DETAILED OVERVIEW — XCAP FEATURE COMPARISON
XCAP Version -Plus (A) -Std (A) -Ltd (A) -Lite (A) -Viewer (A)
File -
- Load New Image Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) Yes (C)
- Load New Image Sequence Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) Yes (C)
- Image File Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- TWAIN Select Source (Win) Yes Yes No No No
- TWAIN New Acquire (Win) Yes Yes No No No
Images -
- New Image Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scripts -
- Record Yes Yes No No No
- Play Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Remote Control Yes Yes No No No
- Load Tool Bar Yes Yes No No No
Utility -
- Black Board Yes Yes No No No
- Message Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Audio Clip (Win) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- RS-232 Terminal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Screen Capture Yes Yes Yes No No
- I/O Port Peek & Poke (W95) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Devices -
- Birger EF232 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Directed Perception Pan-Tilt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 10C-CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 10M-CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 20C-CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 20M-CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 1514CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- SILICON VIDEO® 1820CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Fujinon CCTV Lens Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Illumination Technologies 3900 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Sagebrush Pan-Tilt Gimbal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Volpi intralux dc-1100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PIXCI® -
- Open/Close -
- Single Board Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Multiple Identical Boards Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Multiple Different Boards Yes Yes No No No
- Frame Buffer Memory Limit -
w. PIXCI® CL3SD None (E) None (E) None (E) None N/A
w. PCI 32 bit None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. PCI 64 bit None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. PCI Express & 32 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. PCI Express & 64 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 8GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. ExpressCard/54 & 32 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. ExpressCard/54 & 64 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 8GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. mini PCIe & 32 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. mini PCIe & 64 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 8GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. M.2 & 32 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 4GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
w. M.2 & 64 bit O.S. None (E) None (E) 8GiB (E) 256MiB(E) N/A
- Driver Assistant/Wizard - Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- w. Install PIXCI® Driver
- w. Set PIXCI® Driver Advanced Options
- w. Set PIXCI® Frame Buffer Memory Size
- w. Install PIXCI® Camera Link® Serial DLL (Win)
- w. Install PIXCI® Serial (COM Port) Driver (Win)
- w. Install PIXCI® Frame Server Driver (Win)
- w. Install PIXCI® V4L2 Driver (Lnx)
- w. Install PIXCI® Serial (TTY) Driver (Lnx)
- w. Install PIXCI® TWAIN Driver (Win)
- Driver Assistant/Wizard - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- w. Install Authorization Blue Key Driver
- w. Install Authorization Green Key Driver
- Video Setup Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Export Video Setup Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Import Video Setup Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- TWAIN Sourcery (Win) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Image-Pro Sourcery (Win) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Status Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Serial Terminal Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Connections Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Camera Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Camera Specific Controls Yes (F) Yes (F) Yes (F) Yes (F) No
Help -
- XCAP Release Notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- XCAP Reference Manual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- PCI Configuration Tips Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Getting Started w. XCAP (Web) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
File -
- Save Image Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) No
w. multi-thread compression Yes Yes No No No
- Save Image Sequence Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) No
w. multi-thread compression Yes Yes No No No
- Load Image Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) Yes (C)
- Load Image Sequence Yes Yes Yes Yes (C) Yes (C)
- E-Mail Image Yes Yes Yes No No
- Print Image Yes Yes Yes Yes (R) No
- Duplicate Image Yes Yes Yes No No
- Duplicate Image Sequence Yes Yes Yes No No
- BlackBoard Image Yes Yes No No No
View -
- Full Screen Yes (W) Yes (W) Yes (W) Yes (W) Yes (W)
- Frame-Less Full Screen Yes (W) Yes (W) Yes (W) No No
- Palette Yes Yes Yes Yes (G) Yes (G)
- Sequence Play Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Sequence Thumbnails Yes Yes Yes No No
- Cursor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Zoom, Pan, Scroll Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Flip & Mirror Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Multi-thread/CPU rendering Yes Yes Yes No No
