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Entry  Fri Jan 13 12:58:22 2017, Gregor Kramberger, DRS software doesn't work under Windows XP SP3 
    Reply  Fri Jan 13 13:16:09 2017, Stefan Ritt, DRS software doesn't work under Windows XP SP3 
    Reply  Fri Jan 13 13:50:10 2017, Stefan Ritt, DRS software doesn't work under Windows XP SP3 
Message ID: 582     Entry time: Fri Jan 13 13:16:09 2017     In reply to: 581
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Subject: DRS software doesn't work under Windows XP SP3 

The error probably comes from the fact that the drsosc.exe application is a 64-bit application and cannot be executed under XP any more. Unfortunately XP is forbidden at our institute for security reasons, so I have no machine around where I could compile the executable fro XP. Another problem is the libusb library used by drsosc.exe. Not sure if there is a XP version available any more. Have a look yourself at http://www.libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend 

I only see two possibilities for you: 1) Try to compile the program under Windows XP yourself, either with MS Visual Studio or with MinGW (http://www.mingw.org/). 2) Set up a virtual machine on your PC (for example with Virtualbox), and install either a newer version of Windows or a Linux distribution. The Linux excutable can then be compiled directly from sources as written in the documentation.

Stefan

Gregor Kramberger wrote:

Hi all

I have a problem with running the DRSOSC under windows XP SP3. We have some hardware which is not supported under newer versions of windows and we would like to use DRS boards along it, therefore we would higly appreciated any help in that direction. We have installed the software (V 5.03) to two different XP machines and got the same problem. The driver installs without any problem, but when the drsosc is run the system says " drsosc.exe is not a valid Win32 application". We have developed our own API for our software which also doesn't recognize the board. It says on the www page that it has been tested for windows XP, but I would appreciate if you can verify it? With best regards and thanks...

 

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