StarTech.com ICUSB2322X User manual

Manual Revision: 07/15/2020
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ICUSB2321X
ICUSB2322X
ICUSB2324X
Professional USB to Serial Adapter Hub
with COM Retention
*actual product may vary from photos

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FCC Compliance Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there
is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver
is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................1
Package Contents ..................................................................................................................................... 1
System Requirements.............................................................................................................................. 1
Hardware Guide .....................................................................................2
ICUSB2321X................................................................................................................................................. 2
ICUSB2322X................................................................................................................................................. 2
ICUSB2324X................................................................................................................................................. 3
Installation .............................................................................................4
Manual Installation .................................................................................................................................. 4
Automatic Installation ............................................................................................................................ 9
Verifying Installation................................................................................................................................ 9
Conguration..........................................................................................10
Pinout.......................................................................................................10
Manual Installation Troubleshooting .................................................11
Specications..........................................................................................13
Technical Support ..................................................................................14
Warranty Information............................................................................14

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com Professional USB to RS-232 Serial Adapter.
This innovative device oers a simple way to utilize serial devices using a USB port,
and stores settings that are unique to the connected device in non-volatile memory
(COM Port Retention), allowing you to retain the desired settings regardless of the
USB Port to which the adapter is connected.
A cost-eective solution, the USB to Serial Adapter is ideal for connecting a serial
modem, barcode scanner, PDA or any other device with serial sync to a host
computer USB port, saving the expense of having to upgrade the peripheral device
to USB compliance.
Package Contents
• 1 x USB to RS-232 Serial Adapter
• 1 x USB cable (ICUSB2322X/ ICUSB2324X only)
• 1 x Instruction Manual
System Requirements
• USB enabled computer system with available USB port

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Hardware Guide
ICUSB2321X
Rear Panel
USB type B
connector
DC Power
Input
(optional)
DC Terminal
Block Input
(optional)
DB9 Male
Port
DB9 Male
Port
USB type A
connector
ICUSB2322X
Front Panel

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USB type B
connector
DC Power
Input
(optional)
DC Terminal
Block Input
(optional)
ICUSB2324X
Front Panel
Rear Panel
DB9 Male
Port

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Installation
It is recommended that you download the latest driver installation package for this
product from the www.startech.com website and then follow the Manual Installation
procedure below.
If you are using an older driver (either from an included CD or having downloaded
an older version) then please follow the Automatic Installation procedure on the
following pages by using the Setup.exe (executable) installation le.
If you are having installation problems using the Automatic Install procedure, please
refer to the Manual Driver Installation procedure on the following pages.
Manual Installation
Windows® 8, 7, Vista, Server ® 2012, 2008 R2
1. Navigate to http://www.startech.com/Downloads and enter your product ID
(ICUSB2321X, ICUSB2322X, or ICUSB2324X).
2. Download the latest driver package listed under Driver(s), once your download has
nished, extract the driver package to a folder location of your choice.
3. Connect the USB to Serial Adapter to your computer system.
4. Upon starting Windows, if a Found New Hardware dialog appears on the screen,
cancel/close the window.
5. From the main desktop or start menu, right-click on Computer then select Manage.
Windows 8.1 users can right click on the“Start” button and click Device Manager.
6. In the Computer Management Window, select Device Manager from the left
window panel.

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7. Expand the Other Devices section, and right-click on the newly detected “StarTech.
com Adapter” device and select Update Driver Software, which will start the Update
Driver Software Wizard.
8. On the How do you want to search for driver software Window, click Browse my
computer for driver software, then Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my
computer.

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9. From the next screen labeled Select your device’s type from the list below, select
Show All Devices (should be highlighted by default), and then click Next.
Note: This screen does not appear on all systems, move on to the next step if this
does not apply.
10.On the Select the Device Driver you want to install for this hardware screen, click the
Have Disk button.
11.Click Browse from the Install from Disk dialog box that pops up.
12.From the Locate File dialog window that opens, navigate to the folder location
where you extracted the downloaded driver package.
13.Double-click the Drivers folder and then the appropriate 32 or 64-bit folder for the
system you are using.
14.Select the usbuart3410.inf le, and then click the Open button.

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15.Click the OK button on the Install From Disk dialog box which will close the window.
16.Once back at the Select the Device Driver you want to install for this hardware
screen, click Next and then Close once the driver has installed.
17.At this point of the install, you may receive a message pop-up stating Windows can’t
verify the publisher of this driver software, click Install this driver software anyway.
Note: If Windows encounters a problem during driver installation, please see the
section below titled Manual Installation Troubleshooting.
Windows® XP
1. Navigate to http://www.startech.com/Downloads and enter your product ID
(ICUSB2321X, ICUSB2322X, or ICUSB2324X).
2. Download the latest driver package listed under Driver(s), once your download has
nished, please extract the driver package to a folder location of your choice.
3. Connect the USB to Serial Adapter to the computer system.
4. Upon starting Windows, if the Found New Hardware dialog appears on the screen,
cancel/close the window.
5. Open the Device Manager by right-clicking on My Computer, and then select
Manage. In the Computer Management window, select Device Manager from the
left window panel.