Glimpse video acquisition and analysis software

Installation Instructions

Warning: read and follow the installation instructions. Glimpse probably will not work if you don't follow the instructions.

First, decide whether you want to install the executable or source version of the software. You should most likely start with the executable unless you are familiar with LabVIEW and want to customize Glimpse. Separate installation instructions for the executable and source versions are given below.

Executable version installation instructions

Log on to an account with Administrator privileges.
Download and install the current version of NI-IMAQ.
If desired, install the appropriate version of Matlab (Matlab is only required for a small number of Glimpse functions; see System Requirements.)
Download, unzip into a temporary directory, and run the Glimpse installer setup.exe file. The installer will install the Glimpse application. After you click finish on the Glimpse installer, click on the command line window that pops up and press any key; this will install the required NI run-time software. (You will be required to accept an NI license agreement to do this installation.)
If this is the first time using Glimpse on this computer, copy the file LabView hardware configuration.ini from the Data subdirectory of the directory into which Glimpse was installed (usually C:\Program Files\Gelles Lab Software\Data) to the directory into which Glimpse was installed (usually C:\Program Files\Gelles Lab Software). Edit this file and change the value of the"Root path=" key under "[RAID drive]" so that it points to the directory you want to use to temporarily store acquired data. If you have RAID system for high speed acquisition, this directory should be loacated on the RAID disk.
To use analog video acquisition, the frame grabber board must be configured (Start>Programs>National Instruments>Measurement & Automation) as follows: set a large (~1,000) maximum number of acquisition buffers; 8-bit acquisition.
Run Glimpse (Start>Programs>Gelles Lab Software>Glimpse).
Glimpse users should subscribe to the glimpse-announce mailing list so they will get notified of bug fixes and updates.

Source version installation instructions

Verify that your computer has the correct versions of LabVIEW, NI-IMAQ, and IMAQ Vision installed.. Install (in that order) if necessary. (If you are upgrading from a previous version of LabVIEW, we recommend completely uninstalling NI-IMAQ and IMAQ Vision before the upgrade, then reinstalling after, to be certain that the VIs in these packages get properly installed into the new version of LabView.)
If desired, install the appropriate version of Matlab (Matlab is only required for a small number of Glimpse functions; see System Requirements.)
Download and unzip the source files. (For certain system configurations, the help file may not display properly unless Glimpse is run from within the \Program Files\... directory tree, because of security issues with the Windows help viewer -- see Microsoft KB323180).
Edit “LabView hardware configuration.ini” and change the value of the"Root path=" key under "[RAID drive]" so that it points to the directory you want to use to temporarily store acquired data. If you have RAID system for high speed acquisition, this directory should be loacated on the RAID disk.
To use analog video acquisition, the frame grabber board must be configured (Start>Programs>National Instruments>Measurement & Automation) as follows: set a large (~1,000) maximum number of acquisition buffers; 8-bit acquisition.
To run Glimpse, execute "Glimpse Launcher.vi" in "Glimpse.llb".
Glimpse users should subscribe to the glimpse-announce mailing list so they will get notified of bug fixes and updates.

Software Versions

These are the current versions of the Glimpse software and the versions of the software that it works with. It is unlikely that the current version of Glimpse will work with earlier versions of these packages. .

Glimpse	41
LabVIEW	7.1.1
NI-IMAQ	3.1.3
IMAQ Vision	7.1.1
Matlab	7.0 (R14)