Opticstar PL-131 series. © Opticstar Ltd, 2021.
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Updated: 07/09/2021
Installing etAMCAP
You can test that the camera has been installed successfully by running the
etAMCAP
program.
The
etAMCAP.EXE
can be found on the
accompanying CD inside the
etAMCAP
folder. Copy this to your computer’s
desktop by dragging it from the CD folder.
Double-click the
etAMCAP
icon on the
Windows desktop to run the program.
The camera will be identified as
PL-131C
for the colour model or
PL-131M
for the
monochrome model. Select the camera
from the
Devices
menu.
EtMAMCAP
can
be used as a general purpose program to
capture video in AVI format.
Video Capture with etAMCAP
ROI (region of interest) modes increase the rate at
which the camera sends the data to the computer
while preserving the full image quality of the
selected region.
The camera mode can be selected from the menu
by selecting
Options > Video Capture Pin
.
The maximum frame rate that the camera operates
at depends on the mode selected.
Mode
Frame Rate (max)
1280 x 1024
22 frames per second
640 x 512
70 frames per second
640 x 480 ROI
80 frames per second
320 x 240 ROI
220 frames per second
EtAMCAP
can be used to capture video in AVI format. It cannot
capture single frames. In order to capture single frames as well
as video please use
Opticstar View
.
Selecting the camera mode and resolution.
