Software and sdks, Device driver and sdk – Sensoray 953-ET User Manual

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Software and SDKs

Device Driver and SDK

Software Development Kits for Windows and Linux are available, including drivers, API,
and demo applications. Model 953 is software compatible with model 2253, so they
share SDKs.

Windows SDK

Sensoray provides a WDM driver and DirectX filters for Windows platform. The SDK
includes the Windows driver, a DLL, and a demo application with the source code and is
available as “sdk_2253_1.x.y_win.zip” at Sensoray’s

Model 953 web

page.

Prior to the Sensoray 2253/953 Windows driver/SDK, a “

TUSB73x0 xHCI Driver

” by TI

needs to be installed. Go to TI website:

http://www.ti.com/lit/zip/sllc423

, user(s) can

get the driver package downloaded. Unzip and then perform installation.

For the Model 2253/953 Windows SDK, DLL, API, and programming details, please refer
to the “Model 2253/953 Windows Software Manual”, provided by Sensoray and
downloadable at

Model 953 web

page.

Since the driver is built and based on the WDM BDA and DirectShow oriented
architecture, the commonly-used Microsoft GraphEdit utility can be used for live A/V
preview and/or capture application build. Also, 3

party's freeware/shareware

applications, like VLC player and AMCap software can be used, too.

Linux SDK

Sensoray provides Model 2253/953 driver and SDK for Linux. The driver and demo
application programs are packed in a SDK package “SDK_2253_1.x.y_Linux.tar.bz2”
available at the Model

953 web page

. The Model 953 Linux device driver API complies

with standard

V4L2

(Video for Linux Version 2, formerly known as V4L) specification.

Refer to the “Model 2253/953 Linux Software Manual” for the driver, SDK, API, and
application programming details.

Since the Linux driver API complies with V4L2 spec fully, some common and popular 3

party media players/apps, like XawTV, VLC, Mplayer, GStreamer, etc. can be used for
A/V preview, capture, and streaming.