Creating a Custom Hardware Profile
88 TIMS MVP
™
Setup and Configuration Guide
Creating a Custom Hardware Profile
The remainder of this Setup and Configuration Guide provides step-by-step instructions for
creating a custom hardware profile for the modality you will be using with TIMS MVP
™
.
Although TIMS MVP
™
provides predefined common hardware profiles (CHP) files for its
AccuStream and I-Color capture boards, you are recommended always to create your own
customized profile. This profile will ensure you obtain an optimized video stream.
Using IDEA Auto-SYNC
The IDEA Auto-SYNC application generates a preliminary set of video settings and allows you to
customize these settings. You may return to IDEA Auto-SYNC at any time to manipulate your
custom hardware profile further. Included with IDEA Auto-Sync are example programs that use
the profile you create with IDEA Auto-SYNC and allow you to perform image captures and other
functions to test the profile.
Image Requirements
When generating a new CHP file with IDEA Auto-SYNC, best results are obtained if the colored
pixels of the image to be measured fill the entire width and height, or at least parts of it extend
to the boundaries of the active video region. Medium to bright pixels at the edges are best. The
signal should also contain the maximum amount of contrast between black and white. The
image should remain stable during the entire operation of IDEA Auto-SYNC.
Limitations
IDEA Auto-SYNC looks at both sync and video signal data. The video portion of the signals must
contain an image that meets certain criteria. If those criteria are not met, the CHP file generated
by Auto-SYNC will not be correct and the image captured with it will be inferior. The image
criteria along with a description of the effect of captured image, if the criteria are not met, are
listed here:
1.
At least 1% of the image must be the brightest white.
Or else: IDEA Auto-SYNC will underestimate brightest white. Images will be too bright
and have too much contrast.
2.
At least 1% of the image must be the darkest black.
Or else: IDEA Auto-SYNC will overestimate darkest black. Images will be too dark and
have too much contrast.
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