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About this Manual
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Copyright
This manual, Copyright © 2013 Unigraf Oy. All rights reserved
Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part without written permission of
Unigraf Oy is prohibited.
Notice
The information given in this manual is verified in the correctness on the date of issue.
The authors reserve the rights to make any changes to this product and to revise the
information about the products contained in this manual without an obligation to notify
any persons about such revisions or changes.
Edition
UFG-05 Series User Manual for Windows (Rev 8)
Document identifier:
Date: 6 August 2013
Company information
Unigraf Oy
Piispantilankuja 4
FI-02240 ESPOO
Finland
Tel. [phone]
mailto:[e-mail]
http://www.unigraf.fi

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Trademarks
Unigraf and UFG are trademarks of Unigraf Oy.
Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7 and Windows® 8 are trademarks of
Microsoft Inc.
All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Limited Warranty
Unigraf warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and
materials, under normal use and service, for twelve (12) months from the date of
purchase from Unigraf or its authorized dealer.
If the product proves defective within the warranty period, Unigraf will provide repair
or replacement of the product. Unigraf shall have the whole discretion whether to repair
or replace, and replacement product may be new or reconditioned. Replacement product
shall be of equivalent or better specifications, relative to the defective product, but need
not to be identical. Any product or part repaired by Unigraf pursuant to this warranty
shall have a warranty period of not less than 90 days, from the date of such repair,
irrespective of any earlier expiration of original warranty period. When Unigraf
provides replacement, then the defective product becomes the property of Unigraf.
Warranty service may be obtained by contacting Unigraf within the warranty period.
Unigraf will provide instructions for returning the defective product.
CE Mark
The UFG-05 Family frame grabbers meet the essential health and safety requirements,
is in conformity with and the CE marking has been applied according to the relevant EU
Directives using the relevant section of the corresponding standards and other normative
documents. Please find a Declaration of Conformity attached to this document.

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Table of Contents
1. About this Manual............................................................................................5
Purpose ...........................................................................................................5
Product and Driver Version..............................................................................5
Notes ...............................................................................................................5
2. Introduction......................................................................................................6
Product Description .........................................................................................6
Product Features.............................................................................................6
Identifying Connectors.....................................................................................6
3. Installation........................................................................................................7
Unpacking........................................................................................................7
Driver Type Selection ......................................................................................7
Driver Installation.............................................................................................8
Firmware Update.............................................................................................9
4. Configuration .................................................................................................10
Configuration Dialog......................................................................................10
Input Source Type .........................................................................................10
Analog Input .......................................................................................11
Digital Input.........................................................................................13
S-Video and Composite Video............................................................14
Overriding Capture Format............................................................................15
Adjusting Captured Colors.............................................................................17
Advanced Controls ........................................................................................18
Check firmware................................................................................... 18
Reset.................................................................................................. 18
A/D Converter Calibration...................................................................18
5. Usage ............................................................................................................19
Previewing Video...........................................................................................19
Capturing Video.............................................................................................19
Applications and Troubleshooting..................................................................20
GraphEdit ........................................................................................... 20
AmCap ...............................................................................................20
Windows Media Encoder.................................................................... 20
VirtualDUB..........................................................................................20
Performance..................................................................................................21
PCI Bus ..............................................................................................21
Calculating the Requested Bandwidth................................................21
Estimating the Bandwidth...................................................................21
Frame Locking....................................................................................22
Other Limitations ................................................................................22
Appendix A. Product Specification..................................................................................23
Analog Video Input.............................................................................23
Digital TMDS Video Input ...................................................................23
S-Video and Composite Video Input...................................................23
HW Features ......................................................................................23
Driver Properties.................................................................................24
Capture Speed ...................................................................................24
General...............................................................................................24
Appendix B. Supported Video Modes.............................................................................25
Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................... 26

About this Manual
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1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Purpose
This guide is the User Manual of UFG-05 Family of Frame Grabbers for use in a PC
with Windows® 8, Windows® 7 or Windows® XP operating system.
The purpose of this guide is to
Give an overview of the product and its features.
Give instruction for the user on how to install the card.
Give instructions for the user on how to install the related software drivers and libraries
in a PC.
Assist the user in configuring the capturing process with the user interface.
Give instructions for the user how to capture images.
Product and Driver Version
This manual explains features found in product versions UFG-05 4S, UFG-05 1E,
UFG-05 32, UFG-05 Dual 32, UFG-05 Dual 64 and Windows driver version 2.6.
Please consult Unigraf for differences or upgrades of previous versions.
Notes
On certain sections of the manual, when important information or notification is given,
text is formatted as follows. Please read these notes carefully.
Note This text is an important note

