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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing your Photron FASTCAM series high-speed camera system.
This manual contains the operating instructions and warnings necessary for using the Photron FASTCAM
Viewer (referred to as PFV).
Please read the entire manual before using the software.
If any part of this manual is unclear, contact Photron using the contact information printed at the back of thismanual.

Manual Notation
The following icons and symbols are used in the explanations in this manual.
Icon/Symbol

Description
This symbol indicates content that should always be read.
This symbol indicates instructions that should always befollowed when using the software, or things to be careful ofwhen using the software.
This symbol indicates supplementary items to be aware ofwhen using the software.
This symbol indicates the location of a reference.
This symbol indicates a space for you to use for making
notes.

“

”

[

]

<

This symbol is used to indicate the names of items on ascreen, references, dialog names, and keyboard keys.
This symbol is used to indicate screen names, button
names, and menu names.

>

This symbol is used to explain operating procedures indiagrams and supplementary items.

Table of Contents
User’s Manual (Configuration section)
Chapter. 1
1.1.

PFV Configuration

1

Settings Related To the Camera .............................................................................. 2
1.1.1.
Connection Method Setting......................................................................... 2
1.1.2.
Recognized Camera Model Setting ............................................................ 3
1.1.3.
Set/Verify the Camera’s IP address ............................................................ 3
1.1.4.
Set the Display Mode When PFV Starts To Live Mode ............................... 8
1.1.5.
Shutter Speed Notation Setting................................................................... 8
1.1.6.
Auto Cariblation (only mechanical shutter mounted camera) ..................... 9
1.1.7.
Auto save shading data after shading....................................................... 10
1.1.8.
PFV Exit Setting ........................................................................................ 10
1.1.9.
Parallel Save Setting ................................................................................. 11
1.2. Settings Related To Saving Data ........................................................................... 12
1.2.1.
Auto-Split AVI File Setting ......................................................................... 13
1.2.2.
Specify and Save Partitions ...................................................................... 14
1.2.3.
Setting Related to File Names when Saving Data .................................... 14
1.2.4.
Snapshot Setting ....................................................................................... 15
1.2.5.
Load a Bayer Pattern File as Color ........................................................... 16
1.2.6.
Check Files When Loading A CIH File ...................................................... 17
1.2.7.
Comment Setting ...................................................................................... 18
1.2.8.
Filename Setting When Saving Multi Head Camera Data ........................ 19
1.2.9.
Display Depth Setting for the Image Level Display................................... 20
1.2.10. AVI Codec Setting ..................................................................................... 21
1.2.11. Handling Missing Frames (IDP-Express) .................................................. 22
1.2.12. Set Camera Name to ID or IP address ..................................................... 22
1.2.13. Synchronization Method Setting During Synchronized Playback ............. 23
1.2.14. ISO-MME File............................................................................................ 24
1.3. Display Screen Settings ......................................................................................... 25
1.3.1.
Operating Language Setting ..................................................................... 25
1.3.2.
Main Control Button Setting ...................................................................... 26
1.3.3.
Zero Frame Setting ................................................................................... 28
1.3.4.
Center Point When Zooming Setting ........................................................ 29
1.3.5.
Setting Plug-in Bar .................................................................................... 30
1.3.6.
Hotkey Assignment Setting ....................................................................... 31
1.3.7.
Setting Standard Toolbar ........................................................................... 32
1.3.8.
Image Display Screen Background Setting .............................................. 33
1.3.9.
Navigation Mode Display Setting .............................................................. 34
1.3.10. Setting Crosshair Cursor ........................................................................... 35
1.3.11. Resize Interpolation Method Setting ......................................................... 37
1.3.12. Time Code Setting .................................................................................... 37
1.3.13. Show the Status of Each Camera Setting ................................................. 39

1.3.14. File name display method Setting ............................................................. 40
1.3.15. Elapsed Recording Time during Filming Display Setting .......................... 41
1.3.16. Overexposure warning setting .................................................................. 42
1.3.17. Multiple PFV launching permission setting ............................................... 43
1.3.18. Playback control display setting ................................................................ 43
1.3.19. Synchronization Signal Input Status Display Setting ................................ 44
1.4. Settings Warning Message .................................................................................... 46
1.4.1.
Display Warning When Overwriting .......................................................... 46
1.4.2.
Display Notification when Shading Required ............................................ 47
1.4.3.
Display of Shading Correction Warning Message .................................... 47
1.4.4.
Display Warning When Saving Split AVI Files........................................... 48
1.4.5.
Display Warning During Time-lapse Recording ........................................ 49
1.4.6.
Display Warning When Saving Zoomed Images ...................................... 49
1.4.7.
Display Warning When Frame Missing (IDP-Express Only)..................... 50
1.4.8.
Display Warning During Camera Auto Search .......................................... 50
1.4.9.
Display Warning During Record During Save ........................................... 51
1.5. Settings When Recording ...................................................................................... 52
1.5.1.
Direct Record Setting ................................................................................ 53
1.5.2.
Shot Record Settings ................................................................................ 54
1.5.3.
Operation Before Recording ..................................................................... 55
1.5.4.
Display Mode after Recording Setting ...................................................... 56
1.5.5.
Trigger Input to Slave Cameras Setting .................................................... 57
Chapter. 2

Appendix

59

2.1.
2.2.

File Format List ...................................................................................................... 60
CIH File .................................................................................................................. 64
2.2.1.
CIH File Contents ...................................................................................... 64
2.2.2.
PCIH File (Project File) Contents .............................................................. 65
2.3. About The IFD (Image File Directory) Tag ............................................................. 66
2.4. FTIF Video Border Data ......................................................................................... 67
2.5. Video Border Data ................................................................................................. 69
2.6. IRG File Structure .................................................................................................. 71
2.7. MCD File Structure ................................................................................................ 72
2.8. WVD File Structure ................................................................................................ 76
2.9. CSV File Structure ................................................................................................. 78
2.9.1.
TYPE A...................................................................................................... 78
2.9.2.
TYPE B ..................................................................................................... 79
2.9.3.
TYPE S ..................................................................................................... 80
2.10. Settings Saved In the PCS File ............................................................................. 81
2.11. ISO-MME File ........................................................................................................ 83
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89Separate Volume : User’s Manual (Operation section)
Chapter. 1

Before Use

1

1.1.

Photron FASTCAM Viewer Overview ...................................................................... 2
1.1.1.
What Is PFV? .............................................................................................. 2
1.1.2.
System Components ................................................................................... 2
1.1.3.
What PFV Does .......................................................................................... 3
1.1.4.
FASTCAM Series High-Speed Camera Capability Chart 1 ........................ 4
1.1.5.
FASTCAM Series High-Speed Camera Capability Chart 2 ........................ 6
1.1.6.
FASTCAM Series High-Speed Camera Capability Chart 3 ........................ 8
1.2. Setup ........................................................................................................................ 9
1.2.1.
Necessary Items ......................................................................................... 9
1.2.2.
Verify the Operating Environment ............................................................. 10
1.2.3.
Connecting the Camera and PC ............................................................... 11
1.2.4.
Installing PFV ............................................................................................ 12
Chapter. 2
2.1.

Basic Operation

15

Starting and Closing PFV ....................................................................................... 16
2.1.1.
Starting PFV .............................................................................................. 16
2.1.2.
Closing PFV .............................................................................................. 172.2. Screen Description................................................................................................. 18
2.3. Displaying the Live Image ...................................................................................... 20
2.3.1.
When Multiple Cameras Are Connected ................................................... 22
2.3.2.
When Connected To A Multi-Head Camera .............................................. 23
2.3.3.
Zoom Window Display .............................................................................. 24
2.3.4.
View Window Information ......................................................................... 25
2.3.5.
Display Device Information ....................................................................... 28
2.4. Toolbar ................................................................................................................... 30
2.4.1.
Standard Toolbar ....................................................................................... 30
2.4.2.
Plug-in Bar ................................................................................................ 34
2.4.3.
Waveform Input Board Bar ....................................................................... 36
2.4.4.
Time-lapse Bar .......................................................................................... 37
2.4.5.
Image Trigger Bar ..................................................................................... 37
2.5. Navigation Mode .................................................................................................... 38
2.5.1.
Gamma Correction .................................................................................... 39
2.5.2.
Adjust Contrast ......................................................................................... 39
2.5.3.
Adjust Brightness ...................................................................................... 40
2.5.4.
Zoom IN/OUT Display ............................................................................... 40
2.5.5.
Pan/Move .................................................................................................. 41
2.5.6.
Select Trigger Mode (Live Mode, Live Stop Mode) ................................... 41
2.5.7.
Select Frame Rate (Live Mode, Live Stop Mode) ..................................... 42
2.5.8.
Select Shutter Speed (Live Mode, Live Stop Mode) ................................. 42
2.5.9.
Select Resolution (Live Mode, Live Stop Mode) ....................................... 43
2.5.10. Select Playback Speed (Memory Mode Only) .......................................... 43
2.5.11. Set Playback Start Frame (Memory Mode Only) ...................................... 44

2.5.12. Set Current Frame (Memory Mode Only) ................................................. 44
2.5.13. Set Playback End Frame (Memory Mode Only) ....................................... 45
2.6. Crosshair Cursor .................................................................................................... 46
2.7. Drawing Text/Graphics ........................................................................................... 48
2.7.1.
Drawing Toolbar ........................................................................................ 48
2.7.2.
Drawing on a Frame ................................................................................. 49
2.8. Scale Display ......................................................................................................... 54
2.9. Live Image and File Image Overlay Display .......................................................... 57
2.10. Bit-Shift Display...................................................................................................... 59
2.11. Plug-in Bar Operations .......................................................................................... 61
2.11.1. Angle Measurement .................................................................................. 61
2.11.2. Distance Measurement between Two Points ............................................ 63
2.11.3. Histogram Display ..................................................................................... 65
2.11.4. RS-232C Control ....................................................................................... 69
2.11.5. Line Profile Display ................................................................................... 73
2.11.6. Batch Data Converter ............................................................................... 74
2.11.7. Lens Control .............................................................................................. 78
2.11.8. Cycle View ................................................................................................ 79
2.11.9. HDR .......................................................................................................... 81
2.11.10. Extracting moving objects ......................................................................... 83
2.11.11. PIV Focus mode ....................................................................................... 85
2.11.12. Pseudo color display ................................................................................. 87
2.11.13. PFV Mobile................................................................................................ 88
2.12. Printing images ...................................................................................................... 96
Chapter. 3
3.1.
3.2.

Setting Shot Conditions/Shooting

97

Buttons Used To Set Shot Conditions .................................................................... 98
Select the Camera ................................................................................................. 99
3.2.1.
Select With the “Standard Style” ............................................................... 99
3.2.2.
Select With the “Camera Tree” ............................................................... 100
3.2.3.
Changing the Camera Name .................................................................. 103
3.3. Setting and Registering the Frame Rate/Resolution ........................................... 105
3.3.1.
Set from the List ...................................................................................... 105
3.3.2.
Variable Setting ....................................................................................... 106
3.4. Setting the Shutter Speed .................................................................................... 113
3.4.1.
Setting from the List ................................................................................ 113
3.4.2.
Setting Automatic Exposure Control ....................................................... 114
3.5. Setting the Trigger Mode ..................................................................................... 116
3.5.1.
What Is The Trigger Mode? .................................................................... 116
3.5.2.
Trigger Mode Types ................................................................................ 118
3.6. Using Low Light Mode ......................................................................................... 131
3.7. Shading (Black Level) Correction ........................................................................ 133
3.8. Other Settings ...................................................................................................... 135
3.8.1.
Pixel Gain Correction .............................................................................. 148
3.8.2.
Dividing Partition ..................................................................................... 152
3.8.3.
Setting the Recording Memory Size ....................................................... 155

3.8.4.
Pre-LUT Free Edit ................................................................................... 156
3.9. Partition Settings .................................................................................................. 159
3.10. Saving and Using Set Shot Conditions ................................................................ 160
3.10.1. Creating a Settings File ........................................................................... 160
3.10.2. Loading a Settings File ........................................................................... 162
3.10.3. Updating Settings .................................................................................... 164
3.11. Making a Recording ............................................................................................. 165
3.11.1. For Start, Two-Stage, Random, And Random Reset Modes .................. 165
3.11.2. For Center, End, And Manual Modes ...................................................... 167
3.11.3. Time-lapse Recording ............................................................................. 169
3.11.4. Recording by the Image Trigger ............................................................. 176
3.11.5. Hardware image trigger .......................................................................... 184
3.11.6. Record during save ................................................................................. 187
Chapter. 4
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
4.6.
4.7.
4.8.

Image Playback

191

Playing Images Recorded On the Camera .......................................................... 192
Playback at the Selected Speed .......................................................................... 196
Move to Trigger Frame ........................................................................................ 197
Moving To an Optionally Set Trigger Frame ........................................................ 198
Move to an Event Marker ..................................................................................... 200
Specify and Play Only Part of the Sequence ....................................................... 201
Skip Play .............................................................................................................. 202
Stop Playback by Image Trigger .......................................................................... 203

Chapter. 5

Saving Images to the PC

209

5.1.

Saving Images Recorded On the Camera to the PC........................................... 210
5.1.1.
About The Save Location/File Naming Conventions .............................. 210
5.1.2.
Saving Files............................................................................................. 214
5.1.3.
Setting the Save Format ......................................................................... 220
5.1.4.
Setting Playback Rates of AVI/WMV Files .............................................. 224
5.2. Setting Save Options ........................................................................................... 225
5.2.1.
Adding Data to the Image And Saving .................................................... 225
5.2.2.
Save As Bayer Pattern ............................................................................ 239
5.2.3.
Skip Save ................................................................................................ 240
5.2.4.
Resize Image and Save .......................................................................... 241
5.2.5.
Apply Post-LUT to Saved Images ........................................................... 242
5.3. Saving Project Files ............................................................................................. 243
5.4. Layout Save ......................................................................................................... 246
5.5. Group Saving Files for Specified Partitions ......................................................... 251
5.6. Saving a Portion of an Image .............................................................................. 254
5.7. Automatic save Setting ........................................................................................ 258
5.8. Saving a Snapshot Image .................................................................................... 260
5.9. Saving Image to SD card ..................................................................................... 263
Chapter. 6

Display/Playback Saved Data

269

6.1.

Playback Image Data Saved to the PC ............................................................... 270
6.1.1.
Open Saved Data.................................................................................... 270
6.1.2.
Open Multiple Saved Data ...................................................................... 273
6.1.3.
Saved Data Color Temperature Adjustment ........................................... 276
6.1.4.
Sequential Playback of Files Saved Split ................................................ 277
6.2. Resaving a Loaded File ....................................................................................... 278
6.3. Loading from SD card .......................................................................................... 281
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Chapter. 1 PFV Configuration
This is where configuration settings, such as those loaded when PFV starts, the file format to use whensaving files, and the display mode after shooting, can be set.
The settings are made from the [Option] menu, [Configuration].

<Chapter.1 Contents>

PFV Configuration Settings
Settings that can be set in advance and how to set themPC
FASTCAM Series

PFV

High-speed Camera

Shooting

Camera Control

Recording

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1.1.

Settings Related To the Camera

Settings, such as how to connect the cameras and the models to recognize, are made here.
For the settings related to the camera, display the "Configuration” dialog box with the menu bar[Option] – [Configuration]. Then, from the tree on the left side, click the “Camera” option under“Configuration” and the screen on which to make settings will be displayed.

1.1.1.

Connection Method Setting

Check the desired connection method in “Camera Interface List”.

21.1.2.

Recognized Camera Model Setting

Check the desired model in “Device List”.

1.1.3.

Set/Verify the Camera’s IP address How to verify the setting
1. Click the [Setup] button in “Network Configuration”.

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2.

When “Auto detection” is selected, set the upper classes of the IP address and PFV willautomatically search for IP addresses on the network.
When “Select IP-address” is selected, only cameras with a registered IP address arerecognized.

• The default setting for the camera’s IP address is “192.168.0.10”.

4

Selecting the IP address at PFV3 startup
If you configure this setting, you can select the IP address to start with by displaying the IP
address configuration window when PFV3 starts. PFV3 can also start without searching forcameras.
Under "Network Configuration", select the "Show setup window at startup" check box.

• For how to select the IP address, see "■ How to make a new registration" described later.
 How to make a new registration
1. Click the [Setup] button in “Network Configuration”.

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Select the “Select IP-address” option and enter the desired IP address directly in the text box
under the “IP-address list”.

3.

Click the [Add] button and the IP address is added to the “IP-address list”.

• After clicking the desired IP address on the “IP-address list”, clicking the [Set] button will overwrite
the value, clicking the [Delete] button will delete the value.

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4.

Click the IP address on the “IP-address list” to register in “Select IP-address”, then click the[<===] button to register.
Configure "1000Base-T" as necessary and click the [OK] button.

Item
Packet size
Send port
Receive port
Connect Mode(SA-Z,
Mini UX100, SA-X2,
SA-X)

Description
The default setting is auto. To specify a value, select "User determinedsize" and enter a number in the box to the right.
When the connection is unstable, specify "Safety size(722)".
The default setting is 0 for send port and 0 for receiving port. When"0", a free port is automatically used. To specify a value, enter thenumber in the box to the right.
Communications between the PC and the camera may be unstabledepending on the specifications of the PC.
In this situation, select the "Safe Mode (for low spec PC)" check box
and the problem may be resolved.

• To delete an address from “Select IP-address”, click on the address and click the [===>] button.

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1.1.4.

Set the Display Mode When PFV Starts To Live Mode

If a camera is connected when PFV starts, the display mode will automatically be live mode.
If this option is unchecked, the next time PFV starts the display mode will be live stop mode.
Check the “Live Display at Startup” option in “Startup”.
The default setting is “On”.

1.1.5.

Shutter Speed Notation Setting

Set the shutter speed notation to “1/frame sec” or “Seconds”.
Select the desired notational units for “Shutter Speed”.
The default setting is “1/frame sec”.

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1.1.6.

Auto Cariblation (only mechanical shutter mounted camera)

When using the cameras with mechanical shutters, if the frame rate, shutter speed, or resolution ischanged or when variable setting or external synchronization setting is made, shading is
automatically executed.
Check “Auto Calibration (only mechanical shutter mounted camera)” under “Shading Setting”.
The default value is OFF.

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1.1.7.

Auto save shading data after shading

After executing shading, PFV can be set to automatically save shading data to the camera.
Check “Auto save shading data after shading” under “Shading Setting”.
The default value is OFF.

1.1.8.

PFV Exit Setting

When PFV exits, save the current recording conditions (frame rate, resolution, etc.) to the camera.
Check “Store Closing Setting” under “PFV Closing Setting”.
The default value is OFF.

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1.1.9.

