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Use of FTDI devices in life support and/or safety applications is entirely at the user’s risk, and theuser agrees to defend, indemnify and hold FTDI harmless from any and all damages, claims, suits
The purpose of this application note is to provide users of FTDI chips with asimple procedure for installing FTDI D3XX Driver for FTDI 600 series devicesused under Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (for both 32 bit and 64 bit).
The purpose of this application note is to provide users of FTDI chips with a simple procedure forinstalling FTDI D3XX driver for their FTDI 600 series devices under Windows.
This installation guide is only intended for the following versions of Windows (both 32 bit and 64bit) –
In the Device Manager window there will be a device under Other Devices with a yellow warningsymbol to indicate a problem i.e. no driver installed. The text next to this device will depend on thedevice attached. In this example the device was a FTDI SuperSpeed-FIFO Bridge.
Figure 3.3 Device Manager Window with FTDI Device Driver Entry
In the address box put the exact location where the drivers have been saved to. This may be on aCD or in a folder on the PC. It is not necessarily the exact same location as shown in thescreenshot. The drivers could have been saved anywhere of the users choice. Upon entering theaddress, click “NEXT” to start the installation.
A “Windows Security” dialog box may be displayed. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
This time the Device Manager does not display the “FTDI SuperSpeed-FIFO Bridge” under “Otherdevices” . Instead an entry for FTDI FT601 USB 3.0 Bridge Device under “Universal Serial Buscontrollers” is shown, which indicates that the installation is successful. The device is now ready
The following procedure should be followed for removing FTDI drivers from the Windows PC.
From the Device Manager window, right click on the FTDI FT601 USB 3.0 Bridge Device tobring up a menu as shown below –
Figure 11.1 Device Manager Window > FTDI Driver Uninstall Menu
From the displayed menu, select “Uninstall”. This will delete the associated registry entries forthat device only. Windows provides an automatic method to delete driver files via a checkbox to “Delete the driver software for this device” on the uninstall dialog box.
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