installation User guide
TheprocedureisthesameasXP,butyoucanclickrightto'DEVICEMANAGER'after
right‐clickingonthe'Computer'icon.
ForWindows7:
ClicktheStartMenuandselect‘ControlPanel’,thenDeviceManager,andfindthe
linedescribingthecable(ProlificUSB,RadioShackwhatever...),double‐clickit.
OR
IfyourversionofWindows7doesnothavea‘ControlPanel’selectionintheSTART
menu,youcanselect‘DevicesandPrinters’,andtheportthecableispluggedinto
willbelistedunderthe‘Unspecified’heading.Double‐clickthaticon,thenthe
‘Hardware’tab.Thecablewillbelistedunder‘DeviceFunctions’.Double‐clickthat
line.
Ifyouareusinga9‐pinto9‐pinserialcable,
FindtheDeviceManagerasdescribedaboveforaSerial/USBcable,butdouble
clickon‘CommunicationPortCOM1’,asthisisusuallytheserialportonaPC.
7. Youwillnowseeawindowtitled“COM#Properties”,youcanmakeanoteof
thisCOMnumberifyoudidnotbefore,thenclickthePortSettingstab.
8. SettheBitsperSecondratingto57600andclickOKtosavethechange.Youcan
thenexitthepathtotheDeviceManager.
9. SettheDSDownloadertothesameCOMport#andbaudrate(57600)settings.
Besurethecompressedsendbuttonisnotcheckedonthedownloadertoolbar.
10. FromthemainmenuinthePredatorgotoOPTIONS/CUSTOMTUNE
11. SelectEXPORTTUNEandthenORIGINALBACKUP.Youwillseeawindowthat
says‘Processing’,anditwillcountupto100%.
12. Now,pressenteronthePredator.Itwilldisplay‘sending0bytes’.
13. OntheDSDownloader,pressthe‘GetTuneFilefromTool’buttononthe
DSDownloader.
14. AnewwindowwillopenonthePCtitled‘DiablosportToolDownload’anditwill
displayastatusbar.Itshouldsay‘readingpackets’.
15. Oncethefilehasbeenuploadedthedownloaderwillaskifyouwouldliketo
saveinthe.orifolder.Chooseno,anddirectittosavethefiletoyourdesktopor
somewherethatitwillbeeasyforyoutofind.
Troubleshooting:Ifyouhaveanyissueswiththe stepsabove,checkoverthedriver
statusoutlinedinStep6.Ifyoucannotgetittoconnect,andthedriverprogramis
installedcorrectly(devicestatusreads“Thisdeviceisworkingproperly”),itisprobablya
badcableorUSBport.
NoteaboutVista
:iftheDeviceStatusreads'ThisdevicecannotstartCode10',thatisan
issuewithWindowsandyouwillhavetohavesomeonediagnosetheproblem(likethe
GeekSquadorequivalent),ortryanothercomputer.However,sometimesuninstalling
andreinstallingthedriverprogramwillsolvethisissue.