Manual Silicon Image s1-2k

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 1 SI-2K Image & Softwa re Install Manual SiliconDVR Version 1.1 December 2008 Part #25436 ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 2 Table of Contents Section Page 1.0 - Introduction 3 1.1 Release Notes for SiliconDVR Ve rsion 1.1 3 2.0 SI-2K Maintenance T ool (SI-2K Recorder Use) 6 2.1 Downl oad and Pre-installati on 6 2.11 Dow nloading 4 2.12 Prepare the US B Drive 5 2.2 Before You B oot 9 2.3 Using the Main tenance Tool 10 2.4 Troublesho ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 3 1.0 Introduction This m anual covers the installatio n and update procedure for the following : • SI-2K Recorders using Maintenance Tool (Section 2) • PC/Laptop Sy stems with Software Installe r (Section 3) The SI-2K Image installation uses a new SI-2K Maintenance Too l to update both S iliconDVR and the f ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 4 1.1 Release Notes for SiliconDVR Ve rsion 1.1 Image Quality - Improved re li abil i ty in bl ack cali brati on - Enhanced devian t pixel detection processes - Increase d total count of Deviant pi xels detected and correcte d - Reduced column FPN i n hi gh-temp - Higher Qual ity Ci neform Encoder Mo des (3.5:1) ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 5 SI-2K & Windows-XP Embedded Support tools - USB thumb -drive SI-2K Image Install er (Maintenan ce Too l) - New XP-e Write Fil ter (FBFW) used to prevent data writi ng to the compact flash card whi ch contains th e OS Image. O nly th e Sil iconDVR d ata folder is accessible for storing .l ooks and preferenc ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 6 2.0 SI-2K M aintenance Tool ( For SI-2K Recorders Only ) The SI-2K contains a compact fl ash memory card that appears as the “C:” drive when the system is operating. The system boots and runs the Sil iconDVR appli cati on from this drive. The SI-2K Maintenance Tool is provided to qui ckly up grade or res t ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 7 2.1 Dow nload and Pre-installati on If you have re ceived the SI-2K Main tenance Tool already inst all ed on a USB drive, you may skip to the section “ 2.2 Before You Boot ” 2.1.1 Downloa ding The SI-2K Maint enance Tool is di stributed i n a sin gle ZIP file th at may be more than 1GB in si ze. Download t ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 8 A warning message will appear as shown in Figu re 2. Ve rify that th e flash dri ve has been correc tly i denti fied, i n thi s example it’s dri ve “F:”, and press ENTE R to make the drive bootable. Figure 2 Use the “Safely Remove Hardware” functi on on the Windows Taskbar to insure that the drive is ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 9 2.2 Before You Boot The Maintena nce Tool is design ed to modify only th e internal fl ash drive, but i t’s alwa ys prudent to make sure that any work you have on the SI -2K has been copied off the system prior to using the tool . You may also choose to remove the hard drive carrier from the SI-2K prior to b ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 10 2.3 Using the Mai ntenance Tool The Maintena nce Tool interface is operated using the mouse on the side of the SI-2K (not via touchscreen). There are two types of flash media used in th e SI-2K, Transcend and X4. Snapshot Images for both media types are provided in the Mai ntenance Tool and th e appropriate i ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 11 Once the restor e operation has completed, whi ch typical l y takes five to ten minutes, you wil l see a message repor tin g OPERATION IS FINISHED . Cli ck the large button at the bottom “ CLICK HERE TO COMPLET E” to begin t he system shutdown and insure that d ata written to th e internal fl ash drive i ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 12 2.4 Troubleshooting 2.4.1 BIO S SETTINGS IF BOO T FA ILS If the SI-2K does not boo t in to the Maint enance tool, the BIOS boot se ttin gs may need to be adjusted. 1. Connect a USB Keyboard and a moni tor to the VGA por t (do not use the SI-2K Electronic Viewfi nder) to the switched off camera. 