Elmo P30 User manual

Elmo P30 Visualiser

First Question:
Q. Is everyone familiar with exactly what a visualiser is?
A. A visualiser is effectively a camera on an arm, usually with a
shooting stage and its own lighting source.
Camera head
Lighting unit
Shooting stage

History
Q. Which company invented the visualiser and why?
A. Elmo invented the visualiser. It was a product originally developed
for the scientific & medical market. Elmo themselves are based in
Japan and have been one of the world’s leading manufacturing of
cameras for over 80 years.

Moving up to date
Q. How have visualisers improved over the last few years?
A. Better cameras
• Higher resolution – older visualisers tend(ed) to have composite
video outputs. New units have XGA (or even SXGA) outputs
• Image capture to PC via USB connection
• USB-2 capability allows live XGA signals to be fed into a PC
offering annotation via interactive white board or tablet software

Demonstrating the P30
It is usually best to split your demonstration into two halves:
1. The first should concentrate on showing the your audience the
visualiser as a camera
2. The second demonstrates the Image Mate software and how the
image from the P30 can be used interactively (e.g. via a SMART
Board). It should also touch on recording video clips and the use
of the SD Card Reader.

Set up
• Connect the computer’s VGA output cable into the RGB input on the
P30.
• N.B. This may require you to disconnect an existing cable from wall
plate or splitter.
15 pin VGA cable from PC into visualiser

Set up
• Connecting the VGA output cable (supplied) will now drive projector
and PC monitor.
15 pin VGA cable from visualiser into wall point
(or splitter)
Connect power supply

Set up
• Connected in this way the visualiser will act as a switcher for the
incoming PC signal.
• Switching from ‘Camera’ mode to ‘PC’ mode to ‘SD Card Reader’
may be carried out from either the front panel or R/C.
Button to switch mode

Set up
• Check P30 is set to correct USB mode. (Factory default is ‘Mass
Storage’).
• Using on-screen ‘Menu’, change setting to ‘Application’. This only
has to be done once. N.B. Units shipping in the New Year are likely
to be set to this mode as standard in the factory.
Change mode to
‘Application’ if
required

Set up
• Install Image Mate software on to a PC – preferably your own, as it
is often difficult to get administrators rights to install software on
school PC’s.
• First step is to load CD, double click ‘Set Up’ and follow on-screen
instructions.
• Once this stage is complete, connect USB cable from PC to
visualiser. At this point PC should indicate ‘found new hardware’.
Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation.
USB cable from PC

Demonstration Part 1 - Camera
1. Show A3 Shooting Area – Open an A4 text book an demonstrate
the P30’s ability to display both pages simultaneously. Most
visualisers will crop an A3 image by around ½” either side.
2. Show the difference ‘Text’ mode makes to contrast. It is
particularly useful in education as projectors are often low output.
The ‘Text’ button may be found on the remote control.
3. Don’t forget to reset ‘Text’ mode for general use.
‘Text’ mode off ‘Text’ mode on

Zoom
• Elmo P30 has a 15x Optical Zoom. The zoom function is operable
either by a unique and highly responsive dial system or via R/C.
• It has 60x Digital Zoom. An on-screen display will show ‘Digital Tele’
if zooming in and ‘Digital Wide’ if zooming out. Lens will be silent.

Focus
• The P30 has a one-touch Auto Focus button in the centre of the
‘zoom’ dial.
• Manual focus is accessed via the Remote Control. It is often
necessary to use this with 3D objects.
Manual Focus
Auto Focus

Example of Manual Focus
Manual Focus ‘Near’ Manual Focus ‘Far’

Unique multi-angle camera arm
• Most visualisers have a camera arm that locks into place for viewing
objects from above, folding flat for storage.
• The P30 is different! It allows one to view 3D objects from the side!

Viewing distant objects or those too
large to place on the shooting stage
• Unclip close up lens to allow camera to focus on large documents
e.g. maps, or demonstrations taking place in front or behind the
visualiser. It is a good idea to point camera at attendees to
demonstrate the effect.
• Don’t forget to clip lens back in place when viewing objects on
shooting stage.

Image Mate Software
• The second stage of the demonstration involves displaying the P30
image via the USB cable, into a PC.
• Image Mate software consists of two halves. Image Mate for
Presentation (blue icon) and Image Mate for Movie Creation (orange
icon).
Image Mate for Presentation.lnk
Image Mate for Movie Creation.lnk

Image Mate for Presentation
1. Select ‘Image Mate for Presentation’.
2. Click on ‘Tools’, ‘Live Monitor’ and select option 3 from the drop
down list (i.e. 1024 x 768.) This ensures the output resolution of
the P30 matches that of the projector and PC.
3. Click ‘Play’ icon.
4. Live image from P30 should appear in window.
Click ‘Tools’, ‘Live
Monitor’ and select
1024 x 768
‘Play’ Icon

Image Mate for Presentation
• With Live P30 image running in a window on the PC, select SMART
‘Floating Tools’ (or equivalent).
SMART
‘Floating Tools’

Image Mate for Presentation
• Select ‘Full Screen’ icon in Image Mate software
Full Screen
mode
The result is a full screen image from
the P30 with ‘Floating Tools’
overlaid on the top