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3. Installation

3.1. Installing Windows

®

98 Drivers

1. Insert the disk labeled "USB Serial Adapter Installation 

Disk" into your floppy drive (typically drive A:).

2. Insert the flat (type A) connector into an available USB 

port on your PC or USB hub attached to your PC.

3. Insert the square connector (type B) into the USB Serial 

Adapter device. You will see an Add New Hardware Wizard.

4. Click "Next".
5. When asked "What do you want Windows

®

to do?" 

choose Search for the best driver for your device 
(Recommended). Click "Next".

6. To search for new drivers, choose Floppy disk drives. 

Click "Next".

7. Make sure the location of the driver is your floppy drive. 

Click "Next".

8. The final dialog says "Windows

®

has finished installing 

the software that your new hardware device requires." 
Click "Finish".

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Страница 1: ... USB Serial Adapter User Manual V1 00 ...

Страница 2: ...s 98 Drivers 3 3 2 Adding DOS Box Support Optional 5 3 3 Uninstalling the USB Serial Adapter Drivers 6 4 Using the USB Serial Adapter 7 4 1 Serial Plug and Play Device Detection 7 4 2 Adding Non Plug and Play Legacy Devices 7 4 3 LED Indicator Lights 8 4 4 Using the USB Serial Adapter With DOS Applications 8 5 Troubleshooting 9 5 1 Port Unavailable 9 5 2 Communications Garbled 10 5 3 Modem Not Det...

Страница 3: ...ith the device without using IRQ or memory location resources The device can also be easily set up to support DOS applications that require specific resources 2 Device Specifications 2 1 Environmental Conditions 0 to 70 C 32 to 158 F Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing 2 2 Data Rate Runs at a maximum baud rate of 115K 2 3 Operating Systems Windows 98 2 4 Power Consumption Powered from USB Bus Normal ...

Страница 4: ...onnector type B into the USB Serial Adapter device You will see an Add New Hardware Wizard 4 Click Next 5 When asked What do you want Windows to do choose Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next 6 To search for new drivers choose Floppy disk drives Click Next 7 Make sure the location of the driver is your floppy drive Click Next 8 The final dialog says Windows has finishe...

Страница 5: ...to open the Device Manager 1 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Click Properties from the menu that appears 3 Click on the Device Manager tab on the System Properties page 2 Click on the next to Ports COM LPT You will see a list of ports One of the ports will be labeled USB Comm Port COM name where COM name is the name of the new COM port This name will be used in applications 4 ...

Страница 6: ...enable DOS Box support for a USB Serial Adapter device follow the instructions below 3 Follow the instructions below to open the Device Manager 1 Right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Click Properties from the menu that appears 3 Click the Device Manager tab on the System Properties page 4 Click the next to Ports COM LPT 5 Click USB Comm Port ComX where X is the port number of the ...

Страница 7: ... support follow steps 1 6 above If you are disabling DOS Box support the check mark will disappear 3 3 Uninstalling the USB Serial Adapter Drivers 1 Unplug all USB Serial Adapter devices from the USB ports 2 Open the Control Panel and double click on Add Remove Programs 3 On the Install Uninstall page click on USB Serial Adapter software from the list box and click Add Remove 4 You can choose to u...

Страница 8: ...lick the My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Click Properties from the menu that appears 3 Click the Device Manager tab on the System Properties page 4 Click Refresh Your Plug and Play device should be detected and you may be asked for a driver if it has not been previously installed Follow the instructions that came with your device to complete the installation 4 2 Adding Non Plug and Play Legacy ...

Страница 9: ...4 Using the USB Serial Adapter With DOS Applications To enable the USB Serial Adapter to work with DOS applications follow the instructions in section 3 2 Adding DOS Box Support You can choose a different name for DOS than what is used for Windows You may need to do this if the USB Serial Adapter has been installed as COM5 or higher since many DOS applications will only use COM1 COM4 For instance ...

Страница 10: ... is blinking steadily the device has not been configured properly This can happen if the wrong drivers have been installed for your operating system If the wrong drivers have been installed or if you are not sure follow the instructions in section 3 3 Uninstalling the USB Serial Adapter Drivers and reinstall the software 2 Check to make sure no other applications are using the COM port 3 If you ha...

Страница 11: ...The easiest solution to this problem is to attach the USB Serial Adapter to either the root hub a USB port on the back of your PC or to a hub that is connected to the root hub Belkin Components has made their best effort to ensure that all the information contained in this document is accurate and reliable However the information is subject to change without notice No responsibility is assumed by ...

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