2. Switch on t ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 13 2.5 Touchscreen Calibration & Drivers The flash drive of the SI-2K i s protected fro m ina dvertent writing by the Fil e Based Write Fil ter (FBWF). Thi s protection keeps the file system from being corrupted during u nexpected shutdowns, such as when the bat tery runs down. In order to make changes to th ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 14 3.0 Sil iconDVR Installer ( For PC/Laptop Only ) The instal la tion i nstructi ons for install i ng Si li conDVR are spli t int o two sets: One fo r Intel Pro1000 NIC-based systems, and a sec ond set for other generic NIC’s sys tems not compatib le with t he Pleora High Performance Driver for I n tel Pro100 ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 15 3.2 Instal ling SiliconDVR for Pro1 000 NIC’s: 1. Certify that the Pro1000 NIC being u sed for SiliconDVR h as the Intel Pro1000 NIC driver software install ed and the NIC can operate as a “normal” NIC, c apabl e of rec eivi ng normal TCP/IP network traffic such as email, in ternet, file-shari ng, etc. ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 16 5. After Sili conDVR i s instal l ed, the CineForm in stall er will lau nch. Cli ck though t he “next” button and then when you arrive at the i nstall screen, pres s the “Install” bu tton. 6. After the CineForm Install er completes, the Pleora iPort Vision Su ite wi ll being instal l ation. Cli ck the ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 17 8. Once the iPort Visi on Suit e has completed in stall ing, th e Pleora eBUS driver Suite wi ll lau nch. Cli ck though the “Next” button unti l the dri ver is completed insta ll ing . 9. After the eBUS driver has completed instal l ation, the i nstal ler wil l go back to the Si li conDVR instal l er spla ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 18 12. Install ing Drivers: After re booting the computer, go into Program Fil esPleora Technologies IncEthernet BusBinari es and lau nch the EbDriverTool.exe. 13. Once insid e the EbDriverTool, you should see the active NIC on the computer availabl e for instal l ing the eBUS drivers on for use with Sil ic ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 19 16. After the driver instal ls, cl ose the configuration wi ndow. 17. The NIC in the main EbDriverTool window shoul d now read “High Performance Driver” in the driver field. 18. Quit th e EbDriverTool appli cation an d then reboot the computer 19. After reboot, launch Sil i conDVR. ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 20 3.3 Instal ling SiliconDVR for Ge neric NIC’s: As a pre-installation procedure to optimize the generic NIC and set IP Addresses f or use with SiliconDVR, follow these procedures: 1. Go into the Network Connections dial og box by right- cli cking on Network Neighb orhood and going to “properties”. 2. Rig ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 21 6. Press “O kay” to close the TCP/IP proper ties win dow. 7. Next Press “Okay” to close the “Local Area Connection Properties” window. This wi ll reset the NIC and the IP address of the NIC. 8. Righ t cli ck-again to re-open the “Local Area Connection” by selecting th e “Properties” settin ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 22 12. If your NI C provides these properties, se lect the “Transmit Bu ffers” prope rty and set the number of buffers to 512. 13. Press “Okay” to exit the driver configu ration di alog box and th en “Okay” again to exit the “Local Area Connection” properties dia log box. 14. Open the Sil iconDVR ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 23 15. When you reach the “Select Components” screen, make sure that all three selections for CineForm, Pleora eBUS and Pl eora iPort are checke d. 16. Cli ck the “Next” button and proceed with th e instal lati on of Sil iconDV R. ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 24 17. After Sil iconDVR i s insta ll ed, the CineForm in stall er will la unch. Cli ck though the “next” button and then when you arrive at the i nstall screen, pres s the “Install” bu tton. 18. After the CineForm Install er completes, the Pleora iPort Vision Su ite wi ll bein g instal l ation. Cli ck t ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 25 19. Under the “Setup Type” wind ow select the “Complete” choice for install ati on. 20. Once the iPort Visi on Sui te has completed in stall ing , the Pleora eBUS driver Suite wi ll launch . Cli ck though the “Next” button unti l the dri ver is completed insta ll ing . ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 26 21. After the eBUS driver has completed inst all ati on, the instal ler wil l g o back to the Sili conDVR instal l er splash-screen. 22. Once the Sil iconDVR i nstal ler has completed, you wil l be prompted to reboot the co mputer. 