User`s manual

STOC USER’S MANUAL ©2005 VIDERE DESIGN
2 Quick Start
The STOC/-C normally comes assembled with the lenses mounted. If you
need to change the lenses, or if you are supplying your own, please see
Section
0.
To set up and test the STOC/-C, you will need the following:
1. Host computer with an IEEE 1394 PCI (desktop) or PCMCIA
(laptop) card, OHCI compliant; or a built-in IEEE 1394 port.
2. IEEE 1394 6-pin to 6-pin cable.
3. Small Vision System installed on the host computer.
Install the IEEE 1394 host card, if necessary, according to the directions in
Section
4.1. Install the Small Vision System software (see Section 4.2).
Plug one end of the IEEE 1394 6-pin video cable into the 1394 jack on the
back of the STOC/-C, and the other into an IEEE 1394 port on the host PC.
Note: The STOC draws power from the IEEE 1394 bus. PCI cards, or
built-in ports for desktop machines, normally supply this power. For
PCMCIA cards (PC Cards), and laptops with a built-in port, no power
is available. In this case, external power must be supplied – see Section
5.3.
The PC operating system will normally recognize the STOC, and install the
correct system drivers. Please see the Videre support web pages
(
www.videredesign.com/support.htm) for specific information about
installation for your OS. At this point, you should check to see that the
STOC has been recognized by the system.
It takes the STOC device about 20 seconds to configure itself, as it sets up
internal calibration tables based on lens parameters. During this time, the
LED on the device will blink slowly. When it stops blinking, it should stay
lit, indicating the device is recognized by the PC. If it is not lit, then there is
a problem with the IEEE 1394 drivers on the PC.
Start the SVS main program, smallv(.exe), on the host computer. You
should see a screen as in
Figure 2-1. The message window should indicate
that the “DCS Digital Stereo Interface” is present. If not, go back to
software installation (Section
4.2), and follow the instructions for
configuring the correct capture library.
Pull down the Input chooser, and select the Video option. If everything
has been set up correctly, the SVS interface will recognize and configure
the stereo head, and a success message will appear in the info text window.
The “Proc Capable” button will light up to indicate the presence of the
STOC processor, and the stereo parameter controls will be grayed out, since
the STOC has fixed parameters. If not, the Input chooser will go back to
None, and an error message will appear in the info window. Please see
Section
4 for troubleshooting.
To view stereo video, press the Continuous button. By default, the
STOC device is put into its “Stereo Processing” mode, in which it sends the
Figure 2-1 SVS main program window.
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