ACTiSYS Computer Accessories ACT IR200L User Manual

ACTiSYS Corp.

Serial-IR Dongle Installation Manual

ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L

IrDA PC Adapter

User’s Manual

ACTiSYS Corp.

48511 Warm Springs Blvd, Suite 206

Fremont, CA 94539, USA

TEL: (510) 490-8024, FAX: (510) 623-7268

E-Mail: irda-support@actisys.com

Web: www.actisys.com

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS............................................................................................................................................. 3

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 4

PACKING CHECK LIST.......................................................................................................................... 4

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................... 4

BIOS SETUP VERIFICATION................................................................................................................. 4

WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION GUIDE .................................................................................................. 5

WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE ............................................................................................. 9

WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION GUIDE............................................................................................. 11

WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 15

WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE............................................................................................... 17

WINDOWS ME UNINSTALLATION GUIDE.......................................................................................... 22

WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE................................................................................................ 23

WINDOWS XP UN-INSTALLATION GUIDE ......................................................................................... 28

TROUBLE SHOOTING ......................................................................................................................... 31

SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................................. 32

WARRANTY INFOMATION .................................................................................................................. 34

CONTACT INFORMATION................................................................................................................... 36

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INTRODUCTION

This document provides instructions to install the ACT IR220L+/220L/200L Serial-IR dongle along with

Windows 98/ME/2000 device driver. It is assumed that the user is familiar with basic operation of Window

98/ME/2000.

PACKING LIST

When you unpack the package, the following items should be found.

ACT-IR220Lplus or ACT-IR220L or ACT-IR200L.

User’s Guide

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To use ACT-IR220L+/220L/220L, your computer MUST meet the following requirements.

Window 98/ME/2000.

One unoccupied Serial (Rs232) COM port .

One unoccupied virtual comport (Com4)

BIOS SETUP Verification

Before installing the device driver, you MUST setup or verify your BIOS FIRST. Below demonstrates a

example of ACT-IR220L+ being installed on Com2.

1. Choose PNP & PCI from BIOS SETUP

PNP OS Installed: NO

Resource Controlled by: Manual

2. Choose Integrated Peripherals from BIOS SETUP

Onboard UART2 Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3

Onboard IR function: Disable or

UART2: Normal

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WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION GUIDE

Precaution: If you have not verified your Bios setup at this point, we strongly recommend you to refer

back to the Bios verification section and verify your Bios setup again.

Note: Verify that the Comport you will use to install ACT-IR220L/220L+/200L is not being already used or

occupied by any hardware or any software. We recommend users to completely delete any files or drivers

that can interrupt clean fresh installation of our product.

Note: You are trying to install a SIR product. Your operating system can always be upgraded to use FIR

products. However you can never downgrade from a FIR product to SIR product, therefore verify that you

have on previously installed any FIR products on your system.

Following are the instructions to properly install the ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L Dongle. You need a

computer system with at least one serial port and Windows 98 already installed. The best choice for the

system is a desktop.

1. Connect ACT-IR220L+/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC.

2. Boot up your computer system.

3. Double Click My Computer on DeskTop

4. Double Click Control Panel

5. Double Click Add New Hardware on Control Panel Window.

6. Click Next.

7. Click Next.

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8. Select No, the device isn’t in the list in the

box. Then click Next.

9. Highlight Infrared Devices from the Hardware

types list, then click Next.

10.Click Next.

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11.From Manufacturers list, choose (Infrared

COM port or dongle), from Infrared Devices

list, choose (Generic Infrared Serial Port or

dongle). Then click OK.

12. Choose ACTiSYS IR-200L if you are a ACT-IR

200L user. Then click Next.

13. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L/ 220L+ if you are a

ACT-IR-220L/ ACT-IR220L+ User. Then click

Next.

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14.Select COM port which is physically connected

to the Dongle. In most cases, the Dongle is

connected to COM2. Choose Communication

Port (COM2) from the Port list, click Next.

15. Reboot your computer.

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WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Boot up your computer system.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double click System Icon

4. Click Device Manager tab.

5. Highlight Infrared Communication

Device, and then click Remove.

6. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal

box.

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7. Highlight (Generic Infrared Serial Port or

Dongle), then click Remove.

8. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal.

9. Click on OK to restart your computer.

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WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION GUIDE

Note: If you do not change your computer BIOS setting, STOP here and go to Chapter BIOS SETUP.

