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Introduction

Use of HXLink (this software) controls the MEMRECAM HX

，

GX, fx, Q series through the

network and enables recorded images to be saved digitally on a PC.

This user’s guide contains information on operations such as the standard settings and

applications to use this software.

Carefully read the contents of this manual and any manuals for peripheral equipment before

using.

Summary of Contents for SP-642

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Page 3: ...rosoft Corporation registered in the USA TIFF is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Other company names and product names in this document are the trademarks or registered trademarks of these companies MEMRECAM HXLink SP 642 User s Manual Oct 2015 Reference Number 800292 0H A description of HXLink version 1 85 is written in this document Unauthorized duplication reproduction or transfer of al...

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Page 5: ...h the network and enables recorded images to be saved digitally on a PC This user s guide contains information on operations such as the standard settings and applications to use this software Carefully read the contents of this manual and any manuals for peripheral equipment before using ...

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Page 7: ...itions could result in death or serious injury CAUTION If the indications are ignored potentially dangerous conditions could result in slight or moderate injury Additionally this caution sign is a warning of unsafe operation and indicates the potential of damage to this device or peripheral devices Handling Precautions Safety alert symbol This is an industry safety alert symbol This symbols alerts...

Page 8: ... cables are connected or disconnected with the power switch ON electrical shock or damage to the equipment may occur High voltage warning symbol Unplug the power cable from the outlet when replacing fuses Do not open the cover Depending on the device there may be parts that generate high voltage internally so leaving the cover open could result in electrical shock There may be problems with the co...

Page 9: ... that occurs as the result of use of this software While we attempted to create a perfect User s Manual NAC Image Technology shall not be liable for any damage arising from anything written in this document 4 Copyright and Rights of Use The copyright for this software is owned by NAC Image Technology Inc NAC Image Technology Inc authorizes customers the use of this software under the following con...

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Page 11: ...ch Part and Their Functions 3 4 Item Toolbar Basic Mode Expert Mode 3 4 Right Click Item Menu 3 8 Segment Display 3 11 Segment Reservations 3 12 Protect Segment 3 12 Main Toolbar 3 13 Playback Slider 3 15 Camera Parameters Toolbar Expert Mode Only 3 17 Status Bar 3 17 Overexposure Bar 3 17 Exposure Color Bar 3 17 I I Toolbar fx RX 6 RX 6G 3 17 Recording Settings 3 18 3 3 Display 3 20 Zoom Display ...

Page 12: ...4 32 Restrictions on GX 5 GX 5F Camera Head Use 4 34 Pixel Bit Length 4 34 Shutter 4 35 Black Balance 4 36 Trigger Input Selection 4 39 Trigger Timing 4 39 Custom Trigger 4 40 Exposure Timing 4 41 Exposure Phase 4 42 Variable Frame Rate Recording HX and GX 8 Cameras 4 43 AE Control 4 45 AOI Brightness Detection Area Area Of Interest 4 46 DRES Mode Dynamic Range Expansion 4 49 HX GX Camera Image Tr...

Page 13: ...Balance Function 5 18 Auto White Balance Function 5 20 Auto Conversion Settings 5 20 File Conversion Settings FCV File 5 20 5 4 Conversion Settings 5 21 Superimpose Information 5 22 Superimpose Information on the Item Toolbar Basic Mode only 5 23 Superimpose Image 5 23 Cropping 5 24 5 5 Format Conversion 5 25 Frame Rate Conversion 5 30 5 6 Waveform Data 5 31 Open Waveform Data 5 31 Waveform Data O...

Page 14: ...era Sync Recording 8 10 8 6 Event Recording 8 11 8 7 Burst Recording 8 12 8 8 DUAL Recording 8 13 8 9 Multi Trigger Recording 8 14 8 10 Exposure Phase Shift Recording 8 16 8 11 Long Term Recording with Post Trigger HX and GX 8 Cameras 8 17 8 12 Setting the Exposure Timing with Trigger Signals HX and GX 8 Cameras 8 18 8 13 Frame Straddling HX and GX 8 Cameras 8 19 8 14 Multi camera sync recording w...

Page 15: ...te Auto Pilot Sequences 12 3 12 3 Auto Pilot Commands 12 9 12 4 Sample Sequences 12 15 13 Measurement Functions 13 1 13 1 Overview of the Measurement Functions 13 2 13 2 Coordinate Measurement 13 3 13 3 Overview of LAA Measurement 13 7 13 4 Procedures for Starting LAA Measurement 13 8 13 5 LAA Measurement Part 13 9 Measure Tab 13 9 Calibration Settings 13 9 Measurement of Length 13 11 Measurement ...

Page 16: ... than the actual 14 8 Unable to download images larger than 4GB 14 8 There is no image data is displayed on the monitor 14 8 A checkerboard pattern is displayed on the monitor 14 9 The image does not change the image quality of the MCFF is adjusted 14 9 AVI conversion with compression program CODEC 14 10 AVI conversion of large images 14 10 Previous versions of HXLink 14 10 If the User Account Res...

Page 17: ... A 1 List of Shortcut Keys A 2 Appendix B B 1 Conversion Settings File FCV file B 2 Appendix C C 1 Parameter Settings File prm file C 2 Appendix D D 1 Lens Control Settings File D 2 Appendix E E 1 FC AL driver installation of Windows8 E 2 Appendix F F 1 Function correspondent table for each camera model F 2 ...

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Page 20: ... file For video playback the playback range playback direction and frame rate can be specified Control of the MEMRECAM ci camera is not performed but the downloaded image CIF can be handled in the same manner as MCFF Also scene capturing of the ci camera image in the MCFF format can be performed from the data cartridge If the optional GX HUB is used synchronized high precision photography can be p...

Page 21: ...Playback verify image Same image as in the camera VF Convert format Adjust playback image quality Zoom scroll Measure image Display MCFF Image MCFF MCFF AVI BMP TIFF JPEG End Display file image AVI BMP TIFF JPEG Download Coordinate file Display File image Page 3 2 Page 4 2 Page 4 13 Page 4 12 Page 5 11 Page 3 20 Page 13 2 Page 4 78 Page 5 21 5 25 Page 3 20 Page 5 2 Page 5 2 ...

Page 22: ...method is required to display AVI file images HXLink does not use CODEC but can save and playback AVI files with the Motion JPEG method Additionally HXLink can conduct AVI file storage playback using the compression extension CODEC registered in Windows 4 Still Image Files TIFF BMP JPEG With HXLink images for the designated frame range for the camera image file MCFF CIF can be converted to standar...

Page 23: ...nchronize and display the graph of the waveform data for this NWF file with the image Additionally the waveform data can be printed and the CSV output 10 Conversion Settings File INI The file specifying the conversion procedures when performing format conversion with batch processing batch conversion of files Procedures created with the conversion settings file output in the format conversion wind...

Page 24: ...ion parameter of AVI CODEC Compression program The configuration parameter will be saved at CODEC configuration file when the configuration parameter is 512 characters or more The file extension is CSDT Refer to the description in Appendix B for details on CODEC Configuration File ...

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Page 26: ...n Connect the powered up HUB or camera to the LAN port used for camera control This manual describes the setting method for Windows7 PC IP Address Settings Open the control panel from the Windows start button Click to open View network status and tasks Click to open Change Adapter Settings ...

Page 27: ...elect the name of the connection for Local Area Connection 2 Click Properties in the Local Area Connection Status window to open the Properties window for the local area connection Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 in the items under the This Connection Uses the Following Items in Local Area Connection Properties and then click on Properties immediately under that to open the window for ...

Page 28: ... in ipconfig and press Enter to display the PC IP address If the PC IP address for the IP address setting is set to something other than 172 21 80 1 set the PC IP address the same as that for the camera IP address At this point communication is not possible if the PC and the camera don t have the same LAN IP address set so in the example the IP address for both the PC and the camera must be 172 21...

Page 29: ...t HUB or a MEMRECAM that is turned on During HXLink installation if the PC is not connected to a LAN or a MEMRECAM you will be required to conduct TCP IP Network Optimization again when the MEMRECAM is connected Click on TCP IP Network Optimization in the Windows start menu and reboot the PC after setting For the installation method when connecting the K5 RX 6G RX 5G camera for the Gbit 1000BASE T...

Page 30: ...layback window is displayed when the HXLink CD is inserted into the PC CD drive Click Execute setup exe to start the installer and installation The HXLink CD is displayed in Explorer so double click on setup exe in the HXLink folder The CUDA2Setup and HASPdrivers folders on the CD are the various types of program folders for options sold separately See the manuals for each of the attached options ...

Page 31: ...only if you want to install the HXLink 32bit version both of vcredist_x86 exe and vcredist_x64 exe If you are installing the HXLink 64bit version Lists the steps to install the HXLink 64bit version Double click the vcredist_x64 exe for VS2010 folder Then Install the 64bit for Microsoft Visual C 2010 wizard Completion of installation of vcredist_x64 exe Also install vcredust_x86 exe as well ...

Page 32: ...dows start button Click to open View network status and tasks Click to open Change Adapter Settings Double click to open the LAN port connection for camera control Click Properties in the Local Area Connection Status window to open the Properties window for the local area connection ...

Page 33: ... 00292 H 2 9 Click Install in Networking tab Click Service as the type of network feature and click Add Click Have Disk to set installation disk ...

Page 34: ... the following folder in install CD according to your OS 32bit GigE_FilterDriver x86 64bit GigE_FilterDriver x64 At File name dialog select gigevflt inf in the above folder you confirmed and click Open Click OK Select GigE Vision Filter Driver as the Network service you want to install and click OK ...

Page 35: ...click Install Installation completed in a few seconds Finally open Properties window for the local area connection again and make sure that GigE Vision Filter Driver is added and checked Then click OK Installation of GigE Vision Filter Driver now completed ...

Page 36: ... not prepared the following either warning can be displayed If you do not use Q camera click No and continue HXLink installation Case1 In 32bit OS Click Yes to install GenIcam 32bit Follow the wizard instructions to finish GenIcam installation and continue HXLink installation Case2 In 64bit OS GenIcam 32bit is unusable Click Yes to stop HXLink installation and uninstall GenIcam 32bit Refer to 2 24...

Page 37: ...h Gbit Connection and click Next Select standard installation and click Next The optimal components are installed with standard installation Select an fxLink compatible GUI Compatible fxLink GUI corresponding to the fx camera All of the HX GX fx Q camera functions cannot be used Standard HXLink All of the HX GX fx Q camera functions can be used If changing the drive or folder for installing the pr...

Page 38: ...lling HXLink settings for the previously set input folder save folder snapshot cross fade display folder are set in the same folders If updating HXLink versions the previous settings for each folder can be set individually Selection of the previously set folders can be changed when executing HXLink The installation will start when you click the Install ...

Page 39: ...TCP IP Network Optimization required when the MEMRECAM is connected At that point end HXLink and perform TCP IP Network Optimization in Start Menu MEMRECAM HXLink and restart the PC If using an HX GX or an fx camera connection check the network and click OK If using only the fx camera FC AL click Cancel Click Finish when the dialog for setup complete is displayed Reboot the computer before using t...

Page 40: ...indows8 Verify that the camera is connected in the Device Manager Verify as Generic SCSI Other Device under System Devices Open Property in Generic SCSI Other Device and select Details Select Hardware IDs in Property to display detailed information in Value and verify the MEMRECAM camera ...

Page 41: ...e Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service according to the following procedures Windows Vista Open the Control Panel and double click on System and Maintenance Windows 7 8 Open the Control Panel and double click on System and Security Double click on Administrative Tools In Administrative Tools double click on iSCSI Initiator ...

Page 42: ...ayed Click on Continue in User Account Controls A message will appear to confirm automatic execution of Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service so click Yes Click OK when the iSCSI Initiator Properties are displayed This completes the startup of Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service ...

Page 43: ...cts a new camera when the fx camera has a FC AL connection with Windows XP the Found New Hardware Wizard is displayed to install a driver Click Next to install the driver on the system Once installation is complete Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard will be displayed ...

Page 44: ...o or more new cameras connected verify all of the cameras Use the Device Manager to verify camera connections In the following screen verify the two K3 with the PC OS fx K3 firmware ver1 62 CID 1116 fx K3 firmware ver1 62 CID 1248 ...

Page 45: ...all close other applications open the Control Panel and double click on Add Remove Applications Add or Remove Programs and Windows Components on Windows XP Uninstall HXLink Application Windows XP Select MEMRECAM HXLink from the list of currently installed programs and click Change Remove to display the Uninstall HXLink dialog box Windows Vista Windows7 Windows8 Click Programs and Uninstall Program...

Page 46: ...with Administrator authority Make sure that a user with administrator authority logs on to uninstall HXLink Once the uninstall starts a confirmation message appears Click Yes to start uninstallation HXLink cannot be uninstalled if running The dialog shown to the left will appear if HXLink is running so follow the instructions to proceed Once the uninstall is complete the uninstalled program is rem...

Page 47: ...he local area connection Refer to page 2 8 for details Select GigE Vision Filter Driver and click Uninstall Click Yes Then uninstallation completed Open Properties window for the local area connection again and make sure that GigE Vision Filter Driver is deleted Then click Close ...

Page 48: ...2 24 00292 H Uninstall GenICam Open Control Panel and click Uninstall Programs Select GenIcam v2 2 from program list and double click ...

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Page 50: ...tartup To start up the HXLink application double click on the HXLink icon on the desktop Or start by clicking All Programs MEMRECAM HXLink HXLink on the start menu If the User Account Control dialogue appears click Yes ...

Page 51: ...operations Startup Screen Basic Mode Startup Screen Expert Mode Switch to and from the Basic Mode and the Expert Mode using Options on the Settings menu Refer to page 7 4 for details Item Toolbar Main Toolbar Image Monitor Image Monitor Item Toolbar ー Status Bar Camera Parameter Bar Status Bar Main Toolbar ...

Page 52: ... with the camera and adds the camera item to the item list Item List Displays items camera connections open image files Sync display settings check box Item mark If a camera shows the nickname for the camera If a file shows the image file base name If a camera shows the camera type or memory segment Memory segments are shown as MEM If a file shows the image file type mcf cif avi tif bmp jpg Camera...

Page 53: ... pressed only the video signals for the selected camera is output and the video signals for the HX GX and fx cameras not selected is not output Sync display Expert Mode Synchronizes display for matching the relative time of the multiple item frames where the synchronized display setting box is checked Click Sync Display to execute delete the synchronized display Camera Control Basic Mode In the ca...

Page 54: ...with the HX camera The cooling fans for all of the cameras can be paused when using the HX camera Wide display Expert mode Wide display Basic mode Use the option GUI Settings to make the size of the item toolbar Wide Refer to 7 4 for details Update black balance Sensor gain Pause all of the cooling fans ...

Page 55: ...ntrol Refer to page 4 28 for details List of Camera Settings window Superimpose information settings for format conversion Basic Mode Turns all superimpose settings ON OFF Refer to page 5 22 for details T 0 Setting Expert Mode T 0 is the standard frame times for image files Sets the T 0 frame for the image file MCFF AVI TIFF BMP JPEG NWF Refer to page 5 5 for details Auto Download Settings Expert ...

Page 56: ...ll Erase Erase all of the segments Detailed Settings Shows the Camera Details dialogue Refer to page 4 28 for details Download Downloads image data from the camera and creates camera image files MCFF AVI TIFF BMP JPEG USB Save Saves image data on the USB media connected to the camera and creates camera image files MCFF AVI HD Mag Save Saves the image data on the HD Mag option attached to the camer...

Page 57: ...nc Input Periodic Sync Input If you select the item of Camera Time Internal Sync is set for Camera Sync If you select the item of Camera Sync Camera Internal Time is set for Camera Time Q camera sync output Select signal output from SYNC OUT of Q camera from the following items IRIG Output 1kHz Sync Output EPO Output Through Output output signal of SYNC IN from SYNC OUT ARM Status Output Q camera ...

Page 58: ...operties Refer to page 9 2 for details AVI TIFF BMP JPEG File Item Menu Close Closes AVI TIFF BMP JPEG files and deletes items from the item list Close related waveform file Closes the waveform data file NWF related to the selected file item Refer to page 5 31 for details Conversion Settings File Output only valid with BMP files Creates batch conversion settings files for batch converted files Bat...

Page 59: ...list segment is hidden Icon Comments Description Segment Black frame Current Segment Locked Protected segment Locked black frame Protected current segment Gray Not recorded Red REC Recording Blue VALID Recording finished with images Green PLAY Playing Orange SAVE Saving locally USB save HD Mag save Purple DOWNLOAD Downloading Reservation Mark Comments Description Red Recording reservation Recordin...

