CSSN MagShell 900 User manual

MSR120 USB Card Reader
Device Driver Installation Guide
UDN PM009-B Rev. B
Sep-10-2004

CONTENTS
1. System Requirements.............................................................................................2
2. Driver Installation..................................................................................................2
For Windows XP....................................................................................................2
For Windows 2000.................................................................................................5
For Windows 98.....................................................................................................9
For Linux .............................................................................................................12
3. Driver Un-installation..........................................................................................13
For Windows........................................................................................................13
For Linux .............................................................................................................13
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1. System Requirements
Before you use the USB devices, make sure your computer is an IBM PC-compatible with the
following minimum system requirements:
1. Intel-compatible 486DX-66 MHz CPU or higher
2. One standard USB port (4-pin) and has the symbol
3. Either the following operating systems:
Windows 95 OSR2.1 (B version) with USB version 1214, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE,
Windows 2000, Windows XP and RedHat Linux 7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3), RedHat Linux 8 (kernel
2.4.18-14), RedHat Linux 9 (kernel 2.4.20-8.)
2. Driver Installation
Follow the steps below on installing the USB devices for the first time:
1. Power on computer where you will connect the USB devices and make sure that the
USB port is enabled and working properly.
2. Plug in the USB device signal cable into the USB port and Windows will detect an USB
Device and run the Found New Hardware Wizard (For Windows 2000 / XP) or Add
New Hardware Wizard (For Windows 98) to assist you in setting up the new USB
Composite Device.
3. Insert the shipping disk into the CDROM device.
Note, before beginning driver installation, please make sure the old driver had been
removed.
For Windows XP
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1. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).
2. Click Next.
1. Specify the location of USB driver. (For example: ..\USB Driver\WIN98_ME_2K_XP)
2. Click Next.
At the time of this product's release, Microsoft strongly encouraged companies to submit their
hardware solutions for certification. If a hardware device driver is not submitted, or does not
qualify, for Microsoft certification, a warning message appears. You may see this warning
message when installing this driver or update. If you do, you may choose to click the Continue
Anyway button. We have tested this driver or update on Windows XP, and it does not impair or
destabilize your computer.
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1. Click Continue Anyway.
1. Windows will detect a new USB device. For example: USB Card Reader.
2. Click Finish.
1. If no any virtual COM port is assigned to this device, you may need to re-install the driver.
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For Windows 2000
1. Click Next.
1. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device.
2. Click Next.
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1. Specify the location.
2. Click Next.
1. Click Browse to specify the location of USB driver. (For example: ..\USB
Driver\WIN98_ME_2K_XP)
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2. Select the file SERWPL and then click Open.
3. Click OK.
1. Click Next to install the driver.
1. Windows will detect a new USB device. For example: USB Card Reader.
2. Click Finish.
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1. If no any virtual COM port is assigned to this device, you may need to re-install the driver.
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For Windows 98
1. Click Next.
1. Select Search for the best driver for your device.
2. Click Next.
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1. Specify the location of USB driver. (For example: \USB Driver\WIN98_ME_2K_XP)
2. Click Next.
1. You can see a new device is detected. For example: USB Card Reader.
2. Click Next to install the driver.
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1. Click Finish.
2. When finished, there is one more driver has to be installed.
1. If no any virtual COM port is assigned to this device, you may need to re-install the driver.
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For Linux
1. Under root folder, create a new folder and copy MSR120 USB driver source code to new
folder (Redhat73 for kernel 2.4.18-3; Redhat8 for kernel 2.4.18-14; Redhat9 for kernel
2.4.20-8).
2. Open terminal mode and login root user.
3. Go to the new folder and then type "make inst" to compile the MSR120 USB driver source
code. This will create a file: "msr120.o", and install the MSR120 Linux driver into Linux.
4. Plug the MSR120 cable into USB port and key-in "dmesg", it will show "PL-2303 converter
now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)". This means MSR120 is now working
under Linux.
Note1: User must login into root user in order to successfully compile and install.
Note2: User can test MSR120’s communication on “minicom” program. Please use “man
minicom” for further information.
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3. Driver Un-installation
For Windows
You can uninstall the USB driver by executing Uninstall Program: DrvRemover.exe in the
directory of USB Driver and click the OK button and then re-boot PC to accomplish the
un-installation.
For Linux
1. Login as root user.
2. Enter MSR120 USB driver’s source directory.
3. Type “make uninst” to unload the driver.
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