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-  * Download owfs from http://owfs.sourceforge.net+  * Download owfs from https://github.com/owfs/owfs/releases
     * Extract the source code     * Extract the source code
     * Compile owfs by issuing     * Compile owfs by issuing
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 See http://libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend Chapter "Driver Installation". I recommend to use Zadig http://zadig.akeo.ie/ to perform the driver installation. This is required in order for owserver to be able to connect to the USB device. It seems that the command //lsusb// shows the device also without the driver being installed. See http://libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend Chapter "Driver Installation". I recommend to use Zadig http://zadig.akeo.ie/ to perform the driver installation. This is required in order for owserver to be able to connect to the USB device. It seems that the command //lsusb// shows the device also without the driver being installed.
  
-Afterwards //testlibusb// should report the USB-Adapter 
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-  $ testlibusb 
-    Dev #0: 0000 - 0000 
-    Dev #1: 04FA - 2490 
  
 =====Testing===== =====Testing=====
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   #Read directory    #Read directory 
   /opt/owfs/bin/owdir.exe -s 3000 /   /opt/owfs/bin/owdir.exe -s 3000 /
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 +On some installations I encountered the problem that owserver starts and then stop immediately without any error. It works perfectly fine though when you start it in foreground mode. Hence you can try the following workaround: let owserver run in foreground mode but start it as a background process using the shell's job control (by appending the ampersand character ("&") to the end of the command). 
 +  /opt/owfs/bin/owserver.exe -u -p 3000 --foreground &
  
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