Need some help with automation

[neeedmoredeeps]

So i'm trying to do some automation with a project.

 

Basically i/m trying to capture screen shots from a microscope automatically about 2600 times a lot.  using a macro and it works but i'm limited to 250 in it and i need to have it run 2600 times.

 

Basically i'm using a hdmi capture card.

 

Alt tab ti switch from the Microscope control to the video

Windows Print screen to take a screen shot

Alt tab back to Microscope control

, to advance to next position

 

 

Could Auto hotkey help me out? Any better solution for this this?

 

 

Thanks for the help. I know this is a dumb question but i hit a wall on this.

 

[wanderingfool2]

59 minutes ago, neeedmoredeeps said:

So i'm trying to do some automation with a project.

 

Basically i/m trying to capture screen shots from a microscope automatically about 2600 times a lot.  using a macro and it works but i'm limited to 250 in it and i need to have it run 2600 times.

 

Basically i'm using a hdmi capture card.

 

Alt tab ti switch from the Microscope control to the video

Windows Print screen to take a screen shot

Alt tab back to Microscope control

, to advance to next position

 

 

Could Auto hotkey help me out? Any better solution for this this?

 

 

Thanks for the help. I know this is a dumb question but i hit a wall on this.

 

It's not a dumb question, everyone starts somewhere in their pursuit of knowledge.

 

Yes, auto hotkey would work...I personally use autoIT (more familiar with it)

 

I'm curious though, you have a macro that is capable of doing it 250 times?  What is the macro currently written in?  [Sometimes it's better to use what you have but just modify it...sometimes].

 

When you say you are using an hdmi capture card...are you essentially running something like recentral in the background and looking at the live stream?  If so, there might be a better way than using Windows Print Screen to take a screenshot...with an example being calling ffmpeg to capture the input from the HDMI source (and putting it to an jpg or bmp).

 

Either way, here is a rough auto-it script (I don't have auto-it on my computer, so this is just me writing the general concept)...not ideal solution at all, but sometimes it's about making things work quickly rather than making them look pretty and well designed :p

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
#include<Date.au3>

Send("{ALT DOWN}") ; Effectively part one of alt-tab 
Send("{TAB}") ; Actually in theory there are better ways to open the windows you need...
				;but it involves me having more knowledge of the programs you are using
Send("{ALT UP}")

printscreen()

Send("{ALT DOWN}") ; Second press of alt tab
Send("{TAB}")
Send("{ALT UP}")

; Uhm how do you advance to next position?  If it's a button and always in the same position you could get the program to click.  If you can trigger the next position with a command like ctrl-n then you can easily send a key...but would need more info

Func printscreen() ; From https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/177719-solved-how-would-i-save-a-print-screen-to-a-file-with-the-current-date/
$FilePath =(@DesktopDir&"/")
$FileName = 'Vv'
$FileList = _FileListToArray($FilePath, $FileName & '*.jpg', 1)

If Not IsArray($FileList) Then
    $FileName&= '1.jpg'
Else
        $FileName &= $FileList[0] + 1 & '.jpg'
EndIf
_ScreenCapture_Capture($FilePath & "\" & $FileName)
EndFunc

 

[neeedmoredeeps]

Thanks. I'm just using a game pad's macro software right now lol.  Set this up as a proof of concept and now working on getting a final version worked out so I can start taking pictures of known good parts but need to run it in lots of 2600.    

 

 

 

I'm going to look into autoit. Thanks.