Installing the i-Vu® Open Link
   
 
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Using a USB Link 
1  If your computer does not already have the USB Link driver installed, install it before you connect the USB 
Link to your computer.  
NOTE The driver is installed with the i-Vu® or Field Assistant v5 or later system. But if needed, you can get 
the latest driver from http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx. 
2  Connect the laptop to the Local Access port of the controller using the USB Link cable(s). 
 
 
 
NOTE If using a USB isolator, plug the isolator into your computer's USB port, and then plug the USB Link 
cable into the isolator. 
 
3  Set the controller's Router Config Mode DIP switch. 
 
The i-Vu® or Field Assistant application
 
PuTTY or HyperTerminal 
NOTE See To communicating using PuTTY (page 
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4  Turn the controller's power off, then on again. 
 
 
To communicate using PuTTY 
You can connect a computer to a controller's Local Access port and use PuTTY, a free open source terminal 
emulation program, to: 
•  Set the baud rate for Port S1 on the i-Vu® Open Link 
•  Set controller properties, such as IP address and network information 
•  Retrieve a Modstat 
 
PREREQUISITES 
•  A computer with a USB port 
•  A USB Link cable   
NOTE The USB Link driver is installed with an i-Vu® or Field Assistant v5 or later system. But if needed, you 
can get the latest driver from 
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx. Install the driver before 
you connect the USB Link to your computer.