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Android TimeViewer Application

Ver. 1.1

User Manual

Ref. 1921-SU-10-A

Android TimeViewer Ver. 1.1 Ref. 1921-SU-10-A Page 1

Contents

Table of Contents

Contents ....................................................................................................... 1

Table Of Figures ........................................................................................... 2

Concerning Android TimeViewer ............................................................... 3

System Requirements ................................................................................. 3

Install ............................................................................................................ 4

Uninstall ........................................................................................................ 4

Software Licenses and Liability .................................................................. 4

First Steps… ................................................................................................. 4

Android TimeViewer Application ................................................................ 5

Connect ........................................................................................................ 6 Troubleshooting connecting the camera ........................................... 6

Connection ........................................................................................ 7

Live Window ............................................................................................... 10

Menu ............................................................................................... 12 Settings 12

About 19 Exit 20 Live 20

Memory 20 SSD 20

Acquire Sequence ........................................................................... 21

Memory Window ........................................................................................ 24 Overview ......................................................................................... 24 Save Sequence to SSD ................................................................... 26

SSD Window ............................................................................................... 27 Overview ......................................................................................... 27

Appendix .................................................................................................... 30 Customer Service ............................................................................ 30


Table of Figures

FIGURE 1 : TIMEVIEWER LAUNCHER ................................................................................................................................ 5 FIGURE 2 : SCAN .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 FIGURE 3 : WI-FI LINK .................................................................................................................................................. 8 FIGURE 4 : MANUAL WI-FI PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................................... 9 FIGURE 5 : LIVE MODE ................................................................................................................................................ 10 FIGURE 6 : CHANGE PARAMETER IN LIVE MODE ............................................................................................................... 11 FIGURE 7 : MENU ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 FIGURE 8 : SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................................. 13 FIGURE 9 : FRAME FORMAT ......................................................................................................................................... 14 FIGURE 10 : ABOUT DIALOG ........................................................................................................................................ 19 FIGURE 11 : EXIT DIALOG ............................................................................................................................................ 20 FIGURE 12 : MEMORY FILLED ....................................................................................................................................... 21 FIGURE 13 : ACQUISTION IN PROGRESS .......................................................................................................................... 22 FIGURE 14 : RECORDING FINISHED ................................................................................................................................ 22 FIGURE 15 : MEMORY WINDOW .................................................................................................................................. 24 FIGURE 16 : CHANGE SET OUT ..................................................................................................................................... 25 FIGURE 17 : SAVE SEQUENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 26 FIGURE 18 : SSD VIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 27 FIGURE 19 : SSD SET SEQUENCE .................................................................................................................................. 28 FIGURE 20 : FORMAT SSD DIALOG ............................................................................................................................... 28 FIGURE 21 : SSD AND SEQUENCE INFORMATIONS ............................................................................................................ 29


Concerning Android TimeViewer

Use Android TimeViewer to capture and analyze video on your Android tablet from digital high-speed video cameras (CamRecord Sprinter Series) by Optronis. Android TimeViewer is optimized to work with single high-speed camera recordings.

System Requirements

TimeViewer Application works with Android tablets.

Please familiarize first with Android operating system before handling the camera. This user manual can not give operating instructions for the Android system.

The TimeViewer Application requires a tablet with Android 5.0 or higher

(API 21 +). TimeViewer Application has been tested with Android 7.1.1 (last official version) on a Google Nexus 9 tablet.

In order to communicate with the camera, the user has to connect the Wi-Fi dongle provided with the camera (Ralink RT5370, RT2870 or RT3070).

Tablets tested:

- Google Nexus 9 (Recommended)

- Samsung Galaxy Tab S


Install

Please install TimeViewer by Google Play:

www.play.google.com/Apps

Search the application name: TimeViewer Optronis and install the app on an android tablet.

Uninstall

Use Android functions to uninstall the TimeViewer App from your tablet.

Software Licenses and Liability

The application and this manual are the exclusive copyrights of Optronis.

Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer.

Optronis makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software.

Future upgrades of application and system software and any changes in specifications and functions will be announced separately.