Page 60: ...ect the segment do any of following Click the Segment Display from the Control menu Click the Segment Display of all cameras from the Control menu Right click the camera item in the Item List and select Segment Display from the menu To unprotect the segment do any of following Select the camera in the Item List and select from Recording Trigger Mode Number of Blocks from the Control menu Select fr...

Page 61: ...A Jump to Start Frame Displays the playback start frame 1 Frame Reverse In the READY mode goes back one frame Press for a long time to go back quickly In the PLAY LOOP mode the playback rate decreases Stop Stops PLAY LOOP VIEW and ARM and switches to READY mode Deletes the video displayed warning for the GX camera Playback Loop Plays back in the READY mode loop playback when pressed for a long tim...

Page 62: ...ails Hand Tool Switch the image scroll mode Measure Starts coordinate measurement or LAA measurement expert mode only To use the measurement function in the basic mode click Measurements in the View menu Refer to page 13 2 for details Display Entire Image Set the magnification automatically to match the window size for display Set playback start frame Press and hold Display playback end frame Disp...

Page 63: ...ar T 0 is the frame of the standard time of the image file The camera frame number is 0 for the frame where the trigger signal is input during recording trigger frame and the image file frame number can be changed with the T 0 setting function Refer to page 5 5 for details on T 0 settings Playback slider T 0 frame trigger frame End frame Current frame Playback range Top frame Playback start frame ...

Page 64: ...recording for the trigger input connector LINEAR Recording Performs recording according to the pauses in operation ３ Example of Multi Trigger Frame Display Divides the memory segments into 2 64 blocks and automatically replaces the blocks with recording for each trigger signal input T 0 frame trigger frame Event frame Event frame Burst Block 1 Burst Block 2 Burst Block 3 Burst Block 4 Block 3 Bloc...

Page 65: ...formation for that button display If there is a cursor on the image monitor the location of the cursor is shown If there is a cursor on the image monitor the RGB value for the image at that location is shown Overexposure Bar Displays the threshold value for the overexposure display Refer to page 3 27 for overexposure Exposure Color Bar Displays the luminance and color when the exposure color is di...

Page 66: ...Sensor Gain Only HX camera The photographic sensor gain signal amplification can be changed The sensitivity increases as the gain increases but the size of the image increases The sensitivity decreases as the gain decreases and the size of the image decreases LOW Low sensitivity High image quality MID Medium sensitivity Medium image quality HIGH High sensitivity Low image quality GXC Only HX camer...

Page 67: ...ng fans are paused varies by camera Refer to the HX camera user s manual for operations such as cooling times Use Procedures 1 Click the pause fan lock and click to use the pause all camera cooling fans function 2 The fans are stopped and the number of sections until the pause ends is displayed 3 If the pause cooling time has elapsed the fan will start and cool the HX cameras The HX cameras cannot...

Page 68: ... designating a rectangle use the mouse to click and drag to designate a rectangle in the area of the image monitor to be zoomed The sides of the rectangular area designated will be enlarged for display on the image monitor Rectangle is specified Zoom display For zoom designating the magnification input a numerical value for the zoom magnification When enlarging an image using zoom the displayed im...

Page 69: ...ive camera images need zoom scroll designations Refer to 4 68 for details on the zoom scroll functions on the camera Also the results of the zoom or scroll do not impact the saved image data Reverse Image Rotate Image With HXLink MCFF file images can be reversed or rotated for display AVI BMP TIFF JPEG file images cannot be reversed or rotated for display If specifying both image reversal and imag...

Page 70: ...selected Select reverse image from the display menu and click on the reversal direction Items that can be selected include reverse top bottom and reverse left right Reverse Top bottom With the recording settings window display OFF Click on the reversal direction The image is reversed for display ...

Page 71: ...d Select image rotation from the display menu and click on the rotation angle The angles that can be set are 0 standard 90 180 270 Images are rotated in the clockwise direction 90 Clockwise Rotation With the recording settings window display OFF Click the rotation angle The image is rotated for display ...

Page 72: ...CFF files from previous GX 1 GX 5 versions or those not from the HX GX series the image will not be reversed and the rotation angle will be 0 Reverse and Rotate Image for Format Conversion If MCFF file images with the rotate reverse display are subject to format conversion the converted file images AVI BMP TIFF JPEG are the displayed rotated reversed images List of Camera Settings Window Camera im...

Page 73: ... depends on the frame rate for the selected item Example 0 001sec for 1000pps However if the selected item does not include sync display not checked the single frame time unit depends on the highest frame rate on the image for sync display Simultaneous sync display is possible for the camera and file If the camera status is VIEW ARM or REC the file becomes a still image display Double click on a s...

Page 74: ...he Sync Display menu select Custom to specify the image layout Each of the custom settings for row column have a maximum value of 16 Sync display cannot be performed for images exceeding the number of images designated in the layout settings during custom selection Since the current frame is outside the range a checkerboard pattern is shown ...

Page 75: ...nance images in color can be displayed This is a handy function to verify the amount of light during photographing On the monitor use the right mouse button to switch the display Original Overexposure or Exposure Color can be selected Overexposure Display Exposure Color Display ...

Page 76: ...d color similar to the luminance of the image The artificial color and the luminance can be viewed in the Exposure Color Bar The luminance range and corresponding colors cannot be changed All Original All Overexposure All Exposure Color Original Overexposure Exposure color can be set for all items on the Item List Change the threshold value by dragging the mouse Use the mouse to click on the red p...

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Page 78: ...re set during GX 5 GX 5F camera head registration The CID is a number identifying an individual MEMRECAM cameras or DRP as numbers 1 9999 The GX 5 GX 5F camera head ID is a number identifying individual camera heads as numbers 1 9999 Procedures for Camera Registration 1 Click Camera Registration from the Settings menu The camera registration dialogue is displayed 2 Input the Nickname IP Address Ca...

Page 79: ...the HX GX Q camera IP address settings To verify Q camera IP address and CID connect PC directly with a camera with LAN cable and go to File Open Camera or simply click Attached the Camera on HXLink Refer to page 4 4 for details of camera connection Method of Verifying Camera Information MEMRECAM GX 5 GX 5F camera heads The camera head ID and model are shown in Camera Configuration Settings Before...

Page 80: ...r HR CAM the connected port or the port number whichever is the smallest where the camera head is connected is displayed on the Connect Camera dialogue list The camera heads with the current camera configuration settings are displayed on the list If the camera heads with the camera configuration settings are registered with the camera the camera head nickname is displayed in the NAME column Refer ...

Page 81: ...ed on the monitor As for Q camera images are not displayed unless it is recorded at camera connection The name of the selected camera and the Color B W type are displayed in the title bar of the HXLink window Refer to page 3 21 for details on the title bar Recording parameters of Q camera always returns to default settings whenever re connected If preferred to stay with the parameters set save the...

Page 82: ... P2 Cam With two HR Cam and Camera Configuration Settings the DRP memory is split into 8 parts with four allocated to one HR Cam and the remaining four allocated to the other HR Cam If using Camera Configuration Settings data saved in the memory so far is deleted If camera heads are connected to DRP ports that do not have memory partitions recording is not possible for those camera heads If even o...

Page 83: ... to the DRP when adding or deleting camera heads on the GX 5 GX 5F If the DRP is still powered when attaching or removing camera heads the DRP and camera head may be damaged Also since devices connected to a malfunctioning device may be damaged do not use the malfunctioning device and have it repaired Caution If implementing the Camera Configuration Settings the image data recorded in the camera m...

Page 84: ... started The camera configuration currently set to the DRP is shown on the Camera Head Composition list The camera head currently connected to the DRP is shown on the Camera Head Currently Connecting The following items are displayed on the Camera Head Composition list DRP DRP nickname DRP Port Port number on the DRP side where the camera head is connected Type Camera head type Number Camera head ...

Page 85: ...camera head was added flashes yellow flashes slowly The LED for the port connected to the camera head matching the camera head configuration turns green and the LED for the port where the camera head is not connected turns yellow 3 Startup the HXLink and click on Connect Camera The camera head for the current camera head configuration is shown on the list for the Connect Camera dialogue The DRP po...

Page 86: ...onnect Camera The camera head for the current camera head configuration is shown on the list for the Connect Camera dialogue The DRP port number is shown in the CAMERA column of the list 4 Select the DRP for the camera head deleted from the list in the following Connect Camera dialogue and click OK 5 Click Camera Configuration Settings on the Control menu to display the following dialogue 6 Click ...

Page 87: ... DRP in the Type column Select none for ports where camera heads are not in use The Type column cannot be changed on the GX 5 GX 5F DRP where the camera configuration mode is not compatible with AUTO or detailed settings for camera configuration After the settings are finished click Yes Click Yes and the changes made in the detailed settings for camera configuration dialogue are set to the GX 5 GX...

Page 88: ...arameters can be set with the Detailed Settings dialogue Additionally precise settings for the playback range can be made in single frame units If there are multiple cameras connected the playback parameters can be set in the window showing List of Camera Settings Parameters for all of the cameras can be set in Batch Specify the playback range to enable forward playback reverse playback and loop p...

Page 89: ... prm file Parameters set for the camera can be saved in a file prm Details of the saved parameter file prm can be set on the camera To save or read the parameter file select the desired camera from the item list click Save Camera Setting Import Camera Setting on the file menu and specify the file name Refer to Appendix C for details of the parameters file Control Window Select a camera on the Item...

Page 90: ...rs Image settings recorded in the memory Playback Parameters Image Quality Settings for the image quality of the image recorded in the memory Playback Parameters Range Settings for the frame range of the image recorded in the memory Connection Configuration Information Camera connection status in particular the connection status of the M HUB for the fx camera Double click on the cell for the param...

Page 91: ...ag HD Mag Shows the HD Mag status for the HX camera option HX 1 option Memory Maximum recording memory If multiple camera heads the memory used for each camera head Master Slave Camera synchronization master synchronization slave settings Memory Segment Memory for one segment and number of segments Live Image Resolution Live image resolution Only fx camera Rotate Image Image rotation angle Reverse...

Page 92: ...or not to continue save range Frame Time Select camera frame time Time Stamp Time Stamp ON OFF The following items are synchronization setting items Refer to page 6 4 for details Camera Time Camera time setting Camera Sync Signal Select synchronized method during recording The following items are I O SIGNAL items Refer to page 6 11 for details EST Input Selection Select the connector for the exter...

Page 93: ...fer to page 6 14 for details Warning Select whether or not to display HX GX camera warnings On screen display Select items for the on screen display Frame Counter Display Set the format for the frame counter displayed in the video Image Center Mark Select the mark for the center of the image displayed in the video DATETIME Display during Recording Select the DATETIME displayed in the video Trigger...

Page 94: ...lect 1 64 HX 1 16 GX values for the number of blocks for partition recording Recording Trigger Mode Sets the recording trigger mode Refer to page 4 60 for details NORMAL Normal recording NORMAL A Automatically switches segments and records NORMAL L Repeated recording until Stop is pressed EVENT Saves external trigger signals when recording EVENT A Automatically switches segments and records EVENT ...

Page 95: ...ith a CUSTOM setting Low Light Setting where the low light mode preview brightness corresponds to the frame rate If using multiple camera heads with the GX 5 GX 5F the ON OFF status for the low light mode is the same for all camera heads However if the individual settings are OFF ON or ON OFF all of the camera heads can be switched ON OFF Also if the exposure timing setting is GX NATIVE all of the...

Page 96: ...000K Setting for 5000K color temperature 9000K Setting for 9000K color temperature REG Uses the auto white balance setting obtained with SET during the preview SET Calculates the white balance data from the preview image With Q camera white balance is automatically updated when changing white balance settings or other camera settings White balance is not updated when in VIEW or ARM Enhance Enhance...

Page 97: ... Synchronization Select EST Refer to page 6 4 for details Exposure Phase Specify the exposure phase shift with a value 0 359 Set with HX GX Q cameras Refer to page 4 42 for details RGB Matrix Turns RGM matrix correction ON OFF for the image data Set with HX GX Q cameras Luminance Properties Input output transfer properties when image data is displayed Set with HX GX Q cameras NORMAL Gain Gamma Kne...

Page 98: ...OFF setting for the frame straddling function Batch setting is invalid during VIEW ARM Frame Straddling Display Video live image display during frame straddling photography ANY Displays the most recent image without differentiating between the 1st 2nd 1st Displays the most recent image in the 1st frame 2nd Displays the most recent image in the 2nd frame ...

Page 99: ...setting AOI Automatic exposure or image trigger range Image Trigger Image Trigger setting AE Automatic exposure setting AE CYCLE Automatic exposure cycle Comments Recording comments Input setting up to 100 ASCII characters The three characters of and all Japanese characters cannot be used Characters can be copied and pasted with the exception of the characters given above DRES Mode Dynamic range e...

Page 100: ...ng Speed Frames Frames recorded with the high recording speed Frame Straddling Recording ON OFF setting for the frame straddling function Frame Straddling Display Video and live image display during frame straddling photography ...

Page 101: ...ain by one aperture Set from 0dB 6dB 12dB with the MEMRECAM ci fx series 0db Normal brightness 6db Raise gain by one aperture 12 db Raise gain by two apertures Gamma Gamma correction OFF No gamma correction LOW Low gamma correction NORMAL Normal gamma correction White Balance White Balance AUTO Auto white balance setting 3100K Setting for 3100K color temperature 5000K Setting for 5000K color tempe...

Page 102: ...with low luminance differences set to display images with specific input output transfer properties Refer to page 5 14 for details TABLE Function only for HX camera Refer to page 5 15 Playback Parameters Range Playback Parameters Range Playback Parameters Range Items ID Playback Start Playback End settings only The other items are for display only ID Camera DRP ID TYPE Camera DRP model Nickname Ca...

Page 103: ... processing on camera DRP successful IRIG IRIG signal status I M SYNC IRIG and master M Hub sync status M S N Master M Hub serial number M Port No Master M Hub port number M Port ID Master M Hub port ID M S Connection Master M Hub and slave M Hub connection status C connected D disconnected M S Sync Master M Hub and slave M Hub sync status S S N Slave M Hub serial number S Port No Slave M Hub port...

Page 104: ... click Detail Settings on the right click menu the Camera Details dialogue opens when a camera in the item list is designated even if multiple cameras are connected With a single camera connection select Camera Details Individual for the GUI Settings for Single Camera Connection in the GUI Settings in Options Click Detailed Settings in the Control menu Click Detailed Settings in the Item Toolbar B...

Page 105: ... 00292 H 4 29 GX series Detail Settings dialog GX 8 use This button not found on other GX series GX 8 use Rotate not used on other GX series ...

Page 106: ...4 30 00292 H Q series Detail Settings dialog ...

Page 107: ... setting parameters is displayed １２ Specify the frame rate to be set Specify to set the parameters for all of the cameras Click OK to close the Frame Rate Frame Size Settings dialogue Click Cancel to close the dialogue and return to the state prior to changing all of the camera settings Select either frame rate or frame size with priority If the frame rate has priority the frame rate for all of t...

Page 108: ...ters to the camera Or use Display Angle to select the two types of settings depending on the camera connected Specify size center HX GX camera position specify size HX camera Click to open the display angle dialogue and the entire image and frame for the frame size is displayed Specify Size Center In the angle display dialogue the camera live image still image and the currently set frame size area...

Page 109: ... frame rate it won t be possible to drag in a range that exceeds the upper limit of the frame size relative to the frame rate If the priority is the frame size the frame rate will automatically be reduced if the upper limit of the frame size is exceeded when dragged Numerical input is also possible Input the parameter to be changed and click Apply to update the frame size red frame and frame rate ...

Page 110: ...e size is 320x240 and the HR CAM frame size is 640x480 If setting shutters for each of the camera heads select either K4 compatible or K3 compatible Pixel Bit Length HX GX Q cameras can change the bit length per pixel of photographic images If the number of bits is large the depth per pixel increases and it becomes a high quality image If the number of bits is small the depth per pixel decreases a...

Page 111: ...r than the 1 frame rate Click the custom shutter button or select CUSTOM from Shutter in the Recording Parameters tab in the List of Camera Settings window to set the desired shutter speed The custom shutter button is in the following GUI Item Toolbar Basic Mode Only Camera Parameters Toolbar Expert Mode only Control window Camera Details dialogue Specify the shutter speed in the Custom Shutter Se...

