Originally Posted by
Bob Malphurs
Do yourself a favor and go to the B&B software site and download the software and USB drivers for the Ambrc2. Install the race software and run the USB drivers install. The drivers install to a folder on your C drive. Then plug in the decoder with a A/B USB cable (printer cable). You should get "Found new hardware wizard" and manually add the drivers from the folder AMB/USB on the C drive.
If you had already tried to use the decoder with the USB cable follow the steps below:
Go to Device Manager and find the decoder. This may be hard to find, hopefully there's a device with an "!" if not Windows may have selected a driver for it (that won't work!) and it will be listed under "Universal Serial Bus controller". Find it and select "Update Drivers" and browse to the folder "AMB/USB" on the C drive.
In Auto Score under "options/transponders" select AMBrc2. When you open "Practice" or go to "Race" the light turns green.
Thanks. I've tried all of these things listed and no luck.
Does the timing loop need to be set up in its entirety for the decoder to register on the computer?
It's a 32 bit system.
I've tried looking in device manager while the decoder is plugged in via the serial to usb cable and there isn't anything under "Universal serial Bus Controllers" besides a bunch of "Intel host controllers" and a bunch of "USB Root hubs".
There is nothing listed with a "!"
Autoscore won't open on my computer so am restricted to laps free.
The light on the decoder is a solid red.
So the correct software drivers are there and I can't find the decoder anywhere.
When I use the A/B cable something pops up under "Other Devices". When I try to update the driver it doesn't work. It also asks what type of hardware it is and I've put "Universal serial bus controller" which may be wrong.
Can someone please explain simply the process of making this work. The manual is not at all helpful and I am a complete noob.