Instruction manual

Quick start
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5 Quick start
To connect up an IEEE-1394 camera you need a PC with an IEEE-1394 port and the appropriate
software. This IEEE-1394 port is already present in many modern PCs and laptops. Should this not
be the case, you can upgrade by installing one or more IEEE-1394 ports in the form of a card for
the PCI slot, or as a PC card (PCMCIA) for the PC card slot. AVT offers a range of adaptors for
different requirements.
After starting the operating system, the plug and play mechanism on the PC should recognize the
new hardware and prompt you to install the IEEE-1394 driver from Microsoft.
AVT supplies from 1Q/2004 additional TWAIN (VIA) drivers and WDM stream software to integrate
the images into third party software which has these interfaces.
Alternatively you may use ‘the FirePackage API SDK’. This replaces the MS-IEEE-1394 driver with
the driver produced by Intek.
A more detailed description for these installation routines can be found in the “FireView”
software manual.
The latter driver works in conjunction with the “Viewer” program. This enables quick and easy
access to all integrated IEEE-1394 ports and all theconnected IEEE-1394 cameras.
After using the drop down list to choose a matching card, all the available cameras which can be
connected to this will be displayed.
Select a camera and connect to this camera by clicking on the Connect button. The subsequent
dialog offers the option of setting all available video formats and displays the frame in a
corresponding window.
In the Live Control dialog box you can adjust the settings for the standard registers according to
the IIDC specification, e.g. exposure time or gain.
Direct access to the register level, e.g. to activate the advanced features of the camera, is carried
out via the Directcontrol dialog box.
Figure 11: FireView