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MeasureReady™ M91 FastHall™ Measurement Controller
5. When the Found New Hardware wizard finishes installing the driver, a confirma-
tion message stating “the software for this device has been successfully
installed” will appear. Click
Close
to complete the installation.
4.4.1.3.2 Installing the Driver from the Web
The USB driver is available on the Lake Shore website. To install the driver, it must be
downloaded from the website and extracted. Use the procedures below to download,
extract, and install the driver using Windows®.
Download the driver:
1. Locate the USB driver on
https://www.lakeshore.com/software/
.
2. Right-click on the USB driver download link, and select
Save as
.
3. Save the driver to a convenient place, and take note where the driver was down-
loaded.
Extract the driver:
The downloaded driver is in a ZIP compressed archive. The driver must be extracted
from this file. Windows® provides built-in support for ZIP archives. If this support is
disabled, a third-party application, such as WinZip™ or 7-Zip, must be used.
1. Right-click on the file and click
extract all.
2. An Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders dialog box will appear. It is recom-
mended the default folder is not changed. Take note of this folder location.
3. Click to clear the
Show extracted files when complete
checkbox, and click
Extract
.
Manually install the driver:
The following section describes how to manually install the driver using Windows. To
install the driver, you must be logged into a user account that has administrator privi-
leges.
1. Connect the USB cable from the M91 to the computer.
2. Turn on the M91.
3. If the Found New Hardware wizard appears, click
Ask me again later
.
4. Open Device Manager. Use this procedure to open Device Manager.
a. Type Device Manager in the Windows® Start Search box.
b. Click the Device Manager link in the Search Results dialog box.
c. If User Account Control is enabled, click
Continue
on the User Account Con-
trol prompt.
5. Click
View
and ensure that
Devices by Type
is selected.
6. In the main window of Device Manager, locate Ports (COM & LPT) in the list of
device types. If the Ports (COM & LPT) item is not already expanded, click the
>
icon. In many instances it will be listed after Network adapters.
Lake Shore MeasureReady M91
should appear indented in the list. If it is not
displayed as
Lake Shore MeasureReady M91
, it might be displayed as USB
Device. If neither are displayed, click
Action
and then
Scan for hardware
changes
, which may open the Found New Hardware wizard automatically. If the
Found New Hardware wizard opens, click
Cancel
.
7. Right-click on
Lake Shore MeasureReady M91
and click
Update Driver Soft-
ware
.
8. Click
Browse my computer for driver software
.
9. Click
Browse
and select the location of the extracted driver.
10. Ensure the
Include subfolders
checkbox is selected and click
Next
.
11. When the driver finishes installing a confirmation message stating “Windows has
successfully updated your driver software” should appear. Click
Close
to com-
plete the installation.
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