AVT Software
AVT Active FirePackage
The AVT Active FirePackage is a software development kit (SDK) bundled with every new AVT IEEE1394 camera. As the name suggests, AVT Active FirePackage focuses on ActiveX control based programming, but the package also provides interfaces for DirectShow and TWAIN.
The SDK is compatible with Microsoft Windows (Vista, XP, 2000) and includes an IEEE1394 digital camera system driver that is based on the Windows Driver Model (WDM). In addition the SDK offers high-performance color conversion and image display with very efficient CPU usage.
The AVT Active FirePackage has been created for programmers who are familiar with ActiveX Controls, COM, DirectShow or TWAIN, and who want to achieve their goals quickly in a comfortable way by using application development tools such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, Java, Delphi, or others.
The AVT Active FirePackage is perfect for easy-to-use development of your own imaging applications, it contains the following components:
• Camera system driver – based on the Microsoft IEEE1394 driver set, suitable for all AVT IEEE1394 cameras.
• ActiveX Control – powerful, multi-function COM interface that provides various PropertyPages to configure the camera and the settings for image acquisition and supports many events.
• DirectShow filter – in addition to a (WDM) Video Capture Source filter (see figure 1 for supported DirectShow interfaces) AVT camera specific transform filters for YUV411 and Y800 output formats are provided to support DirectX based video streaming applications.
• TWAIN driver – standard interface to many third party imaging applications.
• Demo viewer – application with full-screen video window, to operate multiple cameras and save images in various formats.
• Automatic Driver Install Tool – user controlled driver installer that enables both the installation of the driver for all AVT cameras connected to the system, as well as the required driver for the system integrated OHCI compliant host adapters, to guarantee a proper operation of the AFP.
• User Guide – extensive documentation available as CHM (HTML-based help file) and PDF file.
• Example Collection – lots of well documented examples for Visual C++, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, HTML showing ActiveX, COM, and DirectShow style programming to minimize programmer’s learning time.
Functional Highlights
- Drag & Drop compatibility with popular development environments like Visual Studio (.NET), Borland C++ Builder, Delphi, etc.
- Enhanced thread-scheduling for dual-CPU and hyper-threading support
- Very low CPU usage for color conversion and image display
- Ability to acquire images from several cameras simultaneously
- Adjust camera parameters in real-time
- Ability to save/reload camera settings in memory channels
- Save images in BMP, TIFF and JPEG formats
- Record AVI files or sequentially-named image files
