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Phantom Camera Control Software - Release Notes © 2009 Vision Research - An AMETEK Company
Software Revision: 675 Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Table of Contents Part I Latest Updates
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1 Version 675 Update ................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Version 674 Update ................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Version 673 Update ................................................................................................................................... 8 4 Version 672 Update ................................................................................................................................... 8 5 Version 671 Update ................................................................................................................................... 9 6 Version 670 Update ................................................................................................................................... 9 7 Version 669 ................................................................................................................................... Update 10 8 Version 668 ................................................................................................................................... Update 12 9 Version 665 ................................................................................................................................... Update 15 10 Version 664 ................................................................................................................................... Update 16
Part II Visible Changes in Phantom Camera Control Software
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1 Acquisition ................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window 20 Camera Options .......................................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window Restore NV Memory .......................................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window Phantom ......................................................................................................................................................... Nucleus Firmware Upload Utilitiy
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2 Setup and Recording ................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window 25 Image Processing .......................................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window
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3 ViewCine Dialogue ................................................................................................................................... Window 26 Image Processing .......................................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window Cine Information .......................................................................................................................................................... Display Window
Part III Visible Changes in the Phantom Video Player
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1 PVP Dialogue ................................................................................................................................... Window 30 PVP Dialogue.......................................................................................................................................................... Window PVP Settings .......................................................................................................................................................... Dialogue Window Versatile Dual ......................................................................................................................................................... HD-SDI Operations (Video Outputs Settings)
Part IV Minimum Requirements to Upgrade
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1 Firmware Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 40 2 System Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 43
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Latest Updates The Phantom Camera Control Software offers everything that the earlier versions included and much more. Many of the users' requests have been implemented and many aspects of the program has been improved, without sacrificing familiarity and intuitive ease of use. The question "What's new in Phantom Camera Control Software" is not so easy to answer. The quickest answer would be that many new features have been added, some of them extremely powerful. We have listened to the feedback from our users and implemented all the most frequently-requested functions, plus many that you never even thought of but will not want to do without. Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
However, all these changes don't mean that the program has become unfamiliar – on the contrary. Our top design priority was to maintain the "look and feel" of the program and its highlyintuitive interface so that users upgrading will feel at home immediately.
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Version 675 Update Version 675 is a major update to the Phantom Camera Control software with few visible changes. In addition to support for the new Phantom v710, v310, and v210 camera models, Vision Research has added three new utilities: a new PhThumb utility, a PVP (Phantom Video Player), and the Phantom Nucleus (firmware loader). Other features, that many users have been asking for, include: Phantom CineStation 10Gbit support, a new packed cine raw file format, Versatile Video Output support, and much more. Our Vision Research engineers have added and corrected a number of issues that individual users have requested and reported to us for specific configurations and situations, some of them very rare. And there are also a number of changes and improvements that we are sure many users will welcome. Although the Version 675 Update itself incorporates only a few changes itself, below, it does however incorporate all the enhancements and software fixes noted in the interim update versions, listed in the Table of Contents to the left.
Bug Fixes · Corrects issue related to the black level that affected the users of the System Developer Kit. · Resolved all issue associated with the count of saturated pixela while performing at White Balance adjustment and the video adjustments on recorded cines when there are multiple cameras connected.
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Version 674 Update Version 674 is an interim update, that has incorporated the following enhancements and bug fix:
Phantom v710 Sample Rate Increased The maximum Sample Rate of a Phantom v710 at 1280 x 800, full resolution, has increased to 7,530fps.
Phantom v210, v310, 640, and v710 High Resolution TimeStamp Support The Phantom v210, v310, 640, and v710 camera models now support high resolution, nanoseconds, TimeStamp generation and reporting. The information will be displayed in hhmmss xxx xxx xx.
Enhancement to Exposure and Image Interval Timing Information Exposure and Image Interval times less than 1µs will be displayed during playback process.
Bug Fix Corrected saturated pixel count during White Balance Adjustments
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Version 673 Update Version 673 is an interim update, that has incorporated the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Phantom Miro 1 with Limited Resolutions Support for the Phantom Miro 1 with two resolutions has been added.
Updated Sample Rate Support for Phantom v710 Updates to support Sample Rates over 1,000,000fps for the Phantom v710 have been added.
New Warning Message Added A warning message has been added when trying save large files onto a FAT32 hard drive.
Bug Fix · Corrected messages displayed during Current Session Reference procedure with or without an Automatic Shutter. · Corrections have been made to allow the SAM-3, (Signal Acquisition Module-3), to operate properly with Phantom v210, v310, v640, and v710 camera models. · The issue of triple uninterpolated images, of the first cine, stored in a Phantom has been corrected.
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Version 672 Update Version 672 is an interim update, that has incorporated the following enhancement and bug fix:
Phantom v210 camera support This version supports the new Phantom v210 camera.
Bug Fix Resolved problems that occurred while converting a cine file to AVI format.
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Version 671 Update Version 671 is an interim update, that has incorporated the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Automatic White Balance to Raw Cine File Any raw cine saved will have the White Balance applied only when it is viewed or converted. The raw cine pixels will not be changed by the White Balance.
Hue setting added A Hue adjustment has been added to the Image Processing dialogue windows in software.
Changes to Brightness and Contrast adjustment values The values for Brightness and contrast were reduced to display the cine images closer to the video adjustments.
Bug Fixes Crosstalk filter reduced by 50% - The factor of the crosstalk filter was reduced by half on the Phantom v12, v310, v640 and v710 camera to reduce noise.
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Version 670 Update Version 670 is a minor interim update, that has incorporated significant fixes.
Bug Fixes · Resolves the Phantom 669 issue with images from a Phantom CineMag attached to a Phantom v310 camera. · Resolved Image processing errors encountered on both video and PC images.
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Version 669 Update Version 669 is an interim release that provides some valuable features, such as; support for the new Phantom v310, and v710 cameras, a new version of the PhThumb utility, and the support of having images saved to Flash memory contain pixel corrections, and more.
Phantom v310, and v710 camera support This version supports the new Phantom v310, and v710 cameras.
New version of PhThumb Utility A new version of PhThumb is available to get thumbnails for packed cine too.
Pixel correction contained in images stored in Flash memory The cine images saved in Flash memory now contain the pixel corrections. In older versions, corrections were applied when the cine was read from Flash memory.
New Current Session Reference progress indicator A progress indicator is now displayed when a CSR, (Current Session Reference), is in progress. For more details about Current Session Reference refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Perform a Black Reference or Current Session Reference Adjustment".
Additional informational fields in Cine Information window The Cine Information window now displays the serial number and the model of camera that recorded that cine. For more details on the Cine Information window refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>The User Interface>ViewCine Window>Control Panel>Control Panel Components>Cine Information Display Window.
Nomenclature added to End of Recording options The text “File name as seen from camera – HDD only” has been added in “End of recording actions” area in Camera Options window. It refers to the text input field that should contain the file name for cine files saved on external hard disk drives, connected to the camera, when the recording ends, if option “Save to HDD/CF” is set. This name should look like: //100.100.100.20/share/mymovie.cine and it contains the IP address of the Ethernet drive, the folder where the files will be stored and the filename for the stored cine. For details on saving to an external Ethernet drive refer to the following topic in Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Peripherals>D-Link DSM-604H Ethernet Hard-Drive Setup Process".
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White Balance values removed when camera restarts After performing White Balance adjustments on cine files stored in a Phantom CineMag, the new values of red and blue will be removed when the camera is restarted.
Bug Fix White Balance on Cines from Phantom CineMag and File - The number of saturated pixels are now correctly displayed when a White Balance adjustment is performed on cine files stored in a Phantom CineMag or on files.
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Version 668 Update Version 668 is an interim release that incorporates some significant enhancements to the Phantom Camera Control software, including two new utilities; PVP Phantom Video Player), and Phantom Nucleus (firmware loader), Phantom CineStation 10Gbit support, a new, packed, cine raw file format, and Versatile Video Output support, and more.
Phantom Video Player and Phantom Nucleus Utilities The PVP, (Phantom Video Player), and the Phantom Nucleus applications can now be run from within the Phantom Camera Control application. These two executable, (.exe), files along with two other new dlls, (PhShell.dll and ZipUtil.dll), must be placed in the same folder with Phantom.exe file and dlls. By default the path for this folder is C:\Program Files\Phantom. The PVP application provides the user with the ability to control any Phantom Ethernet camera attached to an external monitor. This feature will be extremely effective with the higher resolution cameras since most computer monitors do not refresh the screen images quickly enough to produce a smooth visual display. By default the Phantom Video Player window is set to display a live image on the monitor. The user can place the camera into capture mode and trigger it, and perform a quick edit of the recorded cine by easily selecting the range of images to be played back. Once captured the user can playback and save the recorded cine file from the cameras memory, using the video play back buttons along with adjusting the speed of the playback. The PVP application can be accessed by selecting Video Out command in the View menu pull-down list or clicking the Video Out button in the Setup and Recording>Options... dialogue window. The Phantom Nucleus application allows the end user to, in one simple operation, load firmware, FPGA, (Field Programmable Gate Array), and kernel firmware. It allows the end user to load firmware files into the selected visible camera, or in a camera which responds to ping command, by introducing its IP address and a value for camera version. The Phantom Nucleus application be accessed via the Restore NVMemory …>Firmware … command. If the two executable files are missing, the old code will be used. For details on using the PVP application refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Using the Phantom Video Player". For details on using the Phantom Nucleus application refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Performing a Firmware Upgrade".
