Installing The Drivers; Software Driver Upgrade - Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board Installation And Operation Manual

 Connect the 9-pin D-SUB connector on the RTC
– using the XY2-100 converter, if necessary – to
the scan system via a data cable (see
Scan System", page 41).
 Connect the 15-pin D-SUB connector on the
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RTC 5 to the laser via a suitable interface (see
"Interfaces for the Laser and Peripheral
Equipment", page 46).
 If necessary, connect one or more of the RTC
connectors (using additional slot covers, see
above) to the laser, a handling system or other
supplementary equipment of the overall system.
 Check all connections and turn on the PC.
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RTC 5 PC Interface Board
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5.3 Installing the Drivers

"Interfaces to
To install RTC
WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS Vista and WINDOWS XP
(SP2 or higher), proceed as follows:
 After the RTC
the computer.
For WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS Vista and WINDOWS XP (SP2
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5's or higher):
 If the "Add Hardware Wizard" does not come up
automatically, call it from the Control Panel.
 In the "Add Hardware Wizard" specify the
directory that includes the RTC
installation, the operating system automatically
selects the appropriate driver file (32 oder 64 bit).
For WINDOWS 8:
 Open the Device Manager to display the device
tree. Look for the "PCI device" entry and update
its driver by specifying the directory that includes
the RTC
• The RTC
saving modes that switch off power to the PCI
bus. Accordingly, you must disable standby or
sleep modes of the operating system. Particu-
larly disable the WINDOWS sleep mode option
(some WINDOWS operating systems enable this
option by default). Also see the note on
page 27.

Software Driver Upgrade

If you wish to perform a complete upgrade from an
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RTC 5 software package with version 2012_09_05 or
lower (WDM driver) to an RTC
with version 2013_02_21 or higher (WDF driver),
then first install only the RTC
chapter 5.4, page
functionality. Only afterward should you install the
new driver, because quickly changing back to older
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RTC 5 software files will then only be possible if you
also change the driver (also see note on
If upgrading the driver, also read the notes in
ReadMe_ScanlabClassChecker.pdf.
Typically, the script ScanlabClassChecker.cmd needs
to be run, too.
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5 drivers for WINDOWS 8,
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5 board has been installed, start
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5 drivers. During
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5 driver.
Caution!
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5 board does not support power-
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5 software package
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5 software files (see
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page 26).
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