at current frame position unused Record marker right Frame right Evaluation marker right Delete Toggles jump to last record marker and stay there dbinets oft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS dbinetsoft TIMING DATA GRAPHICS DI FH Tobias Dauber dbnetsoft An der Ache 62 83483 Bischofswiesen Germany info dbnetsoft com www dbnetsoft com IDCam User Manual
4. IDCam User Manual dbinetsoft TIMING DATA GRAPHICS DI FH Tobias Dauber dbnetsoft An der Ache 62 83483 Bischofswiesen Germany info dbnetsoft com www dbnetsoft com dbinets oft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Inhalt NOVI CW eere an E E ee 3 SOtWarereduirementS een 3 SPOTT SPECIHICTEGUE MERE east 3 Camera regure ment S aeae E E 4 COMME CEO SOU ass ee E E 5 an PONA Ea E E ae AA 5 IO es nee ee ee E EEEE E EE 6 Software OVERVIEW een nein een 7 TI SSS een 8 SO WALES EU ee ee 9 S E E EN E OPEN NEE EINEEL ENDE IEEDRENBEUEERSERER 11 FANS TEC ION ee een ee 11 Evaluation marker matching ccccccceccseceecceccesceeseeceuceeusenseeeeeseueeeeseueeess 12 Keyboard navigation cccceccseccecceecceccescuceuceeccuseeseeeseeeeeeeeeceueeeeseneeeeeeesensn 12 IDCam User Manual idbine tsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Overview IDCam provides a reliable yet simple backup solution to make sure that the order of finish is correct The software can be used on virtually any sport with a common finish line primarily to be used on mass start events but also individual start events benefit Images from a camera are recorded automatically upon every crossing of the finish line These images are overlapped with bib identifications from a timing device The mapping of image and bib can be evaluated visually in order to identify missing detections and bibs Software require
5. acing connections to your existing evaluation software Therefore you need to make sure that both computers receive the information it needs It is fairly easy using network but can require more thinking when using RS232 connections splitters media converters Transponder Lightbeam is connected to a timing device The only task for the timing device is to forward lightbeam impulses to IDCam that will then record frames upon each crossing A transponder system is either connected directly to IDCam or via a computer in the middle that moderates between decoder IDCam and evaluation software This is the setup variation that this manual will focus on x Impulse device ee boul hotocell Timing device A TdC Timy S4 Transponder pushbutton i tapeswitch Timing connection RS232 USB ethernet EROS ON AG Transponder connection RS232 ethernet IDCam User Manual dbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Memory Lightbeam is connected to a timing device The timing device operate in memory mode It is forwarding each lightbeam impulse to IDCam that will then record frames upon each crossing Also the timing device will be used for assigning memory impulses to bibs these bibs will also be sent to IDCam The timing device is also connected to the evaluation software for sending the bibs to it Impulse device dC photocell Split with Memory pushbutton ode tapeswi
6. ments IDCam runs on all computers with Windows XP or higher Windows 7 recommended The computer should have a reasonable modern CPU at least two cores and a fast hard drive The faster the CPU and hard drive the more frames can be recorded per second that allows better identification Sport specific requirements IDCam blends into the commonly used existing sports timing setup The following requirements are a recommendation on how you best use the software Lightbeam at the finish line that gets triggered at every crossing Timing device that receives the impulses The same timing device can do the identification of each impulse e g memory mode on TdC8000 or Identification of each passing is done by a transponder system Compatible camera that is positioned behind the finish line and facing the full width of the finish line IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Camera requirements IDCam supports virtually all cameras that can be access via one of the following paradigms Networking camera that supports o Motion JPEG stream or o static JPEG image generation Built in webcams or USB webcams that support DirectShow IDCam User Manual tdbinets oft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Connection setup Two different setup variations exist Please note that the computer running IDCam is new to your existing timing setup and it is not repl
7. r your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Basics Frame recording Frames are retrieved from the camera at all times but only some of them are stored on disk This happens when a record marker is received which is usually done when crossing the lightbeam on the finish line Frames recorded due to record markefimpulse a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 Evaluation marker is visible on 00 00 frame 5 6 and 7 matching marker interval 1 Evaluation marker bib 5 timestamp 6 Frames that are currently in memory buffer are recorded to disk and also frames that arrive within the post record time after the record marker IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Evaluation marker matching As consumer cameras in contrast to line scan cameras are not perfectly synchronized to timing devices an evaluation marker bib cannot be assigned to exactly one frame but only to a series of frames that match around the bib s time of day Frames recorded due to record markefimpulse IR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sr Evaluation marker is visible on 00 00 frame 5 6 and 7 matching marker interval 1 Evaluation marker bib 5 timestamp 6 Whenever you select and see a frame in the Recordings window all matching evaluation marker to this frame will be shown Keyboard navigation IDCam is best used with keyboard shortcuts Most of them are display in the bottom of the recordings window Hold
8. tch Timing connection RS232 IDCam User Manual tdbinetsoft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Software overview Ei ALGE Timing IDCam File Debug Professional version Camera Previews a all Recordings httpx 192 168 0 92 axis cgi mipg video cgi 31fos 4 All marker oo O0 u 4 Record marker 7 X 14 21 com T T Evaluation marker Q v O 1 19 EB New competition F Load competition Current competition 2011 09 06 Automatischer Bewerb Memory buffer 31 frames i A i Hold F8 Record F9 Record with memory and post recording Left Right Previous Next frame Up Down Record buffer 0 frames E Previous Next evaluation marker Page Up Down Previous Next record marker Space Toggle show last recording automatically F12 Focus here IDCam 14 06 53 5 Camera previews Shows live images from every connected camera Log Shows log messages and also received record and evaluation marker Competition Shows the current amount of frames in memory buffer and the frames that still need to be recorded to disk also allows to manage competitions Recordings Shows all markers and the current selected frame and allows to modify or search for markers IDCam User Manual tdbinets oft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS Timing setup ig Settings Channels Record CO Evaluation marker 1 Timing Device Device E ALGE Timy
9. than defined here All frames in buffer will be recorded to disk once a record marker is received Therefore also frames that happened earlier than the lightbeam crossing are recorded for convenience Post record time Defines how long a recording takes place after a record marker is received Show last record immediately If checked the software will jump automatically to the latest lightbeam crossing Matching evaluation interval Defines the interval in which an evaluation marker needs to be round a record marker in order to be considered belonging to this frame Arrival direction Defines whether arrival is from left or right which has impact on the keyboard shortcuts for navigation back and forth in time Webcams Defines a list of cameras that should be used o Camera type Select a supported type recommended is Axis depending on your camera o For Axis motion JPEG and static JPEG cameras the camera s IP address and credentials need to be entered IDCam User Manual dbinets oft Reliable software for your sport TIMING DATA GRAPHICS o For DirectShow cameras the device itself needs to be picked from the list Frame time offset Consumer cameras usually have a slight delay on generating and sending the frames This delay can be compensated with this offset for Axis a value of 0 4 seconds should be used in order to have the time of day match more precisely IDCam User Manual dbinetsoft Reliable software fo
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