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USB 2.0 to Serial High- Speed RS-232 Industrial Adapter Product Manual Coolgear, Inc. Version 1.1 September 2017 Model Number: USB-COM-M www.coolgear.com...
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Coolgear New Manual About this document This product manual outlines installation and features of the USB-COM-M USB 2.0 to Serial High-Speed RS-232 Industrial Adapter. Scope The scope of this manual is to give the user of the product an understanding of its use with detailed diagrams and verbiage.
USB-COM-M – Product Manual Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................4 Features ........................4 2. Windows 7 / Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 Driver Installation ........5 Check Installation ....................6 Change COM Port Properties & COM Port Number ..........6 3.
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 1. Introduction The USB-COM-M is an industrial USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter with a rugged industrial-grade metal chassis, which allows it to be mounted, convert any host USB port into an RS-232 Serial port. This USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter provides instant connectivity with modems, ISDN TAs, PDAs, handheld &...
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 2. Windows 7 / Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 Driver Installation You need to have administrator privileges to install any new drivers under Windows 7/ Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000. To install the driver or update the configuration please log onto Windows as "Administrator"...
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 2.1 Check Installation You can now verify the installation has been completed successfully by looking under Device Manager of the System Properties screen. (Go there by Start-Setting- Control Panel-System Properties-Hardware-Device Manager. The device should have installed as a "USB Serial Port (COMx)" attached to "USB Serial Converter (A/B or A/B/C/D)".
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 3. Uninstalling Windows 2003 / XP / 2000 Drivers Please proceed with the following steps to uninstall the 2003/XP/2000 driver: 1. Insert the “USB COM Series Driver and Utility” CD into your CD-ROM. 2. The “USB COM Series Driver and Utility CD” dialog box appears.
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USB-COM-M – Product Manual Figure 5 8. When the message “Status: System clean completed” appears, double click “Exit” to complete the USB to serial drivers uninstall. Figure 6 9. Press “Start” button and select “Control Panel”. 10. Open the Add or Remove program.
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 11. Remove the first “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package (…)”. 12. Click “Change/Remove” and “Yes” to remove the first Windows Driver Package. 13. Remove the second “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package (…)”.
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USB-COM-M – Product Manual Figure 9 6. Select uninstall and be sure to click the box for “Delete the driver software for this device” in the next window and press “OK”. Figure 10 Note: If you have more than one USB Serial Port (COMx) installed in your PC, you need to repeat from step 5 to step 6 to delete the driver software for each port.
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USB-COM-M – Product Manual Figure 11 8. Select uninstall and be sure to click the box for “Delete the driver software for this device” in the next window and press “OK”. Figure 12 Note: if you have more than one USB Serial Converter installed in your PC, you need to repeat step 7 and step 8 to delete the driver software for all devices.
USB-COM-M – Product Manual 5. Notes, Tips, Warnings, and Safety Note: You need to install driver first, prior to hardware installation. Do not connect the USB-to-Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer, before you finish driver installation. Reference section...
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