How to Connect a Trane Rover

How to Connect a Trane Rover
Written By
Tom Becker
Tom Becker
Published: Mar 12, 2011
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read

Step 1

Turn on a laptop computer and load the Rover service tool software.

Step 2

Connect one end of a USB-to-USB cable to a free USB port on the laptop.

Step 3

Connect the opposite end of the cable to the USB input on the Trane USB adapter.

Step 4

Connect the USB end of the included USB cable adapter to the Trane USB adapter.

Step 5

Connect the RJ11 plug end of the USB cable adapter to the RJ11 jack of a Tracer zone temperature sensor. You can find the jack beneath the removable cover of the sensor.

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Step 6

Double-click the "My Computer" icon on your laptop computer.

Step 7

Double-click the "Control Panel" icon.

Step 8

Double-click the "LonWorks Interfaces" icon.

Step 9

Click the USB tab, select the interface you wish to test, and click "Test." If you have set up the connection properly, the test program will display "Ping Passed" and a CRC Error number of [00000].

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Tom Becker

Tom Becker began writing professionally in 2004. He has written two novels, video game columns for Cheat Code Central and GameDynamo and has been published in online humor journals, including "Defenestration" magazine. He received a…

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