Page 4 - CHAPTER 1 PRECAUTIONS:; easily damaged by to much light; . It has to be operated in; must; be added to the backside of the camera, when the
4 CHAPTER 1 PRECAUTIONS: • The camera contains a light sensitive image intensifier and is easily damaged by to much light . It has to be operated in darkness. • When mounting / removing the camera the shorting plug must immediately be added to the backside of the camera, when the thick cable to the ...
Page 5 - CHAPTER 2 STARTING THE CAMERA:; exactly; OpenCom; button in the ACC2 window.
5 CHAPTER 2 STARTING THE CAMERA: Turn on the PC. (If the Garmin GPS 12 XL Receiver is used: Turn the receiver on, (the small red button with a drawing of a light bulb).) The Network Time Server is the preferred time source. Shut down all light in the camera hut. Remove the lens cover at the camera u...
Page 6 - Fixed
6 are correct, the camera should operate. If the current time is within a start and stop time in the sequence file, the sequence is executed. The default is to use dynamic scaling of the data. The operator can set the scaling to «fixed». In the Image_1 window: Display -> Scaling ¤ Fixed Min/Max 0...
Page 7 - CHAPTER 3 STOPPING THE CAMERA:
7 CHAPTER 3 STOPPING THE CAMERA: In the ACC window. Press the Stop button and the Exit button. Press the upper right cross to terminate the PMIS program. Answer No to save the image and No to save the Program state . Turn off the power at the backside of the camera unit and the camera control unit. ...
Page 8 - CHAPTER 4 OVERVIEW OF THE ACC PROGRAM:
8 CHAPTER 4 OVERVIEW OF THE ACC PROGRAM: Figure 1: Overview of the camera computer system. The Garmin GPS receiver is optional. By the time, a Network Time Server is used instead of the GPS. The Time Server communicates via the LAN. ACC 2 Visual Basic 5 PMIS ver.. 3.5 SMARTMR DDE Dynamic Data Exchan...
Page 9 - The CCD camera is
9 The filter wheel, the intensifier and the shutter is controlled by the SMARTMTR program. The SMARTMTR program in use is called Norway.prg. The CCD camera is controlled by the PMIS program. The PMIS program also cover the RS-232 communication (thin cable) to the SMARTMTR program. This is done via t...
Page 10 - CHAPTER 5 THE ACC2 CONTROL FILES:
10 CHAPTER 5 THE ACC2 CONTROL FILES: The control files for the ACC2 program is located at the C:\acc\seq directory. The ACC2 program uses 3 control files: The run file , the timer file and the sequence file . The operator should write these three files. The recommended editor is the Windows 95 notep...
Page 11 - . The format of the sequence file name can be different,
11 The line executed in the timer file is the line where the current time is within the listed interval. The operator writing a new timer file must follow this format exactly . The format of the sequence file name can be different, i.e. it can be at another hard-disk and in another directory. The cu...
Page 14 - CHAPTER 6 IMAGE FILE NAMES:; for each day. The format of this directory name
14 CHAPTER 6 IMAGE FILE NAMES: The image ACC2 program stores images at directory: x:\data\images (Note: x: is d: for the Unis/UiO camera no 1.) Then after a backup the operator can remove all subdirectories at x:\data\images . (Or he can remove the images directory. Afterwards he the has to create t...
Page 16 - CHAPTER 7 THE IMAGE FORMAT:
16 CHAPTER 7 THE IMAGE FORMAT: The image format is the PMIS version 3.5 image format. It is described in the PMIS User's manual, Version 3.5 at page 243. It contains an header and then a 513x512x16 bits image. The ACC2 program uses the 100 character image header comment part for storing information ...
Page 17 - CHAPTER 8 COPYING IMAGES TO A NETWORK DISK:; another program»
17 CHAPTER 8 COPYING IMAGES TO A NETWORK DISK: The ACC2 program can save the image on a network disk. Here it can be read by « another program» which can process and display the on-line image data at e.g. the World Wide Web. The «another program» is not a part of the ACC2 program and can not be run ...
