Keyspan:High Speed USB Serial Adapter for Mac OS-v1.9 User Manual

5.1 - Keyspan Serial Assistant

Besides the required drivers, the Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter software installer installs an application called Keyspan Serial Assistant. This application is used to:

Determine the status of the adapter software and hardware

Assist in problem solving

Launching the Keyspan Serial Assistant

To launch the Assistant, double click the "Keyspan Serial Assistant" icon in your Control Panels folder. This will open the Keyspan Serial Assistant window.

the Keyspan Serial Assistant window

The Keyspan Serial Assistant will display any Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapters connected to your computer. If your Keyspan adapter hardware and software are installed correctly you will see 'Driver and USA-19W Device found OK' or '...Renumerating...Done' in theSerial Adapter Status text box. If you do not receive either of these messages, proceed Problem Solving section in this manual.

Explanation of Assistant Features

The following is a description of all the relevant text boxes and menus found in the Keyspan Serial Assistant. You can also obtain this information by selecting 'Show Balloons' in the Help menu and moving the cursor over any item in the Assistant.

(continued on next page...)

This User Manual applies to the Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter Software for Mac OS.

(rev 02may12JA)

Page 10

Page 10
Image 10
Keyspan 1.9 installation instructions Launching the Keyspan Serial Assistant, Explanation of Assistant Features