LumaSense Technologies Pearl OEM Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 3)

Configuring Video Settings
The following settings and screenshot (top right) displays
some general settings for the video that should display a
high quality image.
Display Adjustment Mode: All Automatic
The Display Adjustment Mode allows you to configure
Brightness and Contrast automatically or manually.
Automatic Mode Settings: Minimum Bias
Note: Automation Mode Settings are only applicable
when the camera controls brightness and/or contrast.
Color Map: Grayscale
The Pearl Control Software
includes four preset color maps
to choose from: grayscale,
saturn, hot iron, and gray lava.
Polarity: White Hot
The video polarity determines which values are used for
high and low temperatures. The Pearl Control Software
offers two options: white hot and black hot.
Frame Average: None
Frame averaging can help smooth out or remove motion
in the image. The values determine how many frames are
averaged together before displaying an image. Selecting
None turns off frame averaging.
Flipping: Both Unchecked
Flipping will flip the image along both the X and the Y
axis. This is useful if a lens has flipped the image or the
camera is mounted upside-down.
Regional AGC: Unselected
When the Regional AGC box is unchecked, the Automatic
Gain Control (AGC) uses the whole image to automati-
cally change the brightness and the contrast. When the
Regional AGC box is checked, the AGC uses only the areas
in the image that are black. The white areas are ignored.
Auto-Cal: Enabled, with a suggested time of
300 seconds (5 minutes)
Automatic calibration (Auto-Cal) is used to keep the
camera image quality looking good.
Note: This function is set to the suggested time. It can
only be changed when Advanced is selected and the
password is entered. See section on “Access to Calibra-
tion Tab.”
Capture Image
Single frames can be captured from the camera and
downloaded to the Pearl Control Software. In addition
to the live image, other types of images can be down-
loaded for diagnostic checks.
Note: The Capture tab is not available on all versions of
the Pearl Camera. Only versions 5.0.8 and newer support
this feature. This tab is disabled for older versions.
To capture an image:
1. Mark the desired Data Selection
2. Click Take Snapshot. The camera will take a snapshot
of the live image.
3. Click Download Data to retrieve the image from the
camera. This takes roughly 15 seconds to complete.
Note: You can change the Color Map for the image by
using the drop down menu.
Pearl Control Software - recommended settings