DRS Technologies Tamarisk 640 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Tamarisk
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Camera Control Software User Guide
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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... ii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................. iii
Reference Documents ........................................................................................................... 1
Safety Instructions ................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Supported Cameras ......................................................................................................... 3
1.2 System Requirements ...................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Lens Calibration Requirements ........................................................................................ 4
2 Hardware Setup .............................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Hardware Configuration .................................................................................................... 5
3 Software Installation ....................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Launching The Camera Control Software Installer ........................................................... 8
3.2 Install Camera Control Software ....................................................................................... 9
4 Set-up and Operation ................................................................................................... 14
4.1 Getting started ................................................................................................................ 14
4.2 Starting the Camera Control Software ............................................................................ 14
5 Camera Control Software Operation ............................................................................. 16
5.1 Information Tab .............................................................................................................. 17
5.2 Settings .......................................................................................................................... 17
5.3 Video .............................................................................................................................. 22
5.4 Colorization .................................................................................................................... 25
5.5 AGC ............................................................................................................................... 25
5.6 Pan and Zoom ................................................................................................................ 30
5.7 Lens Calibration ............................................................................................................. 31
5.8 Pixel Map ....................................................................................................................... 40
5.9 Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 42
6 Uninstalling the Software .............................................................................................. 47
6.1 Removing The Software Using the Install Utility ............................................................. 47
6.2 Uninstalling The Software Using the Uninstall Prompt .................................................... 47
6.3 Uninstalling The Software via Control Panel .................................................................. 48
7 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................ 49
7.1 No Attached Devices Found ........................................................................................... 49
7.2 No Video or Poor Video From the Camera ..................................................................... 55
7.3 Custom lens Calibration and Custom Pixel Map Tabs are non functional ....................... 56
7.4 Custom Lens Calibrated camera has poor video ............................................................ 56