Installing The Application Software; Figure 4. Winview Installation: Select Installation Type Dialog; Table 1. Usb Driver Files And Locations - Princeton PIXIS-XB System User Manual

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Installing the Application Software

Notes:
1. Before proceeding, please check to see if your computer supports USB 2.0. If it does
not, install a USB 2.0 interface card. Follow the manufacturer's instructions.
2. Leave the USB cable disconnected from the camera until you have installed
WinView/32.
WinX
The following installation is performed via the WinView/32 or WinSpec/32 software
installation CD.
1. On the Select Installation Type
dialog (see Figure 4), click on the
Typical radio button to install the
required drivers and the most
installed program files. Select the
Custom button if you would like to
choose among the available program
files or do not want to install the
drivers. Complete installs all of the
application features.
The required INF, DLL, and USB
driver files will be placed in the
appropriate "Windows" directories (see
Table 1 for locations).
2. Make sure the camera is connected to the host computer and that the camera power
supply is turned on.
3. Reboot the computer.
4. At bootup, Windows will detect the Princeton Instruments USB2 Interface hardware
in the PIXIS-XB. You may be prompted to enter the directory path(s) for the
apausbprop.dll and/or the apausb.sys file(s), either by keyboard entry or by using the
browse function.
Windows Version USB INF Filename
Windows
Vista (32-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit)
* The INF directory may be hidden.
PIXIS-XB System Manual
Located in
"Windows"/INF
directory*
®
XP rsusb2k.inf (in
WINDOWS/INF,
for example)

Table 1. USB Driver Files and Locations

Figure 4. WinView Installation:
Select Installation Type dialog
USB Properties DLL
Located in
"Windows"/System32
directory
apausbprop.dll (in
WINDOWS/System32,
for example)
Version 2
USB Device Driver Name
Located in
"Windows"/System32/Drivers
directory
apausb.sys (in WINDOWS/
System32/Drivers, for example)