Hello,
we are working with a Nikon Ti microscope with an attached DS-5Mc camera head. The camera head itself is connected to a PC via a Nikon DS-U2 control unit (USB-interface).
Currently the image acquisition is done by an ancient WindowsXP-PC (~15yo). Now I would like to switch to a modern PC (foremost because the old PC is slowly dying) but Nikon doesn't offer support for this particular control-unit.
Has somebody of experience with low-level-communication to this particular unit or has any idea if there are open-source drivers for the DS-U2?
Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]
Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]
Last edited by NikBeSt on Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)
Maybe a 16 bit install of Win10 will work? Worth trying.
Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)
Too many 'projects'
Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)
Thank you for your suggestions. Meanwhile, I managed to fix the problem(s).
The first problem was that the control unit was only recognized by WinXP and not by Win10 ('Unknown device' error). I have no idea why, but it turned out that changing the USB cable (from 2.5m to 1m) fixed the problem.
The second problem was that even tough the 64-bit Win10 driver for the DS-U2 is working, the 64-bit Win10 version of Nikon's Image Acquisition software is not. Using the 32-bit version did the trick.
Maybe this will help somebody in the future to save time.
The first problem was that the control unit was only recognized by WinXP and not by Win10 ('Unknown device' error). I have no idea why, but it turned out that changing the USB cable (from 2.5m to 1m) fixed the problem.
The second problem was that even tough the 64-bit Win10 driver for the DS-U2 is working, the 64-bit Win10 version of Nikon's Image Acquisition software is not. Using the 32-bit version did the trick.
Maybe this will help somebody in the future to save time.
Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]
Dear Sirs
Where Can I find the WIN 10 driver for camera Nikon DS-U2 ?
Best regards
Adriano
Where Can I find the WIN 10 driver for camera Nikon DS-U2 ?
Best regards
Adriano