Last update: 4 October 2010
 

WARNING!!!: all DTA software has been built by Microsoft Visual C++2008, so you need to have installed  Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup SP1 on your computer if not already present. May be also necessary to have installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Setup on your computer if not already present, this library is used by Graphics User Interface (Qt) in all our programs. How to check if the library is already loaded ....

 

User Manuals
Hardware	Camera Modules DISCOVERY OEM DISCOVERY OEM version A2 · updated March 2009 (540 kb pdf file) Electra OEM Electra OEM version A1 · updated March 2009 (1540 kb pdf file) HiRes V OEM HiRes V OEM version A3 · updated March 2009 (650 kb pdf file)
	Cooled Cameras CHROMA Series CX3/CX3 Small/C3 Plus user manual version 1.4.4 · updated March 2009 (1320 kb pdf file) DISCOVERY DX series DISCOVERY Plus user manual version 1.0.2 · updated January 2009 (384 kb pdf file) Electra Electra user manual version 1.5.8 updated January 2009 (693 kb pfd file) HiRes IV Series HiRes IV/Plus user manual version 1.2.1 · updated September 2006 (1430 kb pdf file) HiRes V Series HiRes V user manual version 1.0.2 · updated January 2009(1428 kb pdf file) iCAM iCAM User Manual version 1.5 · updated April 2006 (999 kb pdf file)
	Filter Wheels RPF6 Manual version 1.2.1 · updated January 2009 (654 kb pdf file) RPF Max Manual version 1.1.4· updated February 2009 (792 kb pdf file)
	Interfaces FDL-PCI Interface card Manual version 1.2 · updated February 2009 (778 kb pdf file) High Speed Serial Interface On Fiber Link Manual version 1.2.1 · updated February 2009 (410 kb pdf file) Multi Function Interface Online Manual
	Motion AMSIII User Manual Manual version 1.0.1· updated January 2010 (1066 kb pdf file) Palomar User Manual Manual version 1.5.1 · updated October 2010 (8065 kb pdf file) Palomar Manuale Utente Manuale versione 1.5.1 · aggiornato Ottobre 2010 (8364 kb pdf file)
Software	Cooled Cameras SDK (DTA Camera Library) Online Manual
	Image Processing ViSTA 3 Online Manual
Windows Software (XP / VISTA / 7)
System Drivers	Cooled Cameras and Camera Modules FDL-PCI Driver for parallel PCI interface used on CHROMA, Hires V, iCAM series Windows 32 bit 2000/XP/VISTA, Version  8.1.1.0 · updated December 2008 (404 kb zip file) FDL-USB  Driver for USB interface used on Electra, Discovery Plus Windows 32 bit 2000/XP/VISTA/7, Version 3.1.4.1 · updated December 2008 (104 kb zip file) Windows 64 bit XP/VISTA/7, Version 3.0.0.4 · updated December 2008 (78 kb zip file) FDL-USB  2.0 Driver for USB interface used on Electra Plus, HiRes V Windows 32 bit 2000/XP/VISTA/7, Version 2.0 · updated January 2010 (19 kb zip file) Windows 64 bit XP/VISTA/7, Version 3.1.0.1 · updated December 2008 (36 kb zip file)
	Multi Function Interface Multi Function Interface Driver for USB 1.1/2.0 Windows 32 bit 2000/XP/VISTA/7, Version 3.1.4.1 · updated December 2008 (104 kb zip file) Windows 64 bit XP/VISTA/7, Version 3.0.0.4 · updated December 2008 (78 kb zip file)
Image Processing	ViSTA 3 Download vistaSetup.exe version: see Revision history for latest updates (50650 kb) more setup info
	ViSTA 2 Very old ViSTA software for image processing and grab. It is developed in C language with Microsoft Visual Studio 6. You can download the binary version or the full source code. Download Vista2Setup.exe version 2.0.0 updated December 2008 (18481 kb) Download ViSTA 2 full source code for VC 6 updated December 2008 (26435 kb)
Instruments	Filter Wheels RPF6 Filter wheel handling program for Windows XP/VISTA/7 Download rpf6.zip · version 1.0.0.1 · updated July, 2008 (1969 kb) RPF Max Filter wheel handling program for Windows XP/VISTA/7 Download rpf.zip · version 1.4 · updated July, 2008 (1189 kb)
Multi Document Interface	MDI Download mdiBase.exe · version 1.0.2 · updated January, 2010 (9571 kb) Include plugins: Javascript,wxBasic,Texteditor,Plot2D,Plot3D,ISP,VM,Waves
