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USB to Serial Converter
User Manual English
Benutzerhandbuch Deutsch
Manuel Utilisateur Français
Manuale d’uso Italiano
LINDY No. 42856 & 42857
www.LINDY.com
© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - SECOND EDITION (NOV 2002)
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CONTENT For detailed description of the DRIVER INSTALLATION with screen shots included please refer to the ENGLISH manual. The description in the german, french and italian manuals are as short guide only. All brand names and product names used in this document are trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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English Manual 1. Overview Congratulations on your purchase of the USB-Serial adapter. This device provides a simple and easy way to connect Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Serial port interface. With the advantage of USB port, users have the capability to utilize the peripheral with serial port interface in an easy to use environment such as plug and play & hot swap function. This adapter is designed for ideal connections to Cellular Phone, Digital Camera, Modems or ISDN terminal adap
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English Manual 5.1.3 Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)”, and then click “Next” to continue. 5.1.4 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and select Specify a location and type the “D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\Windows” in the dialogue (D: represents CD-ROM)
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English Manual 5.1.5 Windows® will detect the driver (SERWPL.INF) and shows the Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port. Click “Next” to continue installation. ® 5.1.6 Click Next to continue and let Windows copy the needed files to your hard disk. ® 5.1.7 When Windows finished installing the software, click “Finish”. 5.1.8 After install the driver, you have to check the “Control Panel”-“System”- “Device Manager” to make sure the driver has already installed, you can see a USB to Serial
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English Manual ® 5.2 Windows 98 Driver Un-installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.2.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.2.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.2.3 Click “Ok” to continue. 5.2.4 After remove the driver, you have to reboot the PC
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English Manual ® 5.3 Windows ME Driver Installation ® Follow the steps below to install Windows ME driver 5.3.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.3.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and Plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port; select the Automatic search for a better driver (recommended), and then click “Next” to continue. 5.3.3 Windows® will detect the driver (SERWPL
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English Manual ® 5.3.4 When Windows finished installing the software, click “Finish”. 5.3.5 After install the driver, you have to check the “Control Panel”-“System”- “Device Manager” to make sure the driver has already installed, you can see a USB to Serial Port (COM3) under the Ports (COM & LPT) and a Prolific USB-to-serial Com Port under the Universal Serial Bus Controller.
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English Manual ® 5.4 Windows ME Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.4.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.4.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.4.3 Click “Ok” to continue. 5.4.4 After remove the driver, you have to reboot the PC
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English Manual ® 5.5 Windows 2000 Driver Installation ® Follow the steps below to install Windows 2000 driver: 5.5.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.5.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and Plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port, Windows will run the Found New Hardware Wizard to assist you in setting up the new device. Click “Next” to continue. 5.5.3 Select Search fo
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English Manual ® 5.5.5 Windows will detect the driver (SERWPL.INF) and Click “Next” to continue. 5.5.6 Click “Finish” to finish the step. 5.5.7 After the step, you have to check the “Control Panel”-“System”- “hardware”-“Device Manager” and you can see the (Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port) under the Ports (Com & LPT)
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English Manual ® 5.6 Windows 2000 Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.6.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.6.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.6.3 Click “Ok” to continue. 5.6.4 After remove the driver, you have to reboot the PC
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English Manual ® 5.7 Windows XP Driver Installation ® Follow the steps below to install Windows XP driver: 5.7.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.7.2 Insert the driver of USB-Serial adapter into CD-ROM drive and plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port, the “Found New Hardware Wizard” will to assist you to setting up the new device. 5.7.3 Select the “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” then click “
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English Manual 5.7.6 After install the driver, you can see a new Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM3) under the Ports (COM&LPT).
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English Manual ® 5.8 Windows XP Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.8.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.8.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM, and then reboot the PC. 5.8.3 Click “OK” to remove the driver. 5.8.4 After remove the driver click “YES” to reboot your PC.
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English Manual 5.9 MAC Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install driver of USB-Serial adapter: 5.9.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.9.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and copy the “D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\MAC\SETUP.SIT” to the desktop from the CD-ROM. 5.9.3 Run the SETUP.SIT from the desktop, it will auto run the program and create a PL-2303G on desktop. 5.9
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English Manual 5.10 MAC Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.10.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your MAC machine. 5.10.2 Remove the “PL-2303G” into the trash and then reboot your MAC machine. 6 Setting Up the RS232 Serial Device Follow the steps below to connect your RS232 Serial Device (i.e.: Modem) to the USB port of your PC: 6.1 Turn off your Modem. Plug the DB 9 c
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English Manual 7 Trouble Shooting If you can successful install the driver but cannot use the USB-Serial Adapter with connect the other device: Go to the Control Panel-System-Device Manager and check the COM (COM&LPT), if you cannot see this item: Please check the BIOS setting → I/O configure setting → Onboard serial port 1, choose the setting is enabled and choose the value. Then return to the windows and check it again. Go to the Control Panel → Add New Hardware, following
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Deutsches Benutzerhandbuch Einführung Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Kauf Ihres LINDY USB-Seriell Konverters! Dieser Konverter ermöglicht es Ihnen serielle Geräte auf einfache Weise an den Computer über USB anzuschliessen. Der Adapter ermöglicht über den USB Bus den Anschluss der meisten serielle Geräte wie z.B. Handys mit serieller Schnittstelle, Digitalkameras, Modems, ISDN Terminaladapter seriell, u.v.a.m. Lieferumfang Zusammen mit dem LINDY USB-Seriell Konverters erhalten Sie ein US
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Deutsches Benutzerhandbuch Für Nutzer von WINDOWS ME: e) Wählen Sie Nach dem besten Treiber für das Gerät suchen und klicken Sie auf Weiter. f) Wechseln Sie in den Ordner Ihres CD-Laufwerks und klicken Sie auf Weiter. g) Überprüfen Sie den Pfad den Windows anbietet. Klicken Sie auf Weiter. Windows wird den Treiber finden (serwpl.inf) und das Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port anzeigen. Klicken Sie auf Weiter um fortzufahren bis die Installation beendet ist. Für Nutzer von WINDOWS 2000