Page 112: ...ens for cameras other than the HX so light does not reach the sensor Perform any of the following Conduct Update Black Balance in the camera configuration information in the Camera Details dialogue Conduct Update Black Balance in the Camera Configuration Information tab in the List of Camera Settings Conduct Update Black Balance in the wide display of the item toolbar Conduct Update Black Balance ...

Page 113: ...ed MCFF GX Cameras Corrected black balance data for GX cameras are saved only as data for all of the segments Individual corrected black balance data cannot be retained in each segment The black balance must be updated during STOP HX Cameras Corrected black balance data for HX cameras are saved in each segment Also corrected black balance data is saved once in VIEW ARM REC and a manual update of t...

Page 114: ...given below When the camera is started up When switched to VIEW When switched to ARM When REC ends When switched to low light When all angle of views are displayed with the custom frame rate settings Auto black balance updates are not performing in the following cases When changing the recording parameters during VIEW After changing the settings during VIEW if immediate confirmation is made that t...

Page 115: ...I Camera Parameters Toolbar Expert Mode only When the camera is in VIEW Camera Details dialogue Recording Parameters tab of the List of Camera Settings window Control window When the camera is in VIEW The following trigger timings can be specified START The trigger frame is about 5 of the frames from the beginning of the recording memory CENTER The trigger frame is the center about 50 of the recor...

Page 116: ...custom trigger settings cannot be batch set with the following Batch in the Recording Parameters tab of the List of Camera Settings window Camera parameters toolbar but the trigger timing can be selected as CUSTOM With the HX cameras and the GX 8 the range of custom trigger positions is expanded The time from trigger input to the recording start frame is the maximum value for the number of frames ...

Page 117: ... K4 Compatible K3 Compatible fx Exposure Timing exposure timing that can be selected with fx cameras K4 Compatible K3 Compatible Q Exposure Timing exposure timing that can be selected with Q cameras GX Native K4 Compatible If recording at 1000pps with the fx camera the K4 Compatible and K3 Compatible exposure time is the same If the frame rate with the fx camera is 100 250 500pps match the exposur...

Page 118: ...Phase setting is disabled Exposure Phase The HX GX and Q cameras can shift the exposure timing phase during recording The Exposure Phase setting is enabled only when the Exposure Timing is GX Native However the exposure phase should be kept at 0 when not conducting exposure phase shift recording To change the exposure phase select Exposure Phase from the Camera Details dialogue or Exposure Phase f...

Page 119: ...e Size Settings dialogue then open the Custom Settings Frame Rate Frame Size Settings dialogue and click The buttons show the ON OFF status of the variable frame rate When the button is pressed the variable frame rate setting is ON Use the variable frame rate recording function to record When the button is not pressed the variable frame rate setting is OFF Select ON OFF for the variable frame rate...

Page 120: ...rding to all ranges Sync display Main toolbar frame counter Camera Details dialogue frame counter List of Camera Settings window frame counter Download dialogue individual list USB Save dialogue individual list Format conversion individual list Playback slider The Variable Frame Rate setting is disabled for burst recording and linear recording The Frame Straddling setting is disabled when the Vari...

Page 121: ...time is up to the shutter speed set for the recording parameters For example if the shutter speed is set to 5K the exposure time with AEC control is up to a maximum of 200 μs Also when using AE the range subject to the AE AOI must be specified With HX cameras and GX 1 GX 3 GX 8 cameras in addition to selecting from predetermined ranges custom ranges can be set Refer to page 4 46 for AOI details AE...

Page 122: ...ct AOI from the Camera Details dialogue Select AOI from the Recording Parameters in the List of Camera Settings Select any of the following for AOI FULL The entire frame is the range CENTER 50 of a rectangle area of 25 from the center of the frame is the range UPPER The upper half of the frame is the range LOWER The lower half of the frame is the range LEFT The left half of the frame is the range ...

Page 123: ... and when the AOI is determined the lines of the rectangle are displayed in red solid lines After determining the AOI it is possible to change the AOI whenever desired by dragging on the live image to modify Drag inside the AOI rectangle to move the AOI Drag the corner or the periphery of the AOI rectangle to change the size of the AOI Drag the outside of the AOI rectangle to eliminate the current...

Page 124: ...4 48 00292 H Use the button in the Custom AOI window to set centering for a size half of the current frame size Custom AOI settings are enabled when AOI in the control window is set to CUSTOM ...

Page 125: ...imately 1600 CUSTOM Custom setting for the dynamic range only HX cameras If the DRES mode is enabled the Gain and Knee settings are not applied the gain will be LOW and the knee will be OFF LOW MID HIGH In the DRES mode with photographed or downloaded MCFF data set the image quality luminance properties to LINEAR and if converted to TIFF16 Monochrome 16bit TIFF48 48bit it is possible to return the...

Page 126: ...ge of the light source brightness is automatically adjusted Select Dual Triple for slider operation or numerical input of each exposure time Dual values adjust the SH and DRES1 ratio Triple values adjust the DRES1 and DRES2 ratio Press the button below the confirmation graph to easily set the exposure time LOW Ratio corresponding to about 400 of the dynamic range MID Ratio corresponding to about 8...

Page 127: ...gs is 7 5Hz and with PAL settings 6 25Hz For example a trigger may not be issued when the time from a strobe light is 0 2 seconds or less Use any of the following to specify the image trigger Select the camera in the Item List and select from Image Trigger in the Control menu Select from Image Trigger in the Control window Select from Image Trigger under the Recording Parameters tab of the List of...

Page 128: ... after conducting a test photograph The criteria is shown below Set Value Matching Photographic Environments Non conforming Photographic Environments Unusable Photographic Environments LOW Recording in an environment where there are flickering elements due to fluorescent lighting Recording where large changes in the brightness are not expected B MID Recording where the brightness of the general li...

Page 129: ... a range from the minimum brightness value black to the maximum brightness value white ABS Specify the threshold value using 0 as the minimum brightness value black and 100 as the maximum brightness value white Does not depend on the standard brightness RATIO and DIST can be used outdoors where the standard brightness changes ABS can be used in environments not impacted by outside light such as in...

Page 130: ...limit of 30 upper limit of 20 ABS Range of input 3276 8 3276 7 input limitation Practical range 0 100 Input example Lower limit of 47 upper limit of 80 Input the upper and lower limits and click to display a warning message that the lower limit upper limit Correct so the lower limit upper limit 3 common types ...

Page 131: ...ss Settings window is shown when the camera is in the ARM mode Manually set the standard brightness and set the standard brightness for all of the HX cameras on the item list Set the standard brightness for the HX camera selected on the item list The Standard Brightness Settings window is only shown when the HX camera is in the ARM mode ...

Page 132: ...forming external synchronous recording when the HX GX camera synchronization is EST Synchronization or A EST Synchronization the trigger reset function is disabled If GX Camera Time is set to Trigger Reset that setting is disabled and the GX Camera Time operates as Internal Camera Time The following functions are disabled when the trigger reset function is used Operates as GX Native when the Expos...

Page 133: ...e These two frames are called the 1st frame and the 2nd frame respectively Refer to page 8 19 for frame straddling settings Refer to the HX camera user s manual and the GX 8 user s manual for details regarding frame straddling If the Trigger Reset function is enabled the Frame Straddling function is disabled If the Variable Speed Recording function is enabled the Frame Straddling function is disab...

Page 134: ...If multiple cameras are connected double click on the Segment Partitions cell under the Camera Configuration Information tab in List of Camera Settings window to change the number of segments Partitioning memory segments will result in the loss of image data saved in the camera memory If essential data remains be sure to download the image data before partitioning the memory segments Warning GX Q ...

Page 135: ...els the selected protected segments prohibits recording over Show Free Memory Displays the size of the free memory segment size segment list Shown in red if the amount free is less than 0 Segment Count Displays the number of segments with the size setting Specify the number of partitions if fitting the memory Equal Division Set a value that divides the size of the memory by the number of segments ...

Page 136: ... these seven types of recording trigger modes cannot be use Select only one recording trigger mode Refer to the HX and GX camera user s manuals for recording trigger modes Use any of the following to specify the recording trigger mode Select the camera in the Item List and select from Recording Trigger Mode Number of Blocks from the Control menu Select from Recording Trigger Modes in Detailed Sett...

Page 137: ...rs from the AUTO mode and it accesses ARM even when the switched segments have completed recording Click STOP for the ending conditions for automatic segment switching ARM start 2 Event Recording When there is multiple input of external trigger signals during recording the first external trigger signal is treated as the original trigger signal and the subsequent external trigger signals are record...

Page 138: ...LTI and simultaneously specify the number of partition blocks Set Recording Trigger Modes under the recording parameter tab of the List of Camera Settings window to MULTI and simultaneously specify the number of partition blocks Multi trigger recordings include MULTI A MULTI C MULTIS A MULTIS L MULTI A refers to the All Blocks mode that ends recording with trigger signal input for the number of bl...

Page 139: ...tching MULTI2 C Continuous mode to perform repeated recording until STOP is clicked MULTI3 Method identical to that in MULTI2 but there are no limitations to the number of trigger inputs The number of blocks number of possible trigger inputs corresponding to the number of frames per block is determined However recording is not possible prior to the trigger frame MULTI3 A All Blocks mode for automa...

Page 140: ... speed and low speed DUAL recording is the same The ratio for the frame rate for high speed and low speed DUAL recording is in whole numbers The maximum frame rate for DUAL recording is the normal recording The DUAL recording shutter OPEN exposure time is the normal recording If switching from normal recording to DUAL recording of the normal recording frame rate is set for high speed recording Ref...

Page 141: ...l of the connected HX and GX cameras Auto view settings cannot be set individually for each camera OFF Auto View not used AUTO Records to the last segment Images after recording is done are not overwritten LOOP Returns to the first segment and switches to the VIEW mode after recording the last segment Overwrites even recorded segments when ARM is started Auto View cannot be used together with the ...

Page 142: ... of light corresponding to the frame rate parameters actually set in the step for image recording Also adjust the position to fit the subject recorded inside the frame for the angle of view Low Light can be set with the Low Light button in the Item Toolbar Basic Mode or the Camera Parameters Toolbar Expert Mode Low light can also be set with the Camera Details dialogue of the Control window under ...

Page 143: ...ro SEC The ranges of the settings are as follows with GX 1cameras PPS 100pps recording speed μ SEC shutter setting value 9996micro sec The set values pps displayed during custom low light use are recalculated from the exposure time micro sec As a result there may be cases when the set exposure time pps differs from the actually displayed value pps The HX and GX 8 camera Frame Straddling function d...

Page 144: ...properties Specify the minimum brightness input value maximum brightness input value and gamma value to adjust data with low amounts of brightness differences for display Select CUSTOM to show the Custom Luminance dialogue Refer to page 5 14 for details of the Custom Luminance dialogue TABLE HX cameras only Function to import export the luminance of the recorded data transferred to the image Creat...

Page 145: ...isplays the entire screen image at the maximum resolution for the video monitor Displays the entire image on an over scan compatible video monitor GX camera connection With NTSC settings displays at a maximum of 640x480 With PAL settings displays at a maximum of 768x576 FIT2 Displays the entire screen image at about 80 of the maximum resolution for the video monitor Displays the entire image on a ...

Page 146: ...image is not rotated with the video rotation function Refer to page 3 21 for PC live image rotation Composite Display While a camera is connected a live camera image and a specific image file can be combined for display Composite display is a function for comparison with previously photographed images and is useful when coordinating the camera angle or the position of photographed subjects A snaps...

Page 147: ...file to match the height of the frame size and the height of the image file Fit Width Adjusts the display of the image file to match the width of the frame size and the width of the image file Set the zoom magnification to a multiple of 100 using the zoom tool to enable the composite display to function properly If displaying a reduced image of a composite display depending on the magnification th...

Page 148: ...ect from the Split Display on the menu Items that can be selected with Split Display differ according to the camera configuration setting Camera heads displayed on a four part screen are displayed in the order of the camera number For example when using 8 P CAM camera heads with GX 5 GX 5F DRP select any of the following OFF No split screen displays the camera heads selected in the item list Split...

Page 149: ...AM in Connect a mix of HR CAM and P CAM to GX 5 GX 5F DRP to batch display the P CAM images in a four part display The Split Display layout is determined by the camera heads connected to the DRP ports so the position of the camera head images cannot be arbitrarily changed The GX 5 GX 5F DRP stores the values of the playback range for split display set separately from the playback range of each cam...

Page 150: ...selected in the item list Also by selecting Open Warning Window for Warnings in display of the option setting the warning window is automatically displayed when warning conditions are generated on the HX GX and Q cameras even if the warning window is closed Depending on the type of warning the warning message may not be displayed For warnings under the Display Warning tab in the options settings o...

Page 151: ...ion cannot be retrieved from HXLink If adjusting the focus with HXLink after manually adjusting the focus perform relative displacement or control the focal position after initializing the focus Once the focus is initialized the lens focus position cannot be returned to the state prior to initialization Description of Each Item Click Init to specify either Aperture focus or both to perform initial...

Page 152: ... MOD close range INF infinity If performing micro adjustment with HXLink after manually operating the focal adjustment of the lens select Relative Movement and use the change focus button to perform focal adjustment To adjust the focus with Control Position the focus must be initialized to retrieve the correct focal position for the lens from HXLink and once the focal position of the lens changes ...

Page 153: ... focus button once to specify the amount of movement There are two settings to switch between rough and fine adjustment Press the Shift key on the keyboard to switch the movement on the left side Focus slider Used with Control Position Specify display the current focal position of the lens Relative movement control Check for relative movement control Close range Used with Control Position Relative...

Page 154: ...the type of file other than MCFF AVI BMP JPEG TIFF can be set If setting AVI BMP JPEG TIFF they can be created without an MCFF download and format conversion The initial settings for the type of file are specified in Previous Download Format under the View Download Live Camera tab of options Caution The saved AVI BMP JPEG TIFF format image cannot be subject to image adjustment with HXLink or cut I...

Page 155: ...tinuous range displayed on the slider bar Refer to page 8 14 for details Depending on the frame counter display settings the setting format for the save range can be either the frame or the relative time Batch Downloads Any of the following methods can be used to display the Download dialogue list and perform batch downloads Click Download Click Download from the file menu Download Dialogue Downlo...

Page 156: ... 1 microsecond The unit for frame settings is a single frame With multi trigger recording the start save frame time is set for all blocks Double click on a cell to either start a save or end a save when specifying the save range Double click to display the Save Range dialogue Set a range for downloading to a start time frame and end time frame and press OK If Save Range in Batch is selected when t...

Page 157: ... Compression Ratio is used for the file size calculation The size of the saved file is the value of the Compression Ratio for the file size created without compression When starting to save the size of the saved file is shown in Saved Size Target and HXLink determines whether or not there is free space is sufficient Caution The file size subject to the Compression Ratio is a target The actual file...

Page 158: ...e Name Displays the file name for the data to be downloaded Perform the following when changing the save file name 1 Select the camera to change the save file name 2 Click the cell for the save file name to change the name ...

Page 159: ... corresponding to the camera that changes the save folder 2 After the Reference Folder dialogue appears select the folder for the download and press OK 3 If creating a new folder press Create Folder and input the folder name in the New Folder Name dialogue and press OK to create a folder If checked converts the format after downloading has finished Refer to page 4 99 for automatic format conversio...

Page 160: ...erall progress is shown on the progress bar During the downloads the status of the download progress is shown Interrupts the download Select the interruption method when the Interrupt Download dialogue appears The data download in progress continues and then the download is suspended Interrupts the download soon Subsequent data downloaded is suspended Does not interrupt the download ...

Page 161: ... 00292 H 4 85 Closes the Download dialogue Download an image and the downloaded data MCFF is shown on the item list and the Convert Format button is enabled ...

Page 162: ...ec is only enable in Batch Downloads In Individual Download DownLoad Rec is disabled Example of Downloading during Recording In the example given above HX 3 is divided into four segments 1 4 with recording completed on segments 1 and 2 which are downloaded by HXLink screen operation while segment 3 is recorded The trigger ready state can be seen from the segment display on the item list where segm...

Page 163: ...a from multiple heads from a single DRP is sequentially downloaded fx With multiple fx cameras downloads are sequential but with other types of cameras simultaneous downloads are possible When downloading from multiple cameras the overall camera progress and the progress for each camera is shown in the download dialogue The progress for all of the cameras is shown on the progress bar and progress ...

Page 164: ... 1 camera segment is saved to the HD mag segment Save may not be possible due to the segment size of the HD mag HD mag Segment Partitioning HD mag segment partitioning can be performed from the HXLink Make a size larger than the HX 1 camera unit fittings Caution Perform HD mag segment partitioning and the HD mag image data is deleted so make sure to download the required data in advance Use of the...

