PicoQuant MultiHarp 150 - Software Installation

PicoQuantGmbH MultiHarpSoftwareV.3.1.0.0
Inordertousethe MultiHarp softwarewiththe MultiHarp hardware,acompatibledevicedrivermustbein-
stalled.TheMultiHarpisa‘plugandplay’device,meaningthatnecessaryresourcesanddriversareallocated
automaticallybytheoperatingsystem.Thesoftwaresetupwillconvenientlycaterforinstallingthedriver.
OnsomeWindowsinstallationsyoumayneedadministratorstatustoperformsoftwaresetupandde–installa-
tion.Forthedriverinstallation,itisneededinanycase.Installingasadministratorhasthebenefitthatyoucan
installthesoftwareforusebyallusersonthatcomputereveniftheyhavelimitedaccessrights.TheMultiHarp
softwarewillmaintainindividualsettingsforeachuserintheWindowsregistry.NotethattheMultiHarpsoftware
doesnotsupportrunninginmultipleconcurrentusersessions.
TheMultiHarpsoftwareisalsosuitablefor64-bitversionsofWindows,whereasuitable64–bitdevicedriverwill
beinstalled.TheMultiHarpsoftwareassuchisa32–bitapplicationusingWOW64.
3.4. Software Installation
TheMultiHarpsetupfilesareprovidedonaCDorDVDsuppliedwithyourMultiHarpbuttheycanalsobedown-
loadedfromthePicoQuantwebsite.Ifyoureceivedthesoftwarepackagebydownloadoranyothermeansof
electronicdistribution,itwillbepackedinaZIP-File.Inthiscaseyoucanunzipthisfiletoatemporaryharddisk
locationofyourchoiceandrunthesoftwaresetupfromthere.OnsomeWindowsversionsyouwillneedadmin-
istratorstatustoperformthesetup.Forthedriverinstallationyouneeditinanycase.
ForaccesstotheMultiHarphardware,adevicedrivermustbeinstalled.TheMultiHarpisa‘plugandplay’de-
vice,thismeansthatthenecessaryresourcesanddriversareallocatedautomaticallybytheoperatingsystem.
Windowswillrecognizewhensuchadeviceisconnectedandtriestoinstalltheappropriatedriver.Itisrecom-
mendedtoperformthesoftwaresetupbeforeconnectingthedevicebecausethenWindowswillfindthedriver
readilyinstalled.Ifyouskippedthatstep,Windowsmayreportthatitcouldnotinstallthedriver.Inthatcaseyou
canjustrunthesoftwaresetupasdescribedbelow.AlternativelyyoucandirectWindowstosearchtheCD/DVD
or,ifyoudownloadedandunpackedthesetupfilestoaharddisklocation,directittothatlocation.
ToperformthesoftwareinstallationfromCD/DVD,inserttheinstallationdiskinyourCD/DVDdrive.
OpentheCD/DVDdriveeitherfromtheWindowsdesktoporwiththeWindowsExplorer.Ifyoudown-
loadedandunpackedthesetupfilestoaharddisklocation,openthatlocation.Theinstallerprogram
filecontainingthecompletedistributionisnamedsetup.exe. Runsetup.exe.Thesetuppro-
gramwillguideyouthroughtheinstallationprocessstepbystep.
Whenaskedforadestinationfolderforthenewsoftware,pleaseacceptthedefaultpathorselectanotherac-
cordingtoyourprogramstoragepolicies.ThisiswheretheMultiHarpapplicationfileswillbeinstalled.Toavoid
confusion,makesurenottospecifythepathofanolderMultiHarpversionthatyouhavenotuninstalledorthat
ofanyotherprogramonyourPC.
Thedefaultlocationis:\ProgramFiles\PicoQuant\MultiHarpv31.
Setupwillalsocreateadedicated"programfolder"forthenewMultiHarpsoftwarethatwilllaterappearinthe
StartMenu.Youcanacceptthedefaultfoldernameorselectanotheraccordingtoyourownnamingpolicies.
However,youshouldmakesurenottospecifythefoldernameofanolderMultiHarpversionthatyouhavenot
uninstallednorthededicatedfolderofanyotherprogram.
Inthechosendestinationfoldertheinstallerwillalsocreateasubdirectory\filedemowhichcontainsdemo
sourcecodeforaccesstoMultiHarpdatafilesinvariousprogramminglanguages.Furthermore,anotherfolder\
sampledatawillbecreatedwithsamplesofMultiHarpdatafiles.Othernecessaryfilessuchassetupinforma-
tionandthedevicedriverwillbeinstalledinthestandardplacesinyourWindowsdirectorytree.
ThesetupprogramwillalsooptionallyinstallthedevicedriverandaFile Infoshellextensionthatyoucanuseto
inspectindividualheaderitemsofa*.ptuor*.phufile.Thisincludesthemeasurementmode.Justright-click
onthefileinWindowsexplorerandselectProperties.ThenlookatthetabPQ File Info andthetab PQ File
Comment.
AftertheinstallationtheMultiHarpsoftwareshouldbeavailableintheWindowsStartMenuunderthecustom
foldernameyouchoseduringsetup.Ifyouacceptedthedefaultthenitwillappearunder
Programs | PicoQuant – MultiHarp v3.1.
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