XCAP SOFTWARE

PIXCI® IMAGING POWER
Designed to augment the features of PIXCI® frame grabbers, XCAP puts image processing power at fingertip control. Under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, or 11 or under Linux, with a few clicks of the mouse, easy-to-use menus and dialogs allow simple or complex imaging tasks to be effortlessly completed.

IMAGING SOLUTIONS
XCAP is engineered to provide solutions across diverse imaging technologies. Quality control, medical imaging, microscopy, machine vision, research & development, and varied applications requiring motion capture, image enhancement, calibrated measurement, particle analysis, multi-camera imaging, or image archival, are all easily accomplished.

Together, a PIXCI® frame grabber and XCAP seamlessly integrate most popular video cameras with a broad array of features: individual, sequence, or triggered capture and display; video enhancement and pseudo-color; examination of image details; an extensive library of image processing functions; graphical annotation; image export, import, and printing; and programmable video resolution. ¹

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
XCAP combines an easy-to-use Java-based graphical user interface with highly efficient “C” and assembler image processing routines. Multi-threading allows virtually unlimited views, graphs, and analyses of one or multiple images.

Simultaneous presentation and manipulation of multiple images, whether from PIXCI® frame buffers, TWAIN devices, or from disk, of varying resolutions and pixel formats, are all built-in features of XCAP.

XCAP includes a scripting language, user-defined tool bars, and non-procedural “spread sheet” programming for automating image analysis and inspection tasks. Other applications, in virtually any programming language, can remotely control XCAP through scripts.

ENGINEERED FLEXIBILITY
XCAP is a scientific and engineering package providing hundreds of qualitative and quantitative imaging operations. Engineered with a unique flexible architecture, XCAP empowers researchers and developers to meet today’s requirements, as well as the evolving demands of future applications.

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The XCAP-Lite version provides access to PIXCI® frame grabber(s) and can also load, view, and save images and image sequences to/from files, but only while the PIXCI® frame grabber(s) are present and open for use. XCAP-Lite also exports customized video formats and camera serial commands to assist programming PIXCI® frame grabbers via the XCLIB “C” library. For imaging boards capturing directly into host computer memory, XCAP-Lite is limited to 256 MBytes of frame buffer memory (but allows one full resolution image buffer w/out size restriction); no limitation on frame buffer memory when used with the PIXCI® CL3SD or PIXCI® SI2.
XCAP-Lite is provided with each PIXCI® frame grabber.

The XCAP-Ltd version provides access to PIXCI® frame grabber(s) and includes all features of the -Lite version, adding graphics, load/save images and image sequences in additional formats, and more image viewer and convenience features. XCAP-Ltd can load, view, and save single images and image sequences even when the PIXCI® frame grabber(s) are not present. XCAP-Ltd supports full access to as much as 4 GBytes of frame buffer memory under 32 bit systems, and is limited to 8 GByte of frame buffer memory under 64 bit systems. ²

The XCAP-Std version provides access to PIXCI® frame grabber(s) and includes all features of the -Ltd version, also enabling use of all image processing, measurement, graphics, load/save, image viewer, and analysis features. XCAP-Std can load, view, analyze, and save pre-existing images and image sequences even when the PIXCI® frame grabber(s) are not present. XCAP-Std supports full access to as much as 4 GBytes of frame buffer memory under 32 bit systems, and to as much as 16 EByte of frame buffer memory under 64 bit systems. ²

The XCAP-Viewer version allows loading and viewing single images and image sequences from files, such as those saved by XCAP-Lite, XCAP-Ltd, or XCAP-Std. XCAP-Viewer also allows browsing the hundreds of processing, measurement, analysis, load/save, and graphics features that can be applied to images and allows browsing XCAP’s integrated camera controls.

MULTIPLE FORMAT VIDEO CAPTURE
Capture from any video source supported by a PIXCI® imaging board: area scan, line scan, high resolution, high frame rate cameras; with digital or analog output; in monochrome or color; with 8, 10, 12, or more bits per monochrome pixel or color pixel component value.

Control the capture window, undersampling, and reconfigurable frame buffers. Capture from multiple cameras with multiple imaging boards.

Provides video rate image sequence capture, triggered event acquisition, continuous (circular) sequence acquisition until terminated by trigger event, video recording to memory, video recording to disk, live recursive or FIFO averaging, and live merge of RGB filtered monochrome images into color.

INTEGRATED CAMERA CONTROLS
Built-in, camera-specific, on-screen graphical controls for selected cameras that are configured via RS-232, I ²C, or Camera Link, integrate the camera’s controls within XCAP! No need to also run the camera manufacturer’s software – both PIXCI® frame grabber and camera can be configured together!

For selected cameras configured by physical switch settings, XCAP provides an on-screen virtual camera and switches – setting the on-screen switches to match the physical switches easily configures the PIXCI® frame grabber to match the camera!

For cameras controlled by hardwired signals via the PIXCI® frame grabber, XCAP provides a convenient graphical user interface.

