Bafo Technologies BF-816 manual

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    BF -816 US B to Se ria l 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 1 USER’S M A N U A L BF-816 US B to S erial 2 Port 1. Introduc tion Congra tu lations on your purchase of the BF-816 USB to Serial 2 Port. This device provide s bridging between th e Universal Serial Bus (USB) i nput and two enhanced UART ports. This device c ontains all th e necessary logic to c[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Use r’s Manu al 2 5. Driver I ns tall at io n 5.1 Windows ® 98SE & ME & 2000 In stalla tion NOT I CE: Before you in stall t h e driver to your computer, pleas e do not connect the BF- 8 16 USB to Serial 2 Port to y o ur computer. 5.1.1 Turn o n the pow er of co m puter and m ake sure the USB por t i s enable[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 3 5.2 Windows ® XP Installatio n NOT I CE: Before you in stall t h e driver to your computer, pleas e do not connect the BF- 8 16 USB to Serial 2 Port to y o ur computer. 5.2.1 Turn o n the pow er of co m puter and m ake sure the USB por t i s enabled and can workin g properly. 5.2.2 Insert th e driv[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 4 5.2.6 Click “ Exit ” to end this installation. 5.2.7 Plug th e BF-816 USB to Serial 2 Port into USB P ort of PC . Wind ow s® w i ll detect an USB Device. 5.2.8 Select “I nsta ll the software automatically (recommen ded )”, then c lick “Next” to co ntinue. 5.2.9 W hen the window s appe a[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 5 5.2.10 Click “Finish” to end of Hardware Update W i za rd. 5.2.11 Select “Install the software automatically (recommended)”, t h en cl ick “Next” to co ntinue. 5.2.12 W h en the window s appear a s b e l ow, click “Continu e Anyway ” to i nstall the dri ve r .[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 6 5.2.13 Click “Finish” to end of Hardware Update W i za rd. 5.2.14 Select “Install the software automatically (recommended)”, t h en cl ick “Next” to co ntinue. 5.2.15 W h en the window s appear a s b e l ow, click “Continu e Anyway ” to i nstall the dri ve r .[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 7 5.2.16 Click “Finish” to end of Hardware Update W i za rd. 5.2.17 Your new hardware is installed a nd ready to u se . You w ill see som e in fo rm a tion o n t he “Device Manager”. USB Com p ound Devi ce  USB -to- Seri a l Port Driver(COM3) USB -to-Serial Port Driver(COM4)[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 8 5.3 MAC In stalla tion NOT I CE: Before you in stall t h e driver to your MAC, please do not connect the BF-8 16 USB to Serial 2 Port to the MA C . 5.3.1 Pow er on your MAC and m a ke sure tha t USB port is e n abled and working properl y . Put the driver CD i n t o the CD-ROM and run the driv er of[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 9 5.3.4 Click “I nstall ” to conti nue. 5.3.5 Select “Conti nue Inst allation” to conti nue. 5.3.6 Select “Restart” w ill reboo t yo ur system . 5.3.7 Now connect the BF- 8 16 USB to Serial 2 Port device to USB port.[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 10 5.3.8 Check whether the driver is loade d by typing “ kext stat” at t erminal (Cons ole). You will se e “ com.moschip.driver.m oschipusb ethern et.kext ” in lo a ded dri v er if it is successfully loaded. 5.3.9 You can go to “Sys tem Preferences”- “N etwork” . You will see New P ort[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 11 6. Setting U p the RS23 2 Serial D ev ice Follow the steps b e low to connect your RS232 Serial Device (i.e.: Modem ) to the USB port o f y our PC: 6.1 Turn o ff your Modem . Pl ug the DB 9 connector of the B F -816 USB to Serial 2 Port in to your Modem. Connect the other end of the BF-816 USB to S[...]

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    BF-81 6 USB to Serial 2 Po rt Us er’s Manu al 12 7. Disclaimer Information in t his document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer does no t m ake a ny representat io ns or w ar ranties (implied or otherwise) regarding the accuracy an d com pl eteness of this docum en t and shall in no event be liable for any lo ss o f profit or a[...]