Using the VCE-PRO
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1. 44 45 ads 46 6 in ignal ND ad2 ad4 rfu ad8 rfu C ar d ims wm Pave 22 ad18 56 ad19 23 24 ad21 ad22 clkrun GND Table 4 Cardbus Connector Pin out Page 53 of 54 ineo S Video Source External Trigger Physical Dimensions Weight Electrical Characteristics Operating Environment Specifications NTSC PAL SECAM Vlomin 0 0V minimum forward voltage for logic 0 Vlomax 1 0V maximum forward voltage for logic 0 Vhimin 4 0V minimum forward voltage for logic 1 Vhimax 6 0V maximum forward voltage for logic 1 Vrmax 5 0 maximum reverse voltage Imin 25 0mA minimum current Imax 10 0mA maximum current MUST NOT BE EXCEEDED VCE PRO PCMCIA Type II 115 6mm 4 55in x 54mm 2 lin x 5mm 2in with a 30mm x 10mm extension VCE PRO F PCMCIA Type II 115 6mm 4 55in x 54mm 2 lin x 5mm 2in 35 grams 1 25 oz Operating voltage 3 3V 5 Operating current 160mA Inrush current 360mA Operating temperature 0 C to 65 C Relative humidity 90 non condensing Page 54 of 542. 24 199 250 00000 jew y 89 40 099UU0D sngpie9 Figure 1 VCE PRO Block Diagram Page 8 of 54 Video Capture The video capture engine is responsible for receiving video pixel data and qualifiers from the on board video decoder chip formatting the data and transferring it into on board memory The data that it receives from the video decoder is 4 2 2 YCrCb data formatted per Table 1 The video decoder delivers 8 bits of Luminance data Y and 8 bits of Chrominance data Cr Cb The video capture engine translates this data into longwords 32 bits as defined in Table 2 This format reflects how the data will appear in host memory The module packs two pixels into each longword in order to use the Cardbus bandwidth more efficiently and conserve memory space di5 12 cD d7 6 db d4 dl Cr Cb chrominance Y luminance Table 1 Video decoder pixel data 31 d30 d29 428427 026025 420423 d22 021 420419 18 4117 di6jdi5 di4 d13 d12 dil diO d9 dBi d7 de d2 dl dO Cr Cb pixel2 Y pixel2 Cr Cb pixell Y pixell Pixel Buffering DMA Table 2 VCE PRO Image data mapping into memory The pixel data formatted by the video capture engine is stored into two on board 4Mx32 SDRAM devices This memory serves as a local store for formatted video pixel data Each
3. IMPERX Y Cutting Edge Imaging Solutions VCE PRO User s Manual CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE Copyright 2004 Imperx Inc All rights reserved Any unauthorized use duplication or distribution of this document or any part thereof without the prior written consent of Imperx Corporation is strictly prohibited Imperx inc DOC 0013 0002 6421 Congress Ave Ste 204 Rev Boca Raton FL 33487 USA 08 15 05 CONFIDENTIAL amp PROPRIETARY Page 1 of 54 Revision Histor RAO1 Feb 04 2004 Initial Release to PDM system Feb 11 2004 RAO3 June 27 2005 J Egri Updated software installation instructions for new driver install Updated Chapter 4 with Auto Crop feature to reflect v2 6 of application 4 Page 2 of 54 Table Of Contents CHAPTER 1 INFRODUCTION iicssiccisscsssssccessessssostsocscoscdasvessosscacnsosdesscdeidsesogsbaveecausscessuesdsoosaeacecossedestessessseonsensesoes 5 EE O A AE AE ENE EE A E A EE 6 WHAT YOU NEED GET r a e a ese use a e a an e r E oeieo ee 11 INSPECTING THE PACKAGE sese sese sese 12 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 21 sscccssssscssssssccsssscccsssscccccssscccssssccccssceccsessscscesseccccssneccecssssceees 13 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ssscccsssssccsssscccsssscccsssscccccssscccssscccessccccccssscscessacescssssccsesssecsees 14 SOFTWARE RE T E
4. Display C Freeze preview window while capturing Text Overlay Insert Date and Time C Insert Text Message Position Path Filename This text field allows you to provide a path to a folder where the recorded image files will be saved to Clicking on the box will cause a Windows browse box to appear The user can then browse to a folder The filename will automatically be created based on the choice made in the to filename option The filename extension BMP or JPG will automatically be added depending on the image format chosen Page 36 of 54 Append to filename Allows the user to choose the format of the text filename to be created Every time a recording file is created the filename suffix will automatically be updated for the Date and Time option or incremented for the Digit Number option Date and Time This option will create files named as YYYYMMDDhhmmssnnn where Y year 4 digits M month 2 digits D day 2 digits h hour 2 digits m minute 2 digits s second 2 digits n millisecond 3 digits N Digit Number This option will create numerically named Capture every Capture at Limit capture time to files The filename starts at 0 and is incremented by one after each frame is captured If the number of frames captured exceeds the number of digits selected then the filename will continue to increment
5. click on Control Panel and Show panel in top level menu of the main window Page 44 of 54 Image Size Path Files Player Control Clicking on the Player item under the File pull down menu at the top of the VCE PRO main window causes two windows to appear Player Control and Player Dialog These windows can be moved anywhere around the screen to suit your needs The Player Control window is used to select the pre recorded image s that you wish to view Note that support for AVI playback has been removed from the VCE PRO Instead use Windows Media Player to view AVI movies Player Control Image Size Full frame 1 2 frame 1 4 frame Path C Documents and Settings L Files Determines the size of the Player Dialog window and the playback image Changing from one scale to another automatically updates the Player Dialog window and image size This text field allows you to enter the name of the folder or directory containing the image file s Clicking on the box will cause a Windows browse box to appear This box lists all of the image files either BMP or JPG that are in the folder selected under Path Note that AVI files are not listed Page 45 of 54 Rewind Step Backwards Play Step Forward Fast Forward Stop J Displays a series of images one after another in rapid reverse order starting from the curren
