CoolGear USB-COM-M, USB-8COM Product Manual

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USB 2.0 to Serial High­Speed RS-232 Industrial
Adapter

Product Manual

Coolgear, Inc.

Version 1.1

September 2017

Model Number: USB-COM-M

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Revision History

Revision Date Author Comments

1.0 03/6/2018 Coolgear New Manual

About this document

This product manual outlines installation and features of the USB-COM-M USB 2.0 to
Serial High-Speed RS-232 Industrial Adapter.

Scope

The scope of this manual is to give the user of the product an understanding of its use
with detailed diagrams and verbiage. The manual allows the users to apply the product
to their application.

Intended Audience

This product is intended for use in numerous industries including but not limited to
applications such as; Remote Access, Retail & Industrial Data Centers, Serial Equipment,
Kiosk, Office, and others.

Product Support

[e-mail]

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Features .................................................................................................................. 4

2. Windows 7 / Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 Driver Installation ....................................... 5

2.1 Check Installation .................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Change COM Port Properties & COM Port Number ............................................... 6

3. Uninstalling Windows 2003 / XP / 2000 Drivers .................................................... 7

3.1 Uninstalling Windows 7 or Vista Drivers ................................................................ 9

4. RS-232 Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male ................................................................... 12

5. Notes, Tips, Warnings, and Safety ....................................................................... 13

6. Supporting References ....................................................................................... 14

Table of Figures

Figure 1 – Driver Installation……………….…………………………………………………………………….…..5

Figure 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – Uninstalling XP Drivers.……………………….………………………….………7-8

Figure 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – Uninstalling Win7 Drivers………….…………….……………………..……9-11

Figure 13 - RS-232 Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male…………………………………………………………..12

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(user configurable).

• Serial port protected with surge

1. Introduction

The USB-COM-M is an industrial USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter with a rugged industrial-grade
metal chassis, which allows it to be mounted, convert any host USB port into an RS-232
Serial port. This USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter provides instant connectivity with modems,
ISDN TAs, PDAs, handheld & pocket PCs, digital cameras, POS, serial printers giving RS­232 modem control signals and hardware/software flow control

WEIGHT .293 lbs

DIMENSIONS 82mm x 76mm x 23mm (with DIN rail bracket)

UPC 729440690724

WARRANTY 1 year from date of purchase

COLOR Black

PORTS 1 DB-9 Male Serial Port / 1 USB Type-B Female Port

1.1 Features

• TAA Compliant

• Installed as standard Windows COM

port.

• SECC metal chassis with DIN rail

bracket.

• Full RS-232 modem control signals and

hardware/software flow control.

• High speed serial port with the baud

rate up to 921.6K bps.

• Non-standard baud-rates supported.

• LED’s of Power, TxD and RxD for easy

port monitoring and diagnostics.

• Baud Rate: 300 bps up to 921.6k bps

protection of 10KV.

• Powered by USB port, no external

power adapter required.

• Easy plug and play installation and RS-

232 device connection.

• COM port number assigned can be

changed to any COM port number
required.

• Chipset: Utilizes an FTDI CHIPSET

FT232BL.

• Virtual COM port drivers provided for

Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000.

• Works with USB 1.1 & 2.0 host port

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2. Windows 7 / Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 Driver Installation

You need to have administrator privileges to install any new drivers under Windows 7/
Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000. To install the driver or update the configuration please log onto
Windows as "Administrator" or ask your system administrator to install the USB-COM
driver.

You need to install driver first, prior to hardware installation. Do not connect the USB­to-Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer, before you finish driver
installation.

Please proceed with the following steps to install the driver:

1. Insert the “USB COM Series Driver and Utility” CD into your CD-ROM.

2. The “USB COM Series Driver and Utility CD” dialog box appears.

3. Under “Driver Installation”, double click “Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000

driver” to install the device driver.

4. The USB COM install program will auto-detect the OS type and install the driver

automatically. (Note: in Windows 7 or Vista OS you will find another dialog box,
please click on “OK” to confirm the drivers install program).

5. After the message “FTDI CDM Driver installation process completed” appears,

press “Enter” to complete the driver installation.

6. Plug in the USB to Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer. Windows

will finish installing the driver files.

Figure 1

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2.1 Check Installation

You can now verify the installation has been completed successfully by looking under
Device Manager of the System Properties screen. (Go there by Start-Setting- Control
Panel-System Properties-Hardware-Device Manager.

The device should have installed as a "USB Serial Port (COMx)" attached to "USB Serial
Converter (A/B or A/B/C/D)".

