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Phantom Camera Control Application - Help 83

4.1.4 Status Bar

A unique Status Bar is displayed as part of the Phantom Camera Control application, and all Preview/

and Playback Panels. The type of information displayed in the status bar varies based on the panel

type, as follows:

Phantom Camera Control Status Bar Information

The Phantom Camera Control Status Bar displays status information for the active Preview/

Playback Panel, including:

XY:

XY: indicates the XY: coordinate of a pixel when the cursor is placed over the active

Preview/Playback/Manager Control Panel. The XY coordinates represents the pixel located

in the center of the cross-hair cursor. The XY coordinates will be displayed in the following

format: <x-coordinate value> x <y-coordinate value>. For example: 426 x 324.

RGB:

RGB: indicates the RGB, (Red, Green, Blue), values of a pixel when the cursor is placed

over the active Preview/Playback/Manager Control Panel. These RGB values represent the

color value of the pixel located in the center of the cross-hair cursor. The RGB: values will

be displayed in the following format: <red value>, <green value>, <blue value>. For

example: 12, 823, 1525.

The range of values is dependent upon the pixel image bit depth, as follows:

· 8-bit pixel image depth has 255 values.

· 10-bit pixel image depth has 1024 values.

· 12-bit pixel image depth has 4096 values.

· 14-bit pixel image depth has 16384 values.

Preview/Playback Panel Status Bar Information

The type of status information displayed varies based on operational state of the selected

Phantom camera, as follows:

Live Status Indicator

When active, (Blue), the Live status indicator informs the end-user that the selected

Phantom camera is:

· Capturing Preview images only, (The selected camera is not in the process of

recording image data). Essentially, what this means is, the camera is in an idle state,

formally referred to as "Waiting for Pre-trigger". In this operational state, the camera

has a lower power consumption requirement.

· In the recording operational state.

Rec Status Indicator

When active, (Red), the Rec status indicator informs the end-user that the selected

Phantom camera is in the Capture or Record operational state, recording image data, and

displaying the images in the Preview Panel, while storing the image data into the camera's

DRAM. The recording process will stop when a trigger signal is detected by the camera and

all the post trigger frames have been recorded.