Summary of Contents for TEDIA UC-485
- Page 1 TEDIA USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 (description of the converters and the Windows driver)
- Page 2 TEDIA® provides this document “as is,” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, its particular purpose. TEDIA reserves the right to make improvements ®...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TEDIA USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................. 1 2. UC-232 Converter ..............................2 3. UC-485 Converter ..............................3 4. Driver Installation (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003) ................4 5. Driver Installation (Windows Vista/7/8.x/10, Windows Server 2008/2008-R2/2012/2012-R2) ....8 6. -
Page 4: Introduction
USB port. The driver type: CDM driver FTDI Ltd., modified to be suitable for the TEDIA USB converters. Supported operating systems: •... -
Page 5: Uc-232 Converter
® 2. UC-232 Converter TEDIA UC-232 converter is a tiny isolated converter intended for expanding the number of RS-232 COM ports using the PC USB peripheral. The RS-232 circuits are isolated from the USB port; modern circuits providing high tolerance against inductive overvoltage have been used for the design. -
Page 6: Uc-485 Converter
® 3. UC-485 Converter TEDIA UC-485 converter is a tiny isolated converter intended for expanding the number of RS-485 COM ports using the PC USB peripheral. The RS-485 circuits are isolated from the USB port; modern circuits providing high tolerance against inductive overvoltage have been used for the design. -
Page 7: Driver Installation (Windows Xp, Windows Server 2003)
TEDIA USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® 4. Driver Installation (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003) This chapter is intended to guide the reader through the process of installing the system driver for the Windows operating systems. The screenshots in this chapter are taken from Windows XP, the installation process for other listed OS is analogical, otherwise the differences are stated in text. - Page 8 USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® 4) Insert the TEDIA InfoCD, or download the latest driver from https://www.tedia.eu/uc. Select „Search for the best driver in these locations“ and enter the file path in the combo-box (see Figure 5) or browse to it by clicking the browse button. Once the file path has been entered in the box, click next to proceed.
- Page 9 USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® 5) Due to the formal change of the orginal FTDI driver to be suitable for the TEDIA USB convertes (specific VID/PID), the supplied driver does not provide the Microsoft WHQL signature. However, it was digitally signed by TEDIA to ensure the user it has not been modified by a third party.
- Page 10 Found New Hardware Wizard (step 2). Fig. 9. TEDIA USB converter with the virtual COM port successfully installed. 8) Both the system driver and virtual COM port driver is now installed. You can verify the correct installation in the Device Manager under “Ports (COM &...
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Page 11: Driver Installation (Windows Vista/7/8.X/10, Windows Server 2008/2008-R2/2012/2012-R2)
“Install” (as can be seen in Figure 14). Note: Due to the formal change of the orginal FTDI driver to be suitable for the TEDIA USB convertes (specific VID/PID), the supplied driver does not provide the Microsoft WHQL signature. However, it was digitally signed to ensure the user it has not been modified by a third party. - Page 12 TEDIA USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® Fig. 12. Update Driver Software Procedure. Fig. 13. Update Driver Software Procedure. Fig. 14. Update Driver Software Procedure. page 9 10/2018...
- Page 13 TEDIA USB converters UC-232 and UC-485 ® 7) When the installation has finished a completion screen is displayed. You can close this window by selecting “Close”. Fig. 15. Sucessfully Installed Driver. 8) Go back to the Device Manager. The next step is the installation of virtual COM port emulation drivers (another device with yellow sign under “Other Devices”).
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Page 14: Driver Uninstallation
• Windows XP and Server 2003 do not have this check box, so driver files and OEM INF and PNF files must be removed manually or by using a custom application. Please contact the TEDIA technical support if you need to unistall the driver manually. -
Page 15: Troubleshooting
Please refer to the original driver documentation for further details of this procedure. If the user is unable to unistall the original driver, it is necessary to remove the driver manually. In such case please contact the TEDIA technical support. 10/2018...
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