Instruction manual

2.4.1.2. Samples installation
2.4.1.3. Starting the configuration program
The configuration program looks the same under Windows and Linux.
• Start the Configuration Program from the Start-Menu (/Program Files/P3I3 Configuration Tools/P3I3
Configuration)
• Select the installed board from the List-Box. Now the camera has to be selected from the camera
selection dialog . if your camera does not appear in the list please contact our support (
<[e-mail]> )
• If a Camera is attached, select the Menu Acquisition/Snap to get an image.
More details about the Configuration Program can be found in the Configuration Program online help
details about the adapted cameras can be found in Appendix A.
2.4.1.4. Running the sample digital_grab
This sample shows how to use the library functions. The display is done into a window of the display
server, so the display server has to be started before.
After successful installation of the samples, Visual C++ 6.0 is required to compile and link the sample.
Open the workpace file digital_grab.dsw located in the directory /Program
Files/eltec//samples/digital_grab, compile and link.
After starting the sample a camera can be selected and a new window will be created on the display
server.
2.4.2. Linux operating systems
The Linux driver distribution consists of a kernel driver, which comes in sourcecode and is compiled
during the installation process, a usermode shared library which is only available as binary, the
configuration program and some samples.
The Linux drivers are suitable for development under Intel 32 bit Linux operating systems as e.g. SuSE
Linux and Red Hat Linux.
All files are contained in a compressed tar file, which is called p3i3 -i386-x.y.z.tgz (x.y.z denotes a version
number).
2.4.2.1. Installation
To install the driver, you need the following requirements to be fullfilled.
• The kernel headerfiles must be installed and match your kernel. Please refer to your linux distribution
manual how to install the kernel sources.
• The current driver can be downloaded from our website.
To install the driver and samples, please perform the following steps.
1. Unpack the compressed tar file to a directory of your choice. This can be done as normal user. Open
a shell and use the foolowing commands:
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