Altera ByteBlaster II - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 1: Setting Up the ByteBlaster II Download Cable 1–3
Software Setup
© July 2008 Altera Corporation ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide
1 If the Found New Hardware wizard prompts you to install a new hardware driver,
close the wizard and install the hardware driver using the instructions provided in
“Installing the Driver on a Windows System” or “Installing the Driver on a Linux
System” , depending on your system.
Software Setup
This section describes the following topics:
■ “Installing the Driver on a Windows System” on page 1–3
■ “Installing the Driver on a Linux System” on page 1–4
■ “Setting Up the ByteBlaster II Hardware in the Quartus II Software” on page 1–5
Installing the Driver on a Windows System
This section describes how to install the ByteBlaster II driver on a Windows system.
Before you begin the installation, verify the ByteBlaster II driver is located in your
directory:
\<Quartus II system directory>\drivers\win2000\win2000.inf
Installing the Driver for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
To install the driver for Windows 2000 or Windows XP, perform the following steps:
1. For Windows 2000, choose Settings > Control Panel (Windows Start menu). For
Windows XP, choose Control Panel (Windows Start menu).
2. Click Switch to Classic View if necessary (Control Panel window).
3. Double-click the Add Hardware icon to start the Add Hardware wizard and click
Next to continue.
4. Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware and click Next.
5. Select Add a new hardware device from the Installed hardware list, and click
Next to continue.
6. Select Install from a list or specified location (Advanced) and click Next to
continue.
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Depending on your system, the wording of this option may vary slightly.
7. Select Sound, video and game controllers, and click Next to continue.
8. Select Have Disk and browse to the location of the driver on your system. The
default location is the \<Quartus II system directory>\ drivers\win2000
directory.
9. Select win2000.inf and click Open to continue.
10. Click OK to install the selected driver.
11. Click Continue Anyway when the Software Installation warning appears.
12. Select Altera ByteBlaster and click Next to continue.
13. Click Next to install the driver.