23. Restart the computer. ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 27 24. After rebooting the computer, go into Program Fil esPleora Technologi es IncEthernet BusBin aries and l aunch th e EbDriverTool.exe. 25. Once insid e the EbDriverTool, you should see the active NIC on the computer availabl e for instal l ing the eBUS drivers on for use with Sil iconDVR. It should be ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 28 27. Inside the configu ration wi ndow, choose the “ eBU S Universal Driver ” choice. 28. After the driver instal ls, cl ose the configuration wi ndow. 29. The NIC in the main EbDriverTool window shoul d now read “eBUS Universal Dri ver” in the driver field. 30. Quit th e EbDriverTool appli cation an d ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 29 3.4 Uninstal ling Previous Versions of Si liconDVR Prior to unin stall in g Sil iconDV R, check the subdirectories for any user information such as .Look libraries that may be stored there and move them to a safe location. To uninstall Sil iconDVR 1.x: 1. Go into Program Fil esPleora Technologi es IncBinar ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 30 3. In the NIC co nfigu ration wi ndow select “Manufacturer’s NIC Driver”. 4. Press “Finish”. The “Driver” field for either the Pro1000 or the generic NIC (depending on what your machin e was runnin g) shoul d now read “NIC Driver” with a descrip tion of the manufacturer of the NIC in the “ ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 31 6. Next go into the “Add/Remove Programs” control panel i n Wind ows XP or the “Pro grams and Features” control panel i n Win dows Vista. Select the eBUS Driver Sui te and then press the “Unin stall ” or “Remove” button. 7. After completely removing the eBUS Dri vers Suite, next select the Gig ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 32 10. After uninst all in g Sil iconDV R, go back into the “Add/Remove Programs” or “Pro grams and Features” control panel and uni nstall “Cin eForm RAW Codecs”. 11. If it stil l exi sts after the uni nstall of Sil iconDV R, go into Program Fi lesSi li con ImagingS il icon DVR folder. Check what ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 33 4.0 Troubleshooting FA Q Why does the right-button mouse -click not stop recording the first time I pr ess it when I sta rted a recording with the external trigger? Startin g a recording with the external trig ger button requires two presses of the right-m ouse button i f the right m ouse button is confi gure ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 34 My “Slave” computer system whe n running a 3D stereo appli cation is ra ndomly dropping frames . What is goin g on? Faul ty sync-signa l cabl es can cause the “slave” SI-2K MINI head to appear to drop frames . These are actually “mi ssed” frames because they did not receive a frame-trigger event f ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 35 I’m waking up my Windows Vista laptop, but when I launch Sil iconDVR, I only g et a “error connecting to camer a” message. Wha t actions do I take to fix this? In Windows Vist a, connecting to a camera on a lapt op that is woken up from a “sleep” state wil l cause a connection error in Sil iconDVR . ...

  • Silicon Image s1-2k - page 36

    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 36 6.0 Sil iconDVR End User License A greement ("EULA ") Thank y ou for becom ing a custom er of Silicon Imaging! W e’re enthused that y ou have chosen to use our Software Products (“Software”) for your Camera Interfac e. Protection of our intelle ctual property including al l licensed intell ect ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 37 Silicon Imaging does not provi de any , and expressly disclaims all, warranty or representation for these video sam ple files. 9. LIMITED W ARRA NTY. If the Software is delivered o n phy sical or optical media, Silicon Imaging warrants the media on which the Softw are is furnished to be free of def ects in m ...

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    © 2008 Sil icon Imagin g, Inc P age 38 result of any term ination of this Agreement. Sections 2 through 9 and S ection 11 shall surviv e term ination of this Agreement. 11. MISCELLANE OUS. This Agreem ent represents the com plete agreement concerning this license between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and representations between t ...

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