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Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L IrDA PC Adapter User’s Manual ACTiSYS Corp. 48511 Warm Springs Blvd, Suite 206 Fremont, CA 94539, USA TEL: (510) 490-8024, FAX: (510) 623-7268 E-Mail: irda-support@actisys.com Web: www.actisys.com Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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Please retain this information. Model Number Serial Number Date of Purchase Place of Purchase All indicated copyrights and trademarks in the following pages are copyrights and trademarks of their Respective corporations. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE ....................17 WINDOWS ME UNINSTALLATION GUIDE ..................22 WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE....................23 WINDOWS XP UN-INSTALLATION GUIDE ..................28 TROUBLE SHOOTING ......................... 31 SPECIFICATIONS..........................32 WARRANTY INFOMATION ........................34 CONTACT INFORMATION ........................36 Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
1. Choose PNP & PCI from BIOS SETUP PNP OS Installed: NO Resource Controlled by: Manual 2. Choose Integrated Peripherals from BIOS SETUP Onboard UART2 Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3 Onboard IR function: Disable or UART2: Normal Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
1. Connect ACT-IR220L+/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC. 2. Boot up your computer system. 3. Double Click My Computer on DeskTop 4. Double Click Control Panel Double Click Add New Hardware on Control Panel Window. Click Next. Click Next. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual Select No, the device isn’t in the list in the box. Then click Next. Highlight Infrared Devices from the Hardware types list, then click Next. 10. Click Next. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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COM port or dongle), from Infrared Devices list, choose (Generic Infrared Serial Port or dongle). Then click OK. 12. Choose ACTiSYS IR-200L if you are a ACT-IR 200L user. Then click Next. 13. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L/ 220L+ if you are a ACT-IR-220L/ ACT-IR220L+ User.
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Select COM port which is physically connected to the Dongle. In most cases, the Dongle is connected to COM2. Choose Communication Port (COM2) from the Port list, click Next. 15. Reboot your computer. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double click System Icon 4. Click Device Manager tab. 5. Highlight Infrared Communication Device, and then click Remove. 6. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal box. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 7. Highlight (Generic Infrared Serial Port or Dongle), then click Remove. 8. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal. 9. Click on OK to restart your computer. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
5. On Welcome to the Add/Remove Hardware wizard, click Next>. 6. Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device, then click Next>. You may have to wait a while when the wizard searches for Plug and Play hardware. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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7. Highlight ADD a new drive then click Next. 8. Choose No, I want select the hardware form a list then click OK 9. Select the Infrared device from the Hardware types. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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Infrared Device list, choose ACTiSYS IR-200L Serial Infrared Device for IR200L; click Next>. 11. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L Serial Infrared Device for IR220L, click Next>. 12. ACTiSYS IR-220L+ Serial Infrared Device for IR220L+, click Next>. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 13. Click Next>. 14. Choose COM2 in most case, then click Next>. 15. Click Finish. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
2. Click on Control Panel. 3. Double click System Icon. 4. Click on Hardware tab, then click Device Manager button. 5. Click on Infrared devices, then highlight ACTiSYS IR-220L+Serial Infrared Device. 6. Click Action and then Uninstall. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 7. The device has been uninstalled and close device manager, restart your computer. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
2. Boot up your computer system. 3. Double Click My Computer icon on DeskTop 4. Double click Control Panel icon. 5. Double click Add New Hardware icon. 6. On the following boxes, click Next>. Click Next>. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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Hardware types list, then click Next >. Otherwise go to step 16. 10. From Manufacturers list, choose (legacy serial infrared device), from Models list, Choose ACT-IR200L Infrared Wireless Interface, then click Next>. 11. Click Finish. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual Double click Add New Hardware icon. 13. Click Next>. 14. Click Next>. 15. Choose No I want select the hardware from list, then click Next>. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 16. Highlight Infrared device from Hardware types list. Then click Next> 17. Click Next>. 18. Click Next> 19. If your device is IR200L, choose ACTiSYS IR200L, click Next>. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 20. If your device is physically connected to COM2, highlight Communications ports (COM2), then click Next>. 21. Click Next>. 22. Click Finish Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
3. Highlight the items in the Infrared devices, then click Remove button. 4. Highlight (Generic Infrared Serial Port or dongle), then click Remove button. Click OK button. 5. The device has been successfully uninstalled. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. Highlight My Computer, right click 2. Highlight Properties, left click 3. Click Add New Hardware Wizard. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 4. Click Next. 5. Choose Yes, I have already…………….. then click Next>. 6. Wait processing Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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7. Choose Add a new hardware device, then click Next>. 8. Choose install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), then click Next. 9. Choose Infrared devices, then click Next> Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 10. Choose respective ACT model, then click Next> 11. Click Next> 12. Choose the Com port which the device physically connected, click Next> Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 13. Click Finish Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual WINDOWS XP UN-INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. Highlight My Computer, then right click. 2. Highlight Properties, then left click 3. Click Device Manager Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 4. Highlight the items under Infrared device, then right click. 5. Click Uninstall 6. Click OK, you have successfully uninstalled the device on your system. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual 7. Click OK, you have successfully uninstalled the device on your system. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
4. Make proper model # selection in the software as specified in your PC system user`s manual. 5. Make sure to disconnect modem, etc. from the serial port to make it available for IR transmission. Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
C (32 F to 104 Dimensions (Inches): 2.0”L x 1.63”W x 0.62”H 51mm x 41mm x 16mm Weight: 2.0 oz (54 gr.) Accessories: User Manual Optional Accessories: DB9/DB25 Converter Windows 95/98/ME/2000: IR Software Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
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For data link to build up and maintain Signal Ground Reference ground (0V) for all signals Request to send Output signal from host computer Clear to send Input signal to host computer Release 1.5 ACTiSYS Corporation 2001 All Rights Reserved...
OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. ACTiSYS Corporation warrants to the first consumer purchaser, for a period of one 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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ACTiSYS Corp. Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual ACTiSYS Corporation warrants to the first consumer 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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