SONOPLOT MICROPLOTTER Proto, Manual

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file and allowing you to give it a name (the default is temp.mp4). Once you click OK, the video
will start recording to disk. When you are finished recording from the camera, click on the
Stop
recording
menu item under the
Camera
menu or click on the
Stop
toolbar item.
The video files saved by SonoGuide are recorded into ISO standard MPEG4 files with an MP4
extension. These video files are playable by default in Mac OS and editable in iMovie (bundled
on the control computer). They are playable on Windows via the QuickTime player (
http://
www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ ), the VLC player ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ ), or through
the appropriate Windows Media Player plugins.
Still snapshots can also be captured of the video input from the CCD by either selecting the
menu item
Camera | Take snapshot or by clicking on the Snapshot toolbar item. A dialog
box will appear asking you to select a name and a location to save the snapshot to. Additionally,
you can select the image format of the snapshot from a range of different types, with many
quality options to choose from.
At the top of the main user interface there are a series of other helpful toolbar items. In addition
to the already described camera controls, there are options to bring up other windows for
controlling various aspects of the Microplotter system.
The first is an item named Calibrate dispenser , which opens the dispenser calibration
window.
The second is the Control dispenser item, which will bring up the window that lets you
control the dispenser.
The third item,
Solutions
, opens the saved solution locations window.
The last item is called Surface calibration and it brings up the surface calibration window.
Camera settings
The CCD camera whose input is displayed in realtime on the main interface can have many of
its functions adjusted to provide the best quality picture under various lighting conditions. These
functions are accessible through the
Camera
menu, under the option
Camera settings
. This
will bring up a window similar to the following.
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