Power Quality Analyzer Model 3945-B
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5.4 Installing the USB Drivers for Each Instrument
INSTALL DATAVIEW
®
SOFTWARE AS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION BE-
FORE CONNECTING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE COMPUTER.
The USB driver operates at two levels.
First Level: This level is for communication between the instrument
and the USB port. This is done automatically during DataView’s
installation.
Second Level: This level is for communication between the DataView
application and the USB port. This is done when the instrument is
connected to the computer.
Upon the Second Level installation, the Found New Hardware dialogboxwillbe
displayed. Windows will complete the driver installation process automatically.
NOTE: If you connected your instrument to the computer before installing the
software and drivers, you may need to use the Add/Remove Hardware utility to
remove the instrument driver before repeating the process.
6.4 Connecting the Model 3945-B to your Computer
The Model 3945-B is supplied with an optically isolated serial interface cable
requiredforconnectingtheinstrumenttothecomputer.Thiscable(Cat.#2140.18)
is equipped with a 9-pin connector on one end, and an optical connector on the
other end.
ToconnecttheModel3945-Btoyourcomputer:
1. Connect the optical connector end of the cable to the serial port on the
side panel of the Model 3945-B PowerPad
®
.
2. Connect the 9-pin connector end of the cable, to an available serial port
on your computer. If your computer does not have a serial port, you can
obtain a serial port to USB converter from many computer stores.
You are now ready to use the DataView
®
software with the PowerPad
®
.
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