FT232R USB UART Driver

Tracey Brown April 24, 2017 USB to Serial

The FT232R USB driver is a bit of a complicated install. The screenshots below will give you
direction with regards to installing the driver the correct way. This means that you first have to uninstall the driver,
disconnect from the internet and then install the driver again. The FT232R USB drivers below need to be extracted
to an area on your computer you can find.

Step 1:
Download the driver file and extract it to your hard driver where you can find it

FT232R USB UART Driver Download

Step 2:
You first need to uninstall the incorrect drivers on your computer. In Windows, go to Control Panel then
to Device Manager
Now press the delete button on your computer and it will ask for confirmation.
Collapse the Ports menu and now click on the USB controller at the bottom of the list.
Now you need to uninstall the existing USB Serial Convertor.
Disconnect the USB cable from your PC to KMX1 or KMX2
reconnect the USB cable from your PC to KMX1 or KMX2

A new yellow flagged item will appear FT232R USB UART

Right Click on FT232R USB UART
Select Update Driver Software

Now you need to find where you extracted the drivers from the file you downloaded above and point the
software to the directory.
The driver software for USB Serial Converter has been installed
The USB Serial Convertor is now installed. Next you have to install the port. If you are old enough to remember
software modems then you will recall that it was done in the same manner.
The yellow flagged item will have changed name to USB Serial Port
Right Click on USB Serial Port
Select Update Driver Software
The driver software for the Port is in the same directory where you had the other drivers which you had just
installed.
The Serial Port will now install and that will be the final installation. There should be no yellow flags any more.
Done!

See the updated version and UART driver here.

FT232R and FT245R USB UART Drivers
Tracey Brown September 30, 2017 RS232

You do not normally need a UART driver for the devices as they are treated by the computer in the
same way as the BM series devices. That noted that any driver which worked on the BM series devices will also
now work with the R series devices. Note that there are some new functionalities which may now require the
most recent drivers for the devices. As of date any application which was coded for both the AM or BM series
devices should still work with R series devices. There should be very few changes in this regard. You can also see
some of the most common problems here.
If the FT232R/FT245R asks for a new driver each time you connect to a device then you will note that Windows
normally installs the drivers by serial number. Each time a new connection is made Windows will install the driver
again for the new connected device. This is normal as the R series device driver will need to be installed when it
is connected to your system. FT and BM series components are not the same and not interchangeable. You will
note that FT232R and FT245R are available in 28-pin SSOP and 32-pin QFN packages while the BM series
devices were available in 32-pin LQFP and 32-pin QFN packages. You can also find the USB to UART driver on
this website.

Virtual COM Port Drivers

Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers cause the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC.
The are for chips made by FTDI.

Operating System Release Date x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit)

Windows* 2017–08-30 2.12.28 2.12.28

D2XX drivers
D2XX drivers allow direct access to the USB device through a DLL.

Operating System Release Date x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit)

Windows* 2017–08-30 2.12.28 2.12.28

Linux Driver: (All FTDI devices now supported in Ubuntu 11.10, kernel
3.0.0-19)
You can download the file below. This was the last UART driver for Linux which was released in 2009.

Linux UART Driver

The installation is easy or if there is a problem you can install it manually. The instructions on how to install the
UART driver has been added below.

Windows 10 UART Installation

Click on the Windows Logo and type Device Manger

You will now see the USB Serial Cable in your Device Manager and you will need to Right-Click on the
driver. Then click on “Update Driver Software” on the menu.
You will then have to click on Browse and browse to where you had extracted the file content.
Now Browse to the location where the files are extracted and click on Next for the installation to begin.

The USB Serial Converter has now been installed.

USB Serial Port Installation
Now you have to install the USB Serial Port software.

You will need to Right Click on the USB Serial Port which has a small yellow bubble next to it. You will also
note below that the steps above have now installed the USB Serial Converter.
Right Click on the USB Serial Port and click on Update Driver Software which will then bring up another
menu. Just like above you click Browse and then Browse to the location where you extracted the driver. Then
click on Next as above. The port software will now install. If you are old enough to remember PcTel software
modems when this UART software installs in the very same way.
The Device Manager will now show the following.