User Manual
Version 01.02.0
The Vision Range of Video Capture Cards
Page 1: ...User Manual Version 01 02 0 The Vision Range of Video Capture Cards ...
Page 2: ...ntroduction 2 Chapter 3 VisionRGB E1 E1S 3 Chapter 4 VisionRGB E2 E2S 13 Chapter 5 VisionRGB X2 22 Chapter 6 VisionSD8 32 Chapter 7 VisionSD4 1 SD4 1S 40 Chapter 8 VisionSDI2 50 Chapter 9 VisionDVI DL 59 Chapter 10 Datapath Limited 65 Chapter 11 Index 67 ...
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Page 4: ...roadcasting digital signage and machine vision TheVisionDVI DL supports Dual Link DVI ideal for display wall controllers broadcasting machine vision Acquire SDI camera outputs and advanced medical applications TheWindows software provided with the cards allows the signal to be captured and displayed on your desktop or recorded and saved to your hard drive Windows Media Encoder may also be used to ...
Page 5: ...tions However there is no guaran tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful inter ference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the s...
Page 6: ...GB E1 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class A Digital Device Supplementary Information This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas urement procedures specified in the Standards Specifications listed above and as indicated in the measurement report number 7G0507GUS3 Representative Persons Name Tony Jones Operations Di...
Page 7: ...to 2048 x 1536 The data is stored in a 32MB frame buffer on the card in real time The data is transferred using PCI bus master DMA with scatter gather The data can be transferred to system memory or to off screen memory on a Datapath graphics card Models VisionRGB E1 A single channel PCIe x4 low profile capture card Data transfer rate 480MB s VisionRGB E1S A single channel PCIe x4 low profile capt...
Page 8: ...he source signal PixelTransfer Formats RGB 5 5 5 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 pixels YUV 4 2 2 modes UYVY YUY2 orYVYU MONO 8bit Update Rate User defined captured frame rate will match the source providing max data rate 480MB s VisionRGB E1 650MB s VisionRGBE1s is not exceeded Triple buffered to eliminate tearing artifacts Video Format Options Analog RGB plus HSync andVSync 5 wire Analog RGB with Composite Sync ...
Page 9: ...c material Please keep the card in its packaging until you are ready to install It is recommended that you do not discard the packing box until you are completely satisfied with theVisionRGB E1 E1S capture card and it is fully installed and working correctly We also recom mend that you make a note of the serial number of the card in a prominent place before the card is plugged into the computer Th...
Page 10: ...t will be irreparably damaged when the system is powered up and the warranty will be void Remove the card from its packaging and secure it firmly into the empty PCIe slot Extreme care should be taken when securing the card into the slot as some motherboards may have components that impede the siting of the card Screw the card bracket to the back panel of the PC and replace the cover Re connect all...
Page 11: ...e illustration below shows the jumper link settings for up to 32 cards in a single system When two cards have the same link settings their order is determined by the PCI bus DirectShow If you change the link ordering after installation you must run dplinks exe This program will update the existing input names used by theWindows DirectShow interface To run the dplinks program open the Run by clicki...
Page 12: ...ilities thereby enabling a system to identify the type of monitor that is attached The graphics device installed on your machine will see the card as a monitor and will expect to receive the EDID data from the card However in rare circumstances it may be necessary that theVisionRGB E1 E1S does not report an EDID of any kind In this instance EDID support can be disabled by removing link LK3 on theV...
Page 13: ...ath products TheVisionRGB E1 E1S captures the data and stores it in an on board video buffer This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display storage or streaming When a Datapath graphics card is used theVisionRGB E1 E1S transfers the data directly to the graph ics card thereby increasing performance TheVisionRGB E1 E1S sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each di...
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Page 15: ...ons How ever there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equip ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the sep...
Page 16: ...E2 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class A Digital Device Supplementary Information This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas urement procedures specified in the Standards Specifications listed above and as indicated in the measurement report number 7G0507GUS3 Representative Persons Name Tony Jones Operations Direc...