Page 165: ...tart Saves the data to the HD mag checked The progress of the save for each segment is shown in under Save Status The overall progress is shown on the progress bar During the save the button switches to an interrupt save button Interrupt Save Interrupts the save in process Click to display the message ...

Page 166: ...in the HD mag shown in the individual window by segment Caution Deletion of data by segment is a function only of the HD mag This function is not available in the HX camera main memory If there are free segments that can be saved in the HD Mag a message is displayed and the save can be started If there are no segments that can be saved a message is displayed and save is not possible ...

Page 167: ...he progress of the save for each segment is shown in under Status The overall progress is shown on the progress bar Deletes all of the data when batch is checked The data deletion in progress continues and then is suspended Closes the Delete HD mag segment dialogue ...

Page 168: ...the right click menu for the camera selected in the item list to display the download dialogue and start downloading The download dialogue shown may differ depending on the number of cameras and the status shown on the item list With HX cameras in addition to MCFF AVI not compressed AVI MJPEG can be specified as the file type The product quality settings are used when saving AVI MJPEG The playback...

Page 169: ...0292 H 4 93 USB Save Dialogue Individual Displayed when one camera is connected or when specifying cameras from the item list and saving an image from one camera on USB media USB Save Dialogue Individual ...

Page 170: ...e USB media USB Save Dialogue Individual Start Save For MCFF the file name is automatically assigned a sequence of MCFF0000 MCF MCFF9999 MCF For AVI the sequence is MCAV0000 AVI MCAV9999 AVI While saving the progress will be displayed in real time on the progress bar and the Frames Remaining If Cancel is pressed while saving saving to the USB media is immediately suspended ...

Page 171: ...g the save range is set by the frame number or relative time using the trigger frame for each block as the standard The following items can be set in the Save to USB dialogue Checked data is saved If not downloading remove the check Start Save sec Start time for the save range Start Save F Start frame for the save range The unit for relative time settings is seconds Specify up to 1 microsecond The...

Page 172: ...s are used when saving AVI MJPEG The playback rate is used when saving AVI not compressed AVI MJPEG Each button in the Save to USB dialogue functions as follows Saves the checked data on the USB media Save to USB Dialogue List Start Save Once the save has started the save progress for each camera is displayed and the overall progress is shown on the progress bar For MCFF the file name is automatic...

Page 173: ... single scene that can be converted into AVI TIFF BMP JPEG With HXLink once the partitioned saved MCFF is opened a MCFF file that can be linked within the same folder is opened automatically linking as a single scene The following limitations apply Cannot be converted to the MCFF format T 0 Setting Frame number setting is not possible If more than the maximum number 20 files of MCFF are opened sim...

Page 174: ...ownload and click OK This setting is used to download after camera recording has been completed The save range saves at the time when the trigger frame is 0 To specify as the Save Start Save End the Rec Start Rec End becomes the Save Start Save End so all of the recorded range is downloaded Also if the saved range is not included in the recorded range the saved range and the recorded range are dow...

Page 175: ...ra and record check Auto Format Conversion in either the Download dialogue or the Save As dialogue and then click Save or Start Download OK if an automatic download When the GUI Setting download item is Individual Save When the GUI Setting download item is Batch Save １ Check ２ After setting the download click Start Download OK if an automatic download １ Check ２ After specifying the download click ...

Page 176: ...lick OK Refer to page 5 2 for details on each setting To specify as the Convert Start Convert End the Save Start Save End becomes the Convert Start Convert End Also if the converted range is not included in the saved range the converted range and the saved range are converted as an overlapped range Click Save OK for batch saving to start the download and once the download is complete the format co...

Page 177: ...ber of times Refer to page 7 23 for the setting method Caution With the following settings in the HX and GX camera recording trigger mode the camera switches segments when recording is finished so the auto camera control does not function NORMAL A NORMAL L EVENT A EVENT L BURST A BURST L MULTIS A MULTIS L Caution If using auto camera control turn the All Camera Auto View to OFF Downloading with au...

Page 178: ...meras are READY status not recording VIEW One or more cameras are VIEW status ARM One or more cameras are ARM status STANDBY All cameras are ARM status and waiting for recording trigger WAITING One or more cameras are REC detect trigger TRIGGER status TRIGGERED All cameras are REC status VALID One or more cameras are recorded and READY Status DETATCH Cameras are disconnected by operation If one or...

Page 179: ... 00292 H 5 1 5 File Operation ...

Page 180: ...pply to 16bitTIFF B W 48bitTIFF color Any of the following can be used to open MCFF CIF AVI BMP TIFF JPEG files Click Open Image File in the File menu and select a file in the Open File dialogue Refer to 1 and 2 below Drag the mouse for multiple selections Select multiple files and click Open Click the mouse while pressing Ctrl for multiple selections Select multiple files and click Open 1 １ 2 ...

Page 181: ...ile image operation Playback Rate 1920 960 480 240 120 60 30 15 7 5 3 7 1 8 1 1 1 8 3 7 7 5 15 30 60 120 240 480 960 1920 Unit pps In and in the Playback Rate pull down menu is the fastest frame rate that does not drop frames and plays in the forward direction is the fastest frame rate that does not drop frames and plays in the reverse direction Use the frame by frame button to change the frame ra...

Page 182: ...k Open Data Cartridge on the File menu to display the scene list found on the data cartridge Select images to input while referencing the image preview Click OK to display the dialogue to specify the location and file name of the image Enter the file name Click Save to save the data cartridge image as an MCFF file and the image automatically added to the item list is displayed ...

Page 183: ...ic Mode click Set T 0 in the Control menu to open the Set T 0 dialogue Set T 0 dialogue Reset T 0 dialogue Set T 0 Dialogue Changes the frame displayed to the T 0 frame only when multi trigger recorded files are open Changes the frame displayed to the T 0 frame and the difference between the T 0 frame and the trigger frame is reflected on other blocks in the file Changes the frame displayed to the...

Page 184: ...5 6 00292 H Procedure to Revise T 0 Expert mode only 1 Open file MCFF AVI BMP TIFF JPEG 2 Move frame by frame to the frame where the T 0 frame is set and click T 0 T 0 button ...

Page 185: ... 00292 H 5 7 3 After the Set T 0 dialogue is displayed click Set Current Block T 0 4 The T 0 frame is updated ...

Page 186: ...5 8 00292 H 5 When resetting T 0 select Reset T 0 on the Control menu 6 After the Reset T 0 dialogue is displayed click Reset Current Block T 0 ...

Page 187: ...re disabled and it returns to the original T 0 trigger frame The following warning is shown for set T 0 With fx series camera image files MCFF if format conversion is MCFF MCFF set T 0 can be used With ci series camera image files CIF MCFF set T 0 is not supported ...

Page 188: ... Click Set Frame Number in the file Control menu to open the Set Frame Number dialogue and set the frame number In Set Frame Numbers for All Files All Blocks if setting frame numbers for files with different frame rates the current frame for the file displayed and the time difference for the trigger frame are newly set so all of the blocks of all of the files opened reflect the frame number and tr...

Page 189: ...y adjusted image to the formats of AVI TIFF or the like and then save Previously specified image quality parameters can be applied to image display and conversion Click Options in the Item Toolbar or open the Options dialogue from the Settings menu to specify file conversion files FCV for automatic conversion settings Refer to page 7 20 for details When specifying the file conversion files for aut...

Page 190: ...ance value saved in the MEMRECAM SET REG function while recording 3100 3100K setting for lighting color temperature 5000 5000K setting for lighting color temperature 9000 9000K setting for lighting color temperature CUSTOM CUSTOM white balance setting Select CUSTOM for the previously set white balance value Select Change Settings to display the White Balance dialogue and set the white balance with...

Page 191: ...M under Chroma in the Image Quality menu to display the Chroma dialogue and adjust the hue and chroma Change the settings to automatically redraw and verify the results Click OK to apply Knee This function supports the MEMRECAM knee correction function Knee correction is performed to compress data in excess of the 100 level whitewashed for the dynamic range of the image ON Knee correction setting ...

Page 192: ... gamma value of 1 00 the input data for the range from the minimum brightness input value to the maximum brightness input value is converted to maximum output data values using linear properties Use the mouse to drag the symbol on the graph to change the graph properties Also each value can be directly input as a numerical value Click OK to see the settings and close the window Click Cancel to clo...

Page 193: ... Loads the saved luminance TABLE data Save the Luminance TABLE Data Saves the saved luminance TABLE data Luminance TABLE Data The file becomes a text file The header is the amount of data followed by the data Example of an EXCEL TABLE Data File ...

Page 194: ...t the brightness and contrast Click Adjust Brightness on the Adjust Image Quality menu for the Adjust Brightness dialogue to adjust the brightness Use Adjust Image Quality in the main tool bar to adjust the brightness and contrast Expert Mode only There is a method to numerically input brightness black level 0 position and contrast gain and a method of specifying by using the mouse to drag the bla...

Page 195: ... correction on the image data ON RGB matrix correction setting OFF Setting for no RGB matrix correction Reset Click Reset on the Adjust Image Quality menu to reset the image quality adjustment settings to the settings saved in the MCFF file image quality settings when the camera image was saved as a scene Save Conversion Settings Saves the settings and conversion range for image quality adjustment...

Page 196: ...e Adjust Image Quality menu Select CUSTOM and click Start Custom White Balance in the White Balance pull down menu for the image quality adjustment section of the Item Toolbar Expert Mode only In the Custom White Balance mode check White Balance CUSTOM Change Settings in the Adjust Image Quality menu to access the mode where the display of the Start Custom White Balance for the image quality adjus...

Page 197: ...displayed will be redrawn Click White Balance CUSTOM Select CUSTOM in the Adjust Image Quality menu and the white balance value will be the value set in Custom White Balance Click Select CUSTOM when the CUSTOM white balance setting hasn t been changed and the CUSTOM white balance value will be the white balance value equivalent to 5000K and then the entire image displayed will be redrawn Click Sel...

Page 198: ...TO settings are changed click Select AUTO to display the RGB gain image from the previous AUTO selection Auto Conversion Settings When opening a MCFF format or a CIF format files can be opened to reference the file conversion settings FCV for the image quality adjustment conversion settings and specified range settings and the image is displayed with the details in the conversion setting file Clic...

Page 199: ...hat reflects the conversion settings Conversion settings work for images displayed on the image monitor but do not impact the MCFF image file The superimposed information function is set with the conversion settings menu or with Superimpose Information on the Item Toolbar Basic Mode only Superimposed information and display settings cannot be applied to each MCFF for settings that are common to al...

Page 200: ...or the frame number Frame Relative Time sec Relative Time msec Absolute Time Show Comments Select the recording comments to be superimposed on the converted image Comment Position Select the position where the recording comments are superimposed Top left bottom left top right bottom right Show IRIG Lock Event 2 Check it to superimpose IRIG lock status and EST2 signal ON OFF status for the current ...

Page 201: ...ed image Select File to Superimpose Image Select the image file BMP JPG to be superimposed on the converted image Click to display the Open File dialogue select the file to be used and then click OK Superimposed Image Size Select the superimposed image size that corresponds to the image size Small Enlarges reduces the width of the superimposed image to about 80 pixels Medium Enlarges reduces the w...

Page 202: ...tating the image select the crop settings If reversing or rotating the image after cropping the cropping settings are disabled after setting Display Magnification Select a display magnification from 50 100 200 400 This display magnification is not reflected on the converted image Center Click to move the center of the image to the center of the cropped range Crop Position Numerically specify the c...

Page 203: ...le There is no correlation with the image quality of the AVI file created during format conversion The playback frame rate is the AVI file frame rate used with the Windows Media Player and Adobe Premiere If file formats AVI JPEG to compress the image are selected Compression Rate is used to calculate the file size The size of the file to be saved is the value from the Compression Rate for the file...

Page 204: ... range expansion Select TIFF16 RAW to output the MCFF data not subject to image quality adjustment in 16bitTIFF This applies to measuring brightness with a black white camera To specify TIFF Monochrome 8bit BMP Monochrome TIFF16 Monochrome 16bit and convert to the color camera image converted format convert to Chroma0 black and white images Black white16bit TIFF and color 48bit TIFF are converted ...

Page 205: ...on Compression Quality Changes the magnification Key Frame The entire screen is converted at each frame set That frame becomes the standard with the subsequent frames recording only that portion so the size needed for recording is reduced This is not performed unless the box is checked Data Rate Sets the data transfer rate In the same manner as Key Frame this is not set unless the box is checked C...

Page 206: ...me setting can be set at single frame units With multi trigger recording the conversion start time frame is set for all blocks End Conversion sec End time frame for the conversion range F Units for the absolute time setting are seconds Can be specified up to one microsecond The frame setting can be set at single frame units With multi trigger recording the conversion end time frame is set for all ...

Page 207: ...a batch conversion setting file for Batch File Conversion Refer to page 11 3 for details With the default settings if the format converted data is saved in a file the files will be automatically registered in the item list for selection This format converted image is shown on the monitor To prevent the converted file from being opened after format conversion set with Default Conversion Settings in...

Page 208: ...wing two methods Specify with the Default Conversion tab in Options Specify the frame rate with the abovementioned Individual Conversion GUI The frame rate can be selected from the pull down menu for Conversion Frame Rate or by setting a value in Conversion Frame Rate When converting the frame rate the frame counter display of the relative time or the absolute time shown by the superimposed inform...

Page 209: ...older the image file and the waveform file are opened and displayed HXLink searches for a folder with the specified image file and opens the file with the extension of nwf as a waveform data file The file name for the searched waveform data file has the same name as that of the image file the same file name as the prefix of the image file name and has a file name that includes _all on the files NW...

Page 210: ... day of the trigger time time in year month day or time in year month day minutes with the File Type in the Open Related Waveform Files dialogue File Type Waveform Data File Shown in the Dialogue List day The nac waveform data file name is the same file as the year month day of the image file trigger time day hour The nac waveform data file name is the same file as the year month day time of the i...

Page 211: ...lay settings Click the mouse cursor on the graph to move the current location to the clicked location The position of the current frame on the playback slider also moves and when an image file is open it changes to the image and the current frame Use the mouse cursor to drag and specify a rectangle on the graph to zoom a specific range Show Waveform Data List The waveform data cannot be changed on...

Page 212: ...waveform data sampling Example of Graph Information In Detect Trigger the waveform input device can confirm detection of the trigger If the waveform input device cannot detect the trigger the Detect Trigger indicates Not Detected Show Hide Graph Shows or hides the graph waveform data Save List As Contents of the list are saved to a comma delimited CSV or tab delimited TSV file Print Graph Prints t...

Page 213: ...fer to page 5 37 Graph Display Settings Dialogue for details Cursor Style Selects the style of the cursor for the current frame on the graph Vertical Line Cross Square Legend Turns the graph legend ON OFF Legend ON Graph Display Legend OFF Graph Display Display legend Show graph current frame From the left items displayed include the Y value for the current frame the color and shape of the channel...

Page 214: ...z if played back at a frame rate of 30fps the waveform data will play at 30 per second and the image will update three times per second Set Graph T 0 Set current graph T 0 time to image frame Image T 0 does not change Reset Graph T 0 Waveform data T 0 set to the sampling time Image T 0 does not reset Tool Types The functions for Tool Types on the Waveform Data Operations Bar are as follows Playbac...

Page 215: ...a Graph Display Settings dialog and correspondence of a graph Title Subtitle Show grid lines If checked the grid lines are shown inside the graph frame If checked the grid lines are shown inside the graph frame X interval of grid line Grid line color The X axis and the Y axis share the same grid line color and graph frame Color inside graph Background color inside graph Color outside graph Backgro...

Page 216: ... items are shown as follows Displays all of the channels used on a single Y axis Two channels are used and when superimposed are shown as follows Displays all of the channels used on separate Y axes Two channels are used and when separated are shown as follows ...

Page 217: ...ls Not Shown is registered to the Y axis selected in the Y Axis and the graph is displayed The channel selected in Y Axis is moved to the Channels Not Shown and deleted from the graph Display when two channels are used and both channels are registered to the Y axis Display when two channels are used and only one channel is registered to the Y axis ...

Page 218: ... and one channel is moved to the Y axis added the graph is shown as follows Deletes the Y axis selected with Y Axis If the channel on the Y axis is registered that channel is moved to Channels Not Displayed In the Add Y Axis figure above if the Y axis where channel 1 is registered is deleted channel 1 is moved to Channels Not Shown as shown in the following graph ...