The company names and product names in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

First Steps…

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the application in advance of your first project. Connect a camera, setup Live Video and familiarize yourself with focus distance and diaphragm setting of the lens. Setup the high-speed camera, capture some content, create recordings.

http://www.play.google.com/Apps


Android TimeViewer Application

After installing the Android TimeViewer application, a TimeViewer shortcut appears on the window.

Figure 1 : TimeViewer Launcher


Connect

Connect a WiFi dongle to the high speed Optronis CamRecord Sprinter-series camera to its USB2 port.

Switch on the camera and wait some seconds. Then start the application, search for the camera and connect to the camera.

The camera system is intended to be handled by Android tablet via WiFi or by PC Windows software. The system does not operate using PC (Windows TimeViewer software) and tablet (Android TimeViewer App) at the same time.

Troubleshooting connecting the camera

Please contact [email protected] for any trouble connecting the camera.

mailto:[email protected]


Connection

After starting the Android TimeViewer software, the window below appears.

Please select “Scan” to search for CamRecord cameras in the WiFi

network. PLEASE WAIT SOME SECONDS…

Figure 2 : Scan

When a camera is found, the camera name is displayed in the List View above “Scan” button (here: CamRecord-Sprinter CR-S3500.


Figure 3 : Wi-Fi Link

By clicking on “CamRecord-Sprinter CR-S3500”, the Wi-Fi connection between the camera and the tablet is established.

You can then connect to the camera by clicking on “Connect” button.


If you are facing some difficulties establishing Wi-Fi connection between the camera and the tablet, you can do it manually by entering configuration parameters in the Wi-Fi settings.

On Android Wi-Fi settings, modify network parameters as followed and set password to 12345678:

Figure 4 : Manual Wi-Fi Parameters

Once Connected, Wi-fi status should be “Connected, no Internet”

You can then start TimeViewer Application and directly click on “Connect” Button without scanning for network.


Live Window

After a connection, the camera is then operating in Live mode. This means, that a “Live” image is transferred from the camera to the tablet continuously. A direct menu on the top of the window allows to change the acquisition parameters: “Frame Format”, “Frame Rate” and “Exposure Time”.

Figure 5 : Live Mode


Figure 6 : Change Parameter in Live Mode


Menu

Settings

For additional settings please select the settings menu by wiping the menu from the left window side.

Figure 7 : Menu

Settings

Open Window: Wipe from left To right


Figure 8 : Settings

Back to Live View

Go back to the Live Window.


Frame Format

Changes the image size of the camera.

Figure 9 : Frame Format

Customize… allows to select specific values.

Frame Rate [FPS]

Changes the speed of the camera in frames per second.


Exposure Time [seconds]

Changes the exposure time of the camera.

Low values of exposure time (e.g. 1/10000) freeze fast moving objects but need a lot of light for illuminating the objects. High values are limited by the Frame Rate of the camera. Maximum exposure time is given by 1/FrameRate.

Gain

Changes the amplifier value inside the sensor to increase sensitivity.

The CamRecord Sprinter camera allows for a gain of x1.

Recording Memory

Reduces the recording time of the camera. The lower the Recording Memory, the lower the recording time of the camera but the higher the number of sequences that can be stored on the SSD of the camera.

Recording memory that has to be saved on camera SSD can be also reduced by “Set In” and “Set Out”.


Trigger Position

The camera uses a “Ring-Memory” This means that when starting a recording, the recording fills the camera memory until memory is full and then restarts automatically from the beginning. Setting the Trigger Position to e.g. 50% of the available memory, 50% of the image data is set in front of the Trigger and 50% of the image data is set behind the Trigger.

A trigger signal generally stops the acquisition. Depending on the trigger position it stops immediately (Trigger Position at the end of the memory) or with some delay (Trigger Position between beginning and end of the memory)

Synchronization

Choose an internal or an external synchronization.

Internal Synchronization uses the camera internal time base to generate the required frame rate. If the frame rate has to be synchronized to an external source please use external synchronization. For external synchronization, an external TTL signal has to be applied to the “External Sync.” pin of the camera. Please refer to the camera user manual for more information about external synchronization.


Trigger Source

The default trigger is via the application. When a separate trigger device is used, change the trigger source setting accordingly. Trigger can be active by application, by hardware switch, or by TTL signal.

