bentrup TC20 Series Application Note

Application Note AN1207
Connecting bentrup controllers with USB port to Windows
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1.) General Information's
The USB interface option provides PC connectivity to your bentrup TC20xx controller. This allows
access via WinControl or own applications. The bentrup USB device appears as COM port.
2.) Connecting the Controller
Connect controller using the supplied USB-cable.
Windows recognizes a new USB device and start
searching for drivers. This happen on power-off
controllers too.
The next steps depends on the Windows version. The
following illustrations apply to Windows7.
3.) Installing Driver – First Step
After a while Windows driver assistant stops
searching on the web for the required driver.
A query dialog "update driver software"
appears. In some cases this don't happen.
For this case, please follow instructions 3a.
3.a) Using Device Manager
Click on Start button and write "device
manager" (in your language). Start the
device manager.
Take a look to yellow tagged devices. You
should find a "USB Serial Port".
Right-Click this item and select "update driver
software" (first item of pop-up menu).
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Select the 2 option of the "update driver software"
dialog to search on your computer for drivers.
4.) Choose the Windows Folder
containing the driver
Enter the Wincontrol installation-path
followed by "\bentrupusb driver" into the
text-box or click on the "search..." button to
select this via directory-dialog.
Click on "Continue" button.