Orion System GPC-XP Controller - Manual (Page 52)

Appendix B
GPC-XP Controller Technical Guide 52
USB Serial Converter and Serial Port Driver
Installation
The internal USB communication port of the GPC-XP Controller
uses a specialized driver that must be installed on your Windows PC
before communication to the device can be established.
NOTE: You may already have this driver installed on your PC if
you are using a USB-Link 2 or CommLink 5.
1. Before you begin, you must determine if your computer
is running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Open the System
information by clicking the
<Start> button, clicking
<Control Panel>, and clicking <System>. Under
System, you can view the system type. Based on what
type of system you have, you will choose 32_Bit.exe or
64_Bit.exe from the list of fi les shown in Step 10.
2. Insert the USB Drivers CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
drive or download the USB Drivers fi le from www.
orioncontrols.com/a/software/. If using the CD-ROM, go
to Step 7.
3. If downloading the fi le, you will need to scroll down the
page to fi nd “USB Driver Software For All Products” to
download the driver fi les. .
4. Go to the “USB-DRIVERS-ALL.exe” fi le on your desk-
top. Double-click on this fi le and choose “Run” from the
options list. The following window will appear:
5. Select <Unzip> and the fi le will be unzipped to the
folder C:\Temp\WM-USB-Drivers folder by default.
6. Next, go to the C:\Temp\WM-USB-Drivers folder and
now go to Step 9.
7. Click your <Start> button and then click, <Computer> .
8. Double-click your CD-ROM drive. Open the Media
Files Folder.
9. Double-click the folder “USBLink NewSS0073”.
10. The following list of fi les will display. Choose 32_Bit.
exe or 64_Bit.exe based on what type of system you
determined you have in Step 1.
11. In the window that pops up, shown below, click <Next>
and the installation program will walk you through the
rest of the steps.
12. When successful installation has occurred, connect the
USB cable between the PC and the GPC-XP Controller.
The PC will automatically recognize the device and a
COM port will be assigned.
NOTE: The COM port used must not be greater than
COM9. If the PC assigned a COM port greater than
COM9, please proceed to page 53 to change the USB
COM port.
USB Driver Installation