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Sena DirectPort-USB User Manual

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DirectPort-USB
USB-Serial Converters

User Guide

Rev 1.0.0
Mar 8, 2010
Sena Technologies, Inc.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    DirectPort-USB USB-Serial Converters User Guide Rev 1.0.0 Mar 8, 2010 Sena Technologies, Inc.
  • Page 2 This device is not approved for life-support or medical systems. Changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by Sena Technologies will void the user's authority to operate this device.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.1 DB9 Male Connector ........................6 3.2 Line Connection for Terminal ......................6 3.3 Line Connection for Modem ......................6 4. DirectPort-USB UC1B (RS422/485) Settings.................... 7 4.1 DB9 Male Connector ........................7 4.2 JP1 Slew: RS422/RS485 Slew Rate Limit Function Settings ............7 4.3 JP2 RT: RS422/RS485 Terminal Resistor Settings................

  • Page 4: Overview

    DirectPort-USB 1. Overview DirectPort-USB is a high performance USB-to-Serial converter designed to provide serial connectivity (COM port) via USB port. Users can easily add serial ports to PCs without or limited native serial ports. DirectPort- USB supports RS232 or RS422/485 up to 921.6 Kbps and provides ESD protection up to ±15KV.

  • Page 5: Specifications

    Windows Vista 64 bit Windows 7 Windows 7 64 bit Mac OS 8/9, OS-X Linux 2.4 and greater (*) Approval CE, FCC Warranty 1-year limited warranty *: If you would like to use DirectPort-USB for Linux, please contact support@sena.com Page 5 of 36...

  • Page 6: Directport-Usb Uc1 Settings

    DirectPort-USB 3. DirectPort-USB UC1 Settings 3.1 DB9 Male Connector 3.2 Line Connection for Terminal 3.3 Line Connection for Modem Page 6 of 36...

  • Page 7: Directport-Usb Uc1B (Rs422/485) Settings

    DirectPort-USB 4. DirectPort-USB UC1B (RS422/485) Settings 4.1 DB9 Male Connector RS422  RS485  4.2 JP1 Slew: RS422/RS485 Slew Rate Limit Function Settings Off (Default)  Select ‘ Slew Rate Limit function on’ to reduce electromagnetic waves. Maximum serial communication speed is restricted to 250Kbps when this function is on.

  • Page 8: Jp3 Rt: Rs485 Echo/Non-Echo Mode Settings

    4.4 JP3 RT: RS485 Echo/Non-echo Mode Settings Non-Echo Mode Echo-Mode (Default) 4.5 JP4 422/485 SEL: RS422/RS485 Interface Settings RS422(Default) RS485 4.6 RS422 Point-to-Point/Multi-Drop Settings  DirectPort-USB support auto-toggling data transfer, so there are no hardware settings. 4.7 Line Connection for RS422 Point-to-Point Page 8 of 36...

  • Page 9: Line Connection For Rs422 Multi-Drop

    DirectPort-USB 4.8 Line Connection for RS422 Multi-Drop 4.9 Line Connection for RS485  Terminal Resistor: 120 Ohm  There is no distinction of host and terminal in RS485 Page 9 of 36...

  • Page 10: Driver Installation For Windows 98

    DirectPort-USB 5. Driver Installation for Windows 98 1. Run Windows 98. 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to the USB connector of the PC. 3. Click “ Next”. 4. Click “Next” Page 10 of 36...
  • Page 11 DirectPort-USB Check “Specify a location” and specify correct location of Windows 98 device driver. If you have the driver CD provided with DirectPort product, put it into the CD-ROM drive and specify the location of the driver as “D:\Win98”. Then click “Next”.

  • Page 12: Automatic Driver Installation For Windows

    2008 x64. If you want to install device drivers manually, please refer to manual installation pages. 1. Run Windows. 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’ s USB port. 3. Insert install CD into the CD-ROM drive. 4. If a “ Found New Hardware” window appears, click “Cancel”.
  • Page 13 DirectPort-USB 6. When the following windows appears, click “Run”. 7. Device drivers will be installed automatically. 8. After the installation is completed, the program will terminate. Go to “Control Panel”  “Device Manager” or right click “Computer”  “Device Manager” to open Device Manager. You will be able to see that “USB Serial Converter”and “USB Serial Port”is successfully installed.

  • Page 14: Manual Driver Installation In Windows 2000/Xp/2003

    7. Manual Driver Installation in Windows 2000/XP/2003  Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers Run Windows 2000/XP/2003. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’ s USB port. Insert install CD into the CD drive. Select “No, not this time”, then click “Next”...
  • Page 15 DirectPort-USB Click “ Finish” . Steps 4 through 6 automatically install drivers in the CD. “USB Serial Converter”will all be automatically installed. Following picture depicts “Device Manager” after step 7, As can be seen “USB Serial Converters” are successfully installed. The number of lines may vary depending on the product you are using.
  • Page 16 DirectPort-USB Select “No, not this time” to install “USB Serial Port”, then click “Next” 10. Following procedures will guide you through installing “USB Serial Port” . Select “No. Do not connect now” , and then click “ Next” Page 16 of 36...
  • Page 17 DirectPort-USB Click “ Finish” 12. Steps 9 through 11 automatically install drivers in the CD. “ USB Serial Port” will all be automatically installed. 13. Following picture depicts “ Device Manager” before serial port installation, The number of lines may vary depending on the product you are using.
  • Page 18 14. Following picture depicts “ Device Manager” after carrying out all steps. As can be seen “ USB Serial Converters”and “ USB Serial Ports” are successfully installed. 15. DirectPort-USB installation on Window 2000/XP/2003 is now finished. Page 18 of 36...

