User`s manual

The Wireless Connectivity Expert

ACT-IR224UN

User’s Manual

Page 10 of 34

Jul 15, 2010

Version 1.2.0

Manual (will be provided upon request). ACT-204UN has ACTiSYS own driver while ACT-IR224UN

uses Prolific driver.

7.4 For JetEye & iFYS RS232 IR Adapter Users

Select appropriate model as your existing adapter model name using Configuration utility. Your

customized application doesn’t require any change. Make sure your application supports virtual

COM Port. Some application cannot handle COM Port greater than 4 or 9. Such application needs

to be updated.

8 GENERAL SETUP PROCEDURE – Windows, Mac & Linux

a) Make sure USB dongle is NOT plugged into PC until you have installed the driver.

b) From “Add or Remove Program” in Control Panel of Win 98/ME/2K/XP, or from “Programs and

Features” in Control Panel of Windows Vista /Win 7, check if “PL-2303 USB-to-Serial” or

“PL-2303 Vista Driver Installer” exists. If exists, please remove it first

c) Insert the installation CD and it will install driver for Windows 98/ME/2K/XP/Vista/Win 7

automatically.

d) Manually SETUP under WinCE, Mac or Linux OS:

It will not autorun for you under WinCE, Mac or Linux. Please direct browse the installation CD to

find the path: D:\Driver (assume D:\ is your CD driver) in this case. Then you can select the right

folder under it , say “Linux_RedHat” for example and extract the packaged file and run setup

yourself under WinCE, Mac or Linux.

e) Sometimes you may find it not AUTORUN in Windows, especially in Vista/Win 7. Make sure the

“AUTORUN” option under “Control Panel=> AUTOPLAY” has been selected in Vista/Win 7.

Otherwise please browse the CD and run

ACT-IR224UN-DriverInstaller_v1210-20100408.exe manually.

f) Plug ACT-IR224UN adapter into USB port. It will lead you to a “Found New Hardware” procedure

to complete the installation.

9 INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS

9.1 Common Installation Procedure

1. Insert the installation CD. In most cases this should start the installation automatically.

And the first step it will copy the following files to the path:

“C:\Program Files\ACTiSYS\ACT-IR224UN\

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