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Alvium USB Cameras User Guide V3.6.4
Installing the camera
Software and driver installation on the host
Required components
You need the following accessories:
• USB 3.0 or 3.1 Gen 1 external host controller card or on-board host controller
• USB 3.0 or 3.1 Type-A to Micro-B cable.
Installing the camera driver using Vimba on a
Windows system
Instructions in this chapter describe installation of the camera driver using
Vimba
on a Windows system. On Linux systems, the generic driver for USB3 Vision devices
is used.
Easy camera access with Vimba
This section lists general requirements to operate Alvium USB cameras on your
system.
To download
Vimba Suite
for Windows, Linux, and Linux/ARM, including
Vimba
SDK
,
Vimba Viewer
, and
Vimba Driver Installer
for Windows, see
.
For more details see
ReleaseNotes_Linux.txt
or
ReleaseNotes_Windows.txt
in
the directory of your
Vimba
installation, or see
Driver installation and OS support
Windows
: Please use
Vimba
to install the camera driver. For
Vimba
system
requirements and supported Windows versions, see
.
Linux
: Allied Vision does not provide a special driver. For
Vimba
system
requirements and supported operating systems, see
.
Compatible USB 3.0 or 3.1 Gen 1 accessories
See the Alvium Cameras Accessory Guide at
www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/
Unexpected events
Should installation or operation not work properly, see
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