Pessl Instruments CropVIEW User manual

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CropVIEW®
extended user manual
December 2022
Pessl Instruments GmbH
Werksweg 107, 8160 Weiz, Austria
o[email protected]
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Table of Content
1. INTRODUCTION TO CropVIEW®3
2. SIM CARD 4
2.1 HOW TO DEACTIVATE (DISABLE) PIN REQUEST 4
2.2 USING UNUSUAL SIM CARDS 5
2.3 SIM CARD: PREPAID OR CONTRACT 5
3. FOCUSING THE CAMERAS 6
3.1 INSTALLING PI CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION 6
3.2 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: CONFIGURATION TAB 7
3.2.1 IMAGE SELECTION 7
3.2.2 PART OF THE PICTURE 8
3.2.3 BRIGHTNESS SQUARES 9
3.2.4 OTHER SETTINGS IN CONFIGURATION TAB 9
3.3 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: FOCUS TAB 9
3.4 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: IMAGE TAB 10
3.5 FOCUS PROCESS 10
3.5.1 CONNECT THE CropVIEW® TO THE PC 10
3.5.2 FOCUSING PROCESS USING THE FOCUS APPLICATION 11
4. PREPARATION OF YOUR CropVIEW®UNIT BEFORE FIELD INSTALLATIO 14
4.1 CHECK THE COMMUNICATION 14
4.1.1 FINAL TEST BEFORE FIELD INSTALLATION 14
4.1.1 FINAL TEST BEFORE FIELD INSTALLATION 15
5. FIELD INSTALLATION OF YOUR CropVIEW®DEVICE 16
5.1 CAMERA LOCATION 16
5.2 FOCUS THE CAMERAS 16
5.3 CHECK THE FULL FRAME IMAGES USING THE FOCUS APPLICATION 17
5.3.1 FINAL SETUP OF THE SYSTEM 17
6. ACCESSING THE PICTURES AND SERVICES FROM FieldClimate 17
6.1 USE YOUR CropVIEW® 17
6.2 REGISTER YOURSELF AS A USER ON FieldClimate.com 18
6.3 ADD THE CropVIEW®TO YOUR ACCOUNT 18
6.4 THE CropVIEW®PAGE 19
6.5 SETTINGS FOR YOUR CropVIEW® 20
6.5.1 TIME ZONE AND LOCATION SETTINGS 20
6.5.2 TRANSFER SETTINGS 20
6.5.3 CAMERA SETTINGS 21

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1. INTRODUCTION TO CropVIEW®
The CropVIEW® system is composed of three parts:
1. The main unit; including:
• Cameras and optics (wide/narrow angle)
• Processor, modem, USB port
• SIM card holder,
• UMTS/GPS antenna,
• Holder with pitch angle selector (0°,11°,22°,33, 44°)
• Eyehole pointer
2. Control Unit, which commands the main unit; including:
• Power supply
• Sensor set
3. The FieldClimate platform; including:
• Pictures hosting
• Image processing
• Diseases modeling, weather forecast
• Coming new value adding services
Picture 1: CropVIEW®

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CropVIEW® is to be used in all areas covered at least by UMTS (3G) networks. It is equipped with a solar panel
and a battery for all year-round standalone functioning. After installing the unit and setting the recording
interval, CropVIEW® is already fully operational.
Important:
CropVIEW® eld device needs 3G (UMTS) coverage, and will not be operational under 2G (GPRS) services.
Several versions of CropVIEW® are available with dierent levels of output oer. Please contact us for further
information at [email protected].
The CropVIEW® camera uses a set of lenses that should be focused manually. They are delivered already fo-
cused for 2.5m to the objective picture. For a dierent distance, onsite manual focus is essential.
2. SIM CARD
A SIM card from a 3G cellular service provider is needed. To insert or remove a SIM card:
1. Slide the metal part to the right to unlock the holder
2. Open the holder from the left side and insert or remove the SIM card
3. Close the holder
4. Lock the holder by sliding the metal to the left (you should hear a click).
Picture 2: SIM Card holder
2.1 HOW TO DEACTIVATE (DISABLE) PIN REQUEST
This can be done using:
• a GSM handset device or
• directly with the USB <=> PC connection
Attention:
Please always check that the PIN request for the SIM is disabled.

