1. Turn on tablet PC
2. Once finished booting, plug in USB cable and wait until you hear a kerplunk sound indicating it has connected.
3. Open up BlueSoleil by double clicking on it on the Desktop
4. Right click on the Bluetooth icon in the Task Bar in the bottom right corner of the screen b y the clock.
   1. If you do not see the Bluetooth icon, click the triangle to the left of the clock to reveal hidden programs running and then right click on it.
5. Click Display.
6. Turn on the Laser by pressing the power button.
   1. A green LED will light up on the side indicating it is on.
7. In The Bluetooth Settings window (IVT Corporation BlueSoleil), click My Bluetooth.
8. Click Bluetooth Device Discovery.
9. When a Bluetooth device is found and shows DISTO D8 followed by a bunch of numbers appears, right click on it and select Pair.

1. When asked for the Pairing Code enter “0000”

1. A red check mark will indicate it is paired directly above the word “DISTO D8”

1. Double click on the newly paired device. You will see the third icon from the top left turn yellow and have a box around it; this indicates it is ready to establish a connection to the laser.

1. Right click on DISTO D8 again and select Connect / Bluetooth Serial Port Service.

1. The Bluetooth icon for the DISTO D8 will now turn green and you will see a dotted line running from the device to the center of the screen (this orange ball is a representation of the tablet PC).
2. Right click on the DISTO D8 and select Status.
   1. Take note what COM Port # the tablet PC indicates the laser is connected through. In this example it is COM4.

Find Encoder Comport #

1. Right clicking on Computer.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click Device Manager

1. Click the arrow before Ports (COM & LPT)
2. Look for USB Serial Port (COM#)
3. Take note of what COM Port # the encoder is connected through. In this example it is COM13.

Setting Comports

1. Open Computer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Laser Products\LT-55XL and open the Settings.txt file.
2. Scroll down about 2/3^rduntil you see:
   1. lt_bluetooth_port=
   2. lt_bluetooth_encoder_port=
   3. In capital letters enter “COM” and then the number from the two previous sections of these instructions so that the result looks like the following.
      1. lt_bluetooth_port=COM4
      2. lt_bluetooth_encoder_port=COM13
         1. i.      This is assuming the laser is connected on COM4 from Section 1 Step 15a and the encoder is connected on COM13 from Section 2 Step 5.
         2. ii.      These numbers will be different on different tablet PC’s.

         

   4. Save the Settings.txt file and close the program.

http://laserproductsus.com/dlfiles/lt55/LT-55SetupFiles.zip

Setting up the iTask Button:

1. Click the Start button.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap the Buttons icon.
4. Tap Button 4 It will .highlight “Button 4″ in blue.
5. Below that box there will be “2. Assign a program:” Tap on the box below that and select the newest version of PLT.
6. The program will now be set to launch from the lower right (iTask Button) with the curved arrow.

Choosing the right program:

1. On the iPAQ, while the socket card is attached to the top of the iPAQ, click Start / Comport #. If Comport # is not listed in the Start Menu, proceed to step 2. If Comport # is listed, you can skip down to the downloading section.
2. On the iPAQ, click Start / File Explorer. If File Explorer is not on the Start menu, click on Programs instead and you will find it in there.
3. Once in File Explorer, tap on the text that is directly below the Window’s logo (#) and you will see a drop down list appear.Tap on My Device from the drop down list and then choose the SD Card from the list presented below.
4. Find the file (alphabetically ordered) Precision1.xx (where 1.xx is the version you are currently running.
5. The top line of the Precision file will read “Comport=4″ “Comport=6″ or “Comport=7″
6. Whatever the number listed after “Comport=” will be your comport used on your iPAQ.

Downloading PLTv1.60:

There are two methods to installing the new version of the software program on your iPAQ. If you are using an iPAQ that uses Comport 7 you will be using a restore file to automatically install the program. In this case, once you download the restore file, you can jump down the the “Alternate Installation” method below. If you are using Comport 6, you will just be copying the program file onto the iPAQ. If you are using a Comport 4 iPAQ, you can use either one of the two methods mentioned above.
Click on the file below and download it to your computer. You will also need to download the Messages.txt and the Delete Precision Text program below. Once the files are downloaded, copy them to the SD Card using either a built in memory card reader that might be installed on your computer or the portable memory card reader we supplied to you.

Installation (Comport 4/6):

1. Make sure you copied the PLTv.1.xx-x, Messages.txt and Delete Precision Text.exe to the top most level of the SD Card.
2. Once those three files are on the SD Card, insert it into the iPAQ.
3. Click Start / File Explorer.
4. Navigate to the SD Card (My Device / SD Card).
5. Click and hold on each of the three files you copied to the memory card (PLTv.1.xx-x, Messages.txt and DeletePrecisionText.exe). A drop down box will appear giving you the option to copy. Select Copy.
6. Navigate to My Device / Windows / Start Menu and click and hold in the white space below the programs. The same drop down box will appear. This time choose Paste.
7. While you are in here, you can delete any older versions of the PLT program.
8. The last thing you need to do is if you normally launch the program using the iTask button on the lower right side of the iPAQ, you will need to set up that button. Click here and follow the instructions to do so.

