Installation Guide of Hi-Speed

USB to Serial & Multi-Serial Adapter

The USB to Serial Adapters consist of the following models:

 USB to Single Serial Adapter (USBG-232, USBG-232MM, USBG-COM-MINI)

 USB to Single Serial Adapter (USBG-COM-M, USB-COM-25, USB-COM-SI-M)
 USB Dual Serial Adapter (USBG-2COM, USBG-232FT-1)
 USB Dual Serial Adapter (Metal) (USBG-2COM-M, 2x232P1)
 USB Quad Serial Adapter (USBG-4COM,USBG2-4COM-M, 4x232P1)
 USB 8-Port Serial Adapter (USBG-8COM, USBG2-8COM-M)
 USB to 16-Port Serial Adapter (USBG-16COM-RM)
 USB to 32-Port Serial Adapter (USBG-32COM-RM)
 USB to Single RS-422/485 Adapter (USB-COMi, USB-COMi-SI)

Introduction

The USB Serial Adapter is designed to make serial port expansion quick and simple.
Connecting to a USB port on your computer or USB hub, the USB Serial Adapter
instantly adds serial communication port to your system. By taking advantage of
the USB bus, the USB Serial Adapter makes it easier than ever to add serial port and
serial device to your system with easy plug-and-play and hot plug features.
Adapting the new technology, the serial port expansion now takes the new bus with
easy and convenient connectivity.

Plugging the USB Serial Adapter to the USB port, the adapter is automatically
detected and installed. There are no IRQ & COM port conflicts, since the port
doesn't require any additional IRQ, DMA, memory as resources on the system. The
RS-232, or RS-422/485, port functions as native Windows COM port, and it is
compatible with Windows serial communication applications. Each port is
individually configurable.

The USB Serial Adapter provides instant connectivity to RS-232, or RS-422/485,

communication device for factory automation equipment, multi-drop data collection
devices, barcode readers, time clocks, scales, data entry terminal and serial
communication in harsh environment. The USB to Serial Adapter is suitable for
remote access, retail and industrial application, data collection and other
applications requiring high speed RS-232, or RS-422/485, communication ports.

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Power Requirement

If your USB to Serial Adapter is provided with external power adapter, you need to
plug the power adapter to the power source after driver installation.

The USBG2-4COM-M and 4x232P1 are powered by host USB ports. They must work
in USB self-power mode that supplies power of 5V / 500mA.

Windows 7/ Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 Driver Installation

You need to have administrator privileges to install any new drivers under Windows
7/ Vista/ 2003/ XP/2000. To install the driver or update the configuration please log
onto Windows as "Administrator" or ask your system administrator to install the
USB-COM driver.

You need to install driver first, prior to hardware installation. Do not connect the
USB-to-Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer, before you finish driver
installation.

Please proceed with the following steps to install the driver:

1. Insert the “USB COM Series Driver and Utility” CD into your CD-ROM.
2. The “USB COM Series Driver and Utility CD” dialog box appears.
3. Under “Driver Installation”, double click “Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000
driver” to install the device driver.
4. The USB COM install program will auto-detect the OS type and install the
driver automatically. (Note: in Windows 7 or Vista OS you will find another
dialog box, please click on “OK” to confirm the drivers install program).

5. After the message “FTDI CDM Driver installation process completed”

appears, press “Enter” to complete the driver installation.
6. Plug in the USB to Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer.
Windows will finish installing the driver files.

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Check Installation

You can now verify the installation has been completed successfully by looking
under Device Manager of the System Properties screen. (Go there by Start-Setting-
Control Panel-System Properties-Hardware-Device Manager.

The device should have installed as a "USB Serial Port (COMx)" attached to "USB
Serial Converter (A/B or A/B/C/D)".

Change COM Port Properties & COM Port Number

This feature is particularly useful for programs, such as HyperTerminal, which only
work with COM1 through COM4. Please ensure that you do not change the COM
Port Number already in use.