Page 17: ...ted HDCP not supported DVI up to 1920 x 1200 RGB VGA up to 2048 x 1536 The data is stored in a 32MB frame buffer on the card in real time The data is transferred using PCI bus master DMA with scatter gather The data can be transferred to system memory or to off screen memory on a Datapath graphics card Models VisionRGB E2 E2S A dual channel PCIe x4 low profile capture card 15 ...
Page 18: ...ignal PixelTransfer Formats RGB 5 5 5 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 pixels YUV 4 2 2 modes UYVY YUY2 orYVYU MONO 8bit Update Rate User defined captured frame rate will match the source providing max data rate 480MB s VisionRGB E2 650MB s VisionRGBE2S is not exceeded Triple buffered to eliminate tearing artifacts Video Format Options Analog RGB plus HSync andVSync 5 wire Analog RGB with Composite Sync 4 wire Anal...
Page 19: ...these to hand before you begin Installing the card is a simple process follow the steps below to be up and running in a few minutes Power down the PC including peripherals switch off at the mains and disconnect all the cables con nected to the computer noting the positions for accurate reconnection Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCIe x4 or above slot for theVisionRGB E2 E2S on the motherboard...
Page 20: ...ocated on theVisionRGB E2 E2S card in your computer Installing Multiple Cards Multiple cards can be installed in a system providing a large number of capture channels Combinations of Vision capture cards in the same machine are supported by the driver To control the order in which the driver uses the cards it is recommended when installing multiple cards that the J6 links on theVisionRGB E2 E2S ar...
Page 21: ... automatic firmware update if required Therefore prior to installing the application and driver ensure that LK1 is fitted Extended Display Identification Data EDID Disable Links EDID is data provided by a display monitor and sent to the graphics device detailing a monitors capabilities thereby enabling a system to identify the type of monitor that is attached The graphics device installed on your ...
Page 22: ...indow it has the following features Scales the analog RGB DVI data to fit in the window Ability to set up analog RGB DVI sources accurately settings automatically saved Save a single frame to a file in one of the following formats BMP JPEG GIF TIFF PNG Print a single frame Record and playback captured data using DirectShow Maintain the aspect ratio of the displayed RGB DVI data Cropping Display te...
Page 23: ...evant portions of each captured im age to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used the data can be transferred direct to the graphics card in a similar manner to the Datapath graphics card with the same benefit of non tearing ...
Page 24: ...ions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the sepa...
Page 25: ...B X2 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas urement procedures specified in the Standards Specifications listed above and as indicated in the measurement report number 03U2396 1 Representative Persons Name Tony Jones Operations Dire...
Page 26: ...supported HDCP not supported DVI up to 1920 x 1200 RGB VGA up to 2048 x 1536 The data is stored in a 32MB frame buffer on the card in real time The data is transferred using PCI bus master DMA with scatter gather The data can be transferred to system memory or to off screen memory on a Datapath graphics card Models VisionRGB X2 A dual channel PCI X capture card 24 ...
Page 27: ... PixelTransfer Formats RGB 5 5 5 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 pixels YUV 4 2 2 modes UYVY YUY2 orYVYU MONO 8bit Update Rate User defined typically up to 60 frames per second limited by available PCI X or PCIe bandwidth Triple buffered to eliminate tearing artifacts Video Format Options Analog RGB plus HSync andVSync 5 wire Analog RGB with Composite Sync 4 wire Analog RGB with Sync on Green 3 wire DVI Single Lin...
Page 28: ...be useful to have these to hand before you begin Installing the card is a simple process follow the steps below to be up and running in a few minutes Power down the PC including peripherals switch off at the mains and disconnect all the cables connected to the computer noting the positions for accurate reconnection Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCI X slot for theVisionRGB X2 on the motherboa...
Page 29: ...the bottom connector Channel 2 Connect to the source using DVI D Cable DVI A Cable AnalogVGA RGB cable adapter supplied HDMI cable adapter supplied Component HD cable adapter supplied Connect one end of the cable to the input source Connect the other end of the cable to DVI I type connector located on theVisionRGB X2 card in your computer 27 ...
