DirectPort-USB USB-Serial Converters User Guide Rev 1.0.0 Mar 8, 2010 Sena Technologies, Inc.
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DirectPort-USB Contents 1. Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Specifications........................................................................................................................................... 5 3. DirectPort-USB UC1 Settings................................................................................................................... 6 3.
DirectPort-USB 1. Overview DirectPort-USB is a high performance USB-to-Serial converter designed to provide serial connectivity (COM port) via USB port. Users can easily add serial ports to PCs without or limited native serial ports. DirectPortUSB supports RS232 or RS422/485 up to 921.6 Kbps and provides ESD protection up to ±15KV.
DirectPort-USB 2. Specifications Serial speed Communication distance Up to 921.6 Kbps RS232 up to 15m, RS422/485 up to 1.2 Km RS422/485 multi-drop Bus interface Line interface UART controller Up to 127 nodes USB 2.0 RS232 or RS422/485 16C550 Connector LED Dimension Weight DB9 male Tx, Rx 33.4 mm X 61.0 mm (1.31 in X 2.
DirectPort-USB 3. DirectPort-USB UC1 Settings 3.1 DB9 Male Connector 3.2 Line Connection for Terminal 3.
DirectPort-USB 4. DirectPort-USB UC1B (RS422/485) Settings 4.1 DB9 Male Connector RS422 RS485 4.2 JP1 Slew: RS422/RS485 Slew Rate Limit Function Settings Off (Default) On Select ‘Slew Rate Limit function on’ to reduce electromagnetic waves. Maximum serial communication speed is restricted to 250Kbps when this function is on. Slew Rate Limit allows communication without errors by activating slew-rate driver to reduce reflection waves and EMI electromagnetic waves.
DirectPort-USB 4.4 JP3 RT: RS485 Echo/Non-echo Mode Settings Echo-Mode Non-Echo Mode (Default) 4.5 JP4 422/485 SEL: RS422/RS485 Interface Settings RS422(Default) RS485 4.6 RS422 Point-to-Point/Multi-Drop Settings DirectPort-USB support auto-toggling data transfer, so there are no hardware settings. 4.
DirectPort-USB 4.8 Line Connection for RS422 Multi-Drop 4.
DirectPort-USB 5. Driver Installation for Windows 98 1. Run Windows 98. 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to the USB connector of the PC. 3. Click “Next”. 4.
DirectPort-USB 5. Check “Specify a location” and specify correct location of Windows 98 device driver. If you have the driver CD provided with DirectPort product, put it into the CD-ROM drive and specify the location of the driver as “D:\Win98”. Then click “Next”. 6. Click “Finish” to complete the installation process. 7. Repeat steps 3-6 when “Add New Hardware Wizard” restarts.
DirectPort-USB 6. Automatic Driver Installation for Windows This procedure applies to Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 x64. If you want to install device drivers manually, please refer to manual installation pages. 1. Run Windows. 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’s USB port. 3. Insert install CD into the CD-ROM drive. 4. If a “Found New Hardware” window appears, click “Cancel”. 5. Go to “[CD]\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7”. Execute “CDM20600”.
DirectPort-USB 6. When the following windows appears, click “Run”. 7. Device drivers will be installed automatically. 8. After the installation is completed, the program will terminate. Go to “Control Panel” “Device Manager” or right click “Computer” “Device Manager” to open Device Manager. You will be able to see that “USB Serial Converter”and “USB Serial Port”is successfully installed.
DirectPort-USB 7. Manual Driver Installation in Windows 2000/XP/2003 Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers 1. Run Windows 2000/XP/2003. 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’s USB port. 3. Insert install CD into the CD drive. 4. Select “No, not this time”, then click “Next” 5. Select “Install software automatically (Recommended)”, then click “Next”.
DirectPort-USB 6. 7. Click “Finish”. Steps 4 through 6 automatically install drivers in the CD. “USB Serial Converter”will all be automatically installed. 8. Following picture depicts “Device Manager” after step 7, As can be seen “USB Serial Converters” are successfully installed. The number of lines may vary depending on the product you are using.
DirectPort-USB 9. Select “No, not this time” to install “USB Serial Port”, then click “Next” 10. Following procedures will guide you through installing “USB Serial Port”. Select “No.
DirectPort-USB 11. Click “Finish” 12. Steps 9 through 11 automatically install drivers in the CD. “USB Serial Port” will all be automatically installed. 13. Following picture depicts “Device Manager” before serial port installation, The number of lines may vary depending on the product you are using.
DirectPort-USB 14. Following picture depicts “Device Manager” after carrying out all steps. As can be seen “USB Serial Converters”and “USB Serial Ports” are successfully installed. 15. DirectPort-USB installation on Window 2000/XP/2003 is now finished.