- Launch 2nd Viewer Yes Yes Yes No No
Examine -
- Pixel Peek X vs Y Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (H)
- Pixel Peek X vs B Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (H)
- Pixel Peek B vs Y Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (H)
- Pixel Peek & Poke Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Pixel Plot Row Yes Yes Yes Yes (I,Y) Yes (I,Y)
- Pixel Plot Column Yes Yes Yes Yes (I,Y) Yes (I,Y)
- Pixel Plot Pixel × B Yes Yes Yes Yes (I,Y) Yes (I,Y)
- Pixel Plot Rows × Y Yes Yes Yes No No
- Pixel Plot Rows × B Yes Yes Yes No No
- Pixel Plot Cols × X Yes Yes Yes No No
- Pixel Plot Cols × B Yes Yes Yes No No
- Pixel Plot 3D Yes Yes Yes Yes (S) Yes (S)
- Pixel Magnifier Yes Yes Yes (Z) No No
- SMPTE VITC Yes Yes Yes No No
Modify -
- Patterns Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Set Yes Yes Yes (J) Yes (J) Yes (J)
- Arithmetic Yes Yes No No No
- Binning Yes Yes No No No
- Contrast Modification Yes Yes No No No
- Convolution Yes Yes No No No
- Correlation Map Yes Yes No No No
- Edge Detection Yes Yes No No No
- FFT Yes Yes No No No
- HSB Tweak Yes Yes No No No
- Interlace & Flicker Yes Yes No No No
- Morphology Yes Yes No No No
- Noise Generator Yes Yes No No No
- Normalization Yes Yes No No No
- Rotation & Shift Yes Yes No No No
- Spatial Filtering Yes Yes No No No
- Spatial Normalization Yes Yes No No No
- Threshold Yes Yes No No No
- Threshold Adaptive Yes Yes No No No
- Warping Yes Yes No No No
- Copy & Resize Yes Yes No No No
- Pair Arithmetic Yes Yes No No No
- Pair Normalization Yes Yes No No No
- Triplet Normalization Yes Yes No No No
- Average Sequence Yes Yes No No No
- Difference Sequence Yes Yes No No No
- Tile Sequence Yes Yes No No No
Measure -
- Intensity Calibration Yes Yes No No No
- Spatial Calibration Yes Yes No No No
- Histogram Yes Yes No No No
- Histogram Pair Yes Yes No No No
- Mass & Moments Yes Yes No No No
- Line Profile Yes Yes Yes (K,L) Yes(I,K,L) Yes(I,K,L)
- Radial Mass Plot Yes Yes No No No
- Ruler Yes Yes Yes (K) Yes (K) Yes (K)
- Protractor Yes Yes No No No
- Cartesian Reticle Yes Yes Yes (K) Yes (K) Yes (K)
- Polar Reticle Yes Yes No No No
- Dist. & Angle Crosshairs Yes Yes No No No
- Shape Analysis Yes Yes No No No
- Blob Analysis Yes Yes No No No
- Particle Tracking Yes Yes No No No
- SubPixel Edger Yes Yes No No No
- Ellipse Fitter Yes Yes No No No
- Correlation Finder Yes Yes No No No
Draw -
- Arrow Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Text Yes Yes Yes No No
- Point Yes Yes Yes No No
- Points Yes Yes Yes No No
- Bezier Curve Yes Yes Yes No No
- Circle Yes Yes Yes No No
- Circle Arc Yes Yes Yes No No
- Diamond Yes Yes Yes No No
- Ellipse Yes Yes Yes No No
- Ellipse Arc Yes Yes Yes No No
- Line Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Parallel Lines Yes Yes Yes No No
- Path Curve Yes Yes Yes No No
- Polyline Yes Yes Yes No No
- Rectangle Yes Yes Yes No No
- Window Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Annulus Yes Yes Yes No No
- Annulus Arc Yes Yes Yes No No
- Bezier Region Yes Yes Yes No No
- Elliptical Annulus Yes Yes Yes No No
- Elliptical Annulus Arc Yes Yes Yes No No
- Rectangle Array Yes Yes Yes No No
- Path Enclosed Yes Yes Yes No No
- Polygon Yes Yes Yes No No
- Rectangular Frame Yes Yes Yes No No
- Graphic Manager Yes Yes Yes (B) Yes (B) Yes (B)
- Paint Brush Yes Yes Yes No No
- Paint Fill Yes Yes Yes No No
- Image Overlay Yes Yes No No No
Capture -
- Snap (Video) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Live (Video) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Frame Date&Time Stamp Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- First Buffer Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Next Buffer Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) No
- Previous Buffer Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) No
- Last Buffer Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) Yes (M) No
- Adjustments -
- Snap/Live Buffer Number Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Resolution (video window) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- Camera Specific Controls Yes (F) Yes (F) Yes (F) Yes (F) No
- Color & White Balance Yes (N) Yes (N) Yes (N) Yes (N) No
- SILICON VIDEO(R) AWB Yes (N) Yes (N) Yes (N) Yes (N) No
- Auto Gain/Exposure Control Yes (O) Yes (O) Yes (O) No (O) No
- SILICON VIDEO(R) AGC/AEC Yes (O) Yes (O) Yes (O) Yes (O) No
- Pixel Normalization (FFC) Yes (V) Yes (V) Yes (V) Yes (V) No
- Auto Contrast Enhancement Yes (X) Yes (X) Yes (X) No (X) No
- Manual Contrast Enhancement Yes (X) Yes (X) Yes (X) Yes (X) No
- Load & Save Presets Yes Yes Yes No No
- Shortcuts Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- GIO Event Capture Single Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- GIO Event Capture Sequence Yes Yes Yes No No
- Waterfall Display Yes Yes Yes Yes No
- RGB Merge Yes Yes Yes No No
- Frame Average Yes Yes No No No
- Quad Pixel Merge Yes No No No No
- Lens Control -
- Birger EF232 Yes Yes Yes (U) Yes (U) No
Sequence Capture (Single Sequence and Continuous Sequence) -
- to Frame Buffers Yes (E) Yes (E) Yes (E) Yes (P,E) No
- to Frame Buffers at Event Yes Yes Yes No (Q) No
- to Virtual Memory Yes Yes Yes (T) Yes (P,T) No
- to Virtual Memory at Event Yes Yes Yes (T) No (Q) No
- to Image Files Yes Yes Yes Yes (D) No
- to Image Files at Event Yes Yes Yes No No
- to Image Files - FTP Copy Yes Yes Yes No No
- to Image Files - HTTP Server Yes Yes Yes No No
- to Disk File Yes Yes No No No
- to Disk File at Event Yes Yes No No No
- to StreamStor (Win) Yes No No No No