Page 30: ...The illustration below shows the jumper link settings for up to 32 cards in a single system When two cards have the same link settings their order is determined by the PCI bus DirectShow If you change the link ordering after installation you must run dplinks exe This program will update the existing input names used by the windows DirectShow interface To run the dplinks program open the Run by cli...
Page 31: ...be noted that the latest driver installation program includes an automatic firmware update if required Therefore prior to installing the application and driver ensure that LK1 is fitted Extended Display Identification Data EDID Disable Links EDID is data provided by a display monitor and sent to the graphics device detailing monitors capabilities thereby enabling a system to identify the type of m...
Page 32: ...tructions Release history Known problems Troubleshooting The application Help File Instructions on how to use the application Test patterns to assist in setting up an analog RGB DVI source see help file topic How to set up an RGB DVI Source Application Overview The application displays the analog RGB DVI source in a window it has the following features Scales the analog RGB DVI data to fit in the ...
Page 33: ...ata directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance TheVisionRGB X2 sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used the data can be transferred direct to the graphics...
Page 34: ...ons However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separ...
Page 35: ...D8 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class A Digital Device Supplementary Information This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas urement procedures specified in the Standards Specifications listed above and as indicated in the measurement report number 9G2498GUS2 Representative Persons Name Tony Jones Operations Direc...
Page 36: ... to display the stream or the video that has previously been saved Hardware Overview TheVisionSD8 is an eight channel PCIe capture card and can capture up to 8x 720x576x16bit from eight simultaneous capture channels for real time video overlays Four Lane PCI express video capture card Eight simultaneous capture channels Support for any mix of NTSC PAL and SECAM Eight composite S Video inputs 32MB ...
Page 37: ...0 non condensing MTBF 100 000hrs Warranty 3 years Unpacking Your packing box contains the following items VisionSD8 BNC16 Input Cable Installation CD ROM If there are any discrepancies you should contact Datapath immediately Note All plug in cards are static sensitive and are packed in anti static material Please keep the card in its packaging until you are ready to install It is recommended that ...
Page 38: ... be irreparably damaged when the system is powered up and the warranty will be void Remove the card from its packaging and secure it firmly into the empty PCIe slot Extreme care should be taken when securing the card into the slot as some motherboards may have components that impede the siting of the card Screw the card bracket to the back panel of the PC and replace the cover Re connect all cable...
Page 39: ... J13 4 J10 J11 5 J14 J17 6 J15 J16 7 J18 J21 8 J19 J20 Installing Multiple Cards Multiple cards can be installed in a system providing a large number of capture channels Combinations of Vision capture cards in the same machine are supported by the driver To control the order in which the driver uses the cards it is recommended when installing multiple cards that the J5 links on theVisionSD8 are co...
Page 40: ... Once the system has rebooted replace the LK4 link whilst the system is powered up and restart the firmware upgrade process It should be noted that the driver installation program Version 01 07 00 and above includes an automatic firmware update if required Therefore prior to installing the application and driver ensure that LK4 is fitted Software Installation TheVision software driver and applicat...
Page 41: ... data and stores it in an on board video buffer This data is then copied using bus master DMA to the host system for display storage or streaming When a Datapath graphics card is used theVisionSD8 transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance TheVisionSD8 sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use i...
Page 42: ...ons However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the sepa...
Page 43: ...4 1 DGC 151 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class A Digital Device Supplementary Information This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas urement procedures specified in the Standards Specifications listed above and as indicated in the measurement report number 9G2498GUS2 Representative Persons Name Tony Jones Operati...
Page 44: ...is stored in two 32MB frame buffers on the card in real time The data is transferred using PCI bus master DMA with scatter gather The data can be transferred to system memory to off screen memory on a Datapath graphics card or via Direct 3D to third party graphics cards Windows Media Encoder may also be used to stream video across a network or save the video to disk Win dows Media Player can be us...
Page 45: ...ance DMA to system memory or direct to graphics memory with scatter gather Support for separate H V sync Composite sync or Sync on Green Support forWindows XP Vista Server 2003 Server 2008 Windows 7 Models VisionSD4 1 Maximum data capture rate 480MB s VisionSD4 1S Maximum data capture rate 650MB s 43 ...
