Installing the USB to serial adapter

Tripp Lite USB to Serial Adapter User’s Manual

Installing the software

Note: The installation process

takes place in two stages: the serial adapter board and then the serial ports.

Caution! Be sure to allow the installation process to finish without interruption. If you stop the process before the adapter board and all of the serial ports are installed, you will corrupt the installation.

This section explains how to install the USB to Serial Adapter under different operating systems. Please locate and follow the procedure for your computer’s operating system.

Windows maintains a registry of all known hardware installed in your computer in which it keeps track of all of your system resources, such as I/O locations, IRQ levels, and DMA channels. The Add New Hardware Wizard utility helps you to add new hardware and updates this registry.

The USB to Serial Adapter includes an INF configuration file to allow easy configuration in the Windows environment. Windows uses the INF file to determine the system resources required by the adapter, searches for available resources to fill the board's requirements, and then updates the hardware registry with an entry that allocates these resources.

The USB to Serial Adapter also includes Windows device drivers that enable the adapter’s serial ports to appear to Windows as standard COM ports.

Installing under Windows XP

Follow these steps to install the USB to Serial Adapter under

Windows XP.

Step		Procedure	Description
!	Step 1	Turn on the power to your computer	This is the system in which the USB to
		system.	Serial Adapter is to be installed.
!	Step 2	Plug the wide flat end of the USB cable	This is the connector located on the back of
		into the downstream connector.	the computer or USB hub.
!	Step 3	Plug the square end of the USB cable into	Windows tells you that it has found new
		the back of the USB to Serial Adapter box.	hardware and launches the Found New
			Hardware Wizard.

!Step 4 Insert the Tripp Lite installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.

This is the CD that shipped with your USB to Serial Adapter.

Rev 2.0 (5/30/2003)

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