Software Installation

After installing the hardware, download and install the Emergent SDK (eSDK) and eCapture Pro for either Windows or Linux.

Notes:

• For software requirements, see Hardware and Software Requirements.
• You can use eCapture Pro in trial mode with up to two cameras without an eCapture Pro license.
• The eSDK and eCapture Pro have separate installers packaged in individual ZIP archives. The eSDK installer installs the eSDK and eCapture but not eCapture Pro.
• eCapture Pro depends on the drivers and dependencies that the eSDK provides. Don't try to install these from other sources, otherwise incompatibilities could arise.
• The installers provide options to install drivers, tools, and other dependencies. We recommend that you install all of them.
• During eSDK installation, the computer/server must be connected to the internet because the installer needs to download files.

Downloading the eSDK and eCapture Pro installers

Prerequisite: Register for an Emergent account on the Emergent website's Register page. You need the account to download the eSDK and eCapture Pro software installers.

To download the eSDK and eCapture Pro installers:

1. On the Emergent website, go the the Login page and log in to your Emergent account.
2. On the top navigation bar, go to the Resources menu and select Downloads. The Downloads page opens.
3. Under Resources by Category, click Software. The Software tab opens (see Figure 1 below).
4. In the eCapture Pro section, download the newest version of the eCapture Pro installer archive.
5. Click the Release Notes link adjacent to the Download link. The release notes open.
6. In the release notes, go to the eCapture Pro section. Find which version of the eSDK that's compatible with the verson of eCapture Pro that you downloaded (see the example in Figure 2 below.)
7. Back on the Software tab of the Downloads page, open the eSDK section and download the version of the eSDK installer archive that's compatible with your version of eCapture Pro.
   Note: The name of the eSDK installer archive indicates the versions of the SDK and eCapture (not eCapture Pro), and the OS. For example, the eSDK archive file eSDK_2_55_01_eCap_2_11_04_Windows.zip contains the installer for eSDK 2.55.01 and eCapture 2.11.04 and runs on Windows.

Figure 1: On the Software tab of the Emergent website's Download page, download the eCapture Pro and eSDK installers

Figure 2: The release notes show which version of the eSDK is compatible with your version of eCapture Pro

Installing the eSDK and eCapture Pro

After you download the eSDK and eCapture Pro installers, use one of the following procedures to install them on Windows or Linux.

To install the eSDK and eCapture Pro on Windows:

1. Install the eSDK:
   a. Extract the files from the eSDK installer's zip archive (for example, eSDK_2_55_01_eCap_2_11_04_Windows.zip).
   b. Run the eSDK installer (for example, eSDK_2_55_01_eCap_2_11_04_Windows.exe) and follow its instructions.
   c. If the installer finds previously installed eSDK or eCapture files, including NIC drivers, it will ask your approval to uninstall them. After it uninstalls them, run the installer again.
2. Install eCapture Pro:
   a. Extract the files from the eCapture Pro installer's zip archive (for example, eCapturePro_0_1_32_Windows.zip).
   b. Run the eCapture Pro installer (for example, eCaptureProInstaller_0_1_32_Windows.exe) and follow its instructions (see Figure 3 below).

After installing the software, you can start using eCapture Pro, as described in Basic eCapture Pro usage.

Figure 3: The eCapture Pro installer

To install the eSDK and eCapture Pro on Linux:

1. Install the eSDK:
   a. Extract the files from the eSDK installer's zip archive (for example, eSDK_2_55_02_eCap_2_11_04_Ubuntu_22_04_6_5_0_x64.zip).
   b. Run the eSDK installer install_eSdk.sh and follow its instructions.
   c. If the installer finds a previously installed eSDK package, it will stop the installation. You should run uninstall_eSdk.sh to uninstall the eSDK package and then run install_eSdk.sh again.
   
2. Install eCapture Pro:
   a. Extract the files from the eCapture Pro installer's zip archive (for example, eCapturePro_0_1_32_Ubuntu_22_04.zip).
   b. Install the libxcb-xinerama0 (a dependency for running the installer) package with the command:
   - sudo apt install libxcb-xinerama0
   c. Run the eCapture Pro installer (for example, eCaptureProInstaller_0_1_32_Ubuntu_22_04.run) and follow its instructions (see Figure 3 above).
3. Reboot the computer/server.

After installing the software, you can start using eCapture Pro, as described in Basic eCapture Pro usage.