FasMoon Camera Control Applicaon
Before you can begin seng up the ILx, you must rst install the Fastec FasMoon Controller soware on a Windows PC or Mac.
The FasMoon soware install program is available on the Fastec website, hp://www.fastecimaging.com and is also copied onto the
USB thumb drive that shipped with your ILx camera.
This soware may be used to set up and control ILx and TSx cameras. With it you may congure all recording parameters including
Session Length, Resoluon, Frame Rate, Exposure, Color Balance, Autosave, Trigger point, and Sync opons.
To install the Windows version onto a PC:
1. Run the FasMoon install le, FasMoon_1.7.17.exe (or some other version), on your PC. You may wish to copy the install le to
a secure locaon on your PC for storage.
2. Follow the prompts to install and run FasMoon.
To install the Mac version:
1. Copy the FasMoon_1.7.17.dmg (or some other version), to your Mac.
2. Double click on the .dmg le to install.
3. Move the FasMoon icon to the Applicaons folder. Once installed, FasMoon will look and behave the same on a PC and Mac.
All instrucons below, as well as those found in the IL3 / IL4 Users Manual are applicable
to either version.
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Power Up the ILx
Connect the ILx to a Computer
Power on the camera:
• The IL3 will begin to boot up as soon as power is applied. During the power-up cycle, rst
the Camera LED will go green for a about 15 seconds, then the Power LED will go green
and stay on. Within about 45 seconds both the Camera LED and the Power LED will be
green. At this point the camera is booted up.
• The On/O buon on the camera may be used to turn the camera o and on while con-
nected to power.
Once connected to FasMoon, the camera may be powered down via the soware.
Camera Control Buons
Set the Language in FasMoon
To Set the Language for FasMoon:
1. Select “Language” from the View menu in FasMoon.
2. Select the language of your choice.
To Connect the ILx to a Computer:
1. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the computer’s Ethernet port, and the other to the GigE port of the camera. It is best
to start with a direct connecon (no other networking infrastructure involved). The computer’s network connecon should be
set for DHCP.
2. Launch the FasMoon applicaon.
3. Click on the Camera buon from the camera control buons on the upper le of
the FasMoon applicaon window to open the Find Camera Dialog box.
4. Click on the Scan buon. Select the camera
from the list on the le (if you have one
camera connected there will only be one in
the list, as in the image shown here). The
cameras are listed by MAC address and IP
address. Once a camera is selected, its de-
tails will be listed in the Camera Informaon
box to the right.
5. Click on the Connect buon to connect the
selected camera.
The Camera Control Panel and a Live Video
window will now open. If you have a lens on the
camera, you should be able to adjust and focus
it using the live image. If you are unable to get a
live image, open the Find Cameras dialog again
and adjust the Packet delay to a higher number
and click on Update.
