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Examples of using Scale Video

The three images below illustrate the difference between selecting Scale Video,

and thus viewing the entire video image in a resizable video window, and

deselecting Scale Video, which turns the resizable video window into a

viewer, where you can pan around the full-size video image underneath.

Scale Video enabled, full video frame

scaled to window.

Scale Video not enabled, viewing

Summary of Contents for FlashPoint 128 CPCI

Page 1: ...ntities claiming the marks and names or their products Integral Technologies Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own Integral Technologies makes no warr...

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Page 3: ...for Windows NT 4 0 19 Windows 95 Display Driver Installation 20 Windows 95 OSR2 Display Driver Installation 22 Windows NT Display Driver Installation 23 Windows 98 Display Driver Installation 27 Flas...

Page 4: ...Menu 58 Examples of using Scale Video 59 Examples of using Keep Aspect 60 Special Drivers 61 FlashPoint 128 TWAIN Driver 62 FlashPoint 128 MCI Overlay Driver 63 MCI Commands and Syntax 66 FlashPoint 1...

Page 5: ...ctor 84 FlashPoint 128 Lite Specifications 85 FlashPoint 128 Lite Jumper Settings 86 FlashPoint 128 Lite Output Connector 87 LTE with the Cohu 4910 88 LTE with the Sony DXC 930 or DXC 950 89 LTE with...

Page 6: ...8 enables you to capture video images while triggering an external strobe flash for the highest quality results All FlashPoint 128 models allow you to capture true color images from either an NTSC or...

Page 7: ...Card System Requirements The minimum computer configuration needed to properly run the FlashPoint 128 frame grabber At least one available PCI 32 bit expansion slot Intel Pentium computer or greater...

Page 8: ...ies Standard Cable part 3620 Expanded Cable part 3610 RGB Cable part 3615 Dual Composite Cable part 3625 Composite Video Cable part 3651 S video Cable part 3652 Flash Sync Cable part 3653 9 Composite...

Page 9: ...sensitive electronic components That s why the FlashPoint 128 board is shipped in a static free container Before you perform a hardware installation procedure make sure you discharge any static elect...

Page 10: ...factory default setting depending on your particular situation Most of the time you will not need to make any changes Changes from the factory default settings are only needed for special features Al...

Page 11: ...a grounding strap You can also ground yourself by touching any unpainted metal surface on your computer before you remove its power cord Once you have grounded yourself make sure that you don t walk...

Page 12: ...e board by the top edge and pull it straight out of the expansion slot using a slight rocking motion If your system includes a built in VGA chip disable it usually a jumper or dip switch Refer to your...

Page 13: ...wer up the monitor and computer Reconnect the peripherals which you disconnected earlier and reconnect all power cords Turn on both the monitor and the computer Step 11 Now install the software You ar...

Page 14: ...ay drivers and FPG application for the FlashPoint 128 board This application which must be installed under Microsoft Windows utilizes the basic features of the board You may have third party software...

Page 15: ...5 98 should take you through the steps as it finds the newly installed hardware This adjusts your system to use the FlashPoint 128 as your VGA card Restart your system Step 2 Install Integral s softwa...

Page 16: ...this go through the Control Panel s Display window and change the display type This adjusts your system to use the FlashPoint 128 as your VGA card Restart your system Step 2 Install Integral s softwar...

Page 17: ...VGA card Step 1 Install FlashPoint 128 board as instructed in Hardware Installa tion chapter Step 2 Power up your computer Step 3 After a few seconds the New Hardware Found window will appear Integral...

Page 18: ...Point 128 Display Drivers Disk into floppy drive and click Browse Step 5 Double click to select the WIN95 directory Step 6 The tsenget6 inf file should appear as the file name Click OK to accept file...

Page 19: ...he Update Device Driver Wizard Insert the FlashPoint 128 Display Drivers Disk into floppy drive and click Next Step 4 Click on Other Locations Step 5 Type a win95 and click OK Step 6 Click Finish And...

Page 20: ...stalled FlashPoint 128 frame grabber to function as the system s VGA card Step 1 Install FlashPoint 128 board as instructed in Hardware Installa tion chapter Step 2 Power up your computer Step 3 Acces...

Page 21: ...24 Windows NT Display Driver Installation Cont Step 4 The Display Type window appears This windows informs you which driver is currently loaded on your system Click the Change button...