Note (A): For XCAP-Lite, the PIXCI® frame grabber is assumed installed and open for use, otherwise XCAP-Lite provides the same features as XCAP-Viewer. Use of XCAP-Plus, XCAP-Std, or XCAP-Ltd with missing authorization key provides the same features as XCAP-Lite. Use of XCAP without activation code, or never having been configured for an authorization key, provides the features of XCAP-Viewer.

Note (B): The Save, Import, and Export Graphic features are not available in XCAP-Viewer, XCAP-Lite, or XCAP-Ltd.

Note (C): For XCAP-Viewer, images may not be saved; images may not be loaded directly from an Internet URL. For XCAP-Lite, Save Image Sequence is only available in TIFF format; images may not be loaded directly from, or saved to, an Internet URL; and does not support image "stack" options.

Note (D): For XCAP-Lite, the Sequence Capture to Image Files only supports TIFF format.

Note (E): The maximum amount of frame buffer memory is dependent on a the characteristics of the PIXCI® imaging card, the operating system, and of XCAP software. The PIXCI® CL3SD and SI2 have on-board frame buffer memory, other PIXCI® imaging cards use computer based frame buffer memory. The PIXCI® CL1, CL2, D, D24, D32, D2X, D3X, SI, SV2, SV3, SV4, and SV5 are designed to access up to 4 GB of computer memory. The PIXCI® A110, A310, D3XE, E1, E1DB, E4, E4DB, E4G2-2F, E4G2-4B, E4G2-F2B, E4TX2-2F, E4TX2-4B, E4TX2-F2B, E8, E8CAM, E8DB, e104x4-2f, e104x4-4b, e104x4-f2b, EB1, EB1G2, EB1-PoCL, EB1G2-PoCL, EB1mini, miniH2B, miniH2F, miniH2x4F, mf2280, EC1, ECB1, ECB1-34, ECB2, EL1, EL1DB, ELS2, SI1, SI4, SV7, and SV8 are designed to access up to 16 EiByte of computer memory (a theoretical limit, as no currently available computer system provides 16 EiByte of memory). For XCAP-Lite, a maximum of 256 MiByte of computer based frame buffer memory is supported (but allows one full resolution image buffer w/out size restriction). On 32 bit systems, XCAP-Plus, XCAP-Std, and XCAP-Ltd support up to 4 GiBytes of computer based frame buffer memory. On 64 bit systems, XCAP-Plus and XCAP-Std supports up to 16 EiByte of computer based frame buffer memory; XCAP-Ltd supports up to 8 GiByte of computer based frame buffer memory. The maximum available computer based frame buffer memory is also limited by the computer hardware, configuration, and memory used by the operating system and other applications.