Page 219: ... maximum and minimum values on the Y axis from the following The maximum and minimum data Channel voltage value Maximum and minimum voltage set to the channel with the waveform input setting Manual Input Settings for the channel data lines Line color line form and conversion parameter applications can be set ...

Page 220: ...Data Operations Bar and click Set Graph T 0 In the same manner if resetting only waveform data T 0 click Tools on the Waveform Data Operations Bar and click Reset Graph T 0 Waveform Data Sync Display The image example uses GXLink If playing back with sync display playback is performed to coordinate each image with the current frame time on the graph The same color frame is given to the image and t...

Page 221: ... 00292 H 6 1 6 Camera Connection Settings ...

Page 222: ...Settings Select whether or not to set connection setting parameters at the start of the camera connection or to perform lens control The items to set include Sets the parameters specified in Camera Settings during the camera connection to the camera Executes the processing specified in Lens Control during the camera connection Check the items to set ...

Page 223: ...ogue and in lens control so confirmation can be made of the connection parameter settings set at the start of the camera connection Camera Settings Indicator Lights Lit Green Connection settings enabled Off Connection settings disabled Lens Control Lit Green Lens control enabled Off Lens control disabled ...

Page 224: ...o the time matches the PC time at connection from the control PC IRIG M HUB Time Select with synchronous recording using IRIG B signals or synchronous recording with a mixture of fx and GX using the M HUB Select in any of the following 1 Input IRIG signals to the HX GX and Q cameras with the HX GX and Q camera unit 2 Connect the HX and GX cameras to the GX HUB and input the IRIG signals 3 Connect ...

Page 225: ... Select when recording with internal camera sync signals EST Sync Select when recording with external synchronization with EST signals Select sync signals EST1 EST2 and switch with Select EST Input under the Input Output Signal tab A EST Sync High Precision Setting for HX GX 8 cameras Select to perform high precision external synchronization Select synchronous signals EST1 EST2 and switch with Sel...

Page 226: ...ion with EST signals Input the sync signals to the AUX connector of the fx camera Qcam HX GX EST VIEW Sync Sync settings for EST recording during VIEW OFF Internal Sync During VIEW select when displaying images with internal synchronization when the EST signals are not input to the HX GX cameras ON EST A EST During VIEW select when displaying images synchronized to the EST signals ...

Page 227: ...X NATIVE K3 Compatible and K4 Compatible The fx exposure timing applies to the fx camera so select from K3 Compatible and K4 Compatible GX NATIVE Exposure starts as the synchronized signals increase Also the exposure phase function can be used The fx camera cannot coordinate with the GX NATIVE exposure timing K3 Compatible The same timing as the fx series camera ends exposure as the sync signals i...

Page 228: ...ing recording is not performed and normal recording takes place The HX GX 8 frame straddling display is applied when HX and GX 8 camera frame straddling photography is ON Select from ANY 1st and 2nd ANY Displays the latest image without distinguishing between the 1st and 2nd frames of the frame straddling images 1st Displays only the 1st frame of the frame straddling images 2nd Displays only the 2...

Page 229: ...t when performing automatic exposure the times for each frame are not uniform If using the time stamp function with the GX camera since the image and the time information for the image are recorded in the memory the EST external sync recording does not display the frame time Time Stamp Setting for GX cameras If ON the photographed image and the exposure time and input signal status for the image a...

Page 230: ...nd displays a checkerboard pattern Live Method High Speed Image displayed on the video monitor is used as the live image for the camera Standard Displays the recorded playback image from the camera Not impacted by zooming or scrolling but the view rate is delayed HX Monitor Output ON Displays the image on the monitor connected to the HX camera OFF Image not displayed to the monitor ...

Page 231: ...ings to register the user settings and click Register User Settings after setting each signal Custom Settings Select when individually changing the input output signal settings The input output signal settings display the value set with the Default Settings User Settings selection If Custom Settings is selected the set value can be changed Input Output Signal Settings HX GX Q EPO Exposure Pulse Ou...

Page 232: ...he TRIG2 Filter to the TRIG1 Filter Settings Match the TRIG2 filter settings to the TRIG1 filter settings Detect Trigger Edge OFF Level Identifies the trigger when the trigger signal is enabled ON Edge Identifies the trigger when triggers signals changed from the disabled status to the enabled status G trigger Q camera Function to detect trigger by G sensor which is built in camera and sensed by s...

Page 233: ...l sync signal noise filter effect to EST2 in microsecond units Match the EST2 Filter to the EST1 Filter Settings Match the EST2 filter settings to the EST1 filter settings Register User Settings Registers the Custom Settings to the User Settings Select Custom Settings with Default Settings User Settings to enable when the Custom Settings do not match the User Settings Changing the User Settings wi...

Page 234: ...al display of superimposed information Display at STOP Superimposed information displayed on the video monitor as OSD only when the camera is in the STOP mode READY During VIEW ARM REC PLAY LOOP superimposed information is not shown During STOP READY information is displayed but during recording or playback the information is erased so the settings are useful only when displaying images Frame Coun...

Page 235: ...ive time The trigger frame time subtracted from the frame time becomes the frame relative time DATE TIME Display for Recording Trigger The trigger time for the image recorded in the memory is shown in blue Current Displays the current time during VIEW ARM REC in red Displays the trigger time for the image recorded in the memory during READY PLAY LOOP in blue Image Center Mark Settings OFF Image ce...

Page 236: ...OFF If the following items are checked the relevant warning is displayed on the video and in the warning window Frame rate Abnormal recording speed timing IRQ camera interruption Abnormal video update timing Battery Abnormal or low battery voltage RTC Low battery warning Low clock battery Black Balance After updating the black balance the frame size frame rate or shutter changes ...

Page 237: ...hecked Display lens control window Shows the lens control window when the camera is connected Initialize focus all cameras Initializes the focus for all connected cameras Initialize aperture all cameras Initializes the lens aperture for all connected cameras Apply lens parameter file settings Loads the lens parameter file and applies the settings Refer to Appendix D Lens Control Settings File for ...

Page 238: ...6 18 00292 H Blank Page ...

Page 239: ... 00292 H 7 1 7 Setting Options ...

Page 240: ... OK on the Options tab to set all of the settings specified in Options Batch set the connected cameras In the tabs listed above with asterisk the same items in Camera Connection Settings can be batch set for the connected cameras Camera Connection Settings are used to set when starting to connect cameras from PC but the Options settings are enabled only when cameras are connected The parameters fo...

Page 241: ...ersion Save As dialogue for a single camera The range for downloading format conversion is shown on the slider bar Batch Save Batch Conversion List Dialogue in list format to batch download or convert the format of MCFF files With multi trigger recorded images the range for downloading format conversion is specified for each block Refer to page 8 14 for details GUI Settings When 1 Camera is Connec...

Page 242: ...Link Compatible GUI Settings Select the GUI applied to the fx camera The settings are enabled at the next HXLink startup fxLink Compatible GUI applied to the fx camera All of the functions on the HX GX and Q cameras and the ULTRA Cam cannot be used HXLink Standard GUI where all of the functions on the HX GX and Q cameras and the ULTRA Cam can be used Time Display Settings Selects the display setti...

Page 243: ...n BatchConv Save MCFF downloaded and camera settings files prm in the same folder as MCFF If checked saves the downloaded camera image file MCFF together with the saved camera settings file prm files The camera settings for the prm file can be reflected in the camera loaded during camera connections Refer to Appendix C for details of prm files The following contents are written in the prm files WB...

Page 244: ...e optional PCI image conversion board that converts images to the same quality as method B but at a high speed This method applies to the MEMRECAM fx series excluding the pencil cameras for the fx RX 5 fx RX 5G PM units Method D Method of using the GPU installed graphic board that corresponds to the optional MCFF high speed conversion software that performs high speed playback and conversion of MC...

Page 245: ... data Display Warnings to Edit Comments Check and click ARM to show all of the connected camera nicknames and recording comments and display a confirmation window to change recording comments or just start recording Click Yes to disarm the camera and display the recording parameters in the List of Camera Options window with all of the camera image comments that can be edited After editing the reco...

Page 246: ... from Q MCFF Check to generate Waveform Data from recorded data by G sensor of Q camera at the following timing when download MCFF file from Q camera when open Q camera MCFF and select Open related Waveform file at file menu or right click item menu Then G sensor data can be displayed in a graph Graph displays G data and G trigger level The unit of a vertical axis is G acceleration Range is 0 205 ...

Page 247: ... 00292 H 7 9 Connection Type Switches the camera connection method Fixed at TCP IP for the HX GX and Q cameras and the ULTRA Cam The three types of fx camera connections include TCP IP FC AL Gbit ...

Page 248: ...n standard update rate of the camera monitor output and PC live image Standard Outputs all of the image angles recorded independently from the camera monitor output to the PC as a live image The same method as that for fx cameras Zoom image Select from 1 1 1 2 1 4 HX Monitor Output Only HX camera Sets the live image output to the monitor connected to the HX camera ON OFF ON Outputs the image to th...

Page 249: ...d range of the MCFF specified when downloading to enable downloading of the same range for subsequent downloads If the download GUI settings are for a batch save the download range specified for the batch is saved Saves the range set in the top row of the Download dialogue list If not checked the playback range is set as the download range Open File after Downloading Check to automatically add the...

Page 250: ...on program CODEC to Windows We are not liable for any CODEC other than nac M JPEG codec Please contact the CODEC manufacturer for questions regarding CODEC Frame Rate Enabled when the file type after conversion is AVI Select the frame rate set to AVI This is not related to the image quality of the AVI file created with format conversion The frame rate is the frame rate for AVI files used with the ...

Page 251: ...et are the same as those in Camera Connection Settings Refer to page 6 11 for details If connected to cameras click OK to set the parameters to all of the cameras If not connected to cameras the items changing the camera parameters cannot be set ...

Page 252: ...s cannot be set There is no previous settings displayed by opening Option next time when operating Q HX and GX cameras in mixture and set to control Q camera only by 1kHz Sync Input or Periodic Sync Input at Sync Settings of Option In Option the parameters will be displayed if settings of all connected cameras are same There is no setting displayed if different settings are applied To confirm sett...

Page 253: ...eters to all of the cameras If not connected to cameras the items changing the camera parameters cannot be set Frame Time Items that can be set are the same as those in Camera Connection Settings Refer to page 6 9 for details If connected to cameras click OK to set the parameters to all of the cameras If not connected to cameras the items changing the camera parameters cannot be set ...

Page 254: ...f not connected to cameras the items changing the camera parameters cannot be set Warning Disp Sets each item to enable disable the display of warnings for the HX GX and Q cameras Enable this setting to display the warning in the HXLink warning window too If connected to cameras click OK to set the parameters to all of the cameras If not connected to cameras the items changing the camera parameter...

Page 255: ...attery Inconsistent black balance data After updating the black balance the frame size frame rate or shutter is changed Set the notification method for warnings with the following items Sound noise for warnings A warning sounds when a warning is displayed Open warning window for warnings The warnings window opens when a warning is generated Save Log Sets the number of days to save the communicatio...

Page 256: ...ent it automatically switches to the next segment when ARM is started The auto view settings are made in All Camera Auto View in the Option dialogue and are set to all of the connected HX and GX cameras Auto view settings cannot be set individually for each camera OFF Auto View not used AUTO Records to the last segment Images after recording is done are not overwritten LOOP Returns to the first se...

Page 257: ...fied range settings are registered to an auto conversion setting file the image is displayed with the details in the conversion setting file Check Apply Auto Conversion Settings to the MCFF and specify Conversion Settings File FCV the right indicator in Options in the item toolbar turns green on and then the Conversion Settings are reflected in the Camera Image File MCFF ...

Page 258: ...o convert from the method selected in the registered compression program CODEC to Windows We are not liable for any CODEC other than nac M JPEG codec Please contact the CODEC manufacturer for questions regarding CODEC Frame Rate Enabled when the file type after conversion is AVI Select the frame rate set to AVI This is not related to the image quality of the AVI file created with format conversion...

Page 259: ...he frame time that is the mid point between the time when the sensor starts exposure and the time when exposure is stopped This method is useful for frame image times but if conducting auto exposure the time between each frame is not uniform With GX cameras if using the time stamp function since the image and the time information for that image are stored in the memory the frame time is shown for ...

Page 260: ...oad range as performing auto recording Click to set the camera auto control conditions and the amount of disc space required for auto control is calculated and if there is not enough free space in the download destination drive a warning is displayed If a warning is displayed but the auto control is performed the recording and download is performed for the free space in the download destination dr...

Page 261: ...or to this adjustment Once adjusted the setting values are saved in PC so it is unnecessary to adjust it again unless the network connection environment changes Execute this adjustment again when network connection environment changes Run transfer Rate adjustment when connecting Qcam Check to execute adjustment at Q camera connection Transfer Cycle Minimum Specify the interval time on how often th...

Page 262: ... displayed again at the next Q camera connection Above window is displayed to show transfer rate is being adjusted Wait for completion of adjustment Click ABORT to suspend the adjustment After completion of this adjustment successfully the following window is displayed If clicking Yes update cycle of live images is changed and Run transfer Rate adjustment when connecting Qcam gets unchecked If cli...

Page 263: ... 00292 H 8 1 8 Settings for the Recording Methods ...

Page 264: ...e shift recording Long term recording with post trigger Set exposure timing with trigger signal Frame straddling photography Multi camera sync recording with Q cameras Settings for Sync Settings Input Output Signals Exposure Timing Camera Frame Time required for each recording method can be performed with any of the following Settings with connected cameras Photograph menu Options Settings when co...

Page 265: ...0 input 2400 on the keyboard and the frame size to 640x480 and click OK Click the shutter button on the recording parameters The Custom Shutter Settings dialogue appears and the possible settings for the shutter range are shown under microSEC The maximum value noted there is the maximum value that can be set for the shutter during 2400Hz EST recording Set the shutter time in this dialogue and clic...

Page 266: ...ise reduction filter for the sync signals in input output signals Options Camera Connection Settings EST Input Selection Selects EST1 or EST2 EST1 Input Polarity Sets the signal polarity if the sync signal from the POWER J1 cable is input EST2 Input Polarity Sets the signal polarity if the sync signal from the ETHERNET J3 cable or the GX HUB EST IN is input EST1 Filter Sets the time constant time ...

Page 267: ...nc signals so if using a strobe light the image with the same brightness as the recording cannot be confirmed HX and GX 8 A EST Sync With HX and GX 8 cameras A EST Sync is available in addition to Internal Sync and EST Sync in Sync HX GX Cameras A EST sync sets synchronization to EST signals that is more precise than EST synchronization To use A EST sync select A EST Sync in Sync HX GX Cameras und...

Page 268: ...ngs window and enter the frame rate If recording data to the HX camera specify the data range block start frame end frame to display the average frame rate for the range and then click to set that value to the CUSTOM frame rate Even if the ESTBB setting is CUSTOM if the black balance is the ESTBB CUSTOM recording rate recording may not be possible There are upper limits to the frame size and shutt...

Page 269: ...RIG time is displayed in the location where the trigger time is shown in the top center of the screen when the DATETIMEIBOX display is Current while recording with the HXLink settings To confirm the IRIG time with the live PC click on the live time display in the display menu and the IRIG time is superimposed on the live image Also click IRIG lock and event 2 display in the display menu to superim...

Page 270: ...absolute time from the trigger IRIG time set in GX video display Options Camera Connection Settings Set the DATETIMEIBOX display during recording to Current and the IRIG time is shown on the GX camera video display during VIEW RECORD 6 Connect cameras with HXLink 7 Exposure Phase for Recording Parameters Camera Details or List of Camera Settings Click Detailed Settings to open the window for Camer...

Page 271: ...rnal trigger to the GX HUB TRIG IN Procedures for Multi Camera Sync Recording Settings 1 2 below can be batch set in GX HUB Sync Recording in the Recording menu once HXLink is used for the camera connections Refer to page 8 29 for details 1 Sync Settings Options Camera Connection Settings Set the HX GX camera time to GX HUB time 2 Input Output Signals Options Camera Connection Settings Set the tri...

Page 272: ...erminal Procedures for Combined HX GX fx Multi Camera Sync Recording Settings 1 2 below can be batch set in Combined Qcam HX GX fx Sync Recording in the Recording menu once HXLink is used for camera connections Refer to page 8 29 for details 1 Sync Settings Options Camera Connection Settings Set the Qcam HX GX camera time to IRIG M HUB time 2 Input Output Signals Options Camera Connection Settings...

