PHOTON+ USB Driver Installation Instructions For Windows 7 PHOTON+ Driver Installation Instructions Install PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7 .........................................2 Update PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7 ........................................5 Uninstall PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7......................................9 1 Install the PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7 Note: The PHOTON+ USB driver is only compatible with the 32-bit version of Windows 7. To install the PHOTON+ driver on Windows 7 follow the steps below: 1. Turn on the PC and launch Windows. 2. Place the Installation CD into the CD drive. 3. Plug the USB cable into the PHOTON+ hardware and the PC. The PC will auto detect the presence of the new hardware and launch the “Found New Hardware Wizard.” (1) You may get a message that “Device driver was not successfully installed.” (2) If the driver installation was not successful, go to the Windows Start button and put the mouse pointer over Computer and right click; then click on Properties and then select Device Manager. Find under “Other devices” the “Unknown device.” 2 (3) Right click on the “Unknow Device” driver and then select “Update Driver Software…” (4) Click on “Browse my computer for driver software.” (5) Browse and locate the CD-ROM drive that has the installation CD in it or the folder that contains the driver. Click Next. 3 (6) After the driver installation starts, the following dialog may open. Click on “Install this driver software anyway” to continue the installation. This dialog indicates that the driver is not officially registered with Microsoft. (7) Related files will be copied to appropriate windows folders. (8) Click “Close” to complete the driver installation. Back to index 4 Update the PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7 The device driver must be updated when you install a new version of the RT Pro software that uses a new driver. The application software will detect the driver version before it launches. If you get the following message then you must update the PHOTON+ device driver. To update the PHOTON+ device driver on Windows 7 follow the steps below: 1) Go to the Windows Start button and put the mouse pointer over Computer and right click; then click on Properties and then select Device Manager. 2) Scroll down the Universal Serial Bus Controllers, click the “+” icon to expand the selection and right click on Photon USB device. Select Update Driver from the pop up menu. (9) Click on “Browse my computer for driver software.” 5 (10) Browse and locate the CD-ROM drive that has the installation CD in it or the folder that contains the driver. Click Next. (11) After the driver installation starts, the following dialog may open. Click on “Install this driver software anyway” to continue the installation. This dialog indicates that the driver is not officially registered with Microsoft. 6 (12) Related files will be copied to appropriate windows folders. (13) Click “Close” to complete the driver installation. Back to index 7 Uninstall the PHOTON+ Driver on Windows 7 To uninstall the PHOTON+ device driver in Windows 7 follow the steps below: 1) Go to the Windows Start button and put the mouse pointer over Computer and right click; then click on Properties and then select Device Manager. 2) Scroll down the Universal Serial Bus Controllers, click the “+” icon to expand the selection and right click on Photon USB device. Select Uninstall from the pop up menu. 3) Click OK to confirm the device removal 8 4) Restart your computer if required. 5) Under rare circumstances, you may need to uninstall the PHOTON+ driver completely. Please refer to your PHOTON+ System Guide for details. Back to index 9