Novint Falcon Quick Start Manual

Falcon Quick Start Guide
Thank you and congratulations on the purchase of your new Novint Falcon!
Please do not connect the Novint Falcon to your computer prior to doing the driver
installation of Step 1 below.
Please run all Novint provided installers and programs using the Run as administrator option as
described below.
All software required to run and play games or create custom software applications with the Falcon
must be downloaded from our website download page. Only Falcon hardware is included ... sorry if
the outside of the box still says otherwise.

Step 1: Driver Installation

a) Download the latest Falcon driver setup program (setup.Falcon.v4.0.28.0_100707.exe) to your computer
from our download page:
b) Run the driver setup program using administrator privileges (i.e., right mouse click on
setup.Falcon.v4.0.28.0_100707.exe icon on your computer and select the Run as administrator). We also
highly recommend temporarily disabling you anti-virus/security software during the installation process.
Please Note: Run as Administrator option and being the sole user of a computer and having administrator
privileges are not equivalent.
c) After driver setup program has finished Connect the included USB cord between the Falcon and a USB port
on your computer (not through an external USB Hub) and connect the Falcon power supply to the Falcon and
an AC power outlet. Once your computer system senses the USB connection has been made, it will try to
automatically find the drivers for your Falcon you just installed. You will be informed if there were any
problems finding the Falcon drivers, but there shouldn't be problems.

Step 2: Falcon Tutorial

a) Download the latest Falcon Tutorial setup program (setup.FalconTutorial_v1.1.0.0_070909.exe) to your
computer from our download page:
b) Run the Falcon Tutorial setup program using administrator privileges (i.e., right mouse click on
setup.Falcon.v4.0.28.0_100707.exe icon on your computer and select the Run as administrator). We also
highly recommend temporarily disabling you anti-virus/security software during the installation process.
c) Run the Falcon Tutorial program using administrator privileges so that you can become familiar with the
Falcon and check the Falcon's basic operation. Please note if default installation settings were used the
FalconTutorial.exe will be located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Novint\Games\Falcon Tutorial folder on your
computer.

Step 3: Games or Custom Application Development?

Your next step depends on your intended use of Falcon device ... playing games or custom program development.
You can, of course, always to both.

For playing games

using our free 3D Touch Add On support for the games you already own you must install F-
Gen before installing the 3D Touch Add On for your games. F-Gen also allows you to use the Falcon as a mouse and
manages the haptic game profiles and settings for the free 3D Touch Add Ons. F-Gen should be active prior to
starting your 3D Touch Add On game and should automatically load the correct 3D Add On profile script file for your
game. The currently loaded script file can be viewed and modified using the F-Gen Manager. F-Gen is not required
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