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DCx Camera Functional Description and SDK Manual
3.2 Installation and Connection
System requirements
Installing uc480 software under Linux
Connecting a USB DCx camera
3.2.1 System Requirements
For operating the DCx cameras, the following system requirements must be met:
>2.0 GHz Intel Core i5 or Core i7
For USB DCx cameras:
USB host controller
USB 3.0 Super Speed
Intel
®
motherboard chipset
Dedicated AGP/PCIe graphics card
Latest version of Microsoft DirectX Runtime 9.0c
Windows 8.1 32 or 64 bit
Windows 7 32 or 64 bit
Drivers for network cards
To ensure optimum performance of the network connection, you need to install the latest drivers for your
network card. We recommend using the drivers of the following versions:
Intel
®
chipsets: version 8.8 or higher
Realtek chipsets: version 5.7 or higher
USB interface
Onboard USB 2.0 ports usually provide significantly better performance than PCI and PCMCIA USB
adapters.
Current generation CPUs with energy saving technologies can cause bandwidth problems on the USB
bus. See section on PCs With Energy Saving CPU Technology.
Large multi-camera systems
Connecting a large number of cameras to a single PC may require a large working memory (RAM). This
is especially the case when many cameras with high sensor resolution are used.
If you want to set up such a system we recommend to use PCs with 64 bit operating systems and more
than 4 GB of RAM.
Note on color cameras with high frame rates
For uc480 color cameras, the color conversion is done by software in the PC. When you use a color
camera with a high frame rate, the conversion might lead to a high CPU load. Depending on the PC
hardware used you might not be able to reach the camera's maximum frame rate.
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