Updated 10-22-2009

UofK SCANNER ALPHA 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

AlphaCreate_Scanner_Settings_directory.exe

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.

Scanner_Settings_Alpha.zip

OVERVIEW OF DIRECTORY

In the C:/Scanner_Settings directory you will have

The /bin directory (below left) contains the applications and the /licenses directory (below right).

The applications and their licenses are

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.

GL3DView.exe (mat5 viewer) and license.

Calibrate.exe (calibration app) and license.

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.