Leica Biosystems LPC Software installation - Manual (Page 76)

76 Software Installation Manual, Revision 2 - 03/2010
2. Installation and Setup
2.1 Installation
The Producer SL software is supplied on CD-ROM. To install the software,
simply insert the CD into your drive and close the drive door. The installation
program will execute automatically after a few seconds. If the installation
program does not start automatically, select Start > Run and enter
Setup.exe into the field. Follow the on-screen instructions to install
LabeLase® Producer CL on your PC.
The software is also available online at our website.
2.2 Setup
2.2.1 Connecting the printer to your computer
Before you can print cassettes with the LabeLase® printer, you must first
connect the printer to your computer. The printer is connected to your com-
puter via an RS232-C, USB or Ethernet port. Most Windows PC has at least
one serial port called COM1. This is the port that is used to connect to the
cassette printer. The software automatically configures the port settings.
If your computer has a communication port other than COM1, you
can use that port instead by specifying the port in the Preferences form.
If you would like to connect the printer via USB or Ethernet, call us at
+1 (740) 642-3600 to obtain additional software drivers.
RS232-C communication port
The printer and the computer must be connected using a serial cable. The
connector on the printer end of the cable must be a DB9 female. The con-
nector on the computer side may be either a DB25 or DB9 style connector,
depending on the computer. Only three signals are used for communica-
tions: transmit, receive and ground. The transmit and receive signals must
be reversed in the cable such that the transmit signal of one device is
routed to the receive signal of the other and vice versa.