Maxell picochet ME-P1000-U User manual

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Manual
picochet Reader/Writer
ME-P1000-U
1. Device Driver Installation
2. Re-Installation of the picochet device driver
3. Installation of the picochet Utility Software
4. Uninstallation of the picochet Utility Software
5. How to use the picochet utility software
6. Specification
Notice

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BUSY POWER
Slot for Token or Card
Power Lamp (green)
Access Lamp (red)
1 Token
1 CD-ROM

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1.Device Driver Installation
①Plug the picochet to USB port of PC. Due to some reason not known yet,
there are some cases where communication between the picochet and PC does
not work well when there is a hub placed between the picochet and the root hub.
So place the unit directly to the root hub that’s placed in the main case of PC.
Consult the PC manual for the location of USB root hub in your PC.
Once the picochet is plugged into USB port, follow the steps below to install the
appropriate device driver.
②In a short while, screen message claiming ‘New device is detected’will be
displayed as shown below. Click on "Next" button.

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③Click on the "Next" button.
④When a screen message shown below appears, insert the floppy
diskette(Disk1) containing USB Device Driver into the floppy disk drive, select
Floppy disk drives, and then click on the "Next" button.
⑥Click on the "Next" button, when another message shown below appears.

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⑦Click on the "Finish" button, when another message shown below appears on
your PC monitor.
⑧At this time, if PC recognizes the picochet properly, green "Power" LED of
the picochet will be lit, and the device driver installation for the Reader/Writer
for the picochet is finished.
Cases where the picochet is not recognized by PC
Even if the picochet is properly connected to USB port of PC, the cases where
Add New Hardware Wizard does not get executed, are usually due to the fact
that USB port is not configured to be usable in PC configuration.
Follow the steps below to make USB port usable.
①Select Control Panel by selecting Settings from Start menu.
②Select System from Control Panel.
③As shown below, select Device Manager folder and click on "View by devices
type" which is just below folder names. And then, double-click on the item

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called Universal Serial Bus Controllers. Below Universal Serial Bus Controllers,
USB Universal Host Controller and USB Root Hub will appear.
④Double-click on USB Universal Host Controller and another screen that is
shown below appears. Choose a general folder and there’ll be device usage at
the bottom. On the device usage, make certain that it’s left blank next to
‘Disable in this hardware profile’and check the next to ‘Exists in all hardware
profiles’as shown. And then select OK.
After PC is restarted, USB port becomes usable.

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2.Re-Installation of the picochet device driver
Steps to re-install the picochet new device driver
①In case where the current version of driver is needed, save files that are
directed to delete, in some other folder, instead of just deleting them
②Delete C:¥Windows¥INF¥Other¥Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Usbmax.inf
③Delete C:¥Windows¥SYSTEM32¥DRIVERS¥Usbmax.sys
④Select Run on the Start menu, and then enter ‘regedit’to open registry editor.
⑤Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE¥Enum¥USB¥VID_0858&PID_1101
⑥Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE¥System¥CurrentControlSet¥Services
¥Class¥Usbmax
⑦Empty out Recycle Bin
⑧Restart the PC
⑨Installation screen appears on PC monitor and if you select a folder where
the driver was installed previously, the installation of the driver is initiated.
Follow the instruction displayed on the PC monitor, while installing.
⑩If device manager in system folder from Control Panel displays Tag IC R/W
unit, device driver installation is completed without any errors. However, if Tag
IC R/W unit is not displayed, repeat the steps from the beginning until Tag IC
R/W unit is displayed.
This concludes installation of Device Driver.
3.Installation of the picochet Utility Software
①Insert a diskette labeled ‘Disk 1’into floppy disk drive, and double-click on
‘setup.exe’, wait a while. Click on "Next" button when screen shown below
appears.

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②Click on "Yes(Y)" button when screen shown below appears.
③Select a folder to install the software, and click on "Next" button after making
the selection, when screen shown below appears on the monitor.
④Click on "Next" button when screen shown below appears.

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⑤After a little while, a screen asking to insert Disk 2 appears, Insert the
diskette (Disk2) into floppy disk drive and click on "OK" button.
⑥Click on "Finish" button when screen shown below appears.
This concludes the installation of the picochet utility software.
⑦Remove diskette from floppy disk drive and restart the system. When the
system is restarted, an icon will be added in Task Bar as shown below.
Depending upon the state of picochet, shape of icon will change accordingly.
When the picochet is not connected to PC

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When the picochet is connected to PC, however, any Token/Card is not placed
into the picochet
When the picochet is connected to PC, and tag is placed into the picochet
When the picochet is connected to PC, and Token/Card is in a edit state, or in a
state where PC just woke up from sleep mode
4.Uninstallation of the picochet Utility Software
① Select Control Panel by selecting Settings from Start menu.
② Once a screen shown below appeared, you double-click on ‘Add/Remove
Programs’from Control Panel.