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TS3 User Manual
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Setting Command-Line p arameters in Fas M otio n.
Several of the operating pa r ameters of FasMotion a r e set from the command line using arguments
or switches. The easiest way to change these parameters is to edit a FasMotion shor t cut:
1. Select a shortcut for Fas M otion. This c an be the desktop shortcut made by default during
installation or one th a t you make manually a ft er
installation. Y ou may wish to pin the Fas
M
otio n
shortcut to the task bar and use that shortcut.
2. Right-click on the selected FasMotion shortcut, then
right-click again on “MIKROTRON FasMotion,” and
click on “Properties.”
3. Arguments may be added to the “...\FasMotion
FasMotion. e xe” line to change application pa r ameters.
-S The “Stats” Switch
One important consideration in o p timizing y our system
is how to compile results.
Adding “-s” to the command line as shown in Figure 10-11, tells Fas
M
otion t o write a the file “S
ats. txt” into your .../Documents directory. This creates one line of tab-delimited text for every Save
or transfer done to PC media (such as Save or Copy to Path) by Fas
M
otion. T ab headers for this
text file include:
• Duration - total time of the t r ansfer (h:m:s:decimal)
• Bytes - the number bytes transferred
• Speed - transfer speed in MB/s
• Missed Frames - frames missed in the fi r st pass (these
are retrieved at the end of the transfer)
• Good Frames - total number of frames transferred--this
should match the number of frames in the clip
• PktSize -Packet Size (default is usually 1500, Jumbo
frames may be up to 9000)
• PktDlyBegin/End --Packet Delay (the delay time in m sec
set in the Camera Find window)
• Buffer - number of bu ffe rs reserved in PC memory
• Backoff - FasMotion k eeps track of how much memory
it is using for bu ff ering images. If it uses more than the
specified “Bac k o ff ,” it will tell the camera to stop
sending image data until it c atches up
• Min- -Minimum Bu ff ers (the minimum number of
bu ff ers FasMotion had in r eserve during the transfer. If
this number gets down to 0, you will see a number in
the “Missed Frames” column and you will notice in th e
Save dialog that the system had to go back and retrieve
missed frames a ft er the fi r st pass.)
• Drv -Drive (the target drive le tt er such as E: or C:)
• Ext -Extension (the file type s a ved)
Table 10-1 on page 105 is from an actual benchmark test of an optimi z ed system. The performance,
which included saves of full (8GB) camera bu ff ers of all file types in 1280 x 1024, 1280 x 720, and 512
x 512 resolutions, is r epresentati v e of a very fast purpose-built system. A raid array used for storage
is capable of unusually high sustained transfer rates. Table 10-2 on page 105 is from a benchmark
test of a moderate-performance system.
Figure 10-10: Fas M otion Shortcut
Figure 10-11: Fas M otion Shortcut Properties