Instructions for installing the USB-Serial Cable

If you're using Windows Vista, go from Step 1 to Step 6.

STEP 1. Download the Vista installer by click HERE

STEP 2. Unzip it first using utilities like WINRAR

STEP 4. Download the cable driver by click HERE

STEP 5. Unzip it first using utilities like WINRAR

STEP 6. Plug in the cable, computer will prompt for driver location to install the driver. Navigate to the location where you unzip the additional driver files from STEP 5. Or, you can always go to "Device Manager - Ports (COM & LPT)" to manually install the driver.

If you're using Windows XP, go from Step A to Step C.

STEP A. Download the cable driver by click HERE

STEP B. Unzip it first using utilities like WINRAR

STEP C. Plug in the cable, computer will prompt for driver location to install the driver. Navigate to the location where you unzip the additional driver files from STEP A. Or, you can always go to "Device Manager - Ports (COM & LPT)" to manually install the driver.

The following are some more detailed information you
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There are essentially only three basic steps
required to get an USB2Serial adapter to function properly:

1. Once you install the driver(s); Physically plug
the USB2Serial adapter into an available USB port

2. Connect the correct cable (null or
straight-through) between the adapter and your FTA receiver; in the
case of the Coolsat, it is straight-through

3. Synchronize the COM port assignment of the
USB2Serial adapter with a COM port supported by the Loader program
(they MUST be the same). Then restart the loader.

The above three basic steps are relatively simple
but a lot of things can go wrong along the way. For example,
communications will fail if:

2. The COM port assignment of the USB2Serial adapter
and the COM port setting in the loader/software program do not
match.

3. You use the wrong loader program or bin file for
your particular brand/model of receiver or the bin file was not
extracted and is still in zipped or compressed format

For experienced computer users, the above
constitutes all the instruction you will probably require. For
computer neophytes, here's a simple step by step procedure for
troubleshooting your USB2Serial adapter:

1. RIGHT-click on [My Computer] » [Properties] »
[Hardware] » [Device Manager]

2. Scroll down the list of devices to [Ports] and
click on the [+] sign on the left of [Ports]

3. Locate your USB2Serial device under [Ports] and
RIGHT-click on it; select [Properties]

4. Under the [General] tab, the [Device Status]
window will indicate whether it is functioning properly. If not, you
should uninstall the device, reboot, and let Windows auto-detect the
device. If it cannot locate the driver, you will be prompted to
insert a driver disc

5. Click on the [Port Settings] tab and the port
speed (Bits per second) should be set at 115200. (At 9600 it will
take 30+ minutes to load a typical BIN.)

6. If you need to change the COM port assignment of
the USB2Serial adapter to match one that your Loader program will
support, click on the [Advanced] button (under the [Port Settings]
tab) and change the [COM Port] value.

7. Be sure to sync or match the adapter's COM port
assignment with one that the Loader program supports.

One final note: Coolsat receivers have an [Auto
Detect] feature for locating and synchronizing the Loader program
with the PC. You do not have to modify the COM port assignment (step
6) if you have a Coolsat receiver (just click on [Auto Detect].

Keep in mind that if you disconnect the USB2Serial
adapter and plug it into a DIFFERENT USB port the next time you go
to use it, Windows will automatically assign a different COM port
value to the adapter. To eliminate configuration issues, always plug
the USB2Serial adapter into the same USB port each time.