ACTiSYS IrReady FIR USB Adapter User manual

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ACT-IR2002UL/ACT-IR4002US

TM

IrReady

FIR USB Adapter

User’s Manual

ACT-IR2002UL

ACT-IR4002US

May 12, 2011
Version. 1.0.4

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Warning! Please Install Driver BEFORE you
plug in the Dongle to USB port, for MAC & all

Windows OS

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FCC Compliance Statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:

(1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
WARNING-FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this
equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user authority to operate this
equipment
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
nor occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This equipment is in the 2nd Class category (information equipment to be used in a residential area

there to) and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council For Interference by Data
Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines aimed at preventing radio interference in such
residential area.
When used near a radio or TV receiver, it may become the cause of radio interference. Read the
instructions for correct handling.

NOTE: Must be used with shielded cable only.
FOR YOU RECORDS

For your assistance in reporting this product in case of loss or theft, please record below the model
number and serial, which are located on the bottom of the case. Please retain this information.

Model Number Serial Number
Date of Purchase Place of Purchase

All indicated copyrights and trademarks in the following pages are the properties of their respective
owners.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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REVISION HISTORY........................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 PACKAGING CHECK LIST .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................................... 5

4 BIOS SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

5 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98SE........................................................................ 6

6 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 7/VISTA (32 & 64 BIT)................................................................ 7

7 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR MAC OS INTEL BASED PC............................................................................ 8

8 CHECK DRIVER INSTALLATION IN WINDOWS 7/VISTA/XP/2000/ME....................................................11

9 CHECK DRIVER INSTALLATION IN MAC OS................................................................................................ 12

10 DRIVER UN-INSTALLATION FOR WIND OWS XP ......................................................................................... 12

11 DRIVER UN-INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 7/VISTA (32 & 64 BIT)....................................................... 14

12 DRIVER UN-INSTALLATION IN MAC OS........................................................................................................ 15

13 MANUALLY UPDATE THE DRIVER IN WINDOWS XP/ VISTA / WINDOWS 7........................................ 16

14 IRCOMM2K DRIVER AND THE VIRTUAL COM PO RT................................................................................ 20

15 TROUBLE SHOOTING........................................................................................................................................... 23

16 SPECIFICATION.....................................................................................................................................................24

17 PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................................................ 26

18 WARRANTY INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 27

19 CONTACT INFORMATION.................................................................................................................................. 28

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REVISION HISTORY

Revision History

Revision Date Comment

1.0.0 6/26/2009 Initial released

1.0.1 6/25/2010 Windows 7 update and Added chapter for guide to update the driver
manually in Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7

1.0.2 7/02/2010 Combined ACT-IR2002UL and ACT-IR4002US User’s Manual

1.0.3 7/30/2010 Updated Driver and installation procedure for Windows O.S

1.0.3.1 8/4/2010 Added chapter of IrCOMM2K driver & Virtual COM port

1.0.4 5/12/2011 Updated to single click & silent installer driver for Win XP/Vista/Win7
32 & 64 bit OSes

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ACTiSYS reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein to improve reliability,
function or design. ACTiSYS does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or
circuit described herein.

All trademarks, logos, organizations or company names and product model names are the properties of the
respective owners.

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1 INTRODUCTION

ACT-IR2002UL & ACT-IR4002US are advanced Infrared USB adapters to replace the serial port
peripheral through USB port.
ACT-IR4002US is the thumb size version of ACT-IR2002UL. The latter has build in USB cable while the
former, like a flash disk, has only build in USB connector so that it becomes more compact to be carried.
They are also the next generation of ACT-IR2000UL/ ACT-IR4000US respectively. You will find no any
functional difference between them except the new generation has new driver and more flexible to use.

Features :

z Supports Win 98SE/ME/2000, Windows XP/ Vista/Windows 7(32 & 64 bit), Win CE 4.2 & 5.0 (USB

host), Mac 10.x (both Intel & Power PC based) and Linux.

z WHQL certified.
z Fully compliant to USB specification 1.1 and IrDA specification 1.4
z Full-speed (12 Mbps) USB device operation
z Supports FIR (4Mbps), MIR (1.152 Mbps) and all SIR speeds (9.6, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6 and 115.2 kbps).
z Bus-powered device. Obtain power from USB port. No external power supply required.
z Low power consumption in standby mode (Standby current 20 mA).
z Not occupy PC's COM or Parallel port and has no complicated hardware port and resource setting

and conflict, such as IO address / IRQ / DMA numbers.

2 PACKAGING CHECK LIST

The package includes:
A) ACT-IR2002UL B) ACT-IR4002US

1. ACT-IR2002UL USB Dongle with built in USB
cable.

2. Installation CD for Driver and User’s manual.

1. ACT-IR4002US USB Dongle

2. USB Cable

3. Installation CD for Driver and User’s manual.

3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1. Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7, Win CE 4.2 & 5.0 (USB host), Mac 10.x (both Intel &
Power PC based) and Linux

2. One unoccupied USB port.

4 BIOS SETUP

Before you use this device, you MUST enable your computer USB port in BIOS Settings.

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5 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98SE

1. Insert the driver CD, It

will automatically
initialize the driver
installation wizard as
shown. Or manually
browse CD to double
click “setup.exe” for this
installation.

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2. The Installer will install

ACT-IR2002UL /
ACT-IR4002US driver
without any user action.
The installer will exit
without any prompts after
successful installation

3. Now plug the

ACT-IR2002UL. /
ACT-IR4002US dongle It
will pop up a Bubble
Window : “Found New
Hardware” as shown in the
figure. Then this bubble
window will show
“USB-Infrared Adapter”
after completing this
procedure.

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6 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 7/VISTA (32 & 64 BIT)

Note: Windows 7 has its Native drivers for you, you can just Plug and Play and Windows will auto
find it. So you can skip below procedure. Yet you can also follow below procedure in case you fail to
find the proper native driver

1. Insert the driver CD, It

will automatically
initialize the driver
installation wizard as
shown

2. The Installer will install

.

ACT-IR2002UL /
ACT-IR4002US driver
without any user action.
The installer will exit
without any prompts after
successful installation

3. Now plug the dongle

ACT-IR2002UL./
ACT-IR4002US It will
pop up a Bubble
Window : “Installing
device driver software”,
which will display as
“USB-Infrared Adapter”
after installed
successfully as right
figure.

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7 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR MAC OS INTEL BASED PC

IMPORTANT: Please install driver BEFORE you plug in ACT-IR2002UL / ACT-IR4002US

to USB port.

1. Insert the CD, Double

click the package file

MCS7780DriverDisk.
pkg for installing the

driver or go to
Applications and
double click the
installer and browse
for the
MCS7780DriverDisk.p
kg

2. An installer wizard will

popup. Click Continue to
start the installation.

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3. Select the Destination

volume for the software
to install. Click
“Continue” to start the
installation.

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4. Click “install” to proceed

further.

5. A message window pops

up informing that the
system requires you to
restart the system after
the installation. Press
“Continue Installation”

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