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 INTERVALOMETER 
Datavideo's Intervalometer TL-1 is an easy to use, microprocessor based DV Bank accessory that will open up new worlds of creative, scientific, technical and business opportunities for you. Now you can have unlimited real time control of your production technology and use 'time' more efficiently and imaginatively.
Unit Dimensions/Weight
Width:
4.75 inches, 120.65 mm, Depth: 1.567 inches, 39.7 mm
Height: 2.875 inches, 73.03 mm, Net Weight: 0.5 lbs/0.2 Kgs
 


 

 SPECIFICATIONS
Interval time setting
(Hour: Minute: Second)
Set the
interval time for frames recording.
(configurable from 1 frame per second to 1 frame per day)

Duration
(Frame): Set the recording frames from 1 to 29 frames per Interval.

Playback Control
(See DV Bank data sheet for full feature description)

Play: playback video at 30fps (NTSC) and 25fps (PAL)
Pause: Pause video playback
Stop: Stop video playback
Record: Push on record button to start video recording
Key Lock: Push on key lock to disable/enable control panel keys entry.
Up/Down Control: For Interval time and recording frames setting
Single frame: Push on single frame button for instant snapshot

Format (DV Bank)
Native DV 25 video with resolution
NTSC at 704 x 480
PAL at 704 x 576

You can use a NON DV camera with a DAC-100 Media Converter.

Frame Rate
Programmable frame rate from 29 fps to 1 frame per day

Recording time with 60 GB HARD DRIVE IN DV BANK
4.5 hours
270 minutes
16,200 seconds
486,000 frames
*

*Rounding error - The TL-1 has a one frame deviation for every
500 frames captured.

GPI inputs
Activated by pulse trigger

Power consumption
This unit gets power from the DV Bank.

*Specifications are subject to change without notice.
*All the trademarks are the properties of their respective owners


 

 Datavideo's New Tool with Virtually Unlimited Applications


 

What's an Intervalometer? Simply put, a video intervalometer allows the user to determine the number of video frames the DV Bank records and how often it records them; it enables the creation of time-lapse video images. Thus, very slow activities (such as clouds moving across the sky) appear to be speeded up.

Datavideo's Intervalometer and DV Bank allow you to shoot single frame images, produce activated or general-purpose interface (GPI) triggered segments, animations and time-lapse videography. The Intervalometer allows the director/producer to "compress elapsed time" and gives you nearly unlimited creative potential because the look, style and overall effect of the final video can be fine-tuned:

Choose how often an image is recorded.
Select the number of frames recorded at each time interval.


 

 Intervalometer Manages DV Bank Recording in Four Ways


 

1. Programmed interval time/duration.
2. Instant one-frame recording: just press the SINGLE FRAME record button.
3. Remote activation using a general purpose interface (GPI)-trigger switch, motion or movement sensors, limit or proximity switches, or
4. With appropriate software and interface, recording can be computer actuated. The Intervalometer and DV Bank can also be used to animate "still" images, creating "moving" images like in traditional cartoons. Again, the director/producer determines the recording time interval and the number of frames to be recorded. When the video is replayed at normal speed (30 fps) the process creates a continuous image that appears to move. The Intervalometer is exceptionally useful in creating unique opening titles, revealing data on a chart or for creating an easy to follow instruction guide for a complex process.
Datavideo's Intervalometer opens up new worlds of creative and technical opportunities enabling you to pitch new clients and to get involved in new, exciting industries by offering unique,
never-before realized creative and visual approaches to tough business, scientific and technical problems that have previously defied solution. Because the DV Bank records in DV you can easily edit sequences, title or replace frames with popular software like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Express DV, etc.


 

 12VDC Operation

How to determine how much battery capacity is needed to operate the DV Bank and Intervalometer from a 12 VDC source?

This is a conservative example -
The Intervalometer draws 5 watts
The DV Bank draws 45 watts
Let's assume that it is 60 watts instead of the actual 50
The Datavideo DC/DC Converter is about 85% efficient - let's assume that it is 75% efficient
So we'll make a worst case assumption that the DV Bank and Intervalometer, powered through the DC/DC Converter of 80 watts at 12 Volts.

AMPS = WATTS / VOLTS
WATTS = VOLTS x AMPS
VOLTS = WATTS / AMPS

OHMS Law is AMPS = WATTS/VOLTS

80/12 = .71 AMPS to operate the DV Bank & Intervalometer at 12V

Note: The load from the camera and ways to recharge the battery should also be considered.
 


 

 Typical Applications

Medical & Healthcare
Datavideo's new Intervalometer is perfectly suited for countless medical and health care uses. Whether operating in the lab, university, or in a hospital, clinical setting or an operating room, the Intervalometer provides the doctor, researcher, practitioner, educator and technician the flexibility to record, visualize, analyze and present medical procedures, data, new protocols and outcomes clearly, concisely and creatively. With the Intervalometer you can work with or record:

List of typical Medical & Healthcare applications

Advance Bioresearch
Adverse Events
Aid Medical Device Design and Analysis
Analyze Procedures
Analyze Sleep Disorders
Assure Pharmaceutical Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Audit Activities
Augment Veterinary Resources
Augment Your Medical Research
Automate and Verify Inspections
Automate Outcomes Analysis
Conduct Clinical Trials
Document Operating Room Procedures
Enhance Preventive Medicine
Enhance Safety & Efficacy
Gauge Good Manufacturing Practices
Improve Dental Methodology
Improve Manufacturing Productivity
Improve Patient Compliance
Improve Patient Safety and Comfort
Monitor Waiting Rooms
Perform Medical Imaging
Perform Medical Systems Analysis and Review
Pharmaceutical Research
Record In Vivo and In Vitro Testing
Record Therapeutic Consequences
Report Treatment Benefits
Standardize Methodology
Study Human factors
Study New Ophthalmic Protocols
Test for Biohazard Safety
Validate Surgical Procedures

Scientific & Technical
And, if your subject matter is more high tech than anatomical, the Intervalometer can be programmed to capture just about any visible chemical reaction, mechanical process, scientific or natural phenomenon. You can even use it to record paint peeling off the side of an old barn.You could videotape a special spring rose blossoming for a perfume company. Or, you could record a scientific experiment determining the pH of a substance in relation to various temperatures. With Datavideo's Intervalometer and an external GPI-trigger the Intervalometer you can easily take a shot whenever the pH reached your target level, at a specific temperature .The Intervalometer lets you master your subject without being a dependent on pre-programmed time intervals. Additionally, with the Intervalometer you can master:

List of typical Scientific & Technical applications

Activity of Animals and Insects
Aeronautical Testing
Aerospace Activities
Analysis of Chemical Behavior
Animal Habits and Activity
Astronomical Activity
Auditing Production
Automobile Engineering and Design
Biology Experiments
Birth (Process)
Building Construction
Changes in Sand Dunes, Mountains, etc.
Constellations and Planets in the Sky
Decomposition of Matter
Embryonic Development
Environmental Analysis
Ergonomics Studies
Flight of Birds
Flow of Rivers and Oceans
Flowers Growing and Blossoming
Growth of Crystals
Growth of Plants and Animals
Hazardous Materials Handling & Testing
Human Factors
Lightning Strikes
Machinery Operation
Materials Testing
Materials Weathering
Metamorphosis
Military Hardware
Monitoring Processes
Ocean Currents
Recording Data
Recording Natural Phenomena
Reporting Cause & Effect
Safety Studies
Snowfall and Precipitation
Systems Analysis
Tidal Changes
Vehicular Testing
Water, Chemical Flows
Wave Activity
Weather Forecasting

Animation & Graphics
Use the camera to capture images for a flipbook, develop captivating title sequences or create a unique animated title sequence for an annual shareholders meeting. For example, you could program the Datavideo Intervalometer to record three frames whenever you press its SINGLE FRAME button. Using this technique you can slowly build letters and words using tasty-looking vegetables, triggering each three-frame recording manually. Once you've completed the name you could then reprogram the Intervalometer to automatically record three frames every 10 seconds. Your final act would be to place a hungry white bunny on the set-up table and let the Intervalometer record it happily eating all the vegetables, leaving only a clean "plate." Or you can create:

List of typical Animation & Graphics applications

A How-to Change a Flat Tire Tutorial
A Montage
A Multi-character Animated Play
A Video of Proper Lawn Mowing Techniques
An Online Video Demonstrating How to Replace a Toner Cartridge
An Opening Sequence
Animated Assembly of a Toy
Animated Charts
Cartoons
Collages
Letters Moving Across the Screen
Moving Lines on a Map
Titles with Block Letters, Letters Forming in the Sand, Handwriting, Old Style type or Calligraphy
Unusual Effects and Demonstrations Like- Ironing a Shirt

Security, Business & Training
All organizations, be they commercial, governmental, civic, educational or social have special needs for video security, documentation, presentation, research and risk assessment that Datavideo's Intervalometer can meet. Whether it's surveillance of a hotel parking lot, market research, pedestrian traffic flow or the courtroom presentation of an expert witness, the Intervalometer is flexible enough to be programmed to capture just the data needed, at any time interval throughout the day or night. Exceptional videos can be produced easily and quickly for an elementary school "assembly," for risk analysis experts' review, or for cadets at the fire academy. The Intervalometer is an ideal tool for:

List of typical Security, Business & Training applications

Accident Investigation
Airports and Harbors
Archival Documentation
Auditing Production Lines
CD-ROM Technical Manuals
Cost/Benefit Studies
Courtroom and legal Presentations
Crime Prevention
Determining Optimum Aisle and Display Locations in a Store
Education and Training
Environmental Management
Forensic Analysis and Documentation
Graphical Data
HAZMAT Incident Management & Safety
Historical Collections
Law Enforcement
Monitoring Employees
Museums and Exhibits
Office Space Planning
Online Tutorials
Parking Lot Management
Pedestrian Flow
Presentations
Product Promotions and Introductions
Product Safety and Defects
Productivity Studies and Monitoring
Public Events
Public Mass Transit Systems
Risk Analysis
Safeguarding Government Buildings
Schoolyard Surveillance
Stores and Malls
Timed Inspections
Trade Show Displays
Understanding Queuing Patterns
Vehicular Traffic Flow

Creative & Imaginative
The Intervalometer can also be used to condense existing video to playback in less time. For instance, if you re-record a 60-minute videotape at:
one frame per second, you'll end up with a 2 minute long tape
two frames per second, you'll end up with a 4 minute long tape
three frames per second, you'll end up with a 6 minute long tapeWith Datavideo's Intervalometer, you can combine different animations and techniques, recording time intervals, numbers of frames, and existing video together into unique sequences. You can even use it to "pencil test" your animation or graphic build. You can easily move the camera as you animate, or between segments, put it on a turntable, zoom in or out, add filters for special effects, all without changing the subject or lighting. The Intervalometer makes it easy for you to master time and it encourages you to realize the full, imaginative potential of your creative self and your technical expertise. It's ideal for recording:

List of typical Creative & Imaginative uses

Apple Pie Eating Contests
Art Projects
Awards Ceremonies and Recognition
Baking and Cooking
Bananas Ripening
Capturing Crowds on a Beach
Car Races
Catching Motorcycle Jumps
Checking Out the Fish Swimming in Your Tank
Clouds Racing Across the Sky
Condensing Length of Existing Videos
Documenting People in a Stadium
Documenting Snowboarders Crashing
Examining People Moving on an Escalator
Family Car Trips & Vacation "Albums"
Family Heritage Projects
Following People Walking in a City
Football, Soccer and Baseball Games
Hot Air Balloon Trips
Movie Production
Music Videos
Parades and Processions
Recording the Fun at Family Picnics
Roller Coaster Rides
Skate Board Parks
Special Events
Storm Tracking
Studying Ice Melting
Surfers Stories
Tennis Matches
Theatrical Productions
TV Production
Watching Whipped Cream Dissolve

 


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