works in a new imac with spyder2?

[ouscar]

Hello 🙂

I have a new iMac 2017 with macos Sierra. And an old Spyder2express. And DisplayCal 3.3.2 installed. Can this combination work together? When I clic “calibration” I receive this message…:

Error - new_disprd failed with 'Instrument Access Failed (No PLD Pattern - have you run oeminst?)'

Also, in the display and instrument panel, it says…:

Spyder2 !! Disabled - no firmware !!

Any idea?

Thanks in advance!

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[Florian Höch]

Hi,

check the quickstart guide in the documentation.

[ouscar]

Thank you. I read the quickstart guide, but it seems that I missed a later section, where it says: “If your measurement device is a Spyder 2, a popup dialog will show which will let you enable the device. With ArgyllCMS and DisplayCAL. ”

Okay. I did it and got old Spyder 2 back to life!

But after an hour of calibration I have a profile that makes everything that should be black look green … I guess I have to keep studying the manual… 🙂

Thanks again.

[Florian Höch]

But after an hour of calibration I have a profile that makes everything that should be black look green …

The Spyder2 is a very old instrument, its filters may have degraded to a point where you don’t get usable measurements anymore.

[ouscar]

Sad news. I guess I’ll have to think about buying a new Spyder 5 or an X-rite… Thanks again.

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