Imaging controls analog USB frame grabber

Supported hardware devices

Supported model: DFG/USB2pro analog frame grabbers with USB interface

• Link to manufacturer's website: http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/converters/

Supported platforms

• Windows 32 bits
• Windows 64 bits
• Windows XP embedded 32 bits

Installation

Device configuration settings

• 
  Type = "ICCapturing"
  
• 
  AcquisitionRate
  

  Default = "125"
• 
  LocalTimeOffsetSec
  

  Default = "0"
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  DeviceName Requested device name (e.g. "DFG/USB2-lt").
  
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  VideoNorm Requested video norm (e.g. "PAL_B" or "NTSC_M")
  
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  VideoFormat Requested video format string (for example "Y800" is an 8 bit monochrome video format). For backward compatibility (will be removed in the future) also the frame size may be defined in this attribute (for example "Y800 (640x480)").
  
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  FrameSize Requested size of the video frame.
  

  Default = "640 480"
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  InputChannel Name of the IC capturing device input channel (e.g. "01 Video: SVideo").
  
• 
  ICBufferSize Number of frames the IC capturing device should store in a temporary buffer.
  

  Default = "50"
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  DataSources Exactly one DataSource child element is required
  
  • 
    DataSource
    
    • 
      PortUsImageOrientation
      
    • 
      ImageType. Color image acquisition is supported.
      

      Default = "BRIGHTNESS"
    • 
      BufferSize
      

      Default = "150"
    • 
      AveragedItemsForFiltering
      

      Default = "20"
    • 
      ClipRectangleOrigin
      

      Default = "0 0 0"
    • 
      ClipRectangleSize
      

      Default = "0 0 0"

Example configuration file PlusDeviceSet_Server_ImagingControlsVideoCapture.xml

<PlusConfiguration version="2.0">

  <DataCollection StartupDelaySec="1.0" >
    <DeviceSet 
      Name="PlusServer: ImagingControls video capture device"
      Description="Broadcasting acquired video through OpenIGTLink"
    />
    <Device
      Id="VideoDevice" 
      Type="ICCapturing"      
      DeviceName="DFG/USB2-lt"
      VideoNorm="NTSC_M"
      VideoFormat="Y800"
      FrameSize="640 480"
      InputChannel="01 Video: SVideo" >
      <DataSources>
        <DataSource Type="Video" Id="Video" PortUsImageOrientation="MF"  />
      </DataSources>
      <OutputChannels>
        <OutputChannel Id="VideoStream" VideoDataSourceId="Video" />
      </OutputChannels>
    </Device>
    <Device
      Id="CaptureDevice"
      Type="VirtualCapture"
      BaseFilename="RecordingTest.igs.mha"
      EnableCapturingOnStart="FALSE" >
      <InputChannels>
        <InputChannel Id="VideoStream" />
      </InputChannels>
    </Device>
  </DataCollection>

  <CoordinateDefinitions>
    <Transform From="Image" To="Reference"
      Matrix="
        0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0        
        0 0 0 1" />
  </CoordinateDefinitions>
  
  <PlusOpenIGTLinkServer 
    MaxNumberOfIgtlMessagesToSend="1" 
    MaxTimeSpentWithProcessingMs="50" 
    ListeningPort="18944" 
    SendValidTransformsOnly="true" 
    OutputChannelId="VideoStream" > 
    <DefaultClientInfo> 
      <MessageTypes> 
        <Message Type="IMAGE" />
      </MessageTypes>
      <ImageNames>
        <Image Name="Image" EmbeddedTransformToFrame="Reference" />
      </ImageNames>
    </DefaultClientInfo>
  </PlusOpenIGTLinkServer>

</PlusConfiguration>