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Quintessence User Manual
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USB to RS-232 adapter Software Installation
Where a USB to RS-232 converter is supplied, a driver is required:
1.
Do
not
plug the 5 pin connector of the Merging Y-type USB cable into a USB port of the motherboard.
First, power on the computer and extract the drivers located on the accompanying CD to a temporary
folder. The file to extract is labelled
CP210X_DRIVERS.EXE
.
2.
Then, plug the 5 pin connector of the Merging Y-type USB cable into a USB connector of the
motherboard. There is no need to power off the computer at this stage!
3.
Windows will detect a new USB device and ask for the drivers. Choose the folder in which you have
previously extracted the file and go to the following directory:
4. ...\SiLabs\MCU\CP210x\WIN
5.
Continue the installation.
6.
Once the drivers are installed, Windows will detect a
USB to RS-232 Bridge
and ask for the drivers.
Give the same location as in point
3
and continue until the installation is complete.
7.
If all is well, the blue converter LED should be ON indicating that the USB link is now fully operational.
Check in Windows Device Manager, that you can see a new COM port labelled like this: CP2102 USB
to UART Bridge Controller (COM4). Of course, the COM port number will depend on the number of
COM ports present on your computer.
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