	Additional MDI PlugIns how to install a plugin module AMS - AMS Control Panel Download AMS.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (84 kb) ARMD - ARM7 Develope System Download ARMD.rar · version 1.0.2 updated January, 2010 (360413 kb) MFI - Multi Function Interface control panel  Download MFI.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (350 kb) PALOMAR - Control Panel for PALOMAR telescope controller Download Palomar.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (4172 kb)
	MDI Source code C++ Source Code and Project for VS 2008. Useful example for programming DTA instruments and to learn MDI plugin. AMS - AMS Control Panel Download AMSsrc.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (84 kb) MFI - Multi Function Interface control panel  Download MFIsrc.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (350 kb) PALOMAR - Control Panel for PALOMAR telescope controller Download Palomarsrc.rar · version 1.0.0 updated January, 2010 (4172 kb) INCLUDE - Common include files for MDI plugin Download include.rar · updated January, 2010 (181 kb) LIBRARY - Common library files for MDI plugin Download lib.rar · updated January, 2010 (4410 kb)
SDK	Multi Function Interface SDK (Libraries, Documents, Example codes and Labview driver) for XP/VISTA  Download mfiSetup.exe version 1.0.0 · updated April, 2009 (1976 kb)
	Cooled Cameras Software Development Kit (Libraries, Documents and Example codes) for XP/VISTA/7 This package includes C, C++, Python library Download SDK.exe version 5.5.1.0 · updated December 2008 (8909 kb) C example code of a simple application developed with VC 6.0 for XP/VISTA/7 Download dtacam.zip version 1.0.0 · updated December 2008 (7825 kb) Visual Basic 6.0 example using DTA ActiveX Library (AXDCL.dll included) Download vbax.zip version 1.0.1 · updated July, 2008 (5398 kb)
Third Parties Libraries Or Plugins	Cooled Cameras MaxIm DL V3/4/5 plugin Download MaximSetup.exe · version 1.0.6 · updated June, 2010 (8135 kb). Tested on XP Pro SP3 with Maxim Revision 3.10, 4.54, 5.02, 5.09 LabVIEW examples for LabVIEW 6.0/7.0 version with examples for camera working in single or array mode) Download labview.zip version 1.2 · updated July, 2008 (7529 kb)
Embedded Software (ARM7TDMI)
Binary	AMS III Download AMSIII.hex · version 1.0.0 · updated January, 2010 (250 kb).
	Hornet Monitor Download HornetMonitor.hex · version 1.0.0 · updated January, 2010 (92 kb).
	Palomar Download Palomar.hex · version 1.5.1 · updated October, 2010 (1094 kb).

How to install an MDI plugin

From Window menu select 'Open Task-bar' when the Task-bar is opened select 'Add' from APPLICATION MANAGER list, now you must specify where is located the MDI plugin (a RAR file) then choose OK and the plugin is installed.
The loaded plugin will be executed on next restart of MDI.

ViSTA 3 for Windows XP/VISTA

Installation procedure:


for registered users:
before to install the latest version of ViSTA, un-install the previous one.

When you install the new release, you'll be requested if you want to overwrite two files: "license.xml" and "config.cfg".

DO NOT OVERWRITE these files or you will going to loss license data and configuration parameters of your camera.

As soon as you complete the installation procedure, you must restart the PC and you are ready to run the ViSTA program.

WARNINGS:
1) With the version 3.2 of ViSTA 3 software, the file of license data is changed from "vista.xml" to "license.xml". Old users interested in receiving the new file have just to contact us at sales@dta.it
2) The new ViSTA release has been built by Microsoft Visual C++2008, so you need to have installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup SP1 on your computer.
3) On VISTA operating system the program must be executed only as administrator.