ATI All in Wonder capture card, help hooking up intraoral camera!

[DDS]

Hi, I'm a dentist trying to hook my analog intraoral camera to my computers capture card. Presently, it is connected to two S-video TV's(in different rooms) through a switch box and a centralized printer in my office. The Sony printer has the ability to only capture one pic at a time(the one displayed on the TV). My objective in purchasing the capture card was to be able to capture multiple pics and store them on my dental management software and them print them as necessary on a bubble jet printer. My present Sony printer costs about $1.00 per pic. I have the wiring diagram of the existing hook up if someone would allow me to email it to them to help me out. So far, I have run a 50 ft. S-video cable from the camera to the S video input on the capture card but it only shows the live pic with poor resolution and it is different than the one displayed on my monitor. I am trying to simultaneously capture the image on both my computers monitor and TV with nice resolution. The capture card also has a RF remote control to control the functions from my operatory. I presume I need to link my TV to my computer?? The card has Hydravision capability. If anyone would be kind enough to review my present wiring diagram and offer suggestions, I would appreciate it very much ! Thanks! Dave

 

[GavinO]

You're going to want to run the S-Video from the camera to the capture card. You can then use the computer as a monitor to see what the camera sees (if I remember, the remote has a still frame capture button). You can then use the outputs from the AIW card to feed a remote monitor if you need to.

I'm not sure what kind of hookups your existing TV monitors have; you may be able to work a solution where you passthrough the TV monitors before reaching the capture card (so you don't need to use the computer as a monitor).

If the AIW has Hydravision like you said, you could hook up a TV monitor as a primary display and set the normal computer monitor to secondary, so that you can see the image from the capture card and still use the computer for other tasks (such as viewing the captures from the current session).

Perhaps one of those configurations will work for you. Its tricky getting a setup that works just right for your workflow; you've got it easy not having to worry about audio as well.

 

[DDS]

Gavin: Thank you very much for the reply !...

I just got back from my office to evalauate my options with my teenage son. This is what we found: My camera has a composite video output that plugs into a wallplate. The S-Video TV has only inputs in which one runs from the TV to another wallplate labeled" monitor". There is also an infrared connection (for the printer) and a "pedal" connection for my foot pedal capture to the printer. These all connect to the printer through a switch box(I have another room setup the same way. I can view live video with the printer off but obviously can't capture until turned on. My son and I tried two methods tonight: 1) connected 50 ft S-Video cable to camera and computer directly and was able to capture an ok image on the computer monitor but not the same pic captured on the TV, obviously. I want to be able to see the pic on the operatory TV and not the computer. 2) we ran the S-Video from the computer to the outlet on the switchbox which originally had the operatory monitor attached.The capture was very good but I still could only see through the computer monitor. If I can get an S-Video splitter(if they make them) and split off the operatory monitor connection I could view both. I obviously need to view the image on the TV to capture properly. I could use the remote control to "recapture" the image for storage on the computer. I could also connect an S-Video output from the computer to an input on the TV and use Hydravision , as you mentioned.

From the setup I just described , what do you think is the best solution?

Thanks for your suggestions and help!
Dave