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PCL45USB Driver Installation Procedure (Version 2.08.14)

This procedure describes the PCL45USB driver installation on machines where


the previous version, 1.06.20, was never installed or has been removed. The
removal procedure for the legacy driver is described in Appendix 2 and must be
completed before installing a new version; otherwise malfunction can occur
during operation with PCS45 Software.
1) Ensure that the unzipped 2.08.14 driver is available on your machine.
2) Connect the PCL45USB PC-link to your machine.
3) If the driver installation procedure will not start automatically, then go to
“Start”, open the “Control Panel” and then the “System” and finally the
“Device Manager”. In the group “Other devices” you will see entry called
“PCL45USB PC link” marked with yellow triangle and exclamation
character. Click right mouse button on this item and select the top line
“Update Driver Software…”.
4) Browse on your machine, select the folder location where you have
stored the new driver and select the button “Next”.
5) Please ignore the Windows security warning and choose “Install this
driver software anyway”. If you have concerns regarding the safety,
please refer to the attached document “LogoVerificationReport.pdf”. You
may also verify the driver signature when the installation procedure is
completed.
6) Please note successful driver installation and close the procedure.
7) You may also note that your system will show another entry in the group
“Other devices” named “USB Serial Port” and marked with yellow
triangle and exclamation character. This is because the PCL45USB
includes serial port capability, which is not used in the PCS45
Configuration software. You can easy ignore this entry. However if you
feel unhappy with such warnings, please click right mouse button on this
item, select the top line “Update Driver Software…” and repeat the steps
4 to 6. As mentioned above, the serial port feature is available but will
be not used in the PCS45 Software.

Note: this version of the USB driver has been tested for use with Microsoft
Windows 7 32bit and 64bit operating systems.

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Appendix 1 – Pictures

Figure 1: PCL45USB PC link entry in the Device Manager

Figure 2: Update driver initialisation

Figure 3: Driver location selection

PCL45USB driver for use with PCS45 PC configuration software package


Figure 4: Windows Security warning

Figure 5: Successful installation info

Figure 6: Irrelevant USB Serial Port info

Figure 6: WHQL verification for the PCL45USB driver 2.08.14

PCL45USB driver for use with PCS45 PC configuration software package


Appendix 2 – Legacy driver removal
The PCL45USB driver update on machines with legacy driver 1.06.20 or other
already installed requires complete removal of this driver. The highlighted word
“complete removal” means that not a bit of the previous version can remain
anywhere on the machine. Otherwise the system will indeed install the new
driver, but keep traces of the previous version and may for whatever reason
use then the old files and the PCS45 operation will fail.
The legacy PCL45USB driver complete removal is an operation which requires
certain IT knowledge and experience in Windows systems configuration.
Naturally, you must work methodically and take increased care in following this
procedure to avoid problems with the continued operation of the pc.
1) Connect the PCL45USB device
2) Uninstall the existing driver in this way:
a. Go to “Start”, open the “Control Panel” and then the “System” and
finally the “Device Manager”. In the typically last group “Universal
Serial Bus Controller” you will see one entry called “PCL45USB PC
link”.
b. Select the “PCL45USB PC link”, click right mouse button and choose
then successively: “Properties”, “Driver” and finally “Uninstall”.
Check the box “Delete the driver software for this device” and
confirm with “OK”. Please note, that as mentioned above, your
system will probably ignore the last advice and will keep some
legacy files on the system hard drive!
3) Disconnect the PCL45USB device
4) Open the system folder, typically “C:\Windows” and then the subfolder
“Inf”.
5) Start search process for files “OEM**.INF”, consisting text “FTDI” and
record carefully all listed files for further use.
6) Review all these files with text editor and ensure that they are provided
from “FTDI Ltd.” and that they include the information for “PCL45USB”
PC-link”.
7) Remove all identified files “OEM**.INF” together with the associated
files “OEM**.PNF”. Please take great care with the identification
and removal, because deletion of the wrong files will disturb your
computer.
8) Re-boot your machine and continue with the new driver installation as
described in the first section. Please select advanced installation type
and ensure that the new driver files will be used (otherwise the system
may install again the old driver saved somewhere else on your
computer).

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PCL45USB driver for use with PCS45 PC configuration software package

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