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Phantom Camera Control Application - Help 87

4.1.5.2 Live Control Panel Components

The Live Control Panel is used to define the recording parameters for the selected Phantom camera,

and consist of the following components:

Group Lock Button

The Group Lock button is used to control and apply setting made to one camera associated to a

specific sub-group to all the cameras in the same sub-group automatically.

Camera: (Pull-Down Selection List)

The Phantom Camera Control application is capable of supporting up to 63 Phantom cameras.

This selection list window displays any user-defined Cameras Group sub-group, and the names

of the Phantom cameras presently connected to the Phantom Control Unit. Any changes made in

the Live Control Panel will be applied only to the Phantom camera or group of cameras specified

in this field, unless the Copy Parameters to..>All cameras command has been selected in the

Camera menu options.

Camera Settings Selector

The Camera Settings fields are used to display, reset, or synchronize the time stamp clock

information, set the bit depth of the active pixels, repartition or segment the DRAM of the camera,

perform CSR, (Current Session Reference), or Black Reference calibration adjustments.

The following is a brief description of the setup parameters associated with the Camera Settings:

Current Time

The Current Time field displays the date and time, an image will be time stamped with, in the

following format: hh:mm:ss Weekday Month Day Year.

Set Time.. Button

The Set button, when selected, opens the Set Camera Time dialogue window that

incorporates the following:

Computer Time

The fields associated with the Computer Time displays the date, time, and time zone of

the attached Phantom Control Unit. The active camera, or group of cameras

synchronize the time stamp to this control unit's local time setting, unless an IRIG-B

time source is being used as the clock reference.

The Computer Time is displayed in the following format: Field 1: Weekday , Month Day,

Year; Field 2: hh:mm:ss; Field 3: Time Zone, (The time difference from UTC -

Universal Time Code, formally GMT - Greenwich Means Time).

Current Camera Time

The fields associated with the Current Camera Time display the date, time, and time

zone of the selected Phantom Camera. The Current Camera Time and the Computer

Time should be synchronized when there is no IRIG-B clock source attached to the

camera. If an IRIG-B clock source is attached the Current Camera Time, should be

synchronized to the IRIG-B clock and will display the IRIG-B reference time.

The Current Camera Time is displayed in the following formats: Field 1: Weekday ,

Month Day, Year; Field 2: hh:mm:ss; Field 3: Time Zone (The time difference from