Phynx RGB - VGA or RGB capture
Many applications require the ability to display, capture, and/or stream VGA or RGB data taken from various sources such as Windows, Linux, UNIX or MAC PC?s, Embedded systems, medical devices, games consoles and other scientific or Lab equipment etc.

The typical approach to solving this problem has been to use a scan converter to convert the RGB signal from the computer to an NTSC or PAL video signal and then digitize the video signal, compress, archive or transmit it. This solution works, but the quality is poor due to the lower resolution video signal and the errors inherent in digitizing an analogue video signal. (i.e., a 1024x768 RGB image has to be mapped into a 768x576 video image)
The correct solution to achieve full resolution with high quality images or video streams is to use the Phynx RGB capture board in a Windows based PC. Using this hardware, it will be possible to capture full resolution RGB images (i.e., XGA, SXGA, UXGA or other possible custom signals) and either save them in BMP/JPG/AVI format or stream the video in real-time to LAN/WAN networks. Moreover, since the images will not be transformed through NTSC or PAL, they will be of much higher quality.

PHYNXRGB-II
Capture 2 channels simultaneously from VGA or RGB and display onto your desktop in two independent windows

Some working environments require constant access to VGA data from another source. A standalone PCI plug in card, the PhynxRGB captures the display output (e.g. the analogue RGB data) from one computer screen and then displays it as an independent application, in real time, on your Windows® desktop. The PhynxRGB has two VGA compatible inputs for simultaneously feeding two independent data sources directly into your main PC. The data is then converted on the PhynxRGB and displayed as a standard Windows® application on your desktop

The PhynxRGB acquires analog RGB or VGA and composite video signals. The card locks automatically to the selected input signal of up to 1600 x 1200 resolution and converts the images to data files. The acquired images can be displayed in the window of a PC workstation or can be stored onto the hard disk for later retrieval. The size of the grabbed image is up to 1600 x 1200 pixels at 16-bit colour resolution. On-screen panels for adjustment of input and output features allow easy control of the card.

Control for adjusting brightness, contrast, width, height and horizontal and vertical position are provided. Standard VESA modes are automatically detected. Support for non standard video modes can be interactively created and saved, therefore enabling non-standard modes to be automatically detected.
The PhynxRGB is also supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the timing and the format of the input sources and displaying the captured data. We also provide an SDK (Software Development Kit) so you can interface the Vision RGB to your own applications.
The PhynxRGB is supplied with drivers for Windows®NT4, Windows®2000 and Windows® XP as standard, and is compatible with all graphics accelerators.

Multiple card operation
The Phynx RGB driver supports multiple card operation in a single PC. In a standard desktop PC it is possible to install up to 4 boards, more boards can be installed by using an extended PCI back-plane. With 4 dual channel boards installed this will enable eight VGA or RGB inputs to be connected to a single PC. All inputs are displayed in individual desktop windows - with or without file menu or borders.

Phynx RGB - what you get!

• Phynx RGB PCI based hardware - single or dual channel
• Phynx RGB drivers for Windows® 2000 or XP
• Phynx RGB SDK for custom development using the Phynx RGB driver, source code example included in C/C++
• WDM streaming driver for use with Microsoft Windows Media Encoder or other various third party software with WDM support. Own front-end interface or application can be developed using the DirectX SDK from Microsoft.
  To use the WDM streaming driver the Microsoft DirectX run-time must be installed.
• Phynx RGB application
  Listed below are some of the Phynx application functionality
  1. Auto-detect the incoming signal (utility supplied for custom signals)
  2. Full resolution display in a desktop window with/without file menus and borders
  3. Scale image up/down
  4. Capture image and send to file or direct to printer
  5. Schedule multiple image capture with auto file name generation
  6. User configurable sample rate for multiple video display windows, different rates for active or non-active windows. (multi-card operation)

• Hardware up and downscaling for resizing the captured video.
   
• The Phynx RGB uses specialized dual ported video memory to ensure the highest possible performance with low system overhead.
   
• The Phynx RGB has 6MBytes of video capture memory per channel and can capture data at 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and 1600 x 1200 resolutions. Custom resolutions are possible if they are within the bandwidth limits of the Phynx RGB.
   
• The Phynx RGB captures data at a maximum rate of 280 Mpixels per second. Once captured, the data is converted to either 555, 565 or 888 pixel display formats and then transferred over the PCI bus to host memory, for display on the desktop.
   
• 32-bit or 16 bit capture mode.
   
• WDM Streaming driver support for up to 8 streams.
   
• Dynamic Input Source Selection.
   
• Administrator Mode.
   
• Update Indicator.
   
• Always on Top.
   
• Save to file.
   
• Direct print to printer.
   
• Auto capture.and save to auto filenames.

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