Instructions for operating the cameras from ddpi-mk2. As of October 25, 2020 only the right camera can be recorded.

Make sure the power for the light sources are plugged in.

Terminal commands for activating the camera and previewing image:

Updated February 6, 2021. These scripts used to be in /opt/drivers/bitflow, but there are now shortcuts for the command to be called from any working directory.

• Open the terminal and use the following commands from any working directory.
• activate (To start using the camera)
• deactivate (When done using the camera

• To open camera view window: BitflowPreview. Press "disconnect" before closing bitflow

To record eye image

• cd /home/aplab/exp/Ruei/bfRecord1/build
• ./bfRecord -h (to see usage)
• ./bfRecord -f filename.dat

PRESS ENTER

wait for image screen to appear

Q to quit, S to start

automatically records 10000 buffer samples (about 10 seconds at 1016Hz)

.dat file is saved into Ruei/bfRecord1/build if you do not specify a path like some_path/filename.dat

Convert to avi File

• cd /home/aplab/exp/Ruei/bfRecord1
• ./convert.sh filename.dat filename.avi

How to switch to left eye camera?