Page 273: ...XLink playback slider and the ability to frame jump events differs according to the camera used on the segment HX Camera 63 GX Camera 15 Fx Camera 15 If the time stamp function is used with the GX camera 16 or more events can be recorded However with the 16th and subsequent events only the event mark is superimposed on the image of the frame input for the event signals and the event mark is not sh...

Page 274: ...ximum of 64 GX Camera Maximum of 16 Also the recorded data after the 65th HX camera or 17th GX camera block is all saved in the 64th HX camera or 16th GX camera blocks With GX cameras if there are more than 16 burst recorded blocks make sure to turn the time stamp ON and set the absolute frame time to the exposure time If the time stamp is OFF the data for the 17th and subsequent blocks directly l...

Page 275: ...N exposure time is 1 2 the normal recording If switching from normal recording to DUAL recording 1 2 of the normal recording frame rate is set for high speed recording Method of Setting DUAL Recording 1 Partition at least two segments before setting DUAL recording 2 Set the frame rate to high speed If the DUAL recording high speed recording is 2000pps set the frame rate to 4000pps 3 Open the recor...

Page 276: ...lock and the recorded range immediately after multi trigger recording is shown in the following example Block 1 Recorded range 555 554 Block 2 Recorded range 555 554 Block 3 Recorded range 555 554 Block 4 Recorded range 555 554 Block 5 Recorded range 555 554 Open the Save As dialogue and set the following save range to download Start Save Block 2 Frame 500 End Save Block 3 Frame 500 The playback b...

Page 277: ... The camera recorded block and the recorded range immediately after multi trigger recording is shown in the following example Block 1 Recorded range 555 554 Block 2 Recorded range 555 554 Block 3 Recorded range 555 554 Block 4 Recorded range 555 554 Block 5 Recorded range 555 554 Open the Download dialogue and set the following save range to download Start Save Frame 2 End Save Frame 10 The playba...

Page 278: ...nter time Use IRIG signals or the GX HUB to sync all of the cameras Set the sync signals to internal synchronization The exposure phase shift function does not work with external synchronization EST Procedures for Settings for Exposure Phase Shift Recording 1 Sync Settings Options Camera Connection Settings Set the Qcam HX GX camera time to GX HUB time if using the GX HUB without IRIG signals Set ...

Page 279: ...bsolute frame time the exposure center time Use IRIG signals the GX HUB or external sync EST to sync all of the cameras However if synchronizing with EST without using IRIG signals or the GX HUB the time for each camera will not match Procedures for Settings for Long Term Recording with Post Trigger 1 Sync Settings Options Camera Connection Settings If using the GX HUB without IRIG signals set the...

Page 280: ... 16 Multiple of 16 HX 1 standard 64x8 units 8bit Multiple of 64 Multiple of 8 no restrictions 10bit Multiple of 64 Multiple of 16 12bit Multiple of 64 Multiple of 16 no restrictions HX 1 using HD mag standard 64x8 units 8bit Multiple of 64 Multiple of 64 10bit Multiple of 128 Multiple of 128 12bit Multiple of 128 Multiple of 64 The time stamp cannot be saved with trigger reset recording The bright...

Page 281: ... EPO output signal as a reference if synchronizing with laser pulse timing set the GX camera synchronization to Internal Sync If a reference signal exists separate from the camera set the HX and GX camera synchronization to EST Sync so the timing of the camera and the laser pulses are synchronized to the reference signal The frame rate depends on the frequency of the reference signal The timing to...

Page 282: ...hronize Q cameras and HX GX cameras Synchronize Q cameras and HX GX cameras with external signals Synchronize Q cameras and HX GX cameras with GX HUB and Q HUB 8 14 1 Synchronize Q cameras You can input 1 none 2 EST 3 period 4 1kHz 5 IRIG 6 Q HUB into the System with only Q cameras Refer to page 8 24 table 1 for each sync settings Synchronize multi Q cameras with external signals Multi Q cameras c...

Page 283: ...ard You can also input external signal to the first camera Synchronize multi Q cameras with Q HUB You can synchronize Q cameras by using Q HUB as standard You can also input external signal to Q HUB External input Trigger Ethernet SYNC OUT SYNC IN External input SYNC IN Ethernet Trigger Q HUB Q camera Q camera SYNC IN SYNC OUT SYNC IN ...

Page 284: ...th external signals Multi cameras can synchronize each other by synchronizing same external signal Synchronize Q cameras and HX GX cameras with GX HUB and Q HUB You can synchronize Q cameras and HX GX cameras by using GX HUB as standard You can also input external signal to GX HUB Q camera Q HUB External input Ethernet Trigger GX HUB SYNC IN HX camera GX camera Trigger Ethernet External input SYNC...

Page 285: ...s perform sync recording by inputting 1kHz signals into SYNC IN You can record at frame rate which is Multiple of 1 000 pps 1kHz signals requires time accuracy within 200 ns per cycle 5 Use IRIG signals perform sync recording by inputting IRIG signals into SYNC IN When you input IRIG signals directly into Q camera signal standard is IRIG DCLS Please be careful to not input other signals 6 Use Q HU...

Page 286: ...c Periodic Sync Input Periodic Sync Input Periodic Sync Input Qcam Sync Output 1 Through Output Through Output 2 Camera Time Camera Internal Time Camera Internal Time Camera Internal Time Camera Sync 1kHz Sync Input 1kHz Sync Input 1kHz Sync Input Qcam Sync Output 1 Through Output Through Output 2 Camera Time IRIG M HUB Time IRIG M HUB Time IRIG M HUB Time Camera Sync Internal Sync Internal Sync I...

Page 287: ...function 5 Trigger command of Auto Pilot function TRIG1 signal isn t included in a trigger factor Block diagram of a trigger signal of HX 7 TRIG Output Mode STATUS or No function TRIG Output Mode TRIGOUT Connection of TRIG OUT signal Hereinafter the camera which selected TRIGOUT in Trigger Output Mode is called Trigger Master Connect TRIGOUT signal of the Trigger Master camera to trigger input of ...

Page 288: ...hronously by operation of HXLink J PAD3 or image trigger Trigger Output Mode Polarity Trigger Selection Polarity Exposure Timing Image Trigger HX 7 TRIGOUT Nega TRIG2 CRNT ON K4 Compatible ON OFF HX 3 No Setting TRIG2 CRNT ON K4 Compatible OFF When it s different in shutter setting every camera when setting at the timing of exposure as a GX native a trigger frame isn t identical every camera TRIG1...

Page 289: ...tem list values for another camera are shown If there are no cameras with parameters a value will not be shown Select User Settings in Input Output Signals in each dialogue Refer to page 6 11 for details on the Factory Shipment Settings User Settings and Custom Settings Input output Settings are displayed as follows Factory Shipment Settings The input output signal settings for all of the HX GX an...

Page 290: ...tails of the sync signals EST input selection EST1 input polarity EST2 input polarity EST1 filter EST2 filter trigger input selection TRIG1 input polarity TRIG2 input polarity TRIG1 filter and TRIG2 filter Refer to page 6 5 6 6 for Qcam HX GX EST VIEW Sync Qcam HX GX camera time and fx camera time Refer to page 3 9 for Qcam Output Sync Signal IRIG Sync Recording Settings for when performing sync r...

Page 291: ...B sync recording Sets the HX and GX camera time and trigger input selection for GX HUB recording The HX and GX camera sync is internal Refer to page 6 12 for details on TRIG2 input selection and trigger filters Refer to page 3 9 for Qcam Output Sync signal Combined Qcam HX GX fx Sync Recording Settings for when performing sync recording with the HX series GX series or fx series cameras using the M...

Page 292: ...ings Camera default settings factory settings The values for the recording method camera sync settings exposure timing frame time input output signals shown in the Default Settings dialogue are batch set to the connected camera ...

Page 293: ...from Factory Shipment Settings User Settings Custom Settings Select Custom Settings to individually edit the settings relating to input output settings Click Retrieve in Retrieve Camera Parameters to display the camera item parameters currently selected as settings Select Custom Settings in Input Output Settings to retrieve the camera parameters when connected to HX GX and Q cameras Refer to the f...

Page 294: ...ed setting are displayed in each setting Click Settings under the dialogue to set to the camera Click Close to end the dialogue Reset Recording Settings Click OK to reset the recording settings The reset recording settings function is a function to reset the settings set by the factory However the recording setting scene number and recording comments cannot be reset The reset recording settings fu...

Page 295: ... 00292 H 9 1 9 Menus ...

Page 296: ...e item list File Menu File Menu File Menu camera item HX selected camera item selected file item MCFF selected HX GX Q camera GX camera Open Image File Opens an image file MCFF CIF AVI TIFF BMP JPEG and adds the file item to the item list Open Camera Connections Connects cameras adds the camera item to the item list Open Data Cartridge Opens the ci camera data cartridge crops the specified scene i...

Page 297: ... the camera Save on HD Mag Select when the optional HD mag is connected to the HX 1 Saves image data from the camera on the HD mag Import Camera Settings Imports settings such as the camera photographic conditions from the parameter file prm and sets the selected camera in the item list Save Camera Settings Saves settings such as the current recording conditions for the camera selected in the item...

Page 298: ... Switch between overexposure bar show hide Exposure Color Bar Switch between exposure color bar show hide Rotate Image Rotates the camera MCFF CIF image Refer to page 3 23 for details Reverse Image Reverses the camera MCFF CIF image Refer to page 3 22 for details Zoom Enlarges reduces the image shown Show Actual Size Shows the image in actual size Zoom Tool Turns the zoom tool ON OFF Displays the ...

Page 299: ...peration is shown Recording Status Switch between show hide the Recording Status Window Hand Tool Switch between hand tool ON OFF If the hand tool is ON drag the point clicked on with the mouse to scroll the image Measure Starts ends measurement Refer to page 13 2 for details Camera Items Live Image Resolution Sets cropping for the live image on the fx camera If the live image is cropped 1 2 1 4 t...

Page 300: ...r details Show Image Center Mark Show vertical horizontal red lines to clarify the center of the image Low Light Angle of View Frame Specify the color of the angle of view frame in the low light mode Refer to page 4 66 for details of the low light angle of view frame Controls Open the Controls window to set the camera parameters selected in the item list Refer to page 4 13 for details I I Toolbar ...

Page 301: ... HX Q GX Camera Items Show Full Resolution Show the image at full resolution Live Image Resolution If Standard is selected for Live Method of Live Display in options the live display can be shown at the resolution from the camera Select the scale from 1 1 1 2 1 4 to update the live image Camera Control VIEW ARM trigger play loop stop ump to start frame jump to end frame jump to trigger frame move ...

Page 302: ...gments Scan segments in all cameras hide segments in all cameras Refer to page 4 58 for details Auto Exposure Control AEC AOI image cartridge image trigger standard brightness AE AE CYCLE Refer to page 4 45 for details Luminance NORMAL LINEAR CUSTOM Input output properties when image data shown Can be used with GX cameras Select NORMAL to use gain gamma knee Select LINEAR to ignore the gain gamma ...

Page 303: ...ate the black balance Sensor gain is a setting for the HX and ULTRA Cam cameras Refer to page 3 18 GXC is a setting for the HX camera Refer to page 3 18 Fan stop is a setting for the HX camera Stop the fan during recording to control the blurring from vibration Refer to page 3 19 for details File Items Image File Playback Control Play loop stop jump to start frame jump to end frame jump to trigger...

Page 304: ... quality of the MCFF image Gain white balance enhance gamma chroma knee low pass filter luminance Show Set White Balance Shows the White Balance window Shows a histogram of the brightness for the displayed image to adjust the image contrast and brightness Adjust Input Black Level Shows a histogram of the brightness for the displayed image to adjust the black level of the input data RGB Matrix Corr...

Page 305: ... the superimposed frame information frame relative time sec relative time msec absolute time Recording Comments Select the recording comments when superimposing on the converted image Location of Recording Comments Select the location of the superimposed recording comments top left bottom left top right bottom right Show IRIG Lock Event 2 Switch GX camera IRIG lock and event 2 display ON OFF Super...

Page 306: ...lay Layout Set the image layout during sync display Refer to page 3 25 for details Settings Menu Register Camera Camera registration is required for fx and ULTRA Cam camera connections Refer to page 4 2 for details Camera Connection Settings Specify the parameters set to the cameras when starting camera connections Refer to page 6 2 for details Options Various HXLink settings Refer to page 7 2 for...

Page 307: ...cted HX Camera Items Show Frame Straddling Select 1st 2nd frame Show Exposure Original over exposure exposure color all original all over exposure all exposure color Refer to page 3 27 for details Composite Display Composite display ON OFF select composite display file orientation Portrait Landscape Refer to page 4 70 for details Split Display GX 5 camera only Example OFF Split 1 2 3 4 Split ALL R...

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Page 310: ... camera configuration mode Reboot camera Switch camera video display method NTSC PAL Update version of remote control J PAD3 firmware ULTRA Cam initial settings ULTRA Cam only tool Monitor resolution settings HX camera only tool Also passwords can be set to prevent settings due to erroneous operation of the HXUtility To startup the HXUtility click Camera System Settings under Start Menu MEMRECAM H...

Page 311: ...is disconnected Change the settings with the following procedures If Q camera before Ver1 18 reboot IP address return to factory value Confirm that the HX and GX cameras with the settings have started up and the PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup the HXUtility and click Video Format and IP Address Settings The Select Camera dialo...

Page 312: ... IP Address Specify the item to be set IP address subnet mask default gateway Click Set when finished setting The confirmation dialogue shown in the figure appears when setting Automatically Obtain the IP Address Click Yes to change the camera settings and restart the camera The confirmation dialogue shown in the figure appears when setting Use the Following IP Address Click Yes to change the came...

Page 313: ...dialogue is shown with the current camera settings Use the Following IP Address Specify the item to be set IP address subnet mask default gateway video format and click Set A confirmation dialogue appears Click Yes to change the camera settings and restart the camera ...

Page 314: ...u use in IP Address in Use the following IP address You can change Subnet Mask and Default Gateway too You can change the Subnet Mask which is different from a to the Subnet Mask which is same as PC Confirm the changing of IP Address Click Yes ...

Page 315: ...ollowing procedures Confirm that the HX and GX cameras with the settings have started up and the PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup the HXUtility and click Factory Settings The Select Camera dialogue is displayed with a list of cameras currently connected to the network An x is shown on the camera icon for the cameras in use Chec...

Page 316: ... currently connected to the network An is shown on the camera icon for the DRP in use Check a camera to set and click OK A confirmation dialogue appears Click Yes to erase the camera correction data and restart the camera Confirm that the GX 5 cameras with the settings have started up and the PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup th...

Page 317: ...unction of the camera head contacts or such the image data performed with the camera configuration settings will be lost Confirm that the GX 5 GX 5F cameras with the settings have started up and the PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup the HX Utility and click Camera configuration mode setting The Select Camera dialogue is displaye...

Page 318: ...he PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup the HXUtility and click Reboot Camera The Select Camera dialogue is displayed with the cameras currently connected to the network An is shown on the camera icon for the cameras in use Check a camera to set and click OK A confirmation dialogue appears Click Yes to reboot the camera ...

Page 319: ...nd unplug the J PAD3 from the GX camera when updating J PAD3 firmware If not properly updated the J PAD3 will not startup and cannot be used First select the firmware file according to the following procedure Startup the HXUtility and click Select JPAD3 Firmware Update File The Open File dialogue is displayed so specify the firmware file and click Open Caution ...

Page 320: ...is connected to the camera Startup the HXUtility and click Update JPAD3 Firmware The Select Camera dialogue is displayed with a list of the cameras currently connected to the network An is shown on the camera icon for the cameras in use Check a camera to update the J PAD3 firmware and click OK A confirmation dialogue appears Click Yes to start updating the J PAD3 firmware connected to the camera T...

Page 321: ...mware dialogue appears and the firmware writing progress is shown on the progress bar Once the J PAD3 firmware update is done Completed Normally appears Click Exit To reboot the J PAD3 unplug the J PAD3 from the camera and then reconnect ...

Page 322: ...eady set input the current password in Enter Current Password Enter the new password in Enter New Password and Enter New Password Again If not using a password leave blank Then click OK A message appears indicating the setting was completed Click OK If a password was specified with the procedure given above the password will be required to use the HXUtility function in the future The password is a...

Page 323: ...e W B setting to be saved in the individual camera settings file Initialize the W B set RGB gain value with the following procedures Startup the HXUtility and click ULTRA Cam Initial Settings The ULTRA Cam Initial Settings dialogue is displayed Enter the IP address of the camera to be set and click Initial Settings The setting completed message appears Click OK ...

