Installing USB Driver

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The USB Driver allows Windows 2000 and XP to detect industrial drives.

 

The procedure below explains the method of installing the USB driver onto the PC, to establish communication between the PC and drives through the USB port. Read it thoroughly before setting up the hardware/software.

 

 

Installation

 

•Close all applications on your PC. If you are using an anti-virus or firewall software, close them (or disable their function).
•After connecting the drive to the USB port of PC, Windows will find a new hardware. The Found New Hardware Wizard will launch. The operational system will ask you for necessary drivers. Choose Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next.
•Ensure the Search for the best driver in these locations and Include this location in the search boxes are both checked.
•Click Browse. Now you need to enter the path to the driver on CD. Folder "[CD-ROM Drive]:\Software\Software\SuperDriveG2\USB_Driver" contains driver for XP-2000 operational systems. Choose it and click Next.
•If the location you specified is correct, Windows will locate the drivers and proceed with the installation.
•After Windows has installed the necessary drivers, you will be notified by a window indicating that the wizard has finished installing the software. Click Finish to complete the installation process.

 

 

Installation Check

 

You can check if the installation was succesful from device manager (drive needs to be connected to the PC).

 

•To run device manager, click Start , click Run , type devmgmt.msc, and then click OK. Another way to reach device manager is by clicking on Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager.
•In the device manager window that appears, near the bottom of the list you should find the entry USBIO controlled devices containing WEG USBIO R02. This indicates that the installation was successful.