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ACTiSYS Corp.

Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual

Release 1.41
ACTiSYS Corporation   2001    All Rights Reserved

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS .....................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................4

PARTS CHECK LIST.......................................................................................5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.............................................................................6

BIOS SETUP ...................................................................................................7

WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION GUIDE...........................................................8

WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE ...................................................12

WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION GUIDE.....................................................15

WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION ..............................................................19

WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE .......................................................21

WINDOWS ME UNINSTALLATION GUIDE ..................................................27

WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE........................................................28

WINDOWS XP UN-INSTALLATION GUIDE .................................................29

TROUBLE SHOOTING..................................................................................33

SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................35

WARRANTY INFOMATION...........................................................................36

CONTACT INFORMATION ...........................................................................38

Summary of Contents for ACT-IR210L

Page 1: ...lease 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 1 ACT IR210L IrDA PC Adapter User s Manual ACTiSYS Corp 48511 Warm Springs Blvd Suite 206 Fremont CA 94539 USA TEL 510 490 8024 FAX 510 623 7268...

Page 2: ...h can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Increase the separation between the equipment...

Page 3: ...REMENTS 6 BIOS SETUP 7 WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION GUIDE 8 WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE 12 WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION GUIDE 15 WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION 19 WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE 21 WINDOWS ME U...

Page 4: ...SYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 4 INTRODUCTION This document provides instructions to install the ACT IR210L Serial IR Dongle along with Windows 98 ME 2000 XP device driver It is assumed that...

Page 5: ...Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 5 PARTS CHECK LIST When you unpack the package the following items should be found 1 ACT IR210L Adapter 2 5 pins Motherbo...

Page 6: ...2001 All Rights Reserved 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use ACT IR210L your computer MUST meet the following requirements 1 Window 98 ME 2000 XP 2 Built in infrared I O controller or super I O chip on the...

Page 7: ...nstalling the device driver you MUST setup your BIOS FIRST It assumed that your IR Dongle would installed to serial port 2 1 Choose PNP PCI from BIOS SETUP PNP OS Installed NO Resource Controlled by M...

Page 8: ...conflicts with ACT IR210L driver You HAVE to re install your Windows 98 again Note If your computer system has installed a FIR device before ACT IR210L would NOT work with your system any more You HA...

Page 9: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 9 6 Double Click Add New Hardware on Control Panel Page 7 Click Next 8 Click Next...

Page 10: ...10 9 Select No the device isn t in the list in the box Then click Next 10 Highlight Infrared Devices from the Hardware types list then click Next 11 Click Next 12 From Manufacturers list choose Infrar...

Page 11: ...s Reserved 11 13 From Infrared Transceiver list choose Generic Infrared Port for IR200L Then click Next 14 Select COM port which is physically connected to the Dongle In most cases the Dongle is conne...

Page 12: ...p Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 12 WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE 1 Boot up your computer system 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click...

Page 13: ...1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 13 4 Click Device Manager tab 5 Highlight Infrared Communication Device and then click Remove 6 Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal box 7 Highlight...

Page 14: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 14 8 Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal 9 Click on OK to restart your computer...

Page 15: ...nflicts with ACT IR210L driver You HAVE to re install your Windows 2000 again Note If your computer system has installed a FIR device before ACT IR210L would NOT work with your system any more You HAV...

Page 16: ...l Rights Reserved 16 4 Double Click Add Remove Hardware 5 On Welcome to the Add Remove Hardware wizard click Next 6 Choose Add Troubleshoot a device then click Next You may have to wait a while when t...

Page 17: ...ghts Reserved 17 8 Choose No I want select the hardware form a list then click OK 9 Select the Infrared device from the Hardware types 10 From Manufacturers list choose Standard Infrared Port from Inf...

Page 18: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 18 12 Choose COM2 in most case then click Next 13 Click Finish...

Page 19: ...ation 2001 All Rights Reserved 19 WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION 1 Startup your computer system 2 Click on Control Panel 3 Double click System Icon 4 Click on Hardware tab then click Device Manager button...

Page 20: ...Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 20 6 Click Action and then Uninstall 7 The device has been uninstalled and close device manager restart y...

Page 21: ...l there and cause conflicts with ACT IR210L driver You HAVE to re install your Windows ME again Note If your computer system has installed a FIR device before ACT IR210L would NOT work with your syste...

Page 22: ...tallation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 22 5 Double click Add New Hardware icon 6 On the following boxes click Next 7 Click Next 8 Choose No I want to select the har...

Page 23: ...ared device from Hardware types list choose Other devices from the Hardware types list then click Next Otherwise go to step 16 10 From Manufacturers list choose legacy serial infrared device from Mode...

Page 24: ...Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 24 14 Click Next 15 Choose No I want select the hardware from list then click Next 16 Highlight Infrared device from Hardw...

Page 25: ...anual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 25 17 Click Next 18 Click Next 19 Highlight Generic Infrared Port then click Next If your device is physically connected to COM2 highlig...

Page 26: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 26 20 Click Next 21 Click Finish...

Page 27: ...1 Double click System icon on Control Panel 2 Go to Device Manager highlight the items in the Infrared devices then click Remove button 3 Highlight the items in the Infrared devices then click Remove...

Page 28: ...Rights Reserved 28 WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE If your motherboard has built in infrared I O controller or super I O chip Windows XP will automatically install the driver if the IrDA is enabled in...

Page 29: ...Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 29 WINDOWS XP UN INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 Highlight My Computer then right click 2 Highlight Properties then...

Page 30: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 30 3 Click Device Manager 4 Highlight the items under Infrared device then right click...

Page 31: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 31 5 Click Uninstall 6 Click OK you have successfully uninstalled the device on your system...

Page 32: ...ACTiSYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 32 7 Restart your computer...

Page 33: ...he Power Management control to Advanced or Off to enable power supplied from computer serial port to ACT IR200L 220L devices 2 Go to Integrate Peripheral to set the COM port to Infrared 3 Do not insta...

Page 34: ...SYS Corp Serial IR Dongle Installation Manual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 34 5 Make sure to disconnect modem etc from the serial port to make it available for IR transmis...

Page 35: ...ty Bit None Data 8 bit Stop Bit 1 bit Error Check CRC Connector 5 pins connector to motherboard Power Source Motherboard Power Consumption 0 30mW 11mA max Operating temperature 0o C to 40o C 32o F to...

Page 36: ...of purchase to ACTiSYS The limited warranty described above is in addition to whatever implied warranties may be granted to purchasers by law To the extent permitted by applicable law ALL IMPLIED WAR...

Page 37: ...ddition to whatever implied warranties may be granted to purchasers by law To the extent permitted by applicable law ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR...

Page 38: ...ual Release 1 41 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved 38 CONTACT INFORMATION ACTiSYS Corporation 48511 Warm Springs Blvd Suite 206 Fremont CA 94539 USA TEL 510 490 8024 FAX 510 623 7268 E Mail...

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