ION Optix MyoCam-S, Hardware Manual

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Camera Properties:
MyoCam-S Hardware Manual
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4 Camera Properties
The MyoCam-s Properties dialog is accessible through several programs . The dialog is divided into
three separate tabs which control different aspects of the camera.
Camera property settings that are changed using the standard property pages documented
below are automatically stored in the registry and become the starting values for any other
program that uses the MyoCam-S.
IonWizard does not use the standard camera properties pages and does not use or change
the values in the registry. Please refer to the IonWizard documentation for more details on
how it operates with the MyoCam-S.
Video Brightness/Contrast
Video Properties
The "Video Proc Amp" page is used to control normal video parameters.
Brightness
Controls the level that is digitized as black. Decreasing the black level
makes the entire image darker. If the black level is too low many dark areas
will be solid black, if its too high "black" areas will appear gray.
Contrast Controls the overall intensity of the video image. If the contrast is too high
bright areas will "wash out" to solid white. If too low the bright areas of the
image will be gray.
Default Sets brightness and contrast to default values. NOTE - do NOT use this
function as the values that it sets are not the correct 'default values'.
The correct default values are Brightness=10 and Contrast=500.
If Brightness and Contrast are set incorrectly it will be hard, if not impossible, to
see the video image. To set to reasonable default values, set Brightness to 10 and
Contrast to 500.
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