2.2 Change COM Port Properties & COM Port Number

This feature is particularly useful for programs, such as HyperTerminal, which only work
with COM1 through COM4. Please ensure that you do not change the COM Port
Number already in use.

To change the virtual COM port properties:

• Select the "USB Serial Port"

• Click “Properties”.

• Select "Port Setting" and “Advanced”.

• Click the drop down arrow on COM Port Number and scroll to the required COM

port. Select "OK".

• Return to the Device Manager Screen. You will see that the USB Serial Port

installation has been changed to the new COM Port Number.

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3. Uninstalling Windows 2003 / XP / 2000 Drivers

Please proceed with the following steps to uninstall the 2003/XP/2000 driver:

1. Insert the “USB COM Series Driver and Utility” CD into your CD-ROM.

2. The “USB COM Series Driver and Utility CD” dialog box appears.

3. Under “Driver Uninstalling”, double click “Windows 2003, XP, 2000 driver

uninstall” to uninstall the device driver.

4. When following dialog box appears, double click “Clean System” to uninstall the

2003/XP/2000 drivers.

Figure 2

5. You need to disconnect all USB to Serial Adapters from your PC, when the

message below appears. Double click “OK” to start uninstalling Windows
2003/XP/2000 USB to Serial drivers.

Figure 3

6. Double click “Yes” to confirm it.

Figure 4

7. Click “No” to proceed.

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Figure 5

8. When the message “Status: System clean completed” appears, double click

“Exit” to complete the USB to serial drivers uninstall.

Figure 6

9. Press “Start” button and select “Control Panel”.

10. Open the Add or Remove program.

Figure 7

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11. Remove the first “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package (…)”.

12. Click “Change/Remove” and “Yes” to remove the first Windows Driver Package.

13. Remove the second “Windows Driver Package – FTDI CDM Driver Package (…)”.

14. Click “Change/Remove” and “Yes” to remove the second Windows Driver

Package.

15. Reboot the computer to complete the driver uninstall.

3.1 Uninstalling Windows 7 or Vista Drivers

Windows 7 and Vista have many new security features. You need to proceed with the
following steps to uninstall the Vista driver:

1. The USB to serial devices must connect to the PC.

2. Press “Start” button and select “Control Panel”.

3. Select “Classic View” from the top left hand corner and then “System” from the

list.

4. Select “Device Manager” from the top left hand corner.

Figure 8

5. Locate your device under the ports (COM & LPT) section and right click on it to

bring up the menu shown.

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Figure 9

6. Select uninstall and be sure to click the box for “Delete the driver software for

this device” in the next window and press “OK”.

Note: If you have more than one USB Serial Port (COMx) installed in your PC, you need
to repeat from step 5 to step 6 to delete the driver software for each port.

7. Locate your Device under the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section, and right

click on it to bring up the menu shown.

Figure 10

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Figure 11

8. Select uninstall and be sure to click the box for “Delete the driver software for

this device” in the next window and press “OK”.

Note: if you have more than one USB Serial Converter installed in your PC, you need to
repeat step 7 and step 8 to delete the driver software for all devices.

Figure 12

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4. RS-232 Signal Pin-outs of DB-9 Male

Figure 13

Pin 1 DCD

Pin 2 RxD

Pin 3 TxD

Pin 4 DTR

Pin 5 GND

Pin 6 DSR

Pin 7 RTS

Pin 8 CTS

Pin 9 RI

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• Read the entire Product Manual before implementing this product for

5. Notes, Tips, Warnings, and Safety

Note: You need to install driver first, prior to hardware installation. Do not

connect the USB-to-Serial Adapter to the USB port of your computer, before
you finish driver installation. Reference section 2.

Note

Tip N/A

Warning

Safety

Note: If you have more than one USB Serial Port (COMx) installed in your PC,

you need to repeat from step 5 to step 6 to delete the driver software for
each port. Reference section 3.1 step 6.

N/A

your application. This manual contains important information about
electrical connections that must be followed for safe and proper
operation.

• Inspect the product closely for visual defects before putting it to use.

• Keep away from areas where moisture builds, this product contains

electrical components that can be damaged by moisture build up, this
can adversely affect your equipment connected to it.

• Do not disassemble the product. Handling the product’s internal

components can expose it to ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) hazards
that can affect the function of the device.

• If this product is not functioning properly, email our support team at

[e-mail].

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6. Supporting References

Document Link

Website Product Page https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb-2-0-to-serial-high-

speed-rs-232-industrial-adapter-metal-case-with-din-rail­bracket

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