Versatile Dual HD-SDI Video Output support The PVP, (Phantom Video Player), utility has an interface in the Settings dialogue window which allows for Versatile Dual HD-SDI Video Output definition. The Video Outputs parameters, in the Phantom Video Player Settings dialogue window, are used to define the video feed mode. Presently there are four feed modes supported, including: · Single-Feed (4:2:2) This mode provides both the live and playback feeds, from the RAM, over the video memory
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channel. This is exactly how the video feeds were handled previously. The high-speed channel is used as the recording source for the Phantom CineMag, if fitted. Only one video pipeline is used at a time. · Single-Feed Mode with Dual Link 4:4:4 In this mode. the SDI, (Serial Digital Interface), Outputs are used together as a dual-link output, allowing 4:4:4 image sampling. · Dual Feed Mode (4:2:2) When the camera is placed into the Dual-Feed Mode (4:2:2) the two video pipelines are used simultaneously. The video memory channel is used to source a live video feed, while either the high-speed memory channel or the Phantom CineMag are used to source the playback feed. Both the analog/component output and the SDI-2, (Serial Digital Interface-2 ), outputs always carry the uninterrupted live feed. OSD, (On-Screen Display), information can be inserted on either of these outputs. SDI-1 is reserved for the playback feed. · Dual-Feed with 4:4:4 In the Dual-Feed Mode with 4:4:4 the two SDI, (Serial Digital Interface), outputs are used together as a dual-link output. allowing 4:4:4 image sampling. The live feed, and optional Onscreen Display, (OSD), annotations are sent to the analog/component output, while the playback feed uses the dual-SDI outputs. For more details refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Define the Camera's Acquisition Options>Using the Phantom Video Player>Versatile Dual HD-SDI Operations".
Phantom CineStation 10Gbit suppport This version recognizes the 10 Gbit Ethernet connection, for Phantom CineStation only, for the time being. The 10Gbit capability, when active, is marked in Help>About>Details, next to the IP address (10g).
Packed Cine Raw Support A new type of Cine Raw file, Packed Cine Raw, can be saved from a Phantom CineMag. For details on using the packing a cine file refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>ViewCine Procedures>Saving in Packed Cine Raw Format".
Enhanced White Balancing An automatic White Balance can be performed on a cine stored in a camera's RAM and on a cine stored in a Phantom CineMag. For details on performing a White Balance adjustment refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Perform a White Balance Adjustment (Color Cameras Only)".
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White Balance nomenclature change In the View Cine>Image Processing dialogue window the White Balance values, (for red and blue), are called now PostInterpolation White Balance, meaning that the interpolated pixel values already contain the white balance correction. White Balance can also be readjusted in a persistent way on a raw/packed cine. You can also readjust in a persistent way the White Balance on a cine raw packed file, (the adjustment is rewritten to the header of cine file). For details on Cine White Balance refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>ViewCine Procedures>The User Interface\>ViewCine Window>Control Panel> Control Panel Components >Cine White Balance".
Increased IRIG speed support for Phantom v12 cameras Phantom v12 cameras can lock to any multiple of 100fps IRIG signal rate.
Bug Fix The error messages received when removing the Phantom CineMag were resolved.
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Version 665 Update Version 665 is a minor interim update, that has incorporated the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Camera Options - End of recording options nomenclature changes Two text changes have been made to the Acquisition>Camera Options>End of recording actions: · “Save cine to flash” has been changed to “Save cine to internal flash / Cinemag”, and · “Save to file” has been changed to “Save to HDD/CF” For more details refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Define the Camera's Acquisition Options>End of Recording Actions (Options)".
DPX batch conversion Batch convert supported for the DPX file format.
Bug Fixes Resolved Color Filter Array errors in Phantom IEEE 1394 camera models. Resolved January 1 issue so it reflects day 1 of year.
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Version 664 Update Version 664 is a interim update that has added some valuable new features, including Dual Mode support for the Phantom v5.2 camera, the ability to save file with file names up to 4,095 characters, acceleration of the Current Session Reference process, and more.
Dual Mode support with Phantom v5.2 The Phantom v5.2 is similar to the Phantom v9.1 and v10 in supporting the Dual mode (half clock) operations. The Dual Mode upgrade will enable the Phantom v5.2, v9.1 and Phantom v10 cameras to display higher quality images at half the maximum recording speed. The upgrade is implemented via a Firmware update, and a slight hardware change. Version (ph642 or higher), of the Phantom Camera Control software is required. For details on how to use the Dual Mode refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Using the v5.2, v9.1 and v10 Dual Mode Feature".
Current Session Reference process enhanced Current Session References are now done on the resolution supported in the camera, based on the next greater value after the resolution is set in acquisition parameters. This allows for the elimination of uncorrected left and right stripes on the video. The Current Session Reference has also been accelerated. For more details about Current Session Reference refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>The User Interface> Setup and Recording Window>Control Panel>Current Session Reference (Button)".
4K Cine Description support Long Description texts, up to 4095 characters, are saved into cine files, including cines saved in flash memory and in a Phantom CineMag, when using the last versions of firmware.
Open button used to reset camera back to factory calibration setting The Open button in Setup window and “Restore NV Memory – Open STG file & Write to NV memory” control in Acquisition menu start the process to reset the camera back to factory default settings or change the cameras' operational mode. For more details about restoring a Phantom camera back to the factory calibration settings refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Reset Camera to Factory Calibration Settings". For more details about changing a Phantom cameras' operational mode refer to the following topics in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Acquisition Processes>Using the v7.3 Turbo Mode Feature, or Using the v5.2, v9.1 and v10 Dual Mode Feature".
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Color interpolation has been disabled for MDI image processing Color interpolation has been disabled for MDI image processing since these images are already interpolated.
Default value change for Gamma setting The default value for gamma used to display images in Setup and Recording and in ViewCine windows is now 2.2. This allows the images to look the same as they do on a video out display. For details on changing the gamma setting value refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Define the Image Processing Effects".
Bug Fixes · Save to TIF - Saving cines to tiff format images using certain interpolation algorithms no longer produces colorized pixels. · Batch Saving in Flash Memory - Message “Improper argument” was eliminated from the batch saving process in flash memory. · Phantom Miro1 Incorrect Exposure Values - The drop-down lists of exposure values for Phantom Miro1 were corrected. They had 1/1000 incorrect values.
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Visible Changes in Phantom Camera Control Software This section outlines new visible features and improvements introduced in the Phantom Camera Control Software.
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Acquisition Dialogue Window The visible changes associated with the Acquisition dialogue window are located in the Camera Options and Restore NV Memory dialogue windows. The additions include: · End of recording actions nomenclature changes · New Firmware Upload Utility
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Camera Options Dialogue Window The following changes have been made to the Camera Options dialogue window:
Camera Options - End of recording options nomenclature changes Two text changes and one addition has been made to the Acquisition>Camera Options>End of recording actions: · “Save cine to flash” has been changed to “Save cine to internal flash / Cinemag”, and · “Save to file” has been changed to “Save to HDD/CF” · “File name as seen from camera – HDD only” has been added
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Restore NV Memory Dialogue Window The following change has been made to the Restore NV Memory dialogue window:
Phantom Nucleus Firmware Upload Utility The Firmware upload button open the Phantom Nucleus application which allows the end user to, in one simple operation, load firmware and FPGA, (Field Programmable Gate Array), firmware. It allows the end user to load firmware files into the selected visible camera, or in a camera which responds to ping command, by introducing its IP address and a value for camera version. 2.1.2.1
Phantom Nucleus Firmware Upload Utilitiy IMPORTANT NOTICES 1. You should never do a firmware upgrade when running on battery power. Ensure the camera is connected to AC power. 2. If for some reason the firmware upgrade fails, the camera will likely need to be returned to Vision Research for service. 3. Vision Research highly recommends that you contact our Technical Support staff prior to performing a firmware upgrade to a Phantom v9.0, v7.2, v7.1, v7.0, v5.1, v4.3, v4.2 camera model. 4. This Firmware Upgrade Process should never be used to load an earlier version of firmware that is already loaded into the camera, and must not ever be used with an IEEE 1394 camera model. 5. The necessary files can be obtained by contacting the Vision Research Technical Support Staff. The Firmware upload button allows the end user to, in one simple operation, load firmware and FPGA, (Field Programmable Gate Array), firmware. It allows the end user to load firmware files into the selected visible camera, or in a camera which responds to ping command, by introducing its IP address and a value for camera version. Using this Firmware button provides for the upload firmware files to your camera. After loading the firmware files, the program tries to reconnect the camera. It may be necessary to power the camera off then on again for Phantom to reconnect to the camera.
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If the application cannot identify automatically the camera, you have to introduce the IP address and camera version. Use the following table to find the camera version value of your camera: Camera Model
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Phantom Miro 1
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Phantom v10 (standard mode)
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Phantom Miro 2
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Phantom v10 (enhanced mode)
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Phantom Miro 3 (max resolution 640 x 480)
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Phantom v9.1
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Phantom Miro 3 (max resolution 800 x 600)
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Phantom v7.3
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Phantom Miro 4
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Phantom v6.2e
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Phantom 65
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Phantom v5.1
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Phantom HD
660
Phantom v4.3
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Phantom v710
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Phantom v4.2
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Phantom v640
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Image3 w/v10
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Phantom v310
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Image3 w/v9.1
n/a
Phantom v210
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Image3 w/v7.3 or v9
n/a
Phantom v12
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Phantom CineStation 39
Step-by-Step Processes 1. Contact Vision Research Technical Support for the latest version of the firmware. 2. Create and copy the files to a directory, (folder). 3. Apply AC power to the Phantom camera. NOTE You should never do a firmware upgrade when running on battery power. 4. From the Acquisition pull-down menu: a. Select the Restore NV Memory... command 5. In the Restore the nonvolatile memory setting window
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a. Click on the Firmware... button 6. In the Phantom Nucleus dialogue window:
a. Click the down arrow next to the Camera field and select the camera the firmware upgrade is to be performed on b. Select the File to Upload 1) All In One...(used to open and load the required Firmware, FPGA, and Kernel files within a zip file) 2) Firmware.. (ph7.bin file) a) In the New Camera Firmware window
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b) Navigate to the directory, (folder), containing the ph7.bin file c) Click the Open button Result: Path of file is displayed in the next to the Firmware button 3) FPGA.. (ph.bin file) a) In the New Camera FPGA window b) Navigate to the directory, (folder), containing the ph.bin file c) Click the Open button Result: Path of file is displayed in the next to the FPGA button 4) Flash FPGA.. 5) Cinemag.. 6) Kernel.. a) In the New Camera FPGA window b) Navigate to the directory, (folder), containing the ph.bin file c) Click the Open button Result: Path of file is displayed in the next to the FPGA button c. Click the Upload button d. Click the OK button in the "Camera RAM cines will be deleted" warning message window
e. Click the OK button in the "Proceed with uploading..." message window.
The system will now display a series of information windows indicating · Files are being uploaded · Wait for camera to re-boot and press OK · If camera has not yet rebooted message · Camera pool changed message. f. In the Phantom Nucleus window, click the: 1) Refresh button to verify changes 2) Close button g. In the Restore the nonvolatile memory setting window, click the Close button. h. Close and restart the Phantom Camera Control software
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Setup and Recording Dialogue Window The visible changes associated with the Setup and Recording dialogue window are located in the Image Processing dialogue window. The additions include: · Default value change for Gamma setting · Hue setting added
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Image Processing Dialogue Window The following changes have been made to the Image Processing dialogue window:
Default value change for Gamma setting The default value for gamma used to display images in Setup and Recording and in ViewCine windows is now 2.2. This allows the images to look the same as they do on a video out display. For details on changing the gamma setting value refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Define the Image Processing Effects".
Hue setting added Hue was added to the Image Processing dialogue windows in software. For details on changing the hue setting value refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Define the Image Processing Effects".
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ViewCine Dialogue Window The visible changes associated with the Setup and Recording dialogue window are located in the Image Processing dialogue window. The additions include: · Default value change for Gamma setting · Hue setting added · White Balance nomenclature change
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Image Processing Dialogue Window The following changes have been made to the Image Processing dialogue window:
Default value change for Gamma setting The default value for gamma used to display images in Setup and Recording and in ViewCine windows is now 2.2. This allows the images to look the same as they do on a video out display. For details on changing the gamma setting value refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Define the Image Processing Effects".
Hue setting added Hue was added to the Image Processing dialogue windows in software. For details on changing the hue setting value refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera
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Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>Setup and Recording Processes>Define the Image Processing Effects".
