Starlight Xpress SXV-M8C - Manual (Page 3)

Handbook for the SXV-M8C Issue 1 Jan 2005
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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-M8C
directory. This will install the following files:
1)
‘SXVIO_BlockIO_M8C.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 is ‘Installing a Starlight Xpress CCD camera’. 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 SXV-
M8C 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.