PCE Instruments HSC 1660 User manual

HiBestViewer User Guide
High-Speed Camera
PCE-HSC 1660
PCE-HSC 1660
PCE Americas Inc.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started/Overview..............................................................................3
1Acquire View .................................................................................................3
2Strip View ......................................................................................................4
3Working View ................................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Install HiBestViewer......................................................................................7
1Installation Environment................................................................................7
2Install HiBestViewer Software Suite..............................................................7
3Install High Speed Camera driver..................................................................9
4Uninstall HiBestViewer Software Suite .........................................................9
Chapter 3 Acquire View, Capture Series Images .........................................................11
1Install High-Speed Camera ..........................................................................11
2Start up HiBestViewer..................................................................................11
3Acquire View Function Description ............................................................13
Chapter 4 Strip View, Browse and View Images .........................................................22
1How to switch to Strip View........................................................................22
2Strip View Static Information ......................................................................23
3Strip ViewAuxiliary .....................................................................................24
4Save a series of images as general-purpose video file.................................30
5Context Menu Function within Image Thumbnails .....................................32
6Switch from Strip View to Working View ...................................................35
Chapter 5 Working View, Further Examinng and Processing......................................36
1How to switch to Working View..................................................................36
2Play Control .................................................................................................37
3Other functions in Woking View..................................................................42
Chater 6 Hardware Installation ....................................................................................47
1. Installing the Camera ...................................................................................47

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Chapter 1 Getting Started/Overview
HiBestViewer is Software Suite applied for PC control, and the feature
descriptions are as follows:
1. HiBestViewer is PC control software, also the accompanying software to
the “High-Speed Camera” PCE-HSC 1660 (Except others are not supported by
HiBestViewer).
2. HiBestViewer, Windows Program, should be installed in Windows 7 and
latest Windows OS version or above.
3. At least 2GB RAM is recommended, so 64-bit PC and 64-bit version
Windows OS are recommended to run HiBestViewer.
Main functions for HiBestViewer are classified as below:
(1) Acquire View (2) Strip View (3) Working View
1Acquire View
Help user capture images, and Acquire View functions are as follows:
1.1 Automatically connect to “High-Speed Camera” PCE-HSC 1660 from PC,
and it is listed on the context menu.
1.2 User can select “High-Speed Camera" PCE-HSC 1660 on the context menu.
1.3 Adjust camera’s capture setting, e.g.: resolution, exposure time and
gain.
1.4 Preview used to capture images and displayed on PC screen, is to
make sure the images are confirmed, and also the preparation is
ready before storing.
1.5 Trigger is to start storing image, and user can set up “the number
of images can be stored” before trigger.
1.6 Figure 1-1 is Acquire View :

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Figure 1-1 Acquire View
2Strip View
Help user view a series of stored images, and Strip View functions are as
follows:
2.1 Quickly browse all of series images in order to find out the key
images segment.
2.1.1 Provide image thumbnails and display a series of image
thumbnails at one time for user to view images.
2.1.2 Provide the function of zoom in/out for user to adjust
images range if necessary.
2.1.3 Provide frame number and time (unit: micro-second) for
user to realize “the sequence of serial images and the range
of a certain segment”.
2.2 User can preview a specified image by selecting its thumbnail for
detail inspection.
2.3 Mark the specified image thumbnails:
2.3.1 Set the specified image as the origin of the coordinates
(Frame number 0).
2.3.2 Set A-B play range as the start point (A point) or the end
point (B point).
2.4 Display basic information about a series of images, e.g.: total
number of images, frame rate and image resolution when
capturing.
2.5 Save a series of images as general-purpose video file or image file,
e.g.: MP4, Mpeg2, and Bmp.
2.6 Figure 1-2 is StripView :

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Figure 1-2 Strip View
3Working View
Help user play back a series of stored images, and Working View
functions are as follows:
3.1 Versatile play back:
3.1.1 Play forward.
3.1.2 Play backward.
3.1.3 Play one step forward.
3.1.4 Play one step backward.
3.1.5 Back to the start point.
3.1.6 Forward to the end point.
3.1.7 Replay in loop.
3.2 Set A and B point of A-B play back range.
3.3 Set the specified image as the origin image (Frame number 0).
3.4 Set the play interval. It indicates how many images will be skipped
between current to the next image during play back.
3.5 Set up the play back speed.
3.6 Set a Bookmark to the image or remove Bookmark.
3.7 Set a comment to the image or remove comment.
3.8 Provide coordinate information of a specified position within
image (using mouse to click or drag to specify the position).
3.9 Figure 1-3 WorkingView :

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Figure 1-3 Working View

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Chapter 2 Install HiBestViewer
1Installation Environment
1.1 PC Hardware Equipments:
1.1.1 CPU speed should be more than or equal to 2.0 GHz, and
Intel 64-bit CPU is recommended.
1.1.2 At least one or more USB 3.0 port, and Intel USB 3.0 host
controller is recommended.
1.1.3 RAM should be more than or equal to 2GB.
1.1.4 Hard disk capacity should be more than or equal to 512MB.
1.2 OS Environment:
1.2.1 Windows 7 or above Windows version
1.2.2 Windows 64-bit version is recommended
1.2.3 Run “Windows Update” and install all important patches to
Windows (Based on PC updating condition, it may need
more than one time to update).
2Install HiBestViewer Software Suite
2.1 Turn on PC, insert the setup CD that contains HiBestViewer
Software Suite into the CD-ROM drive, and run “setup.exe”.
2.2 After “setup.exe” running, user may view Figure 2-1 or Figure 2-2
(version number may be different). If see Figure 2-2, it means that
user has installed HiBestViewer Software Suite before.
Figure 2-1 Setup starting

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Figure 2-2 Once installed HiBestViewer Setup
(If selecting “Repair HiBestViewer”, it will be re-installed; if selecting “Remove
HiBestViewer”, it will be removed.)
2.3 User follow prompts on the setup screen to complete installation.
2.4 When HiBestViewer is installed, HiBestViewer shortcut will be
shown on the desktop (See Figure 2-3), and also Windows
Programs will create a HiBestViewer Program Folder (See Figure
2-4).
Figure 2-3 HiBestViewer shortcut on PC Screen

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Figure 2-4 HiBestViewer Program Folder in Windows Programs
2.5 Attention! Do not install HiBestViewer in “Windows” or “Program
Files” or “Program Files (x86)”. Because in these folders, it is not
allowed to create folders or files unless user owns “administrator
priviledge”, this restriction will cause the main functions of
HiBestViewer out of work.
2.6 Attention! HiBestViewer setup program does not install driver; in
other words, “High-Speed Camera” is required to intall driver
individually.
3Install High Speed Camera driver
3.1 Insert the setup CD and run
“Setup_USB_Driver\Setup_BestInc_USB_Driver.exe”.
3.2 User can follow prompts on the setup screen to complete
installation.
4Uninstall HiBestViewer Software Suite
If want to remove HiBestViewer, user can run Uninstall program in
HiBestViewer Program Folder (See Figure 2-5), or “Programs and
Features” via the Control Panel (See Figure 2-6).