Pico Technology
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Installation Guide
IMPORTANT: Do not connect your PicoScope PC Oscilloscope to the PC before you have
installed the PicoScope software.
3.1
Installing the software
The PicoScope Automotive software has been designed to run on computers with
Windows XP SP2 and Vista.
1.
Insert the Pico CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Autorun is enabled then the CD will
start up automatically, and you can go to step 5.
2.
Press the Start button and select Run.
3.
Type d:\index (where d: is your CD-ROM drive).
4.
Press the Enter key.
5.
Click the Software button.
6.
Click the Install PicoScope Automotive Software button.
7.
The program will guide you through the rest of the installation.
3.2
Connecting the PC Oscilloscope to your PC
From this point the software should already have been installed on the PC. If the
software hasn't already been installed then please follow the steps in 3.1 on Installing
the software.
Connect the USB connector on the PicoScope PC Oscilloscope to the USB port on the
computer. To minimise the risk of electromagnetic interference, please use the
USB cable provided. The light on the front of the oscilloscope should now be on or
flashing, showing that the unit has power.
3.3
Starting the application software
The Oscilloscope Diagnostics Kit is supplied with the PicoScope application program. To
start PicoScope simply click the PicoScope icon in the Pico Technology group in the Start
menu.
DO110-4
Oscilloscope Diagnostics Kit Quick Start Guide
PicoScope is our PC
Oscilloscope application with
added features for
Automotive Diagnostics.
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