User manual BELKIN F5U003

[. . . ] Insert the flat (type A) connector into an available USB port on your PC or USB hub attached to your PC. Insert the square connector (type B) into the USB Serial Adapter device. When asked "What do you want Windows® to do?" choose Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). The final dialog says "Windows® has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires. " Click "Finish". 3 A new COM port will automatically be installed for both the OSR2. 1 and Windows® 98 versions. [. . . ] If a dialog pops up stating that a file could not be found, make sure that the Copy files from: edit box contains the name of your floppy drive and click "OK". Once DOS Box support is enabled for a specific USB Serial Adapter device, and additional Port entry in the Device Manager will be created, labeled 16550 COM Port Emulator. Open the "Control Panel" and double-click on Add/Remove Programs. On the Install/Uninstall page, click on "USB Serial Adapter" software from the list box and click "Add/Remove". You can choose to uninstall the USB Serial Adapter driver and installation files, the mouse driver and installation files, or both. Choose whatever you would like to remove (a check mark will appear in the box next to each item to be uninstalled) and click "OK". Serial Plug-and-Play Device Detection A Plug-and-Play device, such as a modem, can be detected in one of two ways: 1. Follow the instructions below to open the "Device Manager": 1. Click the "Device Manager" tab on the System Properties page. Your Plug-and-Play device should be detected and you may be asked for a driver if it has not been previously installed. Follow the instructions that came with your device to complete the installation. Adding Non-Plug-and-Play (Legacy) Devices Non-Plug-and-Play devices must be added through the Add New Hardware wizard in the Control Panel. Using this wizard, follow the installation instructions that came with your device. 7 4. 3. When the device is installed, the center, green LED will remain blinking until the installation is complete. If the installation is successful, the red LED will remain on, indicating power. When the device is plugged in after installation, the lights will blink one at a time in sequence from the red LED to the green LED, then back. When the device has fully initialized and is ready to work, the red power LED will remain on. During normal usage, the two green LEDs indicate data being transmitted and received. [. . . ] If the wrong drivers have been installed or if you are not sure, follow the instructions in section 3. 3, Uninstalling the USB Serial Adapter Drivers and reinstall the software. If you have enabled DOS Box support, make sure that no other applications are using the Windows® name for the COM port or the DOS name for the COM port (see section 4. 4 Using the USB Serial Adapter with DOS Applications). 9 5. 2. Communications Garbled If you are using the USB Serial Adapter to communicate between two computers over a serial cable, make sure that the communications settings are the same on each computer. For instance, if one computer is set up for 9600-baud, 8 data bits, no parity, one stop bit and hardware handshaking, errors can occur if the settings on the other device do not match. [. . . ]