ATEN UC-232A manual

UC-232A USER MANUAL USB-to-Serial Converter uc232a.fm Page 1 Monday, July 23, 2007 3:36 PM[...]

FCC Information This equipme nt has been test ed and found to c omply with the li m i ts for a Class B d igital d evice, purs uant to Part 1 5 of the FCC Ru les. These lim its are designed t o pr ovide rea son able prot ec tion agai nst harmful interfer en c e in a res id en ti al installa tion. This equi pme nt generates, uses and c an radia te ra[...]

- 3 - UC-232A User Manu al Online Registr a tion You can register your product at our online support center:  Internati onal – http://support.aten.com  North America – http://www .aten-usa.com/product_regis tration Online Suppor t  Online technical support is available to A TEN customers through our support center:  International ?[...]

- 4 - Pa c k a g e C o n t e n t s The UC-232A USB-to-Serial Converter pa cka ge contains the following items:  1 UC-232A USB-to-Serial Conv erte r  1 Installation Disk  1 User Manual* Check to make sure t hat all the components are present and that nothing got damaged in shipping. If you encounter a p roblem, contact your dealer . Read th[...]

- 5 - Over view Universal Serial Bus (USB) port technology has emerged in response to the proliferation of external peripheral devices (scanners, digital cameras, removable drives, etc.) that are increasingly being connected to the latest generation of computers. It is faster than tradit ion al bus ports and, since it does not require any IRQs, the[...]

- 6 - Fe at u r e s  Full compliance with USB specification v1.1  Supports RS-232 serial inte rface  Supports automatic handsh ake mode  Up to 230 Kbps dat a transfer rate  Supports remote wake up and power management  Provides a 96 byte buffer for each upstream and downstream data transfer  Works with cellular phones, PDAs, di[...]

- 7 - W indows Inst alla tion (2000 and higher) Inst a lling the Driver(s) The installation disk included in the package contains Autorun software that will install the nece ssary driver(s) on your Windows system. Carefully follow the steps below. If at any point you encounter problems with the inst alla tion, you should ca ncel the installation pr[...]

- 8 - 3. Windows displays the following warning: 4. Y ou can safely ignore this warning. Click Continue Any way to continue installing the new software. When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appe ars: 5. Click Finish to close the wizard. Y ou have successfully installed the driver(s). uc232a.fm Page 8 Monday, July 23, 2007 3:3[...]

- 9 - Connecting the UC-232A 1. Connect the UC-232A USB-to-Serial Co nverter to a USB port on your computer. The New Hardware Wizard appears: 2. Select No, not this time , and then click Next to continue. The following dialog box appears: 3. Leave the default choice (Install the software automatically) , and then click Next to continue. uc232a.fm P[...]

- 10 - 4. Windows displays the following warning: 5. Y ou can safely ignore this warning. Click Continue Any way to continue installing the new h ardware. When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appe ars: 6. Click Finish to close the wizard. Y ou have successfully installed the UC-232A. uc232a.fm Page 10 Monday, Jul y 23, 2007 3[...]

- 11 - Uninst alling the Driver(s) 1. Insert the installa tion disk into the CD-ROM drive. The following dialog box appears: 2. Select Uninstall the driver , and then click Nex t . The following dialog box appe ars: 3. Click Finish . Y ou have successfully uninstalled the driver(s). uc232a.fm Page 11 Monday, Jul y 23, 2007 3:36 PM[...]

- 12 - W indows V ist a Inst alla tion Inst alling the Driver First, check that Vista’s language for non-Unicode programs is set to English by checking Regional and Language Op tions , then Administrative . 1. Insert the installation disk into your CD-ROM drive and click on the Vist a driver installer . The following dialo g box appears: 2. Click[...]

- 13 - 3. Click to accept the terms of the li cense agreement, then clic k Next to install the driver . When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears: 4. Click Finish to close the wizard. Y ou have successfully installed the driver . Y ou can now proceed to connect the UC- 232A. Connecting the UC-232A 1. Connect the UC-232A US[...]

- 14 - Mac Inst alla tion Inst alling the Sof tware Mac OS 9 1. Insert the installation disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Open the CD-ROM Folder , then open the MAC folder . 3. Copy the Mac OS 9 file ( UC-232_OS9_vxxxxx.hqx) to your hard disk. 4. Double-click on the file icon to extract the compressed file (s). 5. Copy the extracted file(s) to the Har[...]

- 15 - Linux Inst alla tion Inst alling the Driver(s) 1. Insert the installation disk into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Open a command line . 3. Move to the CD-ROM directory and then to the Linux subdirectory . 4. Move to the subdirecto ry that corres pond s to the version of your operating system. (For example, if your operating system is Red Hat 7.3, th[...]

- 16 - Uninst alling the Driver(s) 1. Open a command line . 2. Move to the directory where you installed the driver(s). 3. Enter the following command:  T o uninstall the driver: make uninst  T o uninstall all drivers (including the base driver): make uninst_all Y ou have successfully uninstalled the dr iver(s). uc232a.fm Page 16 Monday, Jul [...]

- 17 - Peripher al Inst alla tion 1. After you have fi nished the software installation pro cedures for your operating system and have conn ecte d the UC-232A to your computer , connect the peripheral device to the UC- 232A, and then turn the peripheral on. 2. Follow the Installation Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the inst allatio[...]

- 18 - Specifica tions Function Specification Connectors USB T ype A Plu g Serial DB-9 Male LEDs Data T ransfer / Handshaking (Orange) Data T ransfer Rate Up to 230 Kbps Cable Length 35 cm Power Consumption 450mW Power Mode Bus Powered USB S pecification 1.1 Compliant Environment Operating Te m p . 5–40 o C S torage Te m p . -20–60 o C Humidity[...]

- 19 - DB-9 Pin As signments Pin Assignment 1C D 2R X D 3T X D 4D T R 5G N D 6D S R 7R T S 8C T S 9R I uc232a.fm Page 19 Monday, Jul y 23, 2007 3:36 PM[...]

- 20 - Limited W arr an ty IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DIRECT VENDOR'S LIA BILITY EXCEED THE PRI CE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM TH E DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, DISK OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. The direct vendor makes no warranty or representation, expressed, implied, o r statutory wi[...]