6. 5 1 5 2 Wait for the system to prompt you with a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next Left click Next to continue The following message will appear Page 24 of 54 5 3 54 5 5 5 6 Digital Signature Not Found 1 E x The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Video Capture Card If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation 1 No More Info Click Yes to continue Insert Disk Please insert the Compact Disc labeled Imper amp card installation disk into your CD ROM drive and then click OK DE You can also click OK if you want files to be copied from an alternate location such as a floppy disk or a network server Click then either enter or browse to C Program Files ImperX VCE Pro Drivers WDM Click OK This
7. BMP files assembled into a single AVI file This choice is not available if JPEG was chosen as the Image Format Clicking on this button causes the AVI Video Clip Settings dialog window to open AVI Video Clip Settings File Name Path Filename C Documents and SettingssjohnsDesktopimages CJ Capture Capture 30 Frames per Second C Limit number of frames to 0 Y C Use trigger Trigger behaviour Trigger while low Display Freeze preview window while capturing Text Overlay C Insert Date and Time Insert Text Message Position Path Filename Same as in Single Frames Capture Limits the frame rate of the recorded movie Frames per Second Compression Allows you to choose between a variety of compressor implementations and options Clicking on this button causes the Video Compression dialog window to open Page 39 of 54 Video Compression Cornpressor Cinepak Codec by Fiadius v Cancel Compression Quality 100 lt Configure ZA About Compressor This pull down menu lists several different implementations of AVI compressors Each has its own set of configuration options Compression Lets you trade off quality versus file size Quality The higher the quality the larger the file size and the lower the quality the smaller the file size OK Clicking on this causes the entries made to the variou
8. SDRAM will buffer a single frame s worth of data supporting a maximum frame size of 8 million pixels frame The SDRAMs are managed by an independent pair of controllers implemented in the FPGA supporting concurrent operation The two SDRAMs are utilized in a ping pong fashion such that while one is being filled with new pixel data the other is being emptied via DMA into host memory The DMA engine is responsible for reading formatted pixel data from the on board SDRAM devices and transferring them into host memory via the Cardbus interface An intelligent scatter gather method is utilized providing for an efficient use of the Cardbus bandwidth The use of non contiguous 4Kbyte buffers provides support for the Windows operating system s memory allocation model Page 9 of 54 FPGA The heart of the VCE PRO is a dense Field Programmable Gate Array FPGA This FPGA implements all of the functions related to video data capture storage and DMA The firmware contents of the FPGA can be upgraded while in the field by following the instruction outlined in Section 3 of this document entitled Firmware Upgrade from Web Site In System Programming The VCE PRO design supports ISP programming during operation This capability is useful when the FPGA code needs to be upgraded and the unit is at a remote customer location The programming is accomplished using a JamPlayer utility which runs on the host PC The JamPlayer utility dow
9. VCE PRO Video Capture Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 2 12 Click Continue Anyway to continue 2 13 When Click Finish to close the wizard appears Left click on Finish 2 14 This completes the installation for Windows XP To install the WDM driver for Windows 2000 2 15 Wait for the system to prompt you with a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box Page 19 of 54 2 16 Left click Next to continue The following message will 2 17 2 18 219 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next appear Digital Signature Not Found The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows VCE
10. card must be installed to perform the following steps Steps 2 8 through 2 14 are for Windows XP For Windows 2000 go to Step 2 15 2 8 Wait for the system to prompt you with a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 2 0 Under certain conditions the following message may appear Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows wil search for cunert aed updated software by looking on pour computer on the hardware installation CD on the Windows Update Web site vith pour permission Fead cur privacy policy Can Windows connect 10 Windows Update to search for soltwxe Yes this me only Yes now and every time connect device Q No not this tine Click Next to cortinue If this message appears click No not this time then Next Page 18 of 54 2 10 When the following message appears select Install the software automatically Recommended then left click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for VCE PRO Video Capture Card your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 2 11 For Windows XP the following message will appear Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware
11. saved in Selecting JPEG activates a compression slider Best Quality provides the least compression while Smallest File provides the most compression Determines the size of the display window and the captured image Changing from one scale to another scale automatically updates the display window and image size Selecting Custom causes another dialog box to pop up with fields that allow the user to specify an arbitrary width and height for the image Determines how when and where images are recorded to disk Three choices are provided Single Frames Series of Frames and AVI Video Clicking on each option opens a new dialog window providing additional options Single Frames Select this option when you wish to record one frame only Clicking on this button causes the Single Frame Settings dialog window to open Page 34 of 54 Single Frame Settings File Name Path Filename C Documents and Settingss amp dministratorSDesktopNvce P Text Overlay C Insert Date and Time C Insert Text Message Position Path Filename Text Overlay Accept Cancel This text field allows you to provide a path and filename for the recorded image file Clicking on the box will cause a Windows browse box to appear The user can then browse to a folder and enter a file name The filename extension BMP or JPG will automatically be added depending on the image format chosen and ther
12. 0 Start Capture Page 33 of 54 Image Control These sliders allow the user to control the brightness contrast hue and saturation of the image Reset causes all sliders to revert back to their default settings xx Brightness Moving the slider up increases brightness causing more white while moving it down decreases brightness causing less white Contrast Moving the slider up increases contrast causing greater differences 9 e Hue between dark and light while moving the slider down decreases contrast causing fewer differences between dark and light Moving the slider up increases hue causing an increase in the intensity of Red and Yellow while moving the slider down causes an increase in the intensity of Blue and Green Saturation Moving the slider up increases saturation causing white to be Input Color Carrier Level Color Settings Image Format Image Size Capture Options removed from the colors while moving the slider down decreases saturation causing white to be added to the colors This selection informs the VCE PRO of the strength on the incoming color signal If the input signal s strength is low due to a worn VCR head or excessive cabling then set this field to Low otherwise set it to Normal Specifies the video mode as either monochrome or color When recording images to disk this option selects the format BMP or JPEG that the image will be
13. 3 CHAPTER 6 SPECIFICATIONS ieeeeeos ease ed Va se oo 54 Page 3 of 54 Illustrations Figure 1 V CE PRO Block Diagrami ohne ea iet eniti epe 8 Figure 2 EEPROM Programming In 10 Figure 3 VCE PRO video mating plug eseseeseeseseeeeeeeeeeee tee e E tenter tette treten tnnt retenta 49 Figure 4 VCE PRO External Trigger mating plug 51 Figure External trigger SCheniatiC oret n ceo e eoo te eI IU e ed 52 Tables Table I Video decoder pixel data sts aee o De te er eit i rte oes 9 Table 2 VCE PRO Image data mapping into 1 9 Table 3 VCE PRO F Connector Pin out essen eene enne enne trennt teet 50 Table 4 Cardbus Connector Pin out 53 Page 4 of 54 Introduction This chapter outlines the key features of the Imperx VCE PRO card Page 5 of 54 Functionality Interfaces VCE PRO The VCE ANCB frame grabber is a TYPE II PC Card with both an analog video interface and Cardbus interface It provides the ability to capture analog NTSC PAL video data from either a CVBS or S Video source and transfer that data to host memory via a Cardbus PCI interface Provides two composite or S Video inputs Captures video data from standard NTSC PAL or SECAM analog sources for
14. For example If 2 Digit Number is selected then the files will be named as 00 bmp 01 bmp 99 bmp 100 bmp 101 bmp etc If 4 Digit Number is selected then the files will be named as 0000 bmp 0001 bmp 9999 10000 bmp 10001 bmp etc Allows you to control how often an image is captured Use this feature to take snapshots at regular intervals in order to create a time lapse series of images Allows you to control the rate at which frames are captured in terms of frames per second Allows you to limit the duration of the recording by the amount of time specified This option is Page 37 of 54 Limit number of frames to Freeze preview window while capturing Text Overlay Accept Cancel mutually exclusive with the Limit number of frame to option Allows you to limit the duration of the recording by the number of frames specified This option is mutually exclusive with the Limit capture time to option When selected will stop the live image in the main window from updating during capture otherwise the image will remain live Selecting this option improves capture performance i e the number of frames per second stored to disk Same as in Single Frames Same as in Single Frames Same as in Single Frames Page 38 of 54 AVI Video Select this option when you wish to create an AVI movie file An AVI movie is a series of
15. PRO Video Capture Card If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation E No More Info Click Yes to continue Please insert the Compact Disc labeled Imper amp card installation disk into your CD ROM drive and then click DK VE You can also click OK if you want files to be copied from an alternate location such as a floppy disk or a network server Click then either enter or browse to C Program Files ImperX V CE Pro Drivers WDM Click OK This completes the installation for Windows 2000 Page 20 of 54 Software Upgrade from Web Site New application and or driver software may be released periodically to reflect improvements and or functionality added to the VCE PRO You can retrieve these updates by visiting the download page of our web site at http www imperx com frame grabbers pcmcia analog vce pro downloads php Use the following steps to install newly released application software 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 Uninstall all application files by following the instructions in step 1 of the Software Installation from CD section Download the VCE PRO Installer exe file from the Imperx web site to a new folder on your PC we will use the folder C new_VCE PRO as an examp
