Tru-Flash®



Tru-Flash®

System Setup Instructions

(MV500)

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A. Your Tru-Flash® System consists of the following items:

1. Camera

2. Flash Unit

3. Cable

4. Power Supply

5. Tripod

6. MuTech MV500 Video Capture Card and Manual

7. CD-ROM with Installation Instructions for MV500, Mutech drivers and enhanced ATI Tru-Flash drivers.

B. Board Installation (Please note: These instructions pertain to MV-500.. A separate instruction sheet is used for the IV-410 and IV-450 boards.)

1. Power down your computer.

2. Remove your computer case and locate an available PCI slot. A VGA capability must exist in the PC as a separate card or on the motherboard.

3. Plug the board into the PCI slot and install the securing screw.

4. Reinstall the computer case.

5. Leave the computer powered down.

C. Camera and Flash Setup

1. Attach the small beige (for Videology camera) or black (for Chugai camera) threaded standoff to the camera with the screws provided (if not already attached). There should be a connector identical to it already attached on the bottom side of the camera. The second one attaches in a similar way to the top side.

2. Take the short threaded rod and screw the metal and rubber washer halfway onto it. Screw the rod into the flash unit so that the rubber side of the washer meets the flash.

4. Take the flash unit and screw it into the top of the camera so that the flash and camera are pointing in the same direction and are tight.

5. Mount the camera and flash unit to the tripod.

D. Cable Setup

Your cable consists of two ends, the Flash/Camera Connections and the Computer Connections. Each must be hooked up as follows:

CAMERA END

1. Connect the round Mini-DIN (looks like a PS/2 Mouse plug) to the connector marked S-VHS on the back of the camera.

2. Screw the Red bare wire to the positive (+) terminal on the back of the camera.

3. Screw the Black bare wire to the negative (-) terminal on the back of the camera.

4. Plug the Rectangular 10-pin plug into the COM/LENS connector. The plug has a “1” marked in one corner of the connector. Make certain that this is in the bottom left corner when plugging in the connector. Newer cables are keyed with only one way to plug in. (If a Chugai camera is used, this will differ slightly.)

5. Plug the Female 9-pin connector into the back of the flash unit.

COMPUTER END

1. Plug the high-density Female 15-pin connector into the MuTech MV-500 card.

2. Plug the Female 9-pin connector into an available communications port. Make a note of which com port number this is.

3. Connect the Male barrel end of the provided 12-Volt DC power supply into the round Female receptacle. Plug the power supply into an available 110 VAC source. (This is for the flash unit. The 12 volt DC supply for the camera comes from the MV500 board.)

E. Software Setup

1. Power up your computer.

2. Insert The CD marked IV-4XX & MV500 Setup CD. (For simplicity, this will be referred to as drive E.)

3. When the computer has finished power up, run the setup.exe program from E:\IV-4XX & MV500 Setup CD\ATI-Mutech\Mutech\MV500. This is for Win95/98 as well as Win NT. Rebooting may be required.

4. When the computer has finished rebooting, run the setup.exe program from D:\IV-4XX & MV500 Setup CD\ATI-Mutech\ATI\ This is for Win95/98 as well as Win NT.

5. When that installation is complete, go to the Windows Control Panel.

6. Double Click on the Multimedia Icon.

7. Click on the right most of the five tabs in the Dialog (may say Devices or Advanced).

8. Under Devices/Advanced is a list of device types. Find Media Control Devices and click on the plus (+) to the left of it. This should expand the listing underneath it.

9. There should be an item named MuTech/Videology MCI driver in the expanded list. Double click on it.

10. In the dialog that appears, click on the “Settings…” button.

11. After a few seconds, a large dialog box labeled MuTech MV500 MCI Settings should appear with multiple settings and controls. Several items must be set here:

a. a. The Video Standard should be set to NTSC by default. Only change

b. this if you have received a PAL system. You can check this by looking

c. at the label on the back of the Flash Unit.

b. The Video Format must be set to S-Video.

c. Capture Format should be on 24-bit.

d. VCR Mode should be checked.

e. The Check Box next to the Strobe listing must be checked. The default

delay settings are fine.

f. The COM port should be changed to match the port that the connector

was plugged into in part two of the “Cable Setup/COMPUTER END.”

12. When all of the settings match the above conditions, click Save. This will bring you back to the Properties Box.

13. Click Settings again. When the MV500 MCI Settings box appears again, you should have a Live Video preview in the box at the top left.

14. Select Menu.

15. Under Camera Mode, select Flash. This should darken and/or change the video preview and make the buttons under Flash Exposure settings available. You are free to change them to whatever makes the frozen image look the best in your location (exceptions will be noted). We would suggest, assuming a Videology camera is used, the following initial settings which you will see in the preview window once you press either the < or > arrow:

a. Brightness = 48

b. Red Level = 11

c. Blue Level = 235

d. Shutter Speed* = 1/1000

e. Iris Adjust = 145

f. Auto Gain Control* = 0

16. These settings are the starting point and may be changed slightly for environmental conditions.

17. Test your new settings by clicking on the Freeze button. If everything is set correctly, your system should flash and a frozen image should appear in the preview box.

18. If you are unsatisfied with the results, click Unfreeze and manipulate your Flash Exposure settings to adjust the image.

19. Continue this adjustment process until you are satisfied with the frozen image.

20. Click Save.

21. In the Properties box, click OK.

22. In the Multimedia Properties Dialog, click OK.

23. Close down the Control Panel.

24. Open BadgeBuilder and bring up your database.

25. Verify that your live video capture operation is working correctly. Click on the Camera button on the BadgeBuilder Toolbar or go to Photo – Video. Live video should be in the box when the video capture dialog comes up.

26. Click Freeze. The video should momentarily go black, the flash should go off, and you should see a properly illuminated still image.

27. If you are satisfied with the still image click Save to commit it to the badge. If not, repeat Step 19.

If everything is working correctly, the Tru-Flash( installation is complete.

Important note: Windows screen savers or "green"-type monitor power shutdown schemes should not be enabled with Tru-Flash( systems.

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