Campbell Scientific SC-IRDA CSL CS I/O to Infrared Interface - Manual (Page 8)

SC-IRDA Infra-red Communications Interface
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end, but care must be taken to ensure that the 9 way D connector is sealed if
exposed to the elements. Contact Campbell Scientific if you require a special
assembly.
The interface is rated for exposure to temperatures ranging between -25 to
+50°C as standard. It will survive many years of use with normal rates of
temperature change. Note, however, that damage can be caused to the sealing
of the sensor if it is exposed to unnatural rates of temperature cycling, for
example taking a warm interface and plunging it into ice cold water. If you
have an application that involves this type of cycling, please contact Campbell
Scientific as other packaging arrangements are possible.
3.2 Using PC Software Drivers
Palm OS Handhelds
No special installation is needed, except to install a compatible version (2.1 or
later) of PConnect in the normal way.
Windows 98/98SE and ME
No special procedures are required, other than to allow Windows to install its
standard IRDA drivers and to let it assign a virtual serial port during the IRDA
installation. This will normally be done during the original installation of
Windows providing the IRDA interface was present and not disabled for any
reason in the PC’s BIOS. Please refer to your system documentation and
Microsoft's installation help system for further information.
To allow you to use the virtual serial port you need to know which COM port
number has been assigned to the IRDA port. This information is normally
found using the Windows Control Panel, either via General System
Information, an IRDA setup link or via a taskbar icon (if this was enabled
during installation).
Windows 2000 and XP
These operating systems also install drivers for the IRDA hardware if found
during installation. However, Microsoft officially withdrew support for IRDA
virtual serial ports in Windows 2000. This has caused problems for many
hardware vendors to such an extent that several third parties have written
drivers that ‘add back’ the virtual COM port support removed by Microsoft.
One of the commonest of these drivers can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.campbellsci.co.uk/pub/csl/outgoing/IrCOMM2k_121_eng.zip . Further
details or updates to these drivers can be found at http://www.ircomm2k.de/
Before installing these drivers please ensure you have up to date service packs
installed for your operating system and that the IRDA hardware support is also
installed. Then install the virtual COM port drivers by running the Setup
program included in the Zip file. You will need to be logged onto the PC as a
user with installation/administrative rights.