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Redistributable pylon Runtime Installation Options#

This is an overview of the available command line options from the Redistributable pylon Runtime installation package for pylon for Windows. For Linux, no pylon Redistributable Runtime package exists. The Debian installer package doesn't contain any install options.

Display Options#

/help or /?

Shows help information.

/quiet

Runs an installation without displaying a user interface. No prompts, messages, or dialog boxes are displayed to the user.

/passive

Runs an installation that displays a progress bar only. The installer indicates that an installation is in progress, but no prompts or error messages are displayed to the user.

Installation Options#

/install

Installs default features. Requires /quiet or /passive.

/install=<FeatureId1;FeatureId2;...> | <all>

Installs selected features. Requires /quiet or /passive.

/exclude=<FeatureId3;FeatureId4;...>

Defines the features that are excluded from the installation. These excluded features are not installed unless they are needed by another feature that is installed. You can use this parameter in combination with the /install parameter.

/uninstall

Uninstalls pylon completely. Requires /quiet or /passive.

/uninstall=<FeatureId1;FeatureId2;...>

Uninstalls selected features. Requires /quiet or /passive.

Available Features#

Runtime

`Cpp_Runtime`

`Net_Runtime`

`CRuntime`

DataProcessing

`DataProcessing_Runtime`

GigE_Support

`GigE_Runtime`

`GigE_Performance_Driver`

`GigE_Filter_Driver`

`GenTL_Producer_GigE`

`GigE_Configurator_Optimizer`

`GigE_Configurator_IP`

USB_Support

`USB_Runtime`

`USB_Camera_Driver`

`GenTL_Producer_USB`

Camera_Link_Support

`Camera_Link_Runtime`

`Camera_Link_Configuration_Tool`

CoaXPress_Support

`CoaXPress_Runtime`

`CoaXPress_Interface_Driver`

GenTL_Consumer_Support

CamEmu_Support

DirectShow

Twain

/targetpath=<path>

Defines the folder in which pylon is installed. The target path can't be changed when installing additional features for the same version of the pylon installer.

/allowupgrade

Allows upgrading a previously installed pylon version. Requires /quiet or /passive.

/restoreall

Forces a restore of all installed features when upgrading. If restoring isn't possible, the installation fails. Requires /quiet or /passive.

/repair

Re-installs the installed pylon features.

How to Use The Redistributables pylon Runtime Installation Options#

If you want to customize the installation, the Basler product documentation has some useful instructions.

For features with sub categories (marked in bold in the list above), the main category can't be used as a feature. For example, if you want to uninstall the USB_Support, you must list each sub feature instead.

Here are some example command line inputs.

Install the pylon Runtime with all features except the GigE drivers, DirectShow, and Twain:

pylon_Runtime_<version_number>.exe /exclude=DirectShow;Twain;GigE_Runtime_GigE_Performance_Driver;GigE_Filter_Driver

Uninstall Camera Emulator, USB Runtime and USB GenTL producer from an existing pylon Runtime installation without any display information:

pylon_Runtime_<version_number>.exe /quiet /uninstall=CamEmu_Support;USB_Runtime;GenTL_Producer_USB

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