LTE Windows USB Driver: Installation Guide
LTE Windows USB Driver: Installation Guide
Installation Guide
Rev. LTE_Windows_USB_Driver_Installation_Guide_V1.0
Date: 2017-11-14
Status: Released
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Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. Applicable Products................................................................................................................... 5
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Figure Index
FIGURE 1: “DEVICE MANAGER” INTERFACE OF WINDOWS SYSTEM WITHOUT QUECTEL DRIVERS ... 6
FIGURE 2: CHECK INSTALLATION SETTING................................................................................................... 7
FIGURE 3: CHOOSE DESTINATION LOCATION .............................................................................................. 8
FIGURE 4: COPYING FILES .............................................................................................................................. 8
FIGURE 5: AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................... 9
FIGURE 6: COMPLETE INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 10
FIGURE 7: CHECK USB DRIVER INSTALLATION RESULT ............................................................................ 11
FIGURE 8: MODULE TESTING VIA QNAVIGATOR (TAKE BG96 AS AN EXAMPLE) .................................... 12
FIGURE 9: CHOOSE THE INSTALLED USB DRIVER ..................................................................................... 13
FIGURE 10: UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER ................................................................................................... 14
FIGURE 11: CHECK UNINSTALLATION SETTING.......................................................................................... 14
FIGURE 12: CONFIRM UNINSTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 15
FIGURE 13: AUTOMATIC UNINSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 15
FIGURE 14: REMOVING FILES ....................................................................................................................... 16
FIGURE 15: COMPLETE UNINSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 16
FIGURE 16: CHECK USB DRIVER UNINSTALLATION RESULT .................................................................... 17
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1 Introduction
This document illustrates how to install USB driver for Quectel LTE modules on Windows operating
systems, with provided installation package.
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2.1. Preparation
Before USB driver installation, please connect the module to PC via USB cable first and then press power
key to power up the module. If you have never installed any Quectel driver on your system before, there
would be a prompt about new device which indicates you to update the drivers. Please ignore the prompt
and go to the next step.
The figure below shows the “Computer Management” “Device Manager” interface of Windows system
that has never installed Quectel drivers.
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NOTE
For Windows XP system, you MUST ensure the module has been connected to PC before USB driver
installation.
Before USB driver installation, please get the latest installation package from Quectel. This document
takes the installation of Quectel_LTE_Windows_USB_Driver_V1.0 as an example, and the details are
shown as below.
If you do not want to change the default location for USB driver installation, please click “Next” directly to
go on.
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When the following interface is shown, please click “Next” to move on to the next step.
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4. Automatic Installation
It may take some time to install the driver, please wait patiently for the process to complete.
5. Complete Installation
When the following interface is shown, it indicates the driver has been installed successfully. Click
“Finish” to complete the installation.
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After successful installation, customers can check the installation result through “Computer Management”
“Device Manager”.
2.3. Test
After the USB driver has been installed, customers can test whether the driver can work normally or not
by QNavigator. For detailed steps, please refer to Quectel_QNavigator_User_Guide.
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Enter “Control Panel” and choose the installed driver, then click “Uninstall”, as shown below.
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3. Confirm Uninstallation
4. Automatic Uninstallation
It may take some time to uninstall, please wait patiently for the process to complete.
Also please wait patiently during the installation files removing process as illustrated below.
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5. Complete Uninstallation
When the following interface is shown, it indicates the driver has been uninstalled successfully. Click
“Finish” to complete uninstallation.
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After the USB driver has been uninstalled successfully, the device will switch to uninstalled status.
Customers can check whether the driver has been uninstalled successfully or not through “Computer
Management”, as illustrated below.
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