X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 User's Manual Installing X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 • 13• If Sapera was installed previously, insert the Teledyne DALSA Sapera Essential CD-ROM tonow install the board driver. If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer, the installationmenu is presented. Install the X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 driver.• If AUTORUN is not enabled, use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of theCD-ROM. Execute launch.exe to start the installation menu and install the X64 Xcelera-HSPX8 driver. During the late stages of the installation, the X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 firmwareloader application starts. This is described in detail in the following section.• If Windows displays any unexpected message concerning the installed board, power off thesystem and verify that the X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 is installed in the slot properly.X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 Firmware LoaderAfter Windows boots, the Device Manager-Firmware Loader program automatically executes at theend of the driver installation and on every subsequent reboot of the computer. It will determine ifthe X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 requires a firmware update. If firmware is required, a dialog displays andit also allows the user to load firmware for alternate operational modes of the X64 Xcelera-HS PX8(if made available by Teledyne DALSA).Important: In the very rare case of firmware loader errors please see"Recovering from a Firmware Update Error" on page 26.Firmware Update: Automatic ModeClick Automatic to update the X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 firmware with the default package. The X64Xcelera-HS PX8 currently supports one firmware configuration.See “Series Key Features” on page 9 and “User Programmable Configurations” on page 9 for detailson supported modes, which can be selected via a manual firmware update.If there are multiple X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 boards in the system, all will be updated with newfirmware. If any installed X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 board installed in a system already has the correctfirmware version, an update is not required. In the following screen shot, a single X64 Xcelera-HSPX8 board is installed in the system and the default configuration is ready to be programmed.Figure 1: Automatic Firmware UpdateFirmware Update: Manual ModeSelect Manual mode to load firmware other than the default version or when, in the case ofmultiple X64 Xcelera-HS PX8 boards in the same system, if each requires different firmware.The figure below shows the Device Manager manual firmware screen. Information on all installedX64 Xcelera-HS PX8 boards, their serial numbers, and their firmware components are shown.
