Installing the camera
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Mako U Technical Manual V1.1.3
Installing the camera driver
1. Connect the Mako U camera to a USB 3.0 port of your PC.
You can operate the camera under Vimba.
If the camera is not recognized or if you want to subsequently change an
assigned driver, follow the instructions below.
2. Start
Vimba Driver Installer
and open the
USB3 Vision Cameras
tab.
The
Driver Source
is not installed, yet.
If other USB3 Vision devices are installed, another USB3 Vision driver may be
assigned to your camera.
3. Click the Mako U camera entry.
The current Vimba driver is offered as a popup (Vimba 2.1.1 in the example).
4. Click the Vimba driver popup.
Connecting the camera to a USB 2.0 port
If the Mako U camera is connected to a USB 2.0 port, the Vimba driver cannot be
installed, as shown below.
•
Disconnect the camera and reconnect it to a USB 3.0 port.
Command line driver installer
Vimba also provides a command line driver installer. For more information about
the Vimba Driver Installer, see the
Vimba Manual
.
Figure 19: Vimba Driver Installer, camera driver not installed
