F5U103 Windows XP Installation
- After
unzipping the files onto your hard drive, the path you will have to
specify during installation will be C:\F5U103. If you chose to unzip the files onto a 3 ½ floppy disk, the
installation path would be A:\
- When
you plug in the adapter, Windows will find a new device, (if Windows
does not find a new device, follow the uninstall instructions first).
- Windows
will ask, What do you want the wizard to do? Choose, Install from a list or specific location (advanced).
Click next.
- Choose
the option, Include this location in the search: and type the path
c:\F5U103 (or you can browse to the C:\ and locate the folder that you
unzipped the files to) and then click Next.
- You
will see a warning stating that the Belkin F5U103 USB-RS232 Adapter has
not passed Windows Logo testing, Continue Anyway. And click on
Finish.
- Windows
will then find the Belkin F5U103 USB to Serial Port. Windows will ask,
What do you want the wizard to do?
Choose, Install from a list or specific location (advanced). Click
next.
- Choose
the option, Include this location in the search: and type the path
c:\F5U103 (or you can browse to the C:\ and locate the folder that you
unzipped the files to) and then click Next.
- You
will see a warning stating that the Belkin F5U103 USB to Serial Port has
not passed Windows Logo testing, Continue Anyway. And click on
Finish.
- In
order to check the installation and the COM port number for this adapter,
go to Start, and right click on My Computer and left click on properties. Click on the Hardware tab and then click
on the Device Manager button.
Click on the plus sign next to Ports (COM & LPT). Under this heading you should see a
Belkin F5U103 USB Serial port with a number. This would be the number that you would choose in your
application. If you do not see the
COM port or if there is an unknown or USB device with a question or
exclamation mark, proceed to the un-installation instructions.
Uninstall Instructions
(The adapter must be plugged in.)
Look for any Question or Exclamation marks in front of any of the selections,
if you see one in front of Belkin or unknown USB devices, remove these
selections by right clicking on them and choose Uninstall, otherwise continue
to next step.
- Leave
the adapter plugged into the computer and go to Start, and right click on
My Computer and left click on Properties.
- Click
on the Hardware Tab and then click on the Device Manager button.
- Click
on the plus sign next to Ports (COM & LPT). Under this heading you should see a Belkin F5U103 USB Serial
port with a number.
- Right
click on the Belkin F5U103 USB Serial port and choose Uninstall.
- Click
on the plus sign next to Universal Serial Bus Controllers and locate
Belkin F5U103 USB-232 Adapter.
- Right
click on Belkin F5U103 USB-232 Adapter and choose Uninstall.
- Close
Device Manager and System Properties and Unplug the adapter from the
computer.
- Go to
Start, Run and type c:\windows\inf, if this fails you can try c:\winnt\inf
and click ok.
- Scroll
through the list of files and locate the files that start with OEM.
- Windows
creates an OEM and an OEM.PNF file for every device that you install to
your system. Try locating the
highest number OEM, (for example oem6 and oem6.pnf). If oem6 was the highest number, double
click on the oem6 and scroll to the bottom and locate any information
about Belkin or Etek. If you find
this information, close the file and delete this oem and the oem.pnf with
the same number. You can check the oem right below this number just in
case. Then reboot your
computer. Un-installation is
complete.