Advantech ARK-5260 Installation guide

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FAQ: How ARK-5260 supports 921k serial baud rate?
ARK-5260 has 4 RS232/422/485 serial ports which could support 921k serial baud rate by update COM
port driver. This driver is only for Windows XP 32bits edition. Therefore, this FAQ will help you to
update serial port driver to support 921k serial baud rate.
Figure 1. ARK-5260 front view
Step 1. Power up the system and enter Windows. Once you enter Windows, please right click “My
Computer”and click Manage to open “Device Manager”. By right click the Communications Port
(COM1) to update driver.
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Step 2. In Hardware Update Wizard, choose “Yes, this time only”and press “Next”
Figure 3.
Step 3. Choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”and press “Next”to update driver
manually.
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Step 4. Choose “Search for the best driver in these locations.” and Browse to driver folder. Then press
Next to confirm installation.
Figure 5.
Step 5. By repeating Step1~4 to update COM2~4, then all serial port will support 921k baud rate
Figure 6.