Note: If you see a prompt asking you to open the software or select a port, the projector may be disconnected or connected to an incorrect COM port. If you want to run the software without the projector connected, click Unconnected and Execute. If the projector is connected, click Select a port, and retry. Then select the COM port you’re using on the next screen.

Starting the Program on a Macintosh

1.Open the ELPLink3 folder.

2.Double-click the ELP Link 3 icon. ELP Link III starts and three menus—File, Option, and Help—appear at the top of the screen.

Note: If the projector is not connected to your Macintosh, or is connected to the wrong COM port, you see a message indicating that there is no response from the projector. If you want to run the software without the projector, click Unconnected and Execute. If the projector is connected, click Select a port, and retry, then select the COM port you’re using on the next screen.

3.If you’re starting ELP Link III for the first time, select COM

Port from the Option menu, then choose either the printer or

modem port (whichever port you connected the serial cable to).

4.Select Property Setting from the Option menu. You see the ELP Link III main dialog box.

Note: Your Macintosh screens may look slightly different than the screens shown in this chapter.

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