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Страница 2: ...sion Imaging Team One Fire i Digital Color Camera able to display 30 fps at 640 X 480 with a crystal clear picture One 2m 6 6ft thin FireWire cable 6 pin to 6 pin one mini tripod with telescopic legs for table use one tripod adapter to use the mini tripod or to attach on any mechanical support equipped with a standard photographic screw One CD software package with Unibrain s Fire i drivers applic...
Страница 3: ...8 ii Install 8 iii Camera driver manual installation 8 iv Run Fire i Application 12 Mac OS Support Applications 14 General Tips 15 Daisy Chaining your Fire i Digital Camera 15 Powering the camera 15 How to get the best camera picture 17 i First check this 17 ii Clean the optical system 17 iii Flicker cancellation in fluorescent lighting conditions 17 iv White balance 17 v Focus 18 vi Exposure cont...
Страница 4: ...uracy to your questions Please refrain from sending any queries directly to unibrain engineering staff in order to maintain our support database and make sure that your email will be responded to in case any specific person is unavailable Please try to be as specific as possible in your inquiries to this email address and to restrict questions to technical issues For pricing and marketing informat...
Страница 5: ...llation Guide 5 Hardware Installation Attach the tripod adapter to the tripod Rotate the roller as depicted below Attach the tripod adapter to the back of the Fire i Digital Camera Connect the included 6 pin cable to your Fire i Digital Camera ...
Страница 6: ... number 1213 Connect the included 6 pin cable to your FireWire adapter and proceed to the next steps for the software installation You have a laptop computer PC or Mac with built in FireWire port Most probably the FireWire connector on your laptop has 4 pin not 6 Use a 6 to 4 plug converter from Unibrain order part number 1650 Connect the included 6 pin cable to the 6 to 4 converter and the conver...
Страница 7: ...act sales unibrain com Major features of Fire i Software Application IIDC 1 31 compliant DirectShow WDM based drivers WIA compatible Most of Windows imaging programs can open and control the camera using the drivers installed by the Fire i application Multiple cameras operation from the same control panel Payload sharing Additional computers connected to the same FireWire connection and using Fire...
Страница 8: ...necting to http www microsoft com downloads Installation of DirectX can happen before or after installation of Fire i ii Install Run the FireiSetup 3 61 x64 exe or the FireiSetup 3 61 x86 exe file This will fully install a the Fire i Application including the collection of provided camera drivers b the Fire i Authorize Utility Fire i Authorize Utility is used for licensing activating the Fire i dr...
Страница 9: ...Unibrain Fire i digital camera Quick Installation Guide 9 ...
Страница 10: ...Unibrain Fire i digital camera Quick Installation Guide 10 You have to choose the device driver So press Have Disk and choose the installation directory of the Fire i application ...
Страница 11: ...Unibrain Fire i digital camera Quick Installation Guide 11 Press Continue Anyway and click Finish on the last window ...
Страница 12: ...low in the Windows device manager iv Run Fire i Application Select from Windows Start Menu Programs Fire i Fire i Application You may of course create immediately a shortcut on your desktop by mouse right click Send To Desktop create a shortcut You can connect your first camera before or after starting the program ...
Страница 13: ...Utility allows the license validation of non unibrain cameras You will not need it for the Fire i Digital camera as your camera embeds a hardware license that will automatically be recognized After the camera being connected to your PC it will appear in the Fire i Software Application Window ...
Страница 14: ...connected iChat will start automatically Start the respective Mac Application so that you can see the image captured on your screen Direct or position your camera at the object you wish In your camera window you may initially see a blurry image To focus rotate the lens ring as depicted in the following picture until the image is sharp and clear Notes For Mac OS 8 x or 9 x you have to use the IOXpe...
Страница 15: ...n status of the camera is indicated by a front LED When the LED is green the camera is correctly connected and in standby mode ready for use When the LED is orange the camera is operating streaming When the LED is green the camera is correctly connected and in stand by mode ready for use Fire i Digital Camera is powered by the FireWire bus DC voltage coming from host adapters or other FireWire dev...
Страница 16: ...ltage will adapt automatically when needed A built in diode avoids any risk of voltages conflict or reverse current flow Recommended DC adapter must provide stable regulated output voltage of at least 12VDC 1 A or best 15VDC 1 5A To match camera DC input connector the jack plug of the DC adapter need following dimensions and polarity as on the figure Your may purchase such power adapter separately...
Страница 17: ... a cotton swab making a cone This will allow you to reach the very small glass surface of the lens Note If a cold camera enters a hot area air humidity can condense on optical surfaces and not only on the front of the lens but often between lens and sensor Result is a catastrophic drop of contrast Allow the camera to warm up iii Flicker cancellation in fluorescent lighting conditions If you work i...
Страница 18: ...e of a few pixels vii Last steps Finish the adjustments like follows Fine tune the color level using the Saturation control according to the best visual result Please to not use too high levels without checking first on different colored subjects and in dark conditions Too high saturation can give artificial colors and makes the video noise much more visible Set the Gamma to your desired operating...
Страница 19: ... users backlight compensation is accessible from the driver For PC users backlight compensation can be changed by editing one register in the camera Select Camera Properties Camera Info and edit Offset F0F0081C using values from 82000000 to 82000007 ENJOY YOUR PICTURE ...
