New Electronic Technology SynView for Linux
Copyright (C) by New Electronic Technology
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New Electronic Technology SynView is a package of libraries and tools for
controlling New Electronic Technology hardware products. The libraries are fully
compatible with the GenICam standard. Besides own native programming
interface, SynView also provides GenICam GenTL interface (both producer
and consumer), thus being compatible with any GenTL compliant
products. SynView also contains tools for exploring camera
functionality, image acquisition, camera configuration and firmware
upgrade.

Documentation
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The documentation is now part of the SynView for Linux installation
packages. The manuals are installed in /opt/synview/doc.

Detailed information about installation and use of SynView under Linux
is provided in the "getting started" manual (SynView_QuickStartGuide.pdf) as
well as in the hardware manuals (e.g. CORSIGHT_Manual.pdf).
Programming manuals are also included in the documentation set.
Whenever in doubts, please refer to the manuals,
they should contain all the required information.

Installation procedure
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On distributions built around the DEB packaging system execute 
    dpkg -i synview-x.yy.zzz.deb
with superuser privileges (x.yy.zzz represents the SynView version).

On distributions built around the RPM packaging system execute
    rpm -i synview-x.yy.zzz.rpm
with superuser privileges (x.yy.zzz represents the SynView version).

For other distributions, install the SynView using the custom
installation procedure described in the manual (SynView_QuickStartGuide.pdf).
Contact us to obtain the corresponding SynView package for custom
installation, SynView-x.yy.zzz.tar.gz.

Installation layout
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SynView installation is following the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. The
main installation directory is /opt/synview, the configuration is stored
in /etc/opt/synview and variable files (logs, cache) go to
/var/opt/synview.

The initial test of the SynView installation can be done through the
SynView Explorer tool, which is located in /opt/synview/bin/sv.explorer.

To obtain further information, please follow the manuals.

