ADUVC RELEASES

Author: Jakub Wlodek

ADUVC requires libusb, libuvc, epics-base, epics-modules, ADCore, and ADSupport. Further installation information can be found in the README file.

Release Notes

Key detector features implemented:
- Added IOC feature to auto-adjust camera settings based on operating mode.
Key fixes and improvements
- Minor screen updates
- Repoint libuvc upstream repo. New repo has issues with CMake file
- Add documentation for fixing root ownership issues of UVC devices
Known Issues
- Auto adjust feature can break with certain odd configurations of the camera
- Uses array size to determine 8/16 bit and Mono/RGB, but certain compressed formats break the adjuster.

Key detector features implemented:
- Camera modes now read into structs at startup
- Valid camera mode structs selectable from dropdown in CSS - improves usability
- Autosave functionality tested and working.
- More extensive status messages/detector feedback
Key fixes and improvements
- Removed unused PVs (ADUVC_VendorID, ADUVC_ProductID)
- Fixed memory leak caused by early return from frame conversion function on error
- Added Makefiles to the support modules
- Documentation updates
- Added information on using camera with Virtual Box
- Removed newlines from status messages for better readability.
- CSS screen updated

Key detector features implemented:
- Support for Uncompressed and Grayscale images
- Support for 16-bit images
- Image timestamps
Key fixes and improvements
- Memory copying fixed to remove race condition that could cause plugins to crash
- Improved conversion between frame format and PV
- Updated documentation with params[in]/[out]
- Added LICENSE
- Code formatting cleaned up (removed all tab characters)

Key detector features implemented:
- UVC Camera features (Sharpness, Backlight, Brightness, Gain, etc.)
- More format support (MJPEG, RGB, YUYV)
- Frame size and framerate selection (Previously only 640x480 @ 30 fps)
- Custom CSS Screen Added
Key fixes and improvements
- Fixed error where first frame in stream was corrupt
- Fixed IOC autosave feature
- Resolved frame drop due to motion (camera dependant)

Key detector features implemented:
- Image Acquisition supported and tested.
- Acquisition mode selection supported and tested
- Diagnostic information acquisition
- Plugin interoperability tested
- Detector IOC written and tested
- Driver report function implemented
Key Support Features Added
- Documentation for installation and usage
- Camera Detector program for detecting UVC cameras and diagnostics
- Image Acquisition program for testing camera image acquisition
- libuvc installation script included
Limitations
- Only tested on linux-x86_64 systems
- Framerate goes down during motion (likely due to mjpeg compression)
- IOC autosave feature not working correctly
- Many UVC camera functions not yet implemented
- Limited format support (only mjpeg)
- Frame size must be specified in the IOC
- No custom screens (uses ADBase screen)