Installing the binaries (64bit Windows only)

1. Download this zip file.
2. Drag and drop the downloaded and unzipped folder to the location of your choice, and rename it "Open Ephys."
3. Run FrontPanelUSB-DriverOnly-4.4.0.exe to install the acquisition board driver. This driver should be compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, but seems to work well on Windows 10 as well. 
4. Double-click the "open-ephys" executable to run the application.
5. (Optional) If you need a debug output to troubleshoot, run the executable with --console as parameter.

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1. The GUI must be compiled prior to the plugins, as the plugin build process needs the open-ephys.lib file created by doing so in its default directory.
2. Open the VS solution file Builds\Visualstudio2013\Plugins\Plugins.sln
3. Select the appropiate architecture and release mode that matches the one the GUI was built with.
4. Either build the complete solution to generate all plugins or build specific projects to compile individual plugins. Installing the eCube API will allow you to build the eCube plugin without errors. Depending on the version of Windows, you may still see some errors that can be fixed by manually registering the DLL in a command prompt with admin rights:
   

   • cd \Windows\SysWOW64

   • regSvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\EcubeAPI\ecubeapi32.dll"

   • regSvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\EcubeAPI\ecubeapi64.dll"

5. If you would now like to have a "built and unchanging" version of the GUI, e.g. for other users of the machine/rig, copy the contents of the "Release" or "Release64" folder to an appropriate spot on your Desktop, in the Program Files folder, etc. You will also need to copy over the "Resources" folder from the source download, which includes things like the bitfile that needs to be downloaded to the FPGA.

Now you can both use the GUI and make changes to the source code. We recommend reading through the developer documentation before doing so.

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• Either of the 64bit configurations (Debug64 or Release64) must be selected. "Release|x64" will build, but then the Plugins will not. "Release64|x64"  will.
• BUT, when building the Plugins, "Release64|x64" will not be available, and you will choose "Release|x64" instead.
• x64 architecture must me selected either from the configuration manager or the "Solution Platforms" combo box (if enabled in your workspace).
• The binaries will be placed on a different folder than their 32bit counterparts

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