USB Programming Pen Installation

This document describes the installation for the McMurdo 82-950 USB Beacon Programming Pen,
and the 82-1012 USB Beacon Programming Pen

It describes installation under Windows 2000 , Windows XP , Windows Vista and Windows 7 32 bit
versions. It should work under Windows Vista 64 bits but has not yet been tested.

Note: The 82-950 USB Programming pen installer uses a Windows “ unsigned” driver. This means
that it will not work with Windows 7 64 bit because of the need for signed drivers with that
operating system.

Note: Because the McMurdo 82-950 USB Programming Pen is a custom item, there are no drivers for
it available via Windows Update.

For Windows 7 64 bit and the 82-1012 USB programming pen, the USB Pen uses generic SI Labs
CP2102 USB drivers.

As they are generic Windows drivers, the Windows Update process may be able to locate these
drivers automatically when the USB pen is plugged in. Otherwise, the driver installation file is
available in the “82-1012 Programming Pen” folder.

The remainder of this document deals with the 82-950 USB Beacon Programming Pen installation
procedure.

If you need to change which COM Port the USB pen is connected as, look at the example in the
Windows 2000 Installation process on page 9

Contents
USB Programming Pen Installation Version 1.8.321 ............................................................................... 1
Windows 2000 Installation Check ........................................................................................................... 3
Check installation of USB Programming pen .................................................................................. 3
Windows XP Installation Check ............................................................................................................... 4
Check installation of USB Programming pen .................................................................................. 4
Windows 7 and Windows Vista Installation Check ................................................................................. 5
Check installation of USB Programming pen .................................................................................. 5
Windows 7 Installation Check .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Check installation of USB Programming pen ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Windows 2000: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen .................................................... 7
Changing the COM Port for the USB Programming Pen ..................................................................... 9
Windows XP: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen ...................................................... 11
Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen ....................... 14
Windows 2000 Installation Check
Check installation of USB Programming pen
To check the installation – look at Control Panel->System->Device Manager

Windows 2000 Device Manager view with Uninstalled USB Pen drivers
If the driver is not installed, then with the programming pen plugged in you will see an “Other
devices” item called the “82-950 USB Beacon Programming Pen”.

If you see this then it is necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen.

See“ Windows 2000: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen” on page 7

Windows 2000 Device Manager view with Installed USB Pen

If the driver is installed, then with the programming pen plugged in then you will see a “Ports (COM
and LPT)” device called “82-950 USB Programming Pen USB to IR Bridge (COMx)”

If you see this then it is not necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen
Windows XP Installation Check
Check installation of USB Programming pen
To check the installation – look at Control Panel->System->Device Manager

Windows XP Device Manager view with Uninstalled USB Pen drivers

If the driver is not installed, then with the programming pen plugged in you will see an “Universal
Serial Bus controllers” item called the “82-950 USB Beacon Programming Pen”.

If you see this then it is necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen.

See “Windows XP: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen” on page 11

Windows XP Device Manager view with Installed USB Pen drivers

If the driver is installed, then with the programming pen plugged in then you will see a “Ports (COM
and LPT)” device called “82-950 USB Programming Pen USB to IR Bridge (COMx)”

If you see this then it is not necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen
Windows 7 and Windows Vista Installation Check
Check installation of USB Programming pen
To check the installation – look at Control Panel->System->Device Manager

Windows 7 And Windows Vista Device Manager view with Uninstalled USB Pen
If the driver is not installed, then with the programming pen plugged in you will see an “Other
Device” called the “82-950 USB Beacon Programming Pen”.

If you see this then it is necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen.

See “
Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen”
on page 14

Windows 7 and Windows Vista Device Manager view with Installed USB Pen
If the driver is installed, then with the programming pen plugged in then you will see a “Ports (COM
and LPT)” device called “82-950 USB Programming Pen USB to IR Bridge (COMx)”

If you see this then it is not necessary to install the drivers for the USB Programming Pen
Windows 2000: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen
Unplug the USB Programming pen from the system.

Locate the “82-950 Win2K USB Programming Pen\82-950Win2KPenInstaller.exe" file and double
click on it.

The following dialog will appear

Click Install and the drivers will be installed. However , they will end up in a half-installed state.

If you see something like this below in the Control Panel->System->Device Manager display then
the installation is not complete. Typically this happens if you leave the pen plugged in while installing
the drivers. If this is the case then unplug the pen

To complete installation , plug the pen into the system and the following will appear :

It may pop up the Found New Hardware Wizard

If this appears, click Next

Click Next again.

If it has worked , you should see something like below :

Note that there are two COM3 ports in this case : a problem with Windows 2000. Use the procedure
below to change the COM port number used by the USB Programming Pen.

Changing the COM Port for the USB Programming Pen

This procedure is common to all of the supported versions of Windows, but the

If there is a problem with the COM port number used by the USB Programming Pen,
In the Device Manager pane, right click on the 82-950 USB Programming Pen USB to IR Bridge and
Select Properties...

Click on the Port Settings tab and then on Advanced

In this dialog, select an unused COM port number, click OK and then click OK on the properties page.

Finally, the device manager view should show a valid COM port number

You will need to remember the COM port setting given here for use with FPROG2. You can use the
Properties->Advanced settings of this device to change the COM port number to another value if
required.
Windows XP: Installing the drivers for the USB Programming Pen
Unplug the USB Programming pen from the system.

Locate the file " 82-950 USB Programming Pen\82-950PenInstaller.exe" and double click it. You may
need to be an Administrator on the PC in order to install the drivers.

The following dialog will then appear

Click Install and the drivers will be installed. However , they will end up in a half-installed state.

If you see something like this below in the Control Panel->System->Device Manager display then
the installation is not complete. Typically this happens if you leave the pen plugged in while installing
the drivers. If this is the case then unplug the pen

To complete installation, plug the pen into the system and the following will appear :
Click on No, not this time

Click on Next,
Click on Continue Anyway

If you have succeeded then the Control Panel->System->Device Manager display will look like

You have succeeded.

You will need to remember the COM port setting given here for use with FPROG2. You can use the
Properties->Advanced settings of this device to change the COM port number to another value if
required.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Installing the drivers for the USB
Programming Pen
Remove the USB Programming Pen

Locate the file " 82-950 USB Programming Pen\82-950PenInstaller.exe" and double click it.

Provided you have allowed the installer to make changes to the PC, ( the message asking for
permission will report “Silicon Laboratories”, the maker of one of the chips used in the USB
Programming pen) the following dialog will then appear

You can then click Install, if this location is acceptable.

On Windows 7 you will then get this warning message . At present this is because we are using
modified driver installer files from the vendor of the USB chip we use in the programming pen , and
the modified package has not yet been verified by Microsoft.
Click on Install this driver software anyway.

And then the driver installer will ask for you to restart the computer.

You can either restart the PC at this point or remove and reinsert the programming pen to complete
the driver installation.

Eventually you should have the USB Programming Pen device installed and be able to access it from
FPROG2