Installing/Updating Applet Sets on Host PC

If you

you first need to install the (latest) applet set for the frame grabber on your host PC.

You do not need to change your runtime installation when installing/updating your applets.

Preconditions for Installing/Updating Applets

 

The Silicon Software runtime software needs to be installed on your system.

   

To install/update your set of free Advanced Acquisition Applets:

  1. Make sure you have already installed the runtime software before you start your applet installation/update. If the runtime software is not installed yet, install the runtime software first (for installation instructions, see Installing the Runtime Software under Windows/ Installing the Runtime Software under Linux).
  1. Check which frame grabber model and operating system you are using.
  2. Go to the our website's Download Section.
  3. Select the applet setup for the frame grabber.

Depending on the operating system you are using, select

for download.

  1. Download the applet installer that corresponds to your operating system.
  2. Install the applets: 
    1. Under Windows, start the downloaded applet installer *.exe. All applets contained, together with a detailed documentation on each applet, are copied into your runtime folder.
    2. Under Linux, use command sudo install to call the installer script setup-mE5-<frame grabber model>-Applets-5.x.x-linux-xxxxx-installer.sh . All applets contained, together with a detailed documentation on each applet, are copied to your runtime folder.

Overwriting

 

Using an installer, all components of the Advanced Acquisition Applets installation you are updating are overwritten with the components of the new Acquisition Applets. Overwritten are:

  • The applet files (*.dll or *.so files) (which also contain the firmware for the frame grabber)
  • All according applet documentation
   

Linux: Copying Applet Files rather than calling an install scriptverwriting

 

Under Under Linux, you can alternatively download a *.tar.bz2 archive from our website's Download Section.

Open the archive and copy

   

After you have installed the applet set, you can proceed with flashing the frame grabber with up to seven of the new applets, see section Flashing. flashing the desired applet onto the frame grabber, see section Flashing.using the applets of the new applet set, see section Initial System Test.