Page 324: ...ve started up and the PC and cameras have connected to the network Additionally confirm that the camera is not in use Startup the HXUtility and click Monitor Resolution Settings The Select Camera dialogue is displayed with a list of cameras currently connected to the network An is shown on the camera icon for the cameras in use Check a camera to set and click OK ...

Page 325: ... resolution that can be used for the monitor connected to the HX camera is set With AUTO any of the following resolutions is automatically selected 1920 1080 1280 1024 1024 768 800 600 640 480 Click OK to and the window confirming camera reboot to change the monitor settings appears Click OK in the confirmation window to reboot the camera and change the monitor resolution ...

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Page 327: ... 00292 H 11 1 11 Batch Conversion of Files Batch Conversion Software ...

Page 328: ...eters for MCFF format conversion 1 3 Create conversion settings file 2 Batch Conversion Software Operations 2 1 Specify the destination folder to load the conversion settings file Initial 2 2 Execute conversion 11 2 Limitations with Batch Conversion Software Format Conversion The following limitations exist for the batch conversion software The source file is a MCFF or BMP file Format conversion c...

Page 329: ...artup HXLink and use Folder preservation of conversion configuration file in Folders under Options in the HXLink settings menu to specify the same folder as the Default Folder Convert Setting File for the batch conversion software HXLink Options Folder ...

Page 330: ... select Batch Conversion List in Format Conversion and click OK 3 Open the MCFF file with HXLink and after adjusting the image quality if necessary click Format Conversion 4 The format conversion dialogue appears Specify the range conversion format file name folder for format conversion ...

Page 331: ...is created in the same folder as the source MCFF file for the image quality settings conversion range The number of times an MCFF can be set for the first conversion settings in 4 is limited Multiple conversions can be performed by repeating 3 to 5 6 Startup the batch conversion software program Click Batch Conversion of Files in Start Menu MEMRECAM HXLink Batch conversion software loads all of th...

Page 332: ...ppears If there is a source file it is overwritten and saved If an error is generated during format conversion details of the error are shown in the list of error information and the following format conversion is started 8 To stop conversion click the cancel button in the progress dialogue or click the stop conversion button Immediately stops conversion Shows the window for ending conversion ...

Page 333: ...ed format conversions are done the following dialogue appears Click OK 10 Confirm the results of the format conversion in the list of Conversion Status and confirm that the files for conversion are saved in the destination folder in Explorer ...

Page 334: ...lStore Program Files NAC MEMRECAM hxData Windows Vista 7 64bit C Users User_name AppData Local VirtualStore Program Files x86 nac MEMRECAM hxData If the format conversion fails the error details are displayed in the list in Error Information Refer to 11 4 Error Information on page 11 9 for specifics on the error details If the format conversion is successful the converted batch conversion settings...

Page 335: ... Information If there is a conversion error by the batch conversion software the error information for the conversion failure is shown in the error information column List of Error Information Displayed Error Display Error Details 100 MCFF file open error Source file does not exist access not allowed etc 101 RGB matrix not supported error SDC library error due to HXLink installation failure 102 Se...

Page 336: ... been created in an existing folder each time the monitor time elapses If a batch conversion settings file is identified the batch conversion settings are shown in a window and format conversion starts If the monitor time has elapsed the batch conversion settings are shown in the batch conversion software window and format conversion starts Once format conversion is done the batch conversion softw...

Page 337: ...h the batch conversion settings file is loaded from the Source Conversion Settings File Folder If the batch conversion software is done with conversions and the Monitor Interval sec has passed the batch conversion file is automatically loaded from the Source Conversion Settings File Folder for auto conversion Setting the Monitor Interval 1 Click Set Monitor Polling Time in the Settings menu 2 In t...

Page 338: ... is the same as that for normal batch conversion Next is a description of the procedures in an example using the auto conversion function 1 Startup the batch conversion software and select Start in the auto conversion menu to start auto conversion 2 Before creating a batch conversion settings file select the Source Conversion Settings tab in Options in the HXLink settings menu and specify the AVI ...

Page 339: ...the dialogue 5 Soon the batch conversion settings are shown in the batch conversion software window and conversion starts Once AVI conversion is done the conversion status in the batch conversion software window indicates Conversion finisihed 6 An AVI file is created in the HXLink save folder ...

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Page 342: ...uto pilot and is copied on the USB media root directory and is loaded when the HX and GX camera power is turned on with the USB media connected to the HX and GX cameras Startup the HX and GX cameras and when the STOP mode is accessed all of the steps for the auto pilot sequence are loaded into the HX and GX cameras from SEQUENCE DAT on the connected USB media and then the auto processing starts If...

Page 343: ...ilot function for the HX and GX cameras Auto pilot is executed by restarting the HX and GX cameras connected to the USB media with the saved sequence execution files The file name of the sequence execution files is SEQUENCE DAT Sequence Files Sequence files record sequences created by the GXAPCmdEdit program Sequence files can be converted to sequence execution files The file name of the sequence ...

Page 344: ... Description of Parameters Save the created auto pilot sequence in a file in the Sequence List with Load the sequence file into the Sequence List with Specify the file save location with 2 First decide on the location where the auto pilot sequence file is to be saved Click to set the save folder with the following dialogue Click to select the folder with the Reference Folder dialogue Click to set ...

Page 345: ...command selected and show the parameters and a description of the command 4 Refer to the description in Description of Command and Description of Parameters and select the command and parameters specified in the auto pilot sequence using to add to the Sequence List ...

Page 346: ...rameter to the end of the sequence Changes the contents of the selected sequence to the selected command and parameter Inserts the selected command and parameter before the selected sequence Deletes the selected sequence 6 Once the auto pilot sequence has been entered use to save the file When first saving the following message appears ...

Page 347: ... or changing the file name Click in the GXAPCmdEdit program and if there is a SEQUENCE DAT file in the save folder of the sequence execute file the following warning appears Click to create a sequence file and overwrite the sequence execution file SEQUENCE DAT Click and the sequence file and sequence execution file SEQUENCE DAT are not saved Backup the SEQUENCE DAT and save again ...

Page 348: ...d sequence file function in the GXAPCmdEdit program Click under the sequence list and the dialogue specifying the sequence file appears Open the loaded sequence file extension of APF and the auto pilot sequence loaded from the file in the sequence list appears Click after leaving the loaded auto pilot sequence unchanged or changing it and the sequence file and the sequence execution file are saved...

Page 349: ...e without waiting to go into the STOP mode 1 The camera issues the command for the STOP mode and it jumps to the command following the sequence while waiting to go into the STOP mode 0 The camera issues the command for the STOP mode and waits a maximum of Standard Timeout for the STOP mode The Standard Timeout is used for the TIMEOUT command setting 1 2 147 483 647 The camera issues the command fo...

Page 350: ... the command following the sequence without waiting to go into the REC mode 1 The camera issues the command for the REC mode and it jumps to the command following the sequence while waiting to go into the REC mode 0 The camera issues the command for the REC mode and waits a maximum of Standard Timeout for the REC mode 1 2 147 483 647 The camera issues the command for the REC mode and waits the max...

Page 351: ...media can be switched In this case use this command to use the inserted USB media Parameters None 8 SAVE Save image data Function Save image data on the USB drive in MCFF format Set the range of frames to save with the SAVEFRMRANGE command Parameters Mode Select display when there isn t enough free space on the USB drive Mode Select OSD when there isn t enough free space on the USB drive M1 If the...

Page 352: ...Function Set the Standard Timeout used with the commands for changing modes Parameters Seconds Wait Seconds Set the number of seconds for the Standard Timeout Seconds that can be set are 0 2 147 483 647 14 CFRM Jump frames Function Change the frames displayed Jump to the specified frame of the specified block Parameters Block Block number 1 Rule standard frame FrameNo Frame number Block Block numb...

Page 353: ...k end frame Range values that can be set are 2 147 483 648 2 147 483 647 Specify the frame number of the range to be recorded 16 SAVEFRMRANGE Save range setting Function Specify the save range for the specified block If performing multi trigger recording set the range of the entire valid block Parameters Block Block number 1 Rule1 FrameNo1 reference frame FrameNo1 Save start frame number Rule2 Fra...

Page 354: ...t if recording can be performed safely Data Protection Conditions The current segment is the last segment or the next segment is the end of the recording 20 CAMSEL_VIDEO Specify video display layout GX 5 only Function Specify the camera head and the display layout shown on the video Parameters Layout video display layout Cameras specify the camera shown Layout Camera head layout shown on the video...

Page 355: ...ating Recording Playback Save 0 VIEW 1 Start VIEW 1 ARM 1 Start recording 2 WAITMODE STOP 1 Wait for the recording to end 3 PLAYFRMRANGE 0 TRIG 130 TRIG 130 Playback range Block1 130 130 4 PLAYRATE 30 Set the frame rate to 30fps 5 CFRM 0 TRIG 130 Jump to frame number 130 6 PLAY 1 Start playback Play frame numbers 130 130 at 30fps 7 WAITMODE STOP 1 Wait for the playback to end 8 SAVEFRMRANGE 0 TRIG...

Page 356: ...W 10 ARM 1 Start recording 11 WAITMODE STOP 1 Wait for the recording to end 12 UPDATE_DRIVE Confirm USB media 13 CSEG 1 Switch to memory segment number 1 14 SAVEFRMRANGE 0 TRIG 100 TRIG 100 Specify save range Block 1 100 100 15 SAVE M1 Save frames 100 100 to the USB media 16 CSEGINC LOOP Forcibly switch to the next segment 17 SAVEFRMRANGE 0 TRIG 100 TRIG 100 Specify save range Block 1 100 100 18 S...

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Page 358: ...rget of the coordinates for the point specified on the image saved in CSV format coordinate point file is the camera image and file image Note Measurement of the camera image is performed with the live format and display method and may vary from the coordinates of the actual frame size LAA Measurement Measurement of speed movement rotation speed for the length area angle of measurement targets in ...

Page 359: ...ue Click the right mouse button to specify the origin point position in advance to display the coordinate axis for the X and Y axis Set the origin point position and origin points from subsequently specified coordinate point data become references To change the measured coordinate point data after selecting the point to change on the list of the coordinate measurement dialogue left click the mouse...

Page 360: ...tab to record the RGB value for each set point number and save to a coordinate point file The procedure for coordinate measurement is as follows 1 Select the item to measure from the item list and the image to be measurement is shown on the monitor 2 Click the coordinate measurement button to display the coordinate measurement dialogue Right click the mouse to move the cursor to the position setti...

Page 361: ...inate point file can be loaded with a calculation software such as Notepad or EXCEL for use Example of Coordinate Point File CSV Opened with Notepad Example of EXCEL Coordinate Point File CSV Opened with EXCEL RGB Values also Saved ...

Page 362: ...e recorded in coordinate point CSV file 11 Item Information File path if image file nickname if camera 12 Image Width Measured image width X 13 Image Height Measured image height Y 14 Origin point position X Coordinate Final origin point position X coordinate bottom left corner of image is reference in the measurement frame 15 Origin point position Y Coordinate Final origin point position Y coordi...

Page 363: ...ement can be performed on image quality adjustment before starting LAA measurement LAA Measurement Main Window LAA Measurement Image Window T 0 correction cannot be performed if the image quality is adjusted in the LAA measurement image window With PCs where MJPEG CODEC is not installed HXLink can open AVI files compressed with MJPEG but LAA measurement cannot be performed If performing LAA measur...

Page 364: ... 3 In the expert mode click Measure In the basic mode click Measure in the View menu 4 The LAA measurement window appears and the image quality of the image displayed is the same as that displayed on the HXLink monitor The image quality cannot be changed after the LAA measurement window is opened To change the image quality of the image for LAA measurement adjust the image quality in HXLink and th...

Page 365: ... calibration settings length speed area and angle can be performed under the Measure tab Measure tab Calibration Settings Calibration settings used as a reference for length and area measurement are set in the calibration section Calibration Section under the Measure Tab ...

Page 366: ...he second point the Cancel Calibration button appears under the image displayed Click to suspend calibration Turn the stick display ON check the box to display a line between the two points The color of the line can be set with Line Color and the color of the point can be set with Point Color Next click Set Calibration and the Calibration dialogue appears so set the distance and units and then cli...

Page 367: ... are shown in pixel units Measurement of Length Measurement of length is performed on the length measurement part under the Measure tab Length Measurement Part under the Measure Tab Click Start Measurement to start measuring Click two points on the image displayed to measure and the distance between the two points is shown in the measurement results display window Click more than two points and th...

Page 368: ...l button to move the amount of frames necessary and after clicking the second point the speed calculated from the distance between the time of the two frames and the distance between the two points is displayed in the measurement results display window If newly measuring the speed click to reset the measurement results When speed measurement is done click the start measurement again button In LAA ...

Page 369: ...ick In this case proceed to 1 Measure Angles with 3 Points on this page If measuring angles with four points click In this case proceed to 2 Measure Angles with 4 Points on this page Units for angles can be selected in Degrees or Radian in the angle measurement part If newly measuring the angle click to reset the measurement results When angle measurement is done click or to start measurement agai...

Page 370: ...necting the first and second lines as a reference and the angle counterclockwise or clockwise from there is determined with two vectors the angle of vector 12 and vector 34 Caution It is important to sequentially click on 4 points If the clicking sequence is wrong measurement of the expected angle will not be possible Measure Angles with 4 Points Angle in the Figure is Counterclockwise 1st point 2...

Page 371: ...gth or if measuring length area angle it is possible to specify the precise position of the enlarged image under the Measure tab To specify the position using an enlarged image check the box for enlarging the image in the enlarge image part Click the point to specify on the image display and the image around that clicked is shown enlarged so click a point inside the enlarged image to specify again...

Page 372: ...is Results The contents of the analysis results window can be freely edited so notes needed when referencing in the future can be input or added Analysis results can be deleted Do not delete important data 3 Saving Analysis Data Click Save to save the contents of the analysis results window to a file Specify the destination file name in the save file dialogue and the contents of the current analys...

Page 373: ...17 5 Maximizing the Analysis Results Window Click maximize to maximize the analysis results window in the vertical direction Click revert to return to the original window size Maximizing the Analysis Results Window ...

Page 374: ...me rate does not reach the set value to stay as near as possible to the set value Image Information The frame rate and camera type can be confirmed in the image information part of the Image Settings tab Image Information Part of the Image Settings Tab Sets the film speed when filming videos with FPS To set a film speed outside of the values to be set in the pull down display a value can be change...

Page 375: ...isplay Settings tab Grid Origin Point Settings Part under the Display Settings Tab The default for the grid origin point x y 0 0 is the upper left corner of the image To set the grid origin point on the image display click and click a point on the image display to be the grid origin point The current grid origin point is displayed as With numerical input press Enter to confirm the grid origin poin...

Page 376: ... Settings Tab Point Color Settings Set the color of the even numbered points in the point color part under the Display Settings tab Point Color Part under the Display Settings Tab Zoom Scale Factor Settings The scale set in the zoom scale factor part under the Display Settings tab is applied to the image when clicked in the LAA toolbar Zoom Scale Factor Part under the Display Settings Tab ...

Page 377: ...lick Save as Image File to save the current frame image superimposed with a grid concentric circles to a file PNG JPG BMP GIF File image of the results of the saved image The grid lines are superimposed but the stick is not shown ...

Page 378: ...e Displays the T 0 frame of the file Playback slider Shows the position of the current frame Use the mouse to jump to the current frame on the playback slider Display loop playback range Displays the set loop playback range Start frame 0 End frame 0 indicate the loop playback range is not set Example with a loop playback range set from 0 017 seconds to 0 017 seconds Setting for loop playback start...

Page 379: ...yed Scale factor Displays the image in the scale set in scale factor under the Display Settings tab Turns ON OFF the grid lines superimposed on the image displayed Turns ON OFF the concentric circles superimposed on the image displayed Display settings for grid lines and concentric circles are performed in the grid line display part and the circle display part under the Display Settings tab Saves ...

Page 380: ... T0 frame for the current frame file name for the image file displayed cursor coordinates and scale factor Line Input When performing operations to specify multiple points such as reference points or length measurements move the mouse on the screen while pressing the shift key to set the next point on the horizontal or vertical line ...

Page 381: ...ck Plays back in reverse when stopped Skip to the top frame Displays the top frame of the file Go to T 0 frame Displays the T 0 frame of the file Playback slider Shows the position of the sync current frame Use the mouse to batch jump to the current frame on the playback slider Display loop playback range Displays the set loop playback range for sync playback Setting for loop playback start frame ...

Page 382: ...le and Angle Speed Using a video example filming a location rotating at a constant speed the rotation angle and angle speed can be determined After making the film speed settings start angle measurement by specifying 4 points and click on the 1st and 2nd points for angle measurement Setting the 1st and 2nd Points for Angle Measurement with 4 Points 2nd point for angle measurement 1st point for ang...

Page 383: ...mber of Rotations for the angle measurement part and the number of rotations are displayed With LAA measurement the rotation speed can be easily determined by calculating from the results of the angle measurements but are the average values between measurement frames 3rd point angle measurement 4th point angle measurement Angle measurement results 55 413º Caution ...

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Page 386: ...uring HXLink use Jointly used items are also used with GXLink images Error Settings message appears when the camera connection button is pressed during TCP IP connection If this message is displayed open Network Connections in the control panel and confirm that the network in use is valid the status is Connected ...

Page 387: ...ig ini is in C Program Files nac MEMRECAM Tools folder if nothing is specified at HXLink installation In condition of Windows 64bit edition and HXLink operated under 32bit edition NicConfig ini is in C Program Files x86 nac MEMRECAM Tools folder Error Settings message appears when the camera connection button is pressed during FC AL connection If this message is displayed execute the fcal_setup re...

Page 388: ...e Connection Format tab TCP IP connection FC AL connection Gbit connection in the Options dialogue set properly Sync Setting Failure appears during fx camera connection Under the Sync Settings tab of the Options dialogue or Camera Connections Settings dialogue if the fx Camera Time setting is IRIG Time the following message may be displayed during camera connection or when Sync Settings in the con...

Page 389: ...he video display or the PC live image does not work on the GX camera during VIEW ARM or there is noise If the camera sync setting is EST the image is not updated during VIEW if there are no EST signals If not using EST set Sync HX GX Camera to Internal Sync in the Options dialogue or under the Sync Settings tab in the Camera Connections Settings dialogue If using EST check the following Are the ES...

Page 390: ...RIG Time If using IRIG BOX are the IRIG B signals properly connected to the IRIG B IN connector of the IRIG BOX If using M HUB are the IRIG B signals properly connected to the IRIG B IN connector of the M HUB IRIG locked when using M HUB The IRIG signals are not locked even if IRIG B signals are used with M HUB Therefore the IRIG Lock Status in Display IRIG Lock Event2 always shows in red Recordin...

Page 391: ...rrectly input to the connector selected in Select Trigger Input under the Input Output Signals in the Options dialogue or the Camera Connection Settings dialogue The trigger button doesn t work in ARM When the camera status is in ARM the trigger button is grayed out and can t be clicked In this case check that you are not in any of the following situations １ The recording trigger mode is BURST In ...

Page 392: ... the actual If the camera power was turned off when writing to the USB media the USB cable was removed or the media was impacted or shaken during writing the USB media format may be wrong In this case check the options for Check for Errors in the disc properties corresponding to the Windows PC and perform the necessary repairs Unable to download images larger than 4GB Check the file system format ...

Page 393: ...camera connection settings when connecting the camera The image does not change the image quality of the MCFF is adjusted 1 Gain and knee are not reflected If recording MCFF images in the DRES mode the gain and knee settings are disabled If the MCFF image properties in the DRES mode are LOW MID HIGH record in the DRES mode 2 Gain gamma and knee are not reflected If the luminance in the image quali...

Page 394: ... to a file size of 2GB There are no limits to the AVI 2 0 format If converting into the AVI 2 0 format check Convert with AVI2 0 under the Previous Conversion Settings in the Options dialogue Previous versions of HXLink If reverting to a previous version of HXLink due to some problem uninstall HXLink but before installing a previous version of HXLink first delete HXLink ini from the folder where t...

Page 395: ...strator when the right click menu appears 5 4 Click Continue when the User Account Restrictions dialogue appears After importing the MCFF high speed conversion software and updating the HXLink version a message is displayed when HXLink is started This message indicates the MCFF high speed conversion software installed with HXLink is not compatible with the driver for the graphics board installed o...

Page 396: ... remedy re install HXLink If other applications using MCFF are installed MOVIAS Neo CARS etc uninstall all of these applications and then re install Confirm that the NVIDIA driver version can be used with the conversion algorithm D Confirm the NVIDIA driver version with the following process 1 Right click on the PC screen and select NVIDIA Control Panel from the menu displayed 2 Click System Infor...

Page 397: ...ing on the type of PC a driver supplied by the PC manufacturer may be required If using a NVIDIA driver with a version less than 195 with the conversion algorithm D and using HXLink Ver 3 55 or higher the HXLink environment can be changed to operate with a NVIDIA driver version less than 195 Execute the setup exe in the CUDA2Setup folder on the HXLink installation CD An application error is genera...

Page 398: ... size of the display is greater than 96DPI Example The character string Superimpose is only partially displayed Set the character size of the display to 96DPI Windows 7 1 Click on Individual Settings in the right mouse menu on the desktop 2 Click Display at the lower left and select Small S 100 so the screen is Easily Read Characters on the Screen ...

Page 399: ...eck which graphic board is used on HXLink a Start Menu to MEMRECAM HXLink CudaSelect The graphics board to be recommended will depend on usage When connected to HX camera segment is set to download reservation and cannot be recorded Connection with the camera and would have been cut the state of the segment will be reserved even after reconnecting To cancel Segment Reservations open push download ...

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Page 402: ... Windows 7 or higher Disc drive 600MB for program or log 60GB or greater for data recommend 200GB or more depends on the number of cameras and the number of frames saved Network With HX GX Q and fx cameras Gbit connection Ethernet IEEE802 3ab 1000BASE T Half Duplex With fx cameras TCP IP Fast Ethernet Ethernet IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX Half Duplex With fx cameras FC AL connection FC AL With ULTRA Cam ...

Page 403: ... GX 8F GX 8z GX 8Fz GX 5 P Cam P2 Cam S Cam S2 Cam HR Cam C Cam u Cam GX 5F P Cam P2 Cam S Cam S2 Cam HR Cam C Cam u Cam In HXLink P Cam P2 Cam S Cam S2 Cam C Cam u Cam are all called P CAM Q Series Cameras Q1m Q1v fx Series Cameras fx K4 fx K5 fx K3 fx K3R fx RX 4 fx RX 3 fx RX 5 RX Cameras RX units PM units PM3 units fx RX 5G RX Cameras RX units PM units PM3 units fx 6000 fx RX 6 fx RX 6G ...

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Page 406: ... Use end hand tool Ctrl H Conduct coordinate measurement Ctrl M Show hide overexposure bar F2 Show hide exposure color bar F3 Show hide main toolbar F7 Show hide camera parameter toolbar F8 Show hide item toolbar F9 Show hide status bar F10 Switch modes Basic Expert F12 Open detailed settings window Ctrl D Check all in the item list Ctrl A Use end sync display Ctrl Y Open layout settings dialogue ...

Page 407: ...ecrease frame rate when playing Ctrl Jump to trigger frame or to T 0 frame Ctrl T Jump to playback start frame Ctrl Home Jump to playback end frame Ctrl End Jump to first frame or to first frame of file Ctrl Shift Home Jump to last frame or to last frame of file Ctrl Shift End Put the camera in the VIEW mode Ctrl I Put the camera in the ARM mode when in the VIEW mode Ctrl R The shortcut keys for c...

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Page 410: ...s BEGIN_FRAME Conversion start frame With 1 block END_FRAME Conversion end frame With 1 block If either the BEGIN_FRAME END_FRAME are not included in the MCFF frame range or if BEGIN_FRAME END_FRAME the settings for the conversion save range are disabled BEGIN_FRAMEn Conversion start frame for block n END_FRAMEn Conversion end frame for block n n is the number of blocks 1 16 GX cameras 1 64 HX cam...

Page 411: ...IN_TIMEn END_TIMEn are simultaneously assigned to a FCV file keys are used to determine the following priority The smaller the number the higher the priority Setting keys with low priority is disabled 1 BEGIN_FRAMEn END_FRAMEn 2 BEGIN_TIMEn END_TIMEn 3 BEGIN_FRAME END_FRAME 4 BEGIN_TIME END_TIME The following keys are kept for compatibility Use the keys mentioned above BEG_TIME Conversion start ti...

Page 412: ...Superimpose SI_REC_COMMENT Superimpose recording comments 0 None 1 Superimpose SI_FRAME_TYPE Superimpose frame 0 Frame number 1 Relative time 2 Absolute time SI_FONTSIZE_TYPE Superimpose information font size 0 Small 1 Medium 2 Large 3 Extra Large Settings for Cropping Rotation Angle RESIZE_SEL Resize settings for cropping 0 1 1 1 1 2 CUT_SEL Crop settings 0 None 1 Crop to 640x480 used for previou...

Page 413: ... Brightness Brightness 9999 disabled 180 180 WB_SEL Select white balance 1 disabled 0 custom 1 3100K 2 5000K 3 9000K 4 REG 5 Auto WB_RGAIN White balance value R gain value 0 0 Value with conversion algorithm A WB_BGAIN White balance value B gain value 0 0 Value with conversion algorithm A WB_YRGAIN White balance value R gain value 0 0 Value with conversion algorithm B WB_YBGAIN White balance value...

Page 414: ...ssion program CODEC Parameter is 510 characters or less This configuration parameter will be effective when the parameter of COMP_STASTE_EX key is invalid COMP_STATE_EX File name of a CODEC Configuration file CSDT which is a configuration parameter of compression program COMP_STATE_EX key is created when the size of configuration parameter is 512 characters or more AVI_FPS_SCALE Denominator of AVI...

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Page 416: ... IP address DEV_TYPE Model DRP_VERSION Camera firmware version CID CID ID ID FRAME_RATE_STR Frame rate FRAME_SIZE_STR Frame size TRIGGER Trigger TRIGGER_VAL Custom trigger value SHUTTER Shutter SHUTTER_VAL Custom shutter value COMMENT Comments WB White balance GAIN Gain GAMMA Gamma ENHANCE Enhance CHROMA Chroma KNEE Knee LOWLIGHT Low light CURSEG Segment number ESTMODE EST mode ON OFF REC_METHOD R...

Page 417: ...EST1_INPUT EST1 input polarity EST1_FILTER EST1 filter EST_VIEW Qcam HX GX EST View TRIG1_INPUT Trig1 input polarity TRIG1_FILTER Trig1 filter EPO_SEL Qcam Output Sync Signal GTRIG_SEL G trigger GTRIG_DELAY will not be used always shows 0 GTRIG_LEVEL G trigger level EXPOSURE_TIMING Exposure timing PIXEL_BIT_DEPTH Pixel bit length BB_SEL Black Balance ON OFF EXPOSURE_PHASE Exposure phase RGB_MATRIX...

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Page 420: ...e LNS_APOS Aperture setting value LNS_FN Aperture F value x10 DLG_X X coordinate of top left position of the lens control window DLG_Y Y coordinate of top left position of the lens control window Loading 1 Move the position of the lens control window 2 Lens control initialization Lens control recalibration 3 Focus aperture settings 4 Update focus aperture display Examples LNC0 LNS_ZOOM 50mm 50mm L...

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Page 422: ... Please install it after inserted into the PC the FC AL host bus adapter Installation Instructions 1 Click Troubleshoot compatibility on the Right click menu the installer 2 Click Troubleshoot program on the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter screen 3 Click Next to The program worked in earlier versions of Windows but won t install or run now checked 4 Click Next to Windows Vista Service Pack2 s...

Page 423: ...program on the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter screen 6 Click Yes on the User Account Control screen 7 Click Allow access on the Windows Security Alert screen 8 Click Next to I want to install the driver automatically selected ...

Page 424: ...e Preparing Driver Package screen 10 Uncheck Stop QLogic Management Suite Java Agent Service and click Next When be displayed Driver installed successfully click Next 11 Click Quit to complete the install Click Cancel on the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter screen Please reboot Computer ...

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Page 426: ... 3 18 Recording Settings BB Update Black Balance Settings for EST Recording Sensor Gain GXC All Cameras Cooling Fans Driving Stop 4 13 Control Window Current segment Frame rate pps Preset Custom Frame size Preset custom Recording trigger mode Trigger timing Shutter Low light White balance chroma Gain AOI AE Image trigger DRES mode Pixel bit depth RGB matrix correction List of Camera Settings Windo...

Page 427: ...tion Y Scroll Position Rotate Video GX 8 8F 4 16 Camera Environment Settings ID TYPE Nickname Status Save Range Mode Frame Time Time Stamp always ON always ON Camera Time Camera Sync EST Input Selection EST1 Input Polarity EST2 Input Polarity EST1 Filter EST2 Filter HX GX Synchronized view Trigger Selection TRIG1 Input Polarity TRIG2 Input Polarity TRIG1 Filter TRIG2 Filter Trigger Delay Trigger E...

Page 428: ...ark DATETIME Display during Recording OSD Display Mode Standards for Frame Relative Time Auto Black Balance Settings HX Monitor Output ARM Status Output G Trigger G Trigger Level 4 18 Recording Parameters ID TYPE Nickname Status Segment Scene No Frame rate Preset Custom Frame size Preset Custom Blocks Recording Trigger Mode Trigger Timing Shutter Low Light Sensor Gain AOI Image Trigger AE AE CYCLE...

Page 429: ...x Luminance Properties NORMAL LINEAR CUSTOM TABLE Variable frame rate GX 8 8F Flame straddling Recording GX 8 8F Frame Straddling Display GX 8 8F 4 23 Playback Parameters ID TYPE Nickname Status Current Frame Segment Scene Ｎｏ Frame Rate Frame Size Blocks Recording Trigger Mode Shutter Sensor Gain AOI Image Trigger AE AE CYCLE Comments DRES Mode Exposure Timing GX Native K4 Compatible K3 Compatible...

Page 430: ...nt Frame Gain Gamma White Balance Enhance Knee Chroma RGB Matrix Luminance Properties NORMAL LINEAR CUSTOM TABLE 4 26 Playback Parameters Range ID TYPE Nickname Status Trigger Timing Trigger Time Playback Start Playback End Rec Start Rec End Save status 4 27 Connection Configuration Information during M Hub use 4 31 Frame Rate Frame Size 4 32 Custom settings for Frame Rate and Frame Size Size spec...

Page 431: ...iable Frame Rate Recording GX 8 8F 4 45 AE Control 4 46 AOI Preset Custom 4 49 DRES Mode Dynamic Range Expansion Preset Custom 4 51 Image Trigger Preset Custom 4 56 Reset Trigger GX 8 8F 4 57 Frame Straddling Recording GX 8 8F 4 58 Memory segments Equal Division Custom Partition Segments Segment Reservation Protect Segment 4 60 Recording Trigger Mode NORMAL NORMAL A NORMAL L EVENT EVENT A EVENT L ...

Page 432: ... Control 4 78 Saving Images Individual Downloads Batch Downloads DOWNLOAD REC Simultaneous Downloads HD mag save HX 1 Saving Images on USB Partitioned Saved MCFF Auto Download Function Automatic Format Conversion Function Automatic Camera Control Recording Status Display 5 2 Play File Images 5 5 Set T 0 5 10 Set Frame number 5 11 Adjusting the Quality of Camera Image Files Gain White Balance Enhan...

Page 433: ... settings 6 4 Sync Settings Camera Time Internal camera Time GX HUB Time IRIG M HUB Time Reset Trigger GX 8 8F Camera Sync Internal Sync EST sync A EST Sync GX 8 8F 1kHz Sync Periodic Sync ESTVIEW OFF Internal Sync ON EST A EST 6 7 Exposure Timing GX Native K3 Compatible K4 Compatible Frame Straddling Recording GX 8 8F Frame Straddling Display GX 8 8F 6 9 Camera Frame Time Trigger Time Exposure Ti...

Page 434: ...ut Mode HX 7 Trigger Output Polarity HX 7 ARM Status Output Polarity Positive ARM Command Input Polarity EST Input Selection EST1 EST2 EST1 Input Polarity EST2 Input Polarity EST１Filter EST２Filter Match the TRIG2 filter to the TRIG1 filter settings Register User Settings Load user Settings G Trigger G Trigger Level 6 14 Display HX GX Video Video On Screen Display OSD Display Mode Frame Counter Dis...

Page 435: ... When warning sound is sounded When warning The warning window is opened 6 17 Lens Control Setting Options 7 11 Live Image Disp Live Image Live Method High Speed Standard HX Monitor Output HX FULL Resolution Display YC MCFF 7 19 Auto Processing Black Balance Auto Update All Camera Auto View 7 25 Qcam Transfer Rate Adjustment ...

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