Page 46 MZC-88 Installation Instructions
PROGRAMMING WITH EZ-TOOLS
With the system installed at the job site or set up for test at the shop, the system is ready for programming. Connect the
“3.5mm Plug Transfer Cable” between the COM port on a PC running EZ-Tools (or the USB port with the USB/Serial Adapter)
and the CONTROL PORT on the MZC-88. Power up the MZC-88 and proceed as follows:
DOWNLOAD EZ-TOOLS
1. Download EZ-Tools from www.speakercraft.com/faq/software.htm.
2. To Download, under SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS, click ‘EZ-TOOLS (all models)’. This will start the download.
3. When the ‘FILE DOWNLOAD’ Window opens, click ‘SAVE’. A ‘SAVE AS’ Window will open. Browse the hard drive and
select a convenient location such as Desktop, or create a SpeakerCraft Folder in Program Files, etc. The ‘EZ-TOOLS Setup.
EXE’ will download to that location. This will take a few minutes depending upon connection speed.
4. When the download is complete, left click ‘RUN’. EZ-Tools will open.
5. When the ‘Do You Want to Download the USB Driver’ window opens, Click YES if the computer being used does not
have a DB9 Serial port. This will load a driver for use with the USB to Serial Adpator. When the driver download has
completed, click ‘NEXT’. If the driver is not required, click NO.
6. The EZ-Tools Setup window wil open. Click ‘NEXT’. Use the directory shown in the window or browse the hard drive to
choose a location to save EZ-Tools. Click NEXT. The program will save to the designated location.
7. If a previous version of EZ-Tools has been saved, a window, ‘EXISTING LIBRARY’ will appear. This will merge existing IR
Code libraries into the new EZ-Tools for convenience. Click YES to merge libraries. When Setup is complete, Click FINISH.
8. Restart computer and click on the EZ-Tools icon. EZ-Tools will open.
9. SERIAL PORT SELECTION — At this point, EZ-Tools will search for a device (in this case the MZC-88) on default
Serial Port 1. If the message “No Device was found on Port 1” appears, click OK. Click “Tools” in the EZ-Tools menu,
then “Settings”. In the “EZ-Tools Settings”, click “Auto-Detect” or manually select a known Serial Port for the computer
connection to the Transfer Cable and MZC-88. When device is found, click OK.
Menu Bar
New Project
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Toolbar
Figure 31
Opening the Default Project
PROGRAMMING WITH EZ-TOOLS
There are two ways to start a new project in EZ-Tools. If the system being installed is similar to the default configuration of
the MZC-88 and included EZ-Pads, the better choice may be to start with the default MZC-88 project and make changes as
necessary. If the system being installed is completely different from the default configuration, starting a new project is the
other option.
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