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| author |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2020-02-25 10:27:32 -0800 |
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| committer | Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2020-02-27 14:57:59 -0800 |
| commit | 9214bdb3c576c0e26745939a18ea75634aef8ce4 (patch) | |
| tree | 1aa7c98d69093e35eb0ba728392094b9a8e8d273 /Documentation | |
| parent | fb18bc0803063d2cf182bfa9e019e3fb7142aefd (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-9214bdb3c576c0e26745939a18ea75634aef8ce4.tar.gz | |
documentation: additional explanations around Windows USB drivers
This is adapted from a conversation with Jef.
Suggested-by: Jef Driesen <jef@libdivecomputer.org>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index b940f1e3b..214192c18 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -4406,7 +4406,18 @@ computer prefers (e.g. Bluetooth, USB, infra-red). * On Windows, the OS should offer to download the correct driver once the user connects the dive computer to the USB port and - operating system sees the equipment for the first time. + operating system sees the equipment for the first time. In some instances this + seems to fail, but regardless, every USB device (with the exception of HID devices + like the Suunto EON Steel family) needs a driver. For many divecomputer this means + downloading a cable specific driver (these tend to be for example FTDI, Silicon Labs, + or Prolific drivers). In other cases (for example for dive computers with a "real" USB + interface like the Atomics Cobalt) it is sufficient to have the WinUSB (or the libusbK) + driver installed. In current Windows versions the WinUSB binary is already part of Windows + and the "driver" is a simple inf file that tell Windows to use the WinUSB driver. But it + still needs to be "installed". Often it is sufficient to install the dive log app that is + provided by the dive computer vendor to trigger the driver installation. But in cases + where that doesn't work, some googling to find the correct driver for a specific download + cable may be necessary. * On a Mac users sometimes have to manually hunt for the correct driver. For example the correct driver for the Mares Puck |