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17. an be sized and moved to suit your needs When image viewing is active the size of this window will automatically be scaled as a function of the incoming video signal i e NTSC or PAL X ImperX VCE PRO File Grabber Camera ControlPanel Help File Clicking on this item reveals a pull down menu with two options Player and Exit Player This option opens the Player Dialog and Player Control windows Exit Clicking on this option causes the program to terminate Grabber Clicking on this item reveals a pull down menu with a Refresh option and a list of PCMCIA slots populated with VCE PRO cards Refresh Clicking on this option causes the program to search all slots and update the list of installed VCE PRO cards Page 29 of 54 Slot List If a single VCE PRO is installed then only Slot 0 will appear If two VCE PRO cards are installed then both Slot 0 and Slot 1 will appear The user can select which card is to be active by clicking on the appropriate slot number Camera Clicking on this item reveals a pull down menu with the following options Interlace Select this item if the video source is interlaced Composite1 Select this item if the video source is a composite signal and is connected to channel 1 Composite2 Select this item if the video source is a composite signal and is connected to channel 2 S Video1 Select this item if the video source is an S Video signa
18. completes the installation for Windows 2000 Page 25 of 54 Firmware Upgrade from Web Site Your newly received VCE PRO card has been programmed in the factory with the latest firmware prior to shipping New firmware however may be released periodically to reflect improvements and or functionality added to the VCE PRO FPGA You can retrieve these updates by visiting the download page of our web site at http www imperx com frame grabbers pcmcia analog vce pro downloads php Use the following steps to install newly released firmware 1 2 Download and unzip the firmware patch zip to a folder on your PC we will use C fw_patch as an example If you haven t previously installed the JamPCI drivers then Left mouse click on to Start Run enter patch loadsys bat and click OK Wait until Press any key to continue message appears Press any key to exit batch file Insert the VCE PRO card into the laptop Note that if your system has two PCMCIA slots then you must insert the card into the slot in which it was placed during the original driver installation If the system prompts you with a New Hardware Found dialog box press Cancel Note DO NOT POWER DOWN OR REMOVE CARD WHILE PROGRAMMING IS IN PROGRESS Left mouse click on Start Run enter patch VCE PRO patch x y bat and click OK Note that x_y refers to the revision number i e 2 0 Wait until Press any key to c
19. ecting the VCE PRO package When you unpack your VCE PRO package you should visually inspect all of its contents If something is missing or damaged contact your Imperx representative Package contents You should have received the following items e The VCE PRO PCMCIA card e A phono plug to S Video cable VCE PRO e A 15 pin plug to S Video cable VCE PRO F e An S Video to RCA cable e ACD with the VCE PRO software suite e A Quick Start installation guide e User s Manual this document Page 12 of 54 Y Hardware Installation Installing the VCE PRO card is as simple as plugging it into an available PCMCIA slot on your computer Page 13 of 54 ineo Software Installation This chapter explains how to install the VCE PRO software Software Suite The VCE PRO software suite consists of the following files Windows 2000 and XP application files located in c Program_Files ImperX VCE Pro AMCap exe DirectX sample application 1120 4 Intel JPEG encoding decoding library vceancb chm VCE PRO help file VCEANCB exe VCE PRO main application VCEANCB dll VCE PRO library Windows 2000 and XP driver files located in FilesumperX WV CE Pro Drivers WDM IpxInstDrv exe Driver installer program vceancb sys VCE PRO Win2000 XP driver file vceancb inf VCE PRO Win2000 XP driver info file WDM Streaming DirectX files located in c Pr
20. efore you do not need to include the filename extension Enabling Insert Date and Time automatically places the date and time on each image recorded Date and time formats are the same as those used on your computer Enabling Insert Text Message allows you to enter a text string to be automatically overlayed on each image recorded Clicking on Position causes a pull down menu to appear which defines the placement position of the date time text message within the image Available options include Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center and Bottom Right Clicking on this causes the entries made to the various fields to be accepted and then closes the Single Frame Settings dialog window Clicking on this causes the entries made to the various fields to be rejected and then closes the Single Frame Settings dialog window Page 35 of 54 Series of Frames Select this option when you wish to record multiple frames Clicking on this button causes the Series of Frames Settings dialog window to open Series of Frames Settings File Name Path Filename C Documents and 5 Append to filename Date and Time 3 Digit Number 5 Digit Number 2 Digit Number 4 Digit Number 6 Digit Number Capture Hours Minutes Seconds Capture every Capture at 30 4 frames per second 01
21. ext 4 3 When the following message appears select Install the software automatically Recommended then left click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for VCE PRO Video Capture Card your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 4 4 For XP when the following message appears left click Continue Anyway Page 23 of 54 4 5 4 6 After having successfully installed the newly released application software use the following steps to install a newly released WDM Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware VCE PRO Video Capture Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation When Click Finish to close the wizard appears Left click on Finish This completes the installation for Windows XP driver for Windows 2000