Page 18 - line in the sequence file
18 The ACC2 program copies the image from the harddisk to the network disk. In this case the s0 u1 line in the sequence file will not work.
Page 19 - CHAPTER 9 CONFIGURATION FILE:
19 CHAPTER 9 CONFIGURATION FILE: The configuration file is named c:\acc\config\config.acc . This file must exist. The file contains comments which explains the file. When the user knows the setup of the camera he can fill inn the correct parameters in this file. Because the upper case characters ...
Page 22 - CHAPTER 10 SAVING DATA AT DAT STORAGE MEDIA:; abackup
22 CHAPTER 10 SAVING DATA AT DAT STORAGE MEDIA: This is for the Unis/UiO camera no 1 (Longyearbyen). When saving data at the DAT tape the Adaptec Backup, abackup , program is used. Using the abackup program: 1. Backup , Data_disk_d (D:) 2. mark D: data, a 'v' tag appears, (Use «right mouse button» a...
Page 23 - afdisk
23 CHAPTER 11 SAVING DATA AT PINNACLE APEX 2 X 2GB OPTICAL DISK: This is for the Unis/UiO camera no 1 (Longyearbyen). The Pinnacle Apex drive capacity is 2 GB on side A and 2 GB on side B of the optical diskette. At the Micron computer the logical drive is F: (Removable disk (F:)). The files on this...
Page 24 - CHAPTER 12 USING THE HP SURE STORE T4i STREAMER:; selected directories will then be marked with the
24 CHAPTER 12 USING THE HP SURE STORE T4i STREAMER: This is for the Unis/UiO camera no 2 (Ny Ålesund). The user should read Chapter 4 in the documentation for the streamer (Hewlett Packard, HP SureStore T4, T4i/e , User’s Guide, Caring for Your Tape Drive). The Colorado Backup program is used for st...
Page 26 - CHAPTER 13 AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF PC CLOCK:; at least
26 CHAPTER 13 AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF PC CLOCK: Note: The use of GPS time is optional. The preferred time source is the Tardis95 program which updates the PC clock via the LAN to a Network Time Server. Network Time Server The Tardis95 program starts automatically when the computer boots. A small blue ic...
Page 28 - CHAPTER 14 CAMERA SETUP:
28 CHAPTER 14 CAMERA SETUP: This chapter gives an overview of the camera setup. Figure 2: This figure is showing the Unis/UiO camera system. The focus settings for the middle and lower lens (19m amd 7m) are for the Unis/UiO camera no 2 during the 97/98 winter season. RS-232 to COM2: Focusing tube 18...
Page 29 - All-Sky Imaging System; The camera
29 Read the first 7 pages in the document All-Sky Imaging System for University of Oslo, KEO Consultants, 12/5/95 . The camera is installed as shown in Figure 2. Three cables are connected from the PC to the camera system. • Optional! One cable from the PC COM2: to the GPS Connector box. • One cable...
Page 30 - CHAPTER 15 FOCUSING:; Front fisheye lens:
30 CHAPTER 15 FOCUSING: One of the drawbacks of a digital camera with no analog output is the difficulty to focus it. The Unis/UiO cameras consist of three adjustable lenses for focusing. 1) Front fisheye lens: This should use the UV filter setting in the lens filter setting. (MARK: This is not the ...
Page 32 - CHAPTER 16 POSSIBLE ERRORS:; Microsoft Visual Basic; Image_1 window must be in
32 CHAPTER 16 POSSIBLE ERRORS: 1) If the ACC2 program do not understand your new timer or sequence file the reason can be that it is not a real ASCII file. Rewrite the sequence file with EDIT in DOS. Then try once more. 2) If the image processing capabilities of the PMIS program is used when the ACC...
