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Installing the USB SmartCable Driver
Z8 Encore! XP
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F64XX Series Development Kit
User Manual
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Appendix B. Installing the USB
SmartCable Driver
The USB SmartCable can be installed on PCs that run on Windows 7, 8, 10 (32- and 64-
bit), and Windows XP Pro operating systems. The procedures in this section will guide
you through the USB SmartCable installation process.
Windows 7 32/64 Systems
Observe the following steps to install the USB SmartCable on a Windows 7 system.
1. Connect the USB SmartCable to a USB port on your development PC. When the PC
detects the new hardware, it will display the Installing device driver software dialog.
2. Windows automatically searches for the driver; this process can take a few moments.
Because there is no option to terminate this search process, wait for the search to com-
plete. If the driver was previously installed, Windows will automatically install the
USB SmartCable driver. If this is the case, skip ahead to
. If Windows cannot
find the driver, close the search dialog and proceed to the next step.
3. In the
Search programs and files
field in the Windows Start menu, enter
Device
Manager
. The Device Manager will appear in a list of search results.
4. From this list of results, click
Device Manager
to open the Device Manager dialog,
which presents a list of devices that operate on your PC. Find and toggle
Other
devices
to view a sublist of additional devices, and right-click your mouse on
USB
SmartCable
.
5. In the submenu that appears, click
Update Driver Software...
.
6. In the Update Driver Software – USB SmartCable dialog that appears, click the
Browse my computer for driver software
option.
7. Click the
Browse...
button to browse to one of the following driver directories,
depending on the configuration of your PC.
On 32-bit Windows 7 systems, navigate to:
<ZDS
II Installation Directory>\device drivers\USB\x32
On 64-bit Windows 7 systems, navigate to:
<ZDS
II Installation Directory>\device drivers\USB\x64
8. Click
Next
to install the driver. On 32-bit Windows systems, a security dialog will
appear; select
Install this driver software anyway
.
9. After the Wizard finishes the installation, click
Close
.