To change the virtual COM port properties:

 Select the "USB Serial Port"

 Click “Properties”.
 Select "Port Setting" and “Advanced”.
 Click the drop down arrow on COM Port Number and scroll to the required COM
port. Select "OK".
 Return to the Device Manager Screen. You will see that the USB Serial Port
installation has been changed to the new COM Port Number.

Uninstalling Windows 2003/XP/2000 Drivers

Please proceed with the following steps to uninstall the 2003/XP/2000 driver:

1. Insert the “USB COM Series Driver and Utility” CD into your CD-ROM.
2. The “USB COM Series Driver and Utility CD” dialog box appears.
3. Under “Driver Uninstalling”, double click “Windows 2003, XP, 2000 driver
uninstall” to uninstall the device driver.
4. When the following dialog box appears, double click “Clean System” to
uninstall the 2003/XP/2000 drivers.

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5. You need to disconnect all USB to serial Adapters from your PC, when the
message below appears. Double click “OK” to start uninstalling Windows
2003/XP/2000 USB to Serial drivers.

6. Double click “Yes” to confirm it.

7. Click “No” to proceed.

8. When the message “Status: System clean completed” appears, double click
“Exit” to complete the USB to serial drivers uninstall.

9. Press “Start” button and select “Control Panel”.

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10. Open the Add or Remove program.

11. Remove the first “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package (…)”.

12. Click “Chang/Remove” and “Yes” to remove the first Windows Driver
Package.

13. Remove the second “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package
(…)”.

14. Click “Chang/Remove” and “Yes” to remove the second Windows Driver
Package.

15. Reboot the computer to complete the driver uninstall.

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Uninstalling Windows 7 or Vista Drivers

Windows 7 and Vista have many new security features. You need to proceed with
the following steps to uninstall the Vista driver:

1. The USB to serial devices must connect to the PC.

2. Press “Start” button and select “Control Panel”.

3. Select “Classic View” from the top left hand corner and then “System” from
the list.

4. Select “Device Manager” from the top left hand corner.

5. Locate your Device under the Ports (COM & LTP) section and right click on
it to bring up the menu shown.

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 6. Select uninstall and be sure to check the box for “Delete the driver software
for this device” in the next window and press “OK”.

Note: if you have more than one USB Serial Port (COMx) installed in your PC, you
need to repeat from step 5 to step 6 to delete the driver software for each port.

7. Locate your Device under the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section, and
right click on it to bring up the menu shown.

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 8. Select uninstall and be sure to check the box for “Delete the driver software
for this device” in the next window and press “OK”.

Note: if you have more than one USB Serial Converter installed in your PC, you
need to repeat step 7 and step 8 to delete the driver software for all devices.

RS-232 Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male

Pin 1 DCD
Pin 2 RxD
Pin 3 TxD
Pin 4 DTR
Pin 5 GND
Pin 6 DSR
Pin 7 RTS
Pin 8 CTS
Pin 9 RI

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Hardware Installation & RS-422/485 Mode
Configuration of USB to RS-422/485 Adapter

Jumper Settings for RS-422 or RS-485

Inside the unit of USB-COMi or USB-COMi-SI, there is a 10 x 2 (20 pin) header block
which is jumpered to select the mode of operation. You will need to open up the
plastics or metal covers, and set the jumper setting to RS-422 mode or RS-485 mode
as per the requirements of your application. After the setting of jumpers and
connecting power supply to the adapter, you then plug the adapter to USB port to
start driver installation.

The RS-422 & RS-485 Mode Block Configuration Settings are listed as follows.

Example jumper block setting ( RS-422 mode )

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19

RS-422 Mode Block Configuration

Jumper Function
1-2 TxD / RxD Termination of 120 Ohm. This jumper should be
always populated for RS-422 mode.
3-4 CTS / RTS Termination of 120 Ohm. This jumper should be
always populated for RS-422 mode.
9-10 TxD Driver Always ON. As RS-422 is full duplex point to point,
the transmitter should always be enabled.
13-14 RxD Driver Always ON. As RS-422 is full duplex point to point,
the receiver should always be enabled.
17-18 Enable CTS Handshaking.
This setting allows the data flow to be controlled using CTS/RTS
handshaking if required by the application.

