Quectel LTE Windows USB Driver Installation Guide V2.0

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LTE Windows USB Driver
Installation Guide
LTE Module Series
Rev. LTE_Windows_USB_Driver_Installation_Guide_V2.0
Date: 2018-12-24
Status: Released

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About the Document
History
Revision

Date

Author

Description

1.0

2017-11-14

Hunter LV/
Joy WANG

Initial
1.

2.0

2018-12-24

Isaac WANG

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2.

Added the applicable modules EM06, EM12,
EG12 of this document.
Modified some screenshots of driver
installation. (Figure 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 16)

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Contents
About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Figure Index ................................................................................................................................................. 4
1

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.
Applicable Products................................................................................................................... 5

2

Installation of USB Driver.................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.
Preparation ................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2.
Installation Procedures .............................................................................................................. 7
2.3.
Test .......................................................................................................................................... 11

3

Uninstallation of USB Driver ............................................................................................................. 12
3.1.
Uninstallation Procedures ....................................................................................................... 12

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Figure Index
FIGURE 1: “DEVICE MANAGER” INTERFACE OF WINDOWS SYSTEM WITHOUT QUECTEL DRIVERS ... 6
FIGURE 2: CHECK INSTALLATION SETTING................................................................................................... 7
FIGURE 3: CHOOSE DESTINATION LOCATION .............................................................................................. 8
FIGURE 4: COPYING FILES .............................................................................................................................. 8
FIGURE 5: AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................... 9
FIGURE 6: COMPLETE INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 10
FIGURE 7: CHECK USB DRIVER INSTALLATION RESULT ........................................................................... 10
FIGURE 8: MODULE TESTING VIA QNAVIGATOR (TAKE BG96 AS AN EXAMPLE) ..................................... 11
FIGURE 9: CHOOSE THE INSTALLED USB DRIVER ..................................................................................... 12
FIGURE 10: UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER ................................................................................................... 13
FIGURE 11: CHECK UNINSTALLATION SETTING.......................................................................................... 13
FIGURE 12: CONFIRM UNINSTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 14
FIGURE 13: AUTOMATIC UNINSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 14
FIGURE 14: REMOVING FILES ....................................................................................................................... 15
FIGURE 15: COMPLETE UNINSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 15
FIGURE 16: CHECK USB DRIVER UNINSTALLATION RESULT .................................................................... 16

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1

Introduction

This document illustrates how to install USB driver for Quectel LTE modules on Windows operating
systems, with provided installation package.
The installation package (Quectel_LTE_Windows_USB_Driver) supports Windows 7, Windows 8 and
Windows 10 operating systems. This document introduces the installation procedure on Windows 7
system as an example.

1.1. Applicable Products
The document is applicable to the following Quectel LTE modules.

Table 1: Applicable Modules
Applicable Modules

Description

EC2x

EC25, EC21, RC20 R2.0, EC20 R2.1

Ex06

EP06, EG06, EM06

Ex12

EM12, EG12

EGxx

EG95, EG91

Others

AG35, BG96

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2

Installation of USB Driver

This chapter mainly describes how to install USB driver for Quectel LTE modules with the provided
installation package.

2.1. Preparation
Before USB driver installation, please connect the module to PC via USB cable first and then press power
key to power up the module. If you have never installed any Quectel driver on your system before, there
would be a prompt about new device which indicates you to update the drivers. Please ignore the prompt
and go to the next step.
The figure below shows the “Computer Management”  “Device Manager” interface of Windows system
that has never installed Quectel drivers.

Figure 1: “Device Manager” Interface of Windows System without Quectel Drivers

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NOTE
For Windows XP system, you MUST ensure the module has been connected to PC before USB driver
installation.

2.2. Installation Procedures
Before USB driver installation, please get the latest installation package from Quectel. This document
takes the installation of Quectel_LTE_Windows_USB_Driver_V2.0 as an example, and the details are
shown as below.
1. Check Installation Setting

Figure 2: Check Installation Setting

2. Choose Destination Location
If you do not want to change the default location for USB driver installation, please click “Next” directly to
go on.

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Figure 3: Choose Destination Location
3. Prepare Driver Files Needed for Installation
When the following interface is shown, please click “Next” to move on to the next step.

Figure 4: Copying Files

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4. Automatic Installation
It may take some time to install the driver, please wait patiently for the process to complete.

Figure 5: Automatic Installation

5. Complete Installation
When the following interface is shown, it indicates the driver has been installed successfully. Click
“Finish” to complete the installation.

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Figure 6: Complete Installation

After successful installation, customers can check the installation result through “Computer Management”
 “Device Manager”.

Figure 7: Check USB Driver Installation Result

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2.3. Test
After the USB driver has been installed, customers can test whether the driver can work normally or not
by QNavigator. For detailed steps, please refer to Quectel_QNavigator_User_Guide.

Figure 8: Module Testing via QNavigator (Take BG96 as an Example)

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3

Uninstallation of USB Driver

This chapter mainly provides the way to uninstall USB driver for Quectel LTE modules. The uninstallation
can be realized by re-operating installation package or adding/deleting program on “Control Panel”. By
taking as an example, this document introduces using the latter method to uninstall the USB driver.

3.1. Uninstallation Procedures
1. Choose the Driver
Enter “Control Panel” and choose the installed driver, then click “Uninstall”, as shown below.

Figure 9: Choose the Installed USB Driver

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Figure 10: Uninstall the USB Driver

2. Check Uninstallation Setting

Figure 11: Check Uninstallation Setting

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3. Confirm Uninstallation
Click “Yes” to confirm the uninstallation.

Figure 12: Confirm Uninstallation

4. Automatic Uninstallation
It may take some time to uninstall, please wait patiently for the process to complete.

Figure 13: Automatic Uninstallation

Also please wait patiently during the installation files removing process as illustrated below.

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Figure 14: Removing Files

5. Complete Uninstallation
When the following interface is shown, it indicates the driver has been uninstalled successfully. Click
“Finish” to complete uninstallation.

Figure 15: Complete Uninstallation

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6. Check Uninstallation Result
After the USB driver has been uninstalled successfully, the device will switch to uninstalled status.
Customers can check whether the driver has been uninstalled successfully or not through “Computer
Management”, as illustrated below.

Figure 16: Check USB Driver Uninstallation Result

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