Install Application
This page explains how to install the serial device connection
utility, "SX Virtual Link for
Serial Device
Server".
If you have already installed this application, refer to
How to Use the Application for
how to use it.
Install SX Virtual Link for
Serial Device
Server according to the instructions below if you have not yet
installed it.
If you have completed the configuration and continue to
install the application, go on to 3 in this section.
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- Administrator privilege is required
for installation.
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Insert the Serial
Device Server Setup CD into
your PC.
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Startup menu is displayed. Click Application
Installation.

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- In Windows Vista / Windows Server
2008, the User Account Control screen is displayed. Click Continue.
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SX Virtual Link for Serial Device
Server Install wizard is displayed. Click Next.

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Read the SOFTWARE
LICENSE AGREEMENT and
click Yes.

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Select a folder to install SX Virtual Link for Serial
Device Server into and click Next.

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Enter a Group Name to be displayed
in the Start Menu. Click Next.

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Click Start
to begin the installation.

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A confirmation message for software installation is
displayed.
<< In Windows XP >>
Click Continue Anyway.

<< In Windows Server 2003 >>
Click Yes.

Click Continue Anyway.
<< In Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008
>>
Click Install.

Again, click Install.
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- In Windows XP (SP2 or higher) / Windows Vista /
Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2008, the message
below is displayed. Click Yes.

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Select an appropriate action that you wish to take when
a new serial device is discovered and click Next.

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- This screen does not appear if SX Virtual Link
for Serial Device Server has already been installed.
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SX Virtual Link for Serial Device Server has been
installed. Click Finish.

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- If using a firewall function of
commercial security software, please add SX Virtual Link for Serial
Device Server to the exception list in the security software. Refer to
FAQ in our website ( http://www.silexamerica.com/ )
for details.
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Application installation is complete. SX Virtual Link
for Serial Device
Server will run.

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- If you are using our USB device management utility,
"SX Virtual Link", you can use "SX Virtual Link for Serial Device Server"
instead of "SX Virtual Link" to search for, link to and unlink from both USB
devices and serial devices.
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