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2.2 USING UNUSUAL SIM CARDS
We have prepared an extanded table of Internet connection settings for various cellular service providers
worldwide, which is present in the device memory (we are adding new providers all the time). You can check
if your provider is in the table with sending email to: [email protected].
It might happen that your iMETOS is one of the rst devices set up with a specic provider. In this case, you
will need to set these parameters with your PC via USB port or sending SMS with correct settings to the sta-
tion.
To set new APN settings send a special SMS to the station, with APN settings, its username and its password.
Before sending the SMS insert SIM card into your device. The SMS with APN settings has the following form:
Picture 3: APN
2.3 SIM CARD: PREPAID OR CONTRACT
Prepaid SIM cards may be used temporarily or for service purposes. A contract SIM card will always be more
cost eective.
Every picture has 10±2MB depending in the complexity of the image, so the data plan in your SIM should be
calculated by the following formula:
Monthy data plan= 12(MB per picture) *number of cameras * shootings per day * 30(days per month)
Example:
CropVIEW® with 2 cameras 2 shootings per day will need minimum monthly data plan:
12MB * 2 cameras* 2 shoots per day *31 days per month = 1.5GB/month

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3. FOCUSING THE CAMERAS
The quality of the images captured by the camera depends critically on the precision when focusing the lens.
The focus process must be performed in the eld.
To focus the pictures, use the application PI CropVIEW® Focus and follow the process described in coming pages.
Important note:
Correct onsite focusing of the camera is essential for the quality of the pictures and for the current (and fu-
ture) added services provided upon them.
3.1 INSTALLING PI CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION
• Download the installer from our website: Firmware and program download
• Extract the les to a folder
• Open the folder containing the extracted les and select CV_PhotoViewer_Installer.msi le and double click on it
• Installation window will open; click on Next and select appropriate Installation Folder or leave default value
• Conrm installation
• Find the application on the Desktop or in Start > Programs > Pessl Instruments > PI CropVIEW® Focus test
and run it
• Run the application
The application will open in a window with 3 tabs which will be explained on the following page
• Conguration
• Focus
• Image
Picture 4: Focus APP

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3.2 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: CONFIGURATION TAB
This tab has 5 sections:
• Image selection
• Brightness squares
• Delay between photos
• Camera selection
• Serial com port
3.2.1 IMAGE SELECTION
To speed up the process of focusing, here you can select the resolution and part of the image to use during
the focusing process.
Resolution with 3 options:
• low resolution (3Mpix)
• with medium resolution picture (6Mpix)
• full resolution (12Mpix)
Picture 5: Focus app: images selection
Note:
The resolution selected here does not aect the resolution of the nal pictures. It is only intended to reduce
the data trac between USB and PC until the nal ne focus.
Cameras are delivered focused for an object at 2.5 m, but in most cases the object distance will be much
higher, so you will need to start rotating the lens of the camera counter clockwise.
Tip:
Save time in the focusing process by starting with low resolution for the gross focusing, then repeat the pro-
cess with medium resolution picture to rene it and at last nish with a full resolution to check the result and
to do the nal adjustments.

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3.2.2 PART OF THE PICTURE
Speed up the process by using the zoom options which allow you to use a partial frame (1/8) with the com-
plete resolution, you can choose between 5 dierent parts as shown in the image below.
Picture 6: Focus app: Select part of the picture
Tip:
It is recommended to start with the “Zoom Center”
Picture 7: Focus app: part of the picture – Zoom center

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3.2.3 BRIGHTNESS SQUARES
Use this feature to select the areas to be used by the auto exposure algorithm to get the right brightness of
the overall picture. Doing so, you can optimize the contrast for the area of interest in pictures with dierences
in illumination. Any of the red squares can be enabled or disabled for the nal exposure.
Picture 8: Brightness squares
3.2.4 OTHER SETTINGS IN CONFIGURATION TAB
Delay between photos:
Use this to insert a time delay of up to 9 seconds between every image USB transmission to the PC.
Camera:
Select the camera to focus: Wide angle or narrow angle camera.
Serial COM Port:
To select the COM port, to which the CropVIEW® device is connected to the PC via USB.
3.3 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: FOCUS TAB
To assist you during the focusing, in this mode PI CropVIEW® Focus lters the edges of the image and con-
verts the total amount of edges into a gure that we call “detail level”.
An image with a higher number of edges
is sharper or more focused. Actual detail
level is an indicator of the focus accuracy.
The higher the value, the more focused
the image.
Picture 9: Focus tab

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Actual detail level: Displays the detail level of the most recent image.
Last detail level: Displays the detail level of the previously received image, indicates whether you are turning
the camera lens in the right direction.
Best detail level: Displays the highest of all detail levels measured in the process
Reset Detail: Resets the detail level elds.
B/W: Option to display the image in Black & White or in colour.
Connect to Camera: Starts the USB communication between PC and the camera.
Start: Starts the image capturing process.
Stop: Stops the image capturing process.
Status: Here you can see the actual action that the system is performing.
3.4 CropVIEW®FOCUS APPLICATION: IMAGE TAB
Check the actual image without processing.
Tip:
In the next page, you will use “detail level” gure, you will rotate the lens between two consecutive pictures
and keep rotating in the same direction if the “detail level increases”. If the “detail level” decreases change the
direction of rotation (see next page).
3.5 FOCUS PROCESS
3.5.1 CONNECT THE CropVIEW®TO THE PC
1. Unplug control unit from CropVIEW®unit
Picture 10: Connect to PC