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Scale Indicator Manual 917-5
Connection options
Installing the USB Wi-Fi adapter drivers on your computer
General description of connection options
Your Te Pari scale has real versatility when it comes to connection methods, this means that ideal
connection methods exist for all manner of situations. The next few pages describe how to connect to
your Te Pari Scale using the various options available, they are:
Wi-Fi
- If your computer or device already has Wi-Fi then you can use this to connect, if this is the
case you can skip this page and go to
Connecting
on the next page, if you do not have Wi-Fi on your
computer, you need to install the USB Wi-Fi adapter supplied to use this connection method. Wi-Fi is the
preferred connection as almost every mobile device and recent computers have this capability
.
Physical cable connection
- Cable connection from your scales COM port to either a serial, or USB port
on your computer. The setup for this method for this is described on page 22.
Note:
Users of Windows 8 and above do not need to install the drivers as they are included with
Windows so you can skip this step and can go to the top of the next page.
If your computer does not have Wi-Fi, installing the supplied adapter will make your
computer Wi-Fi capable and so allow you to connect to your scale using it
Before inserting the adapter you need to install the adapter drivers. Go to the Te Pari
Support site using the Direct Support USB key supplied or by typing in the URL and
download the USB Wi-Fi Driver files.
From the downloaded drivers folder -
Scale_USB-WiFi-Drivers
-
double click the
Setup
file, highlighted at the left. The preparation
and driver installation will take place. Click
Next
at the prompts
as required. Some steps during the installation may take several
seconds to complete.
When the driver installation is complete a computer restart is
required. Select the
Yes, I want to restart my computer now
option
and click
Finish
to restart and complete the process.
The driver files are now on your computer and available for
Windows to use. When the adapter is plugged into a USB port they
will be loaded for that port.