RS-232 Serial Port Infrared Adapter

SMH-IR220: RS-232 Serial Port Infrared Adapter


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Description

SMH-IR220 is an easy-to-install SIR Infrared Adapter, which is connected to the serial (COM) port of the PC to add the Wireless Infrared feature to the system. IR220 provides Wireless data transfer between notebooks and mobilephones that have an IrDA Infrared port built in. It is also a RS232 port IR (Non-IrDA) adapter. It can replace the RS232 cable in serial connections at any commonly used data rates up to 115.2Kbps.

Features

-Meets IrDA 1.1 Physical Specifications
-Max. Speed Supported: 115.2 Kbps
-Connects directly to the COM port of the PC. No need for any external power .
-Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP driver.
-Upgrades PCs with wireless transmission ability to communicate with mobile computing devices that have an Infrared port.
-It is also a RS232 port IR (Non-IrDA) adapter. It can replace the RS232 cable in serial connections at any commonly used data rates up to 115.2Kbps.

Specification

-Communication speed at 9.6, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6,115.2Kbps
-Distance of 0 cm-100 mm and beyond.
-2.8"L x 1.63"W x 0.68"H ( 71mm x 41mm x 18mm)
-0.3W (Peak)
-No external power source needed

System Requirment

-IBM® PC Pentium or higher or compatible system
-Available RS-232 port and CD-ROM drive
-Windows® 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista.

Package Content

-SMH-IR220 IR Adapter
-Driver CD
-Installation Manual

INSTALLATION

Hardware Installation
Installing the Adapter
1. Connect IR220 to COM1 or COM2 external D-sub connector of the PC. (It is not necessary to power off the PC.)
2. Write down the number of COM port to which IR220 is connected. This will be used later on Driver Installation.

Driver Installation for Windows 98
1. Have Microsoft Windows 98 CD-ROM ready. You will need it to install the infrared drivers.
2. After boot into Windows, go to Control Panel. Then select Add New Hardware. The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Select No, the device isn’t in the list, then select No, I want to select the hardware from a list to manually choose the hardware device.
4. Select Infrared devices for the type of hardware you want to install.
5. click Have Disk, Type a:\win98 in the next window.
6. Click OK and the system will start to load the device driver.
7. Continue to choose SMH-IR220 Infrared Adapter for Infrared Transceiver.
8. Select the proper physical connection (COM1 or COM2). This COM port selection must correspond to the actual IR220 physical hardware connection. Please refer to the Hardware Installation.
9. Use the default virtual port (recommended) .
10. After finishing Add New Hardware, go to Control Panel again then click System. Then click the Device Manager tab to check if infrared devices are present, and if virtual COM port, LPT port are installed.
11. Reboot the system.
12. Run Infrared Monitor inside of Control Panel. Select the Options page and check the Enable infrared communication box. Click on Apply.
13. Any Infrared device in range will be detected by Windows 98. Normally the device will appear on the Infrared Monitor mentioned above.

Driver Installation for Windows ME
1. Go to Control Panel. Then select Add New Hardware. The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear. Click Next Please.
2. Select No, the device isn't in the list, then select No, I want to select the hardware from a list to manually choose the hardware device.
3. Select Network devices for the type of hardware you want to install.
4. Click Have Disk.
5. Type a:\winme in the next window.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation, The system would start to copy files. You may need to insert the Microsoft Windows ME installation CD into the CD-ROM.
7. Then reboot the system.
8. After boot into Windows, go to Control Panel. Then select Network.
9. Double click SMH-IR220 Infrared Adapter.
10. Select the proper physical connection (COM1 or COM2), This port selection must correspond to the actual SMH-IR220 physical connection.
11. Click OK, then reboot the system.

Driver Installation for Windows 2000/XP
1. Go to Control Panel, Then select Add/Remove Hardware. The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard will appear. Click Next Please.
2. Select Add/Troubleshoot a device, click Next.
3. After the hardware detection process, select Add a new device, click Next.
4. Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list, click Next.
5. Select Infrared devices for the type of hardware you want to install, click Next.
6. When the Select Infrared Device appear, click Have Disk...
7. Type a:\win2000 in the next window.
8. Select SMH-IR220 Infrared Adapter as the Infrared Device, click Next.
9. Select the proper physical connection (COM1 or COM2) and click Next. This port selection must correspond to the actual SMH-IR220 physical connection.
10. Click Finish to complete the installation. For Windows 2000/XP, you don't need to reboot the system.