Installing USBLAN for Windows Demo on Windows 8

Belcarra’s evaluation version of USBLAN for Windows is not available directly from Windows Update for a Windows 8 user at this time, but it can be installed locally as described here.
First make sure your device is not connected to the PC. This is an optional procedure, but the following instruction screens make that assumption.

Next, run the Desktop






Once the Desktop is running, create a new directory. For this guide, the directory is called usblan but any name can be used.


Now copy the Belcarra Demo (downloaded as above) archive into the new directory, and open this new directory with Windows Explorer



Next, right click on the archive, and select Extract All. This will bring up a dialog box as follows



The highlighted value is the destination folder. For this purpose, the default is suitable. Therefore, simply click on Extract. This will produce the following:



The file setup is the pre-installer. Double click on it. This will bring up the following dialog box.



This dialog box asks your permission to run the driver installation wizard. Click on Yes and the Wizard will start.



Click on Next to start the installation or Cancel to abandon the installation.

If you click on Next you will see some patience dialog boxes while the Wizard runs, and then this:



Click on Finish to end the Driver installation process. The windows still open can now be closed.

Now it is time to connect the device. Before doing this, bring up the Control Panel



Double-click on Network and Sharing Center. This will bring up the following screen (or something similar)


Before connecting your device, check to make sure it is using one of the special Vendor ID / Product ID pairs supported by the demo:
Configuration
Vendor ID
Product ID
DHCP enabled
15ec
d031
DHCP disabled
15ec
d032
Now connect the device. A new network interface will appear:



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