GETTING STARTED
- qID Technical Information Manual
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GETTING STARTED
Introduction
This quickstart guide will help you to get started with your qID reader.
For more detailed information on reader configuration, connections and setup options please refer to the next
chapters.
Installing the USB Virtual COM port driver
The qID reader can be connected to a PC using the provided USB cable and it is detected by the PC as a composite USB,
that is as an emulated serial port (VCP) and as an USB MSC.
Power ON the reader and plug the USB cable into the qID USB port.
After a while, from one side, a new storage device should appear under the computer directory and, from the other
side, a dialog window appears informing you that the device is not recognized and you should be prompted for
inserting the reader's USB VCP driver (download the driver at
qID R1240IE/IU web page
,
SW/FW
section) in order to
correctly operate with the reader.
After installing the driver, the reader is detected by the PC as an emulated serial port (VCP) and as an USB MSC:
