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48511 Warm Springs Blvd., Suite 206, Fremont, CA 94539, USA Tel: +1-510-490-8024 Fax:+1-510-623-7268 Web: http://www.actisys.com E-mail: irda-info@actisys.com ACT-IR204UN USB To Raw SIR Serial Adapter Driver Software User’s Manual April 21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1 Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corporation All Rights Reserved...
04/07/2006 & Chapter 8 COMPort utility • Revised Chapter 11 Characteristics & Specification • Consolidated Chapter of Characteristics & Specification into Data Sheet 1.3.2.1 04/21/2006 Release Note For Driver Of ACT-IR204UN Version Date Note 10/19/2004 • Original release. 1.0.0.5 • This driver addresses the issue of COM port receiving the data when it is 1.0.0.7...
Chapter 4 & 6 for installation procedure). b) Plug your ACT-IR204UN adapter into USB port of PC. It will lead you to a “Found New Hardware” procedure to complete the installation. ( Please also refer Chapter 4 & 6 for the details.) c) Run COM port detecting utility: “ACT-IR204UN_ComUtility.exe”...
USB dongle into your PC until you are instructed to do so. b) Put the ACT-IR204UN CD-ROM in your PC CD/DVD Drive. In most cases this should start to install automatically. If it does, proceed to STEP c). If it does not, open up your “My Computer”...
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When this installation completed, click “Exit” e) Reboot your computer! f) Now connect ACT-IR204UN IR adapter to USB port of your PC. The Windows system will display a pop-up “Found New Hardware” window with two messages. The first message is ”ACTiSYS ACT-IR204UN USB Serial IR Adapter” and then the second message is “ACT-IR204UN USB Serial IR Port “.
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You should see the device installed under Ports (COM & LPT) and Universal Serial Bus Controllers. If you have two USB Ports , and you have two ACT-IR204UN IR adapters to plug into the same PC, you can see two new USB serial Ports-> (COM & LPT) in “Device Manager” under “Control Panel”.
5. UNINSTALL DRIVER FROM WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 2K & WINDOWS 98SE 5.1 Method 1- UnInstall From Device Uninstaller Please execute the “UsirUnst.exe” from the ACT-IR204UN driver CD to uninstall the drivers. 5.2 Method 2- Uninstall From “Add/Remove Programs” a) Double click “Add/Remove Programs” under “Control Panel”.
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You should see the screen below. e) After uninstallation completed, you should see the screen bleow. Take out the dongle from USB port. Click “Reboot Now” to reboot. This should complete the uninstallation. Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 9 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
”. Select “Continue Anyway” each time. passed Windows Logo testing to …. f) After installation, you should see the screen.below: g) Click “Exit” to complete the installation. Then reboot your system. Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 10 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
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Now, plug ACT-IR204UN dongle into one of your PC’s USB ports. The Windows system should display a pop-up “Found New Hardware” window with the message: “ACTiSYS ACT-IR204UN USB Serial IR Adapter”in lower right corner of the toolbars first as below screen: Then desktop will also popup a “Found New Hardware Wizard”...
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When you see the following screen, select “Install the software automatically [Recommended]” Then click Next. Then you need to answer : “Continue Anyway” when you see the following alert message: Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 12 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
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Again you should see all the same windows as in step h) to l) and repeat the same answers as those steps. The only difference is the istallation software changed from “ACTiSYS ACT-IR204UN USB Serial IR Adapter” to “ACT-IR204UN USB Serial IR Port”.
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Driver Software User’s Manual NOTE: If you do not get your PC to successfully recognize the dongle ACT-IR204UN, go to Chapter 7 for “Troubleshooting Driver Installation”. To confirm if the installation is successful, look at the window from Device Manager as follows: •...
When installing the device drivers into Windows 2000/XP, you may have some difficulty. When you look at the device manager, if you do not see the ACTiSYS USB dongle listed you may have to follow the following steps to reinstall the drivers.
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The Wireless Connectivity Expert ACT-IR204UN Driver Software User’s Manual d) You should see the Properties window, Driver page below: Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 16 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1 ACTiSYS Confidential Information...
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Update Wizard” screen. Select the “No, not this time” radio button, then click “Next” f) You should see this screen: g) Select “Install from a list or specific location [Advanced]”, then click “Next” Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 17 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
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Driver Software User’s Manual h) You should see this screen. Select “Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install”, then click “Next”. You should see this screen. Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 18 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
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Driver Software User’s Manual click “Have Disk” You should see this screen. Select Browse. Browse to the directory you previously copied the drivers to: “C:\ACTiSYS\ WIN2K&XP” k) You should see the screens below. Select “Usir2k.inf” for Win2000 as left window, or select “USir.INF”...
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You may find the Warning Message: “This is not digitally signed”. Click “Next” to proceed. anyway. n) If your system is WinXP, you may see the following Warning Message: “The software you are installing for this hardware….”. Click [Continue Anyway]. Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 20 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1...
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The Wireless Connectivity Expert ACT-IR204UN Driver Software User’s Manual o) You should see the following screen.: p) Then you should see the following screen: q) Click “Finish”. Copyright 2005-2006 ACTiSYS Corp. Page 21 of 28 Apr.21, 2006 Version 1.3.2.1 ACTiSYS Confidential Information...
PC and succesfully complete the “Found New Hardware” PC detecting procedure, you could run this utility. You will see the COM port window as below when running it. If more than one ACT-IR204UN adapters are connected, then it will display all the ports. So if you want to identify each adapter’s COM port number, you had better check the first COM port before you plug the second one.
9. OPERATION OF ACT-IR204UN a) Establishing IR Connection with another PC b) After confirming the detection of ACT-IR204UN as indicated above, Place any other Raw IR device (Example: ACT-IR220 L+) c) Launch your connected application like “Hyper-Terminal” or other application in the Windows.
Driver Software User’s Manual 9.1 Establishing IR Connection With Another PC a) As the ACT-IR204UN is plugged into PC USB port & the detection is confirmed as above. From “Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager”. b) Launch your application such as ”Hyper-Terminal” or any other application in the Windows.
Never touch the pins of computer connection terminal. The internal circuits can be damaged by a Electro Static Discharge. If this device requires any servicing, use only an ACTiSYS service dealer, an ACTiSYS approved service facility, or an ACTiSYS repair service.
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ACT-IR204UN Driver Software User’s Manual ACTiSYS Corporation warrants the first end-user purchaser, for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase, that this wireless interface (The Product) will be free from defective workmanship and materials, and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the defect or replace the defective Product or part thereof at no charge to the purchaser for parts or for labor.
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