Note (F): Camera specific controls provided for cameras supported by PIXCI® E8CAM, ELS2, SI, SI1, SI2, and SI4, and for many digital cameras supported by PIXCI® CL1, CL2, CL3SD, D, D24, D32, D2X, D3X, D3XE, E1, E1DB, E4, E4DB, E4G2-2F, E4G2-4B, E4G2-F2B, E4TX2-2F, E4TX2-4B, E4TX2-F2B, E8, E8DB, e104x4-2f, e104x4-4b, e104x4-f2b, EB1, EB1G2, EB1-PoCL, EB1G2-PoCL, EB1mini, miniH2B, miniH2F, miniH2x4F, mf2280, EC1, ECB1, ECB1-34, ECB2, EL1, and EL1DB; the 'PIXCI® Camera Info' feature shows the specific, customized, support provided for each camera.

Note (G): For XCAP-Lite and XCAP-Viewer, the Palette feature does not include save, load, import, or export, nor the "Extract Bright/Dark Reference" features.

Note (H): The Save Data feature is not available in XCAP-Viewer.

Note (I): For XCAP-Lite and XCAP-Viewer, the Pixel Plot feature does not include statistics, save, export, or multi-image "stack" or "plank" options. For XCAP-Viewer, the Pixel Plot feature does not include printing.

Note (J): For XCAP-Ltd, XCAP-Lite, and XCAP-Viewer, the Modify, Set feature does not include non-rectangular regions.

Note (K): For XCAP-Ltd, XCAP-Lite, and XCAP-Viewer, the Measure features do not include calibration.

Note (L): For XCAP-Ltd, XCAP-Lite, and XCAP-Viewer, the Line Profile is limited to straight lines.

Note (M): Subject to the amount of frame buffer memory versus image resolution yielding more than one frame buffer.

Note (N): Software implemented White Balance and Color Corrections (in contrast to a camera's feature) is provided for SILICON VIDEO® and other selected cameras; XCAP-Lite provides automatic, continuous, white balance (AWB) only for SILICON VIDEO® cameras. The XCAP-Lite does not provide custom color calibration from a Macbeth chart or other color reference.

Note (O): Software implemented AGC/AEC (in contrast to a camera's feature) is provided for selected cameras; of those, XCAP-Lite provides AGC/AEC only for SILICON VIDEO® cameras.

Note (P): For XCAP-Lite, the Sequence Capture does not include the graphic overlay of time stamp features, nor the strobe features added by software (as selected in the Sequence Capture dialog); any strobe features provided by the PIXCI® frame grabber or camera (either inherent or selected in the Capture & Adjust dialog) are available.

Note (Q): For XCAP-Lite, "triggered" sequence capture is provided when the camera is, itself, triggered (often referred to as "Async Reset Mode"); sequence capture from a free-running camera where the trigger or event is handled separately is not provided.

Note (R): For XCAP-Lite, the image printing feature only supports use of the operating system's image printing feature(s), not printing via EPIX® imaging drivers.

Note (S): The Save Graphics, Save Data, Export Data, or multi-image "stack" features are not available in XCAP-Viewer or XCAP-Lite. The Print feature is not available in XCAP-Viewer.

Note (T): For XCAP-Lite, the sequence capture to virtual memory is limited to using 1 GiByte of virtual memory For XCAP-Ltd, the sequence capture to virtual memory is limited to using 4 GiByte of virtual memory. The operating system's configuration may impose additional limitations.

Note (U): Interactive control of the lens is provided, but not automatic aperture or automatic focus features in XCAP-Viewer or XCAP-Lite.

Note (V): Software implemented Pixel Normalization or Flat Field Correction (in contrast to a camera's feature) is provided for SILICON VIDEO® and other selected cameras; of those, XCAP-Lite does not provide Pixel Normalization in generic Camera Link mode.

Note (W): Frame-less full screen is not available in XCAP-Lite, XCAP-Viewer, or under Linux.

Note (X): Software implemented Contrast Enhancement (in contrast to a camera's feature) is provided for selected cameras; of those, XCAP-Lite provides manual, but not automatic contrast enhancement.

Note (Y): The Save Graphics, Save Data, Copy Data, and Descriptive Statistics features are not available in XCAP-Viewer or XCAP-Lite.

Note (Z): The Contrast and other enhancements of the magnified area not available in XCAP-Ltd.

Note (W95): Feature available only under Windows 95, 98, and ME.

Note (Win): Feature available only under Windows.

Note (Lnx): Feature available only under Linux.

Note (Web): Help feature requires internet access.