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[title] Connect to your Duet via USB
-[* icon_note] Note there have been [[Hardware Overview#Section_Version_History|several hardware revisions]] of the Duet 2 controller. This guide applies to all Duet 2 Wifi, Ethernet and Maestro boards. The picture of the board may be different to yours.
+[* icon_note] This guide applies to all Duet 2 Wifi, Ethernet and Maestro boards, and Duet 3 boards running in stand alone mode (no connected Raspberry Pi). The picture of the board may be different from yours.
[* black] Connect the Duet to your PC with the USB cable provided. ***Do not*** connect other power supplies at this stage.
[* blue] Windows users, [https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/blob/dev/Driver/WindowsDriverFiles.zip|download the USB drivers for Duet here] and extract the files to a suitable location.
[* black] To install drivers, open Device Manager by pressing ***Windows Key + R*** and type ***devmgmt.msc***, or launch from the Start menu by typing "Device Manager". On Windows 10, you can right-click on the Start icon and click on "Device Manager".
[* black] Look for any devices with a yellow triangle, or for any "Generic USB" devices which would indicate that the Duet driver is not installed.
[* black] If a USB device does show the yellow triangle, or as a Generic USB device, right click on the device. Click Install Driver and browse to the location of the driver that was downloaded at the beginning of this step. Continue setup by clicking "Next" until the device driver has been installed.
[* blue] Mac OSX and Linux users can just connect the Duet board to their machine with the provided USB cable and proceed to the next step.