Installing the adapter under windows, Introduction, Installing the adapter – Calibre UK UCA93 User Manual
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INSTALLING THE ADAPTER UNDER WINDOWS
2.1.
Introduction
This section details the installation of the UCA93 I
2
C communications Adapter under Windows 98® /
Windows2000® and Windows XP®.
The appearance of the dialog boxes during the installation of new hardware varies depending on the
version of Windows.
The Adapter supports plug and play via the USB port.
2.2.
Installing the Adapter
Connect the Adapter to the PC using the USB cable, the power light will illuminate.
The operating system will detect the installation of new hardware, follow the set up wizard instructions.
Either browse the CD or select the “have disc” option select the FTD2XX.inf.
The wizard will then install the device drivers.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Windows XP includes a driver for the USB interface device used in the Adapter, and will normally install
this. The driver installed from the XP disc WILL NOT WORK with this Adapter.
If you are using Windows XP you can check that the correct driver is installed by
1)
Right click on the “My Computer Icon”
2) Select
properties
3)
Select the Hardware Tab and click “Device Manager”
4)
Expand the “Universal Serial Bus Controllers”
5)
If the driver is provided by Microsoft you need to select the update driver then browse
for and select the FTD2XX.inf
6)
Once installed correctly the FTDI FT8U2XX Device should be listed
PLEASE NOTE The FTD2XX.inf is NOT digitally signed but is correct.