Hello Alan:
I just got my 56u working, so this might help.
1. Get the "Activation Key" from Polabs. Email them your device serial #, and they will send the key. It is a code like
this dummy example: EE60-GH9E-DD49-AAB1
2. Download the two files from Polabs
productattachments_files__p_o_pokeys_setup_12, or the newest beta file;
productattachments_files__p_o_pokeys_setup_19
3. Connect the Pokeys to the USB port.
4. Run the file. They are application files. I ran the _19 file and have no problems so far.
4. Enter your activation KEY when the program prompts you.
5. The lights on the Pokeys will flutter as the program runs. It takes a little while. It automatically puts all the
files needed in the Mach folders.
6. When it finishes, it will open a window posting the Pokeys specs, firmware version, install date, serial # etc.,
and all the latest firmware updates in a list.
7. Close the info window.
8. The next window will ask you to select the device. There is space in the window for 4 Pokeys ID's. There will
only be the one you installed, already Hi-lighted.
9. Click the box "Connect".
10. The first Pokeys menu screen will appear, ready to enter I/O data.
11. Run (load) Mach3
The Pokeys should be running in Mach3 now. Open the dialog box at the top of the screen "PlugIn Control", and your Pokeys
serial number in brackets preceded by "Configure Pokeys 56u[*****], your serial number.
If you click that filename, the Pokeys menu will open to the first page.
When you run the Pokeys install file, it will put a blue Icon with two gears in the box, on the Desktop. Clicking
this Icon will run the Pokeys "Dashboard" menu. It is slightly different from the menu inside of Mach.
If you start Mach3, and then plug in the Pokeys to the USB port, the config file will say the Pokeys is not connected.
Apparently, the Pokeys must be plugged in first.
Have fun
John