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Rev. 1.0 – Jul 2010 Confidential Release Under Alereon NDA

USERS GUIDE

OVERVIEW

This document is a users guide to explain how to establish a wireless connection using an Alereon HWA and an AL5740 Honolulu board.

1.0 INSTALLATION

There are two software packages necessary to use the AL5740 Honolulu board with the AL5604 or AL5616 Host Wire Adapter (HWA).

• The Wireless USB Manager - This software package includes the drivers for the HWA.

• The DispalyLink Driver Package - This software package contains the drivers necessary to enable the video output of the Honolulu

board.

1.1 Installing the Wireless USB Manager

Alereon provides MSI based installers. Each installer is designated by the platform it supports in the filename. For example,

• Setup_wusb_X86_XXXX.msi - indicates that this MSI is for 32 bit systems

• Setup_wusb_X64_XXXX.mdi - indicates that this MSI is for 64 bit systems

You can launch the installation process by double clicking the MSI package. Please follow the following steps in order to install Alereon's

Wireless USB Manager.

Note: Wireless USB Manager has a dependency on Microsoft .NET 2.0. you will have to install this software manually before going through the setup or

connect the PC to the internet and the setup will automatically download this dependency from the internet. Microsoft .NET is included in Windows

Vista and newer operating systems.

Step 1: Complete the installation of the Wireless USB manager by running the included Wireless USB installer. If you need

more detailed instructions for this please see the included Wireless USB Manager User’s Guide.

Step 2: Insert the HWA in to an open USB port on the PC and allow the drivers to load.

1.2 Installing the DisplayLink Driver Package

Alereon provides an installer package for the DisplayLink device on the Honolulu board. Installation of this driver package is necessary to

enable the video output of the Honolulu board. The DisplayLink installer files are named in this manner:

• Displaylink-5.X.XXXXX.exe - The X’s indicate the driver package version. You can launch the installation process by double clicking the

AL5740 Honolulu Users Guide

Summary of content (5 pages)

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USERS GUIDE AL5740 Honolulu Users Guide OVERVIEW This document is a users guide to explain how to establish a wireless connection using an Alereon HWA and an AL5740 Honolulu board. 1.0 INSTALLATION There are two software packages necessary to use the AL5740 Honolulu board with the AL5604 or AL5616 Host Wire Adapter (HWA). • • 1.1 The Wireless USB Manager - This software package includes the drivers for the HWA.
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Honolulu User’s Guide Confidential exe file. Please follow the following steps in order to install Alereon's Wireless USB Manager. Note: In some cases, separate driver packages will be included for the various supported operating systems. Step 3: Run the DisplayLink installer. Step 4: Reboot the PC. If you choose not to reboot, the Honolulu video output may not work correctly until a reboot is completed. 2.
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Confidential 4.0 Honolulu User’s Guide THROUGHPUT TESTING An application for video throughput testing is included on the CD. This application is called AL_Flood. AL_Flood is a graphical wrapper for the DisplayLink Nivoutil throughput test application. AL_Flood is included in \DisplayLink Video\Throughput_Utils folder. To test throughput, complete steps above to establish a Wireless USB connection, Copy the AL_Flood executable to your local desktop or other known location.
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Honolulu User’s Guide 4 Confidential Rev. 1.
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Alereon, Inc. 7600 North Capital of Texas Highway Building C, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78731 Telephone: (512) 345-4200 Fax: (512) 345-4201 info@alereon.com The contents of this document are provided in connection with Alereon, Inc. products. Alereon makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this publication and reserves the right to make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice.