See the topic Using VisionPro with Microsoft Visual Studio for details on how to configure your Visual Studio application to simplify the process of redistributing VisionPro dependencies. In addition, Cognex recommends your installation procedure include and execute the batch file VisionProDependencyHelper.bat, installed by default at %VPRO_ROOT%\bin.

Be aware that the VisionPro Installer does not redistribute the prerequisites installer for Visual Studio. Your installation process must install the appropriate prerequisites for Visual Studio on the deployment PC.

The following table shows the files included in the top-level directory of the VisionPro installation media that you must consider including as you deploy your customized vision application:

The following table shows the files included in the top-level directory of the GPU installation media that you must consider including as you deploy your customized vision application:

This section contains the following subsections.

• Installing VisionPro Software
• Installing Cognex Drivers
• Installing Asian Language Documentation

A silent installation lets you install VisionPro without displaying any windows or dialog boxes and without the need for user interaction.

Use the following command to perform a silent installation using the setup.exe program from your VisionPro media:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=<list of internal feature names> INSTALLDIR=<Installation Directory>"

• You can use the /L option to specify a language other than that of the current OS for the installation. Use /L1033 for English, /L1031 for German, /L1041 for Japanese, /L1042 for Korean, or /L2052 for Chinese.
• The INSTALLDIR string specifies the installation directory. If the path includes any spaces, then you must enclose it with backslash-quotes (\”…\”).

Refer to the following table for internal feature names:

For example:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=vpro INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\""

setup.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=vpro INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\""

If you silently install either the A5000 Viewer Software (a5000v) or 3D HandEye Field Calibrator (handeye) feature, you must also install the pylon driver. Use the following command to perform a silent installation of the pylon 7 driver from the Disk1 directory:

pylon_driver\pylon_runtime_7_4_0_14900.exe /quiet /install=Cpp_Runtime;USB_Support

pylon_driver\pylon_runtime_7_4_0_14900.exe /quiet /install=Cpp_Runtime;USB_Support

If you install VisionPro silently, then you must install the Cognex drivers with a separate command. You can install Cognex drivers independent of the VisionPro software. The following table shows the files in the \drivers directory of the VisionPro installation media that you must include in your deployed application to install the Cognex drivers:

The Cognex Driver installer can install any supported driver. Specify a driver by name:

To install the Cognex drivers, use setup.exe and specify the features you want in the ADDLOCAL parameter:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\Common\" ADDLOCAL=_gige,_commcard"

setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\Common\" ADDLOCAL=_gige,_commcard"

To install all the drivers, use ADDLOCAL=ALL.

To prevent the PC from rebooting after installing the Cognex drivers, use the REBOOT=ReallySuppress option. The following command installs all Cognex drivers without rebooting:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\Common\" ADDLOCAL=ALL REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Cognex\Common\" ADDLOCAL=ALL REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

To install the DSMax drivers, use the Windows msiexec process and run this command from the Disk1\drivers directory:

msiexec /I DSMaxDriver\Setup.x64.msi /qn

msiexec /I DSMaxDriver\Setup.x64.msi /qn

You can silently install Asian language versions of the VisionPro documentation after VisionPro has been successfully installed by running the following command from the vprolocalizeddocs directory:

setup.exe /s /v/qn

setup.exe /s /v/qn

The following table lists the files in the \vprolocalizeddocs directory of the VisionPro installation media that you must include in a separate directory of your deployed application to install the Asian language versions of the VisionPro documentation:

If your VisionPro application configuration requires any non-default settings in the VisionPro.ini configuration file, you must make sure that your deployment installation procedure installs the appropriate VisionPro.ini on each deployment system.

This section contains the following subsections.

• Uninstalling Silently
• Uninstalling Silently Without Installation Image

During any interactive uninstall of VisionPro or the Cognex drivers, a dialog box similar to the following might appear:

The default choice Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete is appropriate for most situations, and allows the uninstallation to continue without additional user interaction.

VisionPro allows you to perform silent uninstalls of the various components:

• To perform a silent uninstall of VisionPro, use the following command from the 64-bit installation image downloaded from the Cognex Corporation support site:

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  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all"

  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all"

• To uninstall the drivers silently, use the same command in the directory where you installed the Cognex drivers. Prevent the PC from rebooting with the REBOOT=ReallySuppress option:

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  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

  Without the REBOOT=ReallySuppress option the uninstall process will automatically reboot your PC when it completes.

• To uninstall the Asian language versions of VisionPro documentation, use the same command used for uninstalling the drivers in the \vprolocalizeddocs directory:

• To uninstall the GPU supplemental components silently, use the following command:

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  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all"

  setup.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=all"

To perform a silent uninstall of any VisionPro component without the installation image, use the Windows msiexec process and the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the particular component, as listed in the following table:

Note: Cognex recommends you uninstall the GPU Supplemental installation after you uninstall VisionPro. If you remove the GPU Supplemental installation first, you cannot perform a silent uninstall of VisionPro - Windows will display all the dialog boxes you would get with a standard uninstall operation despite your attempt to uninstall VisionPro silently.

Various command line switches allow you to create a desktop short for VisionPro utilities:

Command line switches can be combined on the command line. For example, the following command launches the VisionPro installer interactively and will include these desktop shortcuts:

setup.exe /v”COMMCARDCONFIGSHORTCUT=1 GIGECONFIGSHORTCUT=1”

setup.exe /v”COMMCARDCONFIGSHORTCUT=1 GIGECONFIGSHORTCUT=1”

The following command installs VisionPro silently to the default install path and includes desktop shortcuts:

setup.exe /s /v”/qn ADDLOCAL=vpro COMMCARDCONFIGSHORTCUT=1 GIGECONFIGSHORTCUT=1”

setup.exe /s /v”/qn ADDLOCAL=vpro COMMCARDCONFIGSHORTCUT=1 GIGECONFIGSHORTCUT=1”