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QtCAM
See3CAM_80 User Manual
12-Nov-15
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5 QtCAM Application Description
The QtCAM application is a simple interface for capturing and viewing video from devices
supported by Linux UVC driver. This tool also supports extension unit control of e-con’s
See3CAM USB 3.0 webcam products. The features provided in the application are as follows:
1.
Enumerating and listing all USB video devices connected.
2.
Changing resolution and color space/compression for video stream (if different resolutions
are supported by the device)
3.
Currently configured values of preview which is being shown.
4.
User can capture still images and set the path where still images will be saved.
5.
Configure UVC Extension Control (if supported by device)
6.
Displaying the current frame rate per second.
All the above listed properties can be configured by attractive and easy to use Graphical User
Interface. The application is tested in Ubuntu [>=12.04 (LTS)] 32-bit and 64-bit Linux
Distributions.
e-con provides QtCAM application for the following Linux Distributions.
1.
Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) 32- and 64-bit
2.
Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) 32- and 64-bit
6 Pre-Requisites
This section describes the high level instructions to install the See3CAM_80 on a PC.
6.1 Installation of See3CAM_80 and Drivers
Follow the below steps to initialize the device with the host computer:
1.
Connect one end of the USB3.0 cable to the USB3.0 connector provided at the back of the
See3CAM_80, and connect other end to the USB 3.0 host controller on the computer.
2.
Once connected, the LED light on the device will glow indicating that See3CAM_80 is
powered up and ready to use.
As See3CAM_80 is a generic USB video class device, Linux will automatically detect all the
drivers and it will be installed.
6.2 Installing and Launching QtCAM application
6.2.1
Ubuntu Launchpad – Online
To install in
Ubuntu 14.04
from Ubuntu Launchpad, we have to run following commands in
terminal.
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:qtcam/trusty
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qtcam