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5.5 Installation of the drivers “USB Micropump Control” and “USB Serial Port”
In order to control the mp-x with a computer, a driver needs to be installed. The installation is done in two
steps. First, the USB driver is installed. Second, the driver for the mp-x itself is installed which can be used
as a serial interface from different software packages.
5.5.1 For older operating systems including “Windows XP”
Step 1: Connect the control unit with the USB port and turn it on. A message appears that new
hardware was found and the hardware assistant starts automatically. Please click “next” to
continue.
Step 2: Choose “find a suitable driver for the device” and click “next” to continue.
Step 3: Activate the box “search for new driver” and insert the accompanying CD.
Step 4: After you have found the driver “USB Micropump Control”, click “next” to start the installation.
Maybe a message appears that the windows-logo-test has failed. This warning can be ignored.
After installation click “complete” to finish the installation.
Step 5: After finishing the installation the assistant will start again to install the corresponding USB
serial port by repeating the description.
5.5.2 For operating system Windows 7
Dependent on the individual system settings, different steps for installation might be necessary. The
procedure applies in general also for Windows Vista.
Step 1: Log in with administrator rights
Step 2: Connect the control unit with the USB port and turn it on. A message appears that new
hardware was found. This dialog does NOT allow to install the software.
Step 3: Open the device manager and double click the item "USB Micropump control" filed under
"additional hardware" (or similar). In the pop up window click on "update driver" and select the
directory including the driver files (e.g. the cd rom drive). It needs to be confirmed that the
driver should really be installed as it has no digital signature.
Step 4: Second the serial port needs to be installed. Starting with step 2) again, a device named "USB
serial port" will be listed. The drivers need to be installed as described above.
Step5: Finally in the device manager the number of the serial port (e.g. COM 4) is listed, for further use
of the device with application programs, the port number should be noted.
5.6 Operation via USB port (after installation of the drivers)
The driving parameters can be set via your PC. For this purpose you can use any software (or programming
language) capable of sending commands to a COM-Port, like the Hyperterminal as shown below.
As the Hyperterminal is not available in Windows 7 anymore, other free terminal programs are
recommended like PuTTY for example http://www.putty.org/
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