In your device manager, find the “Neo Linkmasta.” Either way, this step is to tell Windows where to find the driver you just downloaded/unzipped. If not (or if you plugged it in before), you may need to go to the Windows Device Manager. A dialog may pop up automatically to ask for a driver. If you have not plugged in the Linkmasta, you may do so now.There you should see something called “libusb driver Win – Neo Linkmasta”. (alternatively, you could double-click on the “libusb driver Win – Neo Linkmasta PID_4178.zip” file. Right-click on the “libusb driver Win – Neo Linkmasta PID_4178.zip” file you just downloaded and choose “Extract all…” Minimize all your programs, so you can see the desktop and the file you just downloaded.Download the above “libusb” driver above, and save the file to your computer’s Desktop.XP and Windows 7 should behave very similarly, but some of the text may change. These instruction steps were made on a Windows Vista machine.
See the following for installation instructions. When properly installed, your device manager should look like the screenshot to the right. libusb driver Win – Neo Linkmasta.zip – This Windows libusb driver is required upon first insertion of the device (with firmwares v0.10 and later).(requires this Windows Driver when plugged in under Windows for the first time)
Linkmasta Firmware (gets flashed to the Linkmasta) Linkmasta USB device: NeoLinkmasta_Mac_Universal_Binary-12-02-11_for-fw-v0-13 USB-enabled Cart: NeoLinkmasta_Mac_5-13-16_for_USB_cart.zip Linkmasta USB device: NeoLinkmasta_EXE_8-25-11-3_for-fw-v0-13 USB-enabled Cart: NeoLinkmasta_EXE_5-13-16_for_USB_cart.zip
#Adding zadig driver to particle cli software#
In general, you will want to use the software above, but this is kept for historical reasons.