Trigger on Application:

Please use the button Trigger Recording.

Trigger Extern on Falling Edge (Trigger on Switch):

Please connect a switch to the external trigger input of the camera or connect a TTL signal (low impedance < 100 Ohm). Trigger will be performed on falling edge of the TTL signal or on closing contact of a switch.

Trigger on Extern TTL Rising Edge:

Please connect a TTL signal (low impedance < 100 Ohm) to the external trigger input of the camera. Trigger will be performed on rising edge of the TTL signal.

Device Name

Name of the camera.

Model Name

Name of the camera model.

Serial Name

Camera Serial Number.

Memory Size

Camera internal memory.

Sensor Color

Monochrome (Black/White) or Color Sensor.


Sensor Bayer Type

Only for Color Sensor. Information about the configuration of the Color Bayer filter.

Real Frame Rate

For high frame rates, the internal synchronization clock of the camera don´t allow to reach exactly the selected frame rate. The “Real frame rate” information shows the real frame rate of the camera. If the frame rate has to be accurate, please use external synchronization clock of the camera.

Erase Data Base

Erase all custom values added by “Customizing…” in Frame Format, Frame Rate and Exposure Settings.

Language

Language of the application (English).

Grid

Adds a grid to the image. This is sometimes helpful to position the objects inside the image.


About

Android TimeViewer Application Version.

Figure 10 : About Dialog


Exit

Exit the Android TimeViewer application.

Figure 11 : Exit Dialog

Live

Live Window and Acquisition.

Memory

Playback of a recorded sequence and storage.

To view a Recording in the “memory window”, please switch to “memory”

SSD

Access to the SSD inside the camera.


Acquire Sequence

To acquire a sequence please use the buttons on the bottom of the window:

From left to right:

- Start / Stop Live View

- Start Recording

- Trigger Recording

- Abort Recording

Figure 12 : Memory Filled


Figure 13 : Acquistion In Progress

Figure 14 : Recording Finished


Here is an example : Start the record, wait for the memory to be filled, once the memory filled, press the trigger button and wait until the end of the counter.

Once the recording is finished, the view is still in live mode and doesn’t switch automatically in memory mode.


Memory Window

Overview

Memory allows to playback a recorded sequence.

Figure 15 : Memory Window

Cut the sequence

Playback Speed

Goto Image Number Save Sequence to SSD

Navigate inside sequence Playback Sequence


To cut the image sequence please select “Set In” and “Set out”. Selecting the values can be done by typing in the exact value as shown in the image below.

Figure 16 : Change Set Out

When a sequence is playing, a lot of parameters are not available, you need to pause the sequence to change those. For example, if you want to go to live mode, you have to pause the playback from memory before going to live mode.


Save Sequence to SSD

To save a sequence in the SSD, set the marker Set IN and set Out and click on the “Save Sequence to SSD button. A progress bar appears to give the current status of sequence saving.

Figure 17 : Save Sequence

During the saving process, all functions are unavailable. Wait until the end of the task to proceed to a new operation.


SSD Window

Overview

SSD Window allows to playback a sequence from SSD. First thing to do is to open a sequence by clicking on “Sequence” Button.

If no sequence is stored on the SSD, an error toast appears to inform the user that the SSD is empty.

Figure 18 : SSD View


Figure 19 : SSD Set Sequence

This view also allows to format the SSD by clicking on the “Format SSD” button.

Figure 20 : Format SSD Dialog


Once a sequence is selected, some information on the sequence and the SSD can be retrieved by clicking on the “Infos” button.

Figure 21 : SSD and Sequence Informations

During the reading process, all functions are unavailable. To set new parameters or go back to memory mode or live mode, pause the reading sequence process first.


Appendix

Customer Service

For any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to ask our customer service:

Optronis GmbH

Ludwigstrasse 2

77694 Kehl

Tel: +49 (0) 7851 9126 0

Fax: +49 (0) 7851 9126 10

e-mail: [email protected]

In case of problems please prepare the following information:

• Name of the device:

(e.g. CamRecord CR-Series or CamRecord Sprinter Series)

• Serial-Number of the camera:

• Operating System:

Android

• Software Version

See “About” in the Settings Menu.

• Short description of the problem

mailto:[email protected]

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