Page 22: ...into the system s disk drive Then click the Have Disk button Step 6 The Install From Disk window appears Click Browse and then double click on the appropriate Windows NT directory Click Open to selec...

Page 23: ...of copying the files onto your system This will take a few moments Step 8 The Installing Driver window appears Click OK Step 9 Close out all open windows until the System Settings Change window appear...

Page 24: ...g the drivers provided on the FlashPoint 128 Display Drivers Disk Step 1 Install FlashPoint 128 board as instructed in Hardware Installa tion chapter Step 2 Power up your computer Step 3 Access the Di...

Page 25: ...cking on that folder and then click OK Step 12 Click OK to close the Install from Disk window Then click OK to close the Select Device window Click Yes on the Update Driver Warning window Then click N...

Page 26: ...isk 1 of 3 into your system s floppy drive Step 3 Select Run from the Start menu and type a setup exe or b setup exe if the floppy drive you are using is b Click OK After a few seconds the Welcome win...

Page 27: ...30 FlashPoint FPG Setup for Windows Cont Step 4 The Choose Destination Location window appears To accept the destination folder C Flashpt click Next and proceed to Step 6...

Page 28: ...G Setup for Windows Cont Step 5 To choose a different destination folder click Browse on the Choose Destination Location window The Choose Folder window appears Select or create the destination folder...

Page 29: ...t 128 components are listed By default each compo nent is selected indicating that Setup will install each one If you do not wish to install a component deselect it by clicking once on its checkbox If...

Page 30: ...click Disk Space The Available Disk Space window appears In the Available Disk Space window when you select a drive to view its available disk space you also select that drive as your destination dri...

Page 31: ...der You may also designate a different folder into which FlashPoint 128 is installed Click on the appropriate folder name Then click Next A series of dialog boxes will appear while the software is ins...

Page 32: ...ick the OK button Several more files will be copied and then the installation will finish Disk 3 is used only in a Windows 3 1 installation When installing into a Windows 3 1 environment a dialog will...

Page 33: ...one labeled FPG Within this folder you will find two applications FPG and FPG32 FPG is designed for Windows 3 1 and 95 FPG32 is a 32 bit application designed for Windows 95 and NT 4 0 or higher Pleas...

Page 34: ...installation routine will guide you through the same set of screens as in the previous Windows install As this MS DOS installa tion program does not operate under Microsoft Windows all components can...

Page 35: ...Labs ET6000 display drivers which are included in Integral s software and then select a 65536 or 16777216 color mode Step 3 Reboot your system The FlashPoint versions of the software have been tested...

Page 36: ...er than the VGA output The FlashPoint 128 Lite uses industry standard BNC and S video connectors on the board for video input and a separate connector for the flash sync trigger FlashPoint FPG and man...

Page 37: ...or and can be connected to any S video source Numerous other cables are available upon request from Integral Technologies or other cable houses DB 25 Male BNC Male Composite Video C S 4 7 CV GND 75 Oh...

Page 38: ...cluded 4 Pin Mini Din Male This is a standard S video connector and can be connected to any S video source Photo Flash Female This connects to a standard flash unit DB 25 Male DB 9 Male RGB Video 4 pi...

Page 39: ...oint 128 The connectors for the Expanded Cable are Two BNC Male Connects to NTSC or PAL composite video sources or to RS170 or CCIR video sources DB 25 Male BNC Male Composite Video C S 1 3 CV1 GND 75...

Page 40: ...al part 3610 The connectors for the Expanded Cable are Two BNC Male Connects to NTSC or PAL composite video sources or to RS170 or CCIR video sources DB 9 Female RGB Video BNC Male Red BNC Male Green...

Page 41: ...emale S video Cable Integral Part 3652 for use with FlashPoint 128 Lite 4 pin Mini DIN Male S Video 4 pin Mini DIN Male S Video 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 4 Y C GND 75 Ohm Dual Coax Composite Cable Integral Part 3...

Page 42: ...uding Live video in resizable video window Selectable input video source RGB Composite S video Selectable video standard NTSC or PAL Adjustable video input parameters for both live video and video gra...

Page 43: ...Chapter 4 Video input device camera VCR etc Photographic Flash Unit optional Installation Please refer to Chapter 3 for the installation of the FPG software and to Chapter 4 regarding cables Starting...

