ColorMunki versus a monitor only profiler?

[Keith Snell]

Please note that the Beta Argyll 1.1.0 driver for ColorMunki does not work in Win 7 x64.  The .inf installs 32-bit versions of the special Argyll USB driver (libusb0.sys and libusb0.dll) instead of the 64-bit versions of these files.  The 64-bit versions are in the Argyll libusbw folder but do not get installed for some reason (likely a problem with the .inf), as follows:

[attachment=19288:ColorMun...gyllCMS_.gif]


A high-quality, inexpensive display calibration system comprising (dispcalGUI + Argyll + ColorMunki) looks very promising.  Does anyone know of a workaround for the above-described problem in Win 7 x64?  Or could someone with .inf manipulation knowledge take a look at the .inf?

The Argyll USB driver is unsigned.  A workaround for the "unsigned driver" problem in Win 7 is found at: http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=dseo

Thanks,
Bruce

Hi Bruce,

I am also very interested in using dispcalGUI + Argyll + ColorMunki, with Win 7 x64.  Have you been able to find any workaraound for the 32bit driver issue you described?  Is there a way to manually update the driver, or does the .inf reload the 32bit driver over a manually loaded driver?

Please let us know if you find a solution to this problem, I am very interested in using Argyll with my ColorMunki

Keith

[Pete_G]

No, Argyll is an open source application.

ColorMunki software is ok, but it only calibrates the monitor using graphic card's 8-bit LUT - so if you want to make use of high bit LUT of your display, you need something different, but of course it only has some meaning if you have such a panel.

Does Argyll and the Colormunki work directly with the Spectraview's LUT?

[digitaldog]

Does Argyll and the Colormunki work directly with the Spectraview's LUT?

Doubt it. But if you have a Munki and SpectraView, it is supported so just use it in that software package and take advantage of the high bit panel.

[Pete_G]

Doubt it. But if you have a Munki and SpectraView, it is supported so just use it in that software package and take advantage of the high bit panel.

I emailed the Argyll developer who very kindly responded immediatley. Argyll won't work with the NEC built in LUT, he hasn't got an NEC to reverse engineer. I'm in Europe so I don't have the US Spectraview software, the version of Basicolor available to us does not support the Colormunki, I suppose sometime in the next 50 years it may.

For those interested, the developer Graeme Gill sent me a new colormunki.inf file the contents of which are at the end of this post. Doing all the digital driver signing as per the links in previous posts and the method here:<http://nil-techno.blogspot.com/2008/08/installing-unsigned-drivers-on-vista-64.html>

did not work for me,  Win 7 64 bit still says the driver is "not for this platform" although Graeme says it worked for him on W7 64. But since I can't use the special features on the Spectraview it's probably not worth it anyway. I shall continue to experiment with Argyll anyway, it looks very interesting.




ColorMunki.inf is below:



[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
provider  = ArgyllCMS
DriverVer = 11/21/2007,0.1.12.1
CatalogFile = ColorMunki.cat
CatalogFile.NTX86 = ColorMunki.cat
CatalogFile.NTAMD64 = ColorMunki_x64.cat

Class = LibUsbDevices
ClassGUID = {EB781AAF-9C70-4523-A5DF-642A87ECA567}

[ClassInstall]
AddReg=libusb_class_install_add_reg

[ClassInstall32]
AddReg=libusb_class_install_add_reg

[libusb_class_install_add_reg]
HKR,,,,"LibUSB-Win32 Devices"
HKR,,Icon,,"-20"

[Manufacturer]
%manufacturer%=Devices,NTX86,NTAMD64

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Files
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[SourceDisksNames]
1 = "Libusb-Win32 Driver Installation Disk",,

[SourceDisksFiles]
libusb0.sys = 1,,
libusb0.dll = 1,,
libusb0_x64.sys = 1,,
libusb0_x64.dll = 1,,

[DestinationDirs]
libusb_files_sys = 10,system32\drivers
libusb_files_sys_x64 = 10,system32\drivers
libusb_files_dll = 10,system32
libusb_files_dll_wow64 = 10,syswow64
libusb_files_dll_x64 = 10,system32

[libusb_files_sys]
libusb0.sys

[libusb_files_sys_x64]
libusb0.sys,libusb0_x64.sys

[libusb_files_dll]
libusb0.dll

[libusb_files_dll_wow64]
libusb0.dll

[libusb_files_dll_x64]
libusb0.dll,libusb0_x64.dll

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Device driver
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[LIBUSB_DEV]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys, libusb_files_dll
AddReg    = libusb_add_reg

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTX86]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys, libusb_files_dll

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTAMD64]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys_x64, libusb_files_dll_wow64, libusb_files_dll_x64

[LIBUSB_DEV.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTX86.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTAMD64.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTX86.Services]
AddService = libusb0, 0x00000002, libusb_add_service

[LIBUSB_DEV.NTAMD64.Services]
AddService = libusb0, 0x00000002, libusb_add_service

[libusb_add_reg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*ntkern
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,libusb0.sys

; Older versions of this .inf file installed filter drivers. They are not
; needed any more and must be removed
[libusb_del_reg_hw]
HKR,,LowerFilters
HKR,,UpperFilters

; Device properties
[libusb_add_reg_hw]
HKR,,SurpriseRemovalOK, 0x00010001, 1

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Services
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[libusb_add_service]
DisplayName    = "LibUsb-Win32 - Kernel Driver 11/21/2007, 0.1.12.1"
ServiceType    = 1
StartType      = 3
ErrorControl   = 0
ServiceBinary  = %12%\libusb0.sys

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Devices
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Devices]
"ColorMunki (Argyll)"=LIBUSB_DEV, USB\VID_0971&PID_2007

[Devices.NTX86]
"ColorMunki (Argyll)"=LIBUSB_DEV, USB\VID_0971&PID_2007

[Devices.NTAMD64]
"ColorMunki (Argyll)"=LIBUSB_DEV, USB\VID_0971&PID_2007


;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Strings
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Strings]
DESCRIPTION="ColorMunki (Argyll)"
FriendlyName="ColorMunki (Argyll)"
manufacturer="X-Rite"