Laboptix DCM130 User Manual
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1. and double click on BG cause IN DCT210 USB2 0 nn AUTORUN EXE Te A The following screen will be displayed Click on the DCM130 USB2 0 button to install the drivers and software for your camera model Please follow the on screen instructions If you are asked by Windows for the drivers instruct Windows to look for the drivers on the supplied CD If Windows questions the drivers currently being installed select Continue Anyway Once the drivers have been installed click on the MiniSee and ScopePhoto buttons to install the accompanying software applications Please follow the on screen instructions You are now ready to connect and use your camera You can use any of the supplied software to capture view through your microscope Once software installation is complete the following icons will be added to your computer s no etAMCAP MiniSee ScopePhoto Desktop Software The Laboptix DCM130 camera comes with three different software applications that will enable you to capture and view images via your computer running Windows 2000 XP or later These are etAMCAP MiniSee and ScopePhoto etAMCAP The etAMCAP software offers full camera control and enables the capture and real time viewing of visual targets through a microscope on a PC running Windows 2000 or XP Video Proc Amplifier Controls e xBrightness e Contrast e Saturation e Sharpness e Gamma Video Image Controls e CRT LCD output e Light Modes2. DCM130 1 3MP Colour Camera LabOptix Sia Contents CONE 1G saka aaaea aaa aaaeaii iaaa IMIFOGUCHON PEE EE nn nn an Box CONN aaa AA ALA AGA Software Stalin SOTEW ARE aii CLAMCAP camaanagnanianaunanananananganagnana anag RRA MINS Sucia SCOPEPNOIO INIKOQUCHON nnaman na Camera PenoimanG ee Laboptix DCM130 1 3MP USB2 0 Digital Camera Specification 11 2 2 20 OPTICSTAR Opticstar Ltd Vantage House 26A Northenden Road Sale Cheshire M33 3BR United Kingdom Tel 44 0 161 969 9008 Web www opticstar com Email info opticstar com Introduction The DCM130 colour camera employs a newly designed optical system of fully MTF modulation Transfer Function coated optics for improved image flatness and contrast This results to brighter images of higher contrast even at the periphery of the field of view The DCM130 has been specifically designed for microscope use and matches the specific characteristics of such optical instruments The camera will produce images of higher quality especially when combined with a plan achromatic objectives system DCM130 has a wide field which matches microscope s field of view 18mm The DCM130 is USB2 0 compatible for maximum speed and will not operate with the significantly slower USB1 1 ports The camera is simple to operate via the supplied suite of software The camera can be used with a number of microscopes i e monocular head binocular head or trinocula
3. Fluorescent 50Hz 60Hz Incandescent Daylight in outside e White balance Manual Auto e Image Flip Horizontal Vertical e Exposure Manual Auto Dark ON OFF Video Stream Formats e Colour Space Compression 1 1420 640x480 160x120 176x144 329x240 352x288 e Colour Space Compression 2 YUY2 1280x1024 640x480 160x120 176x144 329x240 352x288 Capture Controls e Set Frame Rate down to 1 frame per second e Set Time Limit MiniSee MiniSee is a powerful easy to use image browser capture tool and viewer specially designed for microscopes and other optical instruments MiniSee is several tools in one An Image Browser lets you efficiently find and organize your images The Image Viewer lets you view the detail of image features one by one with ease The Image Viewer also provides several basic image manipulation functions The Image Capture Window lets you capture images and video from within MiniSee offering full access to the etAMCAP application from within MiniSee ScopePhoto Introduction ScopePhoto is an image processing software package including that has been designed to take advantage of your camera Except the basic image file and image processing operations ScopePhoto has the following features especially designed for the scientific analysis of captured images through the camera or other image capture devices The main functions of the ScopePhoto are listed below 1 Image archival with data attachment PTL f
4. erformance of your camera Decreasing the resolution below 1280x1024 would also increase frame rates Laboptix DCM130 1 3MP USB2 0 Digital Camera Specification DCM130 1 3MP Colour Imager Image sensor 1 2 CMOS of 1 3M pixels colour Pixel Size 5 2um X 5 2um Dynamic Range gt 62dB MAX Resolution Still 1280 X 1008 MAX resolution 15 frame sec at 640 X 480 8 frames sec at 1280 x 1024 motion View field Inscribed rectangle of 18 mm Usage Microscopy File format BMP TIFF JPG PICT PTL etc Exposure Automatic Shutter control Automatic Interface USB2 0 hot plug and thrust 1 5m USB cable System requirement Windows 2000 XP USB cable Software etAMCAP drivers MiniSee ScopePhoto full version optional Weight 4 8 oz without eyepiece adapter Camera size Cylindrical shape 52 mm diameter Camera body Blackened metal body Accessories 2 x 1 25 short long adapters OPTICSTAR Opticstar Ltd Vantage House 26A Northenden Road Sale Cheshire M33 3BR United Kingdom Tel 44 0 161 969 9008 Web www opticstar com Email info opticstar com
5. ormat other formats are also supported Image capture through VFW and Twain interfaces Image cut amp paste from image to image image to file Image basic operations in the Image menu will adjust the image a oO N Image layer operations specially designed for measurement operations Layer techniques are used to separate the measured results that can be placed in different layers 6 Image processing filters for noise reduction and enhancement Image enhancement filters edge enhancement filters morphology operation filters Also user defined kernel filter includes convolution and morphological filters 7 Image arithmetic operation between image and image image and digital number Including AND OR XOR NAND NOR NOT Add Subtract Multiply Divide Absolute Min Max Average Invert Logarithm Exponential Square Root Square X to the power of Y operation 8 Image pseudo colour range segmentation operations are also included in the application 9 Image zoom and pan operations Camera Performance The Laboptix DCM130 camera is capable of high update rates even when used with slower computers However frame rates still depend on the PC that the camera is connected to The frame rate will increase if you use a computer with a faster processor or with a faster disk subsystem To increase performance on slower computers you may need to disable any anti virus spy ware and ad ware software as these may affect the p
6. r head The DCM130 can be inserted directly into the ocular tube or the photo tube With the 30mm 30 5mm adaptors included it will also work with a stereo microscope The design also ensures very good colour reproduction delivering true colour Colour Space Compression 1420 640x480 160x120 176x144 329x240 352x288 YUY2 1280x1024 640x480 160x120 176x144 329x240 352x288 Box Contents The DCM130 camera package includes 1 DCM130 Camera 23mm nosepiece with 1 5m USB cable 2 30mm and 30 5mm adaptors 3 Printed start up guide 4 CD o etAMCAP software o MiniSee V1 software o ScopePhoto V2 software Additional information and manuals documents can be found on the supplied CD Software installation Before you start please make certain that 1 Your Laboptix DCM130 camera is not connected to your computer 2 Your computer has a USB2 0 port 3 Your computer runs Windows 2000 or Windows XP 4 Stop any virus killer software or similar as they may affect the installation process Such software can also seriously degrade the speed at which the camera operates when imaging and especially when saving real time video to disk Please place the CD that came with your camera in the CD drive The CD should auto run and present a mm A number of options Pal 0 d DCT35 USB2 0 Ly a DCM130 USB1 0 5 HR DCM130 USB2 0 If the installer does not start automatically go to the Kabi o KY ma appropriate CD ROM drive
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