Note: If your computer system has installed some device on the same com port before, you MUST

properly uninstall the devices first. ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L would NOT work with your system any more if

the devices are uninstalled improperly because some drivers are still there and cause conflicts with

ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L driver. You HAVE to re-install your Windows 2000 again.

Note: If your computer system has installed a FIR device before, ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L would NOT

work with your system any more. You HAVE to re-install your Windows 2000 again.

Note: If you want use Virtual COM Port in your application, STOP here and change

IR220L+/IR220L/IR200L to USB-IR Dongle.

Following are the instructions to properly install the ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L Dongle. You need a

computer system with at least one serial port and Windows 2000 already installed. The best choice for the

system is a desktop.

1. Connect ACT-IR220L+/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC.

2. Startup your computer system

3. Click on Control Panel.

4. Double Click Add/Remove Hardware.

5. On Welcome to the Add/Remove Hardware

wizard, click Next>.

6. Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device, then

click Next>. You may have to wait a while when

the wizard searches for Plug and Play

hardware.

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7. Highlight ADD a new drive then click Next.

8. Choose No, I want select the hardware form

a list then click OK

9. Select the Infrared device from the Hardware

types.

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10. From Manufacturers list, choose ACTiSYS,

from Infrared Device list, choose ACTiSYS

IR-200L Serial Infrared Device for IR200L;

click Next>.

11. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L Serial Infrared

Device for IR220L, click Next>.

12. ACTiSYS IR-220L+ Serial Infrared Device for

IR220L+, click Next>.

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13.Click Next>.

14. Choose COM2 in most case, then click Next>.

15. Click Finish.

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WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION

1. Startup your computer system.

2. Click on Control Panel.

3. Double click System Icon.

4. Click on Hardware tab, then click Device

Manager button.

5. Click on Infrared devices, then highlight

ACTiSYS IR-220L+Serial Infrared

Device.

6. Click Action and then Uninstall.

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7. The device has been uninstalled and close

device manager, restart your computer.

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WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE

Precaution: If you have not verified your Bios setup at this point, we strongly recommend you to refer

back to the Bios verification section and verify your Bios setup again.

Note: Verify that the Comport you will use to install ACT-IR220L/220L+/200L is not being already used or

occupied by any hardware or any software. We recommend users to completely delete any files or drivers

that can interrupt clean fresh installation of our product.

Note: You are trying to install a SIR product. Your operating system can always be upgraded to use FIR

products. However you can never downgrade from a FIR product to SIR product, therefore verify that you

have on previously installed any FIR products on your system.

Note: You may experience problems, If you are using a beta version of Windows ME or a old upgrade

edition of Windows ME. Some German version of Windows ME has also known to lack virtual Comports.

This problem may make are device incapable of communicating with other devices.

Following are the instructions to properly install the ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L Dongle. You need a

computer system with at least one serial port and Windows ME already installed. The best choice for the

system is a desktop.

1. Connect ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC.

2. Boot up your computer system.

3. Double Click My Computer icon on DeskTop

4. Double click Control Panel icon.

5. Double click Add New Hardware icon.

6. On the following boxes, click Next>.

7. Click Next>.

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8. Choose No I want to select the hardware

from a list, then click Next>.

9. If you can not find Infrared device from

Hardware types list, choose Other devices

from the Hardware types list, then click Next >.

Otherwise go to step 16.

10. From Manufacturers list, choose (legacy serial

infrared device), from Models list, Choose

ACT-IR200L Infrared Wireless Interface, then

click Next>.

11. Click Finish.

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12. Double click Add New Hardware icon.

13. Click Next>.

14. Click Next>.

15. Choose No I want select the hardware

from list, then click Next>.

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16. Highlight Infrared device from Hardware

types list. Then click Next>

17. Click Next>.

18. Click Next>

19. If your device is IR200L, choose

ACTiSYS IR200L, click Next>.

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20. If your device is physically connected to

COM2, highlight Communications ports

(COM2), then click Next>.

21. Click Next>.

22. Click Finish

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WINDOWS ME UNINSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Double click System icon on Control Panel.

2. Go to Device Manager, highlight the items in

the Infrared devices, then click Remove

button.

3. Highlight the items in the Infrared devices,

then click Remove button.

4. Highlight (Generic Infrared Serial Port or

dongle), then click Remove button. Click OK

button.