Parallel Save Setting

When multiple cameras are connected to a PC, this function saves images from all of those cameras
simultaneously.
When this function is off, each camera saves its image into the PC one after another.
When it is on, all cameras simultaneously save their images into the PC in parallel.
Check the “Parallel Save” checkbox under “Parallel Save Setting”, and enter the number of cameras
to be used in parallel. The default value is OFF.

• When using the parallel save setting, prepare a LAN port for each camera on the control PC.

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1.2.

Settings Related To Saving Data

Settings, such as the file format when saving images to the PC, are made here.
For the settings related to saving data, display the “Configuration” dialog box with the menu bar[Option] – [Configuration]. Then, from the tree on the left side, click the “Data” option under“Configuration” and the screen to change settings will be displayed.

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1.2.1.

Auto-Split AVI File Setting

When saving files in the AVI format, set the AVI version and maximum size. When saving data that islarger than the size set here, the file is automatically split and saved among one or more files.
AVI files auto-split and saved can be continuously played by opening the CIH file simultaneously
saved with the AVI files.
Set with “Auto divide AVI File”.

Item

Description

No limit (AVI 2.0)
(default)

Save as an AVI 2.0 format file. Up to 8,100,000 frames are saved as asingle file. When saving data over 8,100,000 frames, it is automaticallysplit and saved. The recommended file system is NTFS.
When the file system is not NTFS, the save operation stops when thefile reaches 4 GB maximum file limit.
The file may not be readable with software that is not compatible with
DirectShow.

2GByte border (AVI 1.0)

Save as an AVI 1.0 format file. Up to a maximum of 2 GB is saved as
one file. When saving data over 2 GB, the file is automatically split andsaved.

• For how to use sequential playback, refer to "6.1.4. Sequential Playback of Files Saved Split” inOperation section.

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1.2.2.

Specify and Save Partitions

You can group save the data of multiple partitions.
Select “Group” under “Group Save” and after clicking the [OK] button, save the data.
The default setting is individual.

1.2.3.

Setting Related to File Names when Saving Data

If file name is blank when data is saved, the file is automatically saved with the camera name, butwhen set to allow file name to be blank, files can be saved with file name blank.
Check “Allow blank file name” under “Save file name”.
The default value is OFF.

14• For file naming conventions, refer to “5.1.1. About The Save Location/File Naming Conventions” inOperation section.

1.2.4.

Snapshot Setting

Sets the operation when the [Snapshot] button is clicked on the control panel.
Configure from [Edit] under “Snapshot”. The default value is file output.

• For the settings, refer to “5.9. Saving a Snapshot Image” in Operation section.

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1.2.5.

Load a Bayer Pattern File as Color

Files that have been saved in the RAW/RAWW/MRAW/TIFF format can be read as color images.
Check the “Change to color” option in “RAW(W)/MRAW/TIFF bayer files”. After clicking the [OK]button, load the saved data. The default setting is “ON”.
Check this setting first, and then when the saved data is loaded, it is displayed in color.

• This option is valid for files saved with PFV Ver. 2.2 or later.

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1.2.6.

Check Files When Loading A CIH File

When opening a file in the CIH format, each frame of the related image files is checked to ensure
there are no missing numbers in the image files, and only the sequential image files are loaded.
When there are a lot of images, this check will take time.
TEST_C001H001S0001000001
TEST_C001H001S0001000002

Files that exist
TEST_C001H001S0001000004
TEST_C001H001S0001000005

No

With

Check

Check

TEST_C001H001S0001000001

TEST_C001H001S0001000001

TEST_C001H001S0001000002

TEST_C001H001S0001000002

Read Files

Read Files
TEST_C001H001S0001000004
TEST_C001H001S0001000005

Only sequence files from 1 that
All the files are loaded

exist are loaded

Check the “Verify existence of sequential files” option in “File Open Setting”.
The default setting is “Off”.

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1.2.7.

Comment Setting

The previously entered comment can remain in PFV when it's restarted.
Check “Leave the comment when restarted” under “Comment”.
The default setting is checked.

• If the connected camera configuration changes, the comment is reset.

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1.2.8.

Filename Setting When Saving Multi Head Camera Data

You can set the filename when saving the data recorded on a multi head camera. The setting isreflected as the filename (camera name) when “Same as camera name” is checked on the “Save
Options Setting” dialog box.
Set with “File name for multi head”.

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1.2.9.

Display Depth Setting for the Image Level Display

Displays the level when using the cross cursor as the actual data depth.
Set with “Displaying bit depth of image level”.
The default value is “8bit”.

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1.2.10. AVI Codec Setting
When saving files in AVI format, you can specify the type of codec with the “Format” on the “Save
Options Setting” or "Save as" dialog box. Normally, when a codec is set once, that same setting isenabled the next time PFV starts. However, this option can set PFV to specify "uncompressed" eachtime it starts, regardless of the previous setting.
Check "Set the AVI codec to uncompressed when restarted." under "AVI Codec". The default value
is unchecked.

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1.2.11. Handling Missing Frames (IDP-Express)
When a missing frame occurs, a black image is inserted for the missing frame.
Check "Insert black image" under "Handling of Missing Frame (IDP-Express)". The default value isOFF.

1.2.12. Set Camera Name to ID or IP address
The camera name can be set to the ID or IP address.
Check the "Set camera name to ID or IP address" under "Camera name". The default value is OFF.

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1.2.13. Synchronization Method Setting During Synchronized Playback
Set the synchronization method during synchronized playback to synchronize by time or tosynchronize by frame number.
When performing synchronized playback of images with different frame rates, synchronized
playback is possible on the time axis by setting the synchronization method to time. However, whendisplaying frames with times on only one half of the images, the other images do not have timeframes, so the previous frame is displayed.
Time synchronization

Display frame
2000 fps(Priority)
1000 fps

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1.2.14. ISO-MME File
When saving files, this feature saves ISO-MME files together.
Check the checkbox of “Save ISO-MME file” in “ISO-MME Save”. The default value is OFF.

• For details of the ISO-MME file, refer to “2.11. ISO-MME File”, page 83.

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Display Screen Settings

Settings related to the display screen when PFV starts can be set here.
For the settings related to the display screen, display the “Configuration” dialog box with the menu
bar [Option] – [Configuration]. Then, from the tree on the left side, click the “Display” options under“Configuration” and the screen to make settings will be displayed.

1.3.1.

Operating Language Setting

Set the PFV menu display to English, Japanese, French or Chinese.
Set with the “Language” option.
After setting, restart PFV to display in the specified language.

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Main Control Button Setting

The buttons displayed on the “LIVE” tab on the control panel can be customized.

1.

Click the [Edit] button in “Customize Buttons on Main Control Bar”.

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Check the buttons to display.

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Zero Frame Setting

Set to use “0” as the starting frame number.
When this option is used, the trigger frame number is “0”.
When this option is not used, the trigger frame number is “1”.
Set with the “Use Zero Frame” option.

Item

Description

Auto(default)

Automatically set depending on the camera model.
Where there are 2 or more types of camera models, the camera modelwith the lower IP address is given priority.
For the FASTCAM-APX RS, FASTCAM-APX, FASTCAM-Ultima512,
FASTCAM-1024PCI, and FASTCAM-512PCI, the setting is to not use“0”.
For the FASTCAM-APX RS, set to ‘Do not use the zero frame’ setting.
For other models, set to ‘Use zero frame’ setting.

Use zero frame

Use “0” for the frame number.

Do not use zero frame

Do not use “0” for the frame number.

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Center Point When Zooming Setting

Set the point to zoom in on the display from when using the zoom function.
Set with the “Linear Zoom Center Position” option.
The default value is "Mouse Pointer".

Item

Description

ScreenZoom the display with the center of the screen as the center point.

Mouse Pointer(default)

Zoom the display centered on the position the mouse was clicked.

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Setting Plug-in Bar

The plug-in bar buttons displayed when the PFV is started up can be customized.

1.

Click the [Edit] button in “Customize Buttons on Plug-in Bar”.

2.

Check the buttons to display.

• If all check boxed are unchecked, the plug-in bar itself is hidden.

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Hotkey Assignment SettingThis setting assigns playback control functions to the keyboard.
1.

To assign a desired key, click the [Edit] button under “Hotkey assignment”.

2.

The currently assigned keys are displayed.
Double click on the icon to change.

3.

Click the [▼] button and select the desired key from the list.
The specified key is assigned when the [OK] button is clicked.

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Setting Standard Toolbar

The standard toolbar to be displayed when the PFV is started up can be customized.

Toolbar

1.

Click the [Edit] button in “Customize Toolbar Button”.

2.

Check the buttons to display.

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Image Display Screen Background Setting

The background displayed on the image screen when PFV starts can be customized.

Background1.

Click the [Edit] button in “Select Background Image”.

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Click the “Open” button and select the desired image file to use as the background.

• Files that can be used for the background are 8-bit monochrome or 24-bit color BMP files.

1.3.9.

Navigation Mode Display Setting

The navigation mode background (the slider display, etc.) and text color can be customized.

Back

1.

Text

To change the background color, click the [Background] button in “Color of Navigation Mode”.
To change the text color, click the “Text” button.

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Click on the desired color and then click the [OK] button.
The background color or text color is set.

• To set a color other than the “Basic colors”, the color can be set using the [Define Custom Colors]
button.

1.3.10. Setting Crosshair Cursor
The color of the crosshair cursor (cursor1, cursor2) can be customized.
1.

Select the crosshair cursor to change.

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To change the color of the crosshair cursor for its fixed status, click the [Lock] button in “Colorof Cross Cursor”. To change the normal color, click the [Normal] button.

3.

Click the on any color in the color pallet that you wish to assign to the crosshair cursor andclick the [OK] button. The normal or fixed color is set.

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1.3.11. Resize Interpolation Method SettingThis option sets the image display interpolation method when resizing the display with the viewwindow.
Set with “Resize Interpolation”.

1.3.12. Time Code Setting
You can customize the time code's display digits shown in the information display in the view window
during playback.
1.

When changing the display digits, click the [Edit] button under [Customize Current Time].

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2.

Specify the desired way of displaying the time code with “Scope of display” “Decimal Place”
and “Divide into groups of three” and click the [OK] button.

Item
Time code

Description
The default value is “Time”. When time code is set as an optional
item, select “Custom”.

Display UnitEnter the unit of the time code. Select “Custom” for “Time code”
and you can set the unit.

1 frame =Enter a separation of 1-frame length between frames by the unit
for display.
This can be set if “Custom” is selected for “Time code”.

Reset atThis is set when the time code must be reset to 0 from any
current value.
Check the checkbox and enter a value in the box to the right at
which time the time code is reset.
This can be set if “Custom” is selected for “Time code”.

Scope of display

Selects the display format for time.
This can be set if “Time” is selected for “Time code”.

Decimal Place

Specifies the number of digits to be displayed for fractions.
The default value is “Auto-setting”..

Divide into groups of three

Displays fractions divided at every 3 digits with a space. The
default value is OFF.

Using information of CIH filein file view

When CIH file is loaded, the time code information is displayed
as it is set according to the CIH file description.
The default value is ON.

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Display Status

Set this option with "Show the status of Each camera ". The default value is "None".

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1.3.14. File name display method SettingThis option sets the file name display format that is displayed in the view window's title bar when
saved data is opened.

Set this option with "File name display method".

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1.3.15. Elapsed Recording Time during Filming Display SettingThis option displays the elapsed recording time for each camera in the live mode view window. It canbe used with start, center, end, manual, and two-stage triggers.

Shows theelapsed time

<For the start trigger (two-stage trigger is the same)>
Trigger In

RecordRecord Ready

Recording<For the center trigger (end, manual triggers are the same)>
RecordEndless Rec

Trigger In

Recording

Record Ready

Endless Recording
Endless Recording(Immediately after recording starts)*Changes green when the number ofrecording frames before trigger input
and the recording time elapses.

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Check "Show the time recording" under "Time gauge". The default value is OFF.

• The time displayed for the two-stage trigger is calculated based on the frame rate during low speed.
Therefore, the actual time may vary according to the trigger input state.

1.3.16. Overexposure warning setting
Portions within a live image which are totally white (255 for 256 grayscale) are displayed in red color.
Check the “Enable” checkbox under “Display overexposed areas”. The default value is OFF.

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Multiple PFV’s can be launched simultaneously.
When multiple cameras are involved, multiple PFV’s (same number as the cameras) are allowed tostart up.
Check the “Allow launch of multiple PFV” checkbox under PFV Launch. The default value is OFF.

1.3.18. Playback control display setting
When a mouse comes over the displayed image, playback control is displayed.
Check the “Enable” checkbox under “Display Playback Control on Viewer”.
The default value is OFF.

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1.3.19. Synchronization Signal Input Status Display SettingThis option displays the synchronization signal input status of each camera in the live mode viewwindow.

Status Display

The setting is made under “Display the Synchronization Signal Input Status of Each Camera.”
Default setting is “Not Display”.

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Icon

Description
Synchronization signals are being input.
No synchronization signal is being input.
The receiving frequency of input synchronization signals is in excessof the set value.
The camera does not support the synchronization signal input status
display.

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1.4.

Settings Warning Message

The PFV start-up warning message can be changed in the following manner.
For the settings related to the display screen, select the “Configuration” dialog box with the menu bar[Option] – [Configuration]. Then, from the tree on the left side, click the “Alert” options under“Configuration” and the screen to change the settings will be displayed.

1.4.1.

Display Warning When Overwriting

Choose whether to display the overwrite warning message when saving a file with a name that
already exists.
Check the “Confirm Overwrite” option in “File Save Setting”.
The default setting is “On”.

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Display Notification when Shading Required

This option sets the control panel's "Shading" button to be displayed illuminated in red when shading
is required because of a change in frame rate or shutter speed.
Check the "Notifies if re-calibration is necessary" option in "Shading Setting". The default value isunchecked.

1.4.3.

Display of Shading Correction Warning Message

Setting for shading correction warning message can be made in the following manner.
Check the “Confirm Calibration” option in “Shading Setting”.
The default value is checked.

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Display Warning When Saving Split AVI Files

Sets whether or not to have a warning message displayed when saving a split file in the AVI 1.0 or
the Multi-page TIFF format.
Check “Confirm Save AVI1.0/Multi-page TIFF Divide” under “AVI1.0 Divide/Multi-page TIFF”.
The default value is checked.

• The file size is predicted from the size calculated from the image size when uncompressed, sowhen compression is set, the warning may be displayed even when the file is not split.

• For saving compressed AVI format files, refer to “5.1.4. Setting the Save Format” in Operation
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Display Warning During Time-lapse Recording

When performing time-lapse recording, set to display a warning message that recording will stop
prematurely because the repeat count exceeds a single partition's worth of memory.
Check “Confirm one partition memory exceed” under “Time-lapse Setting”.
The default value is ON.

1.4.6.

Display Warning When Saving Zoomed Images

This option sets whether or not to display a warning message when saving a zoomed image.
Check "Confirm save the zoomed image " under "Zoom Save Setting ". The default value ischecked.

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Display Warning When Frame Missing (IDP-Express Only)

With IDP-Express, this setting configures showing the log window that determines whether or not
frames are missing.
Check the "Display missing frame log window" under "Missing Frame (IDP-Express Only)". The
default value is ON.

1.4.8.

Display Warning During Camera Auto SearchThis setting configures whether or not to display a warning message when displaying the IP addressconfiguration screen and automatically searching for cameras (IP addresses) at PFV startup.
Check the "Confirm auto detection when show the IP-address setup window at start up" under "Autodetection (IP address)". The default value is ON.

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Display Warning During Record During Save

This setting configures whether or not to display a warning message when the current partition is
automatically saving its data and recording cannot start when record during save is running.
Check the "Confirm can't record because saving the current partition" under "Record During Save".
The default value is ON.

This setting configures whether or not to display a warning message when the live image becomesmonochrome (Bayer image), even for color cameras, when performing a Bayer save during record
during save.
Check the "Confirm Live image becomes monochrome when bayer save" under "Record During
Save". The default value is ON.

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1.5.

Settings When Recording

Make settings such as how to start a recording and the display mode setting after recording.
For the settings related to recording, display the “Configuration” dialog box with the menu bar[Option] – [Configuration]. Then, from the tree on the left side, click the “General” option under“Record Option” and the screen to make settings will be displayed.

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Direct Record SettingSpecify the method with which to start a recording.
When shooting with center mode, end mode, or manual mode triggers the system enters the record
ready state by clicking the [Record] button, recording begins by clicking the [Trigger In] button, andthe trigger is input by clicking the [Endless Rec] button.
With the direct record option, PFV can be set to start recording by clicking the [Record] button and to
input the trigger by clicking in the [Endless Rec] button. In direct record, the [Trigger In] button is not
used so one less mouse click is required.
<Center Mode Example>
Ready and Start option; For starting from ready state
RecordTrigger In

Endless Rec

Recorded Frames
RecordRecord Ready

Direct Record option; For instant start
RecordEndless Rec

Recorded Frames
RecordSet the “Type of record mode (Center/End/Manual)” option.
The default setting is “Ready and Start”.

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1.5.2.

Shot Record Settings

Settings can be made to determine how the shot (record) data will be recorded to the camera
memory and if the data will be automatically saved as files to the PC after recording is completed.
Set with the “Operation After Recording Complete” option.
The default setting is all “Off”.

Item

Description

Loop Record

After recording finishes, automatically start recording again.
(Automatically go into a state where the [Record] button has been
pushed.)The recording will continue by overwriting the data, so use caution whenthe “Auto Download Setting” and “Auto Increment Partition Setting” are notused.

Auto Increment
Partition

When the memory is divide into partitions, after recording the first partition
has finished, continue recording by moving to the next partition, without
overwriting the data.
If “Stop Recording after Last Partition” is checked, recording stops after
writing all the partitions. If it is not checked, the camera returns to the firstpartition, and continues recording by overwriting the original data.

Auto Download

After shooting finishes, automatically save files to the PC. If “AutoDownload Alert” is checked, a message is displayed when the file save
executes.

AutoSave in
SD-cardAutomatically save the file to the SD card after the shooting is finished.
Use Memory Mode to set whether to match the camera’s shooting timewith the storage capacity of the SD card.
Normal: Shooting is allowed to the full capacity of the camera memory.
Fit: Shooting duration is limited within the SD card’s capacity.

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Operation Before Recording

This setting sets the display before recording starts to [Live Stop].
Configure this setting when many cameras are connected and recording does not start smoothly, ittakes time until recording starts, or it takes time to reflect the status during recording.
When configured, the live image is not updated during recording, which enables you to makesmooth recordings.
Check the "Set 'Live Stop' before recording." under "Operation before recording".
The default value is unchecked.

• When "Live Stop" is configured, the image during recording is not displayed.

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Display Mode after Recording Setting

Set the PFV display mode after shooting finishes.
Set with the “Mode After Recording Completed” option.

Item

Description

Save Tab(default)

When finishing shooting, the “SAVE” tab is automaticallydisplayed on the control panel.

