JLCooper MCS3 USB - Manual (Page 5)

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Connecting the MCS
3
Locate an available serial port on your PC (an RS-232 port will
be a D shell shaped 9 or 25 pin connector.
A USB port will be rectangular
with a symbol such as:
Connect the MCS
3
to the PC. If the MCS3 is an RS-232 unit,
connect the power supply (supplied) to the power connector
at the end of the MCS3’s cable.
Installing the Software
Before you run the installation program, (as with any other
Windows installation program), it is strongly recommended
that you first quit all other programs.
If you have previously installed a version of the MCS
3
software
on your computer, be sure that you unload the Driver prior to
installing the software. To do this, right-click the wheel icon in
the System Tray (lower right corner) and select ‘Exit’ from the
popup menu to unload the driver.
Launch the Installer
Then start the “setup.exe” program on the MCS
3
disk.
Follow the instructions in the install routine. After the install
routine has installed the software, it prompts you to restart
your computer. It is strongly recommended to restart your
computer at this time to finalize the installation and
automatically load the MCS
3
driver.
Remember that the MCS
3
Driver is required for the MCS
3
to
operate. The MCS
3
will not appear to send any commands into
the PC unless the Driver has been properly loaded.
The reason for this is that the MCS
3
, unlike a mouse or
keyboard, sends special "invisible" codes into the PC.
And it is the Driver that is responsible for "re-mapping" these
commands into useful keyboard and mouse commands, such
as key presses and pointer movement.