From: Terry Kiper <kiper@fnal.gov>
Date: August 2, 2007 10:15:28 AM CDT
To: Terry Kiper <kiper@fnal.gov>, dmcclary@fnal.gov, Hoppert <Hoppert@fnal.gov>
Subject: Qnet usb driver link

David

Here is the silabs driver link.

http://www.silabs.com/tgwWebApp/public/web_content/products/Microcontrollers/USB/en/mcu_vcp.htm

Mac, Linux driver list:
 Download for Macintosh OSX
 Download for Macintosh OS9
 Download for Linux 2.6
 Download for Linux 2.4

Windows
 Download for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista (v5.0)

After installing driver (Windows Xp)
To check what port Windows assigned to the USB.
      Right click on 'My Computer" (Xp example)
           click on Properties
               click Hardware
                   click Device Manager
                       click Ports (COM & LPT)
                       (look for)CP210x USB to Uart Bridge Controller (COM3)
                                 (Note COM3 above is what's on my USB setup.)

Set HyperTerminal to 115200(baud), 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
Flow Control may be set to (none) or (xOn/xOff).


Terry