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Initial Connection
Loading the Software Drivers
Download the VCP driver online: http://www.ftdichip.
com/FTDrivers.htm
Once you have downloaded the software, set up the
virtual port on the computer.
Installation Guides
The installation guides for the drivers can be found here:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Documents/InstallGuides.htm
Installing the Drivers for the USB Interface
Installing the Software Drivers for the USB Interface
1. Start the installation process for the downloaded program.
2. Each version of Windows
®
may have slightly different
procedures for loading the drivers; however all versions
have a wizard.
Windows
®
usually adds the virtual interface in the
position following your highest-numbered COM port.
Insert paragraph spacing as per source. For example,
on a PC with 4 COM ports, the virtual interface is added
as COM5 (shown in the Device Manager).