Xcam PC Camera User Guide

CAUTION!!!

DON'T PLUG IN THE XCAM BEFORE INSTALLED THE DRIVER

I. Basic Computer inquire：

l      A computer system equipped with Pentium II 200 / MMX /AMD K6 or above

l      One available USB port

l      Operating System: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP

l      DRAM: 32 MB or above.

l      12MB of free hard drive space

l      CD ROM

l      Sound card, speaker, and microphone are required for video and audio recording

l      A modem or LAN card is required for applications of video conference and video mail

l      Display Resolution: 640*480 VGA

II. USB PC Camera

l      Focus Wheel:

Adjustable lens able focus from 5 cm - 60 cm - infinity

l      Default Focus in 60 cm of distance.

III. Install Driver

Caution!!!!

l     Because Installation require restart windows system

Close all the application windows before install the Xcam Driver

l     Make sure USB port is functional before plug in the Xcam

l      Turn on the Computer Power first, and don't plug the Xcam PC Camera yet.

l      Insert CD into CD Room, and show " Xcam VGA "

l      Click " Xcam VGA " after that click "Next". "Next"  "Install"

l      Click "Finish" to complete the driver installation and restart windows system.

l      Plug the Xcam into Computer USB port.

l      Windows will auto detect new USB device and configure the device automatically.

IV. Adjusting Picture parameter.

l      Xcam is able to adjust the picture parameters into your favor quality setting. Please read the follow instruction for adjustment;

l      Click Star -> Program -> Xcam VGA -> AMCap

l      Click Options -> Preview: Screen shall display the image on the AMCap window.

l      Click Options -> Top Screen : AMCAP window able always on the top of all your                  application windows

l      Click Options -> Video Capture Filter -> Proc Amp : You can adjust the following values:

l    Auto Exposure

l    Anti Flickering: According to your Power frequency 50Hz or 60Hz.

l    Brightness

l    Contrast

l    Video Output:

*Mirror function.

*Vertical Flip

l    Saturation

l    Gamma

l    Sharpening

l    Quality

l    Restore Default

After configure all the values, click "Apply" to see if accept.

Click "OK" back to video picture.

l      Click  Options -> Video Capture Pin, Frame rate sets on 30fps, color select "RGB24"or "I420". 5 pixel sizes are selectable: 160x120, 176x144, 320x240, 352x288, 640x480 Click "OK" back to Video capture screen.

V. Recording & Capture the picture;

l      Live Recording：

l      Under operating the "AMCAP", click "File", click "Set Capture File", input file name, select file name<. avi>, click "Open" and click OK.

l      Click "Capture", if select □"Capture Audio", will capture the picture with voice. Ignore "Master Stream" function.

l      Click "Set Frame Rate"; you can set how many Frames per second. Click □"Use Frame Rate", Click "OK" will complete your "Set Frame Rate" setting.

l      Click "Set Time Limit" is to set the record time. After setting, click □"Use Time Limit", click "OK ", you may start to record the video. Click "Capture", aiming the Xcam to the target, click "Start Capture" will indicate "ready to record", click "OK" will start recording. Timer starts to count down, and will stop until times out, record completed.

l      Click "My Document " on the desktop screen.

l      Click the recording file names to review the result.

l      Recording function can operate under "VidCap" program, too.

l      Click X to close "AMCAP", Back to Desktop.

l      Remarks: Press "ESC" key to stop recording if didn't set the recording time.

VI. Capture single or Multi pictures.

l      Click Start -> Programs -> Xcam VGA -> VidCap to see if capture video function is working. If no picture or error display, click the third pattern on the left screen, will see the live pictures.

l      Aiming Xcam to the target, click fifth pattern on the left, will capture a still picture. Click "Files" and click "Save Single Frame" to set the file name. Click "Save" to storage your still mode of picture.

l      Browsing the files click "My Document" and click save file name, select "Imaging" program to view the storage file.

l      Click the third pattern on the left can recover the live video mode.

l      Click sixth pattern to capture still mode of pictures.

l      Click seventh pattern on the left to capture the Multi-Pictures. You could capture the picture under the TWAIN program, too.

l      Click Start-> Program -> Application of the Imaging line.

l      Click files and click "Scan New Picture" function. Click "Video captures Pin".

l      Select "Color Space", click "RGB24", click OK, Screen will display the target view.

l      Click "Snapshot" can capture single picture,

l      Click "File" and save the files after input the file name, and complete the files saving.