Testing the System without a Camera¶
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:
$ 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:
$ "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.
To save images for viewing:
Load the BitFlow device driver as above
Change directory to the distribution directory
Set an environment variable:
$ export BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS=`pwd`Change directory to “[32b or 64b]/bin”
Run:
$ 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.