User guide

Installation & Setup User Guide
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Chapter 6: Setting Up & Configuring a Capture
Station
Environmental Considerations Affecting Flash & Camera
Capture Quality
There are several factors to consider when selecting your capture station
environment. Lighting is the most important factor and the most difficult to
provide setup instructions for, because every site’s capture environment is
unique. B.A.S.I.S. ships with the optimal hardware setting defaults already set.
The important items to consider when setting up the capture environment are the
flash and camera settings based on environmental considerations.
Setting Up the B.A.S.I.S. Capture Dialog
You will initially need to set up the B.A.S.I.S. capture dialog with factory default
settings that are appropriate for your capture hardware. Once that is done, you
can make minor adjustments to accommodate your specific capture devices and
capture environments.
1. Launch the application you’ll be using to capture photos/signatures/badge
layout graphics.
2. Launch the capture dialog from within that application by selecting the
[Capture] button on a form that accesses the Multimedia Capture module.
3. Repeat the following procedure for each outer capture form:
a. If configuring cardholder photo capture, select the Photo tab. If
configuring cardholder signature capture, select the Signature tab. If you
are using the BadgeDesigner application, you only have the Graphic tab.
b. Configuring the capture dialog with settings that are appropriate for
your capture hardware is easily done via the factory defaults profile
procedure. Use the following procedure to configure capture from
sources other than the File Import capture source:
1) Click [Load Factory Defaults]. The “Load Factory Defaults” dialog
will open.
2) Select the factory defaults profile that most closely matched your
capture device. The default capture source (configured on the
General Settings form) will be automatically set to the capture
source associated with that device. The crop window (configured
on the General Settings form) will be automatically set to a size
appropriate for the profile you select.