User`s guide

5. Getting Started

5.a. Installing Windows Drivers

If you use Windows XP, you will need to have either Service Pack 3 [http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110] or

Hotfix KB918365 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918365] installed before installing the drivers for the

Orangutan SVP.

Before you connect your Pololu Orangutan SVP robot controller to a computer running Microsoft Windows, you

must install its drivers:

1. Download the Pololu USB-to-serial driver for Windows [http://www.pololu.com/file/download/

pololu_usb_to_serial.inf?file_id=0J234] (4k inf)

2. Right click on pololu_usb_to_serial.inf and select “Install”.

4. After selecting “Install”, Windows will warn you that the driver has not been tested by Microsoft and

recommend that you stop the installation. Click “Continue Anyway” (Windows XP) or “Install this driver

software anyway” (Windows Vista).

Windows Vista users: After the INF file is installed, your computer should automatically install the necessary

drivers when you connect an Orangutan SVP, in which case no further action from you is required.

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