Using a StarTech USB-to-serial adapter with a Prolific (PL2303) chipset and StarTech drivers can prevent the serial port on an exacqVision server to remain open on Windows-based exacqVision servers. The port will report an OPEN status for less than a second before changing to UNAVAILABLE. <br> This occurs when exacqVision receives an ASCII control character 0x04 after… Continue reading StarTech Prolific USB-to-serial Adapter Not Working with exacqVision
Month: June 2014
Windows 7 (Non-Embedded) exacqVision Recovery Procedure
If you have a RAID system and no SSD or mSATA device, create the volume before proceeding: Press Alt-3 to enter the 3ware RAID BIOS.Select Non-recoverable Array with the space bar and press the Tab key.Navigate to Delete Unit and press Enter.Press Enter to confirm.Select all available drives by navigating to Direct Attached and pressing the space bar.Press the Tab key… Continue reading Windows 7 (Non-Embedded) exacqVision Recovery Procedure
Best Practices When Upgrading Hard Drives on exacqVision Servers
The following considerations are for 32-bit Windows-based A-Series systems without a RAID controller: Desktop and 2U A-Series systems do not have a separate physical drive for the operating system. This means that we cannot load Windows on anything larger than 2.2TB. By default, Windows 7 loads with an MBR partition table, which has a maximum… Continue reading Best Practices When Upgrading Hard Drives on exacqVision Servers
Best Practices when Upgrading an exacqVision Server from Windows XP to Windows 7
DISCLAIMER: Any user attempting to upgrade an exacqVision system using this procedure assumes all risk of data loss and hardware issues, and must troubleshoot all related issues without the assistance of Exacq Technologies. <br> Section 1: Pre-requisites USB drive, at least 4GB (preferably new).A valid copy of Windows 7 Pro 32-bit and license.Motherboard drivers downloaded from… Continue reading Best Practices when Upgrading an exacqVision Server from Windows XP to Windows 7