BMS GrabBee II Manuale utente
MANUAL FOR
BMS GrabBee II
USB VIDEO ADAPTER
The BMS GrabBee II is a Bridge between
pers nal c mputer and Vide camera.
The high quality guarantees a perfect image
transfer with ut quality l ss.
1: Sc pe f delivery ( F r numbers see ph t at the
last page )
1) USB Adapter with USB cable and S-
Vide and Cinch Vide input
2) USB C nnect r
3) S-Vide C nnect r (input)
4) Cinch Vide C nnect r (input)
5) CD-ROM with s ftware and driver (n t in ph t )
2: installati n
Take the BMS GrabBee ut f the b x and put the USB cable int the USB-p rt fr m
c mputer. The system will aut matically detect the BMS GrabBee and try t install
the driver. The driver is l cated at the delivered CD-ROM under E:\GrabBee2\driver
(Where E: is the CD-ROM drive).
During installati n y u may be pr mpted f r the f ll wing Wind ws files:
Ksclockf.ax l k under windows\system
Ks.sys l k under windows\system32\drivers
If these files are n t installed at y ur system, please check f r the files at y ur
Wind ws installati n CD-ROM.
Y u can n w install the GrabBee pr gram r install the Ph t Lib pr gram instead
(See part 4). Place the installati n CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and click ‘Start’.
Then click ‘Run’ and type the f ll wing:
E:\GrabBee2\AP S ftware\setup.exe
(Where E: is the CD-ROM drive).
N w f ll w the instructi ns n the screen, this will start the GrabBee s ftware
installati n.
N w y u can start the pr gram (A ‘GrabBee USB Video Grabber’ ic n is l cated at
y ur deskt p)
3: Use f the BMS GrabBee
D uble click n the ‘GrabBee USB Video Grabber’ ic n at y ur deskt p. N w the
GrabBee pr gram is started.
With Bri htness y u can adjust the brightness f the image.
With Contrast y u can adjust the c ntrast f the image and
with Color y u can adjust the c l urs f the image.
This all ws y u t adjust f r a perfect image quality.
Use of Capture
When y u click n Caputre the vide image fr m GrabBee will be st red n y ur
hard disc. T st p the capture y u can either again click n the Caputre butt n r
y u can press the ESC key.
Use of Snapshot
When y u click n Snapshot a ph t fr m the live feed fr m GrabBee will be st red
n y ur hard disc. Y u will be asked t st re the image n the hard disc.
4: The Ph t Lib s ftware
In rder t st re and pr cess the micr sc pic images fr m a camera and the BMS
GrabBee, the Ph t Lib s ftware can be used. This s ftware displays a live vide
feed which all ws easy f cusing f the micr sc pe while the camera is attached.
The Ph t Lib installati n is placed n the CD-ROM.
Place the installati n CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and click ‘Start’. Then click
‘Run’ and type the f ll wing:
D:\setup
N w f ll w the instructi ns n the screen, this will start the Ph t Lib s ftware
installati n.
At the end f the Ph t Lib s ftware installati n y u will be pr mpted t install the
camera driver. Click ‘CANCEL’ and the s ftware installati n is n w c mpleted.
T start the s ftware d uble-click n the ‘Ph t Lib’ ic n n the deskt p. The live
vide wind w sh uld appear.
The Snapsh t butt n n the right side (third butt n) can be pressed f r a still image
f the vide feed. This image can then be pr cessed and st red n the c mputer’s
hard disc. T save the image n the hard disc click n ‘file’ in the menu bar n t p f
the screen and click n ‘save’ r ‘save as’.
The image size can be changed by clicking n ‘Vide Setup’ in the menu bar n t p
f the screen and then click n ‘Vide F rmat’.
The Ph t Lib s ftware als all ws f r distance measuring. Using this t l the
Ph t Lib s ftware needs t be calibrated. Y u can calibrate the s ftware by clicking
n ‘Vide Setup’ in the menu bar n t p f the screen. Then g t ‘SetUnit’ and click
‘ResetScaleValue’ and place a number between 2 and 9 in the b x and click n ‘OK’
N w place a ruler n the bject table (Or an bject with a kn wn size) and in the live
vide feed wind w drag with y ur m use (keep left m use butt n pressed) fr m the
start t the end f the ruler (Or the bject with a kn wn size) and release the m use
butt n. The vide wind w will n w display: ‘cx=nn, cy=mm’, with nn and mm digits.
Take a n te f the nn number.
Again g t ‘Vide Setup’ in the menu bar n t p f the screen and n w click n
‘SETSCALEVALUE’. In this wind w fill ut the size (in mm r micr n) f the ruler (Or
the bject with a kn wn size) and fill ut the nn number in ‘unit’. N w click n
‘Calculate’ and then click n ‘OK’.
N w measurements can be d ne by simply ‘drag and dr p’ the distance with y ur
m use and the distance in mm (Or micr n) will sh w in the live vide feed.
If a snapsh t is taken, the distance will als sh w in the snapsh t.
NOTE: Recalibrate after each change in magnificati n.
5: Technical Data:
Vide input : RCA C mp site and S-Vide
Vide System : NTSC, PAL and SECAM
Perf rmance : 30 fps at CIF f rmat (320x240 f r NTSC), 25 fps
at
CIF f rmat (352x288 f r PAL)
Size (LxWxH) : 81x30x15 mm
Current : 5VDC, 170mA (max) ver USB p rt
Delivery : S ftware and manual
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