White Balance nomenclature change In the View Cine>Image Processing dialogue window the White Balance values, (for red and blue), are called now PostInterpolation White Balance, meaning that the interpolated pixel values already contain the white balance correction. White Balance can also be readjusted in a persistent way on a raw/packed cine. You can also readjust in a persistent way the White Balance on a cine raw packed file, (the adjustment is rewritten to the header of cine file). For details on Cine White Balance refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>Step-by-Step Processes>ViewCine Procedures>The User Interface\>ViewCine Window>Control Panel> Control Panel Components>Cine White Balance".
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Cine Information Display Window The following additional information fields have been added to the Cine Information display window:
Additional informational fields in Cine Information window The Cine Information window now displays the serial number and the model of camera that recorded that cine. For more details on the Cine Information window refer to the following topic in the Phantom Camera Control Help File, "Phantom Camera Control Software - Help File>The User Interface>ViewCine Window>Control Panel>Control Panel Components>Cine Information Display Window.
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Visible Changes in the Phantom Video Player This section outlines new visible features and improvements introduced in the PVP, (Phantom Video Player), Software.
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PVP Dialogue Window The visible changes associated with the PVP, (Phantom Video Player), are located in the initial PVP and PVP Settings dialogue windows. The additions include: · Flash field · Save to Flash button · OSD Opaque enable box · Tone enable box · Video Outputs field
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PVP Dialogue Window The following additions have been made to the PVP, (Phantom Video Player), dialogue window:
Flash field added The Flash field display the amount of Flash memory available in the attached Phantom CineMag. Selecting the Erase All... button will instruct the software to purge all the cine files stored in the attached Phantom CineMag.
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Save to Flash button added Selecting the Save to Flash button instruct the software to store a cine file stored in the camera's DRAM to an attached Phantom CineMag.
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PVP Settings Dialogue Window The following changes have been made to the PVP, (Phantom Video Player), Settings dialogue window:
OSD Opaque enable box Enable, (check), the OSD Opaque enable box to obtain a uniform gray background for the OnScreen Display text.
Tone pull-down selection list Tone curves adjust the apparent image contrast without changing the black and white points of the image (and thus maintain the dynamic range of the image). There are currently three active presets: · Tone 1 - Medium contrast. · Tone 2 - Strong contrast. · Tone 3 - Highlights - this is intended to be used for images that have a high ration of highlight to mid-tones. · Tone 4 -Maps to a linear function; it could be set by the user for a custom curve (not fully implemented at the time of this writing).
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Video Outputs field The Video Outputs parameters, in the Phantom Video Player Settings dialogue window, are used to define the video feed mode. Presently there are four feed modes supported, including: · Single-Feed (4:2:2) · Single-Feed Mode with Dual Link 4:4:4 · Dual Feed Mode (4:2:2) · Dual-Feed with 4:4:4 The Versatile Dual HD-SDI feature allows maintaining a live video feed while simultaneously playing back recorded images from the camera memory. The feature has also improved the handling of active metadata, or video image adjustments, to allow proper handling during pipelined recording/playback operations. 3.1.2.1
Versatile Dual HD-SDI Operations (Video Outputs Settings) The Video Outputs parameters, in the Phantom Video Player Settings dialogue window, are used to define the video feed mode. Presently there are four feed modes supported, including: · Single-Feed (4:2:2) · Single-Feed Mode with Dual Link 4:4:4 · Dual Feed Mode (4:2:2) · Dual-Feed with 4:4:4 The Versatile Dual HD-SDI feature allows maintaining a live video feed while simultaneously playing back recorded images from the camera memory. The feature has also improved the handling of active metadata, or video image adjustments, to allow proper handling during pipelined recording/playback operations. NOTE Presently only the Phantom v640, v310, and v12.1 camera supports this feature. Also, the handling of video adjustments has changed. Previously, when changing any of the values, they would apply to the video image, both live and playback. Now, changing a video adjustment value will only apply to the live image out of the camera, in either single-feed or dual-feed mode. For playback, the values that were active when the cine was recorded will be used. Below is a description of each of the video feed operational modes:
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Single-Feed Mode (4:2:2) This mode provides both the live and playback feeds, from the RAM, over the video memory channel. This is exactly how the video feeds were handled previously. The high-speed channel is used as the recording source for the Phantom CineMag, if fitted. Only one video pipeline is used at a time.
