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Bandit II Driver for Sapera Imaging Library for Windows NT/2000/XP
WA-BIIS-DRV3x
History
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Version 1.80
December 20th, 2002
Hardware Supported
- Bandit II, CV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, MV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, RGB Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, Digital Model, AGP/PCI
- Hirose Optional Module (for MV Model only)
- I/O Optional Module (for MV and RGB model)
- Digital Optional Module (for MV and RGB model)
New Features
- Support for Bandit II CV / AGP
- Support for Bandit II as an independent display (not VGA)
- Support for multiple Bandit II in one system when the Bandit IIs
are all independent displays.
- Support for fix anti-aliasing filters on MV/RGB models (Rev B1 and up, and A6 and up).
- Support for Serial Port using standard Windows comm port (needs Sapera 4.20)
Fixes
- Memory leak when disconnecting & releasing xfer handles of host-to-video transfers.
- When using an Optional Hirose module, the Master VS was not output.
- When using a Bandit II AGP or Bandit II RGB, under W2000/XP, with a resolution of 1280x1024
overlay surfaces were not possible. A no memory error would occur.
- Misleading error code for Transfer In Progress. One would get a 'software error'.
- When upgrading the driver (de-installation, soft-reboot, install, soft-reboot), if the PC was
not powered down, the on-board FPGA would not get re-programmed to the new version because the
driver saw that the FPGA was already loaded.
- Due to some I2C problems related to switch boxes and some monitors, the PnP monitor detection is now
disabled by default. If one wants to re-enable the feature, modify the registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BdIIVgaM and BdIIVgaSM \Device0\EnablePNPMonitor = 1.
- When using horizontal flipping with the CV model, it was possible that the acquisition would not start.
- When using a Bandit II MV/RGB, after using time integration method 1, 2 or 4, then returning to acquisition in
free-running mode, images acquired will miss fields or images will be black.
- If an acquired image is cropped (for example source image is 640x480, and the cropping is set to 320x240), and
the destination buffer size is greater than the cropped image (for example 640x480), the source image size
(in this case 640x480) was transfered.
- Next 2 fields acquisition using the MV/RGB acquisition module was only grabbing Odd/Even fields (bug
introduced in v:1.70)
- If 2 Bandit II applications were started at the same time, possible crash of one or both application was possible
during the initialization phase of the driver.
- Under W2000/XP, if in the Power Schemes, 'Turn off the monitor' was enabled and took effect, upon returning to
monitor On, OpenGL applications would not work anymore.
- OpenGL was not enabled when using the Bandit II RGB and all Bandit II AGP (all OSes).
The OpenGL driver was not registered properly in the registry.
- Possible bad detection of the Ths8083(A) part. Symptoms would be a badly synchronized dark image.
- Display selection of the 2nd monitor using the standard NTSC-Japan was not working.
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Version 1.70
July 25th, 2002
Hardware Supported
- Bandit II, CV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, MV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, RGB Model, AGP
- Hirose Optional Module (for MV Model only)
- I/O Opitional Module (for MV and RGB Model)
New Features
- Optimization of overlay updates.
- Optimization of overlay scale down.
- Support for the SuperSavage (Bandit II, RGB Model)
- Reduced the time it takes to start an acquisition to below 0.2 usec.
- Support for pixel/line dropping using the VIP registers of the SavageIX/MX.
Note 1: The SuperSavage does not have this feature.
Note 2: If the output pixel format is Mono8, pixels dropped/kept is done in groups of 2.
This will not give a linear scale down.
The scale down is up to 1/16.
Note 3: If the output pixel format is RGB32, the scale down is up to 1/16
Note 4: If the output pixel format is YUY2, the scale down is up to 1/32
- Support for YUY2 output pixel format with the Monochrome acquisition module (MV & RGB)
- Support for Master VS
- Support for Separate Sync acquisition
- Support for Optional I/O Module
- Support for Optional Hirose Module
- Support for RGB acquisition
- Support for upgraded A/D part THS8083A on MV & RGB models
- Optimized switching of camera selector on the MV.
- Added BanditIIPro Demo
Fixes
- On a Bandit II CV, the external trigger on level high feature was not working properly. The acquisition
would not stop even though a low level signal was applied. Also, if the high level was already present
when starting the acquisition, no images were captured. A transition from high to low to high was needed.
- On a Bandit II MV, when acquiring images, if one starts a second Sapera application
the Bandit II could stop grabbing or the acquisition could behave erratically.
- PAL interlaced images acquired with the Bandit II MV is now functioning properly: the odd/even fields
were inverted and one field shifted by one line, giving the impression that the acquired image was ok.
But the Odd field was placed in the even location and the even field in the odd location.
- Odd field decimation using the Bandit II MV is now functional. If one asked to decimate the Odd fields,
the driver would still decimate the even fields.
- Fixed corrupted pixels on display of SavageMx PCI at 1280x1024 32bpp 85hz.
- It was possible for the DMA 'video to host' to stop operating if there was no VGA activity.
- Using the DMA engine to transfer images (transfers from video to host buffer or host buffer to video)
at the same time as the Video Engine Unit (ie scaling down of overlayed images) could cause the computer to hang.
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Version 1.60
May 7th, 2002
Hardware Supported
- Bandit II, CV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, MV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, RGB Model, AGP/PCI (Monochrome/CV only acquisition)
New Features
- Vertical Flipping (host memory only, Sapera 4.10 and later)
- Dual Display, different image on monitors (Sapera 4.10 and later)
- DMA transfers from a Host buffer to a Video buffer or from a
Video Buffer to a Host buffer using a Transfer module.
- Support for the Savage MX chip.
Fixes
- Freezing of the computer would occur if changing monitor setup during a live acquisition.
This includes:
- changing of the resolution/pixel depth or refresh rate of the main VGA monitor
using the Windows Display Properties page
- enabling/disabling the secondary display using the BdIIDual utility accessible
through the Windows Display Properties page
- Disonnection of transfers would not free up all the allocated resources causing the system
to run out of memory.
- Using an MV model, with the secondary monitor enabled, moving a live image dialog box would
crash the PC.
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Version 1.50
January 30th, 2002
Hardware Supported
- Bandit II, CV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, MV Model, AGP/PCI
- Bandit II, RGB Model, AGP/PCI (Monochrome/CV only acquisition)
New Features
- Support for Bandit II, MV Model, AGP/PCI
- Support for Bandit II, RGB Model, AGP/PCI (Monochrome/CV only acquisition)
- Open GL is now available for Windows NT and 2000.
- Next 2 fields acquisition for CV acquisition.
- Under Windows 2000/XP, Bandit II can now reside in the computer along with another VGA card.
Note that the Bandit II must boot as the main VGA card.
Fixes
- If a 2nd VGA monitor was plugged to the Bandit II, then enabled, then
disconnected, the driver still thought that the 2nd VGA monitor was connected.
- Fixed acquisition and events of interlaced video when field order is Even/Odd.
- Fixed noise on the display when using animated cursors.
- Fixed possible freezing of WNT display driver.
- Installation can now be done successfully using a long path name with spaces.
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Version 1.10
November 26th, 2001
New Features
- Support for Windows XP
- Support for function CorManGetServerBySerialNumber
- Output pixel format can now be Monochrome, 8 bits/pixel.
- Support for CORACQ_PRM_EXT_TRIGGER_FRAME_COUNT: Number of frames to acquire per external trigger.
Fixes
- The driver can now run without the user having 'administrator' rights.
- It was possible to get a bad display format when Windows was changing to/from
text mode to graphics mode. The displayed image was elongated in the vertical direction.
- DirectDraw capabilities were not always present.
- Vertical bar artifact could be seen when acquiring images using the composite video input.
- Noisy pixels could be seen on the display. This was a visual effect, the pixels in memory
had the correct values.
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Version 1.01:
September 21st, 2001
Hardware Supported
- Bandit II, CV Model
New Features
- Support for Windows 2000
- Support for VGA output on secondary display (same resolution & pixel depth as primary display)
See table of display capabilities at the end of this file
Fixes
- Overlay could stay active once activated. So when not displaying overlay buffers
it was possible to still see the overlayed image in the areas of the desktop where
the color of a pixel matched the keying color.
- Deadlock was possible if disconnecting a live acquisition without waiting for the
transfer to be terminated (ie. using CorXferWait).
- Fixed shadow effect that could be seen when grabbing with a Y/C color input.
- Improved quality of Composite Color input.
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Version 1.00:
July 20th, 2001
- First Release
Download Driver Pack
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Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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