User's Manual

2.2Installing the Hostand Network driver
Inordertocreateanetwork,thePRS4601boardsmustbeconnectedtoahostcomputerwhichhasthe
appropriatedevicedriversinstalled.Atthetimeofwritingthisdocument,onlyhostcomputersrunningthe
Windows7 operatingsystemwassupported.
2.2.1Installing
driver on Windows 7
Inordertoinstallthehostdrivers,ausermusthavethePRS4601devicewithavalidfirmwareimageprogramm
ed.
Thestepsforinstallingthehostdriver aredetailedbelow:
1.PluginthePRS4601devicetoaUSB3portonthehostcomputer.Immediatelythis
providespowertothe
deviceandaflashinggreenstatusLEDindicatesthatthedeviceisreadyforuse.
2.NavigatetotheDeviceManageronthehostcomputer(RightclickonMyComputerandselectProperties.
AlinktotheDeviceManagercanbefoundintheleftpanelin
theopenedwindow)
3.Twounknowndeviceshouldnowbevisibleunder“Otherdevices”(seeFigurebelow)
Figure2‐1:MissingdriverforpluggedinPRS4601device
4.RightclickonthefirstunknowndeviceandselectUpdateDriverSoftware
5.Select“Browsemycomputerfordriversoftware”thenbrowsetotheappropriatelocationofthedrivers.
6.SelectNexttostarttheinstallation
7.Afterthe
installationcompletes,clicktheClosebutton
8.Repeatsteps4to7fortheremainingunknowndevice.
2.3Loading image onto boards
2.3.1Loading image onto device for the very first time
Thebootloaderisusedtoprogramtheboards fortheveryfirsttime.ThePRS4601enablescommunicationwith
thebootloaderviatheUSBinterfaceassumingtheSerialdriverwasinstalled (seeSection2.2.1).TeraTerm(ora
ny otherterminalapplicationthatemulatescommunicationwithaCDCdevice)canbeusedtoverifycommunicatio