This application allows two Aptina Imaging Demo cameras to be simultaneously displayed side-by-side. It is useful for comparing differences in equal sized sensors, although dissimilar sensors may also be used together. Synchronous control of both images is provided for panning, zooming and play-state.
Side-by-Side can be launched via the desk-top shortcut.
Usage
- Connect two Aptina Imaging Demo cameras to the system. Make sure the cameras are recognized and the drivers are installed. You can do this with DevWare.
- Launch SideBySide from the desktop shortcut. The Side by Side Application Wizard will start. Please select "Next".
- You will be prompted to select which settings to use to start each camera. You can use the last set of settings that you used in DevWare or you can select a preset for the INI file for this product. In this example our first camera is the A-8140 and we will use DevWare's last settings.
- In this example we are using the ASX350AT as our 2nd camera. We will select the DevWare Initalization preset in this case.
- Next select Finish and then the application will launch with two instances of DevWare and size the display windows evenly. The initial startup takes a little more time than normal, but requires no user interaction. Please be patient.
- This example shows the two sensor windows (each a full version of DevWare) with the control dialog at the bottom
- The control dialog at the bottom of the application is used to control both sensors together. To control the sensors independently you can use the standard DevWare controls for each camera. They are hidden by default but can be opened from the toolbars.
Zoom -/+ will zoom out and in respectively. The zoom factor is updated to the current value. The pulldown menu can also be used to set the zoom factor directly. Both cameras are zoomed the same amount regardless of the value of "sync".
Navigation Thumbnail You can select either the navigation thumbnail on the left or right image. The example above includes a navigation thumbnail on the left image. This can be used to navigate through the image. When Sync is ON (default) the two camera displays will be adjusted together. Sync can be turned off in the Options menu, if you want to adjust the images independently. You can also use the scrollbars at the bottom and right of each window. Again if Sync is on they will both move together.
Camera Control allows you to control the cameras together. You can "Play", "Pause" or "Stop" the cameras from streaming as well as toggle between preview and full resolution (assuming both cameras support preview modes). You can also "grab" an image from both cameras simultaneously. If you want to control each camera independently you can use the DevWare controls.
Options You can "Restore Default Layout" which returns the layout to the default positions. You can also toggle "Image Synchronization" which is used to synchronize the navigation. If on will show "Sync On" on the toolbar, which is the default. See Navigation Thumbnail for more information on Sync.
Help When selected, a "?" will appear on the cursor. You can select a control to get more information on its operation.
Quit Allows you to quit all windows in the application.
Tips
- All DevWare toolbars and dialogs are hidden by the application. They can be manually re-enabled if access to a specific control is needed.
- Selecting Quit from the SideBySide control bar will close all DevWare instances, it is not necessary to close each one seperately.
- If you are running Windows 7 and get the following error message
- Go to C:\Aptina Imaging and right click on DevWare.exe and choose "Properties"
- Go to the "Compatability" Tab and UN-check the "Run this program in compatability mode" check-box
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