Page 44: ...bars are being used as the video source Just remember that the actual image you will see in the window s active area will depend on your input video source If there is no video source the active area...

Page 45: ...ices and exiting the program In addition the File menu also includes the standard About box which contains the version number of the software and a copyright notice Save Settings Saves all current set...

Page 46: ...om the main FPG window File format options include BMP TGA JPEG and TIFF Load Image Loads saved images into the main FPG window File format options include BMP TGA JPEG and TIFF Save the file using th...

Page 47: ...es Cont Series File Allows the loading and saving of a series file in which images are saved and incrementally numbered as they are automatically captured Print Setup Standard Windows print device set...

Page 48: ...51 FPG Features Cont Print Prints to selected Windows standard print device About Brings up the About FPG Information box which contains the version number of the software and a copyright notice...

Page 49: ...52 FPG Features Cont Exit Exits the application Edit Menu Copy Copies the current image to a clipboard The image may then be imported to other applications...

Page 50: ...y Sets the video key color on the current image This allows live video to be displayed over that selected color on an image loaded into the frame buffer Clear Key Clears the key color information Blen...

Page 51: ...field in size 240 NTSC 285 PAL Mono Comp Turns off chroma in video decoder for capture of RS170 CCIR video Alt Sources Toggles between Composite Video 1 and Composite Video 2 or S Video 1 and S Video...

Page 52: ...gger response will be instantaneous however Series Delay Sets frame delay between each capture in an auto matic capture series Series Off Turns off the Series Capture function Timed Series Turns on th...

Page 53: ...rns on the LTE Capture mode Live Mode Automatically turns on when LTE Enable is selected Camera Type While there are many LTE and integration cameras that can be used with FlashPoint the following are...

Page 54: ...live video input Saturation Hue Sets the relative level of color hue and saturation for the live video input These values are used with Composite and S video inputs only Sharpness Sets the sharpness l...

Page 55: ...used only with flash grab Sets the value for the number of video lines to delay after the correct field value has been set above before the flash is triggered Typically this value is set to 0 Align S...

Page 56: ...a resizable video window and deselecting Scale Video which turns the resizable video window into a viewer where you can pan around the full size video image underneath Scale Video enabled full video f...

Page 57: ...aspect ratio in the video window and deselecting Keep Aspect where the video image can be distorted in the horizontal or vertical direction Keep Aspect enabled full video frame represented in proper...

Page 58: ...Special Drivers Chapter 6...

Page 59: ...he driver is added to the system automatically when it is installed from the FlashPoint 128 Setup disk Please note that the preview window on the TWAIN setup dialog is exactly 1 2 the width and 1 2 th...

Page 60: ...nd message functions although most developers and all end users will probably find it easier to use the command string interface The command string interface provides control of an MCI device using si...

Page 61: ...000 FlashDelay Choose the number of video fields to delay between firing the flash and grabbing an image Grab Align Specifies which video field to start a grab Field Replication When selected will rep...

Page 62: ...ormally be combined with Adjust window Adjust window Resize the window to exactly match the video size and position Force paint Force a paint message to the window each time the video is moved or size...

Page 63: ...control of an MCI device using simple command strings Many authoring packages allow sending command strings to an MCI device Open Open the FlashPoint MCI driver ALIAS alias_name A convenient name for...

Page 64: ...ue CAN STRETCH True HAS AUDIO False HAS VIDEO True CAN SAVE True Set Control FlashPoint Video functions VIDEO on off HUE 0 255 BRIGHTNESS 0 255 CONTRAST 0 255 SATURATION 0 255 SHARPNESS 0 255 STANDARD...

Page 65: ...on off STRETCH True False READY True False WINDOW HANDLE handle of current window MEDIA PRESENT True MODE Stopped HUE 0 255 BRIGHTNESS 0 255 CONTRAST 0 255 SATURATION 0 255 SHARPNESS 0 255 STANDARD 0...

Page 66: ...ination frame and video rectangles DESTINATION Rectangle within destination window DESTINATION AT rectangle FRAME Unsupported by FlashPoint FRAME AT rectangle SOURCE Input rectangle SOURCE AT rectangl...

Page 67: ...E STATE NO ACTION STATE NORMAL STATE SHOW TEXT Window Title FIXED STRETCH AT rectangle Load Load an image into the video buffer The file type will be determined by the file extension filename File typ...

