Starlight Xpress SXV-M25C - Manual (Page 3)

Handbook for the SXV-M25C Issue 1 June 2004
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Installing the USB system:
First, find a free USB socket on your PC and plug in the USB cable. If you do not
have a USB capable computer, it is normally possible to install a USB 2 card into an
expansion slot. Almost all machines manufactured after 1996 provide a pair of USB
1.1 sockets on the rear panel and either of these may be used if USB 1.1 is
satisfactory. Please note that it may be necessary to enable your USB system in the
computer BIOS (the SETUP menu which can usually be accessed at start-up). Many
BIOS systems have the ability to disable ‘Plug and Play’ devices, such as the USB
ports, so please make sure that these are enabled.
The next operation is to run the USB installer from the CD ROM provided. Insert the
CD into the computer and run the ‘InstallSXV’ file which is found in the SXV-M25C
directory. This will install the following files:
1) ‘SXV_BlockIO_M25C.inf’ in C:\Windows\Inf\
2) ‘Generic.sys’ and ‘SXVIO.sys’ in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\
If you cannot see the directories ‘C:\Windows\Inf’ and ‘Windows\System32\Drivers’,
this will be due to the setup of your Windows Explorer software. In this case, go to
the ‘Tools’ menu, followed by ‘Folder Options’ and select ‘View’. Now select ‘Show
hidden files and folders’ and make sure that the ‘Hide file extensions for known file
types’ and ‘Hide protected operating system files’ check boxes are NOT checked.
After this, the various directories and files should be visible.
It is now time to set up the USB device. Plug the USB cable into the camera and
observe the computer screen. After a brief delay, you should see an information box,
which reports that the computer has found a device called ‘Echo2’ and is looking for
the driver. If all is well, the cycle will complete within a couple of seconds, but it is
possible that you may have to prompt the system with the location of the ‘SXVIO.sys’
file (Windows\System32\Drivers). After another brief delay, the computer should say
that it has found a new USB2.0 device and is installing a ‘Starlight Xpress USB 2.0
CCD camera’. In some cases the installation will halt after the first stage and you will
need to restart the machine, or unplug and re-plug the USB lead to initiate the second
step.