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901 Release Info

The document summarizes changes made to FTDI's USB-to-serial driver software to support Windows 98 and Windows 2000 from a single INF file. The drivers add support for FTDI's three USB controllers and are distributed as a ZIP file with a version number format of Rxxyy. The release includes 11 driver files and is posted on FTDI's website for download. It provides release notes listing fixes and features for each version of the drivers dating back to July 2000.

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901 Release Info

The document summarizes changes made to FTDI's USB-to-serial driver software to support Windows 98 and Windows 2000 from a single INF file. The drivers add support for FTDI's three USB controllers and are distributed as a ZIP file with a version number format of Rxxyy. The release includes 11 driver files and is posted on FTDI's website for download. It provides release notes listing fixes and features for each version of the drivers dating back to July 2000.

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FTDI Win 98 Drivers - Revision Comments June 12, 2003

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Releases\Drivers\Web Release 901 2133 Jun12,2003\901 Release Info.doc

FTDIs drivers have been changed to accommodate the support of Windows 98 and Windows 2000 for all
three of FTDIs USB controllers from a single INF file.
New drivers will be posted on the support page of FTDIs web page - in ZIP format, following the
following naming convention - Rxxyy where xx is the version of the Windows 98 drivers and yy is the
version of the Windows 2000 drivers. The first release of the common INF drivers was named R0855.zip which is version 10208 of the Windows 98 drivers and version 2055 of the Windows 2000 drivers.
There are now eleven files which are provided as a standard release
FTSERIAL.SYS (driver files)
FTSENUM.SYS
FTSENUM.VXD
FTCOMMS.VXD
FTSERMOU.INF
FTSERMOU.VXD
FTSERUI.DLL
FTDIUNIN.EXE (uninstaller and associated ini file)
FTDIUNIN.INI
FTDIBUS.INF (two shared INF files for Win98 and Win2k)
FTDIPORT.INF
On making a new release the files will also be posted onto FTDIs web page http://www.ftdichip.com.
Proceed to the support page to download drivers (select Support tab at top of screen).
Release versions
R10901 (June 12, 2003)
Fixed bug in receive timeouts.
R10900 (June 09, 2003)
Bug fixes for substitution mode.
Improved command processing synchronization.
Update device map with port name.
R10808 (April 10, 2003)
Support for substitution mode.
Fixed disconnect problem where all open ports were lost if an open port was disconnected..
R10804 (December 20, 2002)
Beta release.
Support for location ID.
New properties page.
R10802 (November 1, 2002)
Beta release.
Correctly identifies unserialized FT232BM and FT245BM devices.
R10801 (October 25, 2002)
Beta release.
Support for baud rates for FT232BM and FT245BM devices.
R10800 (July 18, 2002)

Enhanced event notification.


Fixed disconnect processing.
Fixed problems with WinFax.
Support for FT232BM.
Fixed serial mouse lockup in WinME.
R10701 (February 1, 2002)
Fixed divide-by-zero problem for zero baud rate.
Fixed blue screen in DOS FTP.
Fixed performance degradation problem for FTP.
R10514 (December 20, 2001)
Support non-standard baud rates.
Support Transmit Immediate.
R10512 (November 13, 2001)
Fixed disconnect problem introduced in R10511.
R10511 (October 30, 2001)
PortSetState function made compatible with serial driver.
R10510 (October 2, 2001)
PnP controlled from Registry.
Enumerator enhanced.
Mouse driver fixed to restore mouse function after reconnection.
Uses common uninstaller FTDIUNIN.EXE.
R10508 (July 27, 2001)
Fixed BREAK event received notification.
Changed receive triggering to fix PalmPilot problems.
Enhanced read and write processing.
R10502 (April 26, 2001)
Enhanced BREAK condition processing.
Improved support for serial mice.
Fixed HyperTerminal lockup problem when transmitting with USB disconnected.
Fixed enumeration problem with SerialCardReader class.
R10408 (March 28, 2001)
Fixed performance problems when receiving data.
R10407 (March 23, 2001)
Added support for EV_TXEMPTY command
removed buffer size depends on baud rate change introduced in R10402
R10405 (February 26, 2001)
Fixed disconnect with open port problem
R10402 (January 19, 2001)
Setting of in buffer size changed to be dependent on baud rate
64 bytes for rate < 115kbps

controller by ConfigData entry in INF file for rate > 115k


Synchronisation of vendor commands for improved driver robustness

R10301 (November 7, 2000)

Update to fix access denied problem under Windows Millennium


R10212 (October 19, 2000)
Updates to fix port already open and modem not responding problems found under Windows
Millennium and Windows 98
R10208 (September 7, 2000)
Support for common INF for Win98 and Win2k drivers
Update of INF to support FT8U232AM and FT8U245AM
R10207 (July 21, 2000)
Addition of mouse mini-driver to support serial mouse of FTDI serial port
Addition of properties page to enable changing of allocated COM port - see ComPort.doc
R10206 (Nov 10, 1999)
Update to fix problem with Hyperterminal

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