Are there any general advices concerning the settings of the BIOS, when the pixelfly camera is used?
• in the PNP options should be an
option PNP OS. Set it to NO, although
you use an Plug&Play OS like
Windows2000! (Check whether you get
Ressources in the Device Properties)
• switch off all devices, that are not
needed, like USB, IDE2, etc.
• set all NonPNP device to 'Legacy ISA'
in the PCI/PNP menu.
• no overclocking in the system BIOS,
please. PCI clock has to be 33MHz.
• PCI Latency Timer to value "32"
• PCI Slot with 540 board has to be
master with highest priority (if
possible in your BIOS).
• make sure, that your configuration
assigns one IRQ only to the 540 board
and no other board or device (no IRQ
sharing).
• upgrade the System BIOS to the newest
version!
Do you have some tips or advices concerning the use of the pixelfly with Windows?
• check the device manager for any
conflicts.
• disable virus scanner, screen savers,
power management, etc.
• no other programs while working with
camware.
• use newest driver available on
internet: http://http://www.pco.de
Can you give some hints, if there is not enough memory when using the pixelfly and camware?
• try using camware with allocating
only 50% of available memory (for
testing purposes only). See the
view/memory settings dialogue!
• If the fps rate is too slow, switch
off all display windows.
General hints in case of problems with installing the pixelfly into a PC
• try to downsize the computer, that
means, if possible, uninstall all
additional cards like network cards,
sound cards, tv cards, I/O cards,
etc. for testing purposes only.
• There are known problems with all-in-
one SIS chipsets like SIS 5598 single
chipset (integrated VGA that uses
system RAM for graphic memory)! The
standard BIOSes reduce the pci
transfer rates on these chipsets to a
minimum.
• if possible change to another
computer (best would be a different
type)
Can you supply technical data or specifications of the pixelfly cover glasses (glass on the CCD image sensor and cover glass of the camera)?
The CCD image sensor cover glass has a thickness of d = 0.75 mm, and a refractive index of n = 1.5 (measured for Sony image sensors). The camera cover glass is made of fused silica (SuprasilTM of Heraeus) with a thickness of 1.05 mm (+/- 0.05 mm), a refractive index of n = 1.48 and a anti-reflective coating.
