Impact Acquire SDK GUI Applications
Command-line Interface

GigEConfigure supports various command-line parameters to allow driver installation without the need of user interaction.

The following table lists the available command-line parameters:

Parameter Description
disable='index' or all Will disable the driver for interface index or every interface.
enable='index', all or allWithAtLeastOneDevice Will enable the driver for interface index, all interfaces or all interfaces that have at least on GigE Vision™ device connected to it.
hidden Will start the application without showing the splash screen or the application window. This might be useful when doing a silent configuration in combination with the 'quit' parameter
install Will install the driver if it can be located under
  • "%MVIMPACT_ACQUIRE_DIR%\KernelDrivers\mvGigECaptureDriver(x86)" for 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
  • "%MVIMPACT_ACQUIRE_DIR%\KernelDrivers\mvGigECaptureDriver(x86)(SHA256.EV)" for 32-bit versions of Windows 10
  • "%MVIMPACT_ACQUIRE_DIR%\KernelDrivers\mvGigECaptureDriver(x64)" for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
  • "%MVIMPACT_ACQUIRE_DIR%\KernelDrivers\mvGigECaptureDriver(x64)(SHA256.EV)" for 64-bit versions of Windows 10 and 11
install_retry_count Defines the number of retry attempts for the driver installation. This can sometimes be useful when a network component is currently in use/shutting down. 45 seconds will be spent between 2 consecutive attempts. Currently this value will only have an effect, if specified BEFORE the 'install' parameter!
log_file='file_name' or lf='file_name' Will write the content of the output window of the application into a file. Passing 'STDLOGDIR' as the initial path (e.g. STDLOGDIR/file_name.log) will write the file into MVIMPACT_ACQUIRE_DATA_DIR/logs thus the file containing the regular Impact Acquire log-files as well.
postInstallMessage Will display a message to the user AFTER the filter driver has been installed on the system.
quit Will automatically terminate the application once all the other command-line parameters have been processed.
remove Will remove the driver.
welcome Will display a welcome message to the user explaining what is about to happen.

Examples

So e.g. to automatically install the filter driver and terminate the application afterwards without any additional messages displayed to the user the following command line is needed:

GigEConfigure install quit

If no GUI shall be displayed this command-line parameters can be used:

GigEConfigure install hidden quit

This will install the filter driver, but will disable it on all the adapters and then will terminate automatically:

GigEConfigure install disable=all quit

This will enable the filter driver on adapters 1 and 3 when it is already installed:

GigEConfigure enable=1 enable=3

This will be used during standard installation:

GigEConfigure welcome install postinstallmessage
Note
Pressing F1 after the application is running will also display a detailed list of available command-line options as well as keyboard shortcuts and some other useful information!