Usage Guide

Introduction

Using VizionViewer™, you can perform the following:

• Enumerate and list all video devices connected.
• Change color space / compression, resolution and framerate for video stream.
• Display the current frame rate per second.
• Configure Extension Settings control, if supported by device.
• Update Technexion cameras firmware.
• Set up profiles to save preferred video stream settings and extension settings.
• Record videos and take photos.
• Picture-in-Picture(PiP) mode for streaming preview.

Enumerate and list all video devices

The device list updates every 250ms, and you can select a camera from the dropdown menu.

Change streaming format

Change color space / compression

After selecting a camera, the dropdown menu for color space / compression displays supported formats for the camera.
VizionViewer™ supports UYVY, YUY2, NV12, and MJPG color space / compression.

Change resolution

After selecting color space / compression setting, the dropdown menu for resolution will list the resolutions supported by the camera.

Change framerate

After selecting resolution, the dropdown menu for framerate displays supported framerates for the camera.

Display the current frame rate per second

Extension Settings control

Configure Extension Settings control in UVC Mode

VizionViewer™ supports the following extensions in UVC Mode:

• White Balance
• Exposure / Gain
• Contrast
• Saturation
• Sharpness
• Gamma
• Brightness
• Hue
• Backlight
• Focus
• Iris
• Zoom
• Pan
• Tilt
• Roll

Configure Extension Settings control in ISP Mode

VizionViewer™ supports the following extensions in ISP Mode:

• White Balance
• Exposure / Gain
• Contrast
• Saturation
• Sharpness
• Gamma
• Noise
• Brightness
• Mjpg Quality
• Filter
• Zoom
• Pan
• Tilt
• Flip

Update Technexion cameras firmware

When a selected camera has new firmware available on the technexion server, the "Update" button will become enabled, allowing you to perform the firmware update.

Set up profiles

The profile feature allows you to save video stream settings and extension settings for your camera.

You can create multiple profiles and give them names, making it easy to apply predefined configurations in different scenarios.

Record videos and take photos

Record videos

• Video recordings are saved in H.264 encoding, Hardware configurations may affect video framerate.
• Videos are saved with filenames in the format: {yyyyMMdd_hh_mm_ss_zzz}.avi
• The video storage location is the system default path (Tools -> File -> Open Video Folder).
• You can change the video storage location by going to Tools -> File -> Options.

Take photos

• Photos are saved with filenames in the format: {yyyyMMdd hh_mm_ss_zzz}.png
• The image storage location is the system default path (Tools -> File -> Open Image Folder)
• You can change the image storage location by going to Tools -> File -> Options.

Picture-in-Picture mode

PiP mode allows you to focus more on image composition

• Double-click on the screen or press F11 in PiP mode to enlarge the screen to full-screen mode
• Double-click on the PiP window title bar to windowed full-screen mode.
  

Support

If you encounter any difficulties using VizionViewer™, please navigate to Tools -> Help -> Report Issue.

1. Export the VizionViewer™ report.
2. Add the VizionViewer™ report to the attached file.
3. Describe what issue have you encountered.
4. Sent to support.vision@technexion.com.