UFOCaptureV2 users manual

2.Setup

2.2 Installation

[Installation]

There is no special installation procedure. Just expand the distributed package ( UFO2xx.zip or UFO2xx.lzh ) by some expanding program, and place UFO2 directory which was expanded to some proper directory such as C:\Program files. There are some cautions.

Windows XP sp2 or later sometimes blocks the expansion of *.exe which was obtained from network. Please confirm expanded UFO2 directory contains UFO2.exe .
- To avoid this blocking, uncheck the block option in the property sheet of the package file before expanding.
UFOCaptureV2 automatically register its component module's location to system registry at the first time of execution.
When you move UFO2 directory to another place from the initial directory, push "re-install ax" button in Operation sheet to register its module's location again.
UFOCaptureV2 save its all settings (including registration information ) to a special file "Settings.ufi" in UFO2 directory at every end of execution. Be aware of that the named settings file that are manually saved also includes registration information.
Version up
- To maintain settings, there are 2 ways.
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- A1.Expand package to a new directory.
- A2.Move all *.ufi from old UFO2 directory to new UFO2 directory.
- A3.Execute new UFOCaptureV2 and push "re-install ax" button.
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- B1.Expand package to a temporal directory.
- B2.Overwrite old UFO2 directory by expanded new UFO2 directory.
- (The package does not include "Settings.ufi" so daily settings will be maintained, but the package includes preset files such as PF720x576N.ufi. Preset files will be overwritten by default ones.)
Uninstall
- UFOCaptureV2 does not change system modules at all. To uninstall UFOCaptureV2 , just delete UFO2 directory.

[Execution and Termination]

Click "UFO2.exe" on Explore to begin execution of the program.
Click right top "X" button to terminate the execution.

[Directory and Files]

UFOCaptureV2 uses 2directory below.

UFO2 directory ( execution directory )
- UFO2 directory contains below.
  - UFO2.exe ..... UFOCaptureV2 execution program.
  - *.ax, *.dll .... dynamic link modules.
  - *.ufi ... setting file
    - Settings.ufi : settings file which contains all settings at every end of execution.
    - N*.ufi ,P*.ufi : settings file which contains preset default settings ( Do not overwrite these files) .
    - *.ufi Original name ufi files can be saved manually.
  - DA-ALL.bmp .... Default detect area mask file for all resolution. ( Do not overwrite this file)
  - *.bmp ... original detect area mask file can be saved manually. Detect area mask file must be equal size of video resolution.
  - Action.bat ... Sample batch command file for detection alarm.
  - Help .. Documents

DB directory (capture results directory)
- DB directory is a directory which will contain capture results. Capture results will grow 1GB to 100GB or more depend on the purpose of detection. Please select volume on fast and large HDD.
- DB directory is assignable at DB sheet.
- There are 2 subdirectory modes.
  - Single directory mode ( "+Y/M/D dir " check box in DB sheet is OFF )
    - All capture results will save to a single directory which is assigned.
    - Simple, but not fit for long term observation.
  - Y/M/D directory mode ( "+Y/M/D dir " check box in DB sheet is ON )
    - Automatically create 3 layer year, month, day directory under the assigned DB directory, and save capture results to the appropriate day directory.
    - When "pm-am/day" is OFF, capture results which is created between 0:00 to 23:59 will be saved to the day's directory.
    - When "pm-am/day" is ON, capture results which is created between 12:00 to 11:59 of next day will be saved to the day's directory.
  - Below is a sample when assigned "G:\" to DB directory and "+Y/M/D" =ON, "pm-am/day "=ON
- Capture results
  - *.avi or *.wmv : movie clip
  - *S.jpg or *S.bmp : snap shot still image
  - *P.jpg or *P.bmp : peak hold still image
  - *M.bmp : Capture condition map image
    - This image contains information below.
      - Gch : long term averaged brightness of each pixel.
      - Bch : area mask and scintillation mask at the time of the capture.
      - Rch : detected hit pixel mark.
    - You can see B and G ch in Replay sheet, when *M.bmp was created.
    - *M.bmp is s required by UFOAnalyzer for post processing of the clip.
  - *.xml : Logging file which contains information of the clip.
  - *T.jpg : Small still image for FTP/Mail transfer.
  - ufo*.*: temporal files which was used in FTP transfer.
  - UFOAnalyzer require all files except *T.jpg,ufo*.* .
  - Clip name format
    - Format: MYYYYMMDD_hhmmss_LXCT.s (ex. M20050418_102617_Tokyo1+S2S.jpg)
      - M : Fixed prefix
      - YYYY : year (2005)
      - MM : month (04) ..01 means jan, 12 means dec.
      - DD : day (18)
      - _ : Fixed separator
      - hh : hour (10)
      - mm : minute (26)
      - ss : second (17)
      - _ : Fixed separator
      - L : LocationID (Tokyo1)
      - X : Trigger type (+)
        
        _ : motion detect trigger
        - : audio trigger
        = : time interval trigger
        + : manual trigger
      - C : CameraID (S2)
      - T : type of still image (S)
      - s : file suffix (jpg)
    - Date and time is the time of the trigger. LT/UT/ lapsed time can be selected.
  - detlog.csv : Detection log file which contains the begin and end time of each operation. This file will be created to Month directory when Logging option is on.

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