22. he VCE PRO s connectors Page 48 of 54 Video Connector There are two versions of the VCE PRO the VCE PRO which utilizes stereo phono jacks and the VCE PRO F which utilizes a 15 pin i o connector VCE PRO The analog video interface for the VCE PRO card consists of two 2 5mm stereo phono jacks one per video channel The pin out for the mating phono plug is illustrated in Figure 3 Each phone jack provides three signals CVBS Y A composite signal or the luminance component of an S Video signal A chrominance component of S Video signal Chassis GND A shield ground signal 2 5mm Stereo Plug C Connects to pin 2 of the Jack CVBS Y Connects to pin of the Jack GND Connects to pin 1 of the Jack Figure 3 VCE PRO video mating plug Page 49 of 54 VCE PRO F The analog video interface for the VCE PRO F is a surface mount right angle 15 position female connector The pins are used for analog video and trigger inputs as indicated in Table 3 Pin Signal 1 ANALOG GND 2 ANALOG GND 3 50 0 4 ANALOG 5 ANALOG GND 6 VBSI YI 7 ANALOG GND 8 ANALOG GN 9 10 ANALOG GND 11 12 DIGITAL GN 13 Trigger_In 14 Trigger_In 15 DIGITAL GND Table 3 VCE PRO F Connector Pin out Page 50 of 54 External Trigger Connector VCE PRO The external trigger for the VCE PRO card consists of a 3 5mm female stereo phono jack The pin out for the mating phono plug is illustra
23. ith the PC Card Release 8 0 specification This interface provides a single function as defined in the Cardbus specification The design does not support any memory mapped or I O mapped peripherals on card Access to the VCE PRO s SDRAM devices is achieved through DMA operations that move the data from the SDRAM into host memory The host cannot directly access the contents of the SDRAM The design supports host access into configuration registers registers local registers and CIS data via configuration space accesses Page 7 of 54 A functional block diagram of the VCE PRO card is illustrated in Figure 1 5 1 Syoepr ououd 091915 uo Y UOISIOA J Oud 32A 0 SL EN OOOOOOO 9 OA OSEAD SLLZVVS sdiliud 10 99 0q Jeb6uL ueisyos 92 01 6G O O gt WOoudaa 5 5 5 Y y O 0 05 ozr 8 962 498 00LxLd3 pC d 5 r C WO r so 19d 19 26 8 95 UO D O 06 98 06 v58 O ZEXINY 1 5 o
24. l and is connected to input 1 S Video2 Select this item if the video source is an S Video signal and is connected to input 2 Input Window Select this item to reveal the Input acquistion window dialog This dialog allow the user to adjust the VCE PRO s video acquisition parameters to agree with that of the attached video source Some video sources produce extra black columns or rows that the user may wish to remove from the image There are two ways to remove these extraneous pixels manually using the Input window definition parameters or automatically using the Auto Crop feature Input acquisition window Input window definition xOffset 0 vOffset 0 xAdive 704 56 Default Auto Crop Threshold 0 AutoCrop Page 30 of 54 Input window definition Allows you to manually crop the image xOffset xActive yOffset yActive Preview Default This field allows you to define the starting horizontal pixel in each row and thereby delete any leading left most columns in the image This field allows you to define the number of pixels in each row to be displayed starting from the pixel defined in xOffset and thereby delete any trailing right most columns in the image This field allows you to define the starting vertical row and thereby delete any leading top most rows in the image This field allows you to define the number of rows to be displayed starting f
25. le Left mouse click on Start Run enter or browse to C new_VCE PRO VCE PRO_Installer exe Left mouse click on Open then OK Follow the on screen instructions For XP when the following message appears left click Continue Anyway Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware VCE PRO Streaming Device has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Page 21 of 54 For Windows 2000 when the following message appears click Yes Digital Signature Not Found 3 The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Streaming Device If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you
26. lling edge from high voltage present to low voltage absent Limit capture Same as in Series of Frames time to Limit number Same as in Series of Frames of frames to Save all frames Causes frames captured as a result of multiple to same folder trigger events to be saved to the same folder If this is not selected then a new folder will automatically be created with each trigger event Freeze preview as in Series of Frames window while capturing Text Overlay Same as in Series of Frames Accept Same as in Series of Frames Cancel Same as in Series of Frames Page 43 of 54 Start Stop Grab Start Stop Capture Hide This button will toggle between Start Grab and Stop Grab every time the user clicks on it Clicking on Start Grab enables the VCE PRO s engine and causes the main window to display live images received from the camera Clicking on Stop Grab disables the DMA engine and causes the display to freeze This button will toggle between Start Capture and Stop Capture every time the user clicks on it Clicking on Start Capture starts the process of recording the images to disk The options set in the Capture Options field determine what how and when actual recording is performed Clicking on Stop Capture causes recording to stop Clicking on this option causes the control panel dialog to close To reopen
