Testing the System without a Camera
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I. To test the BitFlow hardware, driver, and software without a camera:

   #. Load the BitFlow device driver as above
   #. Change directory to the distribution directory
   #. Set an environment variable:
    
        .. code-block:: console

             $ export BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS=`pwd`

   #. Make sure that the synthetic camera file is set in the appropriate cfg file in the "$BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS/config" directory.
   #. Change directory to "**[32b or 64b]/bin**"
   #. Run:
        
        .. code-block:: console

             $ "CIsimple -x {N}"

        where "{N}" is the /dev/videoN associated with a BitFlow device

        The first 16 pixels of each line of each frame of synthetic data
        will display until newline is entered.

II. To save images for viewing:

   #. Load the BitFlow device driver as above
   #. Change directory to the distribution directory
   #. Set an environment variable:
    
        .. code-block:: console

             $ export BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS=`pwd`

   #. Change directory to "**[32b or 64b]/bin**"
   #. Run:
        
        .. code-block:: console

             $  CIsimpleFile -x {N} -m {M}
             
        where,
       
        - "{N}" is the /dev/videoN associated with a BitFlow device
        - "{M}" is the number of images to save (default is 100)

        This will save M date-stamped TIFF files which can be viewed using any standard linux image viewer, e.g., eog

.. note:: The TIFF development libraries must be installed on the PC in order to build the CIsimpleFile tool.