Allied Vision Alvium 1800 Series - Software and driver installation on the host

194Alvium 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
www.alliedvision.com/software.
For more details see ReleaseNotes_Linux.txt or ReleaseNotes_Windows.txt in
the directory of your Vimba installation, or see www.alliedvision.com/software.
Driver installation and OS support
Windows: Please use Vimba to install the camera driver. For Vimba system
requirements and supported Windows versions, see
www.alliedvision.com/software.
Linux: Allied Vision does not provide a special driver. For Vimba system
requirements and supported operating systems, see
www.alliedvision.com/software.
Compatible USB 3.0 or 3.1 Gen 1 accessories
See the Alvium Cameras Accessory Guide at
www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/
alvium-usb-documentation.
Unexpected events
Should installation or operation not work properly, see Performance and
troubleshooting on page 214.
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