I am sure this has been explained elsewhere, but i seems people still have problems installing the drivers, so I'm letting people know how I did it.
First I downloaded the zip file version of the driver because the self install version did not work for me at all. I unziped the files and placed them in a folder i created on my windows desktop for easy locating later.
Then I plugged in the USB cable, it tries to install drivers on it's own, but fails.
I clicked the Start Button, right clicked on Computer, and clicked on Manage. Then I clicked on Device Manager in the left bar.
Then I right clicked on the Axe027 icon with the yellow triangle warning notice on it.
Then I clicked Update Driver. Then I clicked Browse my computer for driver software. Then I selected the folder i saved the unzipped files in on my desktop.
(make sure the box is checked next to 'include sub folders')
I clicked next.
Once the driver install in complete, I went back to the device manager, the USB cable had a different name with a bunch of drivers listed under it.
I right clicked the USB cable again, clicked on update driver software, browsed back the folder on the desktop, and installed the driver a second time.
(Windows 7 needs to install drivers twice, a wonderfully annoying security setting in Windows 7, thank you Microsoft for making our computing experience easier)
After the second download, the cable showed up in the programming editor on Comm 3 like it should.
I hope this helps.
Rick
First I downloaded the zip file version of the driver because the self install version did not work for me at all. I unziped the files and placed them in a folder i created on my windows desktop for easy locating later.
Then I plugged in the USB cable, it tries to install drivers on it's own, but fails.
I clicked the Start Button, right clicked on Computer, and clicked on Manage. Then I clicked on Device Manager in the left bar.
Then I right clicked on the Axe027 icon with the yellow triangle warning notice on it.
Then I clicked Update Driver. Then I clicked Browse my computer for driver software. Then I selected the folder i saved the unzipped files in on my desktop.
(make sure the box is checked next to 'include sub folders')
I clicked next.
Once the driver install in complete, I went back to the device manager, the USB cable had a different name with a bunch of drivers listed under it.
I right clicked the USB cable again, clicked on update driver software, browsed back the folder on the desktop, and installed the driver a second time.
(Windows 7 needs to install drivers twice, a wonderfully annoying security setting in Windows 7, thank you Microsoft for making our computing experience easier)
After the second download, the cable showed up in the programming editor on Comm 3 like it should.
I hope this helps.
Rick