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Signature User Manual March 23, 2014
Signature User Manual Page 23
Three things should happen (if the gods are on our side):
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The Real Panel box will turn green and the buttons will be activated.
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The Signature Menu should now appear over your Signature image on the display
software of your video software you are using.
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You may hear a beep (if your computer has speakers connected to windows driver).
If no menu pops up on your display software:
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Double check my Connecting Signature to Computer section on the last page.
Double check everything.
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Is your COM port the correct one?
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Is the Camera Id set to “001”
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Try clicking on the Activate Emulation button again
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You must have irked the gods at some point in your life. I find screaming helps.
If you obtain the Menu on your display software, then you can use the buttons in the Rear Panel
just as you would on the back of the Signature. Happy pressing.
To turn off the Menu display, just maneuver to the EXIT choice on
the Signature OSD display as you would if you were controlling the
Signature by pressing buttons on the back. To bring back up the
Menu choice, just click on the
Activate Emulation button on my
software. Remember the Signature Camera will automatically close
down the OSD Menu if it senses no activity.
When you are finished with the software (hopefully for the evening, not forever), Click on the
Exit button in the Exit Program box. This will reactivate manual control to the Signature,
deactivate the COM port, and shut itself down.
You then can control the Signature just like you were pushing the buttons at the back of the
Signature Camera. See chapter
Controlling the Signature using Buttons except rather than
holding the CENTRE button own for three seconds to activate the OSD, you need only press the
Activate Emulation button on the software.
When any piece of software has control of the buttons (such as this one), I found
that the Signature will deactivate the manual control of the buttons on the back on
the Camera (a safety measure I guess). If you need to get back manual control of the
camera; click on the
Deactivate Emulation button in the Manual Control box on my
software and you have full manual control (notice that the Rear Panel will turn red
to remind you that software does not control the buttons). You will need to click on
the
Activate Emulation to reactivate software control of the buttons.