IdentiLynx PRO (XS & XR) Quick Start Guide Side 1 of 4
Step 6: IdentiLynx Image Tool
a) Open a New Blank Event in FinishLynx
b) Get a start for the system and have someone run through
the Finish Line as you capture (All Cameras)
c) Click on the “+” and “-“icons on the Image Tool Bar and
zoom in and out of the image
d) Click on the Full Screen icon to show the image full screen
e) The Cropping tools and Find Next Object are not
applicable to the IdentiLynx image
f) Right click and hold in the IdentiLynx image and drag to
draw a small box and choose enhance from the menu
when the mouse is released. Click on the Restore Image
icon to bring it back to the original state
g) Click on the Play icon and see the images change (you
should see the time advance to the left of the play icon).
Click it again to stop playback
h) Click on the Forward or Reverse icons to move one frame
at a time in either direction (you should see the time
advance with each frame)
i) Hitting the rewind button at full speed forward playback
goes to ½ speed playback. Hitting it again goes to ½
speed reverse playback, and again goes to full speed
reverse. It works the same going forward in playback.
j) You can control the number of “slow modes” there are with
the Hidden Setting \Event\Image\FrameMaxSlow. This
defaults to 2, which means you get half speed. If set to 1
you get no “slow modes”, if set to 4 you would get ½
speed and ¼ speed. There is also
\Event\Image\FrameMaxFast, which controls how fast. It
defaults to 16, giving up to 16 times playback.
k) Clicking the Play button in slow or fast modes brings the
play back to full speed and clicking it again will stop
playback.
l) Images can be printed from the Image Tool Bar or they
can be cropped and saved as a .jpg, similar to FinishLynx
images.
NOTE: The Play speeds are not displayed in the Image Tool
Bar.
Step 7: Time Tracking With IdentiLynx
NOTE: The Red hash line does not appear on the IdentiLynx
image unless you click on the image frame. Time can NOT be
read from the IdentiLynx image
a) Using the same Blank Event, investigate the time tracking
between the FinishLynx camera and IdentiLynx.
b) Click on a competitor in the Finish Lynx image and the
IdentiLynx image should jump to that Frame (time
reference) in the sequence
c) Click on the Play button for the IdentiLynx images and
then click in the FinishLynx image. The IdentiLynx image
will jump to that location and continue to play from that
point forward.
Step 8: Remote Focus Fine Tuning
The remote focus adjustment on the IdentiLynx PRO cameras
is for FINE TUNING ONLY. You will need to get the image
approximately in focus manually, and then use the controls in
the Hardware Control window to bring the image into precise
focus.
Major adjustments in focus are NOT possible from within the
FinishLynx software.
Note (a): When adding IdentiLynx PRO cameras to your
network, be sure to monitor Ethernet traffic and watch for
congestion. Add one camera at a time, and increase the
resolution, or frame rate in increments. We recommend the
use of a Gigabyte Network Switch. Use the same methodology
when adding a second IdentiLynx camera to your FinishLynx
network. From a results production standpoint, it is seldom
necessary to go over 10fps in Cross Country or Road Races
NOTE (b): The Play speeds are not displayed in the image tool
bar. If you “Ctrl click” the buttons you’ll go to the first or last
frame. If you “Shift click” the play button, the image playback
will loop back to the beginning when the end is reached.
This completes the FinishLynx “IDENTILYNX PRO” Full Frame
Video Capture System - Quick Start Guide.
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