Live

Sit inactive in live mode.

Playback(Memory)

Automatically playback the recorded image after shooting.

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Trigger Input to Slave Cameras SettingThis option sets whether or not to input a trigger from PFV to a slave camera (camera receiving a
synchronization signal) when performing synchronized recording with multiple cameras.
Set with "Trigger Input setting to Slave Camera". The default value is unchecked.

Item
No trigger input from PFV

Explanation
Do not issue a trigger for the slave camera from PFV.

Set endless rec status from Set to the endless recording state from PFV.
PFVA trigger is not issued.

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2.1.

File Format List

File(extension)

CIH
(cih)

Description

Comments

Camera information file
= CIH (Camera Information Header) file.
A text file that contains information suchas the recording conditions, the camera
device setting values at the time of theshot, and information related to themoving image data that was shot on a
Photron high-speed camera.
When saving images to the PC as files,
this file is automatically created in thefolder the image files are saved to.

When loading files with PFV, the saved image files can beloaded by specifying a CIH file to load, image files
associated with this file are automatically loaded.

BMP
(bmp)

The standard format used for bitmap
files in the Windows environment.
8-bit grayscale and 24-bit full color
images are supported on PFV.

TIFF
(tif)

A bitmap file format.
“Tagged Image File Format”
PFV supports uncompressed, Packbits
compression and Multi-page TIFF. PFV
supports 8-bit (24-bit), 16-bit (48-bit),and sensor bit depth (color output
capable) output.

JPEG
（jpg）

A file format designed for still-image
compression.
PFV only supports 8-bit lossy
compression. (Uses the Intel JPEG
Library)
Compression quality can be set from 0%(high compression) to 100% (highquality).

PNG
(png)

The “Portable Network Graphics” fileformat designed for still-image
compression.
It uses a lossless compression
algorithm.
PFV supports 8-bit (24-bit) and 16-bit(48-bit) output.
When compressing, quality priority,
standard, and speed priority are
selectable.

1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.bmp
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001
1 frame, 1 image file. Multi-page TIFF is 1 sequence, 1
image file. The file is saved with a filename that is an
automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.tif
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001
1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.jpg
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001
1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.png
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001

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Description

RAW
(raw)

An uncompressed binary data file withno header information.
The color image data saved with PFV isinterleaved (RGBRGBRGB...) and eachcolor plane, RGB, is saved as 8 bits or
16 bits.

RAWW(raww)An uncompressed binary data file withno header information.
The color image data saved with PFV isinterleaved (RGBRGBRGB...) and eachcolor plane, RGB, is saved as 16 bits.

Comments
1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.raw
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001* The arrangement of the RAW format differs by software.
* A CIH file is necessary for loading a RAW file with PFV.
1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy+zzzzzz.raww
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame namezzzzzz is a six digit sequence number starting from 000001
RAWW is Photron’s proprietary format. With software that
supports 16-bit RAW, the file may be loaded by changing
the extension to “raw”.

MRAW(mraw)A CIH file is necessary for loading a RAWW file with PFV.
1 sequence, 1 image file.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy.mraw
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame name* A CIH file is necessary for loading a MRAW file with PFV.

An uncompressed binary data file withno header information.
The color image data saved with PFV isinterleaved (RGBRGBRGB...) andoutput is supported for each color plane,
RGB, at 8-bits, 16-bits, or the sensor's
bit depth (color output capable).

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File(extension)

Description

Comments
1 sequence, 1 image file.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy.avi
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame name

AVI
(avi)

AVI files are limited to a maximum of 2 GB by the AVI 1.0
specification. AVI files that exceed 2 GB are in the OpenDML (AVI 2.0) format. The number of frames is a maximumof 8,100,000 frames, even when using the Open DML
format.
AVI 2.0 files cannot be read by software that does notsupport the Open DML format. Also, when the savelocation’s file system is FAT32, a file that exceeds 4 GB
cannot be created, even using the Open DML format.

The standard format used for video files
in the Windows environment.
A number of compression formats canbe used by installing the appropriate
codec in Windows.

With the AVI file auto split function on PFV, when thecapacity of the saved data reaches the split boundary, thefile is automatically split and saved. The size of the split filecan be selected from “2 GB (AVI 1.0)” and “No Size Limit(AVI 2.0)”. When “No Size Limit” is selected and the filesystem is FAT32, output is limited to 4 GB, so NTFS isrecommended.
Split File Sample:
Settings when Saved
Filename: Sample.avi
Save size: 5.5 GB
Split Boundary: 2 GB

WMV
(wmv)

The "Windows Media Video" file format
developed by Microsoft Corporation.
PFV supports WMV9 output.
PFV outputs 8-bit grayscale files and24-bit color files.

MOV
(mov)

“QuickTime”, the multimedia technology
file format developed by Apple Inc.
File output in 8-bit grayscale and 24-bit
full color is supported with PFV.

FTIF
(ftif)

A variant of the TIFF file format.
Photron’s proprietary format,“FASTCAM Tagged Image File Format”.
Version 1 only supports 8-bit saving.
The format is uncompressed, but since itis the data from the camera sensor
saved as-is (Bayer pattern), if the data is
the output from a color camera, the sizeof the file will be 1/3 that of the otheruncompressed file formats. FITF files
can be read with PFV as color images.

Output Result
Sample-00.avi (2.0 GB)
Sample-01.avi (2.0 GB)
Sample-02.avi (1.5 GB)
Sample-00.cih
Sample-01.cih
Sample-02.cih

1 sequence, 1 image file.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy.wmv
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame name1 sequence, 1 image file.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy.mov
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame name

1 frame, 1 image file. The file is saved with a filename that is
an automatically generated sequence number.
Filename:
Caption String+CaaaHxxxSyyyy.ftif
aaa is a three digit camera ID
xxx is a three digit head number
yyyy is a four digit identification number for data with thesame name

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(extension)

Description

Comments

IRG
(irg)

When IRIG or GPS input is used on
PFV, an IRIG time record is output
during the file save operation.
The file is binary data constructed of 20
bytes for each frame.

-

MCD
(mcd)

A binary-format file to store the recorded
waveform data together with the CIH fileof image data when MCDL is operated
from the PFV.

-

WVD
(wvd)

A binary-format file to save the recorded
waveform along together with the CIH
file when the waveform input board(optional) is used in PFV.

-

CSV
(csv)

Comma Separated Value format, a typeof text file in which data is separated
with commas and serially aligned.

PCS
(pcs)

Camera Setup FileA binary file that saves the various
conditions set on PFV.

PCIH
(pcih)"Project file".
When opened, all CIH files listed in the
project file are opened.

Cannot save just a single CIH file.
The file name is given when saved.

ISOMME(mmi)

Multimedia data exchange format for
impact test of road vehicles as definedby ISO/TS 13499

Not all of the items defined by ISO/TS 13499 are shown (notfully compliant with ISO/TS 13499).
Values of all items that are retained by the camera are output.
All other items than the above are shown as NO or NO VALUE.

PFV can input and output waveform input data as Type A,
Type B, and Type S CSV files.
However, Type S files can only be input.

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CIH File

2.2.1.

CIH File Contents

CIH files can be opened with Windows’ Notepad or a text editor.
The content output will differ depending on the camera and recording mode.

<Sample>#Camera Information Header
Date：2010/2/10
Time：11:16
Camera Type：FASTCAM SA5 model 1300K-C1
Camera ID：0
User Defined Camera Name : Camera1
Record Rate(fps)：7000
Shutter Speed(s)：1/7000
Trigger Mode：Start
Color Temperature：5100K
Color Balance R：1104
Color Balance G：1024
Color Balance B：1281
Color Balance Base : 1024
Color Balance Max : 4095
Original Total Frame：5457
Total Frame：2500
Start Frame：1
Correct Trigger Frame：1
Save Step：1
Image Width：1024
Image Height：1024
Color Type：Color
Color Bit：24
File Format：Bmp
Effective Bit Depth：12
Effective Bit Side：Higher
Comment Text：
IRIG Mode：File
IRIG File：C001H001S0001.irg
MCDL Mode：FileMCDL File：C001H001S0001.mcd：Data creation data
：Data creation time
：Camera name, type
：Camera ID：User defined camera name：Frame rate
：Shutter speed：Trigger mode
：Color temperature setting：White balance, red：White balance, green：White balance, blue
：White balance reference value：White balance maximum value：Original total saved frame count：Total saved frame count：Saved start frame：Trigger frame during recording：Saved frame interval：Image size, width：Image size, height：Color/monochrome：Color bits
：File format：Effective bits
：Effective bit location：Comment：IRIG data save mode
：IRIG file name
：MCDL data save mode
：MCDL file name：Basic scale method：Grid width：1 pixel's size
：Basic distance unit
：Magnification：Ruler length in window's bottom right：Distance corresponding between 2-point
wide pixel：2-point wide pixel specified by clicking<Continues on next page>

Scale Method : 0
Scale Grid Space : 10
Scale Pixel Size : 10.00
Scale Unit : 1
Scale Magnification : 1.00
Scale Ruler : 100
Scale Distance : 100.00
Scale 2Points Distance: 121

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Saved Date2010/2/10
Saved Time：11:16
PFV.exe：3, 2, 4, 0
D1024PCI.dll：1, 0, 2, 9
DMH4.dll : 1, 0, 3, 2
DSA5.dll : 1, 0, 1, 9
IGETHER.dll : 1, 0, 1, 0
PDCLIB.dll : 1, 0, 6, 6
PICLIB.dll : 1, 0, 3, 2：File save date
：File save time
：PFV version：DLL version：DLL version：DLL version：DLL version：DLL version：DLL version#System Information:
OS : Windows Vista Business Edition (version 6.0 Build 6000)：Operating system
Memory：3326MB RAM：Memory
Processor：Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz：Processor
DirectX：DirectX 10：DirectX version#Device Information:
Number of devices：1：Number of connected devices#Device 1：
Device Name：FASTCAM SA5 model 1300K-C
Device ID：010
Interface：Gigabit Ethernet
IP Address：192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask：255.255.255.0
connection)
Gateway Address：0.0.0.0
Firmware：3.05

2.2.2.

