Your operating system can always be upgraded to use FIR products. However you can never downgrade from an FIR product to an SIR product. Therefore make sure that you have not previously installed any other FIR products on your system. Followings are the instructions to properly install the ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L Dongle. You need a computer system with Windows 98 already installed and at least one serial port available. The best choice for the system is a desktop PC. A. Connect ACT-IR220L+/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC. B. Boot up your computer system. C. Double Click My Computer on DeskTop. D. Double Click Control Panel. E. Double Click Add New Hardware on Control Panel Window. F. Click Next>. A G. Click Next>. H. Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list. Then click Next>. I. Highlight Infrared Devices from the Hardware types list, then click Next>. A J. Click Next>. K. From Manufacturers list, choose [Infrared COM port or dongle]. From Infrared Devices list, choose (Generic Infrared Serial Port or dongle). Then click OK>. L. Choose ACTiSYS IR-200L if you are an ACT-IR 200L user. Then click Next. A M. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L/ 220L+ if you are an ACT-IR-220L/ ACT-IR220L+ User. Then click Next>. N. 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>. O. Reboot your computer. A 6. WINDOWS 98 UNINSTALLATION GUIDE A. Boot up your computer system. B. Click Control Panel. C. Double click System Icon. D. Click Device Manager tab. E. Highlight Infrared Communication Device from Infrared devices, and then click Remove. A F. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal box. G. Highlight (Generic Infrared Serial Port or dongle), then click Remove. H. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal. A I. Click Yes to restart your computer. A 7. WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION GUIDE Note1.: If you do not change your computer BIOS setting, STOP here and go to Chapter 4 BIOS SETUP VERIFICATION. Note2: If your computer system has installed some devices 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. Note3: If your computer system has installed an FIR device before, ACT-IR220L+/220L/200L would NOT work with your system any more. You HAVE to re-install your Windows 2000 again. Note4: If you want to 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 Windows 2000 already installed and at least one serial port available. The best choice for the system is a desktop PC. A. Connect ACT-IR220L+/200L serial adapter to the COM Port of Desktop PC. B. Startup your computer system C. Click on Control Panel. D. Double Click Add/Remove Hardware. E. On Welcome to the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, click Next>. A F. Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device, then click Next>. You may have to wait a while when the wizard searches for Plug and Play hardware. G. Highlight ADD a new drive then click Next>. H. Choose No, I want to select the hardware form a list then click Next> A I. Select the Infrared device from the Hardware types. J. From Manufacturers list, choose ACTiSYS, from Infrared Device list, choose ACTiSYS IR-200L Serial Infrared Device for IR200L; click Next>. K. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L Serial Infrared Device for IR220L, click Next>. A L. Choose ACTiSYS IR-220L+ Serial Infrared Device for IR220L+, click Next>. M. Click Next>. N. Choose COM2 in the most cases, then click Next>. O. Click Finish. A 8. WINDOWS 2000 UNISTALLATION GUIDE A. Startup your computer system. B. Click on Control Panel. C. Double click System Icon. D. Click on Hardware tab, then click Device Manager button. E. Click on Infrared devices, then highlight ACTiSYS IR-220L+Serial Infrared Device. A F. Click Action from the main and then click Uninstall. G. The device has then been uninstalled. You need to close device manager and restart your computer. A 9. WINDOWS ME INSTALLATION GUIDE Note 1: If you have not verified your BIOS setup at this point, we strongly recommend you to refer back to Chapter 4 BIOS SETUP VERIFICATION and verify your BIOS setup again. Note 2: Verify that the Com port you will use to install ACT-IR220L/220L+/200L has not been already used or occupied by any other hardware or software. We recommend users to completely delete any files or drivers that can interrupt clean fresh installation of our product. Note 3: You are trying to install an SIR product. Your operating system can always be upgraded to use FIR products. However you can never downgrade from an FIR product to an SIR product. Therefore,...