3. Engineering Settings
When using OmniTek XR, perhaps the most important controls are the Engineering settings. These determine the entire configuration of the system in terms of what video format to use, the video lock reference, etc.
The Engineering settings are accessed either by clicking on the Engineering Settings icon in the main (Windows) toolbar or by taking the Engineering… option from the Configuration menu or by pressing Shift E. Any of these actions displays an ‘Engineering Settings’ control window, the pages of which allow the different aspects of OmniTek XR to be set.
Each section of the Engineering Settings control window will now be described in detail.
Note: The precise range of options offered depends on which additional packages are included in the OmniTek XR system that is being used. You should also note that settings made within the Engineering Settings control window take effect immediately and that there is no ‘undo’/‘cancel’ option associated with these changes.
Video: General Settings
Reprogram Flash
The main video processing on OmniTek products is carried out using a large FPGA. Where necessary, the firmware for this FPGA may be updated remotely by the user, by downloading a new version to the onboard Flash memory.
When a new software update is installed, the software should automatically detect the presence of new firmware, and reprogram the flash. The Reprogram flash button lets you carry out this process manually.
Note that it is necessary to close all OmniTek applications before reprogramming the flash, so any grabbed images and sequences should be saved first.
Once you have pressed this button, you are prompted for the location of the binary file that is to be used to program the flash. Each software release includes several different binary files, which are always stored in c:\program files\omnitek\omnitek xr. The correct file to use is firmware_cypress_xxx.bin where xxx reflects the version of the OmniTek XR application that you are using. Once the file is loaded, the flash will be reprogrammed. This operation takes a little over thirty seconds to complete.
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