User manual

Phantom Camera Control Application - Help 101

On every start and stop the current Continuous Recording settings will be serialized and saved in

a XML file. These settings will be loaded at application startup and the Continuous Recording will

auto-start accordingly to the last saved settings.

Active: check this box to start Continuous recording. The camera will get into: “Waiting for

trigger” status. Uncheck it to stop Continuous recording.

Cine file paths & save parameters: this field should contain the path and file name

necessary for saving recorded cines.

Auto Trigger: use this checkbox to auto trigger every cine immediately after capture.

Once Only: use this checkbox for single cine to capture and save only one cine, or for

MultiCine to capture and save cines until the camera RAM is full.

Status: will show “Running/Not running” or “Waiting for file to be saved” status.

Save count: will count the files saved in the current session.

Capture Button

The Capture button puts the camera into the recording mode. When the Capture button is

clicked, image data will be continuously recorded, in an endless loop, to an image storage area

until the camera has received one of the three different types of trigger signals. When the Record

button is clicked it will change to the Abort Recording button.

NOTE

In Run/Stop mode (Direct Recording to CineMag), Capture button will become Record

button. When clicked Record button will change to the Stop Recording button.

Trigger Button

Selecting the Trigger button provides a “soft” trigger to the camera, when the camera is in

Capture mode, that instructs the camera to stop capturing and recording images to the storage

buffer. It is just one of five possible ways to trigger the Phantom cameras, the other four, with the

camera in Capture mode, include:

· Press "Alt T" on the keyboard.

· Provide a dry switch closure to the BNC connector marked Trigger on the Capture breakout

cable attached to the rear panel of the camera.

· Provide a low TTL pulse to the BNC connector marked Trigger on the Capture breakout

cable attached to the rear panel of the camera.

· Provide a low TTL pulse to the BNC connector marked Trigger on the Breakout Box that

attached to the rear panel of the camera.

After the camera gets triggered, the camera will continue to record a number of images equal to

post trigger frames value set in Live Control Panel – Cine settings.