Installing 32-bit Device Drivers Silently

It is possible to install device drivers unattended, without the need for operator intervention to click on screen dialog buttons. This is known as silent operation. You initiate a silent install from a DOS prompt command.

The silent Cognex Drivers installer runs from a DOS prompt command line. Arguments you include on the command line name device drivers you wish to install. These are the same drivers you see in the screen dialog of an interactive Custom install. See Setup Type in the Uninstalling the 32-bit Device Drivers Silently section. On the Setup Type screen, select Complete to install the device drivers. .

The Cognex Drivers installer can install any or all of the drivers. Each driver has an internal name that you must use in the command line when installing silently. These drivers are listed in the following table.

Command line argument1	Screen dialog names
_8504	MVS-8500/8500e Driver
_8600	MVS-8600 Driver
_gige	GigE Interface and CFG-8700 Driver
Note 1: Command line arguments are case sensitive.

Note: The Cognex driver package also includes a driver for the Cognex Communication Card, however, CVL does not support the Cognex Communication Card.

To install the drivers silently, run the file setup.exe from the drivers subfolder of the CVL release installer. The ADDLOCAL command line option lets you specify the specific drivers to install. Specify ADDLOCAL=ALL to install all drivers.

setup /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL= driver,driver,driver
INSTALLDIR=directory "

Note that the path you specify following INSTALLDIR must be enclosed with quotes if there are any spaces in the path name.

The following is an example, installing the MVS-8602e driver:

setup /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=_8600
INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\Common\" "