Swing Catalyst uEye Installation Manual

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uEYE
For Swing Catalyst Studio Installations
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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    INSTALLATION GUIDE uEYE For Swing Catalyst Studio Installations swingcatalyst...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Part 1: Preparations Install drivers.......................4 Part 2: uEye USB Camera Camera components..................5 Camera lens......................6 Zoom and focus....................7 Iris..........................8 Part 3: Camera Settings Access camera settings..................9 Pixel clock......................10 Frame rate......................11 Exposure shutter.....................12 Gain/ISO........................13 White balance......................14 Support........................15 Installation guide uEye 2013 2011©...
  • Page 3: Part 1 Preparations

    INSTALL DRIVERS CAMERA COMPONENTS The uEye USB camera consist of three separate compo- nents: Before you can use your USB camera you need to install the Camera* camera drivers. Download the required drivers from: Lens downloads.swingcatalyst.com/drivers.html USB Cable When you have downloaded the drivers (32- or 64 bit...
  • Page 4: Camera Lens

    The provided lens has 3 rings for adjustments, Zoom Iris On a varifocal (zoom) lens the Zoom and Focus rings work to- gether, so it may help to tweak both adjustment rings for good Focus focus/zoom. Part 2 uEye USB Camera Part 2 uEye USB Camera...
  • Page 5: Iris

    If the image is over-exposed (e.g. on a very sunny day) closing Click ‘Advanced...’ button to open up the configuration the Iris is recommended. dialog. Part 2 uEye USB Camera Part 3 Camera Settings...
  • Page 6: Pixel Clock

    PIXEL CLOCK FRAME RATE The frame rate setting allows both automatic and manual Click the Video tab configuration of the frame rate. The Pixel Clock is essentially a “speed” setting; increasing It is recommended that a manual setting is used, since the this will increase the maximum framerate that is available;...
  • Page 7: Exposure Shutter

    EXPOSURE SHUTTER GAIN/ISO A low shutter speed is essential for capturing fast move- ment and reducing motion blur. For a golf swing it is recommended to use a maximum of 2ms (milliseconds) exposure to get a decent image. For a very sharp image an exposure setting of 0.5ms is good, but will require a lot of light and is only recom- mended for outdoor use.
  • Page 8: White Balance

    By now you should have successfully configured one or more It is recommended that white balance is set to Auto to en- uEye cameras for use with Swing Catalyst. able the camera to adjust the color balance in the image.
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