Tripp Lite USB to Serial Adaptor

This document covers the installation of the Tripp-Lite adapter.

Road Map

·         Installing the Adaptor

·         Discovering the resulting COM port for use in Sportsman.

 

NOTE:  It is possible that you will need administrative access to your computer to install hardware. 

NOTE:  You can place the driver disc aside, you will not need it. 

 

Windows 8, 9 and 10 installation

1.        Plug the adaptor into an available USB port.  Keep an eye on your task bar and click on it to see the progress.

2.        Windows 8 will automatically install the device and assign a COM port.  Make a note of it.

 

 

WINDOWS 7 and XP Adaptor installation:

Plug in the adaptor into an available USB port.  Keep an eye on the task bar and when it attempts to install a driver, click the balloon. 

You will see the following:

Click SKIP obtaining driver software from Windows Update.  You will see the following:

Click YES.  You will then see the following balloon appear in your system tray:

From here, we need to get the driver from the SportsMan sql website. 

Or you can click this:  http://www.sportsmansql.com/downloads/U209-000-R.zip

 

Once you’ve saved the file, locate your downloaded ZIP file and extract the files by right clicking the file as shown here:

Choose a location to extract your files and click EXTRACT.

 

With your files extracted, you will now go to the device manager on your computer to update the driver correctly.  Find “COMPUTER” and right click it.  Find Properties and click it.

You will then see the following screen.

Click DEVICE MANAGER on the left and find the USB-SERIAL CONTROLLER D.

Right click it and select “update driver software.”  You will see the following screen:

Choose BROWSE MY COMPUTER FOR DRIVER SOFTWARE.

 

Pick the location you extracted your files to earlier and click NEXT

Click INSTALL.

After a minute or two, it will then display the following screen:

NOTE what COM port it has assigned.

Click CLOSE.

If you missed which com port it assigned, go to your device manager to see which one it is.  It will show as the following:

 

You are now ready to install your other devices that require a COM port using your new COM PORT.