Gentec-EO S-LINK - Manual (Page 55)

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7 Appendix C
7.1 Fix com port procedure
This procedure is to avoid the COM port to keep incrementing for new devices. Please note that the com
port will change if you plug the USB cable in a different location on your PC, but it will not increment with
another Slink-2 in the same USB port.
Procedure
Connect only 1 device at a time.
Start the FT_PROG.exe program.
To run the FT_PROG application.
1. Install the USB drivers from the Gentec-eo web site.
http://www.gentec-eo.com/en/downloads.htm
2. Download the latest version of FT_PROG from the Utilites section of the FTDI website.
http://www.ftdichip.com/Resources/Utilities.htm
3. Unzip all files from the .zip folder that you have downloaded.
4. FT_PROG requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your system to run. This can be
obtained from the Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-
AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
Download and follow the wizard for installing .NET 2.0 if you do not have this already installed on your
system.
5. To run the application double click on the FT_PROG.exe icon.
Step#1 Click Scan and Parse in Devices