Technical data

The USB port of the EYE-12 can be used to transfer still images from the camera to a computer
and save them in JPG, TIF or BMP format. This way, the EYE-12 can be used as a scanner for 3-
dimensional objects.
The EYE-12 is equipped with a fast USB 2.0 port. This allows for uploading images onto a PC in a
fraction of a second. Connecting slower computers with the older USB 1.1 standard is also no
problem. It still takes only a small fraction of the time a desktop scanner requires to scan an image.
WolfVision's USB Software (Connectivity Software) works under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and
Macintosh and is fully Twain compatible. This is important when using the EYE-12 in connection
with popular graphic programs such as Photoshop, or for connecting it to Interactive Whiteboards
(Smart Boards). More information on the WolfVision Connectivity Software at:
The fast USB 2.0 port can also output live motion. The Connectivity Software can store AVI-files
and includes a video capture driver. You can view and save the live image from the EYE-12 on
your computer in almost every modern video editing software.
www.wolfvision.com/wolf/usbsoftware.html
USB 2.0 / Twain / Video Capture / AVI
2.0
2.0
Ethernet (LAN) Port
Trigger Function
In "normal mode" the EYE-12 outputs a live image with 30 different frames per second. In "trigger
mode" the EYE-12 only shows a new image when it receives a trigger signal from an external unit.
The EYE-12 keeps showing the same, frozen image until it receives the next trigger pulse.
This is very useful for surveillance and machine vision applications. For example a light barrier can
simultaneously send out a trigger pulse to the EYE-12 and to a harddisc recorder when someone
enters a room. Most recording devices can not start recording in a fraction of a second. If the
camera would output a live image, a later image would be recorded, which does not show the exact
situation anymore. But as the trigger function freezes the image output by the EYE-12, the exact
image is recorded.
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
The LAN-port of the EYE-12 includes Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionallity. Power over
Ethernet is a popular way of saving cables and installation costs.
Using a PoE-adapter (according to the IEEE 802.3af industry standard) between 36 and 57 volt can
be added to a CAT-5 (or higher) ethernet cable and the camera can receive power via the
Ethernet/LAN-cable.
A switch mode power supply in the camera converts the power to 12 volt.
The EYE-12 can process up to 15 trigger pulses per second. The delay time between a trigger pulse and the end of the
image capturing is exactly 1/30 second.
The autosave function of WolfVision's Connectivity Software (USB Software) can automatically save images triggered by
the EYE-12 on a PC.
The EYE-12 is equipped with an Ethernet (LAN) port (10/100 Mbps).
It is IP-addressable, so that it can be integrated into a computer network and controlled from any
computer in the network. It can even be controlled over the internet, if it is assigned an official
(WAN) IP-address.
The network/LAN-port has become a key feature of all high end Visualizers from WolfVision in
recent years. All advanced network features including professional LAN-protocol are now
available on the camera EYE-12.