Figure 6.1 The main window and start up screen of PARD Capture. See text for further description.
The ‘
Settings
’ button will display all the settings window (to be described below) when
clicked.
The ‘
Turn ON Streaming
’ button will do just that when clicked – it will attempt to start
the camera stream. If successful then the camera status line will show that the camera
is ‘streaming’ and also the button will change to show ‘
Turn OFF streaming
’ (see figure
6.2) so if you click it in this state it will stop the camera stream of images. It is generally
a good idea to turn off streaming when you are not using the camera for live previewing
or for image capture because the camera will heat up more when it is streaming
images.
The ‘
Preview
’ check box allows you to toggle on and off the live preview of images
from the camera. This will only have any effect if the camera is streaming so if you see
nothing when you check this box make sure the camera is streaming and turn on
streaming if it is off (see preceding paragraphs).
The ‘
Use beeps
’ check box enables you to get audio feedback from the program that
may be helpful (e.g. if you are taking images in the dark). When you check this box to
turn on beeps you will hear 3 high pitch beeps to acknowledge that you are now using
beeps. When you un-check this box you will hear a single longer lower pitch beep to
acknowledge that you ave turned off beeps. The other audio signals are as follows:
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