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 GigE Vision™ capture filter driver for interface index or every interface.
enable='index', all or allWithAtLeastOneDevice Will enable the GigE Vision™ capture filter 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 GigE Vision™ capture filter 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 GigE Vision™ capture filter 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 GigE Vision™ capture 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 GigE Vision™ capture filter driver.
welcome Will display a welcome message to the user explaining what is about to happen.

Examples

So e.g. to automatically install the GigE Vision™ capture 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 GigE Vision™ capture filter driver, but will disable it on all the adapters and then will terminate automatically:

GigEConfigure install disable=all quit

This will enable the GigE Vision™ capture 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!