Getting Started - EL6 USB Dev Kit User Guide
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9. The Assembled Development Kit should look like this:
.
Communicate with the Development Kit
The first step to enabling communication between the host PC and the EL6e board is to install the USB Driver (if
necessary). For Windows 10 operating systems, no additional driver is required. USB will be detected automatically
after plugging in the USB cable.
Install the USB Driver
For Windows 10 operating systems, no additional driver is required. USB is automatically detected after plugging in
the USB cable. If the automatic detection fails, follow these steps to recognize the EL6e module:
1. Plug the EL6e module USB cable into the PC.
2. Windows should report it has
Found New Hardware
and open the Hardware Installation Wizard.
3. Select
Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
. Click
Next
.
4. Select
Don’t search…
Click
Next
, then
Next
again.
5. Click
Have Disk
and navigate to where the SDK zip is extracted. Select
EL6e.inf
under the drivers folder. Click
Open
, then
OK
.
6. A COM port should now be assigned to the EL6e. If you aren’t sure what COM port is assigned you can find it
using the Windows Device Manager.
In order to use the USB interface with a Windows 7 operating system, you must first install the EL6e.inf file,
available in the SDK download package.
1. Right click
Computer
on the Start Menu and select
Manage.
2. Select
Device Manager
.
3. Select
Elara reader
and click on
Update Drivers
.
4. Click on
Browse my computer for driver software
.
5. Click on
Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
.
6. Click on
Have Disk
.
