USB To RS-232 Converter - User's Manual
USB To RS-232 Converter - User's Manual
USB To RS-232 Converter - User's Manual
Overview
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port technology has emerged in response to the proliferation of
external peripheral devices (scanner, digital camera, portable hard-disk drive, cell phone, PDA,
MP3 player, etc.) that are increasingly being connected to the latest generation of PCs. The USB
behaves in a similar fashion to conventional bus ports like Serial (COM), Parallel and PS/2. As it
doesn’t require any IRQs, more devices can be attached to the system without conflicts.
This USB to Serial converter provides an external plug-and-play connection for RS-232 -enabled-
devices with PC or any computerizing devices that support the USB specification. The converter
comes with the standard connectors of Serial DB-25 or DB-9 and USB Type A or B to fulfill your
working requirements. With the link of USB to Serial cable, communication starts interacting
without any barriers.
For further convenience, this product is designed to work by using the power drawn from the
Universal Serial Bus and no external power is required. As it is an USB compliant device, features
of plug and play, hot-swapping, energy-saving suspend, and resume are provided.
Since the most computers have limited USB and COM ports, USB hubs can be employed to gain
more USB ports for numerous USB peripheral devices to be connected up with your PC at the time.
System Requirements
Features
Note for UMC-101: Device of DB-25 and DB-9 can not be operated at same time.
Driver Installation
1. Please plug the USB to Serial converter into the USB port of PC first.
2. Insert the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The setup
program will begin to run automatically.
3. If it’s the first time you install the driver of USB to Serial device, you will
need to install the driver twice. One is for the device under Universal Serial
Bus Controllers, the other is for COMPORT.
Please note:
1. For multiple-port converter, each port has to be installed with the driver
individually, i.e. you have to repeat this installation procedure 2 times (2-port
converter) or 4 times (4-port converter).
2. If you have any difficulties with the drivers we provided in this CD, you may
download the updated or appropriate versions from FTDI Web site
www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm, supported device “FT232BM”.
Removal of Driver Software
Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM disk drive of the computer first then find
and execute file “FTDIUNIN.EXE” by following steps:
2. Unplug the converter device, click “Continue” to uninstall the drivers then
click “Finish” to exit.