InfraTec VarioCAM - Hardware and Software Installation; Fundamentals of PC Connection; Hardware Components for Connection

User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM
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9. Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr*
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9 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM
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9.1 Fundamentals
The special thermographic software IRBIS
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remote and IRBIS
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online help to link the infrared camera
VarioCAM
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hr with a PC. It includes the following functions:
■ Remote-control of camera functions and visualisation at the PC/notebook (IRBIS
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remote/IRBIS
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online)
■ Real-time transfer, display and saving of digital thermographic measurement data on the control PC
(IRBIS
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online)
The following hardware interface is used for communication between the PC and the thermographic
camera:
■ FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface
By means of the FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface, the digital data stream continually provided by the
infrared camera is recognised in an image-synchronous way and provided for the display, evaluation and
saving within the repsective IRBIS
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software.
The infrared camera VarioCAM
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hr provides the digital image information at a width of 16 bit via FireWire
(IEEE 1394).
9.2 Hardware Components
Control and evaluation PC
A FireWire (OHCI IEEE 1394) interface card must be installed in the control PC. In order to guarantee
safe connection with the thermographic system, exclusively use the IEEE 1394 interface card
recommended by InfraTec or included in the package.
Components for digital data transfer and camera control
Notebook
Should the thermographic system VarioCAM
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hr be operated by a notebook, the thermographic system
needs to be connected to an additional power supply. This can be a suitable Lithium-ion accumulator or
the included DC power supply unit* (with 14-pin LEMO plug). The 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable (see
Fig. 17, FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable, 4-pin page 18) facilitates hardware connection between the internal
mainboard IEEE 1394 interface of the notebook and the VarioCAM
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hr. The 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394)
cable is used with an external PCMCIA IEEE 1394 interface card. For better mechanical safety of the
connection, it is recommended to always use a PCMCIA IEEE 1394 interface card.
PC
Should the thermographic system VarioCAM
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hr be operated by a PC, an additional power supply for the
infrared camera is not compulsory. However, it is recommended to always operate the thermographic
system via a separate DC power supply unit. The 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable (see Fig. 16, FireWire