27. low the user to select the image scaling factor The image scaling factor determines the size of the display window and the captured image Changing from one scale to another scale automatically updates the display window and image size Clicking on this item reveals a pull down menu with two options About and Help Manual Clicking on this option causes version information to be displayed including release identifiers for the application software library driver and firmware This information should be provided to Imperx technical support personnel during a service call Clicking on this option causes an interactive point and click style help manual to be displayed The help manual provides a summary description of all GUI controls and fields Page 32 of 54 Control Panel This dialog is invoked by clicking on Show panel under the Control Panel item in the top level menu The Control Panel dialog allows the user to program the operating parameters of the VCE PRO card and gives the user complete control over image viewing and storage The window can be moved anywhere around the screen to suit your needs Control Panel Image Control sar aol ele Input color carrier level O Normal 9 Low Color Settings Monochrome O Color Image Format BMP JPEG Capture Options Single Frames 1 2 frame 384x288 1 4 frame 192 144 Custom 640 48
28. mats this data and stores it into local SDRAM Retrieves the formatted data from the SDRAM and transfers it into host memory via scatter gather DMA over the Cardbus Provides a hardware based scaler function which can scale the image size to 100 50 25 or a user defined scaling factor Since the scaling is performed on the card less Cardbus bandwidth is required to transfer the image to host memory VCE PRO is capable of saving images to disk as either BMP JPEG or AVI files Provides an internal triggering capability that can qualify image capture based on time as specified by the user Provides an external triggering capability that can qualify image capture based on external signals Automatically overlays the captured image with a date stamp time stamp or user text Provides adjustable image brightness contrast hue and saturation Analog interface The VCE PRO provides two CVBS composite or two S Video inputs using either a set of stereo phono jacks model VCE PRO or a 15 pin connector model VCE PRO F Page 6 of 54 PCMCIA CardBus interface The VCE PRO card complies with the TYPE II PC Card package dimensions as defined in the PC Card Release 8 0 Standard The VCE PRO includes a 30mm x 10mm extension area used to house the stereo phono jack connectors The VCE PRO F version does not include the extension area The VCE PRO provides a 33 MHz 32 bit PCI Master Target interface Cardbus compliant w
29. nds Capture every 00 00 T 00 a Trigger behaviour Trigger on rising edge v 33 Limit number of frames to C Save all frames to same folder Display C Freeze preview window while capturing Text Overlay C Insert Date and Time C Insert Text Message Position ze Path Filename Same as in Series of Frames Append to Same as in Series of Frames filename Capture every Same as in Series of Frames Trigger This drop down box allows the user to specify the behavior conditions of the external trigger necessary to start image capture Note that all triggers work in conjunction with Limit capture time to and Limit Page 42 of 54 number of frames to If you do not want these settings to affect the trigger then set them to zero Trigger while high Trigger while low Trigger an rising edge Triager falling Trigger Start capturing images when the trigger is while high high voltage present and continue capturing images until the trigger goes low voltage absent Trigger Start capturing images when the trigger is while low low voltage absent and continue capturing images until the trigger goes high voltage present Trigger on Start capturing images when the trigger goes rising edge from low voltage absent to high voltage present Trigger on Start capturing images when the trigger goes fa
30. nloads a new FPGA image into the EEPROM via the Cardbus interface The FPGA provides a set of I O pins which are connected to the EEPROM s JTAG interface The JamPlayer utility toggles these I O pins which are mapped into a register in configuration space and thus can communicate with the EEPROM s JTAG controller and affect a programming operation vo VO Cardbus Interface y o FPGA Connector w JamPlayer TCK TCK TS Configuration TMS Not 8 Used TDO TDO VCE PRO Card Figure 2 EEPROM Programming In System Page 10 of 54 What you need to get started To begin using the VCE PRO card you need the following A computer with a PCMCIA slot that is Cardbus compliant Microsoft Windows XP or 2000 software A computer with a relatively up to date Cardbus to PCI chipset sometimes referred to as a Cardbus Controller You can determine which chipset your laptop uses by looking in Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager PCMCIA Adapters These chipsets are recommended because they generally offer better performance in terms of DMA transfer rates TI PCI 1520 TI PCI 4510 These chipsets are discouraged because of their poor DMA performance O2 Micro OZ6912 TI PCI 1225 A computer with at least 256M bytes of RAM A CD drive and a hard disk on which to install the VCE PRO software Page 11 of 54 Insp
31. ntrol Panel 1 4 Double left mouse click on Add or Remove Programs 1 5 Left mouse click on Video Capture Essentials Professional 1 6 Left mouse click on Remove Tof If the VCE PRO InstallShield Wizard pops up do the following If not go to step 1 8 Left mouse click on Remove Click Next Click Yes Click Finish 1 8 Left mouse click on Yes 1 9 Left mouse click on Close 2 After having removed a previous version or if a version of VCE PRO was NOT previously installed on this machine then The first step is to install the application files 2 1 Insert the CD into the appropriate drive the setup exe file will run automatically Note If it does not start automatically left mouse click on to Start Run enter or browse to CD drive setup exe and click OK 2 2 Wait for the VCE PRO InstallShield Wizard screen to appear 2 3 Follow the on screen instructions 2 4 For Windows XP the following message will appear Page 16 of 54 Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware VCE PRO Streaming Device has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly rec
