Fluke USB-IR Guide D'installation page 2

System Requirements for Fluke USB Optical Serial Cable
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PC Hardware: An available USB port on the PC, or on a USB Hub connected
to the PC.
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Windows Operating System: Your PC must be running one of the following
versions of Windows:
Windows Vista
Windows XP (Home or Professional)
Windows 2000
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Administrator privileges required to install software on Windows 2000, XP, or
Vista.
Installing the USB Cable Drivers
1. If running Windows Vista, XP, or 2000, log into an account with Administrator
privileges.
2. Plug the Fluke USB serial cable into an available USB port on your PC, or into
a USB hub connected to your PC.
3. Windows will respond that it has "found new hardware", and the Windows
Hardware Wizard dialog will appear.
4. Insert the CD-ROM that came with the cable into the PC's CD-ROM drive. If
the Hardware Wizard doesn't immediately begin searching the CD-ROM for
drivers, click on the "Next>" button on the Hardware Wizard dialog.
5. The Hardware Wizard will find the USB cable drivers on the CD-ROM.
For Windows Vista or XP users, you may get a dialog box warning you
that this driver "has not passed Windows Logo Testing." Just click the
"Continue anyway" button.
6. The Hardware Wizard will finish.
The USB cable drivers have now been installed. On some systems, you may
need to reboot the PC once following driver installation before the USB cable
can be used.
Determining the USB Cable's COM Port
Once the USB cable drivers have now been installed, and a virtual COM port has
been assigned to your USB cable. You can use this COM port to perform serial
communications over your Fluke USB cable.
To find out which COM port is associated with your cable, do the following:
1. First, the cable must be attached to the PC, or to a USB hub connected to
your PC.
2. Go to the Windows Control Panel. Open the "System" applet. This brings up
the "System Properties" dialog box.
3. Open the Device Manager:
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On Windows 2000 and Windows XP, click on the "Hardware" tab of the
"System Properties" dialog box. Then click on the "Device Manager"
button on the center of the dialog.
4. On the "Device Manager" dialog box, look under the "Ports (COM & LPT)"
tree.
The COM port associated with the USB cable is listed there, as "USB Serial Port".
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