USB to Serial Converters Manual
Version 2.0
Document Reference No.: CP_000032 Clearance No.: CP#022
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4.5
OS Support
-
Linux,
Mac
and
Older
Windows
Verisons
This section summarises the OS virtual COM support for the ES-U-xxxx-xx converters. This includes the
current version of the OS as well as some older versions of the OS which are discontinued by the OS
provider. Please note that whilst guidance is given here, compatibility with legacy OS versions is not
guaranteed and any support is at the discretion of Connective Peripherals.
For installation on Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, Linux or Windows CE, please refer to the FTDI device
drivers and installation guides for your operating system which are available at the following links.
•
Installation Guides
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/InstallGuides.htm
•
Drivers
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Windows
FTDI provide Windows drivers as an installer executable or via Windows Update
•
For current versions (Windows 7 up to Windows 10) use the latest FTDI drivers for both
models. Installation can be carried out as shown in section 4.2 by either manual
installer or Windows Update.
•
For legacy Windows XP/Vista, use driver 2.08.24. This is available from the
No Longer
Supported
drivers table at FTDI VCP Drivers
Linux
Many distributions include a sio driver for FTDI chipsets.
•
Distributions containing the ftdi_sio and using Kernel 3.0.27 onwards support ES-U-
xxxx-xx in the sio driver
•
For legacy distributions which include ftdi_sio but have a Kernel older than 3.0.27, the
revision B and C versions of ES-U-xxxx-xx may not be supported as the Kernel and sio
pre-date the USB-serial chipsets used. Connective Peripherals have a udev rule
provided on the Downloads tab of the product page (see the Connective Peripherals
website) which adds the Product ID of the FT231X (0x6015) to the sio driver. This
allows the updated version of the product to work on some legacy Linux versions.
