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USB Installation on a PC or Mac:
The USB port should have enough power to support the Base Station without
needing the Worth Data external power supply. Therefore, the power supply is
an optional charge feature. If you are connecting your Base Station to a
portable computer (laptop or notebook), it is likely you
will need to order our
power supply. Most newer portables (all Macs and most PC-compatibles) may
see the power draw by the USB device as too high and drop power to the USB
port altogether. Use ONLY the Worth Data power supply. Don't plug any
other power supply into the Base Station, or it will be “fried” (burned up).
If you are attaching a Base Station to a computer that doesn't have a traditional
keyboard port (a 5 or 6 pin din on a PC, or an ADB on Mac), but only a USB
port for attaching a keyboard, then you must use the Wedge Saver to attach the
Base Station to the USB port. The Wedge Saver is ordered in lieu of a "Y"
Cable; the USBW is shipped with a C20 cable.
When you plug the Wedge Saver to the USB port on a Mac or PC, Windows
98, ME, XP, and 2000, the device will be sensed will sensed and installed.
Windows finds the necessary driver, usually on the hard drive; you don't need
any additional drivers other than what is already on Windows or Mac OS.
After the software installation completes, follow these instructions:
1. Plug
the
Wedge Saver into a USB port on the host computer, keyboard, or
a USB hub.
2. Then plug the C20 cable, (a cable with an RJ45 “telephone style”
connector on one side and a 6 pin mini-din connector on the other),
between the Base Station and the Wedge Saver. Plug the RJ45 end into the
Base Station's Computer Port.
3. The Base Station should power up. 1-Way Base Stations will beep three
times and the light on the front will turn green. The 2-Way Base Station
does not beep; the light simply turns to green on successful power up.
4. For 1-Way RF Base Stations, attach the telescoping antenna to the BNC
connector on the back of the case. For a 2-Way Base Station, you must also
screw in the fixed length black transmitter antenna to the center of the Base
Station.
5. You are now ready to scan into the computer using your RF Scanner.