Page 68: ...71 FlashPoint 128 MCI Overlay Driver Cont MCI Commands and Syntax Cont Copy Cut Put the current video image on the clipboard as a 24 bit DIB...

Page 69: ...drive in the ipro directory Installation for ImagePro 3 0 For the 32 bit version copy FLASHPT IPRO V30 CAPTFB32 DLL into the directory where ImagePro 3 0 is installed For the 16 bit version copy FLAS...

Page 70: ...list select FlashPoint for Win95 or FlashPoint for NT Press Set as Default to choose this driver Press OK to finish Acquire Setup Exit and then restart ImagePro If your system does not support On Scr...

Page 71: ...lect FlashPoint and press Set as Default If your system does not support On Screen capture you will see a software preview of the image This software preview will always be gray scale even if the capt...

Page 72: ...system during FlashPoint Intrigue installation If you need to reinstall the driver for any reason please refer to the ReadMe file FPVVFW TXT located on the hard drive in the fpvvfw directory To Captur...

Page 73: ...for the quality of the frame grabbers it designs and manufactures There are occasions however where assistance is required The Integral technical support staff is trained to find solutions to any pro...

Page 74: ...setting Refer to your hardware manual for instructions The message Error locating FlashPoint VGA is displayed Solution The video in a window controller Viper video scaling processor on the FlashPoint...

Page 75: ...photocoupler connector from the FlashPoint cable is plugged into the flash unit Make sure that the flash unit trigger terminal has a DC operating voltage of less than 60 volts Some flash units will h...

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Page 77: ...Appendix A...

Page 78: ...o RGB YUV RS 170 and CCIR video Genlocks to any NTSC PAL video source including cameras VCRs laser disks and still video players 24 16 15 8 bit per pixel video digitizing Square pixel digitizing resol...

Page 79: ...oint 128 JP1 JP2 JP5and JP6 are disabled JP1 enables ET6000 Vsync interrupt JP2 enables video Vsync interrupt JP5 and JP6 select TTL level output trigger mode A function is enabled when a jumper conne...

Page 80: ...2 13 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 CV1 Red Y3 CV6 Green C1 Blue CV5 Y1 CSync In GND GND CV2 C3 Y2 CV3 C2 CV4 No Connect GND Trigger Switch Input GND GND GND No Connect No Connect DAC Iris Output...

Page 81: ...s VCRs laser disks and still video players 24 16 8 bit video digitizing Square pixel digitizing resolutions for NTSC 640 x 480 and PAL 760 x 570 Digital control of offset gain brightness contrast hue...

Page 82: ...igger interrupt JP4 and JP6 turn on flash output On is the default setting JP5 and JP7 turn off flash output Off is the default setting JP4 and JP6 off TTL I O trigger JP5 and JP7 on TTL I O trigger A...

Page 83: ...87 FlashPoint 128 Lite Output Connector Composite Video Input S Video Input Flash Sync Output and TTL Input Output VGA Output...

Page 84: ...Set LTE Max MS Move the slider bar to select the number of milliseconds you wish to integrate If you wish to change the exposure time you must select the number of milliseconds desired and then turn...

Page 85: ...the timing of the integration Therefore the number of milliseconds selected here will be a maximum number that is greater than the actual number which is selected on the camera If you wish to change t...

Page 86: ...re the number of milliseconds selected here will be a maximum number that is greater than the actual number which is selected on the camera If you wish to change the exposure time you must select the...

Page 87: ...ect 3 5 Set LTE Max MS Move the slider bar to select the maximum number of milliseconds you wish to integrate If you wish to change the exposure time you must select the number of milliseconds desired...

Page 88: ...Appendix B...

Page 89: ...on in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at your own expense If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning...

Page 90: ...arking is indicative that this device meets or exceeds the following technical standards EN55022 Conducted Emissions Class B EN55022 Radiated Emissions Class B IEC801 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD 8kV...

Page 91: ...charges incurred in shipping to the Company will be paid by Original Purchaser and all risk for the hardware shall remain with the Original Purchaser until such time as Company takes receipt of the h...

Page 92: ...her party Jurisdictions vary with regard to the enforceability of provisions excluding or limiting liability for incidental or consequential damages You should check the provisions of your local juris...

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