5. The device has been successfully uninstalled.

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WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Highlight My Computer, right click

2. Highlight Properties, left click

3. Click Add New Hardware Wizard.

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4. Click Next.

5. Choose Yes, I have already…………….. then

click Next>.

6. Wait processing

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7. Choose Add a new hardware device, then

click Next>.

8. Choose install the hardware that I manually

select from a list (Advanced), then click Next.

9. Choose Infrared devices, then click Next>

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10. Choose respective ACT model, then click

Next>

11. Click Next>

12. Choose the Com port which the device

physically connected, click Next>

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13. Click Finish

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WINDOWS XP UN-INSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Highlight My Computer, then right click.

2. Highlight Properties, then left click

3. Click Device Manager

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4. Highlight the items under Infrared device, then

right click.

5. Click Uninstall

6. Click OK, you have successfully uninstalled the

device on your system.

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7. Click OK, you have successfully uninstalled the

device on your system.

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

For help on general and miscellaneous problems you may be experiencing with your printing, refer to the

following pages for possible solutions. Look up your problem and try the solution.

SYMPTOM

Can not establish link

(General)

PROBLEM

Solution

1. The two IR devices are 1. Properly align them again

not aligned properly.

2. Distance is too near or

far.

2. Move one device to a proper

distance.

3. Activate it by IR monitor.

3. The device is inactivated. 4. Refer to Un-installation Guide to

4. The device is not

installed properly

remove the device, then

reinstall again.

ACT-IR200L/220L+ is The power-saving feature in 1. Set the “Power Management”

connected to and takes the notebook computer

control to “Advanced” or “Off” to

enable power supplied from

computer serial port to

power only from the

serial port of the

either stops or reduces

power output from the

notebook computer.

signal lines of the serial port

ACT-IR200L/220L+ devices.

to the ACT-IR200L/220L+ 2. Go to Integrate Peripheral to set

devices.

the COM port to “Infrared”.

3. Do not install more than one

infrared devices on one

computer.

File Transfer between 1. The infrared

1. Check to find out the source of

interference and eliminate it

before trying again.

IR-equipped PDA and

ACT-IR device-attached

host computer stops

before finishing up and

an error message

appears.

communication is

interfered. For example,

something blocks out 2. If you were restoring data,

the infrared beam or the

burst of string light

source, etc.

simply try again.

3. If you were doing backup

something the PDA does not

reset its flags and keeps

stopping at the same position

unless you press the RESET

button once. Be very careful.

DO NOT initialize (press ON

key and RESET button at the

same time) your PDA.

2. Software does not

support the IrDA

controller chip on the

motherboard.

3. Serial port is occupied

and not available for IR

transmission.

Otherwise you may lose all your

data.

4. Make proper model # selection

in the software as specified in

your PC system user`s manual.

5. Make sure to disconnect

modem, etc. from the serial port

to make it available for IR

transmission.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Model:

Carrier:

Sub-Carrier:

ACT-IR220L+/ACT-IR220L/ACT-IR200L

Infrared radiation (peak wavelength: 850 to 1050nm)

500 KHz for SHARP ASK-IR and ASK(37KHz) for TV remote spec.(IR200L only)

Communication Distance:

IR200LFrom 0 cm to 80 cm.

For best results, from 20 cm (7.9in) to 60 cm (1 ft. 11.6 in)

IR220LFrom0 cm to 250 cm.

For best results, from10 cm (3.95 in) to 150 cm (4 ft. 11.05 in)

SHARP ASK-IR:

Baudrate:

Parity Bit:

Data:

9600 bps to 38.4K bps (IR200L only)

Odd

8 bit

1 bit

Stop Bit:

Error Check: Check Sum

IrDA-IR:

Baudrate:

Parity Bit:

Data:

9.6,19.2,(38.4),57.6,115.2K bps (IR200L/220L+)

None

8 bit

1 bit

Stop Bit:

Error Check: CRC

Serial Interface:

Cable Interface (to host computer)

Signal Level: RS-232 Standards

Connector:

Power Source:

Power Consumption:

Operating temperature:

Dimensions (Inches):

Weight:

DB-9 female connector

PC RS-232 Serial Port

0.30mW (11mA max.)

0^oC to 40^oC (32^oF to 104^oF)

2.0”L x 1.63”W x 0.62”H

2.0 oz (54 gr.)

