Reference Image and Camera Settings

CLICK HERE for usage description. More infos in documentation: Reference Image

The reference image is the base image on which the alignment markers, digit ROIs and anlog ROIs will be defined.

Initially the currently saved reference image is shown. If you start with a setup from scratch, a default image is shown as a placeholder. Use the button "Create New Reference / Change Camera Settings" to start the creation of your own reference image. After clicking the button, the camera will take a photo using the configured parameters. This will be your new reference image. With the button "Update Reference Image" you can update the image again.

To have a reliable evaluation processing, it is mandatory to have the digit ROIs horizontally aligned. Using the two input fields "Rotation angle" and "(Fine-tune)" the image can be rotated in both directions. The resulting rotation angle is used to pre-rotate the image before the alignment algorithm is processed to compensate only small misalignments (See next step Alignment Markers). Further information can be found in documenation: Reference Image

After setting up your reference image don't forget to save with the "Save new Reference Image and Camera Settings" button!

NOTE: There is no need to perform a reboot after every saving or step. It's sufficient to reboot after all configuration steps (reference image, alignment, ROI configuration) are completed to activate new configuration.







*) A change of this parameter only is applied on the next update of the Refrence Image.

Parameter Zoom

Default Value: false

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Crop the camera sensor frame to ImageSize resolution instead of scaling it down.

Parameter ZoomOffsetX

Default Value: 0

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

ZoomOffsetX only applies when Zoom is enabled. X coordinate of the crop location within the camera sensor frame.

Parameter ZoomMode

Default Value: 0

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

ZoomMode only applies when Zoom is enabled. Value 0: Crop the camera sensor frame to ImageSize resolution. Value 1: Scale the camera sensor frame to 800 x 600 pixels then crop it to ImageSize resolution.

Parameter ZoomOffsetY

Default Value: 0

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

ZoomOffsetY only applies when Zoom is enabled. Y coordinate of the crop location within the camera sensor frame.

Parameter InitialMirror

Default Value: false

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Option for initially mirroring the image on the original x-axis.

LED intensity: *)

Parameter LEDIntensity

Default Value: 50

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Set the Flash LED Intensity: (0 .. 100)

Parameter FlipImageSize

Default Value: false

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

This parameter can be used to rotate the viewport together with the alignment rotation:

Brightness: *) 0

Parameter Brightness

Default Value: 0

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Image Brightness (-2 .. 2)

degree

Parameter InitialRotate

Default Value: 0

Unit: Degrees

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Initial rotation of image before alignment in degree (-360 .. +360)

Contrast: *) 0

Parameter Contrast

Default Value: 0

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Image Contrast (-2 .. 2)

degree Saturation: *) 0

Parameter Saturation

Default Value: 0

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Image Saturation (-2 .. 2)

Parameter Negative

Default Value: false

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Inverts the colors.

Parameter Aec2

Default Value: false

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Switch to "Auto-exposure Control 2" algorithm. This may resolve some over-exposure and under-exposure issues.

Parameter Grayscale

Default Value: false

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Produces black and white image.

Auto Exposure Level: *) 0

Parameter AutoExposureLevel

Default Value: 0

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Exposure compensation. Lower values produce darker image.

Range (-2 .. 2)

Parameter FixedExposure

Default Value: false

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Fixes the illumination setting of camera at the startup and uses this later -> Individual round is faster.

Sharpness: *) 0

Parameter Sharpness

Default Value: 0

Warning

This is an Expert Parameter! Only change it if you understand what it does!

Note

This parameter can also be set on the Reference Image configuration page!

Note

After changing this parameter you need to update your reference image and alignment markers!

Changes the sharpness of the image. Set to -4 for auto-sharpness.

Range (-4 .. 3)


Reference Image: