Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]

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Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]

#1 Post by NikBeSt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:09 pm

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?
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Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)

#2 Post by deBult » Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:38 pm

Maybe a 16 bit install of Win10 will work? Worth trying.

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Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)

#3 Post by MichaelG. » Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:44 pm

Too many 'projects'

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Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS)

#4 Post by NikBeSt » Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:04 am

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.

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Re: Nikon DS-U2 on Windows 10 (or any modern OS) [solved]

#5 Post by Adrianoo » Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:58 pm

Dear Sirs
Where Can I find the WIN 10 driver for camera Nikon DS-U2 ?

Best regards
Adriano

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