Drivers and GUI

USB2SER Data Sheet, Rev. 0

Freescale Semiconductor

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Click the Read button with the new password in the Current Password field to confirm that USB2SER bridge setting

has been updated according to the previous step.

3.2

Windows driver

Windows driver comes with a product installer. To install it:

Download the latest installer version from www.freescale.com/usb2ser.

To install, double-click on the installation file. A startup window appears.

On the opening window, follow the on-screen instructions

Additional documentation is available for driver usage when developing custom applications in Windows.

3.3

Linux driver

To install the Linux driver follow these simple steps:

1.

Unpack the .tar file downloaded

2.

In the folder containing the un packed files, check for these four files:

— cdc-freescale.c

— cdc-freescale.h

— Makefile

— Install.sh

3.

Open a console and move to the previously mentioned folder.

— Change current user to root.

–

$ sudo su

–

[sudo] password for user:

4.

Execute Install script passing as a parameter the name of the host distribution (all lower case).

— Ubuntu

–

# ./Install.sh ubuntu

— Fedora

–

# ./Install.sh fedora

—Red Hat

–

# ./Install.sh redhat

To uninstall

1.

Move to CDC driver location.

— # cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/class/

2.

Check for backup file.

—# ls

— cdc-acm2011.01.27-11.55.54.ko cdc-acm.ko cdc-wdm.ko usblp.ko usbtmc.ko

NOTE

The backup name varies because it is created at install time merging the original file name

plus the date-time. An example is shown in the upper text.

3.

Erase current CDC driver.

— # rm cdc-acm.ko

4.

Rename backup file.

— # mv cdc-acm2011.01.27-11.55.54.ko cdc-acm.ko