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Phantom Help File76

Tools

The Tools pull-down menu provides the following commands:

Image Tools

The 'Tools' command, when selected, opens the Image Tools dialogue window used to:

· Display an image Histogram.

· Perform image processing adjustments.

· Apply various image processing effects.

Firmware control (Nucleus)

The 'Firmware control (Nucleus)' command, when selected, initiates the Phantom Nucleus

application that allows the end user to, in one simple operation, load firmware FPGA, (Field

Programmable Gate Array), Flash FPGA, Cinemag, and Kernel firmware. It allows the end

user to load firmware files into the selected visible camera, or in a camera which responds

to a ping command, by introducing its IP address and a value for camera version.

Using this Firmware Control command provides for the upload of the firmware files to your

camera. After loading the firmware files, the program tries to reconnect the camera. It may

be necessary to power the camera off then on again for Phantom to reconnect to the

camera.

NOTE

You should never do a firmware upgrade when running on battery power.

Prior to performing a firmware upgrade to a Phantom v9.0, v7.2, v7.1, v7.0, v5.1, v4.3, orv4.2

Camera, make sure the camera is connected to AC power. Vision Research highly

recommends that you contact our Technical Support staff before performing an upgrade to

any of these cameras.

The upgrade process should never be used to load an earlier version firmware that is

already loaded into the camera, and must not ever be used with an IEEE1394 camera model.

If the application cannot automatically identify the camera, you will have to specify the IP

address and the camera version.

Enable Logging

When enabled the system will generate a PhCon.log file used by Vision Research

Engineers to determine if there are any errors with the Phantom Camera Control Application

code.

Preferences

The 'Preferences' command , when selected, opens the Preferences dialogue window used

to define the:

· Phantom Camera Control Application Interface options.

· Phantom Camera Control Application Imaging options.

· Exposure, EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range™ ), and PostTrigger Units.

· Snapshot settings.

Camera Visibility

The 'Camera Visibility' options allow the end-user to specify:

See all available cameras