Vicon Motion Systems
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Configure your system
Configure your system
Adjust camera settings
1
Ensure you are in Live mode and that a
Camera
view (in Blade
Capture
view) is
displayed.
2
In the
System Resources
pane (in Blade
the
Selection
editor), select one camera.
3
Notice that the
Properties
for this camera
are listed at the bottom of the pane. (In
Blade, view the
Attributes
editor.)
4
Have someone wave the calibration wand
in the capture volume and ensure that you
can see markers moving in the view pane.
5
Note the
Grayscale Mode
property. The
default setting is
Auto
, which tells the
cameras to send to the Vicon software all
the centroid data for grayscale blobs it can
circle fit. If any grayscale blobs cannot be
circle fitted, the grayscale data is sent to
the Vicon software so it can try to circle fit
the blobs.
6
Look at the
Strobe Intensity
setting. With
a value of 1, the cameras send as much
light as possible into the volume.
Zoom in to a marker by right-clicking and
dragging the mouse. Notice how the pixels
change as you lower the light (to view
pictures from a grayscale blob,
Grayscale
Mode
must be set to All).
7
Notice the
Threshold
property. It tells the
camera how bright a pixel must be to be
accepted by the camera. Zoom in to a
marker and notice how the pixels change
as you adjust the property.
8
Adjust the
Strobe
and
Threshold
settings
so that you see only the 2D circular-
shaped markers in your volume. Adjust the
Strobe Intensity
setting only as low and
the
Threshold
only as high as needed.
Set camera focus and aperture
1
Place three markers in the middle and on
the far side of the capture volume.
2
Leaving the focus on infinity
, close the
aperture to as high an f-stop value as
possible, so that you can still see the
markers at the furthest distance required.
Tip
In general, it’s better to run with a low
Threshold
setting and more closed aperture,
than a high
Threshold
and open aperture. (See
Threshold
in
above.)
The illustration (right) shows the focus
and aperture rings on a Vicon 18 mm lens.
Locking screw
Aperture
Focus
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