Brick Daemon Installation on Windows – Tinkerforge

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# Brick Daemon Installation on Windows

Requirements: Windows XP or newer

The Brick Daemon can be installed from a setup `.exe` file.

## Installer

First, download the Brick Daemon `.exe` form here. Click on the downloaded file, this should open the installer:

You can choose the actions of the installer:

- Install Brickd Program will copy the program files
- Register Brickd Service will install it as a Windows service

Typically you want the installer to perform both tasks. Click on "Next" to start the installation process.

Next the installation path will be questioned. Change it if necessary and click "Install".

At the end of the installation process a window will come up which informs you, that you may have to install the Brick drivers manually (see section below). Press "OK" and reboot your PC.

## Driver Installation (Windows XP, Vista, 7)

Depending on your Windows version it is necessary to install a Brick driver. This driver needs to be installed for each of your Bricks independently.

Connect your Brick over USB to your PC. If a driver installation is necessary you should see an window like below:

If you have not installed the driver before, Windows does not know our drivers and you have to specify the driver location. You can find the drivers in your Brick Daemon installation folder. If you have installed the drivers before, you can choose the "Install the software automatically" option since Windows already knows the driver location.

Choose the driver location manually.

You will find them in your Brickd program folder in the `drivers\brick` folder.

After a successful installation the Brick should use a driver called "Tinkerforge Brick". You can test the Brick by using the Brick Viewer.

Note

Under Windows 7 it is possible that Windows tries to install the drivers automatically and you don't have the choice to choose them manually. This automatic driver installation can fail without your notice. If you don't see Bricks in the Brick Viewer, please check in the Windows "Device Manager" that the drivers for the connected Bricks are installed correctly. If not, please choose the `drivers\brick` folder in Brick Daemon installation and install the drivers manually.

## Driver Installation (Windows 8)

On Windows 8 no driver is needed anymore. Windows 8 recognizes the hardware automatically and correctly.

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