Camera Operation Overview
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Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide
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Camera Operation Overview
The PC-1280 Camera comes with default factory settings. For most
applications, these defaults should work fine with only a few minor
changes. In general, the following settings should be selected by
the user to start capture videos/images:
Capture Resolution
Pixel Format
Capture Mode (single or continuous)
For more customized operation, the user may need to change the
settings on:
Exposure Mode and Setting
Gain Mode and Setting
White Balance Mode and Setting (for PC-1280/C only)
Defining a Region of Interest (ROI)
Using Triggered Capture
Using Sequence Capture
The PhoenixView DEMO & Utility is the main software program
to operate the PC-1280 Cameras, it has all the controls and user in-
terfaces to perform the tasks listed above and some more. For many
cases, it is the only software the user will need to use. Camera Con-
figuration
Camera
Configuration
At this time, there is only one configuration need to be done by the
user. That is in a multiple camera system, each camera should be
given an unique Camera ID. All PC-1280 Cameras are pro-
grammed with Camera ID = 0, when leaving the factory. The user
should set them to different IDs (e.g. 0, 1 and 2 for a three camera
system) if multiple cameras are in the same system. To program the
Camera ID, please see the following section.