  • Page 19: Manual Driver Installation For Windows Vista/2008

     Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers 1. Run Windows Vista 2. Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’ s USB port. 3. Insert media CD(provided with DirectPort) into the CD drive 4. Click “ Locate and install driver software (recommended)”on the “ Found New Hardware”window.
  • Page 20 DirectPort-USB 7. Following procedures will guide you through installing “USB Serial Port” . Select ‘ Don’ t search online’ 8. Click “ Locate & Install driver software (recommended)”on the “New hardware found”window Page 20 of 36...
  • Page 21 DirectPort-USB 9. Following picture depicts “Task Manager” after carrying out step 8. As can be seen, all “USB Serial Converters”and “ USB Serial Ports”are successfully installed. 10. “DirectPort-USB” installation on Window Vista/2008 is now finished Page 21 of 36...

  • Page 22: Manual Driver Installation For Windows 7

    9. Manual Driver Installation for Windows 7  Install procedures for 64bit drivers are identical to 32bit drivers Run Windows 7 Connect DirectPort-USB to your PC’ s USB port. Insert media CD(provided with DirectPort) into the CD drive Click “ Hardware and Sound”in “Contro l Panel”...
  • Page 23 DirectPort-USB Right click “FT232R USB UART” in “Device Manager”. then Choose “Update Driver Software” Click “Browse my computer for driver software”in order to install driver manually. Page 23 of 36...
  • Page 24 DirectPort-USB Click “Browse” and set driver software’ s location to “[CD]:\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7” Confirm that “USB Serial Converter” is installed normally. then, right click "USB Serial Port" and follow the same process from number 6 again. Page 24 of 36...
  • Page 25 10. Following picture depicts “ Device Manager” after carrying out all step. As can be seen, all “USB Serial Converters”and “ USB Serial Ports” are successfully installed. 11. “DirectPort-USB” installation on Window 7 is now finished Page 25 of 36...

  • Page 26: Windows Device Driver Setup

    DirectPort-USB 10. Windows Device Driver Setup 1. An advanced properties page is available for devices using the device. To access the advanced properties page, open "Device Manager” in Control Panel. Find the USB serial port you want to change the properties of and right-click on it. Select "Properties" from the menu then select the "Port Settings"...
  • Page 27 DirectPort-USB 2. This page allows configuration of the basic device parameters (i.e. Baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits and flow control). To access more advanced settings, click on the "Advanced… " button to display the advanced properties page (shown below).
  • Page 28 "Disable Modem Ctrl At Startup", then it is likely that "Serial Enumerator" should be unchecked in the property page. Don ’ t adjust these parameters if you can use the device normally. If not, please contact us (support@sena.com) about these parameters first. Page 28 of 36...

  • Page 29: Removing Windows 98/2000/Xp/2003 Driver

    DirectPort-USB 11. Removing Windows 98/2000/XP/2003 Driver  DirectPort-USB will be removed after all removal processes are completed. 1. Execute “ Task Manager” . “ USB Serial Converter A/B”controllers and “ USB Serial Port (COM3~6)” Serial Ports can be seen. The number of ports may vary depending on the product you are using. These devices must all be removed.
  • Page 30 DirectPort-USB 3. Execute “FTClean.exe”. Type the correct PID under “ PID(Hex)”box, and then click “ Clean System”. “PID” refers to the Product ID  Multi-1 PID: 6001  Multi-4/8 PID: 6010 4. Click “ OK” . Page 30 of 36...
  • Page 31 DirectPort-USB 5. Click “ Yes” . 6. Click “ No” . 7. “FTDI Uninstaller v3.0”window will appear & disappear several times. This is a normal uninstall process so wait until this window does not appear. Page 31 of 36...
  • Page 32 DirectPort-USB 8. Driver removal is completed when the following window(FTDI Clean Utility) remains activated without any action. 9. Remove DirectPort-USB from USB connection port. 10. The driver removal process is now completed. Page 32 of 36...

  • Page 33: Removing Windows Vista/2008/7 Driver

     Please note that device driver removal procedure under Windows Vista/2008/7 is different from other Window versions. 1. Execute “ Device Manager”. Do not remove DirectPort-USB from USB port. DirectPort-USB will be removed after all removal processes are completed. 2. “USB Serial Converter”controllers and “ USB Serial Port(COM#)”serial ports can be found.
  • Page 34 DirectPort-USB 4. Check the following check box, and click “OK” . 5. “USB Serial Port” removal is now completed. We will now continue with “USB Serial Converter” removal. Right click on the “ USB Serial Converter”and click “Uninstall”. Page 34 of 36...
  • Page 35 DirectPort-USB 6. Check the “check box”and click “ OK” . 7. DirectPort -USB drivers are now completely removed from your system. Page 35 of 36...

  • Page 36: Regulatory Information

    CE Declaration of Conformity We, Sena Technologies, Inc., 210 YangJae-dong, SeoCho-gu, Seoul 137-130, Korea, declare that the product(s):  DirectPort-USB UC1 USB-RS232 Serial Converter ...

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