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Levelmaster® H8 2010-03-16

Getting started with USB connection to H8 system

List of necessary items


1. Laptop with Windows operating system
2. USB cable: Type A-B
3. Levelmaster® Utility CD

Program installation

Insert the CD delivered with the first H8 cabinet. Wait for autorun to start, or explore the
CD and run the autorun.exe program on the CD.

Choose Program Installation – Levelmaster®:

Do the installation in the following order:

1. H8 Utility setup
2. H8 USB driver setup
3. USB driver preinstallation

Note! DU350 parameter program, install only if you have a DU350 local display unit, and
wish to change the configuration file for this unit.

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After pressing H8 Utility setup:

Press Next and follow the given instructions.

After pressing H8 USB driver setup:

Press Next and follow the given instructions.

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After pressing H8 USB driver preinstallation:

Press Install.

Select Continue anyway:

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Connecting the H8 unit for the first time

When the H8 unit is connected to the USB port on the PC for the first time, Windows will
finalize the COM port installation.

This Plug and play installation will be done in two steps: First the USB Composite device
will be installed, then the USB bridge controller.

1. Select No, not this time, and press Next.


2. Install software automatically
3. Continue anyway
4. Finish

Repeat the steps above for the CP210x USB Bridge Controller as well.

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Checking which COM port number is used in device manager

When the H8 system is connected with an USB cable, a COM port is added to the PC. In
order to find out the used COM port number, go to the device manager and check the
H8 COM port number. See the instructions below.

Note! It is important that the H8 system is connected. When the USB cable is removed,
the COM port will disappear from the PC.

Right-Click on My Computer and choose Properties:

Select Hardware and Device Manager

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Expand Ports and lookup the CP210x USB row. In this case we use COM4

Start-up the H8 Utility program and use COM-port 4 to connect to H8 system. Note! In
this case it is COM4, but this can vary from installation to installation, please check the
correct COM port according to the above instructions.

Important note!
The communication on the USB cable must be terminated before the cable is removed.

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