Note : all other positions = no jumper populated.

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RS-485 Mode Block Configuration

Jumper Function
1-2 TxD / RxD Termination of 120 Ohm. This jumper should only be
populated at each end of the cable to meet RS-485 termination
requirements.
5-6 TxD / RxD Single pair (half duplex for RS-485). Populate both
7-8 these jumpers.
11-12 Enable TxD Driver only when transmitting. This is required by the
RS-485 as multiple devices can transmit over the same twisted pair.
When a RS-485 is not transmitting, it’s transmitter must be turned
off to allow other devices to communicate over the same wire.
13-14 RxD Always Enabled. In this RS-485 mode characters transmitted
(Echo) by the RS-485 device will also be received by the same device.
These echoed characters are usually stripped out by the
application software.
OR
15-16 Transmit Data Echo Suppression Mode. In this mode characters
(No Echo) transmitted by the RS-485 device will NOT be received by the same
device. In this mode there is no need for the application software to
strip out the transmitted data from the received data as it is
handled
by the hardware.
19-20 CTS Always Enabled. As there is no hardware handshaking in
RS-485, CTS should be permanently enabled to allow unrestricted
flow of data. If handshaking is required for RS-485 it can be done
using X-On / X-Off handshaking protocol.

Note : all other positions = no jumper populated.

Sometimes, when operating in RS-422 or RS-485, it is necessary to configure
120 Ohm termination of the data transmission lines. Generally this must be done
in the cabling, since this depends on the installation of connections. Before
applying the option, check your cable specification for proper impedance matching.

Optical Isolation & Surge Protection

Optical isolation and surge protection are available to the model of USB-COMi-SI.
Each RS-422/485 port is individually optically isolated with 2000 volt DC optical
isolation. The optical isolation protects your PC or notebook from spikes and
surges on the RS-422/485 network, by converting the electrical pulse into an optical
signal and then changing it back into an electrical pulse. Your computer is well
protected, since the surges and spikes cannot cross the optical link.

Each RS-422/485 port is individually protected by surge protector to withstand

electrostatic discharge and power surges up to 25KV ESD. Surge suppression on all
signals prevent from damages caused by lightning or high voltage

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RS-422 Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male

Pin 1 TxD- (A)

Pin 2 TxD+(B)
Pin 3 RxD+(B)
Pin 4 RxD-(A)
Pin 5 GND
Pin 6 RTS- (A)
Pin 7 RTS+(B)
Pin 8 CTS+(B)
Pin 9 CTS- (A)

RS-422 Signal Wiring

 Point-to-Point 4 Wire Full Duplex
USB-xCOMi RS-422 Device
2 TxD+(B) RxD+ (B)
1 TxD- (A) RxD- (A)
3 RxD+ (B) TxD+(B)
4 RxD- (A) TxD- (A)
5 GND GND

 RS-422 with Handshaking

USB-xCOMi RS-422 Device

2 TxD+(B) RxD+ (B)
1 TxD- (A) RxD- (A)
3 RxD+ (B) TxD+(B)
4 RxD- (A) TxD- (A)
5 GND GND
7 RTS+(B) CTS+(B)
6 RTS- (A) CTS- (A)
8 CTS+(B) RTS+(B)
9 CTS- (A) RTS- (A)

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RS-485 2-Wire (Half duplex) Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male

Pin 1 Data- (A)

Pin 2 Data+(B)
Pin 5 GND

RS-485 Signal Wiring

 Multidrop RS-485 2-Wire Half-duplex

USB-xCOMi RS-485 Device

2 Data+(B) Data+(B)
1 Data- (A) Data- (A)
5 GND GND
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RS-485 Device x
Data+(B)
Data- (A)
GND

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