ETRX3USB

©2015 Silicon Labs

- 9 -

ETRX3USB Product Manual (r4)

8

Driver Installation and Operation

The drivers provided will generate a virtual COM port allowing easy access to the serial port of the

embedded ETRX357.

To read more about the ETRX357 wireless mesh networking module and its command line interface

please

read

the

corresponding

documentation

which

can

be

found

at http://www.silabs.com/telegesisdocuments.

8.1

Windows XP/Vista/7 Driver Installation

The

driver

package

downloadable

from

the

Support



Software

centre

page

at http://www.silabs.com/telegesissoftware should be unzipped into a local folder. When executing

the file ‘TgVCPInstaller.exe’ prior to plugging in the ETRX3USB stick an installer will guide you

through the steps required for the driver installation.

Figure 2: Found New Hardware Wizard

run the ‘TgVCPInstaller.exe’ Windows will be able to install the driver by automatically, but if you

have not run ‘TgVCPInstaller.exe’ you will have to manually point to the directory into which you

have unzipped the driver.

Please note that each ETRX3USB has a unique serial number which requires the installation

procedure to be repeated with every new ETRX3USB being attached to the computer, though the

process is not obtrusive. This allows multiple ETRX3USB sticks to be used on the same computer

at any one time.