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Your Comet device and your PC will communicate via a USB port on your PC.

Please make sure your Comet is turned off!

Enabling USB communication between the Comet and the PC consist of the following two stages: * Installing Comet USB driver as described below. * Enabling use of ActiveX control within your browser as described below.

1. Install the Comet USB driver:

If you have not yet installed the Comet USB driver, then at this stage, DO NOT connect the Comet device to a USB port on the PC. To enable communication between your Comet device and your PC, you must first install the Comet USB driver onto your PC. Please start the USB driver installation and follow the on-screen instructions, OR follow these step-by-step instructions. You have to install the Comet USB driver only once. For more information please click here. The USB driver enables the communications between your Comet USB device and your PC. If, by mistake, you did connected the Comet device to a USB port on the PC before installing the driver for it, then the "Found New Hardware" Balloon (Windows XP) will show up, and the 'Found New Hardware wizard' will start up. In this case just cancel the Found New Hardware wizard and proceed with the driver installation according to the instructions on this page, except that NOW leave your Comet connected ! If you have previously installed the USB driver for Comet, then your Comet device should be automatically recognized by your computer when connecting your Comet to your PC by the USB cable.

2. Confirm Install of ActiveX control within your browser: ActiveX control enables the communications between your Comet and your browser. It is automatically installed when needed - after your confirmation. (e.g. as on the next page). It is recommended to use the USB with the Internet Explorer browser version 6 or later. For more information please click here. The ActiveX control is a browser technology that allows the communication between the PC and the browser. The ActiveX control is needed on the next page - after you click on Continue below (where communication between Comet and the browser actually takes place. It is also needed on other pages that carry out communication between Comet and the browser, but you need to install it only once). ActiveX is usually enabled by default on all browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer). It is automatically downloaded and installed when needed, usually after you instruct and/or confirm your browser to do so. When needed, 2 simple and straightforward click-instructions are automatically presented. If use of ActiveX control is not enabled within your browser, then you will have to enable it. When ActiveX control is needed (e.g. as on the next page), instructions on how to enable it are given, or you can click here to print the instructions for enabling use of ActiveX control, as a reference when it is needed. Enabling use of ActiveX control or installing it is done only once. There is no need to repeat this procedure each time you navigate to the next page, or to other pages that carry out communication between Comet and the browser.

3. If the Comet USB driver has been previously installed as described above, then please use a USB cable and connect your Comet device to the USB port on your computer. 4. On the first time (and only on that time) after installing Comet USB driver and after connecting Comet to PC by a USB cable, then the "Found New Hardware Wizard" (Windows XP) will show up. Let this wizard complete this time to finish by clicking Next as needed. On the first page of the wizard you may be asked if the wizard should search for the required driver software. As a response please select "No, not this time" (Other responses for that page may be accepted as well).

5. Now, that your Comet device is recognized by your PC, please click to continue.

   

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