Page 46: ...0 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200 1920x1080 1900 x 1200 and custom modes HD Modes 1080p 1080i 720p 576p 576i 480p and 480i using a Compo nent HD DVI Adapter HDCP not supported Input Mode Detection Automatic detection of input modes in hardware enabling the tracking of mode changes in the source signal Pixel Output Formats RGB 5 5 5 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 24bit 32bit pixels YUV 4 2 2 Update Rate User de...
Page 47: ... card in its packaging until you are ready to install It is recommended that you do not discard the packing box until you are completely satisfied with the VisionSD4 1 SD4 1S video capture card and it is fully installed and working correctly We also recom mend that you make a note of the serial number of the card in a prominent place before the card is plugged into the computer This should hasten ...
Page 48: ... irreparably damaged when the sys tem is powered up and the warranty will be void Remove the card from its packaging and secure it firmly into the empty PCIe slot Extreme care should be taken when securing the card into the slot as some motherboards may have components that impede the siting of the card Screw the card bracket to the back panel of the PC and replace the cover Re connect all cables ...
Page 49: ...video input connect as indicated in the table below If you wish to connect Composite S Video Luma and Chroma you will require the Datapath BNC 16 cable supplied by Datapath at an additional cost connect the BNC 16 as indicated in the table below Input Composite S Video Luma BNC Connector Chroma BNC Connector 1 1 9 2 2 10 3 3 11 4 4 12 Video Input RCA Connetor 1 S1 2 S2 3 S3 4 S4 47 ...
Page 50: ...rface To run the dplinks program open the Run by clicking on Start Run and type dplinks and then press Enter The program will run however no notifications are displayed Firmware Upgrades TheVisionSD4 1 SD4 1S card allows firmware upgrades to be completed on site rather than returning the card to Datapath Whenever a firmware upgrade is performed LK1 MUST BE FITTED on theVision SD4 1 SD4 1S To perfo...
Page 51: ...heVisionSD4 1 SD4 1S card will disable the EDID function on the DVI RGB channel Software Installation TheVision software driver and application is installed by inserting the CD that was shipped with your card into your CD ROM drive The installation process should start automatically Should the CD fail to autorun use Explorer to browse the CD locate then double click on install exe file e g d insta...
Page 52: ... 650MB s transfer bus bandwidth making it ideal for a wide range of applications including Multi display presentation software Broadcasting Digital Signage MachineVision DirectShow drivers forWDM Streaming driver supports the following applications to encode record and stream video over networks or the Internet Windows Media Encoder VLC StreamPix VirtualDub Adobe Flash Encoder AMCap Any other Dire...
Page 53: ...al time mode and sync detection Audio output for each channel to an onboard SPDIF header use with the Datapath AOM High performance DMA to system memory or direct to graphics memory with scatter gather High quality scaling 7x5 Polyphase Filter Input indicator lights Long range single co ax cable support 150 metres capturing 1080p 300 metres capturing SD 16 cropping windows per capture channel Wall...
Page 54: ...rmat Audio output for each channel in Digital SPDIF format Channelled out to RCA connectors using a Datapath AudioVIM Video Format Options SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI Operating System Support Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 andWindows 7 x86 and x64 Operating Systems Power Requirements Max current at 3 3V 0 45A Max current at 12V 0 85A Max power 12W OperatingTemperatur...
Page 55: ...fore you begin Installing the card is a simple process follow the steps below to be up and running in a few minutes Power down the PC including peripherals switch off at the mains and disconnect all the cables connected to the computer noting the positions for accurate reconnection Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCIe x4 or above slot for theVisionSDI2 on the motherboard and remove the backing...
Page 56: ... by coloured LED s green for input and blue for Loop Through outputs Supported Formats TheVisionSDI2 card supports the following formats SD SDI 480i 576i HD SDI up to 1080i 3G SDI upto 1080p Cable Length TheVisionSDI2 supports cable lengths of up to 150m for 3G SDI and 300m for SD SDI These figures are based on using low loss co ax cables Belden 1694A 54 ...