：Device information：Device name
：Device ID：Connection method：IP address (when Ethernet connection)：Subnet mask (when Ethernet：Gateway address(when Ethernet connection)：Device firmware

PCIH File (Project File) Contents

PCIH files can be opened with Windows Notepad or other text editors.
You can directly edit this file when the location of a CIH file has changed because it was moved.

<Sample>[PCIH]
CIH1=D:\Camera 1\C001H001S0001.CIH
CIH2=D:\Camera 2\C002H001S0002.CIH
CIH3=D:\Camera 3\C002H001S0003.CIH

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2.3.

About The IFD (Image File Directory) Tag

The IFD (Image File Directory) is a TIFF tag that indicates how to interpret the TIFF file data. It shows
the position and amount of pixel data and the position and amount of frame data.
The IFD normally begins at an even-numbered address and the first two bytes express the number of
entries including the IFD tag.
FTIF files also use the same tags.
Tag List
Tag256

Image Width

Tag257

Image Length

Tag258Bits Per Sample

Tag259Compression

Tag262

Photometric Interpretation

Tag273

Strip Offsets

Tag274

Orientation

Tag277

Samples Per Pixel

Tag278

Rows Per Strip

Tag279Strip Byte Count

Tag284

Planar Configuration

Tag320Color map

Tag34071

FTIF Video Border Data (This tag is only in the FTIF file)

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FTIF Video Border Data

The video border data is entered into the position pointed to by the “offset” value described in the
direct entry in “tag=34701” inside the file.
However, for FTIF, the content of the file differs from what is specified with TIFF, it contains a uniquedata sequence. For this reason, to load an FTIF file, it is necessary to discern the “FTF” string in FTIF
info and to check the FTIF version. This data is a fixed-length of 128 bytes and composed of thestructure below.

Offset

Type

Value

+0
+3

FTIF Info
FTIF Version+4

Application Info

+6

Application Version“FTF” (constant)
1“PL”
Name of the application that output the file
Version of the application that output the file
When PFV (PL), the SDK Ver.

+8

Flag 1+9

Camera Type

+10
+11
+12
+13
+17
+21
+25
+26
+26
+28
+30
+31
+32
+33
+37

Geometry
Camera ID
Session Number
Record Rate
Shutter Speed
Frame Number
Trigger Mode
IRIG
IRIG Data
IRIG Year
IRIG Days
IRIG Hours
IRIG Minutes
IRIG Microseconds
MCDL

Bit0～Bit3

Chroma Mode

Bit4

Trigger Frame

Bit5

IRIG

Bit6

MCDL

Bit7

Color Mode

0x00=Grayscale
0x01=Reserved
0x10=Reserved
0x11=Reserved
0x12=Reserved
0x13=Reserved
0x14=Reserved
0x15=MAX/APX
0x16=NEO/ultima512
0x17=Reserved
0x18=512PCI
0x19=APX RS
0x20=1024PCI
0=Normal

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Data
FormatASCII char
char

Bytes
3
1

ASCII char

2

char

2

char

1

char

1

char
char
char
long
long
long
char

1
1
1
4
4
4
1

short
short
char
char
char
long

2
2
1
1
1
4

0=No
1=Yes
0=Off
1=On
0=Off
1=On
0=Grayscale
1=ColorPhotron FASTCAM Viewer

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Offset

Type

Value

+37

MCDL

Digital(0)Analog A(0)Analog B(0)Analog C(0)Analog D(0)Digital(1)Analog A(1)Analog B(1)Analog C(1)Analog D(1)Digital(2)Analog A(2)Analog B(2)Analog C(2)Analog D(2)Digital(3)Analog A(3)Analog B(3)Analog C(3)Analog D(3)Digital(4)Analog A(4)Analog B(4)Analog C(4)Analog D(4)Digital(5)Analog A(5)Analog B(5)Analog C(5)Analog D(5)Digital(6)Analog A(6)Analog B(6)Analog C(6)Analog D(6)Digital(7)Analog A(7)Analog B(7)Analog C(7)Analog D(7)Digital(8)Analog A(8)Analog B(8)Analog C(8)Analog D(8)Digital(9)Analog A(9)Analog B(9)Analog C(9)Analog D(9)

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Data
Format
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short
char
short
short
short
short

Bytes
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
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2.5.

Video Border Data

As a reference, the structure of the TIFF file’s video border data is listed here.
Offset+0

Header Info

Type

+10

Video Type

+11
+12

Session ID
Camera ID+13

Record Rate

+14

Exposure+15

Record Mode

+16

White Balance

+17

ROC

+18

MCDL

+19

IRIG

+20
+32

White Balance Coefficients
Frame Number+34

Trigger Frame

+35
+35
+36
+37
+38

Real Time
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Day

Value
1=color
2=mono0=External
1=60fps
2=125fps
3=250fps
4=500fps
5=1000fps
6=2000fps
7=4000fps
8=8000fps
9=16000fps
0= External
1=1/60sec
2=1/125sec
3=1/250sec
4=1/500sec
5=1/1000sec
6=1/2000sec
7=1/4000sec
8=1/8000sec
9=1/16000sec
10=1/32000sec
11=1/64000sec
12=1/128000sec
0=Record
1=Record stop
2=Record Trigger
0=5100K
1=3100K
2=user0=ROC Off
1=ROC On 1frame
2=ROC On 20frames
3=ROC On 50frames
0=MCDL Off
1=MCDL On
0=IRIG Off
1=IRIG On
RGB
0=Not Trigger Frame
1=Trigger Frame

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Data Format
ASCII char

10

Bytes

char

1

char
char

1
1

char

1

char

1

char

1

char

1

char

1

char

1

char

1

3floatingpoint#1
short

12
2

char

1

BCD
BCD
BCD
BCD

1
1
1
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Offset
+39
+40
+41
+41

Month
Year
IRIG
IRIG Days+44

IRIG Hours+46

IRIG Minutes+48

IRIG Seconds+54

Elaps Time

+60

MCDL

+120
+121

White Clip
Exposure
Motion Corder Frame
Number.

+123

Type

Value

Hundredth Value
Tenth Value
Unit Value
Tenth Value
Unit Value
Tenth Value
Unit Value
Tenth Value
Unit Value
Microseconds
MinutesSeconds
Digital(0)Analog A(0)Analog B(0)Digital(1)Analog A(1)Analog B(1)Digital(2)Analog A(2)Analog B(2)Digital(3)Analog A(3)Analog B(3)Digital(4)Analog A(4)Analog B(4)Digital(5)Analog A(5)Analog B(5)Digital(6)Analog A(6)Analog B(6)Digital(7)Analog A(7)Analog B(7)Digital(8)Analog A(8)Analog B(8)Digital(9)Analog A(9)Analog B(9)
0-255

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Data Format
BCD
BCD

1
1

Bytes

char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
long
short
long
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
char
short

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2

long

4

2.6.

IRG File Structure

The structure of the IRG file is shown below.

Offset

+0

Type

Value

Data Format

Frame number 1 Year

long

4

Month

char

1

Day

char

1

External Signal

char

1

Not used1

Day Of Year

long

4

Hours

char

1

Minuteschar

1Secondchar

1

Not used1

Micro seconds
+20

Bytes

Frame number 2 Year

long

4

long

4

.
.
.
Continues until the last frame
Year/Month/Day are reserved, but not normally used. To retrieve the day, use Day of Year.

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2.7.

MCD File Structure

The MCD file is in the binary data format. One frame is composed of 172 bytes. Footage of 100
frames therefore has 17,200 bytes.
The detailed structure of the MCD format is shown below.
Offset+0