Routing of image data when outputting images from the camera's RAM
Routing of image data when outputting images from Phantom CineMag
When the camera is placed into the Single-Feed (4:2:2) Mode images can be read from the camera's RAM over two totally independent channels, the: · Video Memory Channel · High-Speed Memory Channel The camera has two identical video pipelines used to handle image debayering, and all color adjustments. The video output of these pipelines can be routed to three outputs: · One analog/component · SDI-1, (Serial Digital Interface) · SDI-2, (Serial Digital Interface) On-screen annotations can be inserted on the signal going to the analog/component output and/or SDI-2. There is no OSD, (On-Screen Display), for SDI-1.
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Single-Feed Mode with Dual Link 4:4:4 In this mode. the SDI, (Serial Digital Interface), Outputs are used together as a dual-link output, allowing 4:4:4 image sampling.
Routing of image data when outputting images from the camera's RAM
Routing of image data when outputting images from Phantom CineMag
When the camera is placed into the Single-Feed with Dual Link (4:4:4) Mode images can be read from the camera's RAM over two totally independent channels, the: · Video Memory Channel · High-Speed Memory Channel The camera has two identical video pipelines used to handle image debayering, and all color adjustments. The video output of these pipelines can be routed to three outputs: · One analog/component · SDI-1, (Serial Digital Interface) · SDI-2, (Serial Digital Interface) On-screen, (OSD - On-Screen Display), annotations can only be inserted into the analog/component signal.
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Dual-Feed Mode (4:2:2) When the camera is placed into the Dual-Feed Mode the two video pipelines are used simultaneously. The video memory channel is used to source a live video feed, while either the high-speed memory channel or the Phantom CineMag are used to source the playback feed. Both the analog/component output and the SDI-2, (Serial Digital Interface-2 ), outputs always carry the uninterrupted live feed. OSD, (On-Screen Display), information can be inserted on either of these outputs. SDI-1 is reserved for the playback feed. NOTE If no playback is taking place, a black image is outputted.
Routing of image data when outputting images from the camera's RAM
Routing of image data when outputting images from Phantom CineMag
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Dual-Feed Mode with 4:4:4 In the Dual-Feed Mode with 4:4:4 the two SDI, (Serial Digital Interface), outputs are used together as a dual-link output. allowing 4:4:4 image sampling. The live feed, and optional On-screen Display, (OSD), annotations are sent to the analog/component output, while the playback feed uses the dualSDI outputs.
Routing of image data when outputting images from the camera's RAM
Routing of image data when outputting images from Phantom CineMag
Important System Interactions Various interactions between the functional block depicted in the video feed operational modes descriptions require the flowing rules to be put into place: · All outputs are set to the same video format · Test bars are sent on all outputs at the same time · OSD, (On-Screen Display), information can be inserted only on the analog/component out and SDI-2, (Serial Digital Interface-2) · In dual-feed modes, only one of the following operations can take place at any given time: · A Playback from RAM · A playback from the Phantom CineMag
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· Recording or Saving to the Phantom CineMag · Downloading from the Phantom CineMag via Ethernet
Video-Feed Mode Selection Table Video-Feed Mode definition is performed in the Phantom Video Play>Pvp Settings dialogue window. Video Outputs Video- Feed Mode 4:4:4
Single-Feed Mode (4:2:2)
All outputs play selected cine
SDI2 plays selected cine Analog and SDI1 play Live
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Single Feed Mode with Dual-Link 4:4:4 Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Dual-Feed Mode
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
Dual-Feed Mode with 4:4:4
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
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Minimum Requirements to Upgrade This section outlines the minimum requirements to upgrade to Version 649 of the Phantom Camera Control Software. Topics include: · Camera Firmware requirements · System requirements
