Post Installation

To avoid some software crashes and other issues, the Windows system should be configured to be compatible with visionCATS.

Graphics performance preference

As current Windows versions are unable to choose the most powerful graphic adapter for visionCATS, a manual preference should be added.

Warning

Without this preference, visionCATS may crash when Windows is switching of graphic adapters.

Note

On low end system, only one graphic adapter is available, and the preference is not needed.

  1. Open Graphics settings

    ../../_images/gpp_graphic_settings.png

  2. In Desktop app mode, click on Browse button

    ../../_images/gpp_browse.png

  3. Go to the visionCATS installation folder, select Platypus.exe and click on Add button

    ../../_images/gpp_select_visioncats.png

  4. Open the Options for visionCATS entry

    ../../_images/gpp_options.png

  5. In the Graphics preference, select the High performance (system which may experience issue will have a different card under Power saving than under High performance. If the card is the same, the settings will not change anything). Click on Save after selection, and then restart the visionCATS client

    ../../_images/gpp_gpu.png

Important

The preference should be added for each Windows user using visionCATS on each client machine.

Disable Fast startup

Warning

With Fast Startup enabled, connection to instruments and instrument services may be lost, and the application may behave abnormally.

  1. Open Power & sleep settings

    ../../_images/dfs_power_options.png

  2. Open Additional power settings

    ../../_images/dfs_additionals.png

  3. Click on Choose what the power button does

    ../../_images/dfs_button.png

  4. If needed, click on Change settings that are currently unavailable

    ../../_images/dfs_admin.png

  5. Uncheck Turn on fast startup

    ../../_images/dfs_disabled.png

Disable Windows hibernation and sleep modes

Warning

With hibernation and/or sleep mode(s) enabled, connection to instruments and instrument services may be lost.

It is possible to hide the hibernation and sleep modes (same window as for Disable Fast startup), but the automatic behavior should also be modified

  1. Open Power & sleep settings

    ../../_images/dfs_power_options.png

  2. Open Additional power settings

    ../../_images/dfs_additionals.png

  3. Click on Change plan settings of the current power plan

    ../../_images/dhs_change.png

  4. Click on Change advanced power settings

    ../../_images/dhs_plan.png

  5. Set Sleep after and Hibernate after to Never

    ../../_images/dhs_never.png

Disable USB selective suspend setting

Warning

With USB selective suspend setting enabled, connection to instruments may be lost, and Windows even crashes in some cases.

  1. Open Power & sleep settings

    ../../_images/dfs_power_options.png

  2. Open Additional power settings

    ../../_images/dfs_additionals.png

  3. Click on Change plan settings of the current power plan

    ../../_images/dhs_change.png

  4. Click on Change advanced power settings

    ../../_images/dhs_plan.png

  5. In USB settings, USB selective suspend setting, set the setting to disabled

    ../../_images/dus_usb.png

Inform users to close visionCATS before locking the session

It is possible to have several users on the same Windows machine, and to switch between them. However, if a user locks its session, the visionCATS client will still be running, and the next user will not be able to start visionCATS.

../../_images/visioncats_will_not_start.png

For several technical reasons, it is not possible to have several visionCATS clients running on the same Windows machine. Therefore, it is important to close visionCATS before locking the session.

Important

If several users are using the same Windows machine, they should close visionCATS before locking their session.