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- | ====== Installing PixyMon on Windows Vista, 7, or 8 ====== | + | ====== Installing PixyMon on Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 10 ====== |
You will need a USB mini cable for your computer to talk to Pixy. This cable isn't included with Pixy. | You will need a USB mini cable for your computer to talk to Pixy. This cable isn't included with Pixy. | ||
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- | Download the latest PixyMon version [[wiki:v1:Latest_release|here]]. and run the installer. Don't plug in your Pixy into your computer yet though. | + | Download the latest PixyMon version [[https://pixycam.com/downloads-pixy1/|here]]. and run the installer. Don't plug in your Pixy into your computer yet though. |
- | When installing PixyMon on a Windows Vista, 7, or 8 machine, installation will proceed as expected, until you get to the driver pre-installation. The message "Pre-installing device drivers. Please be patient!" will be displayed, and after a few moments, you'll see a dialog that looks like this: | + | When installing PixyMon on a Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 10 machine, installation will proceed as expected, until you get to the driver pre-installation. The message "Pre-installing device drivers. Please be patient!" will be displayed, and after a few moments, you'll see a dialog that looks like this: |
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Troubleshooting: if PixyMon still displays the message "error: No Pixy devices have been detected" even after everything is installed, you may have a device driver issue. Computers with a Renesas host controller generally need their drivers updated - [[wiki:v1:i_get_the_message_-22no_pixy_devices_have_been_detected-22_in_pixymon#check-to-see-if-the-device-driver-is-loaded-or-if-there-s-a-device-driver-issue|click here]] for more info. | Troubleshooting: if PixyMon still displays the message "error: No Pixy devices have been detected" even after everything is installed, you may have a device driver issue. Computers with a Renesas host controller generally need their drivers updated - [[wiki:v1:i_get_the_message_-22no_pixy_devices_have_been_detected-22_in_pixymon#check-to-see-if-the-device-driver-is-loaded-or-if-there-s-a-device-driver-issue|click here]] for more info. | ||
- | + | If you're not able to run PixyMon successfully, please try manually adding the program to Windows Defender Exclusion List, as described [[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028485/windows-10-add-an-exclusion-to-windows-defender-antivirus|here]]. | |