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1. GUI (Graphical User Interface) configuration - recommended method for
Windows users
There are two Windows programs available for setting the camera's parameters:
1. mTool, a small utility written by the Mobius team. Different FW versions may require a
different version of mTool.
2. mSetup, a program which supports all the Mobius cameras and all the FW versions.
This is the recommended program to use.
Both programs can be used to modify the camera's configuration or format the SD card.
Both programs communicate directly with the camera and makes configuring the camera
a very simple task.
The camera must be in Webcam mode in order to set the parameters by
software. See
Webcam Mode, above.
2. Manual configuration using a text file
The parameters can be also be set by using a text file. This makes it possible to set the
parameters using virtually any computer system.
A "SYNC_PARA.CFG.BAK" text file is automatically created in the card's root folder
each time the camera is turned on.
NOTE: Your Windows PC MUST be configured to show "file type extensions" or you will
NOT see the ".BAK" extension on the config file and will NOT be able to delete it to
properly or rename the edited configuration file on a Windows PC.
If you don't see the BAK extension, toggle on this ability using the search button on the
toolbar to open your Folder or File Explorer Options pop up window, and click on the
View tab to find and uncheck the box for the "hide extensions for know file types" option.
You may use any ASCII editor, for example Notepad, to modify the parameters. The text
file must be in plain ASCII, it must not be in Unicode. If you don't know what a root folder
is, or you don't know what ASCII is or don't know how to manually edit ASCII files please
use one of the two Windows programs or the method using an external monitor outlined
above.
Only modify the values in brackets [ ] and only enter valid numbers. Once the text file
has been edited and saved, the file must be renamed to SYNC_PARA.CFG (with .BAK
deleted).
Now turn the camera off.
The next time the camera is turned on it will load the new parameters, delete the
"SYNC_PARA.CFG" file, and create a new "SYNC_PARA.CFG.BAK" with the new
settings.
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