USB Driver Installation Instructions. For. Hypertech Devices. Important this installation requires the logged in user to have administrative privileges on the. Connecting scanners via USB The Radio. Reference Wiki. With the lack of serial ports on newer PCs these days, having to connect to a USB port is a necessary, but sometimes frustrating, evil. The listings below detail which USB cable to buy, and other important conditions. GRE Scanners The PSR 5. PSR 6. 00 both came with their own USB cable. These scanners are able to use the Whistler cables. If you are using the older GRE cable, the PCIF 3. Data Cable Driver can be found at the GRE America website. Radio Shack Scanners RS USB cable SKUs used for historical reference only. The Whistler cables are known to work with many of the RS scanners including the Pro 1. Pro 1. 97 Pigtail Usage Cross Reference Table. Next we connect the working Arduino with a usb to the computer. Go to Tools Board and select the chinese board that is not working. Arduino Uno. The original version of the PRO 9. A and B models dont. The PRO 9. 4 came out with a B version years ago which is the only one that is PC addressable updownload data only. The PRO 2. 05. 2 is a Uniden product with a DB9 connector in the back. See the Uniden section below for more information. Unlike their GRE and Whistler brothers, the Pro 1. Pro 1. 97 do not come with the USB cable you must buy it separately. Uniden Scanners. Drivers. Whistler Products. Aftermarket Cables for GRE RS Whistler Scanners. Generic USB to RS 2. If the programming cable for your radio requires an Serial interface DB9 female and your computer only has USB ports, you will need to utilize a USB to Serial DB9 male Converter. They are available from various retailers. Cables which use the FTDI chip or authentic Prolific PL2. Unidens USB 1 cable, as well as cables provided by GRE and Radio. Shack use only authentic chipsets, and are more likely to include continued forward support. Note some very inexpensive converter cables lt 1. Prolific has made their 2. SKU252748/SKU252748AA.jpg' alt='Ftdi Usb Driver Installer' title='Ftdi Usb Driver Installer' />Check our website for more software from drivers to freeware software and updates. Most USB drivers have been listed here for printers, scanners and more. PythonFTDIUSB module. PyUSB is a python module that interfaces to Future Technology Devices D2XX drivers. FTDI USB chips are used in a variety of USB. USB RS232 FTDI designs and supplies USB semiconductor devices with Legacy support including royaltyfree drivers. Application areas include USB RS232, USB Serial. CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers. The CP210x USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port VCP drivers are required for device operation as a Virtual COM Port to. Apple Mac OS X. The driver below only supports the Prolificbased adapters supplied by Serialio. Download Mac OS X drivers for the USBRS232 adapter. Download Usb Port Windows 7 64bit Driver Absolutely Free Drivers For Free software scans your computer for missing and outdated drivers. With free account. List of USB IDs Maintained by Stephen J. Gowdy If you have any. Syntax vendor vendorname device devicename single tab interface. Note older Uniden USB 1 cables may not be able to work with newest driver and an older driver may be need pre 2. Driver websites. From the CHIRP Wiki. USBSerial Devices. Installation Notes. UsbDriverTool.png' alt='Ftdi Usb Driver Installer' title='Ftdi Usb Driver Installer' />Accessing Device Manager. Unfortunately sometimes ports arent available when you think they are, or everything appears to have installed correctly, but still doesnt seem to work. The tool that will allow you to diagnose these issues is Device Manager. You can access this tool in several ways, depending on the OS. XP Start Control Panel System Hardware Click on the Device Manager button. Vista Control Panel System and Maintenance Device Manager. Win. 7 Control Panel System and Security System Device Manager. Click on Start in the Taskbar then Run and enter devmgmt. Press the Windows keyR, in the resulting menu type devmgmt. Click Start Right click on My Computer and select Properties, click the Device Manager link on the left. Press the Windows key pausebreak key. Set up a. bat file with the following using Notepad or Wordpad. When you want to run this, right click on it, select Run as Administrator Vista, Win. System. RootSystem. Checklist and Procedures. CAUTION There have been numerous reports of drivers for devices that are not compatible with or do not supply a driver for Windows 7 6. Make sure your device has a driver that is compatible before proceeding. Use Device Manager to determine if other COM ports are available, and not held by Bluetooth or other devices. Sometimes such devices will hold an address even if its not actually in use Figure 1. Download the most up to date drivers from the manufacturer or distributor and install. Figure 2 shows one possible result. At this point you need to validate if your application can actually address the COM port that has been assigned. If it cant. In the Ports COM LPT section of Device Manager you should see an entry that reads something like Serial on USB Port COM 1. The actual text will vary with the drivers documentation. Select the Serial Device Entry in the list. Right click on it and select Properties. Select the Port Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. Change