Installing Alphabeam; Installing Alphabeam On Windows Computers - Alphasmart NEO User Manual

Installing AlphaBeam

NEO and NEO 2 by AlphaSmart
Setting Up Infrared Beaming and Installing AlphaBeam
Follow the instructions for your operating system to install AlphaBeam.
Warning! If you're going to use a USB wireless pod as the transceiver, don't
connect it to your computer until after you've completed installing
AlphaBeam.

Installing AlphaBeam on Windows Computers

1. Do one of the following:
• Insert the AlphaBeam CD that came with your USB IR-pod into the
CD drive on your computer. If the installer does not start automatically,
open the AlphaBeam folder and double-click Setup.exe.
• Go to www.alphasmart.com/downloads/ in your Web browser, find the
AlphaBeam download links, and click the PC link. Then, double-click
the AlphaBeam .zip file that you downloaded and extract the .exe file.
Double-click alphabeam_324.exe. (Numbers in the file name may
vary.) The installation Wizard will start.
2. In the Welcome panel of the Wizard, click Next >. Files will be extracted,
and a new installation Wizard will start.
3. Click Next > in the Welcome panel of the new Wizard.
4. Read the license agreement. Then, click Yes to accept it and continue.
5. Check the location where AlphaBeam will be installed. If it is acceptable,
click Next > to continue. If you want to change the location, click Browse
first, open the folder where you want to install the program, and click OK;
then, click Next >.
6. Check the Program Folder where icons will be installed for the Start
menu. If necessary, change the folder. Click Next > when you're ready to
continue.
7. If the infrared port isn't built in, click the type of infrared pod that will be
used with the computer: Serial Infrared Pod or USB Infrared Pod. Then,
click Next >.
8. If NEO is the only infrared device that you will use with your computer,
leave Typical selected and click Next >.
If you are using other infrared devices with your computer, click Custom
and click Next >. Then, click Next > again.
9. The final panel will ask if you want to restart. Click Yes or No. You must
restart the computer before you can use AlphaBeam. After clicking one of
the options, click Finish.
10. If you are using an AlphaSmart IR Pod, connect it to your computer if you
haven't already done so.
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