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Alpha NIR User's Guide 412-0007-10 Ver 150
shine a flashlight or an incandescent (fluorescent lights have low intensity in this
waveband) light into the opening. This should result in a change in intensity in the
displayed window. You should see something on the screen, albeit a low contrast
image. Close the Measurement and Automation utility.
14. Run IRvista. During the program loading, the system checks to see that a camera
is connected and communicating. Refer to the IRvista manual for help during the
next phase of testing. The manual is Indigo part number 321.0028.10.
15. Try acquiring a burst of images. The message flashed on the screen during
acquisition should show that IRvista has acquired 50 of 50 frames. The default is
50 frames, but that can be changed on the front panel. It should not drop frames –
it should always say that the number of frames acquired matches the number of
buffers (frames) received by the IMAQ card.
16. Next, try recording images direct to disc. Save the images to a .bin file on the
desktop. You will delete that file after viewing it. Record to Disc will run at >50
Hz with a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor. You can verify this by acquiring 500
frames and using a stopwatch to time the acquisition. We typically see times of
less than 10 seconds with a host PC like the one described above.
17. Test the serial communications with the camera by launching the camera control
window. You can vary the gain state of the camera, as well as many other low-
level sensor functions.
Uninstall Procedure:
To uninstall IRvista and supporting software, run install.exe in Disk 1 and
setup.exe in Disk 2. You will be prompted to modify, repair, or remove most of
the components. Select remove in each case. Two supporting applications, NI-
Serial and NI Visa, must be uninstalled from the Windows control panel.
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