INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
   for the Fluke USB-IR optical serial cable

   Version:  v2.0.0.11 for WinME/98
             v2.0.0.24 for WinXP/2K

   Date:     July, 2004

   Contents: 1. PC Requirements
             2. Installing the USB-IR cable drivers
             3. Determining the USB-IR Cable's COM port
             4. Changing the the COM port

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1. PC Requirements


   To use the Fluke USB-IR serial cable, your Windows PC must meet the 
   following requirements:

   a) An available USB port on the PC, or on a USB Hub connected to the PC.

   b) Your PC must be running one of the following versions of Windows:

	- Windows XP (Home or Professional)
	- Windows 2000
	- Windows Me
	- Windows 98 Second Edition (only the Second Edition of Windows 98
				     supports USB)

      The Fluke USB-IR serial cable is not supported on Windows 95, 
      Windows NT, or Windows 98 (original edition), which do not support USB.

   c) To install the drivers for the cable on Windows XP or Windows 2000,
      you must be able to login to Windows with Administrator privileges.

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2. Installing the USB-IR cable drivers


   a) If running Windows XP or Windows 2000, log into an account with
      Administrator privileges.

   b) Plug the Fluke USB-IR serial cable into an available USB port on 
      your PC, or into a USB hub connected to your PC.

   c) Windows will respond that it has "found new hardware", and the 
      Windows Hardware Wizard dialog will appear. 

   d) Insert the CD-ROM that came with the cable into the PC's CD-ROM
      drive.  If the Hardware Wizard doesn't immediately begin searching
      the CD-ROM for drivers, click on the "Next>" button on the Hardware 
      Wizard dialog. 

   e) The Hardware Wizard will find the USB-IR cable drivers on the CD-ROM
      ("Prolific USB-to-serial bridge" on Windows XP and 2000, or 
      "USB to Serial Port" on Windows 98 SE and Windows Me). 

   f) Note: for Windows XP users, you may get a dialog box warning you
      that this driver "has not passed Windows Logo Testing." Just click
      the "Continue anyway" button. 

   g) The Hardware Wizard will finish.

   The USB-IR cable drivers have now been installed.  On some systems, you
   may need to reboot the PC once following driver installation before the
   USB-IR cable can be used.

   Note on Windows XP and Windows 2000: If you attach the USB-IR cable to 
   a different USB port on  your PC, you will have to repeat the installation
   of USB-IR cable drivers.  On Windows XP and 2000, the drivers are installed
   for each separate physical USB port. 

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3. Determining the USB-IR Cable's COM port

   Once the USB-IR cable drivers have now been installed, and a virtual COM
   port has been assigned to your USB-IR cable. You can use this COM port
   to perform serial communications over your Fluke USB-IR cable.

   To find out which COM port is associated with your cable, do the following:

   a) First, the cable must be attached to the PC, or to a USB hub connected 
      to your PC.

   b) Go to the Windows Control Panel. Open the "System" applet. This brings
      up the "System Properties" dialog box.
 
   c) Open the Device Manager:
      - On Windows 2000 and Windows XP, click on the "Hardware" tab of 
        the "System Properties" dialog box.  Then click on the "Device 
        Manager" button on the center of the dialog. 
      - On Windows 98 SE and Windows Me, this is a tab named "Device Manager"
        on the "System Properties" dialog box. 

   d) On the "Device Manager" dialog box, look under the "Ports (COM & LPT)"
      tree. 
  
   The COM port associated with the USB-IR cable is listed there, as: 
   - "Prolific USB-to-serial bridge" under Windows 2000 and Windows XP 
   - "USB to Serial Port" under Windows 98 SE and Windows Me 

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4. Changing the the COM port #

   Some programs require COM 1, 2, 3 or 4 and the USB-IR cable is sometimes
   installed as COM 5. To change the assigned COM port number, do the following:

   a) Open Device Manager by doing the following:
      - On Windows 2000 and Windows XP, click on the "Hardware" tab of 
        the "System Properties" dialog box.  Then click on the "Device 
        Manager" button on the center of the dialog. 
      - On Windows 98 SE and Windows Me, this is a tab named "Device Manager"
        on the "System Properties" dialog box. 

   b) On the "Device Manager" dialog box, look under the "Ports (COM & LPT)"
      tree.

   c) Click on the "Port Settings" tab. Click on the "Advanced" button.

   d) On the bottom left side pull down the bar and select COM 1, 2, 
      3 or 4 ( NOTE: Choose one that does not say "in use" next to it). Click "OK"

   e) Click "OK" again. Notice that the device will show up as being on the
      same COM port that it was before (i.e., COM5), but will show up on the
      new port if you close the Device Manager and open it again.

   f) Close the Device Manager. Your serial device should work properly.


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   End of the README.TXT file.