Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product USB to 8-Port Serial Adapter U209-008 Tripp Lite
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Owner’ s Man ual W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION: register online today f or a chance to win a FREE T ripp Lite pr oduct— www .tripplite.com/warranty U209-004 USB to 4-P or t Serial Adapter U209-008 USB to 8-P or t Serial Adapter 1111 W . 35th St., Chicago, IL 60609 USA Customer Support: (773) 869-1234 www .
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3 Intr oduction This manual describes how to set up and install your USB-to-Serial Adapter . U209-004 and U209-008 provide four or eight independent RS-232 serial interfaces to the host PC via the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. Each adapter uses high-speed UAR T s and deep FIFOs, allowing each channel to obtain data rates up to 921.
4 Installing the USB-to-Serial Adapter (continued) 4. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. This is the CD that shipped with the product. 5. Select the "Advanced" option. Click the Next button. The Choose your search and installation options prompt displays (figure 2).
5 Installing the USB-to-Serial Adapter (continued) 9. Press the Finish button to continue. The USB adapter installation is complete. Figur e 5 - W indows XP Finished installing pr ompt indicates that the adapter has been successfully installed.
6 Installing the USB-to-Serial Adapter (continued) 5. Insert the installation CD into your CD- ROM drive. This is the CD that shipped with the adapter . 6. Select Search for a suitable driver for m y device (recommended). 7. Click the Next button. The Locate driver files prompt displays (figure 8).
7 Installing the USB-to-Serial Adapter (continued) Uninstalling under Windows 2000 or Windows XP Follow these steps in the event that you need to uninstall or reinstall the USB-to-Serial software. 1. From the Control Panel, select System. 2. Press the Hardware tab.
8 Making e xternal connections (continued) T esting DB-9 serial por ts in HyperT erminal This section explains how to test the functionality of your USB-to-Serial adapter using HyperT erminal. An RS-232 loopback connector is included with the USB-to-Serial adapter .
9 Using De vice Manager (continued) 1. With Device Manager open, expand the Multi-port serial adapters device group. Y our USB-to-Serial adapter should appear in the list. 2. Double click the USB-to-Serial adapter . The Properties dialog box opens and displays the General tab (figure 14).
10 Figur e 16 - USB Ports Settings box, which lets you set the default port settings, view the advanced options, and r estor e the default settings. Using De vice Manager (continued) 8. Click the Port settings tab. The Port Settings dialog box displays (figure 16).
11 Using De vice Manager (continued) 14 . Click the Driver Details button to view detailed driver information. The Driver File Details dialog box opens (figure 19).
12 Appendix A Specifications Bus interface USB Specification 2.0, high speed 480 Mbps. Backward compatible with USB 1.1 full speed 12 Mbps. Baud rates Up to 921,600 bps.
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