Pretron Technologies VT-666 User Manual

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View Tech Desktop Visualizer

VT-666

User Manual

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PRECAUTIONS

Please follow these precautions:

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To prevent electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer to qualified

personnel for service only. Do not use the unit continuously for more than 24 hours with camera auto focus on. It may cause damage to the camera lens. Be careful not to spill water or other liquids onto the unit, or allow combustible or metallic objects to get inside the cabinet. Unplug the visualizer from the wall outlet when it is not in use for an extended period of time.

Clean cabinet with a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild detergent. Clean lens carefully with an air spray or soft dry cloth to avoid scratching. When lamps flash or become dark, they should be replaced with new ones. Avoid interchanging arm lights and back light frequently. Remove the camera lens cap before power the unit on.

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PARTS IDENTIFICATION

Zoom in/out knob

Camera

Stage

Camera stand

Arm lights

Connectors

Back light

Remote control slot

Connectors

Operation panel

CONTROL PANEL

SAVE (Save captured images) RECALL (Multiple Screen Display) SPLIT (Image Split function)

TITLE (Freeze the top 1/8 of the screen)

PROJECTOR POWER (Control the projector On/Standby) PROJECTOR SOURCE (Projector input signal selection)

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FREEZE (Freeze the image) ROTATE (Rotate the image) TEXT (Switch between image/text mode) LAMP (Control the arm lights and back light) POWER (Control the visualizer On/Off) VISUALIZER (Camera signal output selection) COMPUTER/VIDEO (Computer/ Video input signal selection) AUTO (To auto white balance and auto focus)

/ (Focus near or far) / (Increase or decrease the brightness)

BUTTON INSTRUCTION

Note: 1.When the indicator is mixed color(red and blue),camera signal output

from PROJECTOR port.

2.When the indicator is mixed color(red and green),camera signal output from VIDEO or S-VIDEO port.

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REMOTE CONTROL

POWER (Control the visualizer On/Off) ROTATE (Rotate the image) FREEZE (Freeze the image) LAMP (Control the arm lights and back light) SAVE (Save captured images) NEG (Display film negatives)

MIRROR (V-Reverse the image) XGA (Switch among XGA , SXGA, WXGA and 720P)

RECALL (Multiple screen display) TEXT/DELETE (Switch between image/text mode, delete image under recall

mode)

B&W (Switch between Color mode and Black & White mode) SPLIT (Image Split function) PROJECTOR POWER (Control the projector On/Standby) PROJECTOR SWITCH (Projector input signal selection) EXIT (Exit selected function)

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TITLE (Freeze the top 1/8 of the screen)

Rear Panel

USBMIC RGB IN AUDIO IN RS232

PROJECTOR

Side Panel

INOUT

AUDIO IN

COMPUTER PROJECTOR

VIDEO

AUDIO

VIDEO

AUDIO

OUTOUT

S-VIDEO

12V- IN

2 3

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TELE/WIDE (Increase and decrease magnification) FAR/NEAR (Focus near or far) AUTO (To auto white balance and auto focus) DUAL DISPLAY(*No function) PC/VIDEO (Computer/Video input signal selection) CAM (Visualizer output selection) VOLUME+/- (Increase or decrease the volume) BRIGHT+/- (Increase or decrease the brightness) SCROLL / (*No function) SCREEN / (*No function)

CONNECTIONS

#1 AUDIO OUT #2 VIDEO OUT #3 S-VIDEO OUT #4 VIDEO AUDIO IN #5 VIDEO IN #6 PROJECTOR Connector #7 COMPUTER OUT #8 COMPUTER AUDIO IN #9 COMPUTER IN #10 POWER IN #11 PROJECTOR RS232 Connector #12 MIC IN #13 USB Connector #14 RGB IN #15 RGB AUDIO IN #16 COMPUTER RS-232 Connector

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BASIC PREPARATIONS

Arm lights

1. Place one hand firmly on the base of the visualizer, while carefully lifting up the camera stand using the other hand.

