NOTE:
Please do not yet connect MicrOcular and PC. Please go through
the items below in sequence.
9. Installation and use of the software
9.1. Software and installation information
A software CD is included with your microscope. The software and drivers on this
CD must be installed on your computer in order to use your MicrOcular. Once you
connect the MicOcular to your computer after installation, you can view pictures on
and save them to your computer using Photomizer. To install the software and driver
correctly, simply follow the installation steps.
9.2. Software installation
1. Important: Before inserting the CD, fi rst plug the USB cable into the USB port
on your PC. Windows will now recognize the new device, and will indicate this in
a notifi cation window. Now please click on "Cancel".
2. Now insert the CD-ROM that came in your package into the CD/DVD drive of
your computer. The installation menu starts automatically. If it does not, go to the
Windows explorer and select the CD/DVD drive (most of the time, it's the "D"
drive, but it can have another letter). From there, start the fi le "autorun.exe" by
double-clicking with the left mouse button.
9.2.1. Driver installation
To install the driver software, click on the menu point "Install Driver" with the
mouse cursor. Then follow the installation program instructions. During the soft-
ware installation the correct driver for your operating system will be installed au-
tomatically. No manual input is needed. In rare cases the device may not be rec-
ognised by your computer. As a rule you need then only install the driver manually
from the CD. If this fails please refer to the troubleshooting chapter that follows.
9.2.2. Installation of the Image Editing Software Photomizer
The image editing software "Photomizer" is located on the software CD. You can
edit your pictures here.
1. To install the software, click once on the menu point "Install PHOTOMIZER"
with the left mouse button.
2. The Photomizer Software requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, which it will
install if it is not already on your system. If it is already on your system, you may
skip to step 5.
3. In the welcome window, please accept the Microsoft license agreement, and
then click "Install". The installation can take a few minutes.
4. As soon as everything is installed, click "Finish".
5. Now you will be presented with a choice, in which you can choose your
language.
Make your selection and confi rm it by clicking „OK".
6. When you see "Welcome", click on „Next".
7. In the next window, you will be asked for the „Destination Folder". Here, just
click on „Next".
8. Now, the window with the Setup-Status will appear – here, a progress bar will
inform you about the ongoing installation. This process can take a few minutes.
9. The window "Photomizer is being installed" appears. Click on "Finish". The
installation ends.
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