Page 57: ... driver In order to control the order in which the driver uses the cards it is recommended when installing multiple cards that the J6 links on theVisionSDI2 are configured The example below shows the jumper link settings for up to 32 cards in a single system When two cards share the same link settings their order is determined by PCI bus 55 Indicates link fitted Indicates Link not fitted ...
Page 58: ...ble to revert to the factory settings by powering down the system temporarily removing LK1 then powering up the system with the link removed Once the system has rebooted replace the LK1 link whilst the system is powered up and restart the firmware upgrade process It should be noted that the latest driver installation program includes an automatic firmware update if required Therefore prior to inst...
Page 59: ...the following features Scales the data to fit in the window Ability to set up sources accurately settings automatically saved Save a single frame to a file in one of the following formats BMP JPEG GIF TIFF PNG Print a single frame Maintain the aspect ratio of the displayed SDI data Cropping Display text over the data on screen display Command line interface Help file documenting all features Note ...
Page 60: ...of each captured image to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data This fully utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used the data can be transferred direct to the graphics card in a similar manner to the Datapath graphics card with the same benefit of non tearing captures When th...
Page 61: ... Large display walls High resolution high bandwidth applications Advanced Medical and MachineVision capture Radar Security Surveillance and Military applications IP Render decode capture Hardware Overview Single Channel PCI express Dual Link capture card Support for 330MHz pixel clock and maximum canvas of 4kx4k HD video capture for all progressive and interlaced DVI HDMI modes Captures Quad HD Di...
Page 62: ...es in the source signal PixelTransfer Formats RGB 5 5 5 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 24bit 32bit pixels YUV 4 2 2 MONO 8bit Update Rate User defined captured frame rate will match the source Providing max data rate 650MB s is not exceeded Multi buffered to eliminate tearing artifacts Video Format Options DVI Dual Link DVI Single Link Operating System Support Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows ...
Page 63: ...seful to have these to hand before you begin Installing the card is a simple process follow the steps below to be up and running in a few minutes Power down the PC including peripherals switch off at the mains and disconnect all the cables connected to the computer noting the positions for accurate reconnection Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCIe x4 or above slot on the motherboard and remove...
Page 64: ...ng multiple cards that the J6 links on theVisionDVI DL are configured The illustration below shows the jumper link settings for up to 32 cards in a single system When two cards share the same link settings their order is determined by the PCI bus DirectShow If you change the link ordering after installation you must run dplinks exe This program will update the existing input names used by the wind...
Page 65: ...evice installed on your machine will see the card as a monitor and will expect to receive the EDID data from the card However in rare circumstances it may be necessary that theVisionDVI DL does not report an EDID of any kind In this instance EDID support can be disabled by removing link LK2 Removing the LK2 link on theVisionDVI DL card will disable the EDID function Software Installation TheVision...
Page 66: ...Datapath products TheVisionDVI DL captures the data and stores it in an on board video buffer This data is then copied using DMA to the host system for display storage or streaming When a Datapath graphics card is used theVisionDVI DL transfers the data directly to the graphics card thereby increasing performance TheVisionDVI DL sends the relevant portions of each captured image to each display ch...
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Page 69: ...48 Firmware Upgrades VisionSD8 38 H HD Modes VisionRGB E1 E1S 6 HD Modes VisionRGB E2 E2S 16 I Installing Multiple VisionRGB E1 E1S Cards 9 Installing Multiple VisionRGB E2 E2S Cards 18 Installing Multiple VisionRGB X2 Cards 28 Installing Multiple VisionSD4 1 SD4 1S Cards 48 Installing Multiple VisionSD8 Cards 37 Installing the VisionRGB E1 E1S Capture Card 8 Installing the VisionRGB E2 E2S 17 53 ...
Page 70: ...S 16 52 Specification VisionRGB X2 25 Specification VisionSD4 1 44 Specification VisionSD8 35 T Technical Support 65 U UK Headquarters 66 Unpacking VisionRGB E2 E2S 17 53 Up to 16 VisionRGB E1 E1S cards 9 18 28 37 48 V Video Passthrough VisionSD8 37 VisionRGB E1 E1S 5 68 ...
