Setting up an optical probe on a laptop
- Follow the instructions provided with your ABACUS ELECTRICS optical probe to install the probe’s driver on your laptop.
- Plug the probe into a USB port on the laptop.
- Open the Windows Device Manager. Expand the Ports (COM & LPT1) node to view a list of ports configured on the computer. Note the COM port number assigned to the ABACUS Optical Probe.
- In the FDM mobile application, select Settings on the system menu.
The system opens the Settings screen.
- On the Radio tab page, for the Optical Probe Port setting, select the COM port number assigned to the optical probe in the Windows Device Manager.
- Tap OK to save your settings and close the Settings screen.