TypeFrame number 1

Value

Data Format

Bytes

Digital(0)

char

1

Digital(1)

char

1

Digital(2)

char

1

Digital(3)

char

1

Digital(4)

char

1

Digital(5)

char

1

Digital(6)

char

1

Digital(7)

char

1

Digital(8)

char

1

Digital(9)

char

1

Not used2

Analog A(0)

float

4

Analog A(1)

float

4

Analog A(2)

float

4

Analog A(3)

float

4

Analog A(4)

float

4

Analog A(5)

float

4

Analog A(6)

float

4

Analog A(7)

float

4

Analog A(8)

float

4

Analog A(9)

float

4

Analog B(0)

float

4

Analog B(1)

float

4

Analog B(2)

float

4

Analog B(3)

float

4

Analog B(4)

float

4

Analog B(5)

float

4

Analog B(6)

float

4

Analog B(7)

float

4

Analog B(8)

float

4

Analog B(9)

float

4

Analog C(0)

float

4

Analog C(1)

float

4

Analog C(2)

float

4

Analog C(3)

float

4

Analog C(4)

float

4

Analog C(5)

float

4

Analog C(6)

float

4

Analog C(7)

float

4

Analog C(8)

float

4

Analog C(9)

float

4

Analog D(0)

float

4

Analog D(1)

float

4

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Offset

+172

Type

Frame number 2

Value

Data Format

Bytes

Analog D(2)

float

4

Analog D(3)

float

4

Analog D(4)

float

4

Analog D(5)

float

4

Analog D(6)

float

4

Analog D(7)

float

4

Analog D(8)

float

4

Analog D(9)

float

4

Digital(0)

char

1

Digital(1)

char

1

Digital(2)

char

1

Digital(3)

char

1

Digital(4)

char

1

Digital(5)

char

1

Digital(6)

char

1

Digital(7)

char

1

Digital(8)

char

1

Digital(9)

char

1

Not used2

Analog A(0)

float

4

Analog A(1)

float

4

Analog A(2)

float

4

Analog A(3)

float

4

Analog A(4)

float

4

Analog A(5)

float

4

Analog A(6)

float

4

Analog A(7)

float

4

Analog A(8)

float

4

Analog A(9)

float

4

Analog B(0)

float

4

Analog B(1)

float

4

Analog B(2)

float

4

Analog B(3)

float

4

Analog B(4)

float

4

Analog B(5)

float

4

Analog B(6)

float

4

Analog B(7)

float

4

Analog B(8)

float

4

Analog B(9)

float

4

Analog C(0)

float

4

Analog C(1)

float

4

Analog C(2)

float

4

Analog C(3)

float

4

Analog C(4)

float

4

Analog C(5)

float

4

Analog C(6)

float

4

Analog C(7)

float

4

Analog C(8)

float

4

Analog C(9)

float

4

Analog D(0)

float

4

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Offset+344

Type

Frame number 3

Value

Data Format

Bytes

Analog D(1)

float

4

Analog D(2)

float

4

Analog D(3)

float

4

Analog D(4)

float

4

Analog D(5)

float

4

Analog D(6)

float

4

Analog D(7)

float

4

Analog D(8)

float

4

Analog D(9)

float

4

Digital(0)

char

1

Digital(1)

char

1

Digital(2)

char

1

Digital(3)

char

1

Digital(4)

char

1

Digital(5)

char

1

Digital(6)

char

1

Digital(7)

char

1

Digital(8)

char

1

Digital(9)

char

1

Not used2

Analog A(0)

float

4

Analog A(1)

float

4

Analog A(2)

float

4

Analog A(3)

float

4

Analog A(4)

float

4

Analog A(5)

float

4

Analog A(6)

float

4

Analog A(7)

float

4

Analog A(8)

float

4

Analog A(9)

float

4

Analog B(0)

float

4

Analog B(1)

float

4

Analog B(2)

float

4

Analog B(3)

float

4

Analog B(4)

float

4

Analog B(5)

float

4

Analog B(6)

float

4

Analog B(7)

float

4

Analog B(8)

float

4

Analog B(9)

float

4

Analog C(0)

float

4

Analog C(1)

float

4

Analog C(2)

float

4

Analog C(3)

float

4

Analog C(4)

float

4

Analog C(5)

float

4

Analog C(6)

float

4

Analog C(7)

float

4

Analog C(8)

float

4

Analog C(9)

float

4

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Offset

Type

Value

Data Format

Bytes

Analog D(0)

float

4

Analog D(1)

float

4

Analog D(2)

float

4

Analog D(3)

float

4

Analog D(4)

float

4

Analog D(5)

float

4

Analog D(6)

float

4

Analog D(7)

float

4

Analog D(8)

float

4

Analog D(9)

float

4

The above repeats to the last frame.
The analog data is of floating decimal type, while the digital data is Low (0) – High (1).

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2.8.

WVD File Structure

WVD files are binary data. The header size is at the start of the file and following the header is thedata.
An example of the composition of the WVD format is listed below. Header size and offset values differ
depending on the number of channels.

OffsetType

Value(Reference example)

Data Format

Bytes

+0

Header size

292

long

4

+4

WVD Version

0x04

long

4

+8

Vendor Name

NIDAQ

ASCII char

64

+72

Device Name

USB-6361 (BNC)

ASCII char

64

+136

Device ID

-1

long

4

+140

Sampling Frequency 10000.0

float

4

+144

Number of Data

510

unsigned long

4

+148

Number of Channel

2

unsigned long

4

+152

Channel Number (1)0unsigned long

4

+156

Channel Number (2)1unsigned long

4

+160

Channel Name (1)Dev1/ai0

ASCII char

64

+224

Channel Name (2)Dev1/ai1

ASCII char

64

+288

Start Frame

0

long

4

+292

Sampling Data

Ch1 (0)float

4

Ch2 (0)float

4

Ch1 (1)float

4

Ch2 (1)float

4

Ch1 (2)float

4

Ch2 (2)float

4

Ch1 (3)float

4

Ch2 (3)float

4

Ch1 (4)float

4

Ch2 (4)float

4

Ch1 (5)float

4

Ch2 (5)float

4

Ch1 (6)float

4

Ch2 (6)float

4

Ch1 (7)float

4

Ch2 (7)float

4

Ch1 (8)float

4

Ch2 (8)float

4

Ch1 (9)float

4

Ch2 (9)float

4

Ch1 (10)float

4

Ch2 (10)float

4

Ch1 (11)float

4

Ch2 (11)float

4

Ch1 (12)float

4

Ch2 (12)float

4

Ch1 (13)

float

4

+296

76

Offset

Type

Value
(Reference example)

Data Format

Bytes

Ch2 (13)float

4

Ch1 (14)float

4

Ch2 (14)float

4

Ch1 (15)float

4

Ch2 (15)float

4

Ch1 (16)float

4

Ch2 (16)float

4

Ch1 (17)float

4

Ch2 (17)float

4

Ch1 (18)

float

4

Continues below until the end of the data.
Sampling data is floating point.

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2.9.

CSV File Structure

Waveform data input from an external source can be output as a data file of the CSV format.
A CSV file has a waveform input data portion following the header part holding the camera’s
recording conditions.
The waveform input data portion can be input and output with the Type A and Type B data
arrangement formats. Type S can only be input.

2.9.1.

TYPE A

With the Type A format, the recorded data is aligned by the sample. The number of samples per one
recorded image frame is ten (10). The total number of samples for a recording is therefore [thenumber of recorded frames] x 10.

#PHOTRON MCDL DATA
#SheetType

A

#Date

2010/2/10#CameraType

FASTCAM SA5 model 1300K-C1#CameraID

0#FrameRate(fps)7000#ShutterSpeed(s)1/7000#ImageWidth

1024#ImageHeight1024#TriggerMode

Center#NumberOfFrames

10#FrameRange-5 to 5#UseZeroFrame

1#SamplingRate(fps)

70000#NumberOfDatas

100#Sloap1

1#Interval

00

DataNoFrameNo

SampleNo

DigitalAnalogA

AnalogB

IRIG_Day

IRIG_Hour

IRIG_Minute

IRIG_Second

0

-5

0

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

1

-5

1

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

2

-5

2

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

3

-5

3

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

4

-5

4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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2.9.2.

TYPE B

With the Type B format, the recorded data is aligned by the frame.
For one data column, IRIG data is output in a series of 10 samples of analog channel A, 10 samples
of analog channel B, 10 samples of analog channel C, 10 samples of analog channel D, and 10
samples of digital channel.

#PHOTRON MCDL DATA
#SheetType

B

#Date

2010/2/10#CameraType

FASTCAM SA5 model 1300KC1#CameraID

0#FrameRate(fps)7000#ShutterSpeed(s)1/7000#ImageWidth

1024#ImageHeight1024#TriggerMode

Center#NumberOfFrames

10#FrameRange-5 to 5#UseZeroFrame

1#SamplingRate(fps)

70000#NumberOfDatas

100#Sloap1#Interval

0

DataNoFrameNo

Digital0

0

-5

1

･･･

Digital9

AnalogA0

*

*

-4

*

2

-3

3
4

･･･

･･･

AnalogA9

AnalogB0

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

-2

*

*

*

*

*

*

-1

*

*

*

*

*

*

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2.9.3.

TYPE SThe Type S CSV file is exclusively for input. Use this type when inputting data that was output fromother devices into PFV.

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The Time position in the file is searched for and the data is acquired based on that position.
Next to Time, the channel names for the number of channels are listed.
The time axis unit is listed under Time.
There are four types of units that can be used as the time axis: "Sec", "msec (ms)", "usec",and "nsec".
Next to the time axis unit (under each channel), the Y axis unit that corresponds to eachchannel is listed.
However, only one Y axis unit can be displayed in PFV, so the first channel's Y axis unit isdisplayed on the graph.
The first time is listed below the time axis unit, and next to that the first item of data is listed perchannel.
After that, "Time" and "Data" are listed in order for the required amount of time.
To specify the frequency, Frequency is listed above Time, and the frequency is listed next tothat. (Frequency is set because there are situations where the frequency cannot be correctly
calculated from the time axis such as when a frequency is not divisible by a cycle like 3000 fps
or the data has a long recording time.)
The frequency can be omitted. In this situation, the frequency is calculated from the first time
data and the second time data.

• "Time", "Frequency", and the time axis unit are case insensitive.

