Dalsa PC2-CamLink, User Manual

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Part I: PC2-CamLink Board PC2-CamLink User's Manual
To upgrade the board driver only:
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Logon the computer as an administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges.
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From the Windows start menu select Start • Control Panel • Add or Remove Programs.
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Select the DALSA PC2-CamLink Device Driver, click Remove, and then in the InstallShield
dialog click on Remove to uninstall the board driver.
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When the driver un-install is complete, reboot the computer is prompted to do so.
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Logon the computer as an administrator again.
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Install the new board driver. Run Setup.exe if installing manually from a downloaded driver file.
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Note that you can not install a DALSA board driver without Sapera LT installed on the computer.
Sapera and Board Driver Upgrades
When both Sapera and the acquisition board driver are upgraded, follow the procedure described
below.
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Logon the computer as an administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges.
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From the Windows start menu select Start • Control Panel • Add or Remove Programs.
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Select the DALSA PC2-CamLink Device Driver, click Remove, and then in the InstallShield
dialog click on Remove to uninstall the board driver.
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From the Windows start menu select Start • Control Panel • Add or Remove Programs.
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Select the DALSA Sapera LT program, click Remove, and then in the InstallShield dialog click
on Remove to uninstall Sapera.
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Reboot the computer and logon the computer as an administrator again.
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Install the new versions of Sapera and the board driver as if this was a first time installation. For
installation procedures, see "Sapera LT Library Installation" on page 8 and "Installing PC2-
CamLink Hardware and Driver" on page 8 for installation procedures.
COM Port Assignment
The lower section of the Sapera Configuration program screen contains the serial port configuration
menu. Configure as follows:
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Open the ‘Sapera Configuration’ program (Start•Programs•DALSA•Sapera LT•Sapera
Configuration).
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Use the Physical Port drop menu to select the Sapera board device from all available Sapera
boards using serial ports (when more then one board is in your system).
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Use the Maps to drop menu to assign an available COM number to the Sapera board serial port.
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Click on the Save Settings Now button and then the Close button. You are prompted to reboot
your computer to enable serial port mapping.