Downloads and Updates

The Updates section distributes the latest firmware code for all VPixx devices. Also, complete Toolbox and Drivers are available in this section.

Software support

Software support includes a low-level ANSI C API, MATLAB/Octave and Python libraries for Mac, Windows and Linux. Please download the VPixx Software Tools according to your operating system. 

Our software tools will install PyPixx, VPutil, the VPixx Device Server,  the LabMaestro Hardware Simulator, and all required drivers. Once you have installed our software, you can check for firmware and software updates in the PyPixx application under the System tab. 

Once you have installed our software tools, you will need to manually add our API libraries to your Psychtoolbox and Python folders in order to use them. For instructions see the following:

Installing MATLAB .mex files
Installing pypixxlib in Python 

For documentation and information related to recent software releases, please see our What’s New page. 

For MAC OS X

We currently support macOS 10.14 and above, including macOS 11 (Big Sur).

To install our software on Mac, double-click the VPixx Software Tools.pkg to launch the installation wizard and follow the instructions.

PyPixx and VPutil will be installed in your Applications folder. You can find the Software Tools files in: Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > VPixx Technologies > Software Tools

For Windows

We currently support all versions of Windows 10.

To install our software on Windows, download and install the setup.exe application and follow the instructions in the setup wizard. Windows drivers will be automatically installed in the installation steps.

For Linux

We currently support Ubuntu 18.04 (‘Bionic Beaver’) and 20.04 (‘Focal Fossa’) and their equivalents among other Linux distributions. Note that our testing is primarily done with Ubuntu and we cannot guarantee full compatibility with other Linux distributions. For more details, please contact [email protected].

To install our tools for Linux, download the VPixx Software Tools package and install it via the dpkg command line:

sudo dpkg -i vpixx-software-tools.deb

You may be required to install additional dependencies. Simply follow the instructions printed in the terminal window.