User Manual-Mac

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Chapter 2, Installing Your Matrox MXO2 Hardware and Software
Removing your PCIe host ExpressCard/34
adapter
You can remove the Matrox PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter when the laptop is
either on or off. However, you must power off the card before removing it.
¡ Important Do not disconnect the PCIe cable from the Matrox PCIe host
ExpressCard/34 adapter when your laptop is running. Instead, remove the adapter
from your laptop with the Matrox PCIe cable attached.
1 Close all video/audio applications that are running on your system.
2 From the menu bar, click the ExpressCard icon ( ).
3 Click Power off Card.
4 Remove the Matrox PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter from your laptop’s
ExpressCard/34 slot.
Installing your Matrox MXO2 software
You can install the MXO2 software on a computer with or without the MXO2
hardware connected. To download and install the latest version of the MXO2
software, visit the MXO2 Support section of our website at
www.matrox.com/video/support. You can also contact your MXO2 dealer for the
latest software.
¡ Important
• If your MXO2 system also includes a Matrox CompressHD card, you must
install the Matrox MAX Utilities software, even if your MXO2 hardware
does not include Matrox MAX technology. Installing the Matrox MAX
Utilities software installs the software for your CompressHD card as well. If
the CompressHD software is already installed on your computer, you must
uninstall it before installing the Matrox MAX Utilities software.
• If you plan on working with a supported video editing application, such as
Adobe Premiere Pro, you must install that application before installing the
MXO2 software.
Updating your MXO2 firmware
When you install the MXO2 software while your MXO2 hardware is powered
and connected to your Mac system, the software installation automatically
verifies the firmware on your MXO2 hardware and updates it if required.
However, if you install the MXO2 software on your Mac system without a
powered MXO2 connected, your MXO2 hardware may have a firmware version
that is not supported by the installed MXO2 software. If your MXO2 hardware
has an incompatible firmware version when you later connect the MXO2
hardware to your Mac system, the
Matrox Utilities preferences window options
will be unavailable and a message regarding the incompatibility between the