IMPORTANT: The Open Ephys GUI documentation has migrated to a new site – please visit https://open-ephys.github.io for the most up-to-date information.

Installing the binaries

1. Download the Windows binaries from this page.
2. Drag and drop the downloaded and unzipped folder to the location of your choice, and rename it "Open Ephys."
3. If you don't have Visual Studio 2015+ installed, you will need to install the redistributable from here.
4. Run FrontPanelUSB-DriverOnly-4.4.0.exe to install the acquisition board driver. 
5. Double-click the "open-ephys" executable to run the application.
6. (Optional) If you need a debug output to troubleshoot, run the executable with --console as parameter.

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