Daisy Camera Editor

The Camera Editor contains a database of the properties of many popular cameras. In addition, new cameras can be added by merely copying a similar camera and modifying the values (within the hardware constraints of the frame grabber) and saving the modified camera file for future use.

Functionality Overview

Below you can see the main screen of the Camera Editor application. It provides high level information about all the defined cameras.

Camera Editor by default provides definitions of the most popular cameras. They appear in the camera list box with the «stop» sign meaning that the camera definition can be viewed but cannot be edited or deleted.

Defining a new (editable) camera type

Besides using predefined camera types, you can define new ones matching exactly settings of the camera you own (however, this will be rarely needed as the Camera Editor comes complete with definitions for all popular cameras).

To create a new camera type fast and easy, just select a camera type closest to your own camera and press the «Copy» button (check the image above). Now you can edit the newly created camera definition so that it fits exactly your camera settings.

Basic camera information

Basic camera information is accessible in the main Camera Editor window (see above). It includes video type (mono, RGB, composite YC, separate YC), color coding (PAL, NTSC, SECAM, Bayer array), aspect ratio, pixel aperture ratio.

Video timing parameters

Video timing parameters include scanning mode (interlaced, non-interlaced, parallel), number of frames per second, fields per frame, lines per frame, line lenght, horizontal/vertical blank start/end, H/V sync width, H/V delay between camera and grabber. All the individual values may be set in pixels or in seconds.

Signal definition

Signal definition settings involve termination, upper/lower level, polarity, input or output and single-ended or differential transmission for image and synchronizing signals (analog or digital video, video + composite sync, H/V/C sync, pixel clock, auxiliary signal).

Asynchronous reset settings

Following dialog allows you to adjust all camera settings required for work in the «asynchronous reset» mode, such as shutter speed (min, max, default, fixed, programmable), trigger delay, trigger type (one or two pulses on one or two pins, pin numbers, polarity), video readout timing, trigger relation to camera H/V snyc.

Other options

The last set of options allows you to specify various camera specific adjustments.

Testing new camera definition

Any camera may be easily tested using Camera Editor. After selecting proper camera type and pressing the «Try» button in the main Camera Editor window, you will be asked to specify the grabber and connector used for the camera connection. After that you may perform basic tests on the camera, checking if it works properly.

Complementary and Related Products

LV-SDS

Camera Editor is a part of Leutron Vision Software Development Suite (LV-SDS). LV-SDS is the primary software interface to Leutron's PicPort^® framegrabbers. Besides Camera Editor, the most important parts of LV-SDS are:

Daisy 

Object oriented C++ library providing an essential interface between hardware and the user appication. 

Orchid

High level library for developing interactive applications with a few lines of code in visual tools like Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, etc. Available as a DLL or as an OCX component.

DRAL

Extension libraries for Daisy providing real-time functionality of PicPort^® framegrabbers.

Image processing libraries

Please check the image processing libraries section to learn more about the Leutron's PicLab32^® library for image processing and analysis and about several other well-known third party software products supported by Leutron's hardware.

PicPort^® framegrabbers and PentiCam^®

PicPort^®-Color

Low cost framegrabber providing studio quality digitization and conditioning of color (PAL or NTSC) video image.

PicPort^®-Mono, PicPort^®-Stereo

Framegrabbers for monochrome acquisition (CCIR/EIA/nonstandard), with five sync modes and asynchronous acquisition. PicPort^®-Stereo moreover provides second digitizing channel allowing simultaneous acquisition from two synchronized cameras or acquisition from a dual-channel camera.

PentiCam^®

Ultra compact, mobile image processing system for industrial and machine vision, based on standard PC technology and Leutron's PicPort^® framegrabbers.

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