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If you experience any of these problems you must purchase a powered USB card in order to
communicate with the GERBER EDGE/EDGE 2 via USB-to-Parallel cable. Gerber recommends
the following solutions:
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Laptop computers: externally powered PCMCIA card with 2 USB ports
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Desktop computers: PCI card with 2 USB ports
Tip: Gerber has had success with the following USB cards. You may have success with other
manufacturer's cards.
Belkin® USB 2.0 PCI card
Adaptec®
USB2connect
2000
CompUSA® 2 Port USB 2.0 PCI Expansion Card
Compaq® 2 Port USB 2.0 PCI Host Card.
To install the Gerber USB-to-Parallel Cable and Driver
Note: You must have Administrative privileges to install the Gerber USB-to-Parallel driver on
your system.
Note: At this time Windows Vista 64-bit does not support OMEGA parallel port usage. The
USB-to-Parallel cable and driver is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows
Vista 32-bit. See page 8 for the Windows operating system compatibility chart.
Note: If you are running Vista 32-bit, your screens may look slightly different.
1
Be sure the GERBER EDGE/EDGE 2 is powered off. Connect the parallel (Centronics)
end of the cable into the back of the GERBER EDGE/EDGE 2.
2
Connect the USB end of the cable into the USB port of your computer. Windows
should detect the new device and display the “Found new hardware: USB device”
message on the Windows task bar.
3
When Windows displays the Found New Hardware Wizard, select “No, not at this
time” (for Windows XP only) and then click Next.
Windows XP
Windows 2000
4
When the following dialog box displays, insert the USB-to-Parallel Installation CD into
the CD Rom drive of your computer. Select the option shown in the following
illustrations and click Next.