51mm x 41mm x 16mm

Accessories:

User Manual

Optional Accessories:

DB9/DB25 Converter

Windows 95/98/ME/2000: IR Software

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Pin Assignments: Serial Interface DB9 female connector

Name

Receive Data

Transmit Data

Symbol I/O

Function

Input signal

Output signal

For data link to build up and maintain

Reference ground (0V) for all signals

Output signal from host computer

Input signal to host computer

RXD

TXD

Data Terminal Ready DTR

Signal Ground

Request to send

Clear to send

GND

RTS

CTS

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WARRANTY INFOMATION

THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE

OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

ACTiSYS Corporation warrants to the first consumer purchaser, for a period of one year from the date of

purchase, that this wireless interface (“the Product”) will be free from defective workmanship and materials,

and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the defect or replace the defective Product or part thereof

at no charge to the purchaser for parts or for labor.

This warranty does not apply to any appearance items of the Product, any consumable items such as

paper, ink ribbon, or batteries supplied with the Product, or to any equipment or any hardware, software,

firmware, or peripheral other than the Product. This warranty does not apply to any Product the exterior of

which has been damaged or defected, which has been subjected to misuse, abnormal service or handling,

or which has been altered or modified in design, construction or interfacing. Tampering With Label Voids

Warranty.

In order to enforce the rights under this limited warranty, the purchaser should mail, ship, or carry the

Product, together with proof of purchase, to ACTiSYS.

The limited warranty described above is in addition to whatever implied warranties may be granted to

purchasers by law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING

THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR USE ARE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF

ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an

implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

Neither the sales personnel of the seller nor any other person is authorized to make any warranties other

than those described above, or to extend the duration of any warranties beyond the time period described

above on behalf of ACTiSYS Corporation.

The warranties described above shall be the sole and exclusive remedy available to the purchaser.

Correction of defects, in the manner and for the period of time described above, shall constitute full

satisfaction of all claims, whether based on contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise. In no event

shall ACTiSYS Corporation be liable, or in any way responsible, for any damages or defects in the Product

which were caused by repairs or attempted repairs performed by anyone other than ACTiSYS technician.

Nor shall ACTiSYS Corporation be liable or in any way responsible for any incidental or consequential

economic or property damage. Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential

damages, so the above exclusion may not apply for you.

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ACTiSYS Corporation warrants to the first consumer purchaser, for a period of 1 year from the

date of purchase, that this wireless interface (The Product? Will be free from defective

workmanship and materials, and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the defect or

replace the defective Product or part thereof at no charge to the purchaser for parts or for labor.

This warranty does not apply to any appearance items of the Product, any consumable items

such as paper, ink ribbon, or batteries supplied with the Product, or to any equipment or any

hardware, software, firmware, or peripheral other than the Product. This warranty does not apply

to any Product the exterior of which has been damaged or defected, which has been subjected to

misuse, abnormal service or handling, or which has been altered or modified in design,

construction or interfacing. Tampering With Label Voids Warranty.

In order to enforce the rights under this limited warranty, the purchaser should mail, ship, or carry

the Product, together with proof of purchase, to ACTiSYS .

The limited warranty described above is in addition to whatever implied warranties may be

granted to purchasers by law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, ALL IMPLIED

WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS

FOR USE ARE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. Some

states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may

not apply to you.

Neither the sales personnel of the seller nor any other person is authorized to make any

warranties other than those described above, or to extend the duration of any warranties beyond

the time period described above on behalf of ACTiSYS Corporation.

The warranties described above shall be the sole and exclusive remedy available to the

purchaser. Correction of defects, in the manner and for the period of time described above, shall

constitute full satisfaction of all claims, whether based on contract, negligence, strict liability or

otherwise. In no event shall ACTiSYS Corporation be liable or in any way responsible, for any

damages or defects in the Product which were caused by repairs or attempted repairs performed

by anyone other than ACTiSYS technician. Nor shall ACTiSYS Corporation be liable or in any

way responsible for any incidental or consequential economic or property damage. Some states

do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion may

not apply to you.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

ACTiSYS Corporation.

48511 Warm Springs Blvd, Suite 206

Fremont, CA 94539, USA

TEL: (510) 490-8024, FAX: (510) 623-7268

E-Mail: irda-support@actisys.com

Web: www.actisys.com

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