Updated 2-13-2010
UofK
SCANNER ALPHA SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
We
use the same directory structure for all our scanner applications. You can
store your data anywhere but our applications need to be in specific folders in
the C drive. All our software runs on Windows XP and may run on Windows Vista
(as indicated).
STEP 1: To make it easier for you to create the directory structure, you can
download the following application
When
you run AlphaCreate… on Vista, you will need to right click and
“Run as Administrator” so it can create the directory structure in
the C: root directory.
You
can also manually create the structure and as an alpha tester, you should be
familiar with this structure. The base directory is
C:/Scanner_Settings
STEP 2: Once you have the C:/Scanner_Settings directory you can unzip all the
contents of the following zip file into that directory. If unzipped correctly,
you should the contents of the following directories as described. The zip file
is not updated as often as the individual exe files so you should download and
replace the ones in C:/Scanner_Settings/bin with the most recent executables.
See next section for individual applications.
OVERVIEW OF DIRECTORY and INDIVIDUAL EXECUTABLES
The
/bin directory (below left) contains the
applications and the /licenses
directory (below right).
The
applications and their licenses are
Logitech Webcam with MS XP operating system
(limited to 480x640 resolution): UofKScannerLT.exe (Logitech
scanner app) and license.
This will not work in Vista, it only works with XP. You can verify that your
camera will work by downloading the websecurity.exe
webcam security application in 2-D software. Use the View button to see
if your camera works. If you don’t see an image than UofKScannerLT.exe
probably will not work. We have tried the Logitech 4000 and 420 webcams and
they seem to work.
Logitech Webcam with MS XP OS (will run at
maximum resolution): UofKScanner_LT9000_32.exe
(Logitech scanner app) and LT9000_Settings_32.exe
(allows you to adjust Logtech settings while UofKscanner is in preview mode).
We have not tested the 32 bit version on Vista or Win7 but it should run since
the 64 bit version works on those systems. However, we noticed that it runs
about 3X slower on Vista or Win7 (in 64 bit mode) than XP (We have no idea why
but suspect the Vista and XP drivers favor the video stream rather than single
snap shot mode???). The LT9000_Settings application allows you to set up the
camera parameters while in Preview Mode in UofKScanner. You can save the
results as defaults. The present version only runs in maximum resolution mode
but we hope to correct this in the future. We will also put out the 64 bit
Vista and Win7 version soon.
IDS uEye MS XP OS (limited to 480x640 for licensing
reasons): UofKScanneruEye32.exe
Matrix Vision Blue Fox MS XP OS (coming soon
but will be limited to 480x640 for licensing reasons).
You
can create a shortcut for any of these applications and put the shortcuts
anywhere you want.
The
/Help directory contains the help files
which will be occasionally updated from the web. You can also update these
files with notes of your own but beware, if you download from the web, your
notes will be overwritten. We also store tutorial videos for the applications
in the Help directory (not shown in snapshot below).
The
/soundfiles directory contains all
the sound prompt files.
/UofKScannerX where X is the
number of the scanner. You can set up scanner files via the applications but we
start you with UofKScanner7. Within UofKScannerX, there is another folder /Calibrate. The Calibrate
folder contains all the calibration data for scanner X.