DirectPort-USB 8. Manual Driver Installation for Windows Vista/2008 Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers 1. Run Windows Vista 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’s USB port. 3. Insert media CD(provided with DirectPort) into the CD drive 4. Click “Locate and install driver software (recommended)”on the “Found New Hardware”window. 5. Step 4 will automatically install drivers in the CD. Dual RS232 will automatically be installed. 6.
DirectPort-USB 7. Following procedures will guide you through installing “USB Serial Port”. Select ‘Don’t search online’ 8.
DirectPort-USB 9. Following picture depicts “Task Manager” after carrying out step 8. As can be seen, all “USB Serial Converters”and “USB Serial Ports”are successfully installed. 10.
DirectPort-USB 9. Manual Driver Installation for Windows 7 Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers 1. Run Windows 7 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’s USB port. 3. Insert media CD(provided with DirectPort) into the CD drive 4. Click “Hardware and Sound”in “Contro l Panel” 5. Following picture depicts Device Manager after carrying out step 4 . Click “Device Manager”.
DirectPort-USB 6. Right click “FT232R USB UART” in “Device Manager”. then Choose “Update Driver Software” 7. Click “Browse my computer for driver software”in order to install driver manually.
DirectPort-USB 8. Click “Browse” and set driver software’s location to “[CD]:\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7” 9. Confirm that “USB Serial Converter” is installed normally. then, right click "USB Serial Port" and follow the same process from number 6 again.
DirectPort-USB 10. Following picture depicts “Device Manager” after carrying out all step. As can be seen, all “USB Serial Converters”and “USB Serial Ports” are successfully installed. 11.
DirectPort-USB 10. Windows Device Driver Setup 1. An advanced properties page is available for devices using the device. To access the advanced properties page, open "Device Manager” in Control Panel. Find the USB serial port you want to change the properties of and right-click on it. Select "Properties" from the menu then select the "Port Settings" tab to get the window below.
DirectPort-USB 2. This page allows configuration of the basic device parameters (i.e. Baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits and flow control). To access more advanced settings, click on the "Advanced… " button to display the advanced properties page (shown below). 3. This page will allow the following parameters to be altered: COM port number USB buffer sizes Latency timer Alter this to correct compatibility problems for obsolete applications.
DirectPort-USB enumeration sequence causes the modem control signals to change at startup. So if it is necessary to select "Disable Modem Ctrl At Startup", then it is likely that "Serial Enumerator" should be unchecked in the property page. Don ’ t adjust these parameters if you can use the device normally. If not, please contact us (support@sena.com) about these parameters first.
DirectPort-USB 11. Removing Windows 98/2000/XP/2003 Driver DirectPort-USB will be removed after all removal processes are completed. 1. Execute “Task Manager”. “USB Serial Converter A/B”controllers and “USB Serial Port (COM3~6)” Serial Ports can be seen. The number of ports may vary depending on the product you are using. These devices must all be removed. 2. Insert install CD in the CD-Rom. Open the folder named “Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7”.
DirectPort-USB 3. Execute “FTClean.exe”. Type the correct PID under “PID(Hex)”box, and then click “Clean System”. “PID” refers to the Product ID Multi-1 PID: 6001 Multi-4/8 PID: 6010 4. Click “OK”.
DirectPort-USB 5. Click “Yes”. 6. Click “No”. 7. “FTDI Uninstaller v3.0”window will appear & disappear several times. This is a normal uninstall process so wait until this window does not appear.
DirectPort-USB 8. Driver removal is completed when the following window(FTDI Clean Utility) remains activated without any action. 9. Remove DirectPort-USB from USB connection port. 10. The driver removal process is now completed.
DirectPort-USB 12. Removing Windows Vista/2008/7 Driver Please note that device driver removal procedure under Windows Vista/2008/7 is different from other Window versions. 1. Execute “Device Manager”. Do not remove DirectPort-USB from USB port. DirectPort-USB will be removed after all removal processes are completed. 2. “USB Serial Converter”controllers and “USB Serial Port(COM#)”serial ports can be found. 3. Find ‘USB Serial Port(COM#)’ under “Ports (COM & LPT)”.
DirectPort-USB 4. Check the following check box, and click “OK”. 5. “USB Serial Port” removal is now completed. We will now continue with “USB Serial Converter” removal. Right click on the “USB Serial Converter”and click “Uninstall”.
DirectPort-USB 6. Check the “check box”and click “OK”. 7. DirectPort -USB drivers are now completely removed from your system.
DirectPort-USB 13. Regulatory Information FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
