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4.3.1 Connect and Stream
The following steps outline basic control of the StarForm TM Swift-G
camera. The views referred to below are shown by default after
a new install. If they are currently hidden you can use the
View
menu commands to display them again.
1. Connect to a StarForm
TM
Swift-G camera by selecting the
menu item
Camera Connect...
. This will open the connection
dialogue. Each available StarForm
TM
Swift-G camera will
be listed and identified by MAC Address, IP Address and
serial number. Highlight the required camera and press
OK
to complete the connection.
2. Start the StarForm TM Swift-G camera streaming by press-
ing the Play button on the Recording Control . Streaming
images will be visible in the Intensity and Range display
windows.
3. In the
Camera Control
view check and uncheck the
Com-
ponents checkboxes for Intensity and Range components.
Notice that when the checkboxes are not checked the corre-
sponding image no longer streams to the display windows.
4. Each display window provide controls over the rendering of
the streamed images. Use the toolbar located at the top of
the display window to access these controls.
• False Colour . Images can be displayed either in greyscale
or as a false colour heat-map. If the heat-map is se-
lected a dialog is opened which allows the colour scaling
to be adjusted by the user. This feature can allow for
fine visualisation of range data.
•
Zoom . Zoom in and out tools are provided to closely
inspect the image data. The zoom level can be set by
using the
Toolbar ⇒ Zoom In
or
Toolbar ⇒ Zoom Out
buttons or by using the mouse wheel when the mouse
cursor is over the image.
5. Ensure that the Range viewing window is visible, and adjust
the Illumination Power slider to vary the power of the optical
signal. Increasing the optical signal can provide more preci-
sion in the range measurement, but can cause saturation of
pixels in the image if too much signal is received.
6. Ensure that the Point Cloud Display viewing window ( View
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