Imaging controls analog USB frame grabber

Supported hardware devices

Supported model: DFG/USB2pro analog frame grabbers with USB interface

Link to manufacturer’s website: http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/converters/

Supported platforms

Installation

Device configuration settings

Type: ICCapturing
AcquisitionRate: (Optional, default: 125)
LocalTimeOffsetSec: (Optional, default: 0)
DeviceName: Requested device name
VideoNorm: Requested video norm
VideoFormat: Requested video format string
FrameSize: Requested size of the video frame.
InputChannel: Name of the IC capturing device input channel
ICBufferSize: Number of frames the IC capturing device should store in a temporary buffer.
DataSources: Exactly one DataSource child element is required (Required)
- DataSource: (Required)
  - PortUsImageOrientation: (Required)
  - ImageType. Color image acquisition is supported. (Optional, default: BRIGHTNESS)
  - BufferSize: (Optional, default: 150)
  - AveragedItemsForFiltering: (Optional, default: 20)
  - ClipRectangleOrigin: (Optional, default: 0 0 0)
  - ClipRectangleSize: (Optional, default: 0 0 0)

Example configuration file PlusDeviceSet_Server_ImagingControlsVideoCapture.xml

<PlusConfiguration version="2.0">

  <DataCollection StartupDelaySec="1.0" >
    <DeviceSet
      Name="PlusServer: ImagingControls video capture device"
      Description="Broadcasting acquired video through OpenIGTLink"
    />
    <Device
      Id="VideoDevice"
      Type="ICCapturing"
      DeviceName="DFG/USB2-lt"
      VideoNorm="NTSC_M"
      VideoFormat="Y800"
      FrameSize="640 480"
      InputChannel="01 Video: SVideo" >
      <DataSources>
        <DataSource Type="Video" Id="Video" PortUsImageOrientation="MF"  />
      </DataSources>
      <OutputChannels>
        <OutputChannel Id="VideoStream" VideoDataSourceId="Video" />
      </OutputChannels>
    </Device>
    <Device
      Id="CaptureDevice"
      Type="VirtualCapture"
      BaseFilename="RecordingTest.igs.mha"
      EnableCapturingOnStart="FALSE" >
      <InputChannels>
        <InputChannel Id="VideoStream" />
      </InputChannels>
    </Device>
  </DataCollection>

  <CoordinateDefinitions>
    <Transform From="Image" To="Reference"
      Matrix="
        0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
        0 0 0 1" />
  </CoordinateDefinitions>

  <PlusOpenIGTLinkServer
    MaxNumberOfIgtlMessagesToSend="1"
    MaxTimeSpentWithProcessingMs="50"
    ListeningPort="18944"
    SendValidTransformsOnly="true"
    OutputChannelId="VideoStream" >
    <DefaultClientInfo>
      <MessageTypes>
        <Message Type="IMAGE" />
      </MessageTypes>
      <ImageNames>
        <Image Name="Image" EmbeddedTransformToFrame="Reference" />
      </ImageNames>
    </DefaultClientInfo>
  </PlusOpenIGTLinkServer>

</PlusConfiguration>