Introduction
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2. INTRODUCTION
Product Description
UFG-05 Family board are PCI and PCI Express Frame Grabbers capable to capture
digital HDMI and DVI, analog RGB and Component Video and also S-Video or
Composite Video. The input video performance of the three models is equal; they differ
only in the PCI bus interface.
UFG-05 4S; PCI Express 4 lane (mechanically 8 lane)
UFG-05 1E; PCI Express 1 lane
UFG-05 32; PCI (32 bit 66 MHz)
UFG-05 Dual 32: PCI (32 bit 66 MHz)
UFG-05 Dual 64: PCI-X (64 bit 66 MHz)
Product Features
Captures video formats from 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1200
Auto-detects VESA and CEA HDTV modes
High capture frame rates achieved by efficient on-board data handling and high speed bus
interfaces (pls. refer to product specification for details).
Optional frame locking (capture 1/1, 1/2, 1/3 or 1/4 of original frame rate)
In Dual models two fully independent capturing channels, both of which can be HDMI /
DVI, RGB / Component or Composite video.
64 and 32 bit AVStream drivers (x64, WOW64, X86) that are compatible with
DirectShow compatible applications like Media Encoder, VLC, and VirtualDub.
Supports Microsoft®8 (32 and 64 bit), Microsoft®7 (32 and 64 bit), Microsoft®XP (32 bit) and
Microsoft®Vista (32 and 64 bit)
Identifying Connectors
The UFG-05 4S, UFG-05 1E and UFG-05 32 boards have three connectors on their
front panel:
S-Video connector for S-Video and Composite Video (top)
DVI-I connector for digital HDMI and DVI input (middle)
VGA connector (Sub-D 15) for analog RGB and Component Video (bottom)
The UFG-05 Dual 64 and UFG-05 Dual 32 boards have three connectors on their front
panel:
S-Video connector for two Composite Video inputs (middle)
Two DVI-I connectors for digital HDMI and DVI input and analog RGB and Component
input

Installation
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3. INSTALLATION
Unpacking
The UFG-05 family frame grabber product shipment contains
The UFG-05 card in an anti-static bag
The Utilities CD containing drivers for Windows operating system along with Ready to
use sample Windows applications. An electronic copy of this User Manual is included.
Note The UFG-05 boards are highly dedicated electronic devices that contain ESD sensitive
components. Before opening the anti-static bag and always before touching the card,
please be sure to ground yourself. You can do the grounding by wearing a special
grounding strap or simply touching a grounded metal surface.
Driver Type Selection
The UFG-05 family supports Microsoft®8 (32 and 64 bit), Microsoft®7 (32 and
64 bit), Windows®XP (32 bit) and Windows®Vista (32 and 64 bit) operating
systems. The Installation CD includes three alternative drivers:
WOW64 drivers 64 bit operating system and 32 bit applications
x64 drivers for 64 bit operating system and 64 bit applications
x86 drivers for 32 bit operating systems and applications
The three drivers are located in separate folders in the installation CD. Please
make sure that you select the proper one for your operating system and the
application that you are using.

Installation
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Driver Installation
Power down your PC.
Insert UFG-05 card in a vacant PCI slot in your PC.
Note: The hardware installation must be done before the software installation.
Please use a PCI Rev 2.2 (66 MHz) slot for UFG-05 32 or UFG-05 Dual64,
PCI-X (66 MHz) for UFG-05 Dual64, PCI Express 1.0 for UFG-05 1E and PCI
Express 2.0 for UFG-05 4S.
You can use either a 3.3 V or a 5 V slot
Boot the Windows XP system and log in
Note: System administrator's privileges are required for performing the installation.
The Plug and Play subsystem will detect the newly installed UFG-05 family board.
In the Welcome to the New Hardware Wizard click Cancel. Please use the install.exe
routine for pre-installation before the actual Windows installation.
Open the folder containing the requested driver type included in the UFG-05 family
Installation CD.
Run install.exe application.
Select Allow whenever the operating system prompts for permission.
Click Install/Update. Press Continue and Apply whenever the operating system
prompts for permission.
Click Close when the installation is completed. The UFG-05 driver is now ready for
use.

Installation
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Firmware Update
You can check the firmware version loaded into the non-volatile memory of the unit.
The firmware version must match to the driver version used.
Open the Capture Filter Properties dialog of e.g. AmCap tool. Select FG Properties
tab.
For verifying the firmware programmed on the UFG-05 unit please click Check
Firmware in the Advanced section of the dialog.
Open the FG Properties tab and click Check Firmware.
If firmware is OK Press No.
If firmware does not match to the driver press Yes.
Please note that the firmware update will take about three minutes.
After the update is completed please restart the PC.

Configuration
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4. CONFIGURATION
Configuration Dialog
The parameters that describe the input source can be configured by the Capture Filter
Properties dialog. The dialog contains three tabs: Windows standard Video Decoder
tab, a Video Proc Amp tab and the FG Properties tab. All capture properties for UFG-05
can be configured through the FG Properties tab.
The controls on the FG Properties panel are divided to five functionality sections.
Please find below the description each section.
Input Source Type
You can select one of the three input types Analog, Digital, and Video with the radio
buttons in the Input Source Type section. In addition to that within each input type you
can define sub-types. For Analog and Digital you can select either RGB or YPbPr /
YCbCr. For Video you can select the four combinations between S-Video and
Composite and between PAL, NTSC and SECAM. The Input Timing section has a
unique appearance for each of the three input types.
When switching between the input types the last valid values in the Input Source Type
and Input Timing sections will be restored.