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CONTENT For detailed description of the DRIVER INSTALLATION with screen shots included please refer to the ENGLISH manual. The description in the german, french and italian manuals are as short guide only. All brand names and product names used in this document are trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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English Manual 1. Overview Congratulations on your purchase of the USB-Serial adapter. This device provides a simple and easy way to connect Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Serial port interface. With the advantage of USB port, users have the capability to utilize the peripheral with serial port interface in an easy to use environment such as plug and play &...
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English Manual 5.1.3 Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)”, and then click “Next” to continue. 5.1.4 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and select Specify a location and type the “D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\Windows” in the dialogue (D: represents CD-ROM)
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English Manual 5.1.5 Windows® will detect the driver (SERWPL.INF) and shows the Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port. Click “Next” to continue installation. ® 5.1.6 Click Next to continue and let Windows copy the needed files to your hard disk. ® 5.1.7 When Windows finished installing the software, click “Finish”.
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English Manual Windows 98 Driver Un-installation ® If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.2.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.2.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.2.3 Click “Ok”...
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English Manual Windows ME Driver Installation ® ® Follow the steps below to install Windows ME driver 5.3.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.3.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and Plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port;...
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English Manual ® 5.3.4 When Windows finished installing the software, click “Finish”. 5.3.5 After install the driver, you have to check the “Control Panel”-“System”- “Device Manager” to make sure the driver has already installed, you can see a USB to Serial Port (COM3) under the Ports (COM & LPT) and a Prolific USB-to-serial Com Port under the Universal Serial Bus Controller.
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English Manual Windows ME Driver Un-Installation ® If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.4.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.4.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.4.3 Click “Ok”...
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English Manual Windows 2000 Driver Installation ® ® Follow the steps below to install Windows 2000 driver: 5.5.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.5.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and Plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port, Windows will run the Found New Hardware Wizard to assist you in setting up the new device.
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English Manual ® 5.5.5 Windows will detect the driver (SERWPL.INF) and Click “Next” to continue. 5.5.6 Click “Finish” to finish the step. 5.5.7 After the step, you have to check the “Control Panel”-“System”- “hardware”-“Device Manager” and you can see the (Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port) under the Ports (Com &...
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English Manual Windows ® 2000 Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.6.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.6.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM. 5.6.3 Click “Ok”...
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English Manual Windows XP Driver Installation ® ® Follow the steps below to install Windows XP driver: 5.7.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.7.2 Insert the driver of USB-Serial adapter into CD-ROM drive and plug in the USB-Serial adapter into the USB port, the “Found New Hardware Wizard”...
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English Manual 5.7.6 After install the driver, you can see a new Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM3) under the Ports (COM&LPT).
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English Manual Windows XP Driver Un-Installation ® If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.8.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your PC. 5.8.2 Run the D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\WINDOWS\ Uninstall.exe from the software CD-ROM, and then reboot the PC. 5.8.3 Click “OK”...
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English Manual MAC Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install driver of USB-Serial adapter: 5.9.1 Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 5.9.2 Insert the USB-Serial adapter software driver into the CD-ROM drive and copy the “D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\MAC\SETUP.SIT”...
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English Manual 5.10 MAC Driver Un-Installation If you want to remove the USB-Serial adapter driver, you can uninstall it by following the steps below: 5.10.1 Unplug the USB-Serial adapter from your MAC machine. 5.10.2 Remove the “PL-2303G” into the trash and then reboot your MAC machine.
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English Manual 7 Trouble Shooting If you can successful install the driver but cannot use the USB-Serial Adapter with connect the other device: Go to the Control Panel-System-Device Manager and check the COM (COM&LPT), if you cannot see this item: Please check the BIOS setting →...
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Schließen Sie den USB Seriell Adapter am USB-Port an. Windows wird ein unbekanntes Gerät identifizieren und startet automatisch den Hardwareassistenten um Ihnen bei der Einrichtung des neuen Geräts zu helfen. Legen Sie die LINDY Treiber-CD in das CD-Laufwerk ein und klicken Sie auf Weiter um fortzufahren Für Nutzer von WINDOWS 98: a) Wählen Sie Nach dem besten Treiber für das Gerät suchen und klicken Sie auf Weiter.
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3) Klicken Sie auf OK um fortzufahren. 4) Nachdem der Treiber entfernt wurde, muss der Rechner neu gestartet werden. LINDY-Elektronik GmbH behält sich das Recht vor, Informationen dieses Handbuchs an den Stand der Technik anzupassen. LINDY-Elektronik GmbH übernimmt keinerlei Gewähr hinsichtlich der Vollständigkeit und Richtigkeit der hier gemachten Angaben.
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ISDN, etc.. se connectent sur cet adaptateur. Livraison Vous trouverez en plus de l‘adaptateur USB Série LINDY un câble USB et un CD de pilotes. Configuration minimale IBM® PC 486DX4-100 MHz CPU ou plus ...
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Manuale in Italiano Pour les utilisateurs de WINDOWS ME: e) Validez par Rechercher le meilleur pilote pour ce périphérique et cliquez sur Suivant. f) Recherchez le répertoire d‘accès à partir du lecteur CD et cliquez sur Suivant. g) Vérifiez le chemin que Windows affiche. Cliquez sur Suivant. Windows va trouver le pilote (serwpl.inf) et affichera Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port.
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Manuale in Italiano Introduzione Congratulazioni per aver acquistato l’adattatore USB-Seriale Lindy. Questo prodotto permette di connettere semplicemente delle periferiche con interfacce seriali attraverso la porta USB.. Grazie alla connessione USB potrete utilizzare queste periferiche con il vantaggio di un funzionamento completamente Plug&Play oltre alla possibilità di collegamento a caldo della periferica.
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Manuale in Italiano Installazione dei Driver ® Windows Seguite la seguente procedura per installare l’adattatore: o Accendete il PC e controllate che le porte USB siano abilitate e funzionanti o Collegate l’adattatore USB-Seriale ad una porta USB e avviate l’installazione guidata di nuovo Hardware per assistervi nella configurazione.
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Manuale in Italiano Windows 2000 ® Seguite la seguente procedura per installare l’adattatore: o Accendete il PC e controllate che le porte USB siano abilitate e funzionanti o Inserite il CD-ROM dei driver e collegate l’adattatore alla porta USB del PC o Quando appare la finestra di installazione guidata selezionate l’opzione per la ricerca automatica del miglior driver (quella raccomandata) e poi fate click su “Avanti”...
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Manuale in Italiano Seguite la seguente procedura per installare l’adattatore: o Accendete il vostro MAC e controllate che le porte USB siano abilitate e funzionanti o Inserite il CD dei driver e copiate il file “D:\Driver\USB-SERIAL ADAPTER\MAC\SETUP.SIT” (D: rappresenta la lettera associate al lettore di CD- ROM) sul Desktop.