the COM port address. Also in the Advanced menu, make sure the speed on the com port matches the speed the scanner is expecting, and also matches whatever the software is expecting. Uniden Scanner Port Settings. Scanner Setting to engage an open com port, some models require the GPS Port to be turned on inside the scanner, some use the term PC CONTROL, or SERIAL PORT, some automatically connect with proper USB driver for the scanner, most user connect and never have a problem some take the necessary step to save all drivers use and working and its suggested to do just that. Sometimes a scanner will register as not connected until this procedure is completed. Its beyond the scope of this article to detail this, as it tends to vary from scanner to scanner. For the Uniden DMA driven scanners, see the Freescan Connecting Scanner to PC article which has a summary from the Easier to Read manuals of the MENU commands necessary to set up the speeds for the ports. For all others, look in the scanners manual for the keystrokes needed to put the scanner in RMT REMOTE or similar mode. Note Common transfer modes tend to work are 9. Note, some devices dont like to be completely erased at its highest transfer rate, safer erasing is believed to best done at a mid to slow rate. For GPS users return the port speed to its correct setting. Windows 8 Issues and Solutions. Cables Known to be Compatible with Win 8. Websites With Win 8. Information. Radio. Reference Forum Threads on USB Issues. How To Negotiate Unholy Contracts Pdf. Windows 1. 0 Discussions. Software Setup for Linux. Unlike Windows Linux doesnt require drivers even for RS 2. USB adapters. It just works. Several Windows applications will also run on Linux with the use of Wine. Related Links. Freescan Connecting Scanner to PC. Drivers and Set up for the USB RS 2. Adapter with Prolific Chipset. USB RS2. 32 Serial Adapter Windows DesktopServer Installation. Buy Now. Windows 1. Vista 6. 4 bit 3. Windows XP, Windows 2. Windows Me, Windows 9. Important note regarding Windows 1. Vista The driver MUST be installed as AdministratorRight click the downloaded EXE file and choose Run as administrator. Download the Windows installer for the USB RS 2. Download for Windows 1. VistaXP 3. 2 bitDownload for Windows 1. Vista 3. 2 bit and 6. If for some reason the above driver does not work, try one of the following Download for Windows 7VistaXP 3. Alternate driverDownload for Windows XP, 2. ME 3. 2 bit onlyFor older cables purchased prior to October, 2. Download for Windows 87VistaXP 3. Download for Windows Vista 3. Run the installer, then after rebooting, plug the USB end of the adapter into one of the USB ports on the computer. NOTE For Windows 7, please use RC build 7. RTM Final version. Installer program will not run on early Windows 7 or Beta versionsCheck the software driver installation. Open the Device Manager dialog from Control Panel. Windows Vista Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager. Windows XP Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager. Windows 2. 00. 0 Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager. Oracle Xe Universal Edition 11G. Windows 9. 8ME Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager. Click the plus sign next to Ports. If the device is properly installed, Serialio. USB Serial Port or Prolific USB to Serial COM Port will be displayed. The software driver is properly installed, but the USB RS2. One of the common reasons that software may not work as expected with a USB Serial adapter when the device is properly installed, is many older programs and even some new ones only support a limited number of COM ports e. COM1 COM4If the USB RS2. COM5, it may need to be reassigned to COM1 COM4 to work with some software. The following outlines how to to reassign the COM port on Windows XP2. KMe9. 8SEWindows XP1 Follow steps 1 3 of Check the software driver installation above. Right click on the Prolific USB to Serial Port, then click Properties. Click on the Port Settings tab. Click the Advanced button. In the COM Port Number drop down select the desired port number. For example if the software requires COM2, select COM2. Note the COM port must have in use listed next to it, if it does then another device with that name is already installed in the system. After selecting the desire port number, click OK. Click OK again, and the device will show up as being on the same COM port that it was before i. COM5, but should show up on the selected port name when the Device Manager dialog is closed and opened again. Close the Device Manager. Launch the software to use with the new COM port. Windows 2. 00. 0, Me, and 9. SE Second Edition1 Follow steps 1 2 of Check the software driver installation above. Right click on the Prolific USB to Serial Port, then click Properties. Click on the Port Settings tab. Click the Advanced button. Uncheck Use automatic settings. Select InputOutput range. Click on Change Settings. Type 0. 2E8 0. 2EF in the Value box. This value will change the port to COM 4. If COM 4 is in use, you must choose another port. The values for each port are. COM 1 0. 3F8 0. FFCOM 2 0. F8 0. FFCOM 3 0. 3E8 0. EFCOM 4 0. 2E8 0. EF7 Enter the value, then click OK. Click OK again, then click Yes when the Creating a Forced Configuration window appears. Click OK. 8 Restart the computer. The Device Manager can be checked, to see the COM port change. Note Adapter may not be exactly as pictured above.