32. ogram_Files ImperX VCE Pro Drivers DirectX install ks txt WDM Streaming installation instructions instvcecbks exe WDM Streaming installation program IpxInstDrv exe Driver installer program VceAncbKs ax WDM Streaming driver s properties plugin Vcecbks inf VCE PRO WDM Streaming info file Vcecbks sys VCE PRO WDM Streaming driver Vcecbsks inf VCE PRO WDM Streaming info file Page 14 of 54 Documentation files located in c Program_Files ImperX VCE Pro Doc VCE PRO_Users_Manual pdf User manual document VCE PRO_Spec pdf Technical datasheet History_drv txt WDM driver change description file History_ks txt KS driver change description file History_app txt Application change description file Note that our VCE PRO application program was created using our SDK software developers kit Our SDK is a separately purchased product and is not included in the standard VCE PRO software suite that comes with the card For more information on the SDK please visit our web site at http www imperx com sdk index php or call us toll free at 1 877 863 1654 Page 15 of 54 Software Installation from CD Use the following steps to install the VCE PRO software supplied on a CD 1 If a version of VCE PRO was previously installed on this machine then you must first remove it To remove the application files 1 1 Left mouse click on Start 1 2 Left mouse click on Settings 1 3 Left mouse click on Co
33. ommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation For Windows 2000 the following message will appear Digital Signature Not Found E x The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Streaming Device If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation Click Continue Anyway for XP Yes for 2000 When the following message appears choose if you would like to register online by left clicking on Yes or No Register on Imperx web site 9 Installation complete Please take a few moments to register your product on our web m site This will allow us to notify you when new software firmware releases become available Continue If you choose Yes follow the on screen instructions Page 17 of 54 2 7 When prompted select Yes I will restart my computer now After restarting the computer a New Hardware Found screen will come up the VCE PRO
34. ontinue message appears If line above it reads Exit code 0 Success then proceed with installation otherwise contact techsupport imperx com Press any key to exit batch file You must either reboot the PC or remove and then reinsert the VCE PRO card in order for the changes to take effect Page 26 of 54 Chapter d Using the VCE PRO This chapter contains information on how to configure and use the VCE PRO card Page 27 of 54 Launching Application Note Running the VCE PRO Application The VCEANCB exe program supplied with the VCE PRO card is a stand alone Windows based application It provides an easy to use graphical user interface GUI allowing the user to configure the VCE PRO card and to view record and playback video data received from the analog interfaces The application consists of a main window as well as Control Panel Player Control and Player Dialog windows To launch the VCE PRO application simply double left mouse click on the VCE PRO application icon on the desktop M application In the remainder of this chapter references to clicking on objects in the GUI refers to the left mouse button Page 28 of 54 Main Window When the VCEANCB exe program is executed a main window titled ImperX VCE PRO will appear The main window provides the primary area for viewing real time images received from the camera This window c
35. puts Image capture ends when logic 1 to logic 0 transition occurs on the trigger inputs While Low Image capture begins when a logic 0 signal is present on the trigger inputs Image capture ends when logic 0 to logic 1 transition occurs on the trigger inputs Electrical The external trigger input is optically isolated from the rest of the VCE Considerations hardware An internal 300 ohm series resistor is used to limit the input current The input signals TRIGGER IN and TRIGGER IN are used to connect to an external trigger source A logic 0 is considered positive voltage between TRIGGER IN and TRIGGER IN of Ov to 1 0v A logic 1 is considered a positive voltage between TRIGGER IN and TRIGGER IN of 4 0v to 5 0v 3 3V 43 3V sia C133 0 1uF A 0 tuF 10K X J8 D1 R63 300 9 3 TRIGGER IN 1 ano COL 4 21 ouT gt 4 X VIDEO_TRIGGER_L en TRIGGER IN BAS16LT1 z 1 2 3 Ho CAT EM U12 stereo phono jack HMHAA280 NC7SZ125 R65 100 w CAUTION NOTE Figure 5 External trigger schematic The maximum input current MUST NOT exceed 10mA or else damage may occur to the card Page 52 of 54 PCMCIA Cardbus Connector The Cardbus connector is a surface mount right angle 68 position female connector 1 5 f 84 42
36. rom the row defined in yOffset and thereby delete any trailing bottom most rows in the image Click on this button to see a preview of the image resulting from changing the above parameters Click this button to revert back to the default settings Auto Crop An algorithm performed by the VCE PRO software that scans an image from left to right right to left top to bottom and bottom to top looking for a transition in the pixel intensity from black to a threshold value It will then note the number of black pixels and adjust the xOffset xActive yOffset and yActive parameters accordingly Threshold This field allows you to define the threshold value to used by the Auto Crop algorithm AutoCrop Click on this button to execute the Auto Crop algorithm OK Click on this button to accept the changes and close this dialog Cancel Click on this button to ignore the changes and close this dialog Page 31 of 54 Control Panel Show panel Zoom Help About Help Manual Clicking on this item reveals a pull down menu with the following options Selecting this item causes the Control Panel dialog to appear When the Control Panel dialog is open the Show panel menu item changes to Hide panel Clicking on Hide panel causes the Control Panel dialog to close Alternatively you can enter lt Ctrl P gt to open or close the Control Panel dialog Reveals a pull down menu which al
