Access To The LinkStar-STX3 Computer, the BeagleBone Black

The "brains" of the LinkStar-STX3 is a modified "industrial" BeagleBone Black, or "BBB".  All the necessary software has been installed on your BBB.  Your LinkStar-STX3-ME and LinkStar-STX3-719 come shipped with a USB cord attached to the microUSB port on the BBB. MAKE SURE THE USB CABLE IS FIRMLY CONNECTED TO THE BBB AND YOUR COMPUTER.  You can communicate with the LinkStar-STX3 via the USB cord connected to your MacOS™, Windows™ PC or Linux based computer.  You will need to install the following drivers for the Windows and MacOS based computers:

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Windows™:

On Windows 64 bit, install this: http://beagleboard.org/static/Drivers/Windows/BONE_D64.exe

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Windows 32 bit, install this: http://beagleboard.org/static/Drivers/Windows/BONE_DRV.exe

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Some Windows 8 and 10 installations are having have problems due to the Driver Signal Verification.  This can be mitigated by following the steps on this link:  Disable Driver Signal Verification

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MacOS™:

There are two things to install when using a Mac, the network driver which is here: http://beagleboard.org/static/Drivers/MacOSX/RNDIS/HoRNDIS.pkg and the serial driver which is here: http://beagleboard.org/static/Drivers/MacOSX/FTDI/FTDI_Ser.dmg

Restart your computer once the installation has completed. 

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Once the drivers are installed open Network from System Preferences and you should see your BBB showing up as a network connection.

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