Frequency

10000

Time

CH1

CH2

CH3

ｍsec

V

V

V

-5

*

*

*

-4.9

*

*

*

-4.8

*

*

*

-4.7

*

*

*

-4.6

*

*

*

-4.5

*

*

*

-4.4

*

*

*

-4.3

*

*

*

-4.2

*

*

*

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2.10. Settings Saved In the PCS File
The settings saved in the PCS file are listed below.
Basic Items
Number of cameras connected to the system
Names of cameras connected to the system
Number of heads connected to the cameras
Names of heads connected to the camera
Form of control panel view function
Information display On/Off; displayed items
Camera Tab
Frame Rate
Resolution
Variable channel being used
Coordinate of upper left corner within sensor active area
Shutter Speed
Auto exposure control On/Off; setting details
Trigger Mode
Number of random trigger frames
Number of triggers to be set for random recording modes
Number of frames after a trigger for manual recording modes
Items to be set by the camera model
General
Shading On/Off
Shading correction warning message On/Off
Pixel gain On/Off
Edge enhancement correction
Sensor gain
Sensor gamma (reserved)
Dual-slope shutter
I/O
External I/O ports - settings
External I/O ports – number of ports
Camera operation mode
IRIG function On/Off
IRIG offset value
MCDL function On/Off
Video output
Color Adjust
Color temperature mode
Color temperature set value
Pre-LUT mode
Pre-LUT gamma setting
Pre-LUT contrast setting
Pre-LUT brightness setting
Pre-LUT positive/negative setting
Partition
Current partition
Number of partitioned divisions
List of partitioned blocks
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Signal Delay Settings
Signal delay settings
Additional Features
Shutter lock mode
Data save tab
Adding caption to save file On/Off
Caption nameAdding number to file name On/Off
Making subfolder with file name On/Off
Subfolder name
Making subfolder with file name On/Off
Adding number to subfolder On/Off
Details settings for saving files
Saved file format
Saving path
File nameFormat options (TIFF, JPEG, PNG, RAW, RAWW, MRAW, AVI, WMV, MOV)
Bayer format saving On/Off
Information saving On/Off, detailed settings
Environmental setting items
Setting for the camera
Settings for start-up
Shutter speed indication
Video playback during download
Settings for data save
AVI output format
Output AVI playback speed
Operation for saving files
Settings for reading RAW/RAWW/MRAW/TIFF Bayer files
Operation for opening files
Post-LUT settings
Indication settings
Main control buttons
Setting frame zero
Setting center point for linear zoom
Toolbar settings
Indication settings for navigation mode
Settings for recording
Direct recording setting
Loop recording
Auto increment of partition number
Stop recording after the last partition
Auto download of image file after recording
Display of dialog at start of auto download recording
Sequence for auto download recording
Display mode setting after recording
Other system information
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ISO-MME FileIn the ISO-MME file, shooting information regarding the multiple cameras is written as a set of text
data. This file can be opened by Windows memo pad or text editor.
＜sample＞
Number of Movies
Comments
ID-number 1
Origin 1
Camera type 1
Description 1
Lens focal length 1
Number of images 1
Film speed 1
Shutter time 1
Aperture 1
Time zero 1
Time vector filename 1
Reference system 1
Location X 1
Location Y 1
Location Z 1
Theta X 1
Theta Y 1
Theta Z 1
Width of image 1
Height of image 1
Aspect ratio of pixels 1
Colour 1
Name of movie file 1
Format of movie file 1
Keyframes 1
Codec used 1
Compression 1
ID-number 2
Origin 2
Camera type 2
Description 2
Lens focal length 2
Number of images 2
Film speed 2
Shutter time 2
Aperture 2
Time zero 2Time vector filename 2
Reference system 2
Location X 2
Location Y 2
Location Z 2
Theta X 2
Theta Y 2
Theta Z 2
Width of image 2
Height of image 2
Aspect ratio of pixels 2
Colour 2
Name of movie file 2
Format of movie file 2
Keyframes 2
Codec used 2
Compression 2:2:by Photron FASTCAM Viewer (3.4.0.0):18:NOVALUE:FASTCAM SA3 model 120K-C2:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:11:2000:0.00050:NOVALUE:0:NO:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE
:1024
:1024
:NOVALUE:RGB:test_C002H001S0002.avi:avi:NOVALUE:uncompressed:NOVALUE:10:NOVALUE:FASTCAM SA5 model 1550K-C2:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:11:7000:0.00014:NOVALUE:0:NO:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE:NOVALUE
:1024
:1024
:NOVALUE:RGB:test_C001H001S0006.avi:avi:NOVALUE:uncompressed:NOVALUE

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IndexUser’s Manual (Configuration Section)
Group Save ..................................... 14—A—

Project File......................................... 63

Auto Download .................................... 54

—R—

—B—

Record during save .............................. 51

Bayer Pattern ...................................... 16

Recording start timing—C—

Record Option .................................. 52

Crosshair Cursor .................................. 35—S—
Shading Correction—I—

Automatic Save ............................. 9, 10

IP Address ................................ 3, 22, 50

Confirm Calibration............................ 47—K—

Display Notification when Shading Required

Keyboard Assignment............................ 31................................................. 47—L—

Shutter Speed Notation Setting .................. 8

Loop Record ....................................... 54

Snapshot ........................................... 15
Synchronized playback .......................... 23

—P—
—T—

Parallel Save Setting ............................. 11

Time-lapse ........................................ 49

Partition
Auto Increment Partition ...................... 54

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—A—

—F—

Angle Measurement ......................... 34, 61

Factory Defaults ................................. 147

Auto Download .................................. 258

Fan Control ....................................... 147

Auto Exposure ................................... 114

FPGA .............................................. 146

Auto Play ......................................... 147—G—
Gamma Correction—B—
Batch Data Converter ....................... 34, 74

Post-LUT ................................... 31, 39

Bayer Pattern .................................... 239

Pre-LUT ........................................ 142

Binning.............................................. 32—H—

Bit Offset ......................................... 272

Hardware Recording Type ..................... 146

Bitshift ......................................... 60, 81

HDR ............................................ 34, 81

Brightness Adjustment

Head Information ................................ 145

Post-LUT ................................... 31, 40

Histogram..................................... 34, 65

Pre-LUT........................................ 142

—I—
—C—

Image Trigger ...............................37, 176

Color Enhancement ............................ 142

Stop Playback ................................. 203

Color Temperature........................141, 276

IP Address ......................................... 28

Color Temperature Adjustment .................. 145

IRIG .................................... 27, 139, 233

Contrast Adjustment

IRIG Phase Lock .......................... 111, 139

Post-LUT ................................... 31, 39
Pre-LUT........................................ 142—L—

Crosshair Cursor .................................. 33

Layout Save ...................................... 246

Cycle View .................................... 34, 79

Lens control .................................. 34, 78
Line Profile.................................... 34, 73—D—

Low Light ......................................... 131

DDraw video playback ......................... 273

LUT ................................................ 242

Distance Measurement ................ 34, 56, 63

Post-LUT .............................. 31, 39, 40

Dual Slope Shutter .............................. 137

Pre-LUT ................................. 142, 156

—E—

—M—

Edge Enhancement ............................ 137

Maximum Frame Rate .......................... 146

Event Marker ...............................200, 233

MCDL .............................................. 139

External Signal I/O Port ..................138, 139

MotionDetector ................................... 34

Extract moving objects .......................... 83
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RS-232C Control ............................ 34, 69

Output 8bit select .......................... 32, 146—S—

Overlay Display ............................... 33, 57

Saturation Adjustment ........................... 31—P—

SD card ........................................... 281

Partition .............................. 143, 152, 159

Sensor Gain ...................................... 137

Group Save ..............................214, 251

Shading Correction................ 133, 136, 144

PFV Mobile ..................................... 35, 88

Shutter Mode ..................................... 146

PIV FocusMode ................................... 34

Signal Delay Settings ........................... 143

Pixel Gain Correction .....................136, 148

Skip playback .................................... 202

Polarized Light Measurement ................... 35

Skip Save ......................................... 240

Preset ............................................. 146

Snapshot .......................................... 260

Printing images.................................... 96

Status indicator LEDs ........................... 147

Programmable Switch ......................... 144

SYNC OUT TIMES ............................... 139

Project File .................................225, 243—T—

Pseudo Color ...................................... 35

Time-lapse ..................................37, 169—R—
Rec Bit Depth .................................... 146—V—

Record during save ............................. 187

Variable Setting .................................. 106

Recording Memory Size ....................... 155

Video Out ......................................... 140

Recording start timing—Z—

Camera Option ............................... 146

Zoom Save ....................................... 241

Resolution Mode ................................ 147

Zoom Window..................................... 2488

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Contacting Photron

For inquires related to PFV, contact Photron at the contact information listed below.
Additionally, the following items will be verified when inquiring, so please prepare them in advance.
Items Verified

Concrete Example

Contact Information

Company, school or organization name,customer contact name,contact phone number,contact e-mail.

Product Name

The Photron FASTCAM Viewer version number and the high-speed
camera name.
For the version number, check the version information.

Condition of the system and what is known about it.

Contact Information

PHOTRON USA, INC.
9520 Padgett Street, Suite 110
In Americas
and Antipodes

San Diego, CA 92126-4426, USA
Phone: 800-585-2129 or 858-684-3555
Fax: 858-684-3558
E-mail: image@photron.com
www.photron.com

PHOTRON EUROPE LIMITEDThe Barn, Bottom Road,West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
In Europe,
Africa and India

HP14 4BS, U.K.
Phone: +44(0) 1494 48 1011
Fax: +44(0) 1494 48 7011
E-mail: image@photron.com
www.photron.com

PHOTRON LIMITEDIn other areas

21F, Jimbocho Mitsui Bldg.,
1-105 Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101-0051
Phone : +81 3 3518 6271
Fax : +81 3 3518 6279
E-mail : image@photron.co.jp
www.photron.co.jp

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Ver.3

Revision 2.10E

Configuration section

Publication Date

SEPTEMBER, 2015

Publisher

PHOTRON LIMITED

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