37. s fields to be accepted and then closes the Video Compression dialog window Cancel Clicking on this causes the entries made to the various fields to be rejected and then closes the Video Compression dialog window Configure Provides additional configuration options that are specific to the type of compressor chosen About Provides version number information for the chosen compressor Limit number Allows you to limit the duration of the recording by of frames to the number of frames specified Use trigger Allows you to specify the external trigger as the event which controls AVI recording Trigger behavior Same as External Trigger Settings Page 40 of 54 Freeze preview Same as in Series of Frames window while capturing Limit number Allows you to limit the duration of the recording by of frames to the number of frames specified Text Overlay Same as in Single Frames Accept Same as in Single Frames Cancel Same as in Single Frames Page 41 of 54 External Trigger Select this option when you want the recording process to be Settings controlled by the state of the external trigger input External Trigger Settings File Name Path Filename C Documents and SettingssjohnD esktop images Append to filename Date and Time 3 Digit Number 5 Digit Number 2 Digit Number 4 Digit Number 6 Digit Number Capture Hours Minutes Seco
38. ted below 3 5mm Stereo Plug Trigger In Connects to pin 2 of the Jack Trigger In Connects to pin 3 of the Jack Figure 4 VCE PRO External Trigger mating plu VCE PRO F The external trigger of the VCE PRO F card utilizes pins on the 15 pin connector Pins 13 and 14 are used for the Trigger In and Trigger In signals respectively Functionality If external triggering is enabled the VCE PRO will use the state of the external trigger signal to qualify when to start and optionally end capturing video images to disk The VCE PRO will wait until the trigger condition as specified in the Trigger behavior field of the Trigger Capture Settings dialog has been satisfied before beginning to store video images to the disk It will stop storing video images on the disk when the programmed end condition has been met The following external trigger conditions can be specified Rising Edge Image capture begins when a logic 0 to logic 1 transition Occurs on the trigger inputs Image capture ends when limit number of frames to or limit time to has been met Page 51 of 54 Falling Edge Image capture begins when a logic 1 to logic 0 transition occurs on the trigger inputs Image capture ends when limit number of frames to or limit time to has been met While High Image capture begins when a logic 1 signal is present on the trigger in
39. tly selected file in the Player Control window s list to the first file in the list Displays the previous image file in the list Displays a series of images one after another starting from the currently selected file in the list Displays the next image file in the list Displays a series of images one after another in rapid forward order starting from the currently selected file to the last file in the list Halts current playback Page 46 of 54 Close Player Dialog The Player Dialog window appears when the user selects the Player item under the File pull down menu at the top of the VCE PRO main window The Player Dialog window provides the primary area for viewing playback of pre recorded images This window can be moved anywhere around the screen to suit your needs The size of the window and image is determined by the size of the image file selected in the Player Control window and can be scaled using the Image Size option For example if the user selects an image file that was produced by a NTSC camera then the Full frame window size will be 640x480 In this example selecting 1 2 frame produces a window size of 320x240 and selecting 14 frame produces a size of 160x120 Player Dialog Closes the Player Control and Player Dialog windows Page 47 of 54 Y Electrical Interfaces This chapter contains information on t
40. want to continue the installation No More Info 37 When the following message appears choose if you would like to register online by left clicking on Yes or No Register on Imperx web site Installation complete Please take a few moments to register your product on our web 2 site This will allow us to notify you when new software firmware releases become available Continue If you choose Yes follow the on screen instructions 3 8 When prompted select Yes want to restart my computer now and left click Finish After having successfully installed the newly released application software use the following steps to install a newly released WDM driver for Windows XP for Windows 2000 go to step 5 4 1 Wait for the system to prompt you with a New Hardware Found dialog box 4 2 Under certain conditions the following message may appear Page 22 of 54 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows wil search for curent and updated softwere by looking on pour computer on the hardware installation CD or an the Werdows Update Web site vith pour permission Fead cur policy Can Windows connect 10 Windows Update to search for soltvare 9 Yes this tine only Yes now and every time connect a device Q No not this fime Click Next to continue If this message appears click No not this time then N
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