Installation, Windows xp installation, Connecting peripherals to the adapter – StarTech.com ICUSB232PRO User Manual
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Installation
To ensure a quick and easy device installation, please read through this section carefully and
complete each step in the order listed.
The following section identifies how to install ICUSB232PRO on a computer running Windows XP.
Installation for other Windows operating systems (98SE, ME, 2000 etc.) are similar, if not identical.
Windows XP Installation
1. With your computer turned on, insert the driver disk into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.
2. Locate the driver installation package, titled 2303 Driver Installer.exe.
3. Once the InstallShield Wizard launches, it will indicate that it is ready to install the 2303
USB-to-Serial driver. Please click Next to continue.
4. Following installation, the InstallShield Wizard will notify you that the drivers have been
installed successfully. Please click on Finish to complete installation and close the installation
program.
5. Locate an available USB port on your computer. Connect the USB-to-Serial adapter.
6. Windows should detect the driver as a Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port. Prior to installing the
serial port, you may be notified that the device driver has not yet passed Windows XP Logo
compatibility. Click Continue Anyway. Windows will then start to install the driver for the
USB-to-Serial Comm Port.
7. When Windows has found the proper driver, click Next then Finish to complete the
installation.
Connecting peripherals to the adapter
1. With your computer turned on and the adapter already installed, plug the desired peripheral
into the adapter and apply power to the peripheral device.
2. If this is the first time you are using the peripheral, consult the peripheral device’s installation
procedures and follow the on-screen prompts to install the device. If you have previously
installed the device on another of your computer’s RS-232 (COM) ports, the proper drivers
should be located and installed automatically.
NOTE: If you are connecting a modem under Windows 2000, you must specify it as a “Standard
Modem.”