USB DRIVER INSTALLATION
CommLink 5 Technical Guide
8
USB Driver Installation
The internal USB communication port of the CommLink uses a spe-
cialized driver that must be installed on your Windows
®
PC before
communication to the device can be established.
NOTE:
You may already have this driver installed on your PC if
you have used or are using a USB-Link 2.
1. Before you begin, you must determine if your computer
is running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Open the System
information by
right
-
clicking
the
<Start>
button
and
then
clicking
<System>
. Under System, you can view
the system type. Based on what type of system you have,
you will choose 32_Bit.exe or 64_Bit.exe from the list of
fi les shown in
Step 10
.
2.
Insert
the USB Drivers CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
drive or
download
the USB Drivers fi le from www.
aaon.com/prism. If using the CD-ROM, go to
Step 7
. If
downloading the fi le, you will need to scroll down the
page until you fi nd “USB Drivers For All Products” to
download the driver fi les.
3.
Right click
on “
Click Here.
” Then click
<Save Link
As>
or
<Save Target As>
and
select
Desktop as the
destination.
4.
Go to
the “USB-DRIVERS-ALL.exe” fi le on your desk-
top.
Double-click
on this fi le and choose “Run” from the
options list. The following window will appear:
5.
Select
<Unzip>
and the fi le will be unzipped to the
folder C:\Temp\WM-USB-Drivers folder by default.
6. Next,
go to
the C:\Temp\WM-USB-Drivers folder and
now
go to
Step 9
.
7.
Click
your
<Start>
button and then
click
,
<Computer>
.
8.
Double-click
on your CD-ROM drive. Open the Media
Files Folder.
9.
Double-click
the folder “USBLink NewSS0073”.
10. The following list of fi les will display. Choose 32_Bit.
exe or 64_Bit.exe based on what type of system you
determined you have in
Step 1
.
11. In the window that pops up, shown below,
click
<Next>
and the installation program will walk you through the
rest of the steps.
12. When successful installation has occurred, connect the
USB cable between the PC and the USB-Link 2. The
PC will automatically recognize the device and a COM
port will be assigned.
Follow the procedures on
page 9
to
verify the Comm Port.
USB Driver Installation