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ACTiSYS ACT-IR100UD-MDT User Manual

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ACT-IR100UD-MDT
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September 3, 2010
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  • Page 1 921 Corporate Way, 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-IR100UD-MDT ® USB to IrDA (IrLPT Secondary) Print Adapter User Manual September 3, 2010 Ver. 1.0.2.1 © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corporation All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    10.3 [Stop Recv] .........................16 10.4 [Open to Print] ........................16 10.5 [Delete Files]........................16 10.6 [Clear Log]..........................16 11. OPERATING ACT-IR100UD-MDT..............17 12. COMSET- COMMUNICATION PARAMETER SETTINGS ......19 12.1 The First Tab: Host Settings ....................20 12.2 The Second Tab: Discovery Timing Settings ..............21 12.3 The Third Tab: Primary Protocol Settings................22...
  • Page 3 ACT-IR100UD-MDT User Manual The Infrared Wireless Expert 15. CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICATION ..........23 16. ACT-IR100UD-MDT DONGLE DIMENSIONS ..........23 17. WARRANTY INFORMATION................ 24 18. CONTACT INFORMATION ................25 © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 3 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver. 1.0.2.1...

  • Page 4: Revision History

    ACTiSYS reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein to improve reliability, function or design. ACTiSYS does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit described herein.

  • Page 5: Precautions

    Never touch the pins of computer connection terminal. The internal circuits can be damaged by an 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.

  • Page 6: Overview

    IrDA protocols. It creates a Virtual COM port by USB to RS232 Serial conversion device. ACT-IR100UD-MDT provides a File Receive Utility. It stores the incoming data into a file, which can later be used for printing or other data processing. It has the option of selecting the configurable parameters and some extra features as below.

  • Page 7: System Requirement

    USB 1.1 port (or USB 2.0). 5. SETUP – UTILITIES INSTALLATION Note1: [Be Sure] ACT-IR100UD-MDT USB dongle is NOT plugged into PC until you have installed the driver. Note2: From “Add or Remove Program” in Control Panel of Win 98/ME/2K/XP, or from “Programs and Features”...
  • Page 8 A “License Agreement” window will show up as below. Click “Yes” to continue. e.) Then a “Choose Destination Location” window will pop up as below. Click “Next” to continue. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 8 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.
  • Page 9 The Infrared Wireless Expert f.) You will be asked to “Select Program Folder”. Click “Next” to continue. g.) Click “Finish” to end the first session, Utilities Installation. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 9 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver. 1.0.2.1...

  • Page 10: Driver Installation

    “ACT-IR100UD-DriverInstaller_v1210-20100408.exe“ in CD to run manually). b.) Then a Welcome screen for PL-2303 Driver installer will show up. Click “Next” to continue. c.) When this Installation completes, click “Finish” to close the Wizard window. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 10 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.

  • Page 11: Com Port Check

    User Manual The Infrared Wireless Expert d.) Now plug ACT-IR100UD-MDT IR adapter to USB port. System will pop up a “Found New Hardware” bubble window at the right corner of Tool Bar and display the message: “Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port” the first time you plug in.

  • Page 12: Utilities Uninstallation

    User Manual The Infrared Wireless Expert 8. UTILITIES UNINSTALLATION a.) Open Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel. select “ACT-IR100UD-MDT”. Then click “Change/Remove” as below: b.) It will ask you to Confirm File Deletion. Click “OK”. c.) When seeing Maintenance Complete, click “Finish”.

  • Page 13: Driver Uninstallation

    1. Open “Add or Remove Programs” on “Control Panel”. 2. Select “PL-2303 USB-to-Serial” and click “Remove” to remove the driver. It will pop up a Welcome window as below. Select “Remove”, then click “Next>”. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 13 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.
  • Page 14 The Infrared Wireless Expert 3. It will ask you to confirm as below window. Click “Yes” to continue. 4. After seeing “Uninstall Complete” window, click “Finish” to close the wizard. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 14 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.

  • Page 15: File Receive Utility

    Once the data starts receiving, it will be automatically stored into a file. After the last byte received, if no further new data found within this timeout period, © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 15 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.

  • Page 16: Start Recv]

    [Baud Rate] at which the dongle communicates. NOTE: ACT-IR100UD-MDT hardware dongle has been preset to 115.2 Kbps baud rate as its Factory Default, so you should select 115200 bps Baud Rate in this Utility. If you want to do host communication at other baud rate than 115.2 Kbps, then you must...

  • Page 17: Operating Act-Ir100Ud-Mdt

    Step 1. Make sure that all installations have been done as per above chapters. Then plug in this dongle to USB. Check COM port as per Chapter 7 COM PORT CHECK. Step 2. Open ACT-IR100UD-MDT File Receive Utility. Go to Start Menu >> Programs >> ACTiSYS >> ACT-IR100UD-MDT>> click on ACT-IR100UD-MDT File Receive Utility.
  • Page 18 Timeout as 3 sec for example, and File Extension as txt, then after received text data from opposite IrDA device, ACT-IR100UD-MDT will automatically popup a received file to text editor like Notepad as shown below, 3 sec after. It will also generate a log file entry of the receive file name, date and time as shown in below screen.

  • Page 19: Comset- Communication Parameter Settings

    2. Check the correct COM port number connected (Refer to Chapter 7 COM PORT CHECK). 3. Open COMSET Configuration utility from: Start => Program => ACTiSYS => ACT-IR100UD-MDT => ACT-IR100UD-MDT Config Utility. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 19 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.

  • Page 20: The First Tab: Host Settings

    “ACTiSYS IR100UD READY.” message as shown in below figure. NOTE: ACT-IR100UD-MDT dongle has been preset baud rate to 115.2 Kbps as its Factory Default, so you should select 115200 bps baud rate. If you wish to do host communication at any other baud rate than 115.2 Kbps, then you must select the same baud rate in File Receive utility as explained in previous Chapter 10.

  • Page 21: The Second Tab: Discovery Timing Settings

    Discovery Slot can make discovery process faster or slower. Discovery Time should be 3 seconds in general. You can change it if you want the discovery process faster or slower. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 21 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver.

  • Page 22: The Third Tab: Primary Protocol Settings

    This is for Primary Protocol Settings. Again, please DO Leave it to IrLPT since this is the Default of ACT-IR100UD-MDT. Do NOT change it. • [Save Configuration Note] If you change any parameter, be sure to click “Send” button on the tab you have changed first.

  • Page 23: Factory Default Parameter Settings

    DC current (Active Receive mode) 44.8 DC current (Active Transmit mode) 59.5 Infrared Transmitting range Operating temperature range, TA 16. ACT-IR100UD-MDT DONGLE DIMENSIONS Cable Length: 120 cm. © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 23 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver. 1.0.2.1...

  • Page 24: Warranty Information

    The Infrared Wireless Expert WARRANTY INFORMATION 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.

  • Page 25: Contact Information

    ACT-IR100UD-MDT User Manual The Infrared Wireless Expert CONTACT INFORMATION ACTiSYS Corporation 921 Corporate Way Fremont, CA 94539, USA TEL:+1-510-490-8024, FAX:+1-510-623-7268 E-Mail: irda-info@actisys.com Web: http://www.actisys.com © Copyright 2007-2010 ACTiSYS Corp. 25 of 25 Sep. 3, 2010 Ver. 1.0.2.1 Confidential Information...

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