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title: "Prepare your Vicon Evoke system"
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It is assumed that your Evoke system hardware components (including Viper cameras, Beacon(s), and Pulsar active marker clusters) have been placed in your volume and connected to a power supply, and that Evoke is installed and licensed.

If you're installing your Evoke system yourself, see any Vicon documentation that was supplied with your hardware and [Installing and licensing Vicon Evoke](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Evoke18/pages/397967474). If you need further help, please contact [Vicon Support](mailto:support@vicon.com). 

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To set up your Evoke system, complete the following procedures:

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> ⚠️ **Before you begin:**
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> ⚠️ ▪️ Ensure the Beacon(s) that you want to use are connected to a powered PoE+ switch and that this switch is connected to the host PC that runs Evoke.
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> ⚠️ ▪️ To benefit from the latest enhancements and bug fixes for your Vicon system, make sure your firmware is up-to-date (see [Update camera firmware](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Evoke18/pages/397968026)).

### Supported devices

Evoke checks for supported Vicon devices before allowing connection. Supported devices include:

- Viper, ViperX, Vero, Vantage, and Valkyrie motion capture cameras
- Vue video cameras (to provide full-color reference video, synchronized with the rest of the Vicon system)
- Beacon and Pulsar
- Vicon Lock