4.1
Firmware Requirements CAUTION Before installing this new software version, you must verify the firmware version currently installed in your camera. The minimum firmware required, as of 30-July-2009 Rev.B, is: Camera
Firmware (Ph7)
FPGA (Ph.bin)
Kernel
Phantom 65
602
77936
16012
Phantom 65 w/CineMag
602
77936
16012
Phantom HD
633
857065
16012
Phantom HD w/CineMag
633
857065
16012
Phantom v710
635
272065
16019
Phantom v640
630
289178
16012
Phantom v310
630
272177
16012
Phantom v210
630
272177
16012
Phantom v12.1 (Rev.E GTB440)
630
272177
16012
Phantom v12.0 (8G 16G)
567
47805
-
29-Dec-2008 30-Dec-2011
Phantom v12.0 (32G)
567
47805b
-
29-Dec-2008 30-Dec-2011
Phantom v10
578
58758
16012
Discontinue d Date
Obsolete Date
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Phantom v9.1
578
58758
16012
Phantom v9.0
381b
34842
757
Phantom v7.3
578
47462
16012
Phantom v7.2
486
47549
757
27-May-2007 26-May-2010
Phantom v7.1
381
6749
757
27-May-2007 26-May-2010
Phantom v7.0g
381
6749
757
27-May-2007 26-May-2010
Phantom v6.2
322
23836
757
24-Oct-2007 23-Oct-2010
Phantom v6.2
322
24844
757
24-Oct-2007 23-Oct-2010
Phantom v6.1
-
-
-
24-Oct-2007 23-Oct-2010
Phantom v5.2
578
58758
16012
Phantom v5.1
502
14842
757
19-Feb-2008 18-Feb-2011
Phantom v5.0
-
-
-
19-Jun-2007 18-Jun-2010
Phantom Miro4
635
1203
1578
Phantom Miro Airborne
589
1203
1578
Phantom Miro3 (800x600)
569
1110
1578
Phantom Miro3 (512x512)
543
1068
916
Phantom Miro2
635
1203
1578
Phantom Miro1
635
1203
1578
Phantom Miro Ex1
635
1203
1578
Phantom Miro Ex2
635
1203
1578
Phantom Miro Ex4
635
1203
1578
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Phantom v4.3
502
6749
757
01-Apr-2008 31-Mar-2011
Phantom v4.2
502
6749
757
01-Apr-2008 31-Mar-2011
Phantom v4.1
-
-
-
19-Jun-2007 18-Jun-2010
Image3 w/Phantom v10
437
V10.10100
-
Image3 w/Phantom v9.1
437
V10.10100
-
Image3 w/Phantom v9.0
354
11093
-
Image3 w/Phantom v7.3
437
V73.11097
-
Image3 w/Phantom v7.2
313
11095
-
CineStation w/o genlock HD
589
40325
16012
CineStation w/genlock HD
589
40325
16012
CineStation w/genlock v12.1
589
40333
16012
Currently in production Discontinued camera model, firmware is fixed however Phantom support for three years Obsolete model, no more development, firmware is fixed
How to Find the Camera's Firmware Version 1. Connect the camera; Open the current version of Phantom software. 2. Open the Help>About menu 3. If the firmware version reported is an earlier version than the one listed above the firmware must be upgraded before using this new software. Please contact Technical Support for assistance
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System Requirements If you have purchased a software license for installation on a desktop or notebook computer and will not be controlling a camera (i.e. capturing images), your computer system should meet the minimum recommendations described below: · System type: IBM-PC or compatible · Microprocessor: Pentium-class 1.4GHz or higher; (Phantom Miro, v4, v5, v6, and v7 Series) Pentium-class 1.7GHz or higher; (Phantom v9, v10, and v12 Series, Phantom v710, v640, v310) · Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro (32 & 64 Bit), Windows XP Tablet Edition, Windows Vista Business Edition (32 & 64 Bit), Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 Bit), Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (32 & 64 Bit) (English versions) · Administrative Privileges: Required for installation and operation · RAM Memory: 512 megabytes recommended; (Phantom Miro, v4, v5, v6, and v7 Series) 4.0 gigabytes recommended; (Phantom v9, v10, and v12 Series, Phantom v710, v640, v310) · Hard drive: 40 gigabytes minimum available space; (Phantom Miro, v4, v5, v6, and v7 Series) 80 gigabytes; (Phantom v9, v10, and v12 Series, Phantom v710, v640, v310) · CD-ROM drive: any speed, write capability · Monitors: SVGA 1024 x 768 x 24bit color small fonts; (Phantom Miro and v4 Series) UltraXGA 1284 x 1024 x 24bit large fonts; (Phantom v5 and v6 Series) UltraXGA 1284 x 1024 x 24bit large fonts; (Phantom v9, v10, and v12 Series, Phantom v710, v640, v310) · Ethernet: NIC 10/100 or higher card installed; (Phantom Miro, v4-, v5-, v6-Series, v7.0, v7.1: Gigabit Ethernet Jumbo Frame Support; (Phantom v9, v10, and v12 Series, Phantom v710, v640, v310) · IEEE 1394 for obsolete, Phantom v4.0, v4.1, v5.0, v6.0, v6.1 cameras only: OHCI IEEE 1394 Host Controller with NEC chipset, PCI card (desktops) or PCMCIA card (laptops)
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