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CONTENTS

Installation guide uEye 2013

2011© Initial Force AS 

Swing Catalyst®

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Part 1: Preparations

 

Install drivers.......................................................................................................

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Part 2: uEye USB Camera

Camera components........................................................................................

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Camera lens.........................................................................................................

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Zoom and focus.................................................................................................

Iris............................................................................................................................

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Part 3: Camera Settings

Access camera settings....................................................................................

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Pixel clock...........................................................................................................

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Frame rate..........................................................................................................

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Exposure shutter.....................................................................................................

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Gain/ISO....................................................................................................................

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White balance.........................................................................................................

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Support......................................................................................................................

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Summary of Contents for uEye

Page 1: ...For Swing Catalyst Studio Installations INSTALLATIONGUIDE uEYE swingcatalyst ...

Page 2: ... Catalyst 3 Part 1 Preparations Install drivers 4 Part 2 uEye USB Camera Camera components 5 Camera lens 6 Zoom and focus 7 Iris 8 Part 3 Camera Settings Access camera settings 9 Pixel clock 10 Frame rate 11 Exposureshutter 12 Gain ISO 13 White balance 14 Support 15 ...

Page 3: ...oad the required drivers from downloads swingcatalyst com drivers html When you have downloaded the drivers 32 or 64 bit depending on your windows version run the file and follow the on screen instructions The uEye USB camera consist of three separate compo nents Camera Lens USB Cable The camera itself has no physical adjustments all set tings are controlled by the software ...

Page 4: ...Part 2 uEye USB Camera Part 2 uEye USB Camera 7 On a varifocal zoom lens the Zoom and Focus rings work to gether so it may help to tweak both adjustment rings for good focus zoom The provided lens has 3 rings for adjustments Zoom Iris Focus ...

Page 5: ... give bet ter focus by increasing the focus depth If the image is over exposed e g on a very sunny day closing the Iris is recommended More light Smaller depth of field Less light Larger depth of field Click the preview button to see what angle the camera has Select the corresponding angle such as Face on right Enable Use Camera to include the camera when captur ing swings later Click Advanced but...

Page 6: ...aximum framerate that is available increasing it too much may lead to dropped frames The frame rate setting allows both automatic and manual configuration of the frame rate It is recommended that a manual setting is used since the automatic mode disables other automatic features such as auto gain Part 3 Camera Settings Part 3 Camera Settings ...

Page 7: ...ire a lot of light and is only recom mended for outdoor use It is possible to set the Exposure Shutter in automatic mode with an upper limit through the Max auto param eter this is a good option to enable the camera to adjust to various light conditions while maintaining good image quality Gain increases the image brightness but can also intro duce more noise in the image In most cases it is recom...

Page 8: ...mera to adjust the color balance in the image If the colors in the image appear wrong use the Manual setting to tweak the Red Green and Blue parameters By now you should have successfully configured one or more uEye cameras for use with Swing Catalyst If you have any questions please contact support support swingcatalyst com SUPPORT 15 ...

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