1. When the Installation is complete, the SRT/VSRT installation window will remain on the screen until you click on the DONE button. There will also be a window asking you to accept a license for a MS C++ library. Click YES. A short activity of loading the C++ libraries should take a few minutes or less.
2. You should now plug in your USB frame-grabber hardware.
3. The Windows "Hardware Install Wizard" will open automatically when it detects the USB Hardware.
Question 1: "Can Windows connect to Windows Update to install software?"
Select: No, not at this time
Question 2: "What do you want the wizard to do?"
Select: Install from a list or specific location [advanced]
Under "Search for the best driver in these locations"
Check: "Include this location in the search"
Then browse and enter the SRT/VSRT Install directory in the dialog box.You will then see the wizard performing the file transfer. When the tranfer is complete,
Example: C:\VSRT
Or whatever name you assigned. The necessary files needed by the wizard will have been loaded with the VSRT software
Click: Next
Click: Finish
Note: If there is more than one user on your Windows OS, you may need to load the USB driver for each user login. (You would only need to load the driver once for each user)
4. You are now ready to open your VSRT console!
5. Click on the SRT/vsrt Icon now on the Desktop
The VSRT software download has default settings in the srt.cat keyword file. The default is intended to allow a quick test of the USB frame grabber whether the computer is ready to operate a full VSRT setup or not.VSRT Console Image
The keyword SIMULATE RECEIVER should be COMMENTED
The keyword SIMULATE ANTENNA should be UN-COMMENTED
The console should show the waveform (upper left corner) as pictured in the image below AND the frame-grabber hardware should have a green LED flashing near the small "frame stop" button
It should be stressed that all the material and files included on this page
are subject to frequent updates.
Reloading the icaste USB driver
If you are unable to talk to the USB frame grabber used for acquiring data from the VSRT you should see error messages on the SRT/VSRT text window (which can be seen when the SRT/VSRT graphics window is minimized). In this case you should check the frame grabber and its driver. Go to the windows “control panel” click on “system” select “hardware” and then “device manager.”
[You will need administrator privileges.]
The frame grabber should be listed as IcasteCommUSB. If this is not in the list try disconnecting and reconnecting the frame grabber USB cable. If there is no driver loaded you should see a device labeled
“?other devices
-USB
which comes and goes as you connect and disconnect the device.
With the device connected the install Wizard window should come up
If windows latches onto the frame grabber with a different driver then within the device manager you need to find the device by connecting and disconnecting the device and seeing what changes on the device manager screen. In this case right click on the device (which may be listed as USB2820) and select “update driver” and this will bring up the wizard.
0 – select No not this time
next
0 – select install from a list or specific location
next
0 – select Don’t search I will choose driver to install
next
0 – select Have Disk then browse and select icasteCommUSB which should be in c:\SRTvsrt
You should now see the windows “file transferring” graphical display of the driver file being installed using WdfCoInstaller01000.dll