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Summary of Contents for lightSTUDIO

Page 1: ...Image Engineering GmbH Co KG Im Gleisdreieck 5 50169 Kerpen Horrem Germany T 49 2273 99991 0 F 49 2273 99991 10 www image engineering de lightSTUDIO User Manual 4 December 2017 ...

Page 2: ... Timecode display settings lightSTUDIO M 9 4 3 3 LED lightHEAD settings and Control 9 4 4 HARDWARE STATUS BAR 12 4 5 MODULE OVERVIEW 13 4 5 1 Sequence lists 13 4 5 2 Modules for Moving option 14 4 5 2 1 Translation 14 4 5 2 2 Rotation 15 4 5 2 3 iQ Trigger 15 4 5 3 Modules for Illumination 16 4 5 3 1 Standard lightHEAD 16 4 5 3 2 LED lightHEAD 17 4 5 3 3 HDR box 18 4 5 4 Timecode Display 18 4 5 5 ...

Page 3: ...over a wide range The HDR option adds the capability to generate high contrast scenes in the center part of the back image Two LG2 ligth boxes can hold different transparent test charts which can produce a contrast ratio of 10 000 1 when the surrounding illumination is dimmed All variants of lightSTUDIO are equipped with interior objects which represent a wide range of real world situations Amongs...

Page 4: ...with a touch pen tip To exchange the fingers tighten the knurled screw at the back of the iQ Trigger until the magnet is locked then screw off the finger and replace it with the other one Untighten the knurled screw again When using the touch pen finger please keep in mind that the front foam adds some extra delay Also use the knurled screw on top of the iQ Trigger to adjust the travel distance of...

Page 5: ...ow the digits 2 3 The current flashing LED during running time code denotes the progress in terms of 1 100 s all 100 LEDs are illuminated subsequently 10 times per second To start operation connect the timecode display with the power supply 9 With the remote push buttons for resetting and starting stopping 7 8 the display can be operated remotely from outside the light box For use with the softwar...

Page 6: ...the corresponding light source The control panel has eight knobs for switching the lights four for the fluorescent lamps F12 F11 D50 and D65 3 and four for the halogen lamps 2 The latter have different preset values for the intensities of 10 lx 100 lx and 400 lx and one for 400 lx with blue filtering The knobs for the three halogen settings use the same lamp type but with different current supply ...

Page 7: ...s processing including test chart movements illumination with the lightHEADs and HDR box The graphical user interface hereinafter referred to as GUI offers a complete overview of all components at the same time and a quick access to make your workflow with the lightSTUDIO as intuitive as possible Each component works as a plug in for the software which means that the software switches the correspo...

Page 8: ...the transportation speed of the moving test chart in the range between 0 01 and 3 0 m s This value is used for the movement when clicking the move left move home or move right buttons and as speed for the return movements of a sequence The iQ Trigger mode menu 2 offers three options for the behavior of the iQ Trigger One shot mode iQ Trigger is released once with the start stop button and stays ac...

Page 9: ...sing the LED lightHEAD it needs to be calibrated The procedure described below must be undertaken in a dark surrounding without any stray light entering the light box Also ensure that the aperture of the built in spectrometer in the bottom plate is not covered Both steps illuminance adjustment and spectral calibration should always be performed combined and in the same order 1 The Illuminance adju...

Page 10: ... Spectral calibration The second step is to calibrate the spectral characteristics of the LED lightHEAD and the dark level of the spectrometer Click the Calibrate button 4 for this procedure and confirm the following dialogs The calibration procedure takes about one minute If the calibration was successful the calibration date is displayed The calibration result is also visible in the correspondin...

Page 11: ...in the directory of the software C Program Files Image Engineering lightSTUDIO Version number spectra with a text editor You may create a text file with the same formatting and you own spectral distribution The intensity values in the second column may be scaled relative 0 1 or in absolute values The wavelength values must be scaled in 5 or 10 nm increments in the range 300 830 nm the range may be...

Page 12: ...ration it is highlighted in green The release state of the safety clamp is also displayed Note If the safety clamp is pushed in the internal control unit stops the power supply to the motors immediately In the software all buttons for the translation or rotation functions are disabled Pull the clamp out until it reaches the stop position in order to enable usage of the translation and rotation fun...

Page 13: ...s long as button 1 is activated none of the control items in each module can be used in order to avoid disturbance of the sequence If the loop button 2 is activated the complete sequence list for this component of the lightSTUDIO is repeated infinitely until the user stops the sequence For editing the list there are three buttons a new row is added to the table with the button 3 Button 4 deletes a...

Page 14: ...g cases The main power of the lightSTUDIO is turned off during runtime of the program The safety clamp is released One of the emergency stop switches of the lightSTUDIO is released Now all other functions are enabled With the right 2 center 3 or left 4 buttons the chart is moved to the very right center and very left position with default velocities see chapter 4 3 1 In the sequence table translat...

Page 15: ... dialog is displayed if a time value entered is invalid In order to insert a break of rotating enter a later start time for a specific period than the end time of the precedent period Inserting a row with velocity 0 has the same effect 4 5 2 3 IQ TRIGGER The iQ Trigger device allows you to release your camera button with the software You can release iQ Trigger with the play stop button 1 depending...

Page 16: ...ton for a lamp type at first run of the program turns the respective lamp on with an intensity of 100 If the intensity is varied with the slider or the input field 2 the value is stored during runtime thus setting a lamp to this intensity when turned on again The sequence list shows four columns The first and second columns define the start and end times of a period In the third column the lamp ty...

Page 17: ... adjustment is displayed 2 see chapter 4 3 3 It is possible to switch the selected illuminants on an off by enabling this functionality with lamp button 4 The click on one of the selected illuminants in the list to turn it on The temperatures of the iQ LED modules have impact on the temporal stability of the selected spectra The optimal operating temperature is between 33 and 36 C thus the lightHE...

Page 18: ...e or looping functionality chapter Fehler Verweisquelle konnte nicht gefunden werden applies for both lamps Enter start and end times as well as the intensity from 0 100 Take into account that switching the LG2 on and off lamps takes 1 2 s thus shorter periods are not advisable and may be omitted in the sequence player 4 5 4 TIMECODE DISPLAY The module for the timecode display chapter 2 2 offers t...

Page 19: ...down buttons 5 you may count up and down one digit Or enter a number from 0 to 65535 in the text field 6 4 5 5 MODULE SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT The spectral measurement functionality is only available with the LED lightHEAD The spectrometer is built into the bottom plate of the light box in the bottom plate Click button play stop 2 for switching permanent spectral measurement on and off During sequence...

Page 20: ...es open source software libusb www libusb org is an open source project the code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 1 or later www gnu org licenses old licenses lgpl 2 1 html Qt www qt io is an open source framework the code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 0 or later www gnu org licenses lgpl 3 0 QsLog Copyright c 2014 Razvan Petru A...

Page 21: ...the software license agreement that appears below Copyright Image Engineering GmbH Co KG 2017 The software furnished under this agreement is provided on an as is basis without any warranties or representations express or implied including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose It is solely the responsibility of the consumer to determine the...

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