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-====== Installing PixyMon on Windows Vista, 7, or 8 ====== 
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-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:​Latest_release|here]]. and run the installer. Don't plug in your Pixy into your computer yet though. 
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-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: 
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-Go ahead an click on "​Install"​. Windows will crunch some more and eventually display the same dialog again. (Pixy has two device drivers that need to be installed.) Click on "​Install"​ again when you see the new dialog. Windows will crunch again (Windows is performing a system restore point.) The driver installation can take a couple minutes, so be patient. 
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-And then you're done. 
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-Now plug in your Pixy into your computer with a USB mini cable. 
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-And run PixyMon by selecting it from the Start menu (or the Start screen if you're running Windows 8.) When PixyMon first comes up, you may see the\\ 
-message "​error:​ No pixy devices have been detected"​ until the driver is finished installing. You will probably see a system tray message like this one: 
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-When the driver is finished installing, PixyMon will start displaying "​CCB1"​ data from Pixy. (This is the default data that's streamed from Pixy, consisting of a list of detected objects, their locations and sizes, but since Pixy probably hasn't learned any color signatures yet, this information won't be very interesting.) 
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-What's next? Let's [[wiki:​Teach_Pixy_an_object|teach Pixy an object]]! 
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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:​I_get_the_message_%22No_Pixy_devices_have_been_detected%22_in_PixyMon#​3-Check-to-see-if-the-device-driver-is-loaded-or-if-theres-a-device-driver-issue|click here]] for more info. 
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