The Vision software (driver and application) is installed by inserting the CD that was shipped with your
card into your CD ROM drive. The installation process should start automatically.
Should the CD fail to autorun use
Explorer
to browse the CD, locate then double click on
install.exe
file e.g.
d:/install.exe
and click on
Install Software…
and follow the installation wizard instructions as
prompted.
Regular software updates are available from our website:
www.datapath.co.uk
Also available on the Datapath CD:
•
The Release Notes - The release notes contain the latest information on the VisionAV-HD4+
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Installation instructions.
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Release history
•
Known problems
•
Troubleshooting
•
The application
Help File - Instructions on how to use the application. The help file is in d:/software/
vision.chm. The help file must be present on the local machine to view its content.
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Using the card with other Datapath products
The VisionSC-HD4+ captures data and stores it in an on-board
video buffer. This data is then copied using
DMA to the host system for display, storage or streaming.
When a Datapath graphics card is used, the VisionSC-HD4+ transfers the data directly to the graphics card
thereby increasing performance. The VisionSC-HD4+ sends the relevant portions of each captured image
to each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data. This fully
utilises the hardware and dramatically increases performance.
When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used the data can be transferred direct to the graphics card
in a similar manner to the Datapath graphics card with the same benefit of non-tearing captures.
When the data is displayed on a non Datapath graphics card, the VisionSC-HD4+ sends the data to system
memory or direct to the graphics card, dependant on the software used for display.
Software Installation
