User`s guide

DCAM IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Hardware on Windows
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Note The CMU DCAM driver is the only DCAM driver supported by the toolbox.
You cannot use vendor-supplied drivers, even if they are compliant with the DCAM
specification.
Installing the Driver
To install the CMU DCAM driver on your system, follow this procedure:
1
Obtain the CMU DCAM driver files. The Image Acquisition Toolbox software
includes the CMU DCAM installation file, 1394camera646.exe, in the directory
matlabroot\toolbox\imaq\imaqextern\drivers\win32\dcam
where matlabroot represents the name of your MATLAB installation directory.
You can also download the DCAM driver directly from CMU. Go to the Web site
www.cs.cmu.edu/~iwan/1394 and click the download link.
2
Start the installation by double-clicking the .exe file.
On the first page of the installation wizard under Select components to install,
select the first three items in the installation list, and click Next. On the second
page of the wizard, accept the default location or browse to a new one, and click
Install.
Note: To install the DCAM driver on a 32-bit Windows 7 system, you must run the
installation program as administrator. Open the folder containing the installer EXE file.
Right-click on it and choose Run as administrator. If you do not do this, it will fail to
install some of the necessary files.
You may need to get your camera recognized after installing the driver. If this happens,
open Device Manager and select the camera software. Right-click it and choose Update
Driver Software. Browse for the vendor driver software and install it.
Running the CMU Camera Demo Application on Windows
The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) DCAM driver distribution includes a camera
demo application, named 1394CameraDemo.exe. The demo application is among the
files you installed in the previous section.