GENERIC CAMERA LINK CONFIGURATION
Use any Camera Link camera, combined with a Camera Link style PIXCI® frame grabber ⁵ , even when XCAP doesn’t provide camera specific controls. An easy to use graphical interface configures XCAP and PIXCI® frame grabber for the camera’s resolution, bit depth, color space, etc. Use the camera manufacturer’s software for control of the camera
via serial commands, or directly enter serial commands into XCAP’s ‘terminal’ dialog.

IMAGING DEVICES:
Supports any PIXCI® A, A110, A310, D, D24, D32, D2X, D3X, D3XE, CL1, CL2, CL3SD, E1, E1DB, E4, E4DB, E4G2-2F, E4G2-4B, E4G2-F2B, E4TX2-2F, E4TX2-4B, E4TX2-F2B, E8, E8CAM, E8DB, e104x4-2f, e104x4-4b, e104x4-f2b, EB1, EB1G2, EB1mini, miniH2B, miniH2F, miniH2x4F, mf2280, EB1-PoCL, EB1G2-PoCL, EC1, ECB1, ECB1-34, ECB2, EL1, EL1DB, ELS2, SI, SI1, SI2, SI4, SV2, SV3, SV4, SV5, SV7, or SV8 series frame grabber. ⁶

Up to eight (under 32 bit O.S.) or sixteen (under 64 bit O.S.) identical PIXCI® series frame grabbers can be operated simultaneously. ⁷ XCAP-Std version also allows operating up to four non-identical PIXCI® frame grabbers.

Supports up to eight (under 32 bit O.S.) or sixteen (under 64 bit O.S.) SILICON VIDEO® 10C6, 10M6, 10C-CL, 10M-CL, 20C-CL, 20M-CL, 1281M, 1281C, 1310, 1310C, 15C5, 1514CL, 1820CL, 1C45, 1M45, 2112, 2112C, 2KS-C, 2KS-M, 5C10, 5M10, 642M, 642C, 643M, 643C, 9C10, 9M001, 9M001C, 9T001C, HAS21, WGA-C, or WGA-M cameras.

Provides configuration of SILICON VIDEO® 10C-CL, 10M-CL, 20C-CL, 20M-CL, 1514CL, and 1820CL cameras used with foreign frame grabbers.

The XCAP-Std version allows capturing from TWAIN compatible devices (Windows only). The XCAP-Ltd and -Std versions also provide image load, save, process, analysis, and graphics features without a PIXCI® frame grabber present.

OPERATING SYSTEM:

• For Windows 95, 98, ME, NT (V4.0), 2000, as a 32 bit, multi-threaded, application.
• For Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10 32/64-Bit as a 32 bit, multi-threaded, application.
• For Windows 11 64-Bit as a 32 bit, multi-threaded, application.
• For Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11 64-Bit as a 64 bit, multi-threaded, application.
• For Linux (kernel V2.6, V3.x, V4.x, or V5.x) on Intel i386.
• For Linux (kernel V2.6, V3.x, V4.x, or V5.x) on Intel x86-64.
• For Linux (kernel V3.x, V4.x, or V5.x) on nVidia TX1/TX2 ARM/Cortex-A57.
• For Linux (kernel V4.x or V5.x) on nVidia Xavier ARM/Cortex-A57.
• For Linux (kernel V4.x or V5.x) on nVidia Nano ARM/Cortex-A57.
• For Linux (kernel V4.x or V5.x) on nVidia Xavier NX ARM/Cortex-A57.
• For Linux (kernel V3.x, V4.x, or V5.x) on nVidia TK1 ARM/Cortex-A15.
• For Linux (kernel V4.x) on Boundary Devices NITROGEN6 ARM/imx6.

SOFTWARE INCLUDES:
Browsable reference manual. The XCAP Feature Chart provides a comparison of the different XCAP versions.

REQUIREMENTS:
Processor & Memory – Intel i386, Intel x86-64, ARM Cortex-A57, ARM Cortex-A15. 32 to 64 MBytes of memory exclusive of user-requested in-memory image buffers, operating system, and other software. XCAP-Ltd and -Std only supported on Intel i386 and x86-64 platforms.

Graphics Display – Windows: Minimum: Windows compatible S/VGA w. 16 bits per pixel. Suggested: PCI Express or AGP S/VGA w. 24 or 32 bits per pixel.

Linux: Graphics display system (S/VGA) supporting TrueColor or DirectColor mode.

Video display rate depends upon video format, S/VGA card, S/VGA mode, and motherboard speed and bandwidth. ⁸

Mouse – A Windows or Linux compatible mouse is required.

Printer – Image and graphics printing on any Windows or Linux compatible printer. Special support for high-quality printing on Hewlett-Packard PCL4 and PCL5 compatible printers, IBM 4019 Laser-Printer, CalComp PlotMaster, and Alden 9315 printers.

Disk Space – Approximately 160 megabytes, exclusive of stored images and reports.

Other – The XCAP-Ltd and -Std versions use a USB ⁹ authorization key, or a key on the parallel port which may be shared with a printer.