2. Open the arm lights and rotate the camera head until they are properly positioned.

3. Making connections:

Before making any connections, turn off all the power. Please ensure that the visualizer along with all other equipments to be connected are turned off.

Step 1: Connect power source. First connect the power cord to the 12V IN connector.

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Step 2: Connect to the projector.

Projector

RGB Input

Screen

RS232 Cable

Rear Panel

USB

MIC RGB IN AUDIO IN

RS232

PROJECTOR

Side Panel

INOUT

AUDIO IN

COMPUTER PROJECTOR

VIDEO

AUDIO

VIDEO

AUDIO

OUTOUT

S-VIDEO

12V- IN

2 3

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Connect the PROJECTOR port to the projector‟s RGB IN port using the RGB cable. You can also control a projector using the controls on the visualizer by connecting the projector to the visualizer using a 6-pin to 9-pin RS232 cable. Some projector models may require a converter cable in addition to this standard RS232 cable to connect to the projector control port, for the pin locations and shape of some projectors‟ control port connector may be different from the connector of a standard RS232 cable. Once the visualizer is connected to the projector, you can control the projector‟s power on, standby and input selection by using the visualizer. (Aside from Hitachi projectors, the Code Writing program that comes with the visualizer is required to access this function.)

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Step 3: Connect to a desktop computer.

Rear Panel

USB

PROJECTOR

MIC

RGB IN AUDIO IN

RS232

Side Panel

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RS232 Cable

Computer

To the Monitor

RGB Output

Video Cable

Projector

(or amplifier/speaker equipment)

Audio input

Audio out

Video out

Video equipment

Rear Panel

Note: You can connect a laptop computer to the RGB IN port of side panel

using a RGB cable.

Step 4: Connect to the video equipment.

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Step 5: Connections for external control from the computer.

RS 232 connector

USB connector

of the computer

USB cable

RS-232 cable

Side Panel

USB

PROJECTOR

MIC

RGB IN AUDIO IN

RS232

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Use the computer RS232 cable (9-pin to 9-pin) to make the connections displayed below to control the visualizer from an external computer.

A USB connection enables the computer to capture still images and/or

video streams from the visualizer. Special software is required for this operation.

4. Turn on the power by pressing the “POWER” button.

PAL/NTSC VIDEO OUTPUTS

The S-Video and composite video outputs are set to PAL (NTSC) during manufacturing.

WORKING ON THE STAGE

1. Place your material on the platform.

2. Select the enlargement required using the Zoom in/out knob.

3. Adjust the focus using the “ ” and “ ” buttons or “AUTO” button.

WORKING OUTSIDE THE STAGE

To show a 3-dimensional object using the visualizer, place the object on the working surface and adjust the Zoom in/out knob and “AUTO” keys. If the object is too large for the stage or if you would like to show it from one of its

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side, or a different angel, just place the object behind or in front of the unit

Rotate 330 degrees vertically

and manually tilt the camera head (remove the close-up lens prior to titling the camera head).

LIGHT

The arm lights are powered on when the power is turned on. Each time you press the “LAMP” buttons, the lighting changes occur as demonstrated.

The arm lights turn on

The back light turns on

All the lights turn off

ADJUSTING IMAGE SIZE

To reduce or enlarge the image size displayed on the screen, rotate the Zoom in or Zoom out knob.

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WORKING WITH NEGATIVES

The visualizer is automatically set to display normal materials on the screen when the power is on. To display negatives, turn on the backlight by pressing the “LAMP” key, and then press the “NEG” button to display the film negatives. Press the “NEG” button again to display normal materials in the color mode.

FOCUSING

When the visualizer is turned on the focus automatically adjusts to the stage, Only 3D objects require a focus adjustment. Press the “AUTO” button to auto focus.

Press the “ ” or “ ” button to focus manually.

FREEZING IMAGE

To show a still image on the screen, when the output signal is RGB, press the “FREEZE” button. The frozen image cannot be adjusted (Zoom in/out, color adjustment, etc.).

BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT

If the image effect is not satisfactory, you can adjust the brightness to get a better image effect. Use the “ ” or “ ” button to adjust the brightness. To

increase the brightness, press the “ ” button. To decrease it, press the “ ” button.

WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT

Each time the lighting condition changes, the user should adjust the white

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balance of the CAM. Press the “AUTO” button to adjust the white balance automatically.

AUTO ADJUSTMENT

One of the visualizer‟s special functions is auto adjustment. Press the “AUTO” button to auto adjust the brightness, the white balance and the

focus.

TEXT/IMAGE MODE

Press the “TEXT” button to switch between image/text modes. To display a text file, switch to the text mode to get a clearer text effect.

COLOR AND B&W MODE SWITCH

Press “B&W” once to enter the Black & White mode; press again to return to the Color mode. (On the remote control)

COMPUTER / VIDEO INPUTS

Press the “COMPUTER/VIDEO” button to switch between computer and composite video signals. Each time the “COMPUTER/VIDEO” button is pressed, it provides seamless transitions among different sources such as COMPUTER (IN), and RGB (IN),VIDEO(IN).

Notes: COMPUTER OUT always outputs COMPUTER IN signals. VIDEO IN just can be output from S-VIDEO OUT or VIDEO OUT. COMPUTER IN and RGB IN just can be output from PROJECTOR port.

PROJECTOR ON/STANDBY

Press the “POWER” button to turn on the visualizer‟s power and press the “PROJECTOR POWER” button to turn the projector power on. To place the

projector on standby after the use, press the “PROJECTOR POWER” button and hold for more than 2 seconds.

PROJECTOR INPUTS SELECTION

When the projector is connected to several input sources, use the

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“PROJECTOR SOURCE” button to switch between projector signal inputs. (Using the remote control, press the “PROJECTOR SWITH” button)

IMAGE ROTATION

In order to rotate the image, press the “ROTATE” button once, the displayed image will be rotated 90,180,270 degrees clockwise. Continue to press the “ROTATE” button to restore the image to its initial position.

IMAGE REVERSION

To display a vertically mirrored image, press the “MIRROR” button. Press the “MIRROR” button again to exit.

INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL

The visualizer‟s remote control can control the camera from different angels. On the left side of the visualizer stage, there is a built-in remote control storage compartment where you can store the remote control when it is not in use. Please note that an infrared remote control can only be used up to a certain distance to the unit. Objects situated between the visualizer and the infrared remote control and a weak battery may interfere with the reception.

4 X 4 MULTIPLE SCREEN DISPLAY

Press “RECALL”, the stored images can be displayed in a 4 x 4 matrix. Use , , , button to Select the image that you want to display,

then click button to display the selected image, press “TEXT” button to delete the selected image. Press “RECALL” to exit the 4 x 4 image display mode. On the remote control, the “RECALL”,“ ”, “ ”, “ ”, “ ”, “ ” and “TEXT” button can do the operation. Press “EXIT” to exit the 4 x 4 image display mode.

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INSTALLING VISUALIZER SOFTWARE

This function is to snap and display images with the USB interface, which includes displaying static and dynamic pictures, snapping dynamic images and playback the dynamic images with the Windows Media Player or its own player. A. Insert the CD-ROM that comes with the visualizer into the CD-ROM drive.

If Autorun is enabled on your system, then the Software Setup window will be displayed automatically as below.

If it does not start automatically, after inserting the CD-ROM, Click [Start]  [My Computer], and double click (the CD-ROM drive letter might

be different in different computer systems), and then the above screen will appear immediately.

B. Click the Capture Program file to install the program that captures

images in the AVI or JPG format.

C. Click the Code-Writing Program file to install Code-Writing Program. D. Shut down your computer when prompted in order for the changes to take

effect.

E. Use the USB2.0 cable provided to connect your computer to the visualizer

before your computer is restarted.

USB PORT

The USB port can be used to store still images from the visualizer in a computer. Connect the visualizer to your computer with the supplied USB cable. The visualizer software is available on the supplied CD-ROM.

* Please pay attention to the following:

1. Computer hardware requirement: CPU: 2.4GHz, RAM: 256M or above, Graphic card 64M, USB 2.0 port, Hard disk 40G or more, Monitor display resolution higher than XGA (1024x768).

2. Operating system: Windows XP SP2 ，Win7.

3. Must use a high-speed USB 2.0 cable provided .

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4. When connecting the visualizer to a desktop computer with the high-speed USB 2.0 cable provided, we recommend using the USB port located on the rear of the mainframe. The USB port on the front of the computer might have interference.

USB IMAGE CAPTURE

You can capture and control images on the visualizer from a computer connected with a USB connector. Click [Start]  [Program]  [VideoCap]  “VideoCapx.xx” (x.xx is software‟s version) to open the software.

A. Static Images Snap

Click “Capture”“Capture Frame”, input the file name in dialog box, or you can click icon on the toolbar, then input file name in dialog window. The image file is JPG format.

B. Snap Video Stream

Click “Capture” “Start Capture”, input the file name in dialog box, or click

icon on the toolbar, then input the file name in dialog box. If you want to set the time limit for the capture, select “Capture” “Set Time Limit“ to set the time limit. Click “Start Capture” to start capture, and click “Stop Capture” or icon on the toolbar to stop capture. (If you have set the time limit, it will stop automatically when the time is up.) The video file is AVI format.

C. Set the Frame Rate

Click [Capture]  [Set Frame Rate], and click open “Choose Frame Rate” to set the frame rate.

D. Set Time Limit

Click [Capture]  [Set Time Limit] to set the time limit while capturing

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video.

E. Note:

Do not connect / disconnect the USB cable when the application is running, which will cause the program to be interrupted.

CONTROLLING VISUALIZER BY COMPUTER

You can control the visualizer from a computer connected with a RS232 connector. A. Connect the computer and the visualizer using the RS232 cable. B. Double click X:\ 232 Control\Control Panel (you can open this file from

the CD and double click it, or copy this file to any directory on your computer‟s hard drive and double click to launch it).

CONTROLLING PROJECTOR BY VISUALIZER

The code writing software is used to inputting projector‟s control code, then can control various projector with the visualizer.

1. Click the Code-Writing file to install Code-Writing Program.

2. Connect the visualizer to the projector with the RGB、VIDEO、S-VIDEO cables.

3. Connect the RS232 cable to the computer‟s connector. The visualizer‟s RS232 port is located on its right side.

4. After completion of the connection, turn on the visualizer，click [start] -> [All Programs] -> Visualizer -> and the following

dialog box appears as below:

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BE EF 03 06 00

BA D2

01 00

00 60

01 00

When the indicator of “Current RS-232 Connection Status” is green, that means the connection between the visualizer and the computer‟s RS232 connector is good. If the indicator is red, please check if the RS232 cable is connected correctly. When all the cables are connected correctly, please click “Projector” to select your projector model under the drop-down list, then click “Send”. If you can not find your particular projector model in the “Projector”, please do the following:

1)．Select “Baud rate” and “parity” and input the projector control code. (The baud rate, parity and control code is supplied by projector‟s manufacturer, please refer to the projector‟ manual)

The input format of projector‟s control code is as follows: a. If the data is in the numerical value format, please input data directly, block them off with comma, do not distinguish lowercase and uppercase. For example: the “POWER ON” code in Hitachi projector manual is :

In the POWRE ON box,Input : be, ef, 03, 06, 00, ba, d2, 01, 00, 00, 60, 01,

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00. Then use the same input rule to input other code.

P O W R - - -

b. If the data is in the character string format, input „character string‟. For example: the “POWER ON” code in the SHARP C40/50 projector manual is :

（ “-” is space， is enter.） In the POWER ON box, input ‟POWR 1‟, 0d, 0a

(Remarks: There are 3 spaces after POWER, 0d, 0a is enter.) Input other codes in the same way. c. If the data is in the numerical value and character format, then synthesize the above-mentioned formats.

3)．Once done, click “Add” to add your projector model, then Click “Send”. Afterward, click “Ok”. Now, you can use the visualizer to control your projector.

4. Connect the visualizer‟s projector control port to the RS232 port with a RS232 cable（Please disconnect the computer from the RS232 port first）. Then use buttons on the operation panel to control the projector. The visualizer provides a 6-pin to 9-pin RS232 cable. If this cable does not match to your projector‟s RS232 port, an additional RS232 cable is needed. This additional RS232 cable can be made based on the pin location of the projector‟s RS232 control port. The pin locations of the visualizer are: the pin 1 is RXD (Received Data); the pin 5 is TXD (Transmitted Data); the pin 4 is GND (Ground). Other pins are not defined. The pin location information of the projector is provided by the projector‟s manufacturer. The projector‟s RS232 control port normally has RXD pin, TXD pin and GND pin, the name may be different. The parallelism of each data pin is shown as follows: Visualizer‟s RXD pin------------Projector‟s TXD pin Visualizer‟s TXD pin------------Projector‟s RXD pin Visualizer‟s GND pin------------Projector‟s GND pin

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5. If you can not use buttons on the operation panel to control the projector, please use Code-Writing software‟s projector control code testing function to check if the control code is correct. Click “Projector” button, the following dialog box appears as below:

Connect the visualizer to a computer with a RS232 cable (Please disconnect the projector from the RS232 port first) and select the Baud Rate and Parity based on the projector‟s Baud Rate, then click the “TEST” button to pop up the Projector Code Test dialog box, input the Baud Rate and Parity based on the projector‟s Baud rate, then click “Open”.

Click the projector control buttons on the visualizer‟s operating panel to check if the control code that the program received is the same as the sending code. If the receiving code is same to the sending code, the input codes are correct. If the visualizer can not control the projector, please do the following.

1. Check to see if the source control codes of projector are correct.

2. Check to make sure the connection between the visualizer and the projector is correct.

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FOLDING THE UNIT

NOT THIS WAY

1. Fold the right arm light down first onto the base, then the left arm down. Rotate the camera head clockwise until the camera head is parallel to the

camera stand.

2. Carefully fold the camera stand down to the front panel.

Cautions:

a. Do not lay the unit down flat. b. Do not try to stand it on its rear or sides. c. Do not try to pick up this unit by pulling the camera stand.

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SPECIFICATIONS

VT-666

Effective Pixels 2,000,000

30 fps

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* Design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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www.pretron.com.sg/

Pretron Technologies VT-666 User Manual

CONTENTS:

PARTS IDENTIFICATION

CONTROL PANEL

BUTTON INSTRUCTION

REMOTE CONTROL

CONNECTIONS

BASIC PREPARATIONS

PAL/NTSC VIDEO OUTPUTS

WORKING ON THE STAGE

WORKING OUTSIDE THE STAGE

LIGHT

ADJUSTING IMAGE SIZE

WORKING WITH NEGATIVES

FOCUSING

FREEZING IMAGE

BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT

WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT

AUTO ADJUSTMENT

TEXT/IMAGE MODE

COLOR AND B&W MODE SWITCH

COMPUTER / VIDEO INPUTS

PROJECTOR ON/STANDBY

PROJECTOR INPUTS SELECTION

IMAGE ROTATION

IMAGE REVERSION

INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL

4 X 4 MULTIPLE SCREEN DISPLAY

INSTALLING VISUALIZER SOFTWARE

USB PORT

USB IMAGE CAPTURE

CONTROLLING VISUALIZER BY COMPUTER

CONTROLLING PROJECTOR BY VISUALIZER

FOLDING THE UNIT

SPECIFICATIONS