Download Using the HD-SDI Express card

Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................5
HD-SDI EXPRESS .......................................................................................................................................................6
WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED ........................................................................................................................... 14
INSPECTING THE HD-SDI EXPRESS PACKAGE .......................................................................................................... 15
CHAPTER 2 – HARDWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER 3 – SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 17
SOFTWARE SUITE ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FROM CD ....................................................................................................................... 19
SOFTWARE UPGRADE FROM WEB SITE ..................................................................................................................... 23
FIRMWARE UPGRADE FROM WEB SITE ..................................................................................................................... 24
CHAPTER 4 – USING THE HD-SDI EXPRESS ................................................................................................... 25
RUNNING THE HD-SDI EXPRESS APPLICATION........................................................................................................ 26
MAIN WINDOW ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
CAMERA PARAMETERS DIALOG ............................................................................................................................... 31
COLOR SPACE CONVERTER DIALOG ......................................................................................................................... 34
RGB CONTROL DIALOG ........................................................................................................................................... 36
RGB LOOKUP TABLE DIALOG .................................................................................................................................. 37
CAPTURE SETTINGS DIALOG .................................................................................................................................... 39
HEX PIXEL DUMP WINDOW ...................................................................................................................................... 50
HISTOGRAM WINDOW .............................................................................................................................................. 53
ZOOM MENU ............................................................................................................................................................ 54
PLAYER CONTROL .................................................................................................................................................... 55
PLAYER DIALOG ....................................................................................................................................................... 57
CHAPTER 5 – ELECTRICAL INTERFACES ...................................................................................................... 58
SDI CONNECTOR ...................................................................................................................................................... 59
EXPRESSCARD CONNECTOR ( VCE-HDEX02/HDEX03 ONLY ) .............................................................................. 59
PCIE X1 CONNECTOR ( VCE-HDPCIE01 ONLY ) ..................................................................................................... 60
COM PORT CONNECTOR ( VCE-HDPCIE01 ONLY ) ................................................................................................ 61
CHAPTER 6 - SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................................... 62
APPENDIX A – CREATING LOOKUP TABLES ................................................................................................ 63
A.1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 64
A.2 USING AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR .......................................................................................................................... 64
A.3 USING MICROSOFT EXCEL ................................................................................................................................. 65
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