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PixeLINK™ Megapixel FireWire Camera

System Guide

PL-A630 to PL-A660 Series Cameras

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appertaining to the intellectual-property items and trademark references as can be found throughout this System Guide.

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Definitions of Intellectual Property and Trademark Attributions

This Section is intended to ensure proper attribution and honoring of any and all trademarks and intellectual-property items in
terms of attribution to their respective owners as mentioned in this System Guide. The reader is encouraged to consult this Section
whenever uncertainty presents itself as to the terms, their meaning within the System Guide, and the trademarks and intellectual-
property items they stand to identify, whether by themselves or in conjunction with other terms and items.

PixeLINK

is either a trademark or a registered trademark of PixeLINK in Canada and/or other countries;

IEEE

is a registered

trademark or service mark of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated in the United States and/or other
countries;

Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, QuickTime,

and

FireWire

are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and

other countries;

Microsoft, DirectShow,

and

Windows

are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

the United States and/or other countries. All other products, brand names, company names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.

Definition of Terms

This Section is intended to define certain terminology used in this System Guide, while ensuring proper attribution and
honoring of any and all trademarks and intellectual-property items in terms of attribution to their respective owners as
mentioned in this System Guide.

The Purchaser shall hereby recognize the following definitions set herein, as can be found throughout this System Guide:

Camera

shall henceforth refer to a PixeLINK FireWire Camera or Imaging Module;

API

shall henceforth refer to the PixeLINK

Camera Application Programming Interface;

Kit

shall henceforth refer to a PixeLINK Camera Kit;

FireWire

and

1394

shall

henceforth refer to the IEEE 1394a interface specification;

DirectShow

shall henceforth refer to the Microsoft DirectShow

multimedia software;

Mac

shall henceforth refer to the Apple Macintosh computer;

QuickTime

shall henceforth refer to Apple

QuickTime multimedia software

; Windows

shall henceforth refer to a Microsoft Windows operating system.

The above Sections set forth Terms and Conditions, compliance with which constitutes a mandatory prerequisite for owning and/or
using the product for which the Guide was created. It is the Purchaser’s responsibility to ensure that the information contained
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containing the Sections is (are) missing, and/or was not provided with the System Guide, and/or become illegible, PixeLINK should
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that may ensue in relation to its products and/or the consequences of their intended and unintended usage.

January 2004
Part Number: 03622-04

PL-A630 to PL-A660 Series Cameras

PixeLINK

Megapixel FireWire Camera

System Guide