Specifications

DTC-325

Affordable Tools for Digital-TV Professionals March 2015

3. DtGrabber+ Software Installation

3.1. Installation

The DtGrabber+ software installation is self-explanatory. The “DtGrabber+ SetUp.exe” program

will guide you through the installation process.

The latest version of ‘DtGrabber+ SetUp.exe’ can be found in the download section of the DekTec

website, at http://www.dektec.com/downloads.

The DtGrabber+ requires the Dta1xx device driver for PCI cards or Dtu2xxx device driver for USB

adapters. The setup program includes an option to install the Dta1xx/Dux2xxx device driver. It is

recommended to always install the included driver. The installation process will automatically check

the version number of the driver, and leave the current driver on the system if it is newer than the

driver in the install package.

3.2. Cautions and Recommendations

・ Virus-detecting software (e.g. Norton Internet Security, McAfee Internet security) or Windows

Update tasks or any wake-up routines affects your CPU and hard-disk performance especially

when continuous 24H recording set-ups and may result in DtGrabber+ buffer overflow and data

loss or corruption. Therefore it is recommended to disable all those anti-virus softwares and

other routines tasks from your system for professional applications.

・ Trash Can setting.

For continuous recording applications, make sure that the hard-disk that is used for recording

has its Trash Can’s property set not to keep deleted files. With this check, you will prevent your

hard-disk to get progressively overloaded by old deleted files. For Trash Can properties, right

click on the Trash Can icon from the Desktop.

・ Continuous recording shortens lifetime of HDDs.

For professional continuous recording, please maintenance it at regular intervals. We do

recommend the use of external HDD devices to avoid risk to your main system and system

reinstallation nuisances.

・ Prevent from operating your Record hard-disk with large file browsing or large file operations

while your DtGrabber+ is running to prevent affecting your recording or your disk performances.

・ For rates above 120Mbps, use an SSD drive or striped array. Recording of 3G-SDI signal

requires a RAID setup of two SSD drives.