Alternate Installation (Comport 7):

1. To install the new version of the program begin by copying the Restore1.xx-x.pbf file to top most level of the SD Card.
2. Insert it into the iPAQ.
3. Click Start / Programs / File Explorer.
4. Navigate to the SD Card (My Device / SD Card).
5. Tap on the Restore1.xx-x.pbf file.
6. iPAQ Backup will appear and in the lower right portion of the screen you will see “Restore…” tap that and then tap Start in the same portion of the screen.
7. The restore process will begin to install the new software version (this will take between 30 seconds and 1 minute).
8. Follow the on screen instructions and tap OK, You can then tap the OK in the top right corner of the screen and then the X in the same spot. This will take you back to the main screen.
9. Restart the iPAQ by pushing the soft reset button with your stylus. It is located on the back side of the iPAQ in the lower left hand corner under the battery door compartment.

An easy way to think about this is a city street. Every house on that street has an address. Similarly, every connection that a computer has to an outside device (SD Card reader, Socket I/O Card slot, Data Sync slot) has its own address. This is called a Comport. The SD Card and Socket I/O Card readers on the top of the iPAQ have their individual address. This is a stored number that allows the processor in the iPAQ to know where to write data (SD Card) and where to retrieve data from the laser (Socket I/O Card).

When you restart the iPAQ while either the SD Card or the Socket I/O Card are in place, the comport can be randomly reassigned. To fix this problem, check to see what comport your Socket I/O Card is running on (usually 4,6 or 7). You can do this by following the directions below.

Once you read through the instructions below and you understand the problem you might be encountering, use the “Delete Precision Text” program to delete the Precision text file. If you are using an iPAQ that does not have the “Delete Precision Text” file on if you can download it by clicking here. If you need to download is, follow the third set of instructions to install the program on your Start Menu.

1. Click Start.
2. Click on Comport #.
3. You should read a box that says “COM#” (where # is 4,6 or 7). Remember this number. If you do not receive a COM#, close out and jump down to Alternate Instructions below.
4. Close out of the Comport # program.
   To check if there is a comport mismatch, click Start.
5. Click File Explorer (if it is not located on the drop down menu, you can access it by going to the Programs folder and you will find it in there).
6. Once in File Explorer, navigate to the SD Card and you will find a file titled “Precision 1.xx” and open it ( xx equals the version number of the software you are running).
7. The top line shold read “Comport=#” (# is 4,6 or 7).
8. If it is not the same number as you had in step 3, you can either change that number to the correct one or you can close out of the file and delete the Precision file.
9. Once corrected or deleted, run the program again. The program should start normally.

*Note, if the Precision file was deleted, it will be rewritten on the SD Card.

Alternate Instructions

If your iPAQ does not detect a comport number through the above method, use these instructions to check for the number and then proceed back up to number 5 above.

1. Click Start.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Click on Connections tab at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click on Hi-Speed COM Tools.
5. The top line should read “Card Type: Single I/O Card (HS)”
6. The middle line should read “Number of ports: 1″
7. The bottom line should read “Single I/O Port: COM#:”
8. The number after COM is your comport number.
9. Jump back to number 5 in the top set of instructions.

Install “Delete Precision Text”

Follow the instructions below to install the “Delete Precision Text” program onto your iPAQ.

1. Copy the “Delete Precision Text” program onto your SD card and then insert it into your iPAQ.
2. Click Start.
3. Click File Explorer (if it is not located on the drop down menu, you can access it by going to the Programs folder and you will find it in there).
4. Once in File Explorer, navigate to the SD Card where you will find the “Delete Precision Text” file you just copied onto it.
5. Click and hold on that file until you see a drop-down menu appear.
6. Select Copy.
7. Then on the top of the screen where it reads SD Card, tap there and go to My Device.
8. Click on Windows.Click on Start Menu.
9. Click and hold on the white space of that folder and select Paste.
10. That program will not be accessible through your Start menu.

Microsoft .NET Framework SP1

1. Download OpenOffice by clicking here.
2. Once downloaded, run the setup installation file.
3. Follow the instructions in the software setup file.

When you use the Estimate function in the LT-55 XL Software, a spread sheet will open with user editable cells giving you information like square footage, perimeter, edge types and costs. If you are unable to open the estimate up it could be because there is a missing association for the spread sheet. This simply means, the computer does not know what program to open the estimate with. To correct this, click here for instructions.