USB Driver Installation Guide

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1 Revision August 2010 Byte Paradigm 1/16

2 Table of Content Introduction driver versions OS versions... 4 Installing USB driver for Windows Installing USB driver for Windows XP Table of Pictures 2/16

3 References [] History Version Date Description Initial document 3/16

4 1 Introduction driver versions OS versions This document explains how to install Byte Paradigm s USB driver, notably used with GP and Xpress series devices. This driver is provided with the 8PI Control Panel software, which can be downloaded from here: /download-16.html The USB driver provided with 8PI Control Panel from version 2.xx and later differs from the USB driver provided with 8PI Control Panel versions until 1.xx. From 8PI Control Panel version 2.00, two (2) separate drivers are provided, respectively for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft(R) Windows(R) OS. This guide describes how to install 8PI Control Panel version 2.xx driver on a new PC or on a PC where the driver version 1.xx was previously installed. This guide applies to Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit. 4/16

2 Installing USB driver for Windows 7 1) Download 8PI Control Panel installer from /download-16.html and run it. 2) Connect your USB device to one of your PC s USB ports.

5 2 Installing USB driver for Windows 7 1) Download 8PI Control Panel installer from /download-16.html and run it. 2) Connect your USB device to one of your PC s USB ports. 3) Start Windows 7 Computer Management a. Click on Start button to open the Windows Start Menu. b. Right-click Computer. c. Click on Manage in the contextual menu that opens. 5/16

6 4) In the Computer Management window, select Device Manager from the left column. A list with the computer hardware devices appears in the central section. 6/16

5) If this is the first time that you are installing Byte Paradigm s driver: - The the connected device should appear with a yellow exclamation mark (!) in the list, under Other devices.

7 5) If this is the first time that you are installing Byte Paradigm s driver: - The the connected device should appear with a yellow exclamation mark (!) in the list, under Other devices. If you previously installed the driver from 8PI Control Panel version 1.xx: - The connected device is located in hierarchy, under Universal Serial Bus Controller (click on the small arrow to unfold the list). 6) Right-click on the device (either the unknown device or the previously installed one) and select Update Driver Software... from the menu. 7/16

8 7) Select Browse my computer for driver software. 8) Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. 8/16

$.. and browse to the location of the driver: for Windows 7 32-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte Paradigm\8PIControlPanel\drivers\x86 and select BpUsb86$

9 9) Click on Next. 10) Click on Have Disk... and browse to the location of the driver: for Windows 7 32-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte Paradigm\8PIControlPanel\drivers\x86 and select BpUsb86 for Windows 7 64-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte Paradigm\8PIControlPanel\drivers\x64 and select BpUsb64 9/16

10 11) Click on Install this driver software anyway if you receive the warning shown below. 12) Once installation is complete, you should get the screen shown below. Click on Close to finish the installation procedure. 10/16

11 3 Installing USB driver for Windows XP 1) Download 8PI Control Panel installer from /download-16.html and run it. 2) Connect your USB device to one of your PC s USB ports. 3) Start Control Panel. 4) Double-click on System 11/16

12 5) In System properties, select on Hardware tab, then click on Device Manager 6) If this is the first time that you are installing Byte Paradigm s driver: - The the connected device should appear with a yellow exclamation mark (!) in the list, under Other devices. 12/16

13 If you previously installed the driver from 8PI Control Panel version 1.xx: - The connected device is located in hierarchy, under Universal Serial Bus Controller (click on the small arrow to unfold the list). 7) Right-click on the device (either the unknown device or the previously installed one) and select Update Driver... from the menu. 13/16

14 8) From the next screen, select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click on Next. 9) In the Hardware Update Wizard, select Don t search. I will choose the driver to install and click on Next. 14/16

$10) Click on Have Disk on the next screen: 11) Click on Browse and go to the location of the driver: for Windows 7 32-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte$

15 10) Click on Have Disk on the next screen: 11) Click on Browse and go to the location of the driver: for Windows 7 32-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte Paradigm\8PIControlPanel\drivers\x86 and select BpUsb86 for Windows 7 64-bit version, browse to: C:\Program Files\Byte Paradigm\8PIControlPanel\drivers\x64 and select BpUsb64 then click OK When you are back in the Hardware Update Wizard window, click on Next. 15/16

16 12) Once the installation is complete, you should get the following screen: Click on Finish to exit the wizard. 16/16

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