Installation guide

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Chapter 3: Installing the Hardware

This chapter describes how to:

• install the video capture device required to accept the video input from the ultrasound

machine and convert it to digital data;

• install the dongle required to install a licensed version of the Baby Explorer application;

and

• connect the ultrasound machine to the workstation.

We recommend that you install the latest Microsoft® Windows® updates on the

workstation prior to performing these procedures.

Installing the Video Capture Device

Performing analog capture requires a video capture device to take the video input from a

Composite Video or S-Video signal on the ultrasound machine and convert it to digital

data. This section describes how to install the video capture device and the software

device driver.

Device Requirements

The video capture device:

• must support Microsoft DirectX;

• must capture 24-bit RGB or 8-bit monochrome data;

• must have a Windows-compatible device driver; and

• can be a PCI bus device, USB device, or IEEE1394 device.

Refer to the manufacturer's documentation to ensure that your video capture device meets

these requirements.