RF Explorer connects to Computers and Tablets using a Mini-USB connector. For the USB connection to work, you need to a Silicon Labs CP210x driver installed on your system.

The driver is available for all Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and can be downloaded from this page. The Silicon Labs (also known as Silabs) drivers are high speed, high quality software produced and certified by Silicon Labs company. Once the driver is installed, the RF Explorer for Windows software will automatically recognize and connect the device.

However, you may experience problems in some cases, such as the driver being not properly installed, or not being able to connect to the device even though the RF Explorer is physically connected and everything is apparently installed correctly.

In order to troubleshoot a connectivity problem, we suggest the following general steps:

RFESysCheck

If these previous steps failed, try next steps:

c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\silabser.sys