Introduction - Basler dart Quick Installation Manual

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1 Introduction

The installation procedures in this guide assume that you want to get your Basler dart USB 3.0
camera operational as quickly and as simply as possible.
Depending on the dart camera variant, the installation procedures vary.
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S-mount bare board
Fig. 1: Basler dart Camera Variants
The following basic assumptions are made for all dart cameras:
That you will be using a PC equipped with one of the following operating systems:
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Windows 7 (32 bit)
Windows 8.x (32 bit)
That a USB 3.0 port is installed in your PC and your dart camera will be connected to it.
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All Basler dart USB 3.0 cameras are USB 2.0 backward compatible. However,
functionality and data transmission rate of the camera will be limited if
connected to a USB 2.0 port.
For information about suitable USB 2.0 host controllers and about optimizing
the USB 2.0 data transmission rate, see the application note Recommended
USB 2.0 Host Controllers for Basler dart and pulse Cameras (AW001344). You
can download the document from the Basler website:
That your USB 3.0 host controller chipset is compatible with the dart USB 3.0 camera. For
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recommendations, see Section 1.2 on
That you will be installing the Basler pylon Camera Software Suite on your computer.
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That there is no previously installed pylon software on your PC.
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If old pylon software is installed, uninstall it.
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Quick Installation Guide for Basler dart Cameras
dart
CS-mount (*)
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CS-mount color cameras are equipped with
an